Shane Stewart with Ralph Capitani in Victory Lane Sunday night (Rob Kocak Photo)
by Bryan Hulbert and Bill Wright
Knoxville, IA, August 9, 2015 – If the Slide Job was an Olympic sport, Shane Stewart would have collected the gold medal on Sunday night at the Knoxville Raceway; pulling off a deep Slide Job on Danny Lasoski though turns three and four on Lap 20 to become the fourth winner in as many years in the fourth annual Kustom Concrete Pumping Capitani Classic.
“I knew he was coming so I actually hesitated a little bit there with the two guys in front of me. I wasn’t sure where to go and I know he’s been exceptionally good here on the bottom,” explained Stewart when asked about the setup for the pass. “Lately, our car has been really good the last part of the race, and that’s what we’ve been trying to concentrate on because the No. 15 beats us on a daily basis, his lap times always increase as the race goes on, or at least quicker at the end of the race so we’ve been trying to concentrate on that and so far we’ve been able to achieve that a little bit. It’s just a testament to everyone on this L.M.R. Team.”
With a sigh of relief, Stewart said, “I can’t thank my guys enough. They gave me a really good Hot Rod. We’ve been absolutely terrible here this year so to get a win here going into our Wednesday qualifying night definitely gives this team a boost, and hopefully good things will come for Wednesday and on into Saturday.”
Giving chase early on from sixth, the race of the lead was between Kerry Madsen and Danny Lasoski with the No. 29 on top. Keeping just over a second advantage for the first eight laps, slower traffic began to come into play with Lasoski closing the gap.
Working the center groove through the first two turns, the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 was all over Madsen’s back bumper in a matter of laps. Switching grooves to the usual Lasoski Catfish, the challenge for the lead came on Lap 14 with “The Dude” going to the point off the second turn.
Pulling away by 0.627 seconds before Madsen was able to make back to the line, Lasoski looked to be in control; but traffic was not done writing their story.
Pulling to a pair of lapped cars, Madsen with Shane Stewart in tow since Lap 4 closed fast. With a huge head of steam, Stewart pulled the slide on Madsen for second; trying the same move on Lasoski the following lap without the desired result.
Back into Lasoski’s tire tracks, the slide came again on Lap 21 with the Larson Marks Racing No. 2 clearing Danny entering turn four and quickly pulling away to 1.440 second by the next lap. Finding slower cars in the final two revolutions, it made no difference as Stewart crossed 1.594 seconds ahead of Lasoski.
Kerry Madsen ended his night third with Sammy Swindell pulling off the low line pass on Paul McMahan for fourth on the final lap, who nearly ended his night coming to the checkered with a slap to the front straight-a-way wall.
Joey Saldana was sixth with Daryn Pittman close behind in seventh. Jamie Veal from 14th was eighth with Lynton Jeffrey and Justin Henderson making up the top-ten.
With 80 drivers making the call for the fourth edition of the Capitani Classic, split qualifying saw Kerry Madsen fastest in Group A at 15.050 seconds. Group B was topped by Daryn Pittman with a 15.290 seconds lap.
Six Heats, divided into three for each qualifying group took place. Group A Heats were won by Danny Dietrich, Ian Madsen, and Davey Heskin. Group B Heats went to Brian Brown, Jamie Veal, and Parker Price-Miller.
With the top-three advancing from each Heat, the top four fastest drivers from both qualifying groups who advanced were locked into a seven round, 2 Lap Pole Shuffle with the winner advancing up the ladder. The first round saw Paul McMahan over Lynton Jeffrey. Facing Joey Saldana in the second round, the No. 71m went three straight over McMahan, Stewart, and Swindell before going down in the sixth round to Danny Lasoski who was not able to keep pace with Kerry Madsen taking home an extra $3,000 courtesy of Greenland Homes, and in doing so set a new 2 Lap record at 32.1 seconds.
“I couldn’t be more proud of Greenland Homes, Kustom Concrete Pumping and Nehring Construction,” said Madsen. “It’s fantastic to see new people in the sport. I got lucky and got the inside starting spot on the ‘Dude’. It could have gone either way. We’ll take it!”
A 10 Lap C-Feature was topped by Brandon Wimmer. Going back to A and B groups for the night’s B-Features, Greg Hodnett won the consolation feature for the A Group. Daryn Pittman topped the Group B consolation.
