Lasoski Dominates Front Row Challenge

By Brian Liskai

 (Aug. 8, 2005) - Danny Lasoski wanted to make it a great weekend for his car owner Tony Stewart, who a day earlier had won the NASCAR race at Indianapolis. "The Dude from Dover" took the win in the Musco Lighting Front Row Challenge at Southern Iowa Speedway Monday as Stewart looked on.

"It's always good to come back to Southeran Iowa in front of these great fans. We didn't get to take the Front Row Challenge this year, but hopefully Terry (McCarl) and Bob (McCroskey) will have us back next year and we can take the challenge and give the fans their money's worth," said Lasoski beside his Bass Pro Shops sprinter. "Tony did a hell of a job at Indy and we just wanted to keep the ball rolling."

Daryn Pittman jumped into the lead from his outside front row starting spot, with Lasoski and Tim Kaeding, who rocketed around five cars on the first lap. The leaders hit lapped traffic by lap six with Lasoski and Kaeding closing on Pittman.

Lasoski used the low groove to slide around Pittman on lap nine and never looked back. Meanwhile, Pittman and Kaeding raced each other hard for second, with Kaeding taking the runner-up spot on lap 12. With 10 laps to go, Lasoski had built a commanding lead with Kaeding and Pittman still racing each other hard for second.

At the checkered, Lasoski was nine car lengths ahead of Kaeding, Pittman, Greg Hodnett, Ricky Logan, Jason Sides, Kerry Madsen, Roger Crockett, Erin Crocker, and Skip Jackson.

"I got a good run on that first lap. I thought I had a shot at Danny in lapped traffic, but we got kind of bogged down," said Kaeding of his second place run. "I'm ready to go have some fun at Knoxville."

Monroe, Michigan's Jeremy Campbell, the 2004 All Star Circuit of Champion's Rookie of the Year, outdualed Daryn Pittman in the "King of the Hill Dash" final to earn the pole position. Campbell accepted the Front Row Challenge and elected to start tail in the feature for a chance to win $50,000.

"It's tough out here...there are some great cars here tonight. But, my car's great and the motor is taking off great. Let's do it. Let's go for it," said Campbell after asking the huge crowd for their input on accepting the challenge.

Campbell would come from the tail to finish 15th and earn KSE Steering Hard Charger award.

Front Row Challenge 48 sprint cars

Time Trials Hoosier Tire Fast Qualifier: 1. 7x John VanDenberg 15.725 2. 10c Jeremy Campbell 15.888 3. 20 Danny Lasoski 15.902 4. 4x Tony Lutar 15.958 5. 17g Don Droud Jr 15.999 6. 7s Jason Sides 16.004 7. 2j Skip Jackson 16.026 8. 11 Roger Crockett 16.072 9. 10 Ricky Logan 16.083 10. 21 Daryn Pittman 16.104 11. 77 Greg Hodnett 16.123 12. 16 Erin Crocker 16.126 13. 83 Tim Kaeding 16.145 14. 55x Kerry Madsen 16.171 15. 0 Jonathan Allard 16.176 16. 2 Joey Saldana 16.190 17. 55 Blake Feese 16.208 18. 88h Fred Rahmer 16.213 19. 25 Lance Dewease 16.235 20. 75 Jesse Hockett 16.236 21. 70 Kevin Huntley 16.246 22. 5j Jeff Mitrisin 16.246 23. 28 Todd Hepfner 16.250 24. 45x Johnny Herrera 16.267 25. 14 Jason Meyers 16.270 26. 9 Kasey Kahne 16.272 27. 29 Dean Jacobs 16.284 28. 5w Lucas Wolfe 16.289 29. 19 Bob Weave 16.309 30. 35 Steven Allard 16.316 31. 44x Geoff Dodge 16.347 32. 7w Tim St. Arnold 16.347 33. D1 Jesse Giannetto 16.460 34. 18 Tony Bruce Jr. 16.606 35. 11e Mike Erdley 16.606 36. 5sp Ricky Fauver 16.626 37. 14n Danny Wood 16.633 38. 61j Danny Jennings 16.711 39. 3nz Jamie McDonald 16.741 40. 4 Danny Smith 16.749 41. 50z Zach Chappell 16.820 42. 2k T.J. Stutts 16.901 43. 20w Stevie Walsh 16.916 44. 71r Ryan Anderson 16.948 45. 20c Luke Cranston 17.207 46. 94s Natalie Sather 17.284 47. 7 Critter Malone 17.499 48. 1z Jamie Zaputil 24.121 49. 1 Brent Anthill 99.000

