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Blaney becomes 1st All Star winner ever at AMSOIL Speedway |
SUPERIOR, WI (8-18-11) By Brian Liskai ‑ Dale Blaney became the first ever All Star Circuit of Champions winner at AMSOIL Speedway on Thursday night, passing two-time and defending All Star champion Tim Shaffer near the half-way mark of the 30-lap affair, to claim his 7th series’ victory of the year.
However, with his second place run, Shaffer earned the $10,000 prize for the eight-race Great Plains series for the All Stars during their traditional “Thunder Through the Plains.” Shaffer holds a narrow point lead over Blaney – a three time series champion – in the national point’s race.
“We drew a good number early to qualify and that helped, but the car was really good all night. The track was a little different at times – slick early but it had two really good lanes late so it was a fun track to race on,” said Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance backed #2. “It’s been a long time since we won a race…about a month. We finally got one on this swing…we really needed one.”
“I was just trying to run smooth, consistent laps. I know after I got by him (Shaffer) he was having troubles…for what ever reasons, his car would not take off when he hit the moisture on the bottom in four. I just tried to concentrate on hitting that moisture. I knew it was going to be hard for him to pass me if you couldn’t use that moisture. So I just tried to make smooth consistent laps on the bottom and try not to spin my tires. Any time you have those guys behind you you’re worried. But, I knew my car was good. I just had to be smooth and patient and it worked out. I have to thank George Fisher and Cory…they worked their tails off for this,” concluded Blaney.
On Motter Equipment Night, the All Star Circuit of Champion sprint cars returned to AMSOIL Speedway after the Tuesday event fell to rain.
It was “The Steel City Outlaw” Tim Shaffer who bolted into the lead from his outside front row starting spot at the drop of the green, followed by Blaney, Justin Henderson, 2010 All Star Rookie of the Year Cap Henry and Roger Crockett. Two laps in and the caution flew, with Shaffer taking a huge lead on the restart. Shaffer’s lead grew to a straight-away over Blaney. But, “The Low Rider” methodically cut into that lead as they quickly found lapped traffic.
On lap 11, Blaney finally got around Shaffer for the lead as they battled in lapped traffic. Blaney would pull away to a several car length lead at the half-way point. Meanwhile, Henderson was battling Stevie Smith, Crockett and Mark Dobmeier for third.
Over the last half of the race, Blaney was able to pull away to take the $5,000 payday. Shaffer, Henderson, Henry and Crockett would round out the top five.
It was the 83rd career All Star win for Blaney, who sits second on the series’ all-time win list behind Kenny Jacobs who has 98 victories.
“It was a good track…they gave us a couple of lanes and we just came up a little short. My guys just keep doing a great job and we just keep pounding on the door,” said Shaffer beside his Kistler Engines backed, Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook owned #83.
“I hoped we put on a good show. It’s hard to pass sometimes when the track changes so much like this. We were racing as hard as we could because everyone wants to win. I’ve been here once before and it was so fast and you couldn’t pass. I think they gave us a track we could put on a good show tonight,” said Henderson of his third place run.
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Donny Schatz has left the building�.$12,000 richer. |
FARGO, N.D. (8-17-11) By Brian Liskai – Even with an Elvis impersonator on hand, Schatz, who won his fifth Knoxville Nationals and its $150,000 prize just four days earlier, showed everyone who’s really “The King” Wednesday night at Red River Valley Speedway.
Racing at his home track for the second time in three weeks (he finished second in the last event to All Star champion Tim Shaffer), Schatz would win his ninth career All Star Circuit of Champions feature and the “Champions Challenge” presented by Titan Machinery and JDP Electric.
“This is one bad machine. But one better than that is the guys that work on it every day…I’m just lucky I get to drive it. This is the car that won the Knoxville Nationals…it’s got some karma on its side,” said Schatz beside his STP/Armor All backed #15.
Schatz, who has finished first or second in the Knoxville Nationals in 10 of the past 12 seasons, currently sits second in the World of Outlaws point’s battle. His family has helped resurrect the Red River Valley Speedway and is part of the track’s operations. In fact, Schatz had a hand in preparing the racing surface, which showed in Kistler Engines qualifications when he set a new track record of 12.404.
