6/23/2010
Mark Dobmeier - Outlaw Weekend at River Cities
With many Season Championships and feature wins at the home track of River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND, Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports always looks forward to when the World of Outlaws come to town. With two wins and four top three finishes so far this year on the fast 4/10ths mile, a competitive run against the Outlaws is certainly something the team expects and is very capable of doing.
The double header was pushed forward a day due to rain on Friday, in which Dobmeier had to decide whether or not to stay or travel to Knoxville and Huset’s to keep in the points battles. But, after consideration, the team decided to stay and race with the Outlaws for the attempt of their first win against the cream of the crop at their home track.
For the first night of the World of Outlaw double header, Dobmeier qualified 12th on the board out of the 38 drivers and then started on the outside pole of the heat race to finish third. “The car was working well,” explains the veteran River Cities driver, “We had a lot of things right, but unfortunately lost the number two spot to finish third.”
Dobmeier lined up on the inside of the eighth row in the Senske and Son Right Choice Electric #13, and raced up to 13th until some mud got in the wheel and created a huge vibration. “The track fooled us a little bit on Saturday,” says Mark. “Moisture usually does not come back throughout the night, but before the feature, the track went from heavy to ‘suck your shoes off sticky’. When the mud got in our wheels, we weren’t really going anywhere so I pulled off and called it a night.”
The following night, Dobmeier didn’t have the qualifying run as expected as he put a 22nd fast time on the board. “We were just too loose in our qualifying run,” explains Mark. “We tightened up the car for the heat and were fast…we came from 6th in the heat to finish third.”
Dobmeier started 21st for the main event and drove the Senske and Son Right Choice Electric #13 all the way up to the 12th position, overtaking 9 cars. “The guys had the car working great,” exclaims Dobmeier. “We just needed a better qualifying run tonight so we could have started further towards the front. All in all it was a decent weekend, we learned a few things and we’ll be that much more prepared for next time. We are very capable of winning against these guys, so with a little homework and good luck, we’ll be on top.”
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Mark graduated from The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business in which he then put the degree to work as he currently has a business in his hometown called Forx Radiator where he specializes in radiator repair and other vehicle service work.
Mark will be racing River Cities Speedway, Knoxville Raceway and Huset’s Speedway weekly throughout the 2010 season with as many close World of Outlaw, IRA and other NOSA events to fill in the gaps of the schedule.
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Senske & Son Transfer, Right Choice Electric, Big Trucks by Jimco, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom Motors, Forx Radiator, Delta Oil , Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, Fragola Hoses, Willow Ridge, Rose Creek Tavern, Forks Mobile Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the Disabled American Veterans and Driver Websites.com.
