Eight-Time Track Champion to be a Rookie Again…in Knoxville Masters Classic!
Friday, April 30, 2010
Eight-Time Track Champion to be a Rookie Again… in Knoxville Masters Classic
KNOXVILLE, IOWA (April 30, 2010) - Eight-time Knoxville Raceway track champion Danny “the Dude” Lasoski will be a ‘rookie’ again at the legendary half-mile fairgrounds oval on Friday, June 4, as he has entered his first-ever Knoxville Masters Classic winged 360-cubic-inch sprint car race for drivers age 50 and over. In the seventeen-year history of the event, only six drivers have won it in their first year of trying: Rick Ferkel (1993), Roger Rager (1999), Terry Pletch (2000), Jimmy Sills (2003), Randy Smith (2008) and Sammy Swindell (2009). Lasoski, who won Knoxville’s ‘410’ season point championships in 1986, ’89, ’90, ’92, ’93, ’94, ’96 and 2008, will wheel Mark Burch’s potent number 1m Wolfweld machine. Interestingly, ’08 Masters Classic winner Randy Smith of Mount Ayr, Iowa, is a six-time Knoxville Raceway ‘410’ track champion (1979, ’83, ’85, ’87, ’88, and ’91).
According to Knoxville director of racing Ralph ‘Cappy’ Capitani, “Well, I say it every year, but this year’s Masters Classic could be one for the ages as it is being held in conjunction our three-day World of Outlaws (WoO) show. Anytime you have guys like Danny Lasoski, Steve Kinser, Jac Haudenschild and Sammy Swindell in the pit area on a given night, you are guaranteed to see a real fight for the final three podium positions. My hope is that car owners will step-up and put great wheels under these eligible champions like Mark Burch has done for Danny. Last year’s mid-race battle between Gary Wright and Sammy Swindell will be tough to top, though. Finally, we want to thank Brian Carter and everyone at the World Racing Group for their support of this event, too”
Those drivers that have entered the Knoxville Masters Classic to date are (car number, driver, hometown/state):
1M, Danny Lasoski, Higginsville, Missouri (rookie)
4, Randy Combs, Tipton, Missouri
8K, Butch Hanssen, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
9M, Dale McCarty, Eldorado Springs, Missouri
24, Randy Droescher, Larchwood, Missouri
28, Keith Prutzman, Hamburg, Pennsylvania (rookie)
33, Bill Smith, Rushmore, Minnesota
48, David Brown, Marshall, Missouri
61, Earnest Jennings, Norman, Oklahoma
TBA, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, Iowa
For more information on the 18th Knoxville Masters Classic and the entire June 3-4-5 “Hall of Fame Classic” WoO weekend at Knoxville, fans are encouraged to visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com. Entry forms are also available on-line for the Masters Classic.
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