“We just kept changing things…I’m not going to pat myself on the back for the race track yet…until the late models get done, but the race track was fun. We were able to move around. I tell you what, it’s getting tough for me…I’m getting old. These kids that drive these cars..that David Gravel, I’m going by him and he drives right back around. I thought ‘hold on here…this isn’t the way it’s suppose to work.’ I just had a little bit better car than him as the race went on,” continued Schatz. “The secret is last year I beat Timmy (Shaffer) here and he went on to win the Nationals. So I run second to Tim (this year) and went on to win the Nationals.”
The 30-lap feature got off to an ugly start, with four cautions coming in the first eight laps. During that time Schatz made his way from fifth starting spot to third and, after the fourth yellow, was in the runner-up spot behind All Star regular David Gravel.
On the ensuing restart, Gravel and Schatz would wage a tremendous battle. Whenever Schatz tried to go up top, Gravel got there first. When Schatz shot low, Gravel ducked down there first. On lap 16, Schatz, a four-time World of Outlaw champion, Schatz dove low and was able to drive under Gravel for the lead.
Once in the lead Schatz set a blistering pace, pulling out to a straight-away lead at one point. Kasey Kahne Racing driver Brad Sweet would get around Gravel late for second with Sammy Swindell and current All Star national point leader Tim Shaffer rounding out the top five.
For Sweet, the runner-up finish continues an impressive couple of weeks of racing.
“Donny schooled us in lapped traffic. He’s on a roll right now…if you’re going to win one of these races you’re going to have to beat him. The Red Bull guys gave me a great car and we were fast all night and we’re knocking on the door to win one of these,” said Sweet.
After battling Schatz hard for the lead, Gravel was a bit disappointed with his third place finish.
“I have to thank Tyler (Swank)…I got a new crew chief two days ago and he’s been awesome,” said Gravel of his third place run aboard the JRC Transportation backed #89G. “Once Donny got by me I kind of lost my cool and let Brad by me…we were a little bit better than him. But all-in-all I’ll take a third place run and take some confidence to the next race.”
Shaffer continues the lead the All Stars’ Great Plains Region point standings with just one race remaining – Thursday at AMSOIL Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin, a make-up date after the event was rained out on Tuesday.
Red River Valley Speedway - 8/17/2011
All Star Circuit of Champions (40 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying - Kistler Engines
1. 15-Donny Schatz, 12.404
2. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.499
3. 1-Sammy Swindell, 12.502
4. 14-Tony Stewart, 12.602
5. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.676
6. 55-Terry McCarl, 12.709
7. 89G-David Gravel, 12.741
8. 57-Shane Stewart, 12.761
9. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.766
10. 1Z-Jessica Zemken, 12.784
11. 1X-Stevie Smith, 12.789
12. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.819
13. O4-Cap Henry, 12.828
14. 11-Roger Crockett, 12.832
15. 8-Casey Mack, 12.851
16. 59-Brooke Tatnell, 12.880
17. 44W-Austin Wheatley, 12.918
18. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 12.925
19. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 12.941
20. 1K-Chris Shirek, 12.953
21. 35-Justin Henderson, 13.016
22. 12-Lynton Jefferies, 13.032
23. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.171
24. 2P-Austin Pierce, 13.253
25. 19-Donovan Peterson, 13.268
26. 25-Corey Mack, 13.280
27. 4-Danny Smith, 13.343
28. 9N-Wade Nygard, 13.364
29. 56-Davey Heskin, 13.365
30. 15X-Robby Wolfgang, 13.729
31. 92-Mitch Mack, 13.734
32. 4J-Lee Grosz, 13.851
33. 5-David Glennon, 14.129
34. 1H-Sye Anderson, 14.146
