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Mark Dobmeier – Up and
Down Weekend Ends with a Win!
Lunstra Motorsports
and Mark Dobmeier PR
May 16, 2013 – The
Midwest season opened up with a three-race weekend last week for Mark Dobmeier
and his Lunstra Motorsports team. Two nights were spent with the World of
Outlaws and the weekend ended with their first win of the year at Huset’s
Speedway.
The weekend kicked off at the beautiful Elko Speedway in
Elko, Minn. on a gorgeous evening at the 3/8 mile paved facility with dirt on
top of the asphalt. The night didn’t start off the best for Dobmeier as he
timed in a disappointing 25th out of the 34 cars signed in. He would come up
one spot short of transferring through the heat and wound up in the Last Chance
Showdown. Contact from Jason Johnson
after running in the final transfer spot on the last lap of that race resulted
in a DNF and a torn up race car.
“Jason decided to drive through the infield over the infield
berm and decided to take both of us out the transfer spot,” Dobmeier said. “Basically
one of those racing deals, but the rear end was torn up with a few other
things, so we had a few things to change before Knoxville.”
The Senske & Son Transfer Eagle headed south down I-35
for another night of Outlaw action at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa.
More problems in qualifying ensued after 51 cars signed in for the night’s
action. The result was a disappointing 44th quick. The team found some frame
damage resulting from the previous night after performing maintenance, but
continued to run the car as they didn’t want to go to a backup car for the
evening after making a few changes to it during the day. A strong charge
through the Last Chance Showdown came up a few spots start as “Dynamite” surged
from 21st to 8th with only the top four transferring.
However, the night was not over as the team was able to
utilize a track provisional with the Outlaws using two provisionals as well.
That meant they would be lining up shotgun on the field in the 28th starting
position. Even with the bent frame, Dobmeier was able to continue to move
forward in the ‘A’ and ended up finishing in the 19th position at the end of
the night after sliding to avoid a wreck down the frontstretch.
“It was just one of those nights down in Knoxville where we
struggled from the get-go,” he said. “We were able to pass some cars there
towards the end of the night, but still not the type of night that we wanted to
have.”
It was then back to the Lunstra shop to switch to another
Eagle Chassis on Sunday for the Mother’s Day Opener at the Huset’s Speedway
outside of Brandon, SD. 15 cars were signed in for the night including popular
Nationwide driver Kyle Larson. A thrilling few laps in the heat saw the Sioux
Falls Ford #13 trading sliders with the young driver, resulting in Dobmeier
picking up the heat race win on a slick surface. Since Dobs had turned the
third quickest lap of the night, the inversion of four put him on the outside
of the front row for the feature.
With rubber-down conditions imminent after watching the 360
feature, the fight for the lead into the first corner was very important.
Dobmeier would beat pole sitter Lucas Wolfe into turn one and went on to lead
all 25 laps to pick up the team’s first win of the year aboard the Big Trucks
by Jimco entry.
“We had an awesome pill draw for the feature and were able
to get to turn one with the lead and went on to win from there,” a pumped
Dobmeier said after the win. “We really needed to get a win, even if it was on
a rubber-down track. I feel bad for the fans having to see a race like that
with Larson here, but this team will take it.”
Another three race weekend is planned with the opener
scheduled on Friday in Dobmeier’s home town of Grand Forks, ND at the River
Cities Speedway. The long trek to Knoxville ensues on Saturday, with the
weekend wrapping back up at Huset’s on Sunday. The 2013 apparel can be found at
the trailer after the races as well.
2013 STATS: 3
Starts, 1 Win, 1 Top Five, 2 Top Tens, 1 Heat Win, Average Finish of 9.000, 15
Cars Passed in A Main Action, and Plus/Minus of +15 Positions
APPAREL: The 2013
design has been done, and you can grab your shirt, hoodies, and a whole bunch
of other things at the 13 rig after the races!
SPONSORS: Lunstra
Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors for their continued
support into 2013: Senske & Son Transfer, Sioux Falls Ford, 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.
About Senske
& Son Transfer
The team of Senske & Son, Inc is dedicated to providing
superior distribution, transportation and logistic services to ensure that your
company and customers will receive products on-time and damage free. Our
performance has a direct impact on the quality of our customer’s products and
services. Our goal is to contribute to your quality by consistently providing
you with the best services available in the trucking Industry. Visit www.SenskeTransfer.com
for more information.
About Sioux
Falls Ford
Our goal is to make you a customer for life by providing
superb customer service. Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the staff at
Sioux Falls Ford will help you find the Ford vehicle you want. At Sioux Falls
Ford we offer a searchable online inventory of new Ford cars in Sioux Falls,
along with well-maintained used cars by today's top manufacturers. Find the new
or used car you're interested and come in for a test drive today! For more
information visit www.SiouxFallsFord.com.
About Big
Trucks by Jimco
Big
Trucks by Jimco specializes in helping you pick out the
right truck tailored for your needs. We then customize the truck at your
request with the possibilities being endless. We install boxes, tarps, wet
kits, additional axles, and can do stretch jobs on the truck you purchase from
us. Visit www.BigTrucksByJimco.com for more information.
WEBSITE: You can
follow along at Mark’s new and improved website to find where they are racing,
recent pictures, Mark’s history, and pretty much everything else at www.MarkDobmeier.com
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Like us on Facebook and get updates from the track at: www.Facebook.com/pages/LunstraDobmeier-Motorsports/127617420603580
Also, Follow Mark on Twitter at: www.Twitter.com/DobmeierRacing
THE CREW: Mark
wouldn’t be able to do what he does on the track without the guys behind the
scenes putting in all of the hard hours. A big shout out to: Dave Lunstra,
Ethan & Wyatt Thompson, Perry & Mike Dobmeier, John Doese, Lenny
Reiter, Aaron Kroetsch & Ryan Grind for all of the hard work they put in.
EMAIL: If you
would like to receive Mark’s weekly release, or have any other questions, drop
an email at [email protected] and we will add you to the list.
PHOTOGRAPHERS: If
you would like your photo of Dobmeier in this weekly release, please email us
at [email protected] with your photos and we will gladly use it.
Mark Dobmeier in victory lane at Huset's last Sunday.
(Todd Hoffman Photo)
Official Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports Public Relations
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