Well, the sprintfreak is back with another
week of sprintcar news and results. It's been
a wet! wet! wet! week. Not much on track
action, but a lot of off track action to talk
about. So let's get started!
First off, the big news of the week was Dale
Blaney's announcement that he is leaving the
Amoco #93. Most of the sprintcar world knew
this was coming, it was just a matter of
when. When just happened to be at Kentucky
Lake Speedway on Friday night. Dale made it
official by announcing he would no longer
drive the #93 after Saturday's race at West
Plains, and also said that the G-Man, Kevin
Gobrecht will be taking over the Amoco #93
this coming weekend in Oklahoma. If you
remember, in last weeks column I stated that
the G-Man would be getting an All-star or
Outlaw ride soon! Man, I love it when I'm
right! Anyway, good luck to Kevin on the
Outlaw trail, and also to Dale with whichever
team he ends up with. Dale will be a winner
again, mark my words!
Now, lets get to the results of last week's
two poll questions.
First, which driver
do
you feel is the best in the country RIGHT
NOW? And the results are:
1) Kevin Gobrecht 25% of the total votes!
2) Danny Lasoski 24%
3) Steve Kinser 15%
4) Mark Kinser 12%
5) Tyler Walker 8%
Some other drivers who recieved votes were:
Fred Rahmer, Jeff Shepard, Jac Haudenschild,
and Keith Kauffman. Several drivers only
recieved a few votes.
The next question was, which track do you
feel has the best local racing. And the
results are:
1) Williams Grove 30% of the total votes!
2) Lincoln 21%
3) Knoxville 19%
4) Attica 14%
5) Tri-state 8%
Some other tracks who recieved votes were:
Chico, Tulsa, Huset's, Eagle, and
Selinsgrove.
Thanks for your participation in the polls,
at the end of this weeks column will be two
more questions.
Now with the results from this weekend,
starting off with the World of Outlaws!
Kentucky Lake:
1) Johnny Herrera #1bk
2) Stevie Smith #19
3) Danny Lasoski #83
4) Sammy Swindell #1
5) Mark Kinser #5m
Danny Lasoski led the first 3 laps until
Johnny "Hollywood" Herrera got by and went on
to his second win of the season. I'm sure
this made Herrera's car owners feel like they
made the right decision by staying out with
the Outlaws instead of running Knoxville.
West Plains:
1) Mark Kinser #5m
2) Danny Lasoski #83
3) Andy Hillenburg #2
4) Joey Saldana #17
5) Craig Dollansky #7
Danny Lasoski once again led early only to
have Mark power by and go on to his fourth
win of the young season! It was nice to see
Andy Hillenburg up in the top five, Andy has
started off slowly this year and a top five
finish could spark Hillenburg, plus the
Outlaws invade his home state this week! Look
for a strong run out of Andy this
weekend!
The All-stars got rained out this weekend
which really disappointed me. The Coors
Spring Nationals are one of my favorite
events! They have been rescheduled as a one
day show later this summer.
Good news for Kevin Huntley. Kevin suffered
three broken vertabrae in his crash at Eldora
last week, however, Kevin sustained no long
lasting damage and will be in a halo for
several months while his neck heals. Kevin is
expected to make a full recovery and we
should all thank GOD for that!
Current All-star points:
1) Jac Haudenschild 254
2) Danny Smith 230
3) Kenny Jacobs 228
4) Dean Jacobs 227
5) Paul McMahan 226
Friday it was Williams Grove action:
1) Kevin Gobrecht #11
2) Donnie Kreitz Jr. #69
3) Mike Wagner #55
4) Keith Kauffman #7
5) Dave Haight #10
The G-Man continues his dominance of the
Grove this season by winning his thrid
straight a-main in three appearances to the
Grove this year. Donnie Kreitz gave chase,
but just didn't have enough to stop the
G-Man! By the way, Kevin started 15th and was
in the lead by lap 11! The man is on a
mission this year!
Lincoln:
1) Fred Rahmer #77
2) Lance DeWease #461
3) Dave Ely #77
4) James Chesson #22
5) Jeff Shepard #4J
Cris Eash and Kevin Gobrecht, who else?, were
battling for the lead when Gobrecht slid up
and under Eash making contact and sending the
two of them spinning. Rahmer just happened to
be sitting thrid and held off the rest of the
field for the win. Rahmer admitted in victory
lane that he didn't have anything for
Gobrecht and Eash, but was happy to come away
with the win! There were 39 sprinters on
hand!
Selinsgrove:
1) Kevin Gobrecht #11 (do you get the feeling
this guy is good?)
2) Fred Rahmer #77
3) Lance DeWease #461
4) Todd Shaffer #88
5) Keith Kauffman #7
The G-Man wins his ninth a-main of the year
to show everyone that he is indeed ready to
challenge the World of Outlaws! Look at that
top five, thats the kind of top five any
promoter would be jealous of! Kevin dominated
this quality field of sprinters to win his
first ever Selinsgrove a-main!
Now for the two poll questions for this
week:
First, which driver most deserves at shot at
the World of Outlaws who is not currently
running with them on a full-time basis?
1) Frankie Kerr
2) Joey Saldana
3) Jeff Shepard
4) Terry McCarl
5) Skip Jackson
Choose any one of these drivers or any driver
you feel deserves a shot with the Outlaws!
Number two, which car owner would be the best
to drive for?
1) Karl Kinser
2) Al Hamilton
3) Guy Forbrook
4) Walt Dyer
5) Dennis Roth
Choose any of these owners or any owner you
like, it's up to you!
You can e-mail your answers to:
sprintfreak@hotmail.com
Well, that about does it for this week, next
week hopefully we will get better
weather!
Until then, happy sprintcar
racing!
