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Blaney scores 2nd Speedweek win at Fremont; Sebetto, Heuerman claim 305 wins
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Thursday, June 28, 2007) - Good things come to those who
wait. Dale Blaney is the epitome of that adage. The Fowler, Ohio driver
grabbed the lead on a lap 15 restart and went on to claim his second win of
the University of Northwest Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by
RacingJunk.com at Fremont Speedway in front of a packed house on Budweiser
Night.
The win kept Blaney in contention for the $50,000 speedweek bonus, but he
would have to win Friday at Limaland Motorsports Park and Saturday at Eldora
Speedway. It marked Blaney's 57th career victory with the O'Reilly All Star
Circuit of Champions. It was also Blaney's third win of the year at "The
Track That Action Built."
"Brandon (Martin) was good early. I knew it was 40 laps and I just had to be
patient and not press too hard and let the race come to me.We've won three
of the four times we've been to Fremont this year. This track just suits my
driving style," said Blaney in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Berlin
Natural Bakery/George Fisher Racing #2.
The 40-lap feature saw Martin jump into the early lead with Brian Paulus,
Blaney, and Brian Ellenberger in tow. Martin built a pretty good lead as he
lapped traffic on by the 9th circuit, which saw Blaney move into second. The
first of seven yellows would fly on lap 14. On the restart, Blaney would
making his winning move exiting turn 4. After a rash of yellows and a fuel
stop, Blaney would set sail.
The real battle was heating up for second through sixth involving Martin,
Pauls, Mike Linder, Byron Reed and 14th starting Phil Gressman. At the
halfway mark, Blaney led over Martin , Paulus, Reed, Linder and Gressman.
That remained the running order until four laps from the end when Martin,
Reed and Linder would race each other hard. Reed and Linder would split
Martin in turn 3 to grabe the runner-up and third positions respectively.
Then Reed and Linder had a spirited battle for the runner-up spot as Blaney
cruised ahead.
At the checkers, Blaney would claim his 7th career Fremont victory over
Reed, Linder, Martin and Gressman.
"We've had a pretty decent car all week...the results just don't show it,"
said Reed beside his Reebar Diecasting machine.
"That was some hard racing. We were pretty good on the restarts...after that
we were just another car," said Linder of his Burns Iron & Metal backed
sprinter.
The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints were split into two complete
fields - odds and evens in the point standings - with each competing in a
20-lap feature. Fremont's Bryan Sebetto claimes his first win of the year at
"The Track That Action Built," while Leipsic's Todd Heuerman scored his
second career feature win.
Sebetto took the lead from rookie Josh Muntz on lap 11 and went on to score
his 9th career Fremont win.
"The track was fast tonight...just what I need with all this Scott Gressman
horsepower," said Sebetto beside his Frosty's Put-In-Bay Bar machine. "It's
great to win in front of such a big hometown crowd."
Heuerman led all 25-laps aboard his Dale's Concrete/Sam Gerdeman
Construction/Schroeder Masonry backed sprinter.
"This second win was a lot easier...the first one took me two and half
years," said Heuerman. "I have to thank all my sponsors...without them I
couldn't be having this much fun."
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, July 7 for Schiets Motors
Honda Yamaha Suzuki Night featuring the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints;
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints; and the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.
For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com or call the track
office at 419-862-2206.
Budweiser Night - Thursday, June 28, 2007
UNO All Star Sprint Speedweek
Huggins Cams Qualifications
1. 24h-Rob Chaney, 12.496; 2. 5b-Chad Blonde, 12.625; 3. X-Mark Keegan,
12.640; 4. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.712; 5. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 6. 11M-Brandon
Martin, 12.768; 7. 28-Brian Paulus, 12.777; 8. 2m-Dustin Daggett, 12.795; 9.
15C-Chris Andrews, 12.817; 10. 3-Mike Linder, 12.840; 11. 8j-Kenny Jacobs,
12.858; 12. 1W-Paul Weaver, 12.870; 13. 10-David Harrison, 12.878; 14.
5-Byron Reed, 12.905; 15. 1r-Phil Gressman, 12.918; 16. 71m-Paul May,
12.928; 17. 6AU-David Doherty, 12.935; 18. 4m-Jamie Miller, 12.953; 19.
8h-Shane Stewart, 12.977; 20. 7k-Dean Jacobs; 21. 16-Lee Jacobs, 12.994; 22.
W20-Greg Wilson, 13.012; 23. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.026; 24. 6-Bill Rose,
13.047; 25. 0-Gus Wasson, 13.052; 26. 8s-Bobby Clark, 13.161; 27. 49T-Greg
Dalman, 28. 7t-Troy Vaccaro, 13.182; 29. 51-John Ivy, 13.183; 30. 3t-Tony
Beaber; 31. 55-Brian Smith, 13.195; 32. 22b-Ben Gregg, 13.204; 33. 31-Chuck
Wilson, 13.220; 34. 4-Danny Smith, 13.222; 35. 09-Craig Mintz, 13.230; 36.
75-Ben Rutan, 13.242; 37. 97-Cory Seeling, 13.245; 38. 11n-Ed Neumeister,
13.255; 39. 14h-Todd Heller, 13.272; 40. 98-Bruce Robenalt, 13.343; 41.
20AU-Troy Little, 13.377; 42. 12-Caleb Griffith, 13.377; 43. 37z-Bryan
Scott, 13.408; 44. 27-Scott Euler, 13.475; 45. 96AU-Bruce White, 13.500.
Crown Battery Heat 1 (top 5 to A): 1. 16-Lee Jacobs; 2. 15c-Chris Andrews;
3. 24h-Rob Chaney; 4. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 5. 0-Gus Wasson; 6. 6AU-David
Doherty; 7. 20AU-Troy Little; 8. 51-John Ivy; 9. 97-Cory Seeling; 10.
