Mark Dobmeier – Another
Week and More Bad Luck!
Lunstra/Dobmeier
Motorsports PR
July 25, 2012 – It
was another hot weekend for the Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports team, and it
yielded some more bad luck along the way. Mark Dobmeier and the team were able
to overcome some of the bad luck and look forward to getting rid of it. Four
races in the previous five nights and a busy schedule for this weekend is set
as time continues to tick on the way to the 52nd Annual Knoxville Nationals.
Last Friday kicked off the weekend at River Cities Speedway
in Mark’s hometown of Grand Forks, North Dakota. He started the feature in his
usual ninth position, looking to keep his undefeated record at the track in
weekly races. The night quickly came to end on lap eleven after an incident
with Casey Mack. Mack came up the banking into the high line, launching Mark
over the banking into a series of wild flips. Fortunately, Mark was okay,
however, the car was not.
“We were making our way forward in the feature battling for
second or third and he just came up the track and I had nowhere to go,” Mark
said. “About the only thing left from that car was the seat, steering wheel,
and the motor. Everything else was junk. I got some big air and just hung on
for dear life. So that started our weekend off on a sour note.”
More problems arrived the next night at the Knoxville
Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. During Dobmeier’s one lap on the clock in time
trials the throttle linkage broke resulting in 23rd quickest time out of 26
cars, relegating the team to start in the back of their heat race. They
finished fifth after starting eighth and wound up starting the ‘A’ in the 18th
position. “Dynamite” quickly found his way to the top ten in the first two laps
and was actually into the fourth position by the half way point. The Senske
& Son/ J&J Chassis settled into the fifth spot at the checkers, and
wound up getting the hard charger award for the night. Dobmeier currently sits
in the fifth spot in the point standings with three point races left on the
season.
“It was just one of those deals where the bad luck continues
to strike us in some way,” Mark said. “We were bad fast coming up through the
field and showed it with our finish. We’re just hoping all of the bad luck gets
out of the way as we continue to get ready for the Nationals here in a couple
of weeks.”
Sunday night at the Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, South
Dakota started with Mark’s fifth quick time of the year, and fourth at 1/3 mile
bullring. A fifth place finish in the heat set up an eighth place starting
position for the 13 car field in the 25 lap main event. Some heavy racing early
on saw Dobmeier get bottled up a bit in his way to through the field. A solid
fourth place finish happened after the front cars moved to the high side of the
track for the latter half of the race.
The Right Choice Electric #13 will be ready for next week as
they look to defend the home turf when the All Star Circuit of Champions come
back to Huset’s for their first of two appearances. The last appearance saw
Dobmeier grab his first career win with the organization. Mark still finds
himself in the second position in points behind Terry McCarl as he pursues his
fifth track championship in the last six years.
“The track was pretty fun, especially early, this week compared
to last week where we got in line and followed everyone,” Mark admitted. “We
just weren’t able to come forward the way we would have liked in the first half
of the race. We’ll learn from it and we’ll be ready next week for the 5 grand
to win show with the All Stars.”
A couple of nights off have allowed the team to be able to
exhale and get ready for a big week of racing in the Upper Midwest. They
continued the racing with the All Stars in their “Thunder Through The Plains”
Tuesday night in Hibbing, Minnesota at the Hibbing Raceway. Mark qualified in
the crucial sixth position, locking himself into the dash after a third place
finish in the heat.
However, more bad luck struck in the dash on the start of
it. Third row starter Cap Henry took out Dobmeier’s front end in the first set
of turns, knocking him and Jac Haudenschild out of the dash with too much
damage. After that, a single-file parade ensued for the 40 lap main event which
saw Dobmeier and his Big Trucks by Jimco #13 finsih in the sixth spot after
starting fifth.
“The tire was down to the chords so we barely hung on to
finish,” Mark said. “We had to work on the front end after the dash and the
track was just toast come the feature. I tried to pass (Danny) Lasoski at one
point but couldn’t get it done, and just got in line with everyone else on the
bottom after that when we lost a spot or two.”
“I have to thank my entire crew and car owner for their
dedication and hard work. We have run 15 races in the last 26 nights and are
going to be running more this weekend. My hat’s off to them as they are busting
their butts every night either at the track or back in the shop. We hope it all
turns around this week with a couple of wins.”
The plans for the rest of the week include more All Star
shows tonight (Thursday) at the Red River CO-OP Speedway in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
If all goes well, they will be at the Jackson Speedway in Jackson, Minnesota on
Friday night again with the All Stars. Then it will be onto Knoxville for a
tune-up for the ever approaching Knoxville Nationals, and then ending it with
the All Star show at Huset’s on Sunday night.
2012 STATS: 38
Starts, 9 Wins, 24 Top Fives, 30 Top Tens, 9 Heat Race Wins, 5 Fast Times,
Average Finish of 5.921, 144 Cars Passed in A Main Action, and a Plus/Minus of
85 positions.
APPAREL: The new
Mark Dobmeier shirts and hoodies have arrived and can be purchased at the
trailer following the races!
SPONSORS:
Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors for
their continued support into 2012: Senske & Son Transfer, Right Choice
Electric, Big Trucks by Jimco, DeKalb Seed, IQ Bid Auctioneers, Dahlstrom
Motors, Forx Radatior, Dammer Trucking, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, Forks
Mobile Wash, Disabled American Veterans, Xtreme Polishing, Willow Ridge, Rose
Creek Farms, Rendezvous Region Construction, and Visit Grand Forks.
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Mark racing with Terry McCarl earlier in the year at Huset's (Jeff Bylsma Photo)
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