Lasoski
Wires Field in Creek Nation Casino
Qualifier
 Lonnie
Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 11, 2006)
– Missouri’s Danny Lasoski scored a
wire-to-wire victory as the 20th Annual
O'Reilly Chili Bowl Midget Nationals
kicked off with Wednesday night's 25-lap
Creek Nation Casino Qualifying Night main
event at Tulsa Expo Raceway.
Lasoski fought off the battling duo of
Steve Kinser and Jerry Coons, Jr., to
snare the win, with Tim McCreadie making a
last lap pass of 15-year-old Brady Bacon
to snare the fourth and final transfer
position to Saturday's championship main
event.
Piloting
Jerry Russell’s Esslinger-powered
American Compressed Steel No. 33d Eagle,
the victory marked the second trip to
victory lane in Chili Bowl qualifying
action for the three-time event runner-up
and Sprint Car standout.
“I
didn’t have any idea if anyone was close
to me or not, all I knew was that I
wasn’t getting off the bottom of the
track in turns three and four,” Lasoski
commented at the post-race press
conference.
Lasoski
earned the pole position for the feature
by accumulating the most passing points
among Wednesday night’s 87 competitors
by virtue of a charge from fifth to first
in his heat race and a sixth to second run
in his qualifying race.
Just
two weeks shy of his sixteenth birthday,
Broken Arrow, OK, shoe Bacon gridded on
Lasoski’s outside shoulder, with Kinser
and Johnny Rodriguez in the second row.
Lasoski gunned into the lead at the
drop of the green flag, with Kinser taking
second from Bacon in the opening two
corners.
Lasoski
paced the field in front of Kinser, Bacon
and Coons, surviving a pair of cautions in
the opening seven rounds including Stan
Yockey’s hard turn one flip with seven
laps in the books.
Yockey, one of three drivers (along
with Michele Miller and Donnie Lehmann) to
climb from Last Chance racing action to
the main event, emerged shaken but
otherwise uninjured.
Lasoski
and Kinser continued to lead the way, with
Coons disposing of Bacon for third on
twelfth circuit.
A lap later, ARDC Midget kingpin
Ray Bull charged past Bacon for fourth,
just moments before Craig Carey’s turn
one tumble on the 14th lap.
Back
under way, Bacon regained fourth on the 17th
circuit following a turn one Bull bobble,
with McCreadie advancing to fifth.
Following
the race’s final caution after 17 laps
for a turn one tangle involving Danny
Stratton and Paul White, Kinser took to
the top side in turns three and four to
try to mount a challenge on Lasoski.
“I
started working the top because I’ve
raced with Danny way too long and I knew
he wouldn’t leave the bottom,” Kinser
commented afterward.
But
as Kinser nearly reeled Lasoski in, 2005
Belleville Midget Nationals champion Coons
threw his hat into the mix, dicing with
Kinser for second.
With Kinser and Coons dicing for
second, Lasoski slipped away in the final
rounds to secure the victory.
Piloting
the Keith Kunz Motorsports Fontana-powered
No. 67k Advanced Racing/Kwik Change
Bullet-chassis, Kinser held Coons off for
second.
Coons took the show position in
Karl Warnke’s No. 23 Stealth.
Late
Model and DIRT Modified ace McCreadie battled wheel-to-wheel
with Bacon over the
final two rounds before getting
the advantage in the final corner aboard
Steve Smith’s Hawk-powered No. 1a
Spike-chassis.
“I
look at the three guys that finished ahead
of me and all that they’ve accomplished,
I’m just thrilled to be a part of the
game,” McCreadie commented after just
his second outing in a Midget.
“It was great just making the
show last year, and now being locked into
Saturday’s feature is just awesome.”
Bacon
settled for fifth, with Don Droud, Jr.,
advancing from 11th to claim
sixth.
Rodriguez snared seventh, with 17th-starter
Bud Kaeding, Bull and Davey Ray completing
the top ten.