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410 Results
Group A Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 29, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (8), 15.050; 2. 2, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (14), 15.189; 3. 27, Greg Hodnett, Spring Grove, PA (4), 15.239; 4. 1, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (29), 15.366; 5. 2S, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (6), 15.408; 6. 51, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (35), 15.416; 7. 31C, Justyn Cox, Clarksburg, CA (10), 15.441; 8. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust (25), 15.471; 9. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (9), 15.524; 10. 29W, Danny Dietrich, Gettysburg, PA (31), 15.551; 11. 2KS, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (17), 15.587; 12. 4A, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (18), 15.593; 13. 3G, James McFadden, Ormeau, QLD, Aust. (7), 15.596; 14. 45, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (30), 15.608; 15. 3, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (2), 15.612; 16. 77X, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (26), 15.615; 17. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (11), 15.621; 18. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (24), 15.680; 19. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (37), 15.696; 20. O, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (12), 15.702; 21. 4, Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (20), 15.704; 22. 71A, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (32), 15.784; 23. 21AU, Jordyn Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (28), 15.798; 24. 1X, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (40), 15.812; 25. 70, Dean Jacobs, Wooster, OH (1), 15.822; 26. 2L, Logan Forler, Boise, ID (23), 15.861; 27. 4S, Danny Smith, Chillicothe, OH (34), 15.882; 28. 83, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (39), 15.890; 29. 22, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (16), 15.897; 30. 31B, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (5), 15.978; 31. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (36), 16.042; 32. 71, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (38), 16.043; 33. 55XM, Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount, IN (13), 16.161; 34. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (19), 16.206; 35. 23, Jimmy Light, West Springfield, PA (3), 16.227; 36. 5V, Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA (33), 16.255; 37. 93, Glenndon Forsythe, York, PA (22), 16.312; 38. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (27), 16.396; 39. 49S, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (15), 16.969; 40. 17M, Todd Mickelson, Minot, ND (21), 18.071.
Group B Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 9, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (9), 15.290; 2. 67H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (37), 15.349; 3. 1S, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (21), 15.379; 4. 71M, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (15), 15.404; 5. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (13), 15.436; 6. 24R, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (22), 15.440; 7. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (4), 15.446; 8. 35AU, Jamie Veal, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (14), 15.468; 9. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (5), 15.560; 10. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (12), 15.576; 11. 89, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (17), 15.578; 12. 9P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (11), 15.585; 13. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (32), 15.603; 14. 19M, Brent Marks, Myerstown, PA (18), 15.611; 15. 1B, Dale Blaney, Hartford, OH (33), 15.619; 16. 93H, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (8), 15.621; 17. 10H, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (19), 15.636; 18. 1J, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (3), 15.644; 19. 96, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (31), 15.664; 20. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (23), 15.688; 21. 19P, Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH (29), 15.698; 22. 17W, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN (35), 15.702; 23. 7R, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (25), 15.713; 24. 25, Dylan Peterson, Hartford, SD (24), 15.761; 25. 7G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (10), 15.782; 26. 11N, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (34), 15.819; 27. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (36), 15.821; 28. 28, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO (26), 15.834; 29. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (30), 15.847; 30. 88N, DJ Netto, Hanford, CA (20), 15.849; 31. 23B, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (16), 15.861; 32. 13X, Kevin Swindell, Bartlett, TN (6), 15.879; 33. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (2), 15.881; 34. 84, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (38), 15.946; 35. 40H, Caleb Helms, Findlay, OH (27), 15.982; 36. 20N, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (28), 16.027; 37. 23M, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (39), 16.048; 38. 47, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (40), 16.080; 39. 7H, JoJo Helberg, Santa Rosa, CA (7), 16.085; 40. 56B, Ryan Bernal, Hollister, CA (1), 16.197.
Group A Heat one (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Danny Dietrich (1); 2. Wayne Johnson (6); 3. Kerry Madsen (4) / 4. Justyn Cox (2); 5. Justin Henderson (3); 6. Brooke Tatnell (7); 7. James McFadden (5); 8. Aaron Reutzel (8); 9. Chris Martin (11); 10. Dean Jacobs (9); 11. Bob Weuve (10) DNS – RJ Johnson
Group A Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:05.9: 1. Ian Madsen (2); 2. Danny Lasoski (4); 3. Shane Stewart (3) / 4. Craig Dollansky (1); 5. Greg Wilson (6); 6. Jordyn Brazier (8); 7. Tim Shaffer (5); 8. Logan Forler (9); 9. Bud Kaeding (7); 10. Tony Shilling (10); 11. Tyler Courtney (11); 12. Jimmy Light (12)
Group A Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:07.8: 1. Davey Heskin (2); 2. Jon Agan (1); 3. Paul McMahan (3) / 4. Greg Hodnett (4); 5. Josh Baughman (6); 6. Tim Kaeding (5); 7. Shane Golobic (8); 8. Dakota Hendrickson (7); 9. Danny Smith (9); 10. Brandon Wimmer (11); 11. Colby Copeland (10) DNS – Don Droud Jr.