35. 10-Bob Martin, 14.182
36. 16-Rayce Martin, 14.374
37. 31-Shane Roemling, 14.456
38. 16X-Duane Olson, 15.442
39. 3-Pete Miller III, NT
40. 99-Jordan Graham, NT
Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 7S-Jason Sides[4]
2. 15-Donny Schatz[6]
3. 2-Dale Blaney[5]
4. O4-Cap Henry[3]
5. 35-Justin Henderson[1]
6. 56-Davey Heskin[8]
7. 44W-Austin Wheatley[2]
8. 19-Donovan Peterson[7]
9. 5-David Glennon[9]
10. 31-Shane Roemling[DNS]
Heat 2 - All Pro Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[2]
2. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[4]
3. 12-Lynton Jefferies[1]
4. 49-Brad Sweet[6]
5. 55-Terry McCarl[5]
6. 15X-Robby Wolfgang[8]
7. 11-Roger Crockett[3]
8. 25-Corey Mack[7]
9. 1H-Sye Anderson[9]
10. 16X-Duane Olson[10]
Heat 3 - MSD Ignition (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 13-Mark Dobmeier[2]
2. 1-Sammy Swindell[6]
3. W20-Greg Wilson[1]
4. 89G-David Gravel[5]
5. 1X-Stevie Smith[4]
6. 8-Casey Mack[3]
7. 4-Danny Smith[7]
8. 92-Mitch Mack[8]
9. 10-Bob Martin[9]
10. 3-Pete Miller III[DNS]
Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1K-Chris Shirek[2]
2. 2P-Austin Pierce[1]
3. 83-Tim Shaffer[4]
4. 57-Shane Stewart[5]
5. 59-Brooke Tatnell[3]
6. 9N-Wade Nygard[7]
7. 14-Tony Stewart[6]
8. 4J-Lee Grosz[8]
9. 16-Rayce Martin[9]
10. 99-Jordan Graham[10]
Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature
1. 89G-David Gravel[1]
2. 49-Brad Sweet[2]
3. 1-Sammy Swindell[3]
4. 55-Terry McCarl[4]
5. 15-Donny Schatz[5]
6. 2-Dale Blaney[6]
B-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 14-Tony Stewart[1]
2. 8-Casey Mack[3]
3. 11-Roger Crockett[2]
4. 44W-Austin Wheatley[4]
5. 9N-Wade Nygard[8]
6. 15X-Robby Wolfgang[10]
7. 19-Donovan Peterson[5]
8. 56-Davey Heskin[9]
9. 1H-Sye Anderson[14]
10. 16-Rayce Martin[16]
11. 31-Shane Roemling[17]
12. 92-Mitch Mack[11]
13. 25-Corey Mack[6]
14. 5-David Glennon[13]
15. 16X-Duane Olson[18]
16. 4-Danny Smith[7]
17. 10-Bob Martin[15]
18. 4J-Lee Grosz[12]
19. 99-Jordan Graham[20]
20. 3-Pete Miller III[19]
A-Main - (30 Laps)
1. 15-Donny Schatz[5]
2. 49-Brad Sweet[2]
3. 89G-David Gravel[1]
4. 1-Sammy Swindell[3]
5. 83-Tim Shaffer[12]
6. 7S-Jason Sides[8]
7. 1X-Stevie Smith[10]
8. 11-Roger Crockett[14]
9. 14-Tony Stewart[11]
10. 59-Brooke Tatnell[16]
11. 13-Mark Dobmeier[19]
12. O4-Cap Henry[13]
13. 2-Dale Blaney[6]
14. 35-Justin Henderson[21]
15. W20-Greg Wilson[23]
16. 8-Casey Mack[15]
17. 2P-Austin Pierce[24]
18. 1K-Chris Shirek[20]
19. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[9]
20. 55-Terry McCarl[4]
21. 44W-Austin Wheatley[17]
22. 12-Lynton Jefferies[22]
23. 57-Shane Stewart[7]
24. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[18]
Hard Charger: 13-Mark Dobmeier[+8] |
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Dobmeier holds off Shaffer for Huset's All Star win |
BRANDON, S.D. (Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011) By Brian Liskai – Mark Dobmeier has been around long enough in sprint car racing to know when things are going well you don’t question it, you just ride it as long as you can. He did just that Sunday at Huset’s Speedway, wrestling the lead away from Justin Henderson at the half-way point and then withstood challenges from Tim Shaffer in traffic over the next eight laps then raced virtually uncontested during the final 7 laps to win the All Star Circuit of Champions event. Coming off a qualifying night feature win during the 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals and a sixth place run in sprint car racing’s “Super Bowl” the previous night, Dobmeier would record his 41st victory at the track and his first ever All Star victory. He now sits second on Huset’s all-time win list with 41 victories, behind Terry McCarl. It was also his fifth win of the year at the track where he leads the point’s standings as he battles for his fourth track championship.
