Duel in the Dakotas
Red River Valley Speedway
July 8, 2004
Qualifying
1) Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 15.714 2) Craig Dollansky, Karavan 7, 15.879 3)
Sammy Swindell, Vielhauer 12X, 15.938 4) Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 15.075 5)
Joey Saldana, Woodward 2, 16.011 6) Brooke Tatnell, Grandstaff 66, 16.025 7)
Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 16.046 8) Mark Kinser, Roth 83, 16.102 9) Brian
Carlson, SC Motorsports 18, 16.230 10) Kraig Kinser, Kinser 11K, 16.235 11) Tim
Shaffer, Parsons 6, 16.271 12) Loren Langerud, B&L Racing 56, 16.282 13)
Jac Haudenschild, Forbrook 5, 16.307 14) Paul McMahan, Helm 11H, 16.364 15)
Daryn Pittman, Woodburn 21, 16.378 16) Jason Solwold, Carnahan R19, 16.407 17)
Jason Sides, Sides Motorsports 7S, 16.475 18)
First Heat Race (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)--1)
Second Heat Race (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)--1) Jason
Sides 2) Paul McMahan 3) Tim Shaffer 4) Joey Saldana 5) Craig Dollansky 6) Mark
Kinser 7) Tim Kaeding 8) Chuck Swenson 9) Chris Shirek 10) Mark Dobmeier
Third Heat Race (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)--1) Daryn
Pittman 2) Donny Schatz 3) Jason Solwold 4) Sammy Swindell 5) Brandon Wimmer 6)
Kraig Kinser 7) Bob Bennett 8) Leigh Thomas 9) Stan Mayer 10) Brian Carlson
First Dash (5 laps, finishing order determined inside first 8 rows of
A-feature)--1) Loren Langerud 2) Joey Saldana 3) Sammy Swindell 4) Steve Kinser
5) Danny Lasoski 6) Kraig Kinser 7) Paul McMahan 8) Jason Solwold
Second Dash (5 laps, finishing order determined outside first 8 rows of
A-feature)—1) Mark Kinser 2) Brooke Tatnell 3) Tim Shaffer 4) Craig Dollansky
5) Jac Haudenschild 6) Jason Sides 7) Daryn Pittman 8) Donny Schatz
B-main (8 laps, top 6 finishers transferred to A-feature)—1) Tim Kaeding 2)
Erin Crocker 3) Brian Paulus 4) Mark Toews 5) Chuck Swenson 6) Bob Bennett 7)
Chris Shirek 8) Leigh Thomas 9) Stan Mayer 10) Brian Carlson (DNS) 11) Mark
Dobmeier (DNS) 12) Roger Rager (DNS)
A-main (25 laps)--1) Joey Saldana 2) Loren Langerud 3) Craig Dollansky 4)
Brooke Tatnell 5) Steve Kinser 6) Sammy Swindell 7) Danny Lasoski 8) Mark
Kinser 9) Daryn Pittman 10) Paul McMahan 11) Donny Schatz 12) Tim Shaffer 13)
Jason Sides 14) Brian Paulus 15) Jason Solwold 16) Kraig Kinser 17)
Lap leaders: Mark Kinser 1-2, Loren Langerud 3-23, Joey Saldana 24-25
Notes:
Rain showers briefly delayed the program before qualifying and again after the
B-main
Brian Carlson lost an engine while running 2nd in heat race #3. He was done for
the night
Donny Schatz slowed on the last lap of the 2nd dash
A-main
Jason Solwold was penalized 2 positions at the start of the A-main for being
late to the staging area
Lap 1—Mark Kinser got the jump off of turn 4 to take the lead.
Lap 2—Loren Langerud went low in 1&2, pulled even with Mark Kinser, but
couldn’t get the lead
Lap 3—Loren Langerud took the lead from Mark Kinser low in 1&2. With 3 laps
complete, caution for Jac Haudenschild, (9th at the time) who spun in turn 4
Lap 4—Brooke Tatnell took 2nd from Mark Kinser low exiting turn 4
Lap 5—Joey Saldana got 3rd from Mark Kinser on the bottom of the backstretch.
Craig Dollansky passed Mark Kinser for 4th on the top exiting turn 4
Lap 8—Danny Lasoski passed Mark Kinser for 7th low exiting turn 3. With 8 laps
complete, caution for
Lap 9—Joey Saldana went to the top in 1&2, passing Brooke Tatnell for 2nd
Lap 11—Steve Kinser got 4th from Craig Dollansky low in 1&2
Lap 16—Traffic. Loren Langerud’s lead 10 car lengths over Joey Saldana
Lap 18—heavy traffic. Loren Langerud, Joey Saldana, Brooke Tatnell and Steve
Kinser nose to tail
Lap 20—Craig Dollansky passed Steve Kinser for 4th on the top in 1&2
Lap 24—Joey Saldana took the lead from Loren Langerud low on the backstretch
Lap 25—Joey Saldana won by 5 car lengths. Craig Dollansky passed Brooke Tatnell
for 3rd on the top exiting turn 4
No interview conducted due to lack of a wireless microphone.