Lasoski wins emotional NST finale at Elma
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Lasoski got by
Kinser on lap 28 of 40 in the Saturday, Aug. 26 main event and stayed low the
rest of the race to take the win.
Kinser’s
desperate move on the high side in the final turn wasn’t enough to get by ‘The
Dude’ and actually cost him a spot to teammate Tim Kaeding.
Paul McMahan
recorded his second fourth place finish in as many nights, while Steve Kent
took fifth.
Kinser took the
early lead from pole and seemed ready to win at the track good friend and NST
founder
Lasoski began
closing near halfway as Kinser struggled to lap Rick Fauver. Kinser moved into
Lasoski’s low line as both tried to get by Fauver, who was driving a team car
to NST driver Shane Stewart.
On lap 28, Kinser
bobbled. Lasoski dove low to grab the lead as Kaeding and McMahan also moved in.
Over the final
dozen laps, Lasoski stayed tucked in behind the slower Fauver, as the rest of
the leaders played the waiting game. No one tried a move up high until Kinser’s
last lap attempt.
“Steve was
putting a good pace down,” Lasoski said. “I was trying to cut the track down by
going low. When I closed in he went low to block. That’s patented Steve Kinser.
That’s why he’s ‘The King’. You’ve got to try to find a way by.”
That is just what
happened with 12 laps to go.
“He went high
into turn 3, and I got under him,” Lasoski said. “Fauver was racing like he was
racing for $50,000 to win. I was just trying to stay behind him at the end.”
Kinser was
disappointed with himself following the race.
“I just had to
ride it out, but I didn’t,” Kinser said. “I tried to pass (Fauver). There at
the end rubber was on the bottom. There was nowhere else to run. I should have
stayed on the bottom, behind that 26.”
It was easy to
tell how badly Kinser wanted to win when he pulled the desperate last lap move.
“I wanted to win,
I just couldn’t get it done,” Kinser said. “It’s my fault. I had the race car
to win, and I didn’t get the job done.”
Kaeding tried
hard to pass his boss, driving around the turn 2 berm at one point and nearly
colliding with Kinser in a scrap for second.
“That’s just part
of racing,” Kaeding said. “You just try not to hit too hard if you do hit.”
Early on, Kaeding
fell back a bit before coming on strong.
“I was trying to
save the tires and keep the tires under me,” said Kaeding, who rebounded from a
10th place run Friday. “I was trying to run around and save it. It
was a good rebound (from Friday). We found some stuff we needed to change.”
In the end,
Kaeding was hoping the leaders would force the issue a bit with Fauver.
“I was hoping the
26 (Fauver) would spin out in front of them,” Kaeding said. “I figured we would
just settle for third. Steve was trying to get by Lasoski so we got second.”
McMahan knew he
couldn’t do much from fourth.
“I got in line
and waited for someone to make a mistake,” McMahan said. “That’s what I was
waiting for. I knew Steve wouldn’t move up until the last minute.”
McMahan was
upbeat after another fourth place run.
“That’s a good
deal,” he said. “I always run good here. It’s one of the places I love coming
to. It’s close to home, so it’s good. It’s a good run, and hopefully it can
lead to more.”
Saturday’s race
capped off three nights of racing at the 3/8-mile dirt track. Henry Van Dam won
Thursday’s Northern Sprint Tour show, with Lasoski taking both National Sprint
Tour shows.
Trophy dashes
were won by Kinser and Kaeding, with Kinser choosing to start on the inside
pole for the main event.
Heat races were
won by Gary Taylor, Kent, Jason Sides and
The series next
races Aug. 29 at Cottage Grove Speedway in
For Lasoski,
Saturday’s win not only gave car owner Dennis Roth a weekend sweep on the
weekend of his birthday, but it also meant a sweep in a tough weekend when all
thoughts were with the Brownfields.
“This really was
a very special weekend,” Lasoski said.
