Danny Lasoski in Victory lane at Angell Park Speedway (Rob Kocak Photo)
Knoxville, IA, August 30, 2015 – Danny Lasoski used a late restart to slide by Brad Loyet and take his ninth FVP National Sprint League feature of the year Sunday night at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The Dover, Missouri driver won the 30-lap event that was co-sanctioned with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series and attracted a 42-car field in the first ever clash between the two series.
Loyet shot out from his pole position to start the main event ahead of Tim Kaeding and Lasoski. Lynton Jeffrey, who started inside row two, lost his nose wing early in the main event and the debris high in turn one brought a caution with five laps in the books.
Loyet led Kaeding, Lasoski, Bill Balog and Bryan Clauson back to green flag racing. Loyet pulled away from the field, entering lapped traffic on lap ten. Meanwhile, Kaeding, Lasoski, Balog, Clauson and Ian Madsen raced through traffic nose to tail in exciting fashion in front of another large crowd that was challenged to stay seated. With 17 laps recorded, Loyet nearly made contact with the lapped car of Matt Juhl. Juhl tagged the wall and tipped over in turn four, bringing the only red flag of the night.
A cushion that had six lapped cars between Loyet and Kaeding was gone on the restart. Lasoski dove under Kaeding to take second when the green flag flew. Meanwhile, Clauson and Balog exchanged the fourth position. One more caution came out on lap 21. A chain reaction involving Lynton Jeffrey and Mike Reinke saw Austin McCarl tangled up as well.
Loyet led Lasoski, Kaeding, Clauson and Balog in a nine lap Dash to the checkers. Lasoski used his sliding move in one and two again, and shot to the lead. He would pull away to win over Loyet, Kaeding, Balog and Clauson. Madsen, Logan Forler, Terry McCarl, Brian Brown and Blake Nimee rounded out the top ten.
Balog set a new track record in qualifying, coming out 39th in the order. He turned a lap of 11.985 seconds on the 1/3-mile oval. Clauson and Lasoski also joined him under the old record set just one week ago by Jordan Goldesberry. Austin McCarl, Terry McCarl, Madsen and Bill Rose won heat races. Mike Reinke won the B main.
“We have a great team,” said Lasoski in Victory Lane. “Guy Forbrook has put together a stellar team with Pete, Nate, Brady and Asa. Tod Quiring made this possible. I’d like to thank the fans for coming out. I’d never been here, but I’d sure like to come back! We just want to keep going. The more we race together the better off we are.”
“That motor’s about 300 degrees right now,” said Loyet. “I about melted it down trying to win that thing. It was great to come back to Angell Park. I love this place. I thought we had that one in the bag…lapped traffic, we were getting through there like crazy. It just wasn’t meant to be tonight. We’ll come back and try to get another win.”
“We didn’t have the forward drive we needed,” said Kaeding. “I’m happy. I would have rather won. Celebrating my birthday tomorrow…it would have been a way better way to do it. I’ve got to thank John Folkens from Folkens Brothers, DJ Dammer…everybody that helps out with that 3 car. Everyone is worn out.”
The FVP National Sprint League’s next event will be the $130,000 Jackson Nationals at the Jackson Speedway in Minnesota, Friday, September 4 and Saturday, September 5. For more information on the FVP National Sprint League, visit www.NationalSprintLeague.com!
Results from Angell Park Speedway
FVP A main (started), 30 laps: 1. 2, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO [4]; 2. o5, Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO [1]; 3. 3, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA [2]; 4. 17B, Bill Balog, Brookfield, WI [6]; 5. 17w, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN [5]; 6. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. [9]; 7. 2L, Logan Forler, Boise, ID [12]; 8. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA [10]; 9. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO [13]; 10. 79, Blake Nimee, Oswego, IL [17]; 11. 02, Mike Reinke, Howard’s Grove, WI [20]; 12. 12K, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA [3]; 13. 6, Bill Rose, Plainfield, IN [8]; 14. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. [16]; 15. 2B, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR [19]; 16. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA [23]; 17. 85M, Steve Meyer, Sheboygan Falls, WI [18]; 18. 2w, Scott Neitzel, Beaver Dam, WI [22]; 19. 99, Kyle Marten, Sheboygan Falls, WI [15]; 20. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA [7]; 21. 1M, Phillip Mock, Pleasant Prairie, WI [24]; 22. 09, Matt Juhl, Sioux Falls, SD [11]; 23. 65, Jordan Goldesberry, Springfield, IL [14]; 24. 4KX, Kody Kinser, Bloomington, IN [21].Lap Leaders: Loyet 1-21, Lasoski 22-30. Hard-charger: Reinke. KSE Hard-charger: Phillips.
