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Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports started their weekend with the World of Outlaw show this past Friday at the Dobmeier home track of River Cities Speedway. It was an exciting night for the team because once again Right Choice Electric and Big Trucks by Jimco both put up an additional $10,000 for the #13 to win.

Mark qualified 11th quick with a time of 9.478 just over two tenths off the fast time set by Jason Meyers. He started on the outside of the front row in the heat race and quickly grabbed the lead from Tony Bruce Jr. and led the 10 laps to earn the win and place him on the inside of second row for the dash.

Dobmeier finished third in the dash to line the Senske & Son Dammer Brothers #13 in the third spot for the start of the main event.
“We felt very good about where we were at,” says Dobmeier. “Starting towards the front is what we needed and my guys’ gave me an awesome car to do just that!”

At the start of the race, Dobmeier ‘wheelied’ coming out of turn two and as the car entered the third turn, Mark slowed to drop the front end down, but doing so, another car got into the back of the Senske & Son Dammer Brothers #13 and the two of them went flipping down the backstretch, ending the night for the team.

“We had a good night started,” explains Mark. “It’s frustrating that we crashed, but that happens. We’ll regroup and be ready for the next one!”

Following the crash at the World of Outlaw show in River Cities, Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports decided to stay home and work on the car to get it ready for the Sunday night Huset’s event.
Qualifying sixth quick at the “Home of the Professionals,” Mark started fourth in the heat race. He quickly grabbed the number two position and finished second behind Huset’s veteran Chad Meyer.

Dobmeier then lined up 6th for the start of the 25 lap main event and charged up to second in the first lap. After a restart following a red flag, Mark quickly took the lead from Jody Rosenboom and led the rest of the race earning the 10th win of the season for Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports.
“The car was very strong all night,” exclaims Mark. “Getting this win tonight was just what we needed. We’ll take the momentum from tonight back up to River Cities this coming Friday.”

Team Co-Owner Dave Lunstra adds, “I can’t thank the crew enough…These guys’ are like pack mules, they never stop! Without their help, we certainly wouldn’t be able to do what we do week in and week out. I would also like to thank all of our sponsors for their dedicated support. They play a big role in our team and we certainly appreciate all of them being on board.”

FAST FACTS ON DOBMEIER:
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.

LUNSTRA/DOBMEIER MOTORSPORTS TEAM WEBSITE:
Be sure to follow the team through the team website www.markdobmeier.com. Latest results, news and photo updates will be updated regularly.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Senske & Son Transfer, Delta Oil, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom Motors, Big Trucks by Jimco, Right Choice Electric, Forx Radiator, Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, K & N Air Filters, Forks Mobile Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the Disabled American Veterans and Driver Websites.com.

08/17/09 - Knoxville Nationals Re-Cap for Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports

Rain can create a lot of problems for dirt track racers, and it certainly was an issue for everyone at the 49th Annual Super Clean Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil this past week. It all started Wednesday night for Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports and the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 when the rain came down before the guys’ were even able to hit the track for their test session. The track crew was able to get the surface back in race ready form which allowed the drivers to get their hot laps in before the qualifying. When the rain hits the track like that and even after the track workers get the track ran back in, it creates a lock down race track with little passing.

After Dobmeier’s impressive 13th quick time of 14.828, he had to start on the outside of the third row in his heat. “We were very happy with our qualifying efforts,” explains Dobmeier. “But, we were worried that it would be tough to make that precious top four in the heat with the track being the way it was.”

He raced up a spot to fifth, but that was just one position outside of the transfer to make the “A” for the 1st qualifying night of The Nationals. “The Senske & Son Delta Oil car was good,” says Mark. “We were fast, but so was everyone else on the track. It’s frustrating to have a surface like this, but we do the best we can to make a great show for the fans.”

His fifth place finish in the heat raced put Dobmeier on the outside of the 5th row for the “B” feature in which the track was a little wider, but still very narrow and tough to pass on. At the drop of the green the veteran driver began his charge to that all important top 4, but was not able to make it as he finished 6th just two spots out.

With the efforts put forth from Mark and the team, the #13 was guaranteed a starting position of 15th in the “B” feature on Saturday night. But, the rain came again. This time it was enough to cancel the evening and the event was to be made up the following night.

