8/5/02
Southern Iowa Speedway
Oskaloosa, IA
Front Row Challenge
45 cars
Kasey Kahne (44th car to time) led five drivers under Lance Dewease's former track record in time trials with a lap of 15.405 seconds. Dewease (32nd) was second quick, followed by Brad Furr (10th), Jason Johnson (1st), Daryn Pittman (2nd), Sean Michael (6th), Ricky Logan (42nd), Jason Meyers (18th), Lynton Jeffrey (5th), and Tyler Walker (29th). Non-wing ace Cory Kruseman was driving Howie Gleason's 21G and lost the right front tire in time trials. He got a lap in at the end. Saturday's Knoxville winner Tim Kaeding scratched his 35w after hot laps. The track stayed heavy throughout the night.
Heat one (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 55 (1) 2. Pittman 21 (3) 3. Jeffrey 4k (2) 4. Kim Mock 1m (5) 5. Mike Reinke 17 (6) / 6. Larry Pinegar II 11L (8) 7. Mike Woodring 19 (9) 8. Colin Northway 12 (11) 9. Ryan Coniam 6 (10) 10. Michael Dupuy 4m (7) 11. Kahne 51 (4)
Kahne broke an axle and spun on the initial circuit, sending him to the B. Droud led the distance in impressive fashion. Pinegar's bid for the final transfer spot came up just short at the stripe. Dupuy brought out a caution while running sixth on lap seven. A blown motor was the culprit.
Heat two (started): 1. Walker 35 (2) 2. Dennis Moore Jr. 71 (1) 3. Dewease 77 (4) 4. Michael 1 (3) 5. Craig Keel 9 (6) / 6. Peter Murphy 0 (8) 7. Travis Rilat 1A (7) 8. Chad Meyer 1w (9) 9. Tommy Tarlton 21T (5) 10. Ryan Jamison 51J (11) 11. Brian Carlson 18 (10)
Carlson exited early. Walker dusted the field, leading the duration. Dewease dogged Michael the whole eight laps and finally used the low side of the track to dispose of him on the last go around.
Heat three (started): 1. Fred Rahmer 88H (2) 2. Furr 2 (4) 3. Logan 3s (3) 4. Jason Sides 7 (5) 5. Bob Bennett 3 (1) / 6. Jaymie Moyle 10 (7) 7. Toni Lutar 4x (6) 8. John VanDenBerg V10 (8) 9. Kruseman 21G (10) 10. Randy Plath 14P (11) 11. Jeremy Campbell 10c (9)
Campbell was an early exit. Rahmer was gone, while it was all Furr could do to hold Logan off for second at Doug Clark's checkered flag. The same could be said for Bennett who held off Moyle's charge on the low side for the final transfer.
Heat four (started): 1. Wayne Johnson 29 (1) 2. J. Johnson 41 (4) 3. Meyers 14 (3) 4. Skip Jackson 21x (5) 5. Jeff Mitrisin 5J (6) / 6. Bobby Mincer 15 (10) 7. Derek Beckman 50D (9) 8. Doug Strong 43 (11) 9. Zach Chappell 50z (7) 10. Terry Pletch 29P (8) 11. Shane Stewart 8h (2)
Stewart dropped out while running a strong second to W. Johnson who led the distance. Chappell brought out a caution when he stopped and then exited on the fifth circuit.
Dash one (started): 1. Rahmer (2) 2. Pittman (3) 3. Droud (1) 4. Furr (4) 5. Logan (6) 6. Jeffrey (5)
Rahmer led from the beginning, though Pittman was strong getting by Furr and Droud for second. The finish determined the inside of the first six rows in the feature. Rahmer turned down the front row challenge for $50,000, while Pittman took a second row challenge for $15,000.
Dash two (started): 1. Walker (1) 2. Dewease (5) 3. W. Johnson (2) 4. J. Johnson (4) 5. Meyers (6) 6. D. Moore (3)
Walker won impressively, though Dewease was the car to watch as he picked his way from fifth to second. Walker turned down the front row challenge, due to the Gumout points race he is in.
B feature (started): 1. Rilat (5) 2. Kahne (1) 3. Pinegar (6) 4. Moyle (4) / 5. Lutar (2) 6. VanDenBerg (8) 7. Tarlton (3) 8. Meyer (10) 9. Beckman (12) 10. Carlson (14) 11. Northway (15) 12. Mincer (16) 13. Murphy (7) 14. Kruseman (13) 15. Jamison (18) 16. Plath (17) 17. Strong (19) 18. Woodring (9) 19. Coniam (11) DNS - Stewart, Chappell, Campbell, Dupuy, Pletch
Rilat drove the heck out of the car and pursued Kahne throughout the twelve-lapper, overtaking him with three circuits remaining. Pinegar looked very strong and moved up nicely after a restart for a caution flag for a Strong spin resulting from a flat right rear. Murphy also replaced his right rear under the lap six caution. Moyle passed Lutar with two laps to go to capture the final spot in the A main.
A feature (started): 1. Walker (2) 2. Rahmer (1) 3. Pittman (24) 4. Dewease (4) 5. Furr (5) 6. J. Johnson (8) 7. Meyers (10) 8. Kahne (11) 9. Sides (15) 10. Logan (7) 11. Michael (14) 12. Rilat (22) 13. Bennett (13) 14. D. Moore (12) 15. Mock (16) 16. Jackson (19) 17. Jeffrey (9) 18. Moyle (21) 19. Pinegar (23) 20. W. Johnson (6) 21. Droud (3) 22. Mitrisin (18) 23. Reinke (17) 24. Keel (20) 25. Stewart (prov.)
Walker jetted to an early comfortable margin with Rahmer and Dewease in tow. The race went non-stop though Keel and Reinke exited until lap 14. Mitrisin got over the cushion and flipped easy in turn two. Meanwhile, Pinegar and Droud got together on the front stretch, with Droud taking a nasty end over ender. All drivers were unhurt, and Pinegar continued. Pittman had surged to tenth at this point. The red again flew, this time for a flipping W. Johnson on lap 18. He was also uninjured. Walker led the rest of the way. Pittman worked his way past Dewease for third in the latter stages, a couple of spots short of his goal.