Dobmeier Ready for Knoxville Nationals Qualifying Night Thursday

​Grand Forks, N.D. (August 8, 2024) - Mark Dobmeier and the Buffalo Wild Wings / Lunstra Motorsports crew are in Marion County, Iowa again and are set for their qualifying night at the 'Grand-daddy of them All,' the 63rd Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway. This will be Dobmeier's 19th appearance in the world's most prestigious Sprint Car race.

​Last week, Dobmeier went for the lead with eight to go at River Cities Speedway Friday night but slipped off the top of turn two. Restarting ninth, Dobmeier passed five cars in eight laps to finish fourth.

On Sunday night at Buffalo River Speedway in Glyndon, MN, Dobmeier started third and stalked race long leader Andy Pake throughout the 20-lap race, but Dobmeier finished second to Pake, who won his first NOSA feature.

Dobmeier is set to take to the famous Knoxville half-mile Thursday night as he begins his quest for a berth to his fifth Knoxville Nationals A-Main. Dobmeier's best performance at the Nationals came in 2011 when he won his qualifying night over Jason Meyers and Brian Brown.

Dobmeier went on to finish sixth in Saturday's championship feature. His other appearances in Saturday's finale came in 2012, 2014, and 2017 where he finished 12th, eighth, and 12th respectively.

Previous results at Knoxville Nationals
2005 - 15th in the E Main
2006 - 3rd in the D Main
2007 - 21st in the C Main (wrecked while leading)
2008 - 4th in the C Main
2009 - 12th in the B Main
2010 - 11th in the C Main
2011 - 6th in the A Main (won Thursday qualifying night)
2012 - 12th in the A Main
2013 - 13th in the B Main
2014 - 8th in the A Main
2015 - 9th in the B Main
2016 - 6th in the B Main
2017 - 12th in the A Main
2018 - 9th in the B Main
2019 - 6th in the B Main
2021 - 12th in the C Main
2022 - 13th in the C Main
2023 - 24th in the C Main