“The rain really frustrated us on Saturday,” exclaims Mark. “We waited patiently to race again and then we had to wait another day. It don’t matter too much that we had to wait, but the biggest thing is that we were ready to race and our entire crew was here to help. After the cancellation, part of our crew had to head back home to make it to work. Plus, it’s very disappointing for the fans.”

Sunday came and the rain halted, so the team got their hot lap session and was ready to start on the inside of the 8th row. Throughout the race, Mark was able to race up to twelfth to cap off his best finish at the Knoxville Nationals.

“Overall we’re pretty happy with the week,” says Mark. “The rain made it tough for all of us but we did finish higher then we have in the past, even though we really wanted to make the main event. We’ll take what we learned this week and be back next year!”

FAST FACTS ON DOBMEIER:
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.

Dobmeier finished 5th in the “C” Main in the 48th running of the Knoxville Nationals in 2008.

LUNSTRA/DOBMEIER MOTORSPORTS TEAM WEBSITE:
Be sure to follow the team through the team website www.markdobmeier.com. Latest results, news and photo updates will be updated regularly.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Senske & Son Transfer, Delta Oil, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom Motors, Big Trucks by Jimco, Right Choice Electric, Forx Radiator, Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, K & N Air Filters, Forks Mobile Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the Disabled American Veterans and Driver Websites.com.

With a rain out at River Cities Speedway, Lustra/Dobmeier Motorsports went directly to Knoxville Raceway to get one more race in on the legendary ½ mile dirt oval before the upcoming 49th Annual Knoxville Nationals. They started out the night qualifying 17th with a time of 15.694 against the 42-car field and lined up on the outside of the front row in the heat race.
Taking the green, Dobmeier lead the heat to the finish to give him yet another heat race victory and a 14th starting position for the main event.
“I felt great going into the main,” explains Dobmeier. “We just brought on Davey Whitworth from Kansas to help us out this week and throughout the Nationals and having his great knowledge and expertise on sprint cars certainly helps. In the heat race the car was fantastic and motor ran great, I knew we had a good shot in the main.”
Dobmeier made it up to seventh throughout the 25-lap main, passing seven cars including the quick time setter, Cody Darrah in the number 89.
Following Knoxville, it was off to the Huset’s Speedway for Lunsta/Dobmeier Motorsports. 15 cars showed up for the Sunday event and Dobmeier qualified in the number two spot behind the 11x of Gregg Bakker.
Starting 6th in the heat, Mark quickly made headway and raced the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 up to third. The team elected to take the back row challenge and that decision lined Dobmeier up at the tail of the 15-car field and increased the winnings from $2500 to $8500. Once the green flag was dropped, Dobmeier nailed the throttle and starting taking positions.
The race went from flag to flag not allowing any restart advantages for the #13, but Dobmeier came within 4 car lengths of race victor Jake Peters, finishing second.
“The car was fast,” says the excited veteran. “If we would have had one more lap or even a caution sometime throughout the race, I think we’d a had it… The Senske & Son Delta Oil machine was on a rail…I was able to put the car wherever I needed to advancing my way towards the front of the field. The guys’ had this car perfect!”
Terry McCarl’s “Front Row Challenge” was next up for Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports, but it did not go quite the way the team was expecting.
Dobmeier started ninth in the heat race and made his way up to sixth, just one spot out of the transfer position into the main event, then following the much anticipated foot races, that McCarl likes to put on throughout the Osky Challenges, a small storm came over the speedway dumping a large amount of water on the racetrack.
The track crew worked vigorously on the racing surface for nearly three hours until it was finally ready for the B-main. Dobmeier, starting on the inside of the fourth row, raced up to fifth with five laps to go and then on the last lap, the motor in the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 burned up ending the night for Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports.
“It’s very disappointing,” says Mark, “We had a good car tonight, but with the way the track got after the rain, it just made the surface a lock down race track. Then the motor burnt up on the last lap, which didn’t make any of us very pleased. We have tomorrow off before we qualify on Wednesday for the Nationals, so we’ll get a new motor in the car and we’ll be ready to rock.”

FAST FACTS ON DOBMEIER:
• 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 has over 130 Sprint Car Feature Wins in a 410 Outlaw Sprint Car.

