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Oskaloosa
Southern Iowa Speedway Front Row Challenge Monday, Aug. 7
by Perry
Bell
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Daryn
Pittman was second in the King of the Hill
Challenge and then accepted the Front Row
Challenge offer to give up his front row starting
position for a chance at a much heftier payday.
Everyone in the Monday main event raced for $5,000
to win with the exception of Pittman, who raced
for a chance to win $50,000 if he could race from
the back of the back and beat the field. In the
history of the Front Row Challenge the $50,000
offer has been claimed just once, that was by Jac
"The Wild Child" Haudenschild in 1999.
The first offer to give up his pole position for
the big payday was turned down by Kenny "The
Mouse" Jacobs. Jacobs move to keep the pole
paid off at the end of the night, shortly after 11
p.m. as he raced to the 25-lap victory, paying the
Ohio pilot $5,000. Jacobs replied, "I had a
heck of a nice race car." Running second in
the main event was Danny "The Dude"
Lasoski. Lasoski started inside of row four.
Lasoski grabbed the runner-up spot on lap 18.
Craig Dollansky, who earlier in the night set
quick time ran third in the feature followed by
Kasey Kahne in fourth and Haudenschild in fifth.
Rounding out the top 10 were Skip Jackson in
sixth, Daryn Pittman from the 24th starting spot
up to seventh at the end of the evening. Eighth
place was gained by Jonathon Allard, with Dusty
Zomer ninth and Jessica Zemken 10th. Quick time
during the evening among the 33 competitors was
turned in by Dollansky with a time of 15.914
seconds around the half-mile speedplant. Heat
races were won by Haudenschild, Jerrod Hull, Tony
Lutar and Dusty Zomer. The 2006 Front Row
Challenge, promoted by McTwo Promotions, Terry
McCarl and Bill McCroskey, drew a field with some
heavy hitters. Among the list of stars were Danny
Lasoski, Dollansky, Pittman, Haudenschild and
Jacobs, to name a few. The biggest of the racing
stars was NASCAR star Kasey Kahne, who continues
to draw a large crowd every time he appears at the
event. Kahne was third in the 2000 Front Row
Challenge and has been in the top 10 at the event
three of the past six years. Make that four of
seven with his fourth place finish Monday. Billy
Alley, Lincoln, Neb., overcame some misfortune
earlier in the night when a push truck ran up over
his tire prior to the start of his heat race.
Alley qualified for the feature the hard way, by
advancing with a victory in the 12-lap B-Feature.
The top four finishers in the B qualified for the
feature. Running second was Shawn Sander, Tony
Bruce Jr., was third with Rager Phillips grabbing
the final transfer to the main event. Promoter
Bill McCroskey stated, "Over $6,000 worth of
prizes were handed out to the drivers during the
night. Three Winters rear ends valued at $2,000
each were given to heat winners running with
Winters equipment, that consisted of Lutar, Zomer
and Haudenschild. McCroskey added, "We had a
decent crowd and we hope to have this pleasant
weather again for the 2007 Front Row
Challenge."
Time
Trials - 1. Craig Dollansky (7), Elk River, Minn.,
15.914; 2. Skip Jackson (2), Sydney, Aust.,
16.105; 3. Kasey Kahne (9), Brownsburg, Ind.,
16.154; 4. Jonathon Allard (0), Chico, Calif.,
16.168; 5. Daryn Pittman (21), Owasso, Okla.,
16.183; 6. Kenny Jacobs (8j), Holmesville, Ohio,
16.209; 7. Danny Lasoski (83), Dover, Mo., 16.217;
8. Billy Alley (17g), Lincoln, Neb., 16.227; 9.
Jason Johnson (41), Eunice, La., 16.230; 10. Ryan
Anderson (71r), Charter Oak, 16.307; 11. Chad
Hillier (5c), Burlington, Wash., 16.330; 12. Dusty
Zomer (1z), Falls, S.D., 16.401; 13. Jac
Haudenschild (35), Wooster, Ohio, 16.433; 14.
Robert Ballou (12), Rocklin, Calif.,
16.443; 15. Jeff Mitrisin (10j), Oskaloosa,
16.460; 16. Jessie Hockett (75), Warsaw, Mo.,
16.526; 17. Rager Phillips (10), Pleasantville,
16.607; 18. Jessica Zemken (1jz), Sprackers, NY,
16.653; 19. Shawn Sander (48), El Paso, Texas,
16.654; 20. Dennis Moore, Jr. (35m), Grinnell,
16.659; 21. Larry Pinegar (7w), Indianola, 16.680;
22. Jerrod Hull (94), Sikeston, Mo., 16.751; 23.
Tony Lutar (4x), White Rock, BC, Canada 16.794;
24. Natalie Sather (94s), Fargo, N.D., 16.907; 25.
Tony Bruce Jr. (18), Liberal, Kan., 17.015; 26.
Preston Peebles (11p), Lubbock, Texas, 17.031; 27.
Kyle Hirst (99), Elk Grove, Calif., 17.035; 28.
Jerry Brey (17j), Billings, Mont., 17.126; 29.
Jamie McDonald (3nz), Auckland, NZ, 17.173; 30.
Ray Allen Kulhanek (41k), Danbury, Texas, 17.582;
31. Dave Enders (51e), Kiel, Wis., 17.709; 32. Lee
Stark (16), Sidney, Ohio, 17.928; 33. Luke
Cranston (44x), Ness City, Kan., 21.144.
Heat
1 (8 laps) - 1. Haudenschild, 2. Pinegar, 3. J.
Johnson, 4. Pittman, 5. Dollansky, 6. Bruce, Jr.,
7. Phillips, 8. McDonald, 9. Cranston. (Top 5
transfer to A-Feature)
Heat
2 - 1. Hull, 2.
Ballou,
3. Jacobs, 4. Zemken, 5. S. Jackson, 6. Kuhlanek,
7. Peebles, 8. R. Anderson.
Heat
3 - 1. Lutar, 2. Lasoski, 3. Mitrisin, 4. Kahne,
5. Hillier, 6. Hirst, 7. Sander, 8. Enders.
Heat
4 - 1. Zomer, 2. J. Allard, 3. Hockett, 4. D.
Moore Jr., 5. Sather, 6. Alley, 7. Brey, 8. Stark.
King
of the Hill - (2 lap challenges to determine first
8 starting spots) - 1. K. Jacobs, 2. Pittman, 3.
Dollansky, 4. S. Jackson. (Daryn Pittman accepts
the challenge to give up his front row starting
spot for a chance to win $50,000.)
B-Feature
(12 laps) - 1. Alley, 2. Sander, 3. Bruce Jr., 4.
Phillips, 5. Hirst, 6. Kulhanek, 7. Peebles, 8.
Brey, 9. McDonald, 10. Stark, 11. Enders.
A-Feature
- 1. K. Jacobs, 2. Lasoski, 3. Dollansky, 4. Kahne,
5. Haudenschild, 6. S. Jackson, 7. Pittman, 8. J.
Allard, 9. Zomer, 10. Zemken, 11. Hillier, 12. D.
Moore Jr., 13. Mitrisin, 14. Pinegar, 15. Alley,
16. Bruce Jr., 17. Lutar, 18. Phillips, 19.
Sather, 20. Sander, 21. Hockett, 22. Hull, 23.
Ballou,
24. J. Johnson.
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