“This team is as strong as it’s ever been…we’re just going to keep this deal rolling,” said Dobmeier beside his Lunstra/Dobmeier Racing #13. “When I see lapped cars I want it because that’s when we can gain spots. This car is just working so strong. I have to thank my crew, Dave Lunstra and my dad for putting this team together and all my great sponsors.” “I took this race with a whole different approach than I did for the first All Star race here. I was pretty aggressive that first All Star race we had…I think we would have won that one too but I was too aggressive and tapped the wall. I really had to retrain myself on this one. I was being very patient until we got about half-way through the race then we turned our wick up,” continued Dobmeier beside his Senski & Son Transfer/Right Choice Electric/Big Trucks by Jimco machine.
Henderson would grab the lead at the drop of the green with Dobmeier and David Gravel in pursuit. Gravel would get around Dobmeier for second, but would then tag the turn 3 wall, ending his night. On the restart Henderson would rocket away using the top groove and would soon catch the rear of the field. Once in traffic, Henderson’s lead evaporated as Dobmeier quickly closed. Dobmeier would execute a slider in turn four on lap 13 to briefly take the lead but Henderson would drive back into the top spot. On the next lap Dobmeier would drive under Henderson for the lead. Meanwhile, two-time All Star champion Tim Shaffer would make a charge, using traffic to move into the second spot as Henderson began to fade. Dobmeier would struggle with heavy traffic allowing Shaffer to close. But once past the traffic, Dobmeier would rocket away his first career All Star win.
Shaffer – coming off a 19th to fourth run at the Knoxville Nationals – would come home second and build on his point lead in the All Star’s Great Plains Region and its $10,000 payday. He would also pad his point lead for the All Star’s National title. “It’s all about putting a great show on for the fans and this was a fun place tonight,” said Shaffer beside his Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook owned machine.
“Earlier you could run the bottom and the top both and then when lapped traffic comes into play…that’s when it really gets exciting. It works out however it works out…we don’t know, we’re just hanging on to these things,” quipped Shaffer. “I have to thank Kistler Engines, Kistler Racing Products, VRP Shocks and all my crew for their hard work all season long.” Three-time All Star champ Dale Blaney would come home third to stay within striking distance of Shaffer for the All Star’s national title.
“The track was really different than what it was a couple of weeks ago. If we would have gained a row in the dash we might have had a shot. It was a pretty good race there for awhile,” said Blaney beside his George Fisher Racing/Ti22 backed #2. Now it’s on to AMSOIL Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin on Tuesday and Red River Valley Speedway in Fargo, N.D. on Wednesday to close out the All Star Circuit of Champions’ “Thunder Through the Plains.” |
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Sammy Swindell's "loaded weapon" dominates Front Row Challenge |
OSKALOOSA, IA (8-8-11) By Brian Liskai - "I felt like I had been bringing a knife to a gun fight...with this new motor I feel like I'm now bringing a machine gun."
Those words from Sammy Swindell never rang more true after he dominated the 15th Annual Musco Lighting Front Row Challenge Monday night at Southern Iowa Speedway. The win was an unprecedented third in a row for the Germantown, Tenn., resident and the third All Star Circuit of Champions victory of 2011.
Swindell, who earned the pole-starting spot by winning the "King of the Hill" match race, led all 25 laps on route to his 24th career All Star victory. It wasn't easy, however, as he survived a couple of late race restarts and a lapped car exploding a tire and spinning right in front of him.
"I'm just so proud of this Big Game Tree Stand team. We put a new motor in this..probably the best engine I've ever had. Before I felt at times like I had been bringing a knife to a gun fight...with this new motor I feel like I'm now bringing a machine gun," said Swindell. "That was a close call when that tire exploded...it seems there's a tire or two that does that at every race."
