OSKALOOSA, Iowa (Aug. 6, 2001) - Lance DeWease held off a charging Danny Lasoski to capture the Gumout Series Front Row Challenge at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Monday night. DeWease took home the $5,000 top prize offered by McTwo Promotions.

In a series of events that had the packed house on their feet which led to the Weld Racing Dash winner Don Droud Jr. accepting the challenge to start at the tail and come back and win, Droud would have earned the $50,000 bonus. Lasoski also decided to start at the tail and was offered a $1,000 bonus if he could come back and win.

Lasoski fell short with his second place finish for the second straight year. Droud came through the field and finished sixth.

Weld Racing Components Dash winner Mike Goodman jumped out to and early lead for the first seven laps before DeWease would make his move to the lead on lap eight. DeWease would hold on despite many yellow and red flags to capture his second Gumout Series win of the season. Finishing third was current Gumout Series points leader Daryn Pittman, fourth went to Mike Goodman and rounding out the top five was Dean Jacobs.

The Gumout Series drivers will compete next at the Knoxville Nationals. Then travel next Monday night to Adams County Speedway in Corning, Iowa, and then to Grand Forks, North Dakota on Thursday and Friday, August 16 and 17. Then they stop at Husets Speedway in Souix Falls, SD on Saturday August 18.

RESULTS

Huggins Cams Qualifications: 1. Danny Lasoski, Stewart 20, 15.490; 2. Jac Haudenschild, Wise 97, 15.589; 3. Daryn Pittman, Pittman3, 15.731; 4. Dean Jacobs, Daughtery 7r, 15.770; 5. Brian Brown, Lasoski 3, 15.813; 6. Jerrod Hull, Webb 51, 15.825; 7. Johnny Herrera, Wilburn 0, 15.828; 8. Dennis Moore Jr. Moore 71, 15.859; 9. Todd Gracey, Cooper 25, 15.874; 10. Duane Bonnini Jr., Bonnini 72, 15.889; 11. Don Droud Jr., Burch 1M, 15.901; 12. Tony Lutar, Northwest 4x, 15.902; 13. Skip Jackson, Jensen 55, 15.980; 14. John Vanderberg, Vandenburg 10V, 16.011; 15. Ron Laney, Laney 52, 16.032; 16. Kurt Winker, Winker 10W, 16.039; 17. Lance DeWease, Hartz 88H, 16.040; 18. Brad Furr, Furr 2F, 16.048; 19. Jeff Mitrisin, Mitrisin 5J, 16.079; 20. Mike Goodman, C&W 3G, 16.105; 21. Shane Stewart, Holbrook 8H, 16.194; 22. Max Dumesny, Cox 1, 16.197; 23. Jason Sides, Sides 7s, 16.219; 24. Sean Keen, Keen 53, 16.228; 25. Jamie Moyle, Moyle 10V, 16.254; 26. Danny Smith, Baker 4, 16.354; 27. Peter Murphy, Williams 0, 16.364; 28. Bob Bennett, Bennett 3B, 16.381; 29. Tim Kaeding, Kaeding 10T, 16.387; 30. Tommy Tarlton, Tarlton 21t, 16.458; 31. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10C, 16.489; 32. Derek Beckman,Beckman 50D, 16.538; 33. Jim Skinner, Skinner 73, 16.562; 34. Brian Carlson, Carlson 18c, 16.605; 35. Shane Hunter, Hunter 8s, 16.664; 36. Raymond Shank, Shank 7x, 16.696; 37. Kerry Jones, Jones 1NZ, 16.789; 38. Tim St. Arnold, St. Arnold 7s, 17.181; 39. Eric Mason, Mason 29, 17.356; 40. Doug Strong, Strong 43, 17.663; 41. Jason Pardock, Pardock 55J, 17.911

Manufactures First Heat Race (8 laps): 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Lance DeWease, 3. Skip Jackson, 4. Todd Gracey, 5. Brian Brown, 6. Tim Kaeding, 7. Jaymie Moyle, 8. Kerry Jones, 9. Jim Skinner, 10. Shane Stewart, 11. Jason Pardock. (Top 5 qualified to the "A" Feature)

