By Craig Murphy
FREMONT, Ohio (June 6, 2006) - Early in the June 6 National Sprint Tour main event at Fremont Speedway in Ohio, Danny Lasoski surveyed his options from third place.
“They had the top covered and the bottom covered, so I just went in the middle,” Lasoski said.
Once ‘The Dude’ got by Tim Shaffer and David Harrison, that was all he needed. Lasoski cruised to his third NST feature win of the year.
The 40-lap main got off to a rough start for many, including point leader Tim Kaeding. Kaeding, who needed a last lap pass for the fourth and final transfer spot in the B-main, moved up a few spots on the first lap of the main before trouble struck.
While attempting to pass Kerry Madsen, Kaeding spun and flipped in turn 4. Kaeding got back on the track before the race restarted, only to suffer more damage after more contact with Madsen. Kaeding ended up 14th, a lap down at the end.
Shaffer took the initial lead from pole while Harrison looked high for the lead. Harrison got the lead on lap 5, until Shaffer and Lasoski passed by going three-wide on lap 13.
Shaffer held the lead until lap 18, when Lasoski made the high groove work.
Once in front, Lasoski was not to be headed despite a few close calls in traffic. At one point, Lasoski was caught in the middle while lapping Brian Paulus and fast qualifier Jason Solwold.
“I was giving it all I had,” Lasoski said. “A couple of times I just had to bail.”
The main event took a while to get going, thanks to three yellows and two reds early.
“You’ve got to really think about getting your rhythm back,” Lasoski said. “The car was the same throughout. I think them other guys slowed down a little bit.”
Harrison fell back to fourth at one point before eventually moving back up to a second-place finish.
“The car was perfect,” Harrison said. “We could run anywhere we wanted to. The tires went away after one of those yellows, I can’t even remember which one. Once the tires warmed back up, I moved back up.”
By the end, Harrison felt he would have had something for the leader if there had been a yellow.
“I think I could have done something,” he said.
Butch Schroeder moved up from his eighth starting position to grab third at the finish.
“We knew we were good in the heat race,” Schroeder said. “We tweaked on the car a little, and I probably screwed it up a little. I thought I was going to be second for a while.”
Schroeder was glad team owner Dave Jessup allowed him to race Tuesday night.
“We wasn’t even going to come here,” Schroeder said.
Also moving up was Dale Blaney, who had to race through the B-main and started the A-main in 22nd.
“We get around here pretty good,” Blaney said. “We kept working on it. There were a lot of problems early in the main around us, so before I knew it I was 10th and thinking we had something for them. I just got caught with guys side-by-side in front of me, lap after lap.”
Shaffer faded from first to fifth by the end.
“I was good early, but the car went away,” he said. “It’s disappointing, but that’s part of racing. When you have the pole and don’t win, it’s hard.”
Heat races were won by Brock Mayes, Bryan Scott, Schroeder and Tim Hunter. Dashes were won by Shaffer and Jamie Miller.
There were 45 cars signed in, and the level of competition made things difficult for many of the NST regulars. Shane Stewart, Paul McMahan and Lucas Wolfe were unable to transfer out of the B-main. Steve Kinser was lapped near the end to finish 12th, while Solwold was 16th and Paulus 17th.
The Fremont race was the opening leg of a week that features five nights of racing in six nights. The NST next races Thursday and Friday at Susquehanna Raceway Park in Newberrytown, Penn.
