IT'S TIME TO RACE!!

February 5, 2005 FSCR Lasoski Comes from 20th to be Third Different 410 Sprint Winner at East Bay by Jean Lynch TAMPA, FL…..2/4/05…..Beaming as he posed for pictures in his new Bass Pro Shops red uniform, Danny Lasoski told the crowd, “It’s good to come down to Florida and finally get a good run. We experimented a lot this week, but after a bunch of changes we got it right,” said the Dude after winning the third and final preliminary night of the 29th Annual Sprint Winernationals at East Bay Raceway Park, Friday night. “I need to thank my car owner, Tony Stewart for securing the deal with Johnny Morris of Bass Pro Shops for a five year sponsorship. We are certainly going to put forth the effort needed to give Bass maximum exposure to a new audience during our time together,” explained the winner. “We are also pleased to say that J.D. Byrider and Mopar are on board with us again.” For the first two shows, the team had timed poorly and that held true for tonight. However, after starting deep in 20th spot for the 25 lap A-Main, Lasoski “got his elbows up” and drove the wheels off his new Eagle which was powered by a new Kistler Mopar. “We come down here for a little vacation and to do some testing. The Florida tracks are usually a little sandy and we can’t apply what we learn to the rest of the country, but we can use a lot of what we are trying with set-ups.” Admitting that early in the evening, “I almost knocked the fence down…..the push was so tight,” his crew chief, Jimmy Carr had Todd Splain and Mike Kemper change a lot of stuff before the heat and the car was a little better. More changes just before the feature made the difference for tonight.” Originally, the starting field showed Jimmy Nier and Danny Smith in the front row, with Jason Meyers and Kelly Kinser making up row two. Next, it was Freddy Rahmer and Chad Kemenah in row three. Fast timer of the 40 cars on hand, Craig Dollansky failed to qualify through his heat and had to start seventh after coming from the B-Main. It was an up-hill battle to get the feature started. Five attempts were made to get the first lap in the books. First, Josh Wells, Kevin Swindell and Nick Nabors experienced problems, then Erin Crocker spun. On the third try, Smith picked the front wheels off the track and slammed down hard. Number four involved Wells and Cody Geldart. Finally, Trevor Lewis brought out the yellow for the fifth time. Track officials ordered a single file start and the race was underway. Nier showed the way for the first three rounds, followed by Kinser, Meyers, Kemenah and Rahmer. Kemenah and Meyers took turns in third spot as Lasoski used the high line to move up to sixth by lap six. Meyers surged into the lead ahead of Nier on lap eight as Lasoski passed Rahmer and claimed fifth. With an inside move on Kemenah, Lasoski then advanced to fourth on lap nine. He next got by Kinser and Nier on the inside and set his sights on Meyers by lap eleven. In turn two, Lasoski went under Meyers and streaked ahead to lead lap 14. Nier was running third when he clipped the wheel of the lapped car of Wells and the time needed to pull Wells clear of the track on lap 15, made it impossible to finish the race without a fuel stop. So, an open red was called and the field was refueled. The restart line-up showed Lasoski leading Meyers, Nier, Kemenah, Kinser and Greg Hodnett. Once the green waved, Lasoski went to the high groove and managed to hold off Meyer. Kemenah, Kinser and Nier completed the top five. Terry McCarl, Freddy Rahmer, Sammy Swindell, Hodnett and Jason Sides rounded out the top ten. Heats went to Lance Dewease, Jeff Shepard, Jason Sides and Lasoski. The B-Main sent Dollansky, Greg Wilson, McCarl and Erin Crocker to the A-Main. The Gulf Coast Produce Strawberry Dash was won by Paul May while the Florida Mini Sprint 20-lap feature went to Steve Buckwalter. The top six in points locked into Saturday's A-Main are Kemenah, Lasoski, Meyers, Kinser, Rahmer and Sammy Swindell. They will be inverted. STATS – 410 SPRINTS - EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK – FRIDAY, 2/4/05 Qualifying Results: 1. 