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Bucky Doren
EAGLE, Neb. (July 3) - John Kaanta soared to the World Dirt Racing League win at Eagle Raceway on Thursday, July 3, 2008. Despite a late-race caution that tightened the field, Kaanta was first to the checkered flag.
John Kaanta (Elk Mound, WI) started on the outside front row and beat pole-sitter Bryant Goldsmith (Corning, IA) off of turn two for the lead. Kaanta held the lead while working through heavy lapped traffic on the fast-paced 1/3-mile oval.
"While I was trying to get around lapped traffic, I kept hearing motors around me," Kaanta said after the race. "I wasn't sure if they were lapped cars or not, and I wasn't sure how close they were to me."
Throughout most of the fifty-lap WDRL Feature, Kaanta had one or two lapped cars between the second place running Goldsmith and himself. With ten laps to go, Goldsmith had dispensed of the lapped traffic and was on the back bumper of Kaanta.
"I didn't know he was that close," Kaanta added. "The late yellow (flag) helped clean up my view." A caution with six laps remaining tightened up the field, but it also left Kaanta with a clean racetrack to work with.
"You always worry about the guys behind you, and where they are running," Kaanta admitted. "I won races and lost races that way. You know never know where everyone is running behind you, but we were able to hold off for the win."
Goldsmith battled trying to get through lapped traffic, and as he finally broke free of the back markers, Goldsmith was looking to use the those cars to his advantage to try and steal the win away from Kaanta. That yellow took that chance away, and Goldsmith settle for second. Kyle Berck, Eric Pember and Chad Simpson rounded out the top five.
The third and final day of the firecracker tour for the WDRL Late Model Series takes the gang to Clay County Speedway in Spencer, IA.
The WORLD Dirt Racing League wishes to thank these series sponsors: Hoosier Racing Tires, Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation, CrashedToys.com, Chase Signs and Graphics, BSB Manufacturing, Champ Pans, Hooker Harness, Fast Shafts, Lincoln Electric, Performance Bodies, QA-1 Motorsports, The Brake Man and Wyman Ford. For more information on the WORLD Dirt Racing League or the latest WDRL Late Model Series schedule, check out the WORLD Dirt Racing League's Web site, www.worldraceleague.com.
RACE RESULTS:
Eagle Raceway
Eagle, NE
July 3, 2008
IOWA-ILLINOIS TAYLOR INSULTAION QUALIFYING: Top 10
1. John Anderson 14.437; 2. Kyle Berck 14.574; 3. Jason Utter 14.612; 4. Chris Simpson 14.676, . 5. Scott Daly 14.889; 6. Dave Eckrich 14.975; 7. Andrew McKay 14.989; 8. Joe Kosiski 15.008; 9. Bryant Goldsmith 15.027; 10. John Kaanta 15.051.
WDRL / CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFYIER 1: 10 Laps
1. Rick Hanestad, 2. Al Humphrey, 3. Jeremy Grady, 4. John Hampel, 5. Dave Eckrich, 6. Curt Martin, 7. Tim Isenberg, 8. John Kuchar, 9. Jay Norton, 10. Steve Kempt.
WDRL / CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFYIER 2: 10 Laps
1. Kelly Boen, 2. Chad Simpson, 3. Matt Furman, 4. Delbert Smith, 5. Mike Collins, 6. Scott Daly, 7. Steve Foster, 8. Bill Koons, 9. Robbie Anderson, 10. Kelly Dunn.
WDRL / CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFYIER 3: 10 Laps
1. John Kaanta, 2. Denny Eckrich, 3. Chris Simpson, 4. Al Zeitner, 5. Denny Woodworth, 6. Jason O'Brien, 7. Dean Moore, 8. Jim Beaman, 9. Frank Heckenast Jr, 10. Todd Morgan.
WDRL / CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFYIER 4: 10 Laps
1. Bryant Goldsmith, 2. Jason Utter, 3. Mike Stadel, 4. Jerry Warner, 5. Ben Schaller, 6. Ted Martin, 7. Travis Roth, 8. Chad Humiston, 9. Todd Doty.
WDRL / CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFYIER 5: 10 Laps
1. Kyle Berck, 2. Rob Moss, 3. Joe Kosiski, 4. Jason Frieson, 5. Ed Moore, 6. Chris Spieker, 7. Cory Zeitner, 8. Greg Larsen.