LUNSTRA/DOBMEIER MOTORSPORTS TEAM WEBSITE:
• Be sure to follow the team through the team website www.markdobmeier.com. Latest results, news and photo updates will be updated regularly.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Senske & Son Transfer, Delta Oil, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom Motors, Big Trucks by Jimco, Right Choice Electric, Forx Radiator, Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, K & N Air Filters, Forks Mobile Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the Disabled American Veterans and Driver Websites.com.

No matter what type of racing one is involved with, you always have at least one of those weekends where things just don’t go the way they should. Well, this past weekend was one of those weekends for Mark Dobmeier and Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports.
It all started by passing up the regular scheduled race at River Cities for a special 410 Outlaw Sprint show at Rock Rapids Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa. 21 cars showed up for this inaugural event on the 31st of July and Mark Dobmeier was there with his eyes set on that $2500 payday.
The rain was on the way at the time of pit meeting and the Rock Rapids Officials decided to wait for the rain to come and leave, knowing that the storm was to be short lived. Just as the officials said, the heavy rain appeared and dropped nearly a ½ inch on the racetrack. With the sun shortly behind, the officials attempted to run in the race track to get in working order, but after two hours of push truck racing, the track was just not cooperating. It was officially, a rain out.
Following the rainy Friday in Rock Rapids, it was time to start the double-header of the O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions at the “Home of the Professionals,” Huset’s Speedway.
Dobmeier qualified 10th quick with a 10.903 out of the 27 cars which put him on the inside of the third row to start out the 8 lap heat race in which he was able to hold his position to make the transfer into the main event and shoot for that 5 large.
Dobmeier came from 8th to 6th with his underpowered machine until the power steering line blew forcing the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 into the pits around lap 15. The team later found out that a broken lifter is what caused the motor to act sub-par.
“At the start of the main, I noticed that the motor was under-powered,” explains Dobmeier. But I was able to make it up two spots until the power steering line blew and shot fluid all over the steering wheel.”
Night two of the O’Reilly All Stars was the big one, the $10,000 to win “Event of the Season.” The track was a little slower this particular night then the last, as none of the 33 cars entered could break the 11 second mark throughout qualifying. Mark Dobmeier set an 11.33 time with the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 which was 17th fastest in the field.
He lined up on the outside pole for the heat race in which he quickly grabbed the lead at the drop of the green and led the 8-lap contest from flag to flag and guaranteeing a starting position in the main.
The start of the main was one of those starts in which every racer dreads. When the green flag dropped, another racer in front of Mark (sitting on the outside of row 8) hit the standing water at the bottom of the track and slid in front of the #13 causing the car to turn right and into the front stretch wall creating a near five car crash. This incident took the front and rear ends out of the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 and forcing yet another disappointing DNF for Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports.
“Weekend’s like these are quite annoying,” says Mark. “But, when this sort of thing does happen it really makes us sit back, do our homework and be that much more prepared for the weekend to follow.”

FAST FACTS ON DOBMEIER:
• 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 has over 130 Sprint Car Feature Wins in a 410 Outlaw Sprint Car.

LUNSTRA/DOBMEIER MOTORSPORTS TEAM WEBSITE:
• Be sure to follow the team through the team website www.markdobmeier.com. Latest results, news and photo updates will be updated regularly.

SIGN UP FOR THE PRESS RELEASES!
• While you are at www.markdobmeier.com, don’t forget to swing by the contact page and sign yourself up for the weekly press releases!

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Senske & Son Transfer, Delta Oil, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom Motors, Big Trucks by Jimco, Right Choice Electric, Forx Radiator, Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, K & N Air Filters, Forks Mobile Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the Disabled American Veterans and Driver Websites.com.

The home track of River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND is where Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports began their 3-day race weekend which started out with a bang. Mark, with his high point average, started in the back of the heat race at eighth and came up to second behind the 10TR of Bob Martin.
The second place finish in the heat race lined the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 on the outside of the fourth row for start of the main event. With 12 laps to go, Mark took advantage of the well prepared race track and passed Chris Shirek for the lead and by the time the checkered flag was thrown, Mark had over a ½ track lead taking his 8th win of the 2009 season.

“Tonight was a lot of fun,” explains the River Cities veteran. “The track was awesome and I was able to keep the car up top except for a few bottom runs while we were moving forward. There were lanes on both the bottom and the top which gave us a lot of room to race; I’m sure the fans loved this one!”