7 Craig Dollansky – 12.166; 2. 15K Chad Kemenah – 12.174; 3. 16 Erin Crocker – 12.277; 4. 88H Fred Rahmer - 12.314; 5. 4K Kelly Kinser – 12.356; 6. 14 Jason Meyers – 12.363; 7. 4 Danny Smith – 12.453; 8. 00 Jimmy Nier – 12.455; 9. 2 Trevor Lewis – 12.493; 10. 77 Greg Hodnett – 12.495; 11. 5 Sammy Swindell – 12.497; 12. 71 Brian Leppo – 12.531; 13. 6G Cody Geldart – 12.537; 14. 71M Paul May – 12.551; 15. 24 Terry McCarl – 12.560; 16. 18 Tony Bruce, Jr. – 12.575; 17. R19 Jason Solwold – 12.583; 18. 6W Josh Wells – 12.591; 19. 1 Kevin Swindell – 12.630; 20. 20 Danny Lasoski – 12.630; 21. 25 Lance Dewease – 12.637; 22. 12 Jeff Shepard – 12.639; 23. 7S Jason Sides – 12.648; 24. 36 Curtis Trainer – 12.657; 25. 56 Jered Fox – 12.717; 26. 63 Greg Wilson – 12.790; 27. 37 Cameron Dodson – 12.835; 28. 11J Paul Sides – 12.893; 29. 35 Ron Blair – 12.951; 30. D1 Jesse Giannetto – 12.972; 31. 22 Nick Nabor – 12.983; 32. 18JP Jack Pillon – 13.104; 33. 4B Tom Busch – 13.138; 34. 40 Clint Garner – 13.165; 35. 0 Glenn Styres – 13.309; 36. 4G Spud Gustin – 13.328; 37. 34 Adam Jones – 13.425; 38. 3 Daryl Smith – 13.473; 39. 50Z Zach Chappell – 20.707; 40. 35H Jimmy Hurley – N/T 1st Heat – 1)Lance Dewease 2)Jason Solwold 3)Kelly Kinser 4)Cody Geldart 5)Trevor Lewis 6)Craig Dollansky 7)Jered Fox 8)Tom Busch 9)Ron Blair 10)Adam Jones 2nd Heat – 1)Jeff Shepard 2)Josh Wells 3)Jason Meyers 4)Greg Hodnett 5)Chad Kemenah 6)Greg Wilson 7)Paul May 8)Jesse Giannetto 9)Clint Garner 10)Daryl Smith 3rd Heat – 1)Jason Sides 2)Sammy Swindell 3)Kevin Swindell 4)Danny Smith 5)Nick Nabor 6)Cameron Dodson 7)Glenn Styres 8)Zach Chappell 9)Erin Crocker 10)Terry McCarl 4th Heat – 1)Danny Lasoski 2)Fred Rahmer 3)Brian Leppo 4)Jimmy Nier 5)Paul Sides 6)Curtis Trainer 7)Jack Pillon 8)Spud Gustin 9)Tony Bruce, Jr. 10)Jimmy Hurley DNS B – Main – 1)Craig Dollansky 2)Greg Wilson 3)Terry McCarl 4)Erin Crocker 5)Cameron Dodson 6)Clint Garner 7)Zach Chappell 8)Jesse Giannetto 9)Tony Bruce, Jr. 10)Jered Fox 11)Glen Styres 12)Daryl Smith 13)Tom Busch 14)Paul May 15)Jack Pillon 16)Curtis Trainer 17)Ron Blair 18)Spud Gustin DNS 19)Adam Jones DNS 20)Jimmy Hurley DNS A – Main (25 Laps) – 1)Danny Lasoski 2)Jason Meyers 3)Chad Kemenah 4)Kelly Kinser 5)Jimmy Nier 6)Terry McCarl 7)Fred Rahmer 8)Sammy Swindell 9)Greg Hodnett 10)Jason Sides 11)Greg Wilson 12)Jason Solwold 13)Kevin Swindell 14)Trevor Lewis 15)Lance Dewease 16)Craig Dollansky 17)Jeff Shepard 18)Erin Crocker 19)Brian Leppo 20)Paul Sides 21)Josh Wells 22)Danny Smith 23)Cody Geldart 24)Nick Naber Gulf Coast Produce Strawberry Dash – 1)Paul May 2)Clint Garner 3)Jesse Giannetto 4)Zach Chappell 5)Cameron Dodson 6)Ron Blair 7)Glenn Styres 8)Tom Busch 9)Tony Bruce, Jr. 10)Curtis Trainer MINI SPRINTS RESULTS: Heat Winners – 1st heat)Steve Buckwalter; 2nd heat)Dereck King; 3rd heat)Michael Dicely; 4th heat)Paul Gottschalk B Main – (2 Advanced) – 1)Lance McKinney 2)George Ulmer Feature (20 Laps) – 1)Steve Buckwalter 2)Michael Dicely 3)Travis Senter, Jr. 4)Jim Brookens 5)Dereck King 6)John Craddock 7)Brad Loyet 8)Nathen Hauck 9)Gary Linderman 10)Jimmy Glenn 11)Duane Harbaugh 12)Brett Arndt 13)George Ulmer 14)Jim Young 15)Harold Matthews 16)Lance McKinney 17)Ron Taggart 18)Jesse Teed 19)Larney Johnson 20)John Paynter 21)Frank Peters 22)Darryl Wills 23)J.C. 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