Heat
race victories were claimed by Kinser,
Aaron Fike, Droud, Bacon, Rodriguez,
Lasoski, R.J. Johnson, Joey Montgomery,
Carey and Tony Elliott.
Yockey,
Wayne Johnson, Kyle Rayburn and Lehmann
each scored Last Chance Race wins, with
Coons, Kinser, Ray and McCreadie
victorious in Qualifying Race action.
In
addition to the feature tumblers, other
flip victims for the night included Jasiel
Randolph, Robert Marfia, Tyler Brown,
Sparky Howard, Billy Alley, Ashley
Swanson, Ryan Kaplan, Scott Milan and Seth
Wilson.
There were no injuries.
Tony
Stewart scratched from the night after a
wild flip in hot laps. Uninjured, Stewart
has been rescheduled for Friday night's
Warren CAT qualifying action.
 Wednesday’s
O’Reilly Chili Bowl Midget Nationals
Creek Nation Casino Qualifying Night
Results:
Heat
1 (10 Laps): 1. 67S Steve Kinser,
Bloomington, IN; 2. 17T Rob Russell,
Fremont, CA; 3. 17S Greg Schaefer, Fort
Lupton, CO; 4. 25X Jerome Rodela, El
Monte, CA; 5. 7S Shannon McQueen,
Bakersfield, CA; 6. Chad Boat, Phoenix,
AZ; 7. 12J Jay Mounce, Downs, IL; 8. 27C
Sparky Howard, Santa Rosa, CA; 9. 10W
Chris D'Arcy, San Jose, CA
Heat
2 (10 Laps): 1. 32 Aaron Fike, Galesburg,
IL; 2. Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY; 3. 91
Ryan Durst, Lincoln, NE; 4. 71BG Mike
Leslie Litchfield Park, AZ; 5. 37B Zac
Osborn, Muncie, IN; 6. 4W Edwin Wilson,
Tuttle, OK; 7. 81 Shane Carson, Yukon, OK;
8. 29L Leroy Holler, Springfield, MO; 9.
5K Kevin Burgess, Stott's City, MO
Heat
3 (10 Laps): 1. 44D Don Droud Jr.,
Lincoln, NE; 2. 5 Davey Ray, Davenport,
IA; 3. 61 Bugs Norbury, Prescott Valley,
AZ; 4. 3G Rickie Gaunt, Torrance, CA; 5.
45X Shain Matthews, Marysville, CA; 6. 79
Frank Pedregon, Fontana, CA; 7. 45H Matt
Sargent, San Jose, CA; 8. 20C Carey
Becker, Reading, PA; 9. 5B Bob Brewer,
Salt Lake City, UT
Heat
4 (10 Laps): 1. 99B Brady Bacon, Broken
Arrow, OK; 2. 22J Jasiel Randolph, Tulsa,
OK; 3. 43X Bryan Stanfill, Bakersfield,
CA; 4. 4M Scott Milan, Fort Collins, CO;
5. 33A Steve Arnold, Seymour, IN; 6. 38TX
Matt DeWitt, Houston, TX; 7. 34 Tyler
Brown, Norco, CA; 8. 72 Kathy Kurtz,
Robesonia, PA; 9. 05X Ashley Swanson,
Wildomar, CA
Heat
5 (10 Laps): 1. 7R Johnny Rodriguez, Galt,
CA; 2. 1W Paul White, Temple, TX; 3. 1C
Chad McDaniel, Concordia, KS; 4. 73S Seth
Wilson, San Clemente, CA; 5. 1P Conner
Pullen, Amarillo, TX; 6. 11AZ C.J. Sarna,
Sedona, AZ; 7. 71P Cruz Pedregon, Santa
Rosa Valley, CA; 8. 17 Kenny Brown,
Millstadt, IL; 9. 94 Alex Coonan, Ransom,
IL
Heat
6 (10 Laps): 1. 33D Danny Lasoski, Dover,
MO; 2. Cody Brewer, Choctaw, OK: 3. 85X
Brent Beauchamp, Fairland, IN: 4. 63 Paul
Perkins, Bristol, WI; 5. 85J Matt Johnson,
Oklahoma City, OK; 6. 6M Robert Marfia,
Rio Rancho, NM: 7. 49J Jimmy Light,
Indianapolis, IN; 8. 22X Dex Eaton,
Owasso, OK; 9. F5 Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma
City, OK
Heat
7 (10 Laps): 1. 51J R.J. Johnson, Phoenix,
AZ; 2. 8K Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA; 3. 21
Ryan Kaplan, Chico, CA; 4. 61A Toby Brown,
Carthage, MO; 5. 2M Mark Bush, Cumming,
GA; 6. 01 Greg Lueckert, Kansas City, MO;
7. 26 Glenn Carson, Newark, CA; 8. 0
Johnny Murdock, Kaufman, TX.