Following the win at River Cities, it was off to Knoxville to prepare themselves for the 49th Annual SuperClean Knoxville Nationals. Dobmeier qualified late in the field with a 16.000 second time and then was able to start the heat race from the front row on the outside of Johnny Herrera.

Dobmeier took the early lead in the heat, but lost the position to Herrera going into the second lap. The two took off from there leaving the field behind them and Dobmeier ended the heat in the number 2 position.

Starting 17th in the main event, Mark charged forward up to ninth until a slice in the right rear tire caused the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 to slow. Mark was able to salvage an 11th place finish in the feature which keeps Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports in the seventh position in the chase to the championship.

“We’re still working on a few things for the nationals,” explains Mark. “I think we are very close and we expect to be very fast this year. It was a little disappointing having the right rear (tire) go down…when we came in pits after the main we checked the air and it was down to 3 pounds so it made the car feel like I was on a sponge.”

Following Knoxville’s 11th place finish, it was off to Huset’s Speedway for Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports. Mark set a tenth quick time with an 11.432 to begin the evening on the fast high-banked 3/8ths dirt oval and lined up 4th in the heat.
Dobmeier quickly grabbed the lead at the start of the 10 lap heat and didn’t look back until the drop of the black and white as he took yet another heat race victory at the “Home of the Professionals.”

He began the 25 lap main event from the inside of the third row and with only 6 laps down the caution flag threw and bunched up the pack. At the time of restart, Dobmeier went low as the 11x of Greg Bakker went high going into turn one. “Dynamite” Dobmeier grabbed the lead coming out of turn 2 and led the remainder of the event capturing his 3rd win of the season at Huset’s and 9th overall for the 2009 season.

FAST FACTS ON DOBMEIER:
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 has over 130 Sprint Car Feature Wins and currently is leading the points battle at both River Cities Speedway and Huset’s Speedway. He sits 7th in the standings at Knoxville Raceway behind Sydney, Australia native Kerry Madsen.
This past weekend “Dynamite” Dobmeier passed a total of 26 cars throughout the three races at River Cities, Knoxville and Huset’s.

LUNSTRA/DOBMEIER MOTORSPORTS TEAM WEBSITE:
Be sure to follow the team through the team website www.markdobmeier.com. Latest results, news and photo updates will be updated regularly.

SIGN UP FOR THE PRESS RELEASES!
While you are at www.markdobmeier.com, don’t forget to swing by the contact page and sign yourself up for the weekly press releases!

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Senske & Son Transfer, Delta Oil, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom Motors, Big Trucks by Jimco, Right Choice Electric, Forx Radiator, Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, K & N Air Filters, Forks Mobile Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the Disabled American Veterans and Driver Websites.com.

Mark Dobmeier in the Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports #13 started out last weekend of racing at his home track of River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND. Going into the Friday evening, Dobmeier currently leads the points chase at the speedway and has five feature wins on the high-banked 4/10ths oval.
He started in the back of the heat race at eighth and passed his way up to third and with the third place finish in the heat, the Senske and Son Delta Oil machine lined up on the outside of row number 4 of the main event. “The track fooled us for the first time in a long time,” explains Dobmeier. “We thought the track was going to dry out a little more that so we had the car tight for most of the race.” He certainly made an exciting show for the fans as with the tight race car at one time in the event, he nailed the throttle coming out of turn four and “wheelied” down the front stretch going into turn one. Mark raced his way up to fourth to cap off the evening finishing behind Wade Nygaard, Dave Glennon and feature winner, Casey Mack.
Following the top five at River Cities, it was off to Knoxville Raceway. “Going into tonight we wanted to try a few things to prepare ourselves for the upcoming nationals,” says Mark. “We had to work a few new ideas on the racetrack this week so we knew if it was something we should pursue for next week.”
The ideas didn’t exactly go as planned as the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 qualified 21st with a time of 15.684, almost a half second off the quick time of 15.188 set by Wisner, NE native Seth Brahmer.
The Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports team put the car back to normal and lined up 7th for the heat race. Entering into turn 3, Mark went low on the racetrack and caught the inside of the track causing the car to turn left abruptly and Dobmeier backed into the famous retaining wall of Knoxville Raceway destroying the tail tank.
The crew hurried to fix the car to get it ready for the Semi in which another seventh place starting position was waiting for him. Dobmeier raced up to fourth to make the transfer in the main event.
He lined up 19th for the start of the main event and was able to pass up inside the top ten to ninth.
“We certainly hoped for a better finish tonight,” explains the Grand Forks native. “Qualifying where we did kind of put us behind the eight ball. But, we were able to get those ideas out of our system and we’ll be more than ready for the weeks to come and certainly for the nationals.”
After Saturday’s Knoxville event, Huset’s Speedway was next in line. With a 3rd fast time against the 21 cars on the fast high banked oval and a eighth to fifth run in the heat race, Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports decided to take the challenge to start in the rear of the main event.
At the beginning of the 2009 season, Baete-Forseth put up a challenge for any driver in the 410 Outlaw Class that elected to start at the rear of the field, a $5000 bonus would be paid if that driver would come from the rear of the field to win the event. Well, Mark Dobmeier took that challenge and elected to start at the rear of the 21-car field in hopes of making a $7500 payday.
At the drop of the flag, Mark got a great start and began passing cars. Up to the top five of the field, Mark nearly spun and got passed by four cars creating the challenge even that much more difficult. He was able to make his way up to 3rd, which as impressive as that is, disappointed Mark. “The car was amazing,” says Dobmeier. “I could put the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 wherever I needed to and I think if I wouldn’t have nearly spun towards the end I really felt we could have won the race. But, coming from 21st to 3rd is pretty impressing and it certainly makes us very proud!”

