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By; Brian Liski
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, July 7, 2007) - Sometimes new isn't better.
Paul
Weaver brought back a two-year-old car and held off teammate John Ivy
to
score his first 410 sprint win of the season at Fremont Speedway
Saturday on
Schiets Motors Night.
The last lap of the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints' feature had a
lot of
drama. First, as the Genzman Racing teammages of Weaver and Ivy raced
through turns 3 and 4 for the checkered, the yellow would fly for a
stalled
Dustin Daggett. On the restart as the green and white waved together,
once
again there was problems in turns 3 and 4 as Mike Linder, Mark Keegan
and
Todd Heller got together. Once again the white and green waved
together...this time third place running Caleb Griffith had a front end
failure and stopped in turn 2. During each yellow, Ivy, who started
14th,
would pull along side of Weaver, but the Fremont veteran would not let
that
intimidate him and he powered to the outside on the final restart and
went
on to score his 21st career victory at the historical speedway.
"I new there wasn't much left on the bottom for him. I just had to keep
my
momentum up. We started with a different car this year, then put
together a
new chassis and then Guy Meyers and I put this old car back together
this
week,"
said Weaver in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his M&L Excavating
backed
#1W.
Clyde's Jim McGrath used a last-lap, last corner pass to score his
second
career feature win in the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.
"I followed Shawn (Valenti) around the high side...everyone else was on
the
bottom. I just got a good run," said McGrath in the Engine Pro Victory
Lane.
"It's about time I get to win one of these on the last lap."
Fremont's Dustin Dinan came out on top of a three-car battle with Steve
Rando and Andy Shammo to score his first career win at "The Track That
Action Built" in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints. The
non-stop
25-lap feature came down to lapped traffic with two laps remaining, as
Shammo, who has 4 wins this season at Fremont, tried to drive around
Dinan
and a lapped machine, only to make contact and spin, handing the
victory to
Dinan.
"That was one heck of a hard race. I tried to race Andy clean..heck,
he's
won enough this year, it was my turn," said Dinan in the Engine Pro
Victory
Lane beside his Tanks' Meats/Quality Welding backed #5.
In the 30-lap 410 sprint main, Griffith would grab the early lead with
Weaver, Byron Reed, and Greg Wilson in tow. Weaver would drive into the
top
spot on lap 3, as the yellow would fly after contact between Reed and
Wilson
sent the later spinning down the front stretch. All eyes were on Ivy,
who
had worked his way up from 14th to 7th in just 3 laps.
After a lap 7 caution for Daggett, Weaver would continue to lead as
Griffith
and Reed swapped the runner-up position each lap. Ivy would move into
fourth
and challenge Reed by lap 11. Once again fans were treated to a drive
from
the back as Wilson was roaring back from 20th to 10th by the half-way
mark.
As Weaver hit lapped traffic by lap 16, Griffith, and now a closing
Mark
Keegan would move closer with Ivy, Reed, Mike Linder, Chris Andrews and
David Harrison in tow. Ivy would get around Keegan on lap 17 and drive
under
Griffith for second on lap 21. With just 5 laps remaining Ivy was
closing in
on Weaver, setting up the dramatic finish.
At the checkers it was Weaver, Ivy, Harrison, Wilson and Andrews
rounding
out
the top five.
Andy Maynard led the first two laps of the 20-lap feature for the
Fremont
Fence Dirt Trucks before Art Howey Junior slipped under for the top
spot.
Howie would continue to lead with a tremendous battle for second
between
Chuck Roelle, Cory Ward, Steve Endicott and Valenti.
Howie couldn't shake Roelle and Ward as they ran in his tire tracks.
After a
lap 16 caution, the action up front would heat up. Howie stuck like
glue to
the bottom as did Roelle with Ward trying the middle. McGrath would
power
into second on lap 18, with Ward fighting back under him. At the white
flag,
Howie led with Ward and McGrath side by side right on his rear bumper.
McGrath would drive to the outside of both down the back stretch and
race
door to door for the lead. He would drive off four for the victory with
Howey finishing second, Ward, 13th-starter Art Ball and Endicott
rounding
out the top five.