Heat
8 (10 Laps): 1. 5C Joey Montgomery,
Fredericktown, MO; 2. 23 Jerry Coons Jr.,
Tucson, AZ; 3. 49 Billy Pauch, Jr.,
Frenchtown, NJ; 4. 47D Stan Yockey,
Fresno, CA; 5. 63N Rex Norris III,
Knightstown, IN; 6. 19X Tadd Holliman,
Beaver Lake, NE; 7. 0X Billy Alley,
Lincoln, NE; 8. 51N Mike Nigh, Brownsburg,
IN; 9. 4P Will Pierce, Lee's Summit, MO
Heat
9 (10 Laps): 1. 5X Craig Carey, Mattoon,
IL; 2. 95J Rik Forbes, Omaha, NE; 3. 22
Ray Bull, Bloomsburg, PA; 4. 3Z Joe
Zierolf, Houma, LA; 5. 4B Ronnie Burke,
Jr., Antioch, IL; 6. 51 Mike Hess,
Petersburg, IL: 7. 19N Nick O'Neal,
Wagoner, OK; 8. 50X Tom Everhart, El
Cajon, CA
Heat
10 (10 Laps): 1. 6D Tony Elliott, Warsaw,
IN; 2. 2 Danny Stratton, Riverside, CA; 3.
11A Brett Anderson, Belleville, IL; 4. 99
Kyle Rayburn, Pueblo West, CO; 5. 4
Michele Miller, Reading, PA; 6. 31 Donnie
Lehmann, Springfield, IL; 7. 2A Charles
Davis Jr., Buckeye, AZ; 8. 11D Doug
DeWitt, Sunnyvale, CA
Last
Chance 1 (Top 2 to back of Qualifier No. 1
- 10 Laps): 1. 47D Stan Yockey, Fresno,
CA; 2. 71P Cruz Pedregon, Santa Rosa
Valley, CA; 3. 33A Steve Arnold, Seymour,
IN; 4. 19N Nick O'Neal, Wagoner, OK; 5.
45H Matt Sargent, San Jose, CA; 6. 20C
Carey Becker, Reading, PA; 7. 94 Alex
Coonan, Ransom, IL; 8. 2M Mark Bush,
Cumming, GA; 9. 79 Frank Pedregon,
Fontana, CA; 10. 6M Robert Marfia, Rio
Rancho, NM; 11. 0 Johnny Murdock, Kaufman,
TX. DNS - 10W Chris D'Arcy, San Jose, CA
Last
Chance 2 (Top 2 to back of Qualifier No. 2
- 10 Laps): 1. F5 Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma
City, OK; 2. 37B Zac Osborn, Muncie, IN;
3. 4W Edwin Wilson, Tuttle, OK; 4. 01 Greg
Lueckert, Kansas City, MO; 5. 4B Ronnie
Burke Jr., Antioch, IL; 6. 49J Jimmy
Light, Indianapolis, IN; 7. 51N Mike Nigh,
Brownsburg, IN; 8. 3Z Joe Zierolf, Houma,
LA; 9. 72 Kathy Kurtz, Robesonia, PA; 10.