RESULTS:
Qualifying
1) R19 Jason Solwold Carnahan 14.092
2) 99 Al Roepke Roepke 14.303
3) 14 Jason Meyers Stockbridge 14.354
4) 10 David Harrison Ludwig 14.403
5) 14H Todd Heller Heller 14.404
6) 31 Chuck Wilson Wilson 14.434
7) 29 Dean Jacobs Pullins 14.497
8) 8 Bobby Clark Meggitt 14.517
9) 4K Kelly Kinser Kinser 14.549
10) K Andrew Palker Kirian 14.553
11) 5 Byron Reed Reed 14.576
12) 55X Brian Smith Riehl 14.600
13) 1R Phil Gressman Renfro 14.711
14) 6 Tim Shaffer Parsons 14.763
15) 83 Danny Lasoski Roth 14.791
16) 3L Mike Linder James 14.832
17) 7B Jamie Miller Becker 14.868
18) 78 Todd Kane Kane 14.873
19) 7K Butch Schroeder Jessup 14.879
20) 2H Tim Hunter Hunter 14.893
21) 11B Brock Mayes Mayes 14.903
22) 37Z Bryan Scott Farmer 14.920
23) 55 Kerry Madsen Ver Meer 14.923
24) W20 Greg Wilson Warnimont 14.995
25) 28 Brian Paulus P&P Motorsports 15.005
26) 11 Steve Kinser Kinser 15.008
27) 10S Roger Shammo Shammo 15.009
28) 20 Paul Mcmahan Stewart 15.021
29) 2 Dale Blaney Fisher 15.037
30) 11K Tim Kaeding Kinser 15.099
31) 7S Jason Sides Sides 15.133
32) 26 Shane Stewart Rudeen 15.207
33) 27 Scott Euler Euler 15.426
34) 11H Lucas Wolfe Helm 15.428
35) 12 Caleb Griffith Griffith 15.430
36) 8S Craig Mintz Tge Racing 15.449
37) 53 John Ivy Genzman 15.491
38) 16 Lee Jacobs Burmeister 15.508
39) 98 Bruce Robenalt Robenalt 15.509
40) 7 Rob Chaney Mccolmbs 15.550
41) 48 Mike Burkin Burkin 15.572
42) F1 Jon Finsel Finsel 15.720
43) X Mark Keegan Keegan 15.724
44) 11M Brandon Martin Martin 16.076
45) 60 Jody Keegan Keegan 16.672
Heat 1 - 10 Laps (Top 5 Transfer To A-Main)
1) Brock Mayes
2) Jamie Miller
3) Phil Gressman
4) Kelly Kinser
5) Brian Paulus
6) Jason Solwold
7) Dale Blaney
8) John Ivy
9) Mike Burkin
10) Todd Heller
11) Scott Euler
12) Jody Keegan
Heat 2
1) Bryan Scott
2) Al Roepke
3) Todd Kane
4) Tim Shaffer
5) Steve Kinser
6) Lucas Wolfe
7) Tim Kaeding
8) Lee Jacobs
9) Jon Finsel
10) Andrew Palker
11) Chuck Wilson
Heat 3
1) Butch Schroeder
2) Danny Lasoski
3) Kerry Madsen
4) Dean Jacobs
5) Jason Sides
6) Roger Shammo
7) Jason Meyers
8) Mark Keegan
9) Byron Reed
10) Caleb Griffith
11) Bruce Robenalt
Heat 4
1) Tim Hunter
2) David Harrison
3) Greg Wilson
4) Brian Smith
5) Mike Linder
6) Shane Stewart
7) Brandon Martin
8) Craig Mintz
9) Paul Mcmahan
10) Rob Chaney
11) Bobby Clark
Dash 1 – 6 Laps
1) Tim Shaffer
2) Brian Smith
3) Mike Linder
4) Al Roepke
5) Dean Jacobs
6) Todd Kane
Dash 2 – 6 Laps
1) Jamie Miller
2) Danny Lasoski
3) David Harrison
4) Butch Schroeder
5) Phil Gressman
6) Kelly Kinser
C-Main – 10 Laps
1) Caleb Griffith
2) Lee Jacobs
3) Brandon Martin
4) Craig Mintz
5) Mark Keegan
6) John Ivy
7) Mike Burkin
8) Bruce Robenalt
9) Rob Chaney
10) Jon Finsel
11) Jody Keegan
B-Main - 12 Laps (Top 4 Transfer To A-Main)
1) Jason Solwold
2) Dale Blaney
3) Jason Meyers
4) Tim Kaeding
5) Todd Heller
6) Byron Reed
7) Chuck Wilson
8) Andrew Palker
9) Brandon Martin
10) Lee Jacobs
11) Paul Mcmahan
12) Shane Stewart
13) Craig Mintz
14) Scott Euler
15) Roger Shammo
16) Lucas Wolfe
17) Caleb Griffith
18) Bobby Clark
A-Main 40 Laps [Started] [$]
1) Danny Lasoski [4] [$10,000]
2) David Harrison [6] [$5,500]
3) Butch Schroeder [8] [$3,200]
4) Dale Blaney [22] [$2,800]
5) Tim Shaffer [1] [$2,500]
6) Greg Wilson [19] [$2,300]
7) Phil Gressman [10] [$2,200]
8) Mike Linder [5] [$2,100]
9) Todd Kane [11] [$2,050]
10) Jason Sides [24] [$2,000]
11) Jason Meyers [14] [$1,500]
12) Steve Kinser [21] [$1,200]
13) Al Roepke [7] [$1,100]
14) Tim Kaeding [23] [$1,050]
15) Bryan Scott [17] [$1,000]
16) Jason Solwold [13] [$850]
17) Brian Paulus [20] [$750]
18) Brock Mayes [16] [$700]
19) Jamie Miller [2] [$700]
20) Brian Smith [3] [$700]
21) Tim Hunter [15] [$700]
22) Kerry Madsen [18] [$700]
23) Kelly Kinser [12] [$700]
24) Dean Jacobs [9] [$700]
Laps Lead: Tim Shaffer 1-4, David Harrison 5-12, Tim Shaffer 13-17, Danny Lasoski 18-40
FREMONT, Ohio (June 6, 2006) - Early in the June 6 National Sprint Tour main event at Fremont Speedway in Ohio, Danny Lasoski surveyed his options from third place.