Group B Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:05.2: 1. Brian Brown (1); 2. Lynton Jeffrey (2); 3. Joey Saldana (3) / 4. Daryn Pittman (4); 5. Tasker Phillips (5); 6. Sheldon Haudenschild (6); 7. Bryan Clauson (8); 8. David Gravel (9); 9. Bronson Maeschen (7); 10. Jonathan Cornell (10); 11. Scott Bogucki (12); 12. Seth Bergman (11)
Group B Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:09.5: 1. Jamie Veal (2); 2. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (4); 3. Chad Kemenah (6) / 4. Terry McCarl (3); 5. Cody Darrah (1); 6. Matt Covington (10); 7. Brent Marks (5); 8. Josh Schneiderman (7); 9. Randy Hannagan (9); 10. Kevin Swindell (11); 11. Roger Crockett (8); 12. Caleb Helms (12)
Group B Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:10.7: 1. Parker Price-Miller (1); 2. Dale Blaney (5); 3. Sammy Swindell (4) / 4. Dustin Selvage (2); 5. Mark Dobmeier (11); 6. DJ Netto (10); 7. Austin McCarl (9); 8. Dylan Peterson (8); 9. Hunter Schuerenberg (12); 10. Paige Polyak (7); 11. Jac Haudenschild (6); 12. Rico Abreu (3)
C main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Brandon Wimmer (3); 2. Mark Dobmeier (8); 3. DJ Netto (2); 4. Tyler Courtney (1) / 5. Brad Sweet (15); 6. Kevin Swindell (6); 7. Jeff Swindell (18); 8. Colby Copeland (9); 9. Jack Dover (16); 10. Ryan Bernal (20); 11. Bob Weuve (5); 12. Jimmy Light (7); 13. Scott Bogucki (10); 14. Kevin Ingle (13); 15. Glenndon Forsythe (11); 16. Seth Bergman (4); 17. Hunter Schuerenberg (14); 18. Todd Mickelson (17); 19. Caleb Helms (12); 20. JoJo Helberg (19) DNS – RJ Johnson, Don Droud Jr.
Pole Shuffle 1, 2 Laps, 33.9: 1. Paul McMahan 2. Lynton Jeffrey
Pole Shuffle 2, 2 Laps, 32.5: 1. Joey Saldana 2. Paul McMahan
Pole Shuffle 3, 2 Laps, 33.0: 1. Joey Saldana 2. Shane Stewart
Pole Shuffle 4, 2 Laps, 33.2: 1. Joey Saldana 2. Sammy Swindell
Pole Shuffle 5, 2 Laps, 32.2: 1. Danny Lasoski 2. Joey Saldana
Pole Shuffle 6, 2 Laps, 33.0: 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 2. Danny Lasoski
Pole Shuffle 7, 2 Laps, 32.1 (NTR): 1. Kerry Madsen 2. Danny Lasoski
Group A - B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Greg Hodnett (1); 2. Justin Henderson (2); 3. Tim Shaffer (6) / 4. Craig Dollansky (4); 5. James McFadden (5); 6. Tim Kaeding (7); 7. Tony Shilling (16); 8. Justyn Cox (3); 9. Bud Kaeding (9); 10. Brooke Tatnell (10); 11. Brandon Wimmer (19); 12. Chris Martin (18); 13. Jordyn Brazier (11); 14. DJ Netto (20); 15. Shane Golobic (17); 16. Aaron Reutzel (15); 17. Dean Jacobs (12); 18. Logan Forler (13); 19. Greg Wilson (8); 20. Danny Smith (14) DNS – Josh Baughman, Dakota Hendrickson
Group B - B main (started), 12 Laps, 3:23.7: 1. Daryn Pittman (1); 2. Terry McCarl (2); 3. Dustin Selvage (4); 4. Cody Darrah (3); 5. Sheldon Haudenschild (8); 6. Tasker Phillips (6); 7. Brent Marks (5); 8. Bronson Maeschen (10); 9. Bryan Clauson (9); 10. David Gravel (16); 11. Josh Schneiderman (7); 12. Austin McCarl (18); 13. Mark Dobmeier (17); 14. Randy Hannagan (13); 15. Tyler Courtney (19); 16. Paige Polyak (12); 17. Jonathan Cornell (15); 18. Dylan Peterson (11); 19. Roger Crockett (14) DNS – Rico Abreu, Jac Haudenschild, Matt Covington
Capitani Classic A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Shane Stewart (6); 2. Danny Lasoski (2); 3. Kerry Madsen (1); 4. Sammy Swindell (5); 5. Paul McMahan (7); 6. Joey Saldana (4); 7. Daryn Pittman (10); 8. Jamie Veal (14); 9. Lynton Jeffrey (8); 10. Greg Hodnett (9); 11. Justin Henderson (11); 12. Terry McCarl (12); 13. Brian Brown (16); 14. Ian Madsen (13); 15. Danny Dietrich (17); 16. Davey Heskin (15); 17. Chad Kemenah (20); 18. Tim Shaffer (21); 19. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (3); 20. Dale Blaney (18); 21. Dustin Selvage (22); 22. Wayne Johnson (19); 23. Parker Price-Miller (24); 24. Jon Agan (23). Lap Leaders: K. Madsen 1-13, Lasoski 14-19, Stewart 20-25. Hard-charger: Veal.