10-David Harrison; 11. 31-Chuck Wilson; 12. 96AU-Bruce White.
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat 2 (top 5 to A): 1. W20-Greg Wilson; 2. 3-Mike
Linder; 3. 11m-Brandon Martin; 4. 5r-Byron Reed; 5. 5b-Chad Blonde; 6.
4m-Jamie Miller; 7. 4-Danny Smith; 8. 8s-Bobby Clark; 9. 12-Caleb Griffith;
10. 3t-Tony Beaber; 11. 11n-Ed Neumeister
Engler Macine Heat 3 (top 5 to A): 1. 8h-Shane Stewart; 2. 11b-Brock Mayes;
3. 28-Brian Paulus; 4. 1r-Phil Gressman; 5. 8j-Kenny Jacobs; 6. 49t-Greg
Dalman; 7. 55-Brian Smith; 8. 14h-Todd Heller; 9. 09-Craig Mintz; 10.
37z-Bryan Scott; 11. X-Mark Keegan
Taylor Wings Heat 4 (top 5 to A): 1. 7k-Dean Jacobs; 2. 71m-Paul May; 3.
6-Bill Rose; 4. 2-Dale Blaney; 5. 2m-Dustin Daggett; 6. 7t-Troy Vaccaro; 7.
98-Bruce Robenalt; 8. 75-Ben Rutan; 9. 22b-Ben Gregg; 10. 27-Scott Euler;
11. 1w-Paul Weaver
Hoserville Ohio Dash: 1. 28-Brian Paulus; 2. 2m-Dustin Daggett; 3. 2-Dale
Blaney; 4. 11m-Brandon Martin; 5. 20e-Brian Ellenberger; 6. 24h-Rob Chaney
Outerwears Pre-Filters & Racing Accessories C-Main (top 4 to B)
1. 14h-Todd Heller; 2. 97-Cory Seeling; 3. 27-Scott Euler; 4. 11n-Ed
Neumeister; 5. 12-Caleb Griffith; 6. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 7. 20AU-Troy Little;
8. 37z-Bryan Scott; 9. 96AU-Bruce White
University of Northwest Ohio B-Main (top 4 to A):
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 10-David Harrison; 3. 8s-Bobby Clark; 4. 4-Danny Smith;
5. 51-John Ivy; 6. 09-Craig Mintz; 7. 49t-Greg Dalman; 8. 97-Cory Seeling;
9. 14h-Todd Heller; 10. 6AU-David Doherty; 11. 55-Brian Smith; 12. 31-Chuck
Wilson; 13. 22b-Ben Gregg; 14. 3t-Tony Beaber; 15. 75-Ben Rutan; 16. 7t-Troy
Vaccaro; 17. 4m-Jamie Miller; 18. 11n-Ed Neumeister; 19. 1W-Paul Weaver; 20.
27-Scott Euler.
MSD Ignition A-Main (40 laps) starting spot [#]
1. 2-Dale Blaney [4]; 2. 5r-Byron Reed [10]; 3. 3-Mike Linder [9]; 4.
11m-Brandon Martin [2]; 5. 1r-Phil Gressman [14]; 6. 24h-Rob Chaney [6]; 7.
8h-Shane Stewart [16]; 8. 8j-Kenny Jacobs [11]; 9. 28-Brian Paulus [28]; 10.
11b-Brock Mayes [20]; 11. 71m-Paul May [15]; 12. 4-Danny Smith [24]; 13.
16-Lee Jacobs [18]; 14. 20E-Brian Ellenberger [3]; 15. 10-David Harrison
[13]; 16. 15c-Chris Andrews [8]; 17. 2m-Dustin Daggett [7]; 18. 7k-Dean
Jacobs [17]; 19. X-Mark Keegan [12]; 20. W20-Greg Wilson [19]; 21. 5b-Chad
Blonde [5]; 22. 8s-Bobby Clark [23]; 23. 6-Bill Rose [21]; 24. 0-Gus Wasson
[22]
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Evens in point standings
Budweiser A-Main (20 laps) starting spot [#]
1. 01-Bryan Sebetto [12]; 2. 9z-Duane Zablocki [6]; 3. 49-Coty Runion [8];
4. M28-Josh Muntz [2]; 5. 1A-Matt Lucius [7]; 6. 29F-Rich Farmer [15]; 7.
3x-Brad Keckler [14]; 8. 66L-Brad Bowman [13]; 9. 31-Chad Gullett [10]; 10.
71-Bill Kraylek [11]; 11. 65-Mark Lang [5]; 12. 92-Brandon Perkins [18]; 13.
311-Aaron Moloney [17]; 14. 12-Brett Lane [19]; 15. 40-Bobby Davis [16]; 16.
07-Scott Mominee [4]; 17. 04-Cap Henry [9]; 18. 22d-Dan Hammond [3]; 19.
Ryan Kirkandall [1]
Odds in point standings
Budweiser A-Main (20-laps) starting spot [#]
1. 18-Todd Heuerman [1]; 2. 39m-Matt Merrill [3]; 3. 48s-Andy Shammo [12];
4. 5-Dustin Dinan [7]; 5. 25p-Mark Pridemore [2]; 6. 9-Craig Kayes [5]; 7.
34-Mark Whaley [6]; 8. 36x-Dustin Keegan [8]; 9. 3j-Bobby Foster [11]; 10.
02-Kevin Lee [10]; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker [9]; 12. 29-Chris Lang [14]; 13.
19r-Steve Rando [4]; 14. 82-Travis Hoffbauer [13]; 15. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh
[17]; 16. 67m-Matt Ferrell [15]; 17. 2-Brian Neeb [17]
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