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410s (19 Cars)

Welcome Mat
Empty red carpet this weekend for new cars. Bronson Maeschen (96) back up for another week. Brooke Tatnell in the Barstad 1 for the 1^st week this year.

MIA
Lynton Jeffrey, Clint Garner (no motor yet), The Dude, Wade Nygaard, John Miller, Billy Alley, Jack Dover

VIP
LDA24 and family joined the elite company this evening. Wertz, BT24, and a little J absent this evening.

Time Trials (1 lap each)
Dobmeier (13) went to the backup car AGAIN after hot laps as there continues to be a problem with the motor for the Huset's car.

Henderson (D1, 4^th car out) set quick time at 10.948 with an average speed of 123.310 MPH. Winters (23w) was 2^nd quick with a 11.037. Rest of the field hitting the 16 car heat invert: Schliemann (4), Peters (57x), Dobmeier, Bakker (11x), Maeschen, Lambertz (12L), Meyer (1w), Cressman (56), Jones (9M), Ballenger (2D), Tatnell, Runge (28), Vogelaar (33), DeWall (16).

Time Trials Grade: C; with all the ruts and bumps in the track especially into turn 3 and turn 1. A sign of things to come throughout the event.

Heats (Top 8 Inverted from TT, All cars to the A with Top 6 Inverted in the A)
Starting Positions in Parenthesis

Heat 1 Finish: Tatnell (2), Meyer (4), Vogelaar (1), Jones (3), Schliemann (7), Dobmeier (6)/ Henderson (8), Maeschen (5), Rosenboom (#6, 9th), McGillivray (#101, 10th)

Heat 1 Notes: A mostly single-file affair with the now monsterous rut into turn 1 that wouldn't let anyone enter the turn on the high side. Everyone on the bottom with most of the passing coming at the start.

Heat 2 Finish: DeWall (1), Runge (2), Ballenger (3), Cressman (4), Lambertz (5), Peters (7)/ Bakker (6), Winters (8), Bicket (#17B, 9^th)

Heat 2 Notes: Quite possibly the worst heat race in the history of 410 heats at Huset's. Peters was the only car to pass another and that came at the start as well.

Heat Grades: F; the 1^st heat race looked like a barnburner compared to the 2^nd and the 1^st heat was pretty awful. The track was crap with ruts and bumps everywhere around the track. The grader was thankfully brought out during intermission.

B Feature (Top 4 Tag the A)
No B Feature with all 19 cars starting the A

B Feature Grade: N/A

A Feature (25 Laps)
Starting Order: 12L 13 57x 4 1w 56 9M 2D 1 28/ 33 16 D1 11x 96 23w 6 101 17B

Initial start was atrocious. Dobmeier on the outside must have thought he could come down on Lambertz until he was on the infield because he tried pinching him down, except Lambertz did nothing but held his line. Dobmeier got spun around to the top of turn 4 with Schliemann, Runge, Winters & Cressman with nowhere to go but into one another. Winters' crew changed a Jacobs ladder but it wasn't completely fixed so he stopped on the frontstretch after the red. Dobmeier's crew was in the middle of changing a front axle and all ready got their 3 laps after the yellow was replaced the red with the field in order. So they got more laps and finally completed the switch after about 7-8 laps when it should have been the 3 in the "rule book." Winters and Schliemann did not restart.

The starting order got re-jumbled and Peters took the point from outside the front row and set a nice pace until he got into lapped traffic and lost his rhythm. Henderson was coming up through the field pretty fast and the 2 battled at the midway point for a good battle for a few laps with Henderson taking the lead on lap 13 and he wouldn't look back even with a few late cautions. One of the cautions happened on the frontstretch when Bakker took out Lambertz's front end battling for 4^th with the latter not happy one bit at all. Peters led laps 1-12, Henderson 13-25.

Finish: D1 57x 1w 1 13 9M 16 2D 101/ 33 96 56 12L 6 17B 28 23w 4

A Feature Grade: B; the track turned into a pretty good one with a fast low and high side in both corners. Just unfortunate that Dobmeier decided to take out a few of the very fast cars at the start. Dobmeier definitely gets the "assist" of the night to the eventual winner.

360s (17 cars)
Rosenboom starts on the front row yet again (by the aid of a scratch in Lane Brenden) and checked out without a challenge even though Droescher led the 1^st lap. The Report is getting pretty sick of seeing the 27 start upfront in the heats and the features (with the exception of the 1 race last week), but that's the system's fault and not anyone else's.

The heavy track with the ruts eventually took a toll on the 17B of Ryan Bickett, causing his right rear to fly off coming off of 4 and up and over the catch fence and into the crowd at a pretty good pace. Very scary moment with people trying to take cover close to the track, but fortunately no injuries were reported. VERY weird weekend with a front clip flying over Highway 14 at Knoxville into the Dingus parking lot and now a right rear into the crowd at Huset's.

FOAW: The Report would give it to the D1 but he's already proven he can't whip the Outlaws asses the last few years on tour. So officially no FOAW tonight.

Crowd Pleasing Moment: Getting to see a Wolfgang hit the track at Huset's again. Doug's kid, Robbie, was in the Barstad 360 and looked a little afraid of the wall, and rightfully so, for a young kid like him. Give him a few weeks at the track to get comfortable and it should be interesting what he can do.

WTF 1A: Dobmeier's move to start the feature as stated above.
WTF 1B: The 13 crew getting all night to change the front axle with the yellow in the air. Nothing against the 13 team, but you gotta wonder why they go so much time when others have not in the passed.