“They had the top covered and the bottom covered, so I just went in the middle,” Lasoski said.
Once ‘The Dude’ got by Tim Shaffer and David Harrison, that was all he needed. Lasoski cruised to his third NST feature win of the year.
The 40-lap main got off to a rough start for many, including point leader Tim Kaeding. Kaeding, who needed a last lap pass for the fourth and final transfer spot in the B-main, moved up a few spots on the first lap of the main before trouble struck.
While attempting to pass Kerry Madsen, Kaeding spun and flipped in turn 4. Kaeding got back on the track before the race restarted, only to suffer more damage after more contact with Madsen. Kaeding ended up 14th, a lap down at the end.
Shaffer took the initial lead from pole while Harrison looked high for the lead. Harrison got the lead on lap 5, until Shaffer and Lasoski passed by going three-wide on lap 13.
Shaffer held the lead until lap 18, when Lasoski made the high groove work.
Once in front, Lasoski was not to be headed despite a few close calls in traffic. At one point, Lasoski was caught in the middle while lapping Brian Paulus and fast qualifier Jason Solwold.
“I was giving it all I had,” Lasoski said. “A couple of times I just had to bail.”
The main event took a while to get going, thanks to three yellows and two reds early.
“You’ve got to really think about getting your rhythm back,” Lasoski said. “The car was the same throughout. I think them other guys slowed down a little bit.”
Harrison fell back to fourth at one point before eventually moving back up to a second-place finish.
“The car was perfect,” Harrison said. “We could run anywhere we wanted to. The tires went away after one of those yellows, I can’t even remember which one. Once the tires warmed back up, I moved back up.”
By the end, Harrison felt he would have had something for the leader if there had been a yellow.
“I think I could have done something,” he said.
Butch Schroeder moved up from his eighth starting position to grab third at the finish.
“We knew we were good in the heat race,” Schroeder said. “We tweaked on the car a little, and I probably screwed it up a little. I thought I was going to be second for a while.”
Schroeder was glad team owner Dave Jessup allowed him to race Tuesday night.
“We wasn’t even going to come here,” Schroeder said.
Also moving up was Dale Blaney, who had to race through the B-main and started the A-main in 22nd.
“We get around here pretty good,” Blaney said. “We kept working on it. There were a lot of problems early in the main around us, so before I knew it I was 10th and thinking we had something for them. I just got caught with guys side-by-side in front of me, lap after lap.”
Shaffer faded from first to fifth by the end.
“I was good early, but the car went away,” he said. “It’s disappointing, but that’s part of racing. When you have the pole and don’t win, it’s hard.”
Heat races were won by Brock Mayes, Bryan Scott, Schroeder and Tim Hunter. Dashes were won by Shaffer and Jamie Miller.
There were 45 cars signed in, and the level of competition made things difficult for many of the NST regulars. Shane Stewart, Paul McMahan and Lucas Wolfe were unable to transfer out of the B-main. Steve Kinser was lapped near the end to finish 12th, while Solwold was 16th and Paulus 17th.
The Fremont race was the opening leg of a week that features five nights of racing in six nights. The NST next races Thursday and Friday at Susquehanna Raceway Park in Newberrytown, Penn.