34 Tyler Brown, Norco, CA; 11. 2A Charles
Davis Jr., Buckeye, AZ. DNS - 5K Kevin
Burgess, Stott's City, MO
Last
Chance 3 (Top 2 to back of Qualifier No. 3
- 10 Laps): 1. 99 Kyle Rayburn, Pueblo
West, CO; 2. 4 Michele Miller, Reading,
PA; 3. 19X Tadd Holliman, Beaver Lake, NE;
4. 26 Glenn Carson, Newark, CA; 5. 17
Kenny Brown, Millstadt, IL; 6. 4P Will
Pierce, Lee's Summit, MO; 7. 27C Sparky
Howard, Santa Rosa, CA; 8. 45X Shain
Matthews, Marysville, CA; 9. 12J Jay
Mounce, Downs, IL; 10. 5B Bob Brewer, Salt
Lake City, UT; 11. 50X Tom Everhart, El
Cajon, CA. DNS - 38TX Matt DeWitt,
Houston, TX.
Last
Chance 4 (Top 2 to back of Qualifier No. 4
- 10 Laps): 1. 31 Donnie Lehmann,
Springfield, IL; 2. 30 Chad Boat, Phoenix,
AZ; 3. 22X Dex Eaton, Owasso, OK; 4. 1P
Conner Pullen, Amarillo, TX; 5. 11AZ C.J.
Sarna, Sedona, AZ; 6. 81 Shane Carson,
Yukon, OK; 7. 51 Mike Hess, Petersburg,
IL; 8. 05X Ashley Swanson, Wildomar, CA;
9. 11D Doug DeWitt, Sunnyvale, CA; 10. 0X
Billy Alley, Lincoln, NE; 11. 29L Leroy
Holler, Independence, MO
A
Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 23 Jerry Coons
Jr., Tucson, AZ; 2. 22 Ray Bull,
Bloomsburg, PA; 3. 2 Danny Stratton,
Riverside, CA; 4. 99B Brady Bacon, Broken
Arrow, OK; 5. 8K Bud Kaeding, Campbell,
CA; 6. 1C Chad McDaniel, Concordia, KS; 7.
63 Paul Perkins, Bristol, WI; 8. 96 Cody
Brewer, Choctaw, OK; 9. 47D Stan Yockey,
Fresno, CA; 10. 71BG Mike Leslie,
Litchfield Park, AZ; 11. 71p Cruz Pedregon,
Santa Rosa Valley, CA; 12. 63N Rex Norris
III, Knightstown, IN
A
Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 67S Steve Kinser,
Bloomington, IN; 2. 32 Aaron Fike,
Galesburg, IL; 3. 11A Brett Anderson,
Belleville, IL; 4. 7R Johnny Rodriguez,
Galt, CA; 5. F5 Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma
City, OK; 6. 85X Brent Beauchamp,
Fairland, IN; 7. 6D Tony Elliott, Warsaw,
IN; 8. 49 Billy Pauch, Jr., Frenchtown,
NJ; 9. 37B Zac Osborn, Muncie, IN; 10. 17S
Greg Schaefer, Ft. Lupton, CO; 11. 4M
Scott Milan, Ft. Collins, CO; 12. 73S Seth
Wilson, San Clemente, CA
A
Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 5 Davey Ray,
Davenport, IA; 2. 44D Don Droud, Jr.,
Lincoln, NE; 3. 5X Craig Carey, Mattoon,
IL; 4. 91 Ryan Durst, Lincoln, NE; 5. 1W
Paul White, Temple, TX; 6. 4 Michele
Miller, Reading, PA; 7. 25X Jerome Rodela,
El Monte, CA; 8. 85J Matt Johnson,
Oklahoma City, OK; 9. 99 Kyle Rayburn,
Pueblo West, CO; 10. 17T Rob Russell,
Fremont, CA; 11. 21 Ryan Kaplan, Chico,
CA; 12. 61 Bugs Norbury, Prescott Valley,
AZ
A
Qualifier 4 (10 Laps): 1. 1A Tim McCreadie,
Watertown, NY: 2. 33D Danny Lasoski,
Dover, MO; 3. 5C Joey Montgomery,
Fredericktown, MO; 4. 95J Rik Forbes,
Omaha, NE; 5. 31 Donnie Lehmann,
Springfield, IL; 6. 22J Jasiel Randolph,
Tulsa, OK; 7. 3G Rickie Gaunt, Torrance,
CA; 8. 61A Toby Brown, Carthage, MO; 9.
