Loyet takes the win at Thunder in the Plains
By Greg Soukup
Despite over 7 inches of rain, the crack Eagle Raceway track prep crew got the racing surface into fantastic shape for Friday night’s Thunder in the Plains, presented by Budweiser. In this, just the second ever event for the FVP National Sprint League, Brian Brown started the evening off by setting the quick time in qualifying at 11.606.
Brooke Tatnell, Tim Kaeding, Matt Juell and Logan Forler won their respective heats with Dusty Zoomer, Bryan Clauson, Davey Heskin and Josh Schneiderman making the transfer from the B to the A feature.
Aaron Reutzel climbed the turn 1 wall on the first lap of the A Main before landing on his tires in turn 2. He went to the work area and returned to the contest, making a great run by coming back to 12th.
Brad Loyet’s 05, the 24 of Terry McCarl, Brian Brown’s 21 and the 17B of Bill Balog led the first official lap. Lap 3 saw Danny Lasoski put the #2 into fourth past Balog. The next lap Eon Madsen’s 18 stopped on the front stretch and the yellow lights were lit again. Lynton Jeffrey spun his #12 three laps after the restart for another caution. On the next attempt at racing Jeffrey bicycled in turn 1 and ended going up and over in turn 2 as the red flag flew. Brown moved past McCarl on lap 9 but ended giving the spot back on lap 22 before retaking the position on the next circuit. Lasoski also got around McCarl, taking third on lap 27. Mark Dobmeier snagged the fourth spot in the closing laps, putting his #13 ahead of McCarl. Brown used the heavy lapped traffic on the last lap, passing Loyet on the back stretch, only to have Loyet use the low line in turns 3 and 4 to retake the lead and hold on for the victory. At the checkers it was Loyet, Brown, Lasoski and Dobmeier.
“This was an AWESOME track tonight. I’m so glad that we got the races in after all of that rain. I got lucky and a youngster drew the #1 pill for me, giving me the pole. I wasn’t worried at all, until we hit that really heavy lapped traffic at the end. I saw Brian go around me down the back stretch, but I knew how good my line was on the bottom of 3 and 4. It was a really good run” Loyet said. When asked about the possibility of winning the $20,000 for sweeping the weekend’s racing he said “We have a shot. I want to thank Phil Durst for all he does for us. He gave me my start in racing actually, because the first car I ever had we got from him”. Loyet’s sponsors include Vacuworks, Meramac Heights Collision Center and Loyet Landscaping.
Tonight Froggy 98 presents “Moms Rock ‘n Roll All Night”. There will be a ‘Girls just want to have fun Challenge’ during intermission, so dress in your best rock ‘n roll attire. The drink special of the week will be Eagle Raceway’s famous Speedaritas. The Racesaver IMCA Sprints, Kaplan University IMCA Modifieds, NAPA IMCA Sport Modifieds, Valentino’s IMCA Hobby Stocks and Sam’s Club IMCA Sport Compacts will be in action.
Front gates open at 5:15, hot laps begin at 5:30 and racing starts at 6:30. Adult front gate admission is $10, youths 6-12 are only $5 and children 5 and under are free.
Pit gates open at 4 with pit admission being $25.
RESULTS
FVP National Sprint League A main, 30 laps, (started): 1. o5, Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO [1]; 2. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO [3]; 3. 2, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO [6]; 4. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND [8]; 5. 3, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA [17]; 6. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA [2]; 7. 17B, Bill Balog, Brookfield, WI [4]; 8. 17w, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN [9]; 9. 2L, Logan Forler, Boise, ID [15]; 10. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. [14]; 11. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA [10]; 12. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX [5]; 13. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. [13]; 14. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA [19]; 15. 09, Matt Juhl, Sioux Falls, SD [16]; 16. 82, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD [18]; 17. 81, Austin Johnson, Pleasant Hill, IA [12]; 18. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN [22]; 19. 53, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE [20]; 20. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA [23]; 21. 5H, Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE [21]; 22. 3A, Billy Alley, Bennet, NE [11]; 23. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA [7]; 24. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD [24]. Lap Leaders: Loyet 1-27, Brown 28, Loyet 29-30. KSE Hard-charger: Kaeding.
B Main, 10 laps, (started): 1. Dusty Zomer [4]; 2. Bryan Clauson [2]; 3. Davey Heskin [3]; 4. Josh Schneiderman [1] / 5. 7, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL [5]; 6. 7R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL [9]; 7. 0, Brandon Stevenson, Holstein, IA [6]; 8. 03, Shayle Bade, Lincoln, NE [8]; 9. 41A, Andee Beierle, Bismarck, ND [7] DNS – 1x, Mark Pace, Lincoln, NE
Fuel Safe Heat one, 10 laps, (started): 1. Brooke Tatnell [3]; 2. Mark Dobmeier [4]; 3. Dakota Hendrickson [1]; 4. Kevin Ingle [2]; 5. Bill Balog [6] / 6. Bryan Clauson [5]; 7. Shayle Bade [7]
DMI Heat two, 10 Laps, (started): 1. 3-Tim Kaeding[2]; 2. 18-Ian Madsen[3]; 3. 53-Jack Dover[1]; 4. 87-Aaron Reutzel[5]; 5. 24-Terry McCarl[6]; 6. 56-Davey Heskin[4]; 7. 41A-Andee Beierle[7]
Kaeding Performance Heat three, 10 Laps, (started): 1. Matt Juhl [2]; 2. Brad Loyet [4]; 3. Chris Martin [1]; 4. Danny Lasoski [6]; 5. Austin Johnson [3] / 6. Josh Schneiderman [5]; 7. Brandon Stevenson [7]
Maxim Heat four, 10 Laps, (started): 1. Logan Forler [2]; 2. Brian Brown [6]; 3. Billy Alley [3]; 4. Austin McCarl [4]; 5. Lynton Jeffrey [5]; 6. Kaley Gharst [7]; 7. Ryan Bunton [8]; 8. Dusty Zomer [1]
Minnesota Mafia Qualifying, 2 Laps, (Qualifying Order): 1. Brian Brown, 11.606 [9]; 2. Danny Lasoski, 11.642 [16]; 3. Terry McCarl, 11.674 [22]; 4. Bill Balog, 11.774 [1]; 5. Lynton Jeffrey, 11.820 [14]; 6. Josh Schneiderman, 11.832 [23]; 7. Aaron Reutzel, 11.855 [20]; 8. Bryan Clauson, 11.876 [25]; 9. Austin McCarl, 11.897 [29]; 10. Brad Loyet, 11.913 [5]; 11. Davey Heskin, 11.933 [2]; 12. Mark Dobmeier, 11.984 [15]; 13. Billy Alley, 12.017 [3]; 14. Austin Johnson, 12.029 [21]; 15. Ian Madsen, 12.061 [28]; 16. Brooke Tatnell, 12.074 [17]; 17. Logan Forler, 12.075 [27]; 18. Matt Juhl, 12.082 [6]; 19. Tim Kaeding, 12.113 [19]; 20. Kevin Ingle, 12.147 [4]; 21. Dusty Zomer, 12.171 [13]; 22. Chris Martin, 12.184 [8]; 23. Jack Dover, 12.201 [24]; 24. Dakota Hendrickson, 12.231 [11]; 25. Kaley Gharst, 12.324 [10]; 26. Brandon Stevenson, 12.556 [7]; 27. Andee Beierle, 12.722 [18]; 28. Shayle Bade, 12.920 [30]; 29. Ryan Bunton, 14.172 [26]; 30. Mark Pace, NT [12]