Hooker Harness B main (started), 15 laps: 1. Mike Reinke [1]; 2. Kody Kinser [4]; 3. Tasker Phillips [6]; 4. Phillip Mock [2] / 5. 14AJ, Wayne Modjeski, Oak Creek, WI [3]; 6. 5J, Jeremy Schultz, Beaver Dam, WI [12]; 7. 44, Jason Johnson, Campbell Sport, WI [7]; 8. 07, Jacob Wilson, Crawfordsville, IN [5]; 9. 53W, Bill Wirth, Cudahy, WI [8]; 10. 5H, Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE [13]; 11. 68, Dave Uttech, Kenosha, WI [9]; 12. 7, Scott Uttech, New Berlin, WI [11]; 13. 41, Dennis Spitz, Lewisburg, KY [10]; 14. 12, Michael Decker, Silver Lake, WI [14] DNS – 11K, Rick Kelsey, West Allis, WI, 5w, Bryon Walters, Spread Eagle, WI, 9A, Andy Hunt, Randolph, WI, 35, Ben Schmidt, Howards Grove, WI, 23, Russell Borland, Kewaskum, WI, 64, Scotty Thiel, Sheboygan, WI, 12w, Josh Walter, Plymouth, WI, 4K, Kris Spitz, Salem, WI
Fuel Safe Heat one (started), 10 laps: 1. Austin McCarl [1]; 2. Blake Nimee [2]; 3. Tim Kaeding [3]; 4. Bill Balog [6]; 5. Brian Brown [4] / 6. Russell Borland [7]; 7. Jacob Wilson [5]; 8. Bill Wirth [8]; 9. Josh Walter [9] DNS – Mike Reinke, Ben Schmidt
DMI Heat two (started), 10 laps: 1. Terry McCarl [4]; 2. Steve Meyer [2]; 3. Bryan Clauson [6]; 4. Brad Loyet [5]; 5. Jordan Goldesberry [3] / 6. Tasker Phillips [7]; 7. Phillip Mock [1]; 8. Dave Uttech [8]; 9. Dennis Spitz [9]; 10. Kris Spitz [10] DNS – Bryon Walters
Kaeding Performance Heat three (started), 10 laps: 1. Ian Madsen [4]; 2. Danny Lasoski [6]; 3. Matt Juhl [5]; 4. Kyle Marten [3]; 5. Scott Neitzel [7] / 6. Dakota Hendrickson [9]; 7. Wayne Modjeski [1]; 8. Rick Kelsey [8]; 9. Scotty Thiel [2] DNS – Andy Hunt
Maxim Racing Heat four (started), 10 laps: 1. Bill Rose [4]; 2. Roger Crockett [2]; 3. Logan Forler [5]; 4. Brooke Tatnell [3]; 5. Lynton Jeffrey [6] / 6. Jeremy Schultz [9]; 7. Jason Johnson [7]; 8. Kody Kinser [1]; 9. Michael Decker [10]; 10. Scott Uttech [8]
The Minnesota Mafia Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 1 lap: 1. Bill Balog, 11.985 (NTR) [39]; 2. Bryan Clauson, 12.004 [26]; 3. Danny Lasoski, 12.048 [25]; 4. Lynton Jeffrey, 12.068 [4]; 5. Tim Kaeding, 12.108 [12]; 6. Brad Loyet, 12.117 [41]; 7. Matt Juhl, 12.123 [17]; 8. Logan Forler, 12.137 [24]; 9. Brian Brown, 12.139 [9]; 10. Terry McCarl, 12.194 [10]; 11. Ian Madsen, 12.271 [15]; 12. Bill Rose, 12.277 [37]; 13. Austin McCarl, 12.293 [19]; 14. Jordan Goldesberry, 12.313 [29]; 15. Kyle Marten, 12.335 [11]; 16. Brooke Tatnell, 12.366 [36]; 17. Blake Nimee, 12.384 [35]; 18. Steve Meyer, 12.396 [8]; 19. Scotty Thiel, 12.403 [22]; 20. Roger Crockett, 12.407 [16]; 21. Mike Reinke, 12.474 [7]; 22. Phillip Mock, 12.477 [18]; 23. Wayne Modjeski, 12.486 [28]; 24. Kody Kinser, 12.499 [33]; 25. Jacob Wilson, 12.501 [23]; 26. Tasker Phillips, 12.520 [21]; 27. Scott Neitzel, 12.523 [6]; 28. Jason Johnson, 12.528 [32]; 29. Bill Wirth, 12.590 [40]; 30. Dave Uttech, 12.624 [2]; 31. Rick Kelsey, 12.672 [3]; 32. Scott Uttech, 12.698 [42]; 33. Russell Borland, 12.752 [13]; 34. Dennis Spitz, 12.765 [34]; 35. Dakota Hendrickson, 12.773 [1]; 36. Jeremy Schultz, 12.859 [27]; 37. Josh Walter, 12.947 [14]; 38. Kris Spitz, 13.101 [38]; 39. Andy Hunt, 13.132 [31]; 40. Michael Decker, 13.184 [20]; 41. Bryon Walters, NT [30]; 42. Ben Schmidt, NT [5].