Brad Sweet would hound Swindell the entire race and looked poised to pounce on a restart with four laps to go. But, Swindell would show his experience, changing up his restart pattern, giving him a huge advantage to pull away for the win.
"Sammy kind of snookered us on that last restart...he proved why he is one of the best in the business," said Sweet beside his Kasey Kahne Racing/Red Bull #9. "I just wish that last caution wouldn't have come out....I was catching him. He was going to have to make a decision in traffic and I was ready. We had a great car all night and I'm excited about the (Knoxville) Nationals."
While Swindell and Sweet ran nose to tail in traffic, Shane Stewart - coming off the Knoxville 360 Nationals win - thrilled the crowd with his charge from 10th to third.
"It was hard to pass tonight but my Rockstar Energy Drink car was so good I could go any where. I think we might have had something for those guys if this would have stayed green. I can't complain...we've had a great week so far," said Stewart.
Swindell and Sweet would lead the field to the green with Daryn Pittman and Cody Darrah in tow. Swindell would hit lapped traffic by the sixth circuit as Sweet stayed within striking distance. Pittman and Darrah would battle hard for third while Dale Blaney and Sam Hafertepe Jr. ran off their rear bumpers. |
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Kevin Swindell gets 1st All Star win at Knoxville |
Knoxville, IA (8-6-11) By Brian Liskai – Kevin Swindell has grown up watching his father, the legendary Sammy Swindell, experience triumph and heart-break at the world-famous Knoxville Raceway. The younger Swindell has learned from those experiences and used that to dominate the 20-lap All Star Circuit of Champions feature Saturday, leading the entire way for his second win of the season and second of his career at the raceway. It was his first ever All Star victory.
Swindell, driving a team Big Game Tree Stands machine to his father, took the lead from his third starting position from pole-sitter and Kings Royal winner Tyler Walker using the bottom groove on a second attempt to start the race. Kevin had to hold off Walker late in the race as they caught the back of the field.
"Everything was going fine and Bud (Kaeding) and Robby (Wolfgang) were running up top. They got together, and I knew it would be trouble. Bud came down the track and knocked the air out of me. I just hoped no one behind me was close. I was trying not to miss the bottom,l and that time I did," said Swindell in victory lane.
Walker and Daryn Pittman would lead the field to the green, but before a lap could be completed, Brian Brown, returning from a scary crash on Friday night, came together with Jason Johnson, necessitating a complete restart. Kevin Swindell would use the second chance to his advantage, driving into the lead exiting turn four on the ensuing restart.
By lap five, Swindell had a six car length lead over Pittman, who was followed by Knoxville Raceway point leader Danny Lasoski, who also utilized the bottom groove to charge from his ninth starting spot. With six laps in the books, ninth running Sammy Swindell spun on the backstretch with a flat tire, going pitside.
Kevin Swindell would drive away on the restart with Walker and Lasoski battling for second while Pittman had his hands full with multi-time track champion Terry McCarl. McCarl would drive by Pittman on lap eight, but two-time and defending All Star champion Tim Shaffer - the 2010 Knoxville Nationals winner - was on the move, up from his 10th place starting spot, taking fifth on lap nine.
Another hard-charger was Mark Dobmeier, blasting from 20th to enter the top five by busting the cushion on lap 12. Kevin Swindell maintained his lead despite the close call with Kaeding and Wolfgang and went on to the $5,000 win over Walker, Lasoski, Shaffer and Dobmeier.
McCarl, Dale Blaney, Dusty Zomer, Rager Phillips and Davey Heskin (from last) rounded out the top 10.
Shaffer's run - he has only finished out of the top five once in the last month of competition - helped him maintain his slim lead in the All Star's national point standings while padding his lead int he Great Plains Regional points and its $10,000 top prize.
The All Star Circuit of Champions will be back in action Monday at the Front Row Challenge at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
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Shaffer gets redemption in Fargo |
FARGO, N.D. – Last year when the All Star Circuit of Champions “Thundered Through the Plains” two-time and defending series’ titlest Tim Shaffer was riding a huge hot streak that would see him not only claim 16 All Star wins and the series’ title, but the Knoxville Nationals. Well don’t look now, but “The Steel City Outlaw” is at it again.
