The Dude Didn’t See Anybody Once He Got the Lead at Susquehanna Raceway Park

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By Fran Engelcke

So far this week it’s all about the “Dude.” Danny Lasoski (Roth) did not let a new track, or local veterans, or a 15th place time-in keep him from taking the winners spotlight tonight in the first visit to Susquehanna Speedway Park by the National Sprint Tour.

Fred Rahmer (Kline) of Pennsylvania Posse fame chose the inside saying, “I’m too old to be starting on the outside. I’m going to start on the inside. We’ve been lucky enough to position ourselves. We’ve got a good chance at it. But you better not drop the ball here because there are a lot of really good racers.”

Rahmer used his fast dash win lane choice to take the lead from the white flag and held off Jeff Shepard (Shepard) through lap five when Shepard, going high out of turn four passed Rahmer and cemented the lead in turns 1 and 2.

Lasoski, showing speed and patience, pushed the leaders forcing an error by Rahmer in 3and 4 of the 10^th lap. Now in second, Lasoski closed with Shepard passing in 3and 4 of lap15. Lasoski then ran a clinic on how to go fast in the low groove leaving the competition behind. Lasoski crediting a good race strategy for his win. “We’ve been struggling a little bit on the slick race tracks and we experimented and everything seems to work for us” he said in victory circle.

Late in the race a hard charge by Lance Dewease (Postupack) moved his car into second.

Dewease explained how they moved forward from their 8^th place start. “We drew a bad number for the dash. We went forward a couple a spots in the dash which helped us with the starting spot. We went pretty soft with tires trying to get up through there early which we did. Our race car was pretty good we just wore our tires out there at the end. Danny got away from us there at the end. It did what we wanted it to do which was get to the front.” Dewease was followed to the finish by Stevie Smith (RAACE) who executed a late laps pass of Rahmer and Shepard.

A field of 37 cars meant an action packed B main. The main was dominated by local driver Todd Schaffer (Allebach). He took the checkers with Greg Hodnett (Hamilton), Mark Smith (Zemaitis), and Jason Meyers (Elite Landscaping) in fourth and the final transfer spot.

Dash 1 was won by the Shepard using the outside pole to take a lead over Paul McMahan (Bass Pro Shops). They were followed across the finish line by Blane Heimbach (Greasy), Dewease, Chad Layton (Stewart) and Doug Esh.

Dash 2 saw Rahmer use the inside pole to advantage leading Lasoski across the finish line for victory. They were followed by Smith, Don Kreitz (Kreitz), Jason Sides (Wetherington) and Lucas Wolfe (Selma Shell).

Heat 1 saw Michael Carber lead all to laps followed by Dewease, Wolfe, Kreitz, and Smith.

Heat 2 was led by Shepard from the start with Rahmer, moving up from the 5^th spot at the start to second followed by Heimbach, Craig Keel, and Eric Stambaugh.

Heat 3 was won by the Tim Shaffer (Casey's) followed by Alan Krimes, Lasoski, Sides, Steve Kinser (Quaker State).

Heat 4 had NST point leader Tim Kaeding (Slick 50) take the lead and hold off Jason Solwold (City Wide), Esh, McMahan and Layton.

Fast qualifier this evening was Lance Dewease with a time of 15.740.

NST RESULTS – Susquehanna Speedway, 06/08/06

QUALIFYING

# First Last Owner Time

1)		25		Lance	Dewease	Postupack	15.740
2)		22		Fred	Rahmer	Kline	16.029
3)		5	W	Todd	Schaffer	Allebach	16.096
4)		30		Doug	Esh		16.189
5)		19		STEVIE	SMITH	RAACE Foundation	16.194
6)		12		Blane	Heimbach	Creasy	16.197
7)		77		Greg	Hodnett	Hamilton	16.255
8)		1		Mark	Smith	Zemaitis	16.258
9)		28		BRIAN	PAULUS	P & P Motorsports	16.278
10)		26		SHANE	STEWART	Rudeen	16.305
11)		7	S	JASON	SIDES	Sides	16.392
12)		20		PAUL	McMAHAN	Stewart	16.406
13)		69	K	Don	Kreitz	Kreitz	16.453
14)		4	J	Jeff	Shepard	Shepard	16.488
15)		83		DANNY	LASOSKI	Roth	16.501
16)		12	A	Chad	Layton	Stewart	16.503
17)		11	H	LUCAS	WOLFE	Helm	16.510
18)		9		Craig	Keel	Portoff	16.516
19)		87		Alan	Krimes	Krimes	16.518
20)	R	19		JASON	SOLWOLD	Carnahan	16.534
21)		69		Michael	Carber	Clemons/Bair	16.549
22)		4		Eric	Stambaugh	Swope	16.569
23)		6		TIM	SHAFFER	Parsons	16.580
24)		11	K	TIM	KAEDING	Kinser	16.582
25)		41		Scott	Geesey	Geesey	16.635
26)		07		Mark	Coldren	Coldren	16.648
27)		11		STEVE	KINSER	Kinser	16.658
28)		28	J	Chad	Jumper	Jumper	16.787
29)		14		JASON	MEYERS	Stockbridge	16.878
30)		11	C	Cory	Haas	Haas	16.889
31)		33		Scott	Lutz	McGuire	17.140
32)		89		Cody	Darrah	Darrah	17.151
33)		3		Robert	Bennett	Mickle	17.259
34)		69	C	Justin	Collett	Collett	17.394
35)		17	B	Steve	Buckwalter	Ritter	17.406
36)		21		Brian	Montieth	Parrish	17.500
37)		X		Bobby	Weaver	Weaver

