The weekend
of the fourth always brings much excitement to the sport of auto racing
and it certainly did for Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports as the weekend
was suppose to begin with a very anticipated race against the World of
Outlaw boys’ at Huset’s Speedway on the 3rd. As the long trek to
Huset’s unfolded, the skies became darker and darker at the “Home of
the Professionals” in which evolved into a cancellation. This forced
Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports back up to Grand Forks for the attempt of
the Mid-Season Championships at River Cities Speedway.
They made
it just in time for the start of the make-up main event from the June
12th rain shortened event. Starting on the outside of row number four
and with only 10 laps “Dynamite” Dobmeier was able to take the lead to
begin a very promising weekend. At only 6 laps to go, an unfortunate
lap car slid up in front of the Senske & Son Delta Oil machine
damaging the front end of the #13 resulting in the first DNF for
Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports at River Cities in 2009.
The crew
went to work on the car and was able to get it repaired and ready to
rock for the start of the heat race for the Mid-Season Championships.
The heats were lined up off of point average which gave the Senske
& Son Delta Oil #13 the pole position start to begin the event.
Conquering the heat race gave Mark the front row starting position in
the main event and once the green flag dropped, he didn’t look back to
take his fourth main event win at the speedway for 2009.
Following
the win at River Cities, Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports headed to
Knoxville Raceway. Dobmeier qualified 13th with a time of 15.221 to
start out the night which was then followed by a front row starting
spot in the heat race. Winning the heat set Mark on row number 5 for
the start of the main event. He charged through the field finished 4th
giving him a very respectable points night to put the Senske & Son
Delta Oil machine 6th in the standings.
After Knoxville, it was
time to head back north but with a stop at Huset’s Speedway for their
Sunday night weekly show. Rain came through once again early in the
evening which delayed the night and created a very wet and heavy
racetrack for the racers’. Due to the rain delay, the speedway decided
to line up the starting positions for the heats based off the pill draw
and not qualifying for the attempt to shorten up the program. Dobmeier,
drawing the highest pill in the bucket, started at the tail of the
field. He drove the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 up to seventh, which
was very impressive given the track conditions.
Starting 12th
in the main event, Dobmeier put the hammer down and was able to advance
himself all the way up to second right behind Terry McCarl. “A track
like this is always very interesting,” says Mark, “You have to be fast
and not lose momentum, but on the same side you really have to finesse
the car to keep it off the huge curb and out of trouble. We are very
happy with the second place finish; It was a good points weekend over
all!”
Next up for the Lunstra/Dobmeier #13 will be the normal
Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of racing at River Cities in Grand
Forks followed by Knoxville and then Huset’s. Keep tabs on the team
through www.markdobmeier.com and be sure to go to the contact page to sign yourself up for the weekly press releases.
Special
thanks to Senske & Son Transfer, Delta Oil, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom
Motors, Big Trucks by Jimco, Right Choice Electric, Forx Radiator,
Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body Shop,
K & N Air Filters, Forks Mobile Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot
Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the Disabled American Veterans and Driver
Websites.com.