Much like the 2011 Ohio Sprint Speedweek when Shaffer never finished out of the top three, he is dominating the All Stars’ Great Plains Region. On Wednesday the Aliquippa, Pennsylvania driver passed four-time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz in traffic and went on to capture the feature event at Red River Valley Speedway. Shaffer leads the $10,000-to-win Great Plains Region points with his two wins and a third place run.
The win vaulted Shaffer ahead of three-time series champion Dale Blaney for the national points lead as well. Shaffer now has 41 career All Star victories, moving him into 10th on the all-time win list.
At Red River, it was a bit of redemption for Shaffer. Last year he led the All Star feature only to have Schatz pass him in traffic and go on to win the race. The roles were reversed on Wednesday as Shaffer took advantage of Schatz getting hung up in lapped traffic and grabbed the lead two-thirds of the way through the 30-lap race. Shaffer had to hold off several late challenges by Schatz and took the Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook Motorsports #83 to victory lane for his sixth All Star win of 2011.
"Wow, what a great race," admitted Shaffer beside his Kistler Engines/VRP Shocks/Kistler Racing Products J&J machine. "My hat goes off to (crew chief) Brian (Kemenah) and the guys. This car really came in late in the race and we were able to get another win. Donny kind of got me at the start and was setting a pretty good pace. I just had to be patient and I think I may have found the rubber before him on the bottom and we were able to get by him. It's always good to win races, but this is the time of year when you want things to be going your way. We're pretty excited."
Shaffer qualified fourth in the field of 27 cars and started the feature event on the outside of pole-sitter Dale Blaney. Blaney led the early going driving the Ti22 Performance No. 2 before Schatz raced his No. 15 Big Game Treestands/Fast Lane Car Wash J&J into the lead. Once in front, Schatz weaved his way through traffic for several laps and looked poised to repeat his win from last July, but lapped traffic would ultimately cost him the victory.
With five laps to go, Shaffer, Schatz and Mark Dobmeier were nearly nose to tail with Tyler Walker, Blaney and a charging Tony Stewart closing in. When Austin Wheatly got upside down, it gave Shaffer a clear track but set up a five lap shoot-out. Shaffer would pull away slightly on the restart, but Schatz mounted one more charge. As Shaffer took the white flag, Schatz was just a half a car length back. Another caution would set up a green-white-checkered finish and Shaffer would pull away for the win.
Dobmeier was third in the Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports No. 13L J&J. Walker began the evening by setting a new track record in the Keen Motorsports No. 17 Maxim and finished it by coming home fourth. Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart passed Blaney late to earn a top-five finish.
"That was a good race and we just needed a few more laps of lapped traffic there at the end," said Schatz. "I got the lead and felt like I was in pretty good shape, but when it starts taking as long as it did to get by some of those lapped cars, you knew somebody was coming. Great job to Tim and his team for coming up with the win. I'm really happy we had a such a good race for all the people that came out. We've got another big show coming up in two weeks (The $12,000-to-win Champions Challenge on Aug. 17), and hopefully we can have another great race like this."
"We were happy to be on the frontstretch tonight," said Dobmeier, who hails from Grand Forks, N.D. "The car was really good, but I think I killed my tire early in the race trying to get up there and race with Donny and Blaney. I just didn't have anything left there at the end. I want to thank everyone for coming out and all of the people that allow me to do this. We've got a good team and this is a good way for us to head into the weekend and next week at the (Knoxville) Nationals. Maybe we'll be just a bit better in two weeks here."
The All-Stars return to action on Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway. Two nights later, the series moves onto Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa, for the annual Front Row Challenge. The Thunder Through the Plains Tour will resume after the 51st annual Knoxville (Iowa) Nationals on Sunday, Aug. 14 at Huset's Speedway in Sioux Falls. A Tuesday night event at Amsoil Speedway in Superior, Wisc., precedes the inaugural Champions Challenge at RRVS, which will pay $12,000 to the winner and be the final race in the All-Stars' Great Plains Region.
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