WTF 2: Bickett's right rear flying into the crowd. Never seen that happen in my lifetime at the dirt track.

"Home of the Professionals" Moment of the Night: Giving Dobmeier's crew all the time to fix their car.

Head Scratcher: Bakker taking out Lambertz down the frontstretch. The Report can think of a few other times the 11x has been the cause of a few accidents in the last few years now after another incident…

Thumbs Up: Huset's safety crew. They are very underrated and do an outstanding job and get to the scene right away of an incident. There was a fuel leak after a 360 wreck and they had it under control right away. They were immediately there for the tire in the stands as well. Great job to you Jay Masur and crew!

Thumbs Down: To Henderson doing a victory lap when there were people still trying to cross the track on the backstretch. Leave the wheelies to TK out on the left coast.

Prime Mover: Henderson and Bakker coming up through the field. Don't know where they started after everything got jumbled up and a new order for the restart. But both came from a good distance back.

Trophy Queen Grade: Didn't get a great look, but it wasn't the same as last Sunday so it can't be another A as was given last week for those 2 fine broads.

Stat of the Night: Its more like 70 more wins until catching McCarl, not "60 some more wins" as was reported in victory lane. Congrats on getting that ever impressive 6^th career 410 win, that's 2 hands worth now.

BIG J

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

11x finished 3rd in 410 feature. Gregg thought he was past the 12L and didn't see John (right rear hit left front). Gregg is one of the cleanest drivers on the track. Apologies were offered after the race. Chalk it up to a racing incident.

Thanks for the report big j...is the replay gonna be on kelo again? I didn't find one on their website from last week, but it would be interesting to see the start between 13 and 12 from tonight. Nygaard was in 2nd place for most of the NOSA race in Devils Lake, ND last night and had an incident with race leader Casey Mack with 5 to go and they both went to tail end of the lead lap cars. Not sure if Mack checked up going into corner, but Wade got into him and they both spun out. Typical freight train racing on the bottom... They both continued to finish, so not sure why Wade didn't show up at Husets, as he left immediately after the races were finished.

Fenders are like vacuums... they both suck.

How dare Lambertz not get out of the great ones way on the start. He should know that Dobmeier owns that track and everyone should get the f**k out of his way. It was his $2500 to win.

Stat of the Night: Its more like 70 more wins until catching McCarl, not "60 some more wins" as was reported in victory lane. Congrats on getting that ever impressive 6^th career 410 win, that's 2 hands worth now.

That wasn't meant for Terry...

Thanks for the clarification nimrod. (That's you HotRod)

PS: Even if he does win 60 he will still be a no-body.

I heard Nobody practiced Lasoski's car at Knoxville a couple weeks ago on a Friday night.

I guess Lasoski hates him real bad also.

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You would have to talk to Guy Duane.

lol just giving you crap Chad, but like it or not, spiderman has come a long way in the past 10 years.

"able to leap tall fences with a single launch" 2000 season

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Who the heck is Guy Duane? lmao

Fenders are like vacuums... they both suck.

Who the heck is Guy Duane? I was wondering the same thing racinrebel. I was afraid to look stupid and ask. .... I thought maybe it was a misspelling of "Gay Duane" LOL LOL LOL ....

R.A.

S.H.S.

All you have to do to Wertz is say Henderson and he reacts like he missed his turn with the anal probe. He's been that way since the original Hoseheads board, I know it has been difficult for him to observe Justin's successes. Mighty small way to go thru life, at least his spelling has improved......

Success?? Everyone defines it differently I guess.

Gonna have to say it again. If you don't like the comments of the Report or the responses given by the usuals... don't read or respond to it then. Simple as that. Pretty sure I'll be able to manage losing spot1 and his typical dbag remarks.

BIG J

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

hell i dont know jack shit about husets. raced there a few times in the sprint car game - lol. well a few thousand times - but i like how that track is set. the vids i seen of it look real racy too.

but i really like this report. its cool to have such documentation of both knoxville and husets here on hoseheads. i mean same night you can read all this stuff - and they are good reads. i like how both are done too. the j report is cool and entertaining and opinionated and str8 to the point. bill w's is the same way and cuts to the chase. both are awesome.

why no pennsylvania stuff on here like it? and no i aint talkin bout the misguided cockroach report either.....i mean something that would reflect the views of multiple people - not just one bias miserable fool who hates visiting drivers.......

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I like the reports also, and thank you for the speed with they are posted, and the Iceman's results as much as possible, as your report is usually the first report as to how the team did for the evening, I seldom know much before morning if not for your report.

As for the PA report, I think you need to ask Flat Right Rear why his reports were banned from the Grove.

Some tracks look at the reports without seeing humor in them, others look at the same report and see it as entertainment with a bit of a message as to how things could improve.

Keep up the good work.

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I try my best on these posts to not be offensive, so I had to look back to make sure it wasn't me that misspelled that! Actually I have never met Wertz or Duane, so I am in no way qualified to judge either one... I do, however, know we have two things in common..... we are sprint car fans, and we are smartasses.......... -

Fenders are like vacuums... they both suck.

Wertie, a smart ass? come on now, that isn't fair to lump the wannbee smart asses in with the really good smartasses such as myself lol lol lol.

BTW when you get to the Knoxville area, call me on the number on my signature line, maybe I can give you a tour of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame before the races.

I plan on being in Knoxville Friday by 6PM.

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Trust me... I planned on finding out who the hell you are this weekend... LOL !!! Planning on coming down Thurs. night to help a friend race Fri. and Sat. at K'Ville and go to Husets Sunday.... BTW, I'm a pretty good smartass myself...

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