Manufactures Second Heat Race (8 Laps): 1. John VanDenBerg, 2. Jac Haudenschild, 3. Danny Smith, 4. Max Dumesny, 5. Duane Bonnini Jr., 6. Tim St. Arnold, 7. Tommy Tarlton, 8. Brian Carolson, 9. Jerrod Hull. DNS - Brad Furr (Top 5 qualified to the "A" Feature)

Manufactures Third Race (8 Laps): 1. Johnny Hererra, 2. Don Droud Jr., 3.

Jason Sides, 4. Daryn Pittman, 5. Jeff Mitrisin, 6. Ron Laney, 7. Peter

Murphy, 8. Shane Hunter, 9. Eric Mason, 10. Jeremy Campbell (Top 5

qualified to the "A" Feature)

Manufactures Fourth Heat Race (8 Laps): 1. Dean Jacobs, 2. Mike Goodman, 3. Dennis Moore Jr., 4. Tony Lutar, 5. Kurt Winker, 6. Derek Beckman, 7. Raymond Shank, 8. Bob Bennett, 9. Doug Strong, 10. Sean Keen (Top 5 qualified to the "A" Feature)

Weld Racing Dash (5 Laps): 1. Don Droud Jr., 2. Danny Lasoski, 3. Johnny Herrera, 4. Lance DeWease, 5. Daryn Pittman, 6. Brian Brown. (Finishing order determined inside first six rows of "A" Feature)

Weld Race Components Dash (5 Laps): 1. Mike Goodman, 2. Dean Jacobs, 3. Jac Haudenschild, 4. John VanDenBerg, 5. Dennis Moore Jr., 6. Duane Bonnini, Jr. (Finishing order determined outside first six rows of "A" Feature)

Hank's Performance "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. Jerrod Hull, 2. Shane Stewart, 3. Peter Murphy, 4. Ron Laney, 5. Sean Keen, 6. Tim Kaeding, 7. Jaymie Moyle, 8. Tim St. Arnold, 9. Tommy Tarlton, 10. Jim Skinner, 11. Brian Carlson, 12. Shane Hunter, 13. Eric Mason, 14. Kerry Jones, 15. Doug Strong, 16. Derek Beckman, 17. Raymond Shank, 18. Bob Bennett. DNS - Brad Furr, Jeremy Campbell, Jason Pardock. (Top 4 qualified to the "A" Feature)

"A" Feature (25 Laps): 1. Lance DeWease, 2. Danny Lasoski, 3. Daryn Pittman, 4. Mike Goodman, 5. Dean Jacobs, 6. Don Droud Jr., 7. Dennis Moore Jr., 8. Jason Sides, 9. Johnny Herrera, 10. Brian Brown, 11. Jeff Mitrisin, 12. Danny Smith, 13. Max Dumesny, 14. Peter Murphy, 15. Ron Laney, 16. Skip Jackson, 17. Jac Haudenschild, 18. Duane Bonnini, Jr., 19. Tony Lutar, 20. Jerrod Hull, 21. Todd Gracey, 22. John VanDenBerg, 23. Shane Stewart, 24. Kurt Winker.

Lap Leaders: Goodman 1-7, DeWease 8-25.

Huggins Cams Fast time award: Danny Lasoski

Weld Dash Winners: Don Droud Jr., Mike Goodman

Hanks B main: Jerrod Hull

Gaerte A main award: Jason Sides

J&B Enterprises A main Award: Peter Murphy

KSE Hard Charger award: Jason Sides

Unofficial Gumout Series Point Standings: 1. Daryn Pittman 2286, 2. Jason Sides 2256, 3. Mike Goodman 2162, 4. Ronald Laney 2099, 5. Todd Gracey 2045, 6. Bob Bennett 1882, 7. Jeremy Campbell 1752, 8. Raymond Shank 1701, 9. Brian Carlson 1668, 10. Shane Stewart 1107.