HEAT 1 - 10 LAPS (TOP 5 TRANSFER TO A-MAIN)

	First	Last
1)	Michael	Carber
2)	Lance	Dewease
3)	LUCAS	WOLFE
4)	Don	Kreitz
5)	Stevie	Smith
6)	JASON	MEYERS
7)	BRIAN	PAULUS
8)	Scott	Geesey
9)	Robert	Bennett

HEAT 2

	First	Last
1)	Jeff	Shepard
2)	Fred	Rahmer
3)	Blane	Heimbach
4)	Craig	Keel
5)	Eric	Stambaugh
6)	SHANE	STEWART
7)	Mark	Coldren
8)	Cory	Haas
9)	Justin	Collett

HEAT 3

	First	Last
1)	TIM	SHAFFER
2)	Alan	Krimes
3)	DANNY	LASOSKI
4)	JASON	SIDES
5)	STEVE	KINSER
6)	Greg	Hodnett
7)	Todd	Schaffer
8)	Scott	Lutz
9)	Steve	Buckwalter

HEAT 4

	First	Last
1)	TIM	KAEDING
2)	JASON	SOLWOLD
3)	Doug	Esh
4)	PAUL	MCMAHAN
5)	Chad	Layton
6)	Mark	Smith
7)	Brian	Montieth
8)	Cody	Darrah
9)	Chad	Jumper

DASH 1 – 6 LAPS

1)	Jeff Shepard
2)	PAUL McMAHAN
3)	Blane Heimbach
4)	Lance Dewease
5)	Chad Layton
6)	Doug Esh

DASH 2 – 6 LAPS

1)	Fred Rahmer
2)	DANNY LASOSKI
3)	Stevie Smith
4)	Don Kreitz
5)	JASON SIDES
6)	LUCAS WOLFE

B-MAIN - 12 LAPS (TOP 4 TRANSFER TO A-MAIN)

1)	Todd Schaffer
2)	Greg Hodnett
3)	Mark Smith
4)	JASON MEYERS
5)	SHANE STEWART
6)	Mark Coldren
7)	Scott Geesey
8)	Cory Haas
9)	Scott Lutz
10)	Justin Collett
11)	Robert Bennett
12)	Brian Montieth
13)	Cody Darrah
14)	Chad Jumper

A-MAIN 30 LAPS [STARTED] [$]

	A-MAIN	- 4O LAPS	[STARTED]	[$]
1)	DANNY	LASOSKI	[3]	[$5,000]
2)	Lance	Dewease	[8]	[$3,000]
3)	Stevie	Smith	[5]	[$2,500]
4)	Jeff	Shepard	[2]	[$2,200]
5)	Fred	Rahmer	[1]	[$2,100]
6)	Don	Kreitz	[7]	[$2,000]
7)	PAUL	McMAHAN	[4]	[$1,800]
8)	Chad	Layton	[10]	[$1,600]
9)	Doug	Esh	[12]	[$1,500]
10)	Todd	Schaffer	[13]	[$1,300]
11)	STEVE	KINSER	[22]	[$1,100]
12)	JASON	SIDES	[9]	[$1,000]
13)	TIM	KAEDING	[21]	[$900]
14)	JASON	SOLWOLD	[18]	[$800]
15)	JASON	MEYERS	[23]	[$700]
16)	Mark	Smith	[15]	[$600]
17)	Alan	Krimes	[17]	[$575]
18)	Michael	Carber	[19]	[$550]
19)	SHANE	STEWART	[24]	[$525]
20)	TIM	SHAFFER	[20]	[$500]
21)	Greg	Hodnett	[14]	[$500]
22)	LUCAS	WOLFE	[11]	[$500]
23)	Craig	Keel	[16]	[$500]
24)	Blane	Heimbach	[6]	[$500]

Laps lead: Fred Rahmer 1-5, Jeff Shepard 6-14,

Danny Lasoski 15-30

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