FAST FACTS ON DOBMEIER:
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 has over 125 Sprint Car Feature Wins and currently is leading the points battle at both River Cities Speedway and Huset’s Speedway. He sits 7th in the points standings at Knoxville Raceway behind Sydney, Australia native Kerry Madsen.
This past weekend “Dynamite” Dobmeier passed a total of 43 cars throughout the three races at River Cities, Knoxville and Huset’s.
LUNSTRA/DOBMEIER MOTORSPORTS TEAM WEBSITE:
Be sure to follow the team through the team website www.markdobmeier.com. Latest results, news and photo updates will be updated regularly.
SIGN UP FOR THE PRESS RELEASES!
While you are at www.markdobmeier.com, don’t forget to swing by the contact page and sign yourself up for the weekly press releases!
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Senske & Son Transfer, Delta Oil, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom Motors, Big Trucks by Jimco, Right Choice Electric, Forx Radiator, Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, K & N Air Filters, Forks Mobile Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the Disabled American Veterans and Driver Websites.com.

Photo By - Dave Hill Racing Images (www.davehillracingimages.com)

Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports starts the race weekend out with a bang this past Friday at their home track of River Cities Speedway. Finishing 3rd in the heat race lined up the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 on the outside of the 4th row for the main event. At about 16 laps to go, “Dynamite” Dobmeier took the lead and came out on top grabbing his 5th win of the year at River Cities.
Following the win, it was off once again to Knoxville Raceway for their double feature night. Dobmeier qualified 4th quick with a time of 15.419 just .256 seconds behind the lap set by Terry McCarl.
Mark started on the inside of the 3rd row to begin the adventures of the heat race. Going into the first corner as Mark was running the high line, McCarl was attempting the pass on the bottom, but the two of them got together knocking the rear end out of square on the Lunstra/Dobmeier sprinter. Dobmeier then struggled through the remainder of the heat for the attempt of a decent finish, but fell back to 9th at the time of checkered resulting in a start for the B-Main.
With the Senske & Son Delta Oil sprinter fixed and ready for action, Dobmeier started on the outside pole in the “B”. Terry McCarl and Mark Dobmeier made a very exciting race to the end as the Dobmeier finished right behind the #24 in the second spot to transfer into the main event.
“McCarl got a good run at the beginning of the race,” explains Mark, “But towards the end of the race I was right behind him and just ran out of laps to overtake him. The Senske & Son Delta Oil machine was right on the money.”
At 17th, Dobmeier took the green flag to start the main event and while moving forward, a 4-car pileup going into turn one of the second lap gathered Mark and destroyed the frame ending the chances to a finish in the main. “I just had nowhere to go,” says Mark, “I went into the corner and realized that I was just in a bad spot I couldn’t get out of. So I held on and rode it out. The car was pretty damaged, the frame was bent but we were able to make the car good enough to start the second main event of the double feature night to collect the starting points in our chase in the championship.”
The next night was to be Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, SD, but with an early morning downpour, the speedway canceled the event at 2PM. Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports made the decision to attempt the World of Outlaw event at Cedar Lake Speedway. Knowing they were going to be late put the pressure on, but unfortunate road construction in downtown Minneapolis delayed the team to make the event.
FAST FACTS ON DOBMEIER:
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 home town called Forx Radiator where he specializes in radiator repair and other vehicle service work.
Mark has over 125 Sprint Car Feature Wins and currently is leading the points battle at both River Cities Speedway and Huset’s Speedway. He sits 7th in the points standings at Knoxville Raceway behind Sydney, Australia native Kerry Madsen.
LUNSTRA/DOBMEIER MOTORSPORTS TEAM WEBSITE:
Be sure to follow the team through the team website www.markdobmeier.com. Latest results, news and photo updates will be updated regularly.