51J R.J. Johnson, Phoenix, AZ; 10. 43X
Bryan Stanfill, Bakersfield, CA; 11. 30
Chad Boat, Phoenix, AZ; 12. 7S Shannon
McQueen, Bakersfield, CA
B
Main 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8K Bud Kaeding,
Campbell, CA; 2. 1C Chad McDaniel,
Concordia, KS; 3. 47D Stan Yockey, Fresno,
CA; 4. 4 Michele Miller, Reading, PA; 5.
63N Rex Norris III, Knightstown, IN; 6.
17S Greg Schaefer, Ft. Lupton, CO; 7. 7S
Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, CA; 8. 63
Paul Perkins, Bristol, WI; 9. 30 Chad
Boat, Phoenix, AZ; 10. 85J Matt Johnson,
Oklahoma City, OK; 11. 4M Scott Milan, Ft.
Collins, CO; 12. 6D Tony Elliott, Warsaw,
IN; 13. 49 Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown,
NJ; 14. F5 Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City,
OK; 15. 17T Rob Russell, Fremont, CA; 16.
3G Rickie Gaunt, Torrance, CA
B
Main 2 (15 Laps): 1. 85X Brent Beauchamp,
Fairland, IN; 2. 31 Donnie Lehmann,
Springfield, IL; 3. 21 Ryan Kaplan, Chico,
CA; 4. 91 Ryan Durst, Lincoln, NE; 5. 51J
R.J. Johnson, Phoenix, AZ; 6. 96 Cody
Brewer, Choctaw, OK; 7. 61A Toby Brown,
Carthage, MO; 8. 25X Jerome Rodela, El
Monte, CA; 9. 99 Kyle Rayburn, Pueblo
West, CO; 10. 22J Jasiel Randolph, Tulsa,
OK; 11. 61 Bugs Norbury, Prescott Valley,
AZ; 12. 71BG Mike Leslie, Litchfield Park,
AZ; 13. 37B Zac Osborn, Muncie, IN; 14.
43X Bryan Stanfill, Bakersfield, CA; 15.
73S Seth Wilson, San Clemente, CA. DNS -
71P Cruz Pedregon, Santa Rosa Valley, CA
 A
Main (25 Laps): 1. 33D Danny Lasoski,
Dover, MO; 2. 67S Steve Kinser,
Bloomington, IN; 3. 23 Jerry Coons Jr.,
Tucson, AZ; 4. 1A Tim McCreadie,
Watertown, NY; 5. 99B Brady Bacon, Broken
Arrow, OK; 6. 44D Don Droud Jr., Lincoln,
NE; 7. 7R Johnny Rodriguez, Galt, CA; 8.
8K Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA; 9. 22 Ray
Bull, Bloomsburg, PA; 10. 5 Davey Ray,
Davenport, IL; 11. 85X Brent Beauchamp,
Fairland, IN; 12. 21 Ryan Kaplan, Chico,
CA; 13. 11A Brett Anderson, Belleville,
IL; 14. 5C Joey Montgomery, Fredericktown,
MO; 15. 1C Chad McDaniel, Concordia, KS;
16. 31 Donnie Lehmann, Springfield, IL;
17. 1W Paul White, Temple, TX; 18. 4
Michele Miller, Reading, PA; 19. 2 Danny
Stratton, Riverside, CA; 20. 32 Aaron Fike,
Galesburg, IL; 21. 5X Craig Carey,
Mattoon, IL; 22. 91 Ryan Durst, Lincoln,
NE; 23. 95J Rik Forbes, Omaha, NE; 24. 47D
Stan Yockey, Fresno, CA
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