NST Grays Harbor Raceway results
Qualifying Results
1 JONATHAN
ALLARD 0 12.226
2 JASON SOLWOLD R19 12.451
3 STEVE KINSER 11 12.456
4 TIM KAEDING 11K 12.478
5 PAUL McMAHAN 20 12.604
6 DEAN JACOBS 6 12.605
7 DANNY LASOSKI 83 12.714
8 Roger Crockett 11F 12.733
9 KERRY MADSEN 11H 12.853
10 Steve Kent 7N 12.858
11 STEVIE SMITH 19 12.907
12 BRIAN PAULUS 28 12.953
13 JASON MEYERS 14 12.971
14 SHANE STEWART 26 13.008
15 JASON SIDES 7S 13.083
16 Jared Ridge 12 13.152
17 Evan Funk 8E 13.153
18 Mitch Olson 98M 13.239
19 CHAD HILLIER 5 13.267
20 TRAVIS RILAT 29 13.287
21 Gary Taylor 5D 13.349
22 Shawn Rice 76 13.357
23 Jason York 5SP 13.363
24 Steve Vague 08 13.380
25 Chris Adams 4C 13.406
26 Brad Holmes 5H 13.418
27 Tayler Malsam 25M 13.431
28 Rick Fauver 26R 13.449
29 Henry Van Dam 33V 13.458
30 Toni Lutar 4X 13.533
31 Jay Cole 0J 13.641
32 Cale Carder 7C 13.696
33 Bill Nutter 3N 13.760
34 Glenn Borden 34 13.784
35 Ken Brogan 97R 13.788
36 Braden Etchison 24 13.891
37 Nick Engberg 4 13.899
38 Derek Ingalls 91 13.920
39 Rob Johnson 83R 13.938
40 David Gilmore 8D 14.454
41 Dan Dunlap 15 14.467
42 John Simmons 9 15.397
43 Pat
44 Randy VanAagten 7
Heat One Finish
1 Gary Taylor, 5D
2 JASON MEYERS, 14
3 JONATHAN ALLARD, 0
4 KERRY MADSEN, 11H
5 PAUL McMAHAN, 20
6 Henry Van Dam, 33V
7 Chris Adams, 4C
8 Nick Engberg, 4
9 Evan Funk, 8E
10 Glenn Borden, 34
11 Dan Dunlap, 15D
Heat Two Finish
1 Steve Kent, 7N
2 SHANE STEWART, 26
3 JASON SOLWOLD, R19
4 Shawn Rice, 76
5 DEAN JACOBS, 6
6 Toni Lutar, 4X
7 Derek Ingalls, 91
8 Bill Nutter, 3N
9 Brad Holmes, 5H
10 Mitch Olson, 98M
11 Josh Simmons, 9
Heat Three Finish
1 JASON SIDES, 7S
2 STEVIE SMITH, 19
3 STEVE KINSER, 11
4 DANNY LASOSKI, 83
5
6 Jay Cole, 0J
7 Jason York, 5SP
8 Taylor Malsam, 25M
9 Ken Brogan, 97R
10 Rob Johnson, 83R
Heat Four Finish
1 BRIAN PAULUS, 28
2 TIM KAEDING, 11K
3 Roger Crockett, 11F
4 Ricky Fauver, 26R
5 Steve Vague, 08
6
7 Cale Carder, 7C
8 Braden Etchison, 24
9 David Gilmore, 8
10 TRAVIS RILAT, 29
C-Main Finish
1 Ken Brogan, 97R
2 Nick Engberg, 4
3 Derek Ingalls, 91
4 Braden Etchison, 24
5 Dan Dunlap, 15D
6 Rob Johnson, 83R
7 John Simmons, 9
dns Evan Funk, 8
dns Pat
dns Randy VanAagten, 7
Dash One Line-Up
11 - 0
11H - 83
20 - 19
Dash One Finish
1 STEVE KINSER, 11
2 DANNY LASOSKI, 83
3 STEVIE SMITH, 19
4 JONATHAN ALLARD, 0
5 PAUL McMAHAN, 20
6 KERRY MADSEN, 11H
Dash Two Line-Up
28 - 11K
R19 - 11F
6
- 7N
Dash Two Finish
1 TIM KAEDING, 11K
2 Steve Kent, 7N
3 JASON SOLWOLD, R19
4 BRIAN PAULUS, 28
5 DEAN JACOBS, 6
6 Roger Crockett, 11F
B-Main Finish
1 TRAVIS RILAT 29
2 Mitch Olson 98M
3 Evan Funk 8E
4 Jared Ridge 12
5 Taylor Malsam 25M
6 Jason York 5SP
7 Henry Van Dam 33V
8 Bill Nutter 3N
9 Nick Engberg 4
10 Cale Carder 7C
11 Derek Ingalls 91
12 Brad Holmes 5H
13 Glenn Borden 34
14 Ken Brogan 97R
15 Jay Cole 0J
16 Chris Adams 4C
17 Toni Lutar 4X
18 Braden Etchison 24
A-Feature Line-Up
11 - 11K
83 - 7N
19 - R19
0
- 28
20 - 6
11H - 11F
14 - 26
7S - 12
8E - 98M
5
- 29
5D - 76
08 - 26R
A-Feature Finish
1 DANNY LASOSKI, 83
2 TIM KAEDING, 11K
3 STEVE KINSER, 11
4 PAUL McMAHAN, 20
5 Steve Kent, 7N
6 JASON SOLWOLD, R19
7 JASON SIDES, 7S
8 DEAN JACOBS, 6
9 JASON MEYERS, 14
10 BRIAN PAULUS, 28
11 KERRY MADSEN, 11H
12 STEVIE SMITH, 19
13 SHANE STEWART, 26
14 Roger Crockett, 11F
15
16 TRAVIS RILAT, 29
17 Rick Fauver, 26R
18 Mitch Olson, 98M
19 Gary Taylor, 5D
20
21 Shawn Rice, 76
22 Steve Vague, 08
23 JONATHAN ALLARD, 0
24 Evan Funk, 8E