RESULTS:
Qualifying
1) R19 Jason Solwold Carnahan 14.092
2) 99 Al Roepke Roepke 14.303
3) 14 Jason Meyers Stockbridge 14.354
4) 10 David Harrison Ludwig 14.403
5) 14H Todd Heller Heller 14.404
6) 31 Chuck Wilson Wilson 14.434
7) 29 Dean Jacobs Pullins 14.497
8) 8 Bobby Clark Meggitt 14.517
9) 4K Kelly Kinser Kinser 14.549
10) K Andrew Palker Kirian 14.553
11) 5 Byron Reed Reed 14.576
12) 55X Brian Smith Riehl 14.600
13) 1R Phil Gressman Renfro 14.711
14) 6 Tim Shaffer Parsons 14.763
15) 83 Danny Lasoski Roth 14.791
16) 3L Mike Linder James 14.832
17) 7B Jamie Miller Becker 14.868
18) 78 Todd Kane Kane 14.873
19) 7K Butch Schroeder Jessup 14.879
20) 2H Tim Hunter Hunter 14.893
21) 11B Brock Mayes Mayes 14.903
22) 37Z Bryan Scott Farmer 14.920
23) 55 Kerry Madsen Ver Meer 14.923
24) W20 Greg Wilson Warnimont 14.995
25) 28 Brian Paulus P&P Motorsports 15.005
26) 11 Steve Kinser Kinser 15.008
27) 10S Roger Shammo Shammo 15.009
28) 20 Paul Mcmahan Stewart 15.021
29) 2 Dale Blaney Fisher 15.037
30) 11K Tim Kaeding Kinser 15.099
31) 7S Jason Sides Sides 15.133
32) 26 Shane Stewart Rudeen 15.207
33) 27 Scott Euler Euler 15.426
34) 11H Lucas Wolfe Helm 15.428
35) 12 Caleb Griffith Griffith 15.430
36) 8S Craig Mintz Tge Racing 15.449
37) 53 John Ivy Genzman 15.491
38) 16 Lee Jacobs Burmeister 15.508
39) 98 Bruce Robenalt Robenalt 15.509
40) 7 Rob Chaney Mccolmbs 15.550
41) 48 Mike Burkin Burkin 15.572
42) F1 Jon Finsel Finsel 15.720
43) X Mark Keegan Keegan 15.724
44) 11M Brandon Martin Martin 16.076
45) 60 Jody Keegan Keegan 16.672
Heat 1 - 10 Laps (Top 5 Transfer To A-Main)
1) Brock Mayes
2) Jamie Miller
3) Phil Gressman
4) Kelly Kinser
5) Brian Paulus
6) Jason Solwold
7) Dale Blaney
8) John Ivy
9) Mike Burkin
10) Todd Heller
11) Scott Euler
12) Jody Keegan
Heat 2
1) Bryan Scott
2) Al Roepke
3) Todd Kane
4) Tim Shaffer
5) Steve Kinser
6) Lucas Wolfe
7) Tim Kaeding
8) Lee Jacobs
9) Jon Finsel
10) Andrew Palker
11) Chuck Wilson
Heat 3
1) Butch Schroeder
2) Danny Lasoski
3) Kerry Madsen
4) Dean Jacobs
5) Jason Sides
6) Roger Shammo
7) Jason Meyers
8) Mark Keegan
9) Byron Reed
10) Caleb Griffith
11) Bruce Robenalt
Heat 4
1) Tim Hunter
2) David Harrison
3) Greg Wilson
4) Brian Smith
5) Mike Linder
6) Shane Stewart
7) Brandon Martin
8) Craig Mintz
9) Paul Mcmahan
10) Rob Chaney
11) Bobby Clark
Dash 1 – 6 Laps
1) Tim Shaffer
2) Brian Smith
3) Mike Linder
4) Al Roepke
5) Dean Jacobs
6) Todd Kane
Dash 2 – 6 Laps
1) Jamie Miller
2) Danny Lasoski
3) David Harrison
4) Butch Schroeder
5) Phil Gressman
6) Kelly Kinser
C-Main – 10 Laps
1) Caleb Griffith
2) Lee Jacobs
3) Brandon Martin
4) Craig Mintz
5) Mark Keegan
6) John Ivy
7) Mike Burkin
8) Bruce Robenalt
9) Rob Chaney
10) Jon Finsel
11) Jody Keegan
B-Main - 12 Laps (Top 4 Transfer To A-Main)
1) Jason Solwold
2) Dale Blaney
3) Jason Meyers
4) Tim Kaeding
5) Todd Heller
6) Byron Reed
7) Chuck Wilson
8) Andrew Palker
9) Brandon Martin
10) Lee Jacobs
11) Paul Mcmahan
12) Shane Stewart
13) Craig Mintz
14) Scott Euler
15) Roger Shammo
16) Lucas Wolfe
17) Caleb Griffith
18) Bobby Clark
A-Main 40 Laps [Started] [$]
1) Danny Lasoski [4] [$10,000]
2) David Harrison [6] [$5,500]
3) Butch Schroeder [8] [$3,200]
4) Dale Blaney [22] [$2,800]
5) Tim Shaffer [1] [$2,500]
6) Greg Wilson [19] [$2,300]
7) Phil Gressman [10] [$2,200]
8) Mike Linder [5] [$2,100]
9) Todd Kane [11] [$2,050]
10) Jason Sides [24] [$2,000]
11) Jason Meyers [14] [$1,500]
12) Steve Kinser [21] [$1,200]
13) Al Roepke [7] [$1,100]
14) Tim Kaeding [23] [$1,050]
15) Bryan Scott [17] [$1,000]
16) Jason Solwold [13] [$850]
17) Brian Paulus [20] [$750]
18) Brock Mayes [16] [$700]
19) Jamie Miller [2] [$700]
20) Brian Smith [3] [$700]
21) Tim Hunter [15] [$700]
22) Kerry Madsen [18] [$700]
23) Kelly Kinser [12] [$700]
24) Dean Jacobs [9] [$700]
Laps Lead: Tim Shaffer 1-4, David Harrison 5-12, Tim Shaffer 13-17, Danny Lasoski 18-40