WDRL / CRASHEDTOYS.COM QUALIFYIER 6: 10 Laps
1. Eric Pember, 2. John Anderson, 3. Mike Wiarda, 4. Andrew McKay, 5. Ryan Rairden, 6. Andrew McKay, 7. Shawn Harker, 8. Marty Doner, 9. Molly Collins.
QA-1 MOTORSPORTS PASSING POINTS: Top 10
1. Rick Hanestad 68.00; 2. Kyle Berck 65.75; 3. Bryant Goldsmith 63.50; 4. John Kaanta 63.50; 5. Chad Simpson 62.25; 6. John Anderson 60.00; 7. Jason Utter 60.00; 8. Eric Pember 59.00; 10. Mike Stadel 58.75.
WDRL / B-MAIN 1: 12 Laps / Top 2 Transfer
1. Mike Wiarda, 2. Chris Spieker, 3. Ryan Rairden, 4. Jason O'Brien, 5. Ben Schaller, 6. Ed Moore, 7. Jerry Warner, 8. Frank Heckenast Jr, 9. John Kuchar, 10. Greg Larsen, 11. Wylan Petrie, 12. Todd Morgan, 13. Steve Foster, 14. Travis Roth.
WDRL / B-MAIN 2: 12 Laps / Top 2 Transfer
1. Matt Furman, 2. Jason Friesem, 3. Dave Eckrich, 4. Denny Woodworth, 5. Andrew McKay, 6. Jim Beaman, 7. Andrew Kosiski, 8. Scott Daly, 9. Cory Zeitner, 10. Kelly Dunn, 11. Marty Doner, 12. Molly Collins, 13. Todd Doty, 14. Tim Isenberg.
WDRL / B-MAIN 3: 12 Laps / Top 2 Tranfer
1. Mike Collins, 2. John Hampel, 3. Jeremy Grady, 4. Al Zeitner, 5. Curt Martin, 6. Dean Moore, 7. Ted Martin, 8. Robbie Anderson, 9. Chad Humiston, 10. Shawn Harker, 11. Bill Koons, 12. Jay Norton.
IOWA-ILLINOIS TAYLOR INSULATION POLE DASH: 6 Laps
Determines first four rows of the A-Main (starting positions)
1. Bryant Goldsmith, 2. John Kaanta, 3. Kyle Berck, 4.John Anderson, 5. Rick Hanestad, 6. Eric Pember, 7. Eric Pember, 8. Jason Utter.
WDRL FEATURE: 50 Laps
1. John Kaanta, 2. Bryant Goldsmith, 3. Kyle Berck, 4. Eric Pember, 5. Chad Simpson, 6. Rick Hanestad, 7. Kelly Boen, 8. Jason Utter, 9. Matt Furman, 10. Rob Moss, 11. John Anderson, 12. Denny Eckrich, 13. Jason Frisen, 14. Delbert Smith, 15. Joe Kosiski, 16. Dave Eckrich, 17. Mike Wiarda, 18. Mike Collins, 19. Chris Simpson, 20. Ben Schaller, 21. John Hampel, 22. Chris Spieker, 23. Frank Heckenast Jr, 24. Al Humphrey, 25. Shawn Harker, 26. Mike Stadel.
WDRL CONTIGENCY AWARDS:
IOWA-ILLINOIS TAYLOR INSULATION POLE DASH: Bryant Goldsmith, John Kaanta, Kyle Berck
QA-1 MOTORSPORTS PASSING POINTS: Rick Hanestad
CHASE HARD LUCK AWARD: Mike Stadel
DESIGN 500: Jeremy Grady and Rick Hanestad
BRAKE MAN: John Kaanta
CHAMP PANS: Eric Pember
PERFORMANCE BODIES: Chris Simpson
BSB MANUFACTORING: Jason Utter
FAST SHAFTS: Matt Furman
HOOKER HARNESS: Rob Moss
WDRL PROVISIONALS: Frank Heckenast Jr and Dave Eckrich
CHASE SIGNS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Frank Heckenast, Mike Stadel, Jemery Grady
CHASSIS: MasterSbilt
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