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Ivy cruises to win at Fremont; Shammo, Waltermeier take last-lap victories in 305s and trucks.
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, June 16, 2007) - Fremont's John Ivy put a stop to
Byron Reed's win-streak, leading all 30 laps on Coors Beer Night to claim
his 26th career victory at Fremont Speedway. Millbury's Andy Shammo executed
a last lap, last corner pass to claim his fourth win of the season in the
305 sprints, while Wayne, Ohio's Dwight Waltermeier also made a last-lap
pass to claim his first win of the year in the dirt truck feature.
Ivy's win in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints was the second of the
season aboard the Dee Genzman owned #51. Ironically, it tied him for 12th on
the all-time win list with his car owner, each with 26 victories.
"The car was just so smooth on the bottom. I tried the high side a couple of
times in lapped traffic, but I just wasn't any good," said Ivy in the Engine
Pro Victory Lane.
"I guess since we tied Dee in wins now we'll have to get a couple of more or
he might come out of retirement," joked Ivy, the three-time Fremont track
champion.
Shammo, the current point leader in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305
Sprints, utilized the high side of track while others ran the bottom, and
used a lapped machine as a pick to move around race-long leader Matt Lucius
in turn 3 to earn his 12th career Fremont victory.
"I knew I had to run the high line because everyone was on the bottom...that
was the only way I was going to get to the front (he started 12th) ," said
Shammo in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Adler's Transmission/Kate &
Al's Bar sponsored #48s. "I didn't even realize when I passed Matt that it
was for the lead."
Waltermeier hugged the bottom groove and was patient, waiting until exiting
turn 2 on the final lap to move around Jim McGrath for the win in the
Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks. It was Waltermeier fourth career victory at "The
Track That Action Built."
"We've been good all year, but we lost a motor earlier and that put us
behind," said Waltermeier in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his CA
Kustoms sponsored truck. "I knew in the feature I had to stay on the bottom
and just be patient."
In the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, Ivy shot into the lead from his pole
starting spot with Byron Reed, who has won the last three features he has
competed in, right on his rear bumper. The leaders hit lapped traffic by lap
7, with Reed staying close to Ivy, with Gus Wasson, Mike Linder and David
Harrison rounding out the top five. By lap 12, Ivy moved up on the track to
try and navigate through heavy lapped traffic, allowing Reed to close. Ivy
averted near disaster on lap 14, nearly sliding off the high side of turn
three while battling the traffic.
The first caution would fly on lap 17 with Ivy and Reed still the top two
with three lapped machines back to third place Mike Linder. After another
lap and another yellow, Reed would move along side Ivy on the restart, but
Ivy rocketed off the bottom to stretch out his lead. Another yellow would
fly on lap 22, and this time there were no lapped cars seperating Ivy, Reed
and Linder. But once again Ivy would pull away on the restart and would go
on to score the win. Reed, Linder, Wasson and 12th-starting Paul Weaver
would round out the top five.
In the non-stop 25-lap 305 sprint feature, Tiffin's Matt Lucius would grave
the lead from his pole starting spot, with Mark Pridemore, Coty Runion, Mark
Whaley and Dustin Keegan in tow. Utilizing the bottom groove, Lucius would
build a substantial lead until he hit lapped traffic by lap 9. Runion would
reel in the leader and the battle for the top spot really heated up by lap
12.
Meanwhile Shammo was steadily moving his way through the pack. He was 7th by
lap 9, 6th by lap 14 and moved into the top five with 10 laps remaining.
Lucius was having his problems with lapped traffic, as they were all racing
in his bottom groove. However, Runion could not gain any ground and
continued to follow in his tire tracks, as did third running Dustin Keegan.
With 5 laps remaining, Shammo began to make his move, going to the top side.
He moved from fourth to second on lap 21, and began to hunt down Lucius. As
Lucius took the white flag, he and Shammo raced side by side through turns 1
and 2 and down the back stretch. Going into turn 3, Lucius got hung on the
bottom behind a lapped car, allowing Shammo to sling-shot around the high
side for the win. Lucius, Runion, Keegan and Whaley would round out the top
five.