SIGN UP FOR THE PRESS RELEASES!
While you are at www.markdobmeier.com, don’t forget to swing by the contact page and sign yourself up for the weekly press releases!

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Senske & Son Transfer, Delta Oil, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom Motors, Big Trucks by Jimco, Right Choice Electric, Forx Radiator, Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, K & N Air Filters, Forks Mobile Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the Disabled American Veterans and Driver Websites.com.

Photo By - TSJ Photos

The weekend of the fourth always brings much excitement to the sport of auto racing and it certainly did for Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports as the weekend was suppose to begin with a very anticipated race against the World of Outlaw boys’ at Huset’s Speedway on the 3rd. As the long trek to Huset’s unfolded, the skies became darker and darker at the “Home of the Professionals” in which evolved into a cancellation. This forced Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports back up to Grand Forks for the attempt of the Mid-Season Championships at River Cities Speedway.
They made it just in time for the start of the make-up main event from the June 12th rain shortened event. Starting on the outside of row number four and with only 10 laps “Dynamite” Dobmeier was able to take the lead to begin a very promising weekend. At only 6 laps to go, an unfortunate lap car slid up in front of the Senske & Son Delta Oil machine damaging the front end of the #13 resulting in the first DNF for Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports at River Cities in 2009.
The crew went to work on the car and was able to get it repaired and ready to rock for the start of the heat race for the Mid-Season Championships. The heats were lined up off of point average which gave the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 the pole position start to begin the event. Conquering the heat race gave Mark the front row starting position in the main event and once the green flag dropped, he didn’t look back to take his fourth main event win at the speedway for 2009.
Following the win at River Cities, Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports headed to Knoxville Raceway. Dobmeier qualified 13th with a time of 15.221 to start out the night which was then followed by a front row starting spot in the heat race. Winning the heat set Mark on row number 5 for the start of the main event. He charged through the field finished 4th giving him a very respectable points night to put the Senske & Son Delta Oil machine 6th in the standings.
After Knoxville, it was time to head back north but with a stop at Huset’s Speedway for their Sunday night weekly show. Rain came through once again early in the evening which delayed the night and created a very wet and heavy racetrack for the racers’. Due to the rain delay, the speedway decided to line up the starting positions for the heats based off the pill draw and not qualifying for the attempt to shorten up the program. Dobmeier, drawing the highest pill in the bucket, started at the tail of the field. He drove the Senske & Son Delta Oil #13 up to seventh, which was very impressive given the track conditions.
Starting 12th in the main event, Dobmeier put the hammer down and was able to advance himself all the way up to second right behind Terry McCarl. “A track like this is always very interesting,” says Mark, “You have to be fast and not lose momentum, but on the same side you really have to finesse the car to keep it off the huge curb and out of trouble. We are very happy with the second place finish; It was a good points weekend over all!”
Next up for the Lunstra/Dobmeier #13 will be the normal Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights of racing at River Cities in Grand Forks followed by Knoxville and then Huset’s. Keep tabs on the team through www.markdobmeier.com and be sure to go to the contact page to sign yourself up for the weekly press releases.
Special thanks to Senske & Son Transfer, Delta Oil, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom Motors, Big Trucks by Jimco, Right Choice Electric, Forx Radiator, Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, K & N Air Filters, Forks Mobile Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the Disabled American Veterans and Driver Websites.com.