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Kaeding
shows hot hand at McCool Junction
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McCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. – After a crazy
Saturday night at Knoxville, things returned to normal for the National Sprint
Tour Monday night, Aug. 14 at Junction Motor Speedway.
In other words,
Tim Kaeding won with Danny Lasoski and Steve Kinser close behind.
Lasoski started
from pole and led early in the 30-lap main. The lead lasted until lap 15, when
Kaeding trapped Lasoski in traffic to grab the lead.
“It’s sometimes
better to be in second,” Lasoski said. “Tim did a good job there. He got me
caught behind traffic. I wasn’t aware it was that good up high.”
Neither was
Kaeding.
“I really didn’t
think the top was going to be that good,” said Kaeding, who went on to claim
his 12th win in the 30th race of the season. “I wanted to
get some momentum up. I got lucky, because it stuck up there.”
Kaeding was glad
to see Lasoski mired in traffic.
“Traffic can help
out big time,” Kaeding said. “We’ve got 12 wins. Unbelievable. I just wish those
two guys (Lasoski and Kinser) would have a bad night.”
As it was, both
Lasoski and Kinser battled up front yet again. Kinser got by Lasoski for second
on lap 20, though Lasoski regained the position for good on lap 28 while Kinser
was third.
Rounding out the
top-10 were
Even with the
lead, Kaeding was aware it was anything but safe with Kinser breathing down his
neck late.
“You can’t ever
count Steve out,” Kaeding said. “That’s why he’s The King.”
Kinser, meanwhile,
had his hands full both with his tires and Lasoski.
“I just didn’t
make it,” Kinser said. “There’s not much to tell. They laid rubber. I killed my
tires and got real loose. Again.”
Lasoski, who
maintained the NST points lead, enjoyed the battle with Kinser.
“It was a really
good battle,” Lasoski said. “After Tim got by I tried to shorten the track,
because it wasn’t doing any good to follow. That let Steve get by. But it was a
great race. The guys here did a great job and made a great track.”
For Jacobs, his
first top-five was the latest stroke of good news. Car owner Lonny Parsons, hit
by a water truck Aug. 5, was released from the hospital last Friday and is back
at home near
“He was at the
shop quite a while today,” said Jacobs, who continues to fill in for the
injured Tim Shaffer. “He’s going to his doctor in
On the track,
Jacobs was back to the driver fans have come to know over the years.
“We finally had a
decent run,” he said. “We made a lot of changes, and went to Pro Shocks. Tim
and I are night and day different. It feels real nice. We’ve got a new crew
guy, and that’s working out. I thought I was going to get Danny and Steve at
the end there.”
Trophy dashes were
won by Lasoski and Paul McMahan, with Lasoski choosing to start on the inside
pole for the 30-lap main event. McMahan’s night came an end on lap 8 in the
main when he tangled with a lapped car and flipped multiple times on the
frontstretch. He was uninjured.
Heat races were
won by Kerry Madsen, Jonathan Allard and Rilat. Jason Solwold, celebrating his
31st birthday, was the fastest of 26 qualifiers with a time of
14.487 seconds, his series-leading seventh fast time of the year. All 26 cars
raced the main event.
For Kaeding, the win
was a nice bounce back from a tough night Saturday at the Knoxville Nationals,
where he spun on the first lap.
“We’ll take this
win and enjoy it, just like we would have with a
NST teams next
compete at
Junction Motor Speedway National
Sprint Tour results
Qualifying Results
1
JASON SOLWOLD R19 14.487
2 STEVE KINSER 11 14.576
3 DANNY LASOSKI 83 14.774
4 PAUL McMAHAN 20 14.890
5 SHANE STEWART 26 14.926
6 JASON SIDES 7S 14.935
7 DEAN JACOBS 6 15.023
8 Kyle Hirst 99 15.079
9 BRIAN PAULUS 28 15.091
10 Wayne Johnson 14AJ 15.092
11 TIM KAEDING 11K 15.126
12 Ricky Logan 55 15.211
13 KERRY MADSEN 11H 15.252
14 Jonathan Allard O 15.327
15 Travis Rilat 29 15.405
16 Trever Green 11AU 15.478
17 Chad Hillier 5 15.500
18 JASON MEYERS 14 15.520
19 Seth Brahmer 13 15.850
20 Robert Ballou 12 16.020
21 Jamie McDonald 3NZ 16.056
22 Bryan Gosel 6G 16.522
23 Kellen Love 71X 16.851
24 Mike Chadd 4 16.884
25 Tony Kaus 3K 16.895
26 Don Stoutner 57 -.---
Heat One Finish
1
KERRY MADSEN 11H
2 Trever Green 11AU
3 Wayne Johnson 14AJ
4 JASON SOLWOLD R19
5 PAUL McMAHAN 20
6 DEAN JACOBS 6
7 Seth Brahmer 13
8
9 Tony Kaus 3K
Heat Two Finish
1
Jonathan Allard O
2 SHANE STEWART 26
3 STEVE KINSER 11
4
5 TIM KAEDING 11K
6 Kyle Hirst 99
7 Robert Ballou 12
8 Kellen Love 71X
9 Don Stoutner 57
Heat Three Finish
1
Travis Rilat 29
2 JASON MEYERS 14
3 Ricky Logan 55
4 DANNY LASOSKI 83
5 JASON SIDES 7S
6 BRIAN PAULUS 28
7 Mike Chadd 4
8 Jamie McDonald 3NZ
Dash One Finish
1 DANNY LASOSKI 83
2 TIM KAEDING 11K
3 DEAN JACOBS 6
4 JASON SOLWOLD R19
5 SHANE STEWART 26
6 BRIAN PAULUS 28
Dash Two Finish
1 PAUL McMAHAN 20
2 JASON SIDES 7S
3 Kyle Hirst 99
4 STEVE KINSER 11
5 Wayne Johnson 14AJ
6 Ricky Logan 55
A-Feature Line-Up
83 - 20
11K - 7S
6 - 99
R19 - 11
26 - 14AJ
28 - 55
11H - 0
29 - 11AU
5 - 14
13 - 12
3NZ - 6G
71X - 4
3K - 57
A-Feature Finish
1
TIM KAEDING 11K
2 DANNY LASOSKI 83
3 STEVE KINSER 11
4 DEAN JACOBS 6
5 Wayne Johnson 14AJ
6 JASON MEYERS 14
7 SHANE STEWART 26
8 Kyle Hirst 99
9 JASON SOLWOLD R19
10 Travis Rilat 29
11 Jonathan Allard O
12 KERRY MADSEN 11H
13 Chad Hillier 5
14 Robert Ballou 12
15 JASON SIDES 7S
16 Ricky Logan 55
17 Seth Brahmer 13
18 Mike Chadd 4
19 Jamie McDonald 3NZ
20 Trever Green 11AU
21 Kellen Love 71X
22 BRIAN PAULUS 28
23 Tony Kaus 3K
24 PAUL McMAHAN 20
25 Bryan Gosel 6G
26 Don Stoutner 57
Points after McCool Junction
1 Danny Lasoski 2290
2 Steve Kinser
2226
3 Tim Kaeding
2196
4
5 Jason Solwold 1959
6 Paul McMahan 1867
7 Jason Sides
1852
8 Shane Stewart 1676
9
10 Tim Shaffer
1092
11 Kerry Madsen 987
12 Lucas Wolfe
960
13
14 Lance Dewease 458