In the 20-lap truck feature, Chuck Roelle grabbed the early lead with a six
truck battle behind him for second. The first yellow would fly on lap 6 with
the running order Roelle, Jim McGrath, Dave Brewer, Dwight Waltermeier and
Eric DeVanna.
McGrath would use the high line to drive around Roelle into the lead on lap
8. The final yellow would wave on lap 10 with the running order McGrath,
DeVanna, Roelle, Brewer, Waltermeier and Bob Dible. McGrath would build a
five truck length lead while the next six positions continued to change each
lap. With 5 laps to go, the running order was McGrath, DeVanna, Waltermeier,
Cory Ward and last week's winner Art Ball. As McGrath took the white flag,
Waltermeier drove under him exiting turn 2 to grab the lead, bringing Ward
with him.
At the checkered flag Waltermeier took the win with Ward, McGrath, Ball and
16th-starter Steve Endicott rounding out the top five.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, June 23 for Burger King
Night with the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints, the Fremont Federal
Credit Union 305 Sprints and the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks in action. Gates
open at 4:30 p.m. with racing action to kick off at 7:30 p.m. For more
information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com or call the track office at
419-862-2205.
The "New" Fremont Speedway
Coors Beer Night (06-16-07)
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.07; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.18; 3. X-Mark Keegan, 13.31;
4. 10-David Harrison, 13.31; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews, 13.33; 6. O-Gus Wasson,
13.39; 7. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.41; 8. 51-John Ivy, 13.45; 9. 24H-Rob Chaney,
13.49; 10. 55-Brian Smith, 13.60; 11. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.67; 12. 27-Scott
Euler, 13.68; 13. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.71; 14. 12-Caleb Griffith, 13.71; 15.
10S-Roger Shammo, 13.82; 16. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 13.85; 17. 72-Andy James,
13.87; 18. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.93; 19. 8S-Bobby Clark, 13.96; 20. 5T-Travis
Philo, 14.25; 21. 48-Mike Burkin, 14.77; 22. 1H-Kyle Cummins
Heat 1 (8 laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 3. 55-Brian Smith; 4. 5R-Byron Reed;
5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 3L-Mike Linder; 7. 8S-Bobby Clark; 8. 1H-Kyle
Cummins
Heat 2 (8 laps)
1. 51-John Ivy; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews; 3. 12-Caleb Griffith; 4. 16-Lee
Jacobs; 5. 72-Andy James; 6. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 7. 5T-Travis Philo
Heat 3 (8 laps)
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. O-Gus Wasson; 3. 24H-Rob Chaney; 4. X-Mark Keegan; 5.
27-Scott Euler; 6. 10S-Roger Shammo; 7. 48-Mike Burkin
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 51-John Ivy[1]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[2]; 3. 3L-Mike Linder[7]; 4. O-Gus
Wasson[3]; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[12]; 6. 55-Brian Smith[9]; 7. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro[10]; 8. 10-David Harrison[5]; 9. 49T-Gregg Dalman[15]; 10. 24H-Rob
Chaney[8]; 11. 12-Caleb Griffith[13]; 12. 16-Lee Jacobs[6]; 13. 14H-Todd
Heller[17]; 14. 15C-Chris Andrews[4]; 15. 1H-Kyle Cummins[21]; 16. 8S-Bobby
Clark[18]; 17. 10S-Roger Shammo[14]; 18. 27-Scott Euler[11]; 19. 5T-Travis
Philo[19]; 20. 48-Mike Burkin[20]; 21. 72-Andy James[16]
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 66L-Brad Bowman; 2. 34-Mark Whaley; 3. O2-Kevin Lee; 4. 92-Brandon
Perkins; 5. 29L-Chris Lang; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 7. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall;
8. 40-Bobby Davis
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 48S-Andy Shammo; 4. O1-Bryan
Sebetto; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond; 7. 9-Craig Kays; 8. 65-Mark
Lang; 9. 18-Todd Heuerman
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1A-Matt Lucius; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 3. 31-Chad Gullett; 4. M28-Josh
Muntz; 5. 7-Jarrid Potter; 6. 311-Aaron Moloney; 7. 39M-Matt Merrill; 8.