Comfort Inn of Oskaloosa /Boubin Tire Heat 1 (Top 5 to A) (starting spot): 1. Blake Feese (2); 2. Ricky Logan (4); 3. Tim Kaeding (3); 4. Kevin Huntley (1); 5. Jesse Giannetto (9); 6. Zach Chappell (11); 7. Danny Wood (10); 8. Bob Weuve (8); 9. Jason Meyers (7); 10. Luke Cranston (12); 11. Don Droud Jr. (5); 12. Eric Vanderberg (6) Note: Vanderberg and Droud flipped in turn four on sixth lap...both okay)

K&S Wheel Alignment Heat 2 (Top 5 to A) (starting spot): 1. Jeff Mitrisin (1); 2. Daryn Pittman (4); 3. Kerry Madsen (3); 4. Jason Sides (5); 5. Jeremy Campbell (6); 6. Stephen Allard (8); 7. Kasey Kahne (7); 8. Tony Bruce (9); 9. T.J. Sutts (11); 10. Natalie Sather (12); 11. Fred Rahmer (2); 12. Danny Jennings (10) (DNS) Note: Rahmer hit the outside wall in turn two on the start and pulled into the infield with rearend damage.

Jocko's Sprint Parts Heat 3 (Top 5 to A)(starting spot): 1. Lance Dewease (2); 2. Greg Hodnett (4); 3. Todd Hepfner (1); 4. Jonathan Allard (3); 5. Danny Lasoski (6); 6. Skip Jackson (5); 7. Geoff Dodge (8); 8. Dean Jacobs (7); 9. Jamie McDonald (10); 10. Critter Malone (12); 11. Stevie Walsh (11); 12. Mike Erdley (9). Note: Erdley pulled off on lap 4

McDonald's of Oskaloosa Heat 4 (Top 5 to A)(starting spot): 1. Joey Saldana (3); 2. Johnny Herrera (1); 3. Jesse Hockett(2); 4. Erin Crocker (4); 5. Lucas Wolfe (7); 6. Roger Crockett (5); 7. Toni Lutar (6); 8. Tim St. Arnold (8); 9. Ryan Anderson (11); 10. Rick Fauver (9); 11. Jamie Zaputil (12); 12. Danny Smith (10) Notes: Danny Smith pulled off the track on lap 7

C-Main (Top 2 to B)(starting spot): 1. Zach Chappell (2); 2. Danny Smith (1); 3. Ryan Anderson (5); 4. Critter Malone (8); 5. T.J. Stutts (3); 6. Jamie Zaputil (9); 7. Natalie Sather (7); 8. Stevie Walsh (4)(DNS); 9. Luke Cranston (6)(DNS)

King of the Hill Dash First Round: Jeremy Campbell over Tim Kaeding; Greg Hodnett over Jason Sides; Daryn Pittman over Ricky Logan; Danny Lasoski over Erin Crocker

King of the Hill Dash Second Round: Jeremy Campbell over Greg Hodnett; Daryn Pittman over Danny Lasoski

King of the Hill Dash Final: Jeremy Campbell over Daryn Pittman

Grinnell Beverage B-Main (Top 4 to A)(starting spot): 1. Skip Jackson (2);, 2. Jason Meyers (4); 3. Dean Jacobs(6); 4. Roger Crockett (3); 5. Kasey Kahne (5); 6. Tim St. Arnold (10); 7. Tony Bruce (11); 8. Mike Erdley (12); 9. Stephen Allard (8); 10. Danny Wood (14); 11. Zach Chappell (17); 12. Danny Smith (18); 13. Tony Lutar (1); 14. Bob Weuve (7); 15. Danny Jennings (15); 16. Rick Fauver (13); 17. Geoff Dodge (9); 18. Jamie McDonald (16) Notes: McDonald, Chappell and Dodge got together in turn four coming down to complete the first lap, with McDonald and Dodge retiring from the race.

Musco Lighting A-main (25 laps)(starting position): 1. Danny Lasoski (1); 2. Tim Kaeding (8); 3. Daryn Pittman (2); 4. Greg Hodnett (4); 5. Ricky Logan (5); 6. Jason Sides (6); 7. Kerry Madsen (9); 8. Roger Crockett (10); 9. Erin Crocker (3); 10. Skip Jackson (11); 11. Jonathan Allard (12); 12. Joey Saldana (11); 13. Jesse Hockett (16); 14. Lance Dewease (13); 15. Jeremy Campbell (24); 16. Kasey Kahne (25); 17. Jeff Mitrisin (18); 18. Kevin Huntley (15); 19. Jesse Giannetto (23); 20. Blake Feese (14); 21. Johnny Herrera (20); 22. Lucas Wolfe (21); 23. Todd Hepfner (17); 24. Jason Meyers
(19); 25. Dean Jacobs (22).

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