19R-Steve Rando
Heat 4 - Reco Equipment (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 49-Coty Runion; 3. 3J-Bobby Foster; 4. O7-Scott
Mominee; 5. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 6. 72C-John Bartlome; 7. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath; 8.
82-Travis Hoffbauer
Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. 66L-Brad Bowman; 2. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 3. 5-Dustin Dinan; 4. 1A-Matt
Lucius; 5. 31-Chad Gullett
B1 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 22D-Dan Hammond; 3. 29L-Chris Lang; 4. 35-Stuart
Brubaker; 5. 65-Mark Lang; 6. 9-Craig Kays; 7. 40-Bobby Davis; 8. 27K-Ryan
Kirkendall; 9. 18-Todd Heuerman
B2 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 19R-Steve Rando; 2. 39M-Matt Merrill; 3. 72C-John Bartlome; 4. 82-Travis
Hoffbauer; 5. 311-Aaron Moloney; 6. 7-Jarrid Potter; 7. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 8.
5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 48S-Andy Shammo[12]; 2. 1A-Matt Lucius[1]; 3. 49-Coty Runion[2]; 4.
36X-Dustin Keegan[5]; 5. 34-Mark Whaley[4]; 6. 31-Chad Gullett[7]; 7.
O2-Kevin Lee[11]; 8. 66L-Brad Bowman[9]; 9. 25P-Mark Pridemore[3]; 10.
O4-Cap Henry[10]; 11. 3J-Bobby Foster[8]; 12. 5-Dustin Dinan[6]; 13. 71-Bill
Kraylek[17]; 14. 22D-Dan Hammond[19]; 15. O1-Bryan Sebetto[14]; 16.
92-Brandon Perkins[13]; 17. M28-Josh Muntz[15]; 18. 39M-Matt Merrill[20];
19. 19R-Steve Rando[18]; 20. O7-Scott Mominee[16]
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 34-Aaron Schatzinger; 3. O1-Art Ball; 4. 23M-Brad
Mitten; 5. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 6. 8-Steve Endicott; 7. 4X-Brian Sorg; 8.
6-Linda Sabo; 9. 7C-Jacob Dick; 10. 8K-Zack Kramer
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 28-Shawn Valenti; 2. 37-Eric Devanna; 3. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 4.
3R-Chuck Roelle; 5. 20-Andy Maynard; 6. 96-James Mcclure; 7. 1-Joe Hartlaub;
8. 30-Dave Gibbs; 9. 62-David Severs
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 16-Steve Sabo; 2. 17-Bob Dible; 3. 5-Jim McGrath; 4. 83B-Dave Brewer; 5.
34K-Kevin Miller; 6. 17W-Brian Ward; 7. 14-Scott Beard; 8. 56-Alex Wiechman;
9. 92-Loren Schwochow
B2-main (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 4X-Brian Sorg; 3. 8K-Zack Kramer; 4. 96-James
Mcclure; 5. 17W-Brian Ward; 6. 62-David Severs; 7. 1-Joe Hartlaub; 8.
30-Dave Gibbs; 9. 6-Linda Sabo
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier[5]; 2. 18W-Cory Ward[11]; 3. 5-Jim McGrath[6]; 4.
O1-Art Ball[9]; 5. 8-Steve Endicott[16]; 6. 17-Bob Dible[8]; 7. 83B-Dave
Brewer[1]; 8. 16-Steve Sabo[10]; 9. 3R-Chuck Roelle[2]; 10. 8H-Art Howey
Jr.[13]; 11. 28-Shawn Valenti[12]; 12. 34-Aaron Schatzinger[4]; 13. 37-Eric
Devanna[7]; 14. 23M-Brad Mitten[3]; 15. 20-Andy Maynard[14]; 16. 34K-Kevin
Miller[15]; 17. 96-James Mcclure[19]; 18. 17W-Brian Ward[20]; 19. 8K-Zack
Kramer[18]; 20. 4X-Brian Sorg[17]
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