Steve Rando would grab the point at the drop of the green for the
25-lap
feature for the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints, but not for
long
as Brad Haudenschild would take it on lap 3. Rando and Haudenschild
would
battle back and forth the next 3 laps before Rando would pull ahead.
Dinan
would move into second on lap 7 and the battle was on with Rando and
Haudenschild.
Meanwhile current point leader Shammo was steadily climbing through the
field from his ninth starting spot and would move third behind Rando
and
Dinan on lap 11. Those three would race hard and clean until lap 20
when
Dinan would take the top spot. Again, the fans were treated to a charge
to
the front, this time in the form of Bryan Sebetto, who had worked his
way
from his 12th starting spot to fourth by lap 21. Shammo would move into
second, right on Dinan's rear bumper on lap 21, before making contact
with
the lapped machine on lap 23.
Dinan would take the checkered over Sebetto, Rando, Bill Kraylek and
Shammo.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, July 14 for the FOrt
Ball
Pizza Palace presents the Fremont Old Timers Night. The 305 sprints and
dirt
trucks will be in action along with a display of vintage race machines.
For more information call the track office at 419-862-2206 or log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com
The "New" Fremont Speedway (07-07-07)
Schiets Motors Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 3L-Mike Linder, 12.98; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews, 13.03; 3. 99-Alvin
Roepke,
13.05; 4. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.14; 5. 10-David Harrison, 13.15; 6.
X-Mark
Keegan, 13.17; 7. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.20; 8. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.20; 9.
12-Caleb
Griffith, 13.21; 10. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.24; 11. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.32;
12.
8S-Bobby Clark, 13.32; 13. 31-Chuck Wilson, 13.37; 14. 51-John Ivy,
13.39;
15. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.43; 16. 96AU-Bruce White, 13.60; 17. 91-Aaron
Middaugh, 13.62; 18. 2M-Dustin Daggett, 13.62; 19. 21-Rodney Morgan,
13.66;
20. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 13.75; 21. 3T-Tony Beaber, 13.81; 22. 10S-Roger
Shammo, 14.00; 23. 5T-Travis Philo, 14.42; 24. 11-Josh Harrison, 16.14;
25.
55-Brian Smith
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 96AU-Bruce White; 2. 3L-Mike Linder; 3. 5R-Byron Reed; 4. 1W-Paul
Weaver;
5. W20-Greg Wilson; 6. 31-Chuck Wilson; 7. 55-Brian Smith; 8. 21-Rodney
Morgan; 9. 10S-Roger Shammo
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 51-John Ivy; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs; 3. 14H-Todd Heller; 4. 15C-Chris
Andrews;
5. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 6. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 7. 10-David Harrison; 8.
5T-Travis Philo
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 2M-Dustin Daggett; 2. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 3. 8S-Bobby Clark; 4.
12-Caleb
Griffith; 5. X-Mark Keegan; 6. 99-Alvin Roepke; 7. 3T-Tony Beaber; 8.
11-Josh Harrison
B-main (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 99-Alvin Roepke; 2. 10-David Harrison; 3. 31-Chuck Wilson; 4.
55-Brian
Smith; 5. 3T-Tony Beaber; 6. 10S-Roger Shammo; 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 8.
5T-Travis Philo; 9. 21-Rodney Morgan; 10. 11-Josh Harrison
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1]; 2. 51-John Ivy[14]; 3. 10-David Harrison[10]; 4.
W20-Greg Wilson[6]; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews [7]; 6. 5R-Byron Reed[4]; 7.
16-Lee
Jacobs[3]; 8. 8S-Bobby Clark[12]; 9. 99-Alvin Roepke[9]; 10. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro[15]; 11. 14H-Todd Heller[11]; 12. 12-Caleb Griffith[2]; 13.
X-Mark
Keegan[5]; 14. 3L-Mike Linder[8]; 15. 31-Chuck Wilson[13]; 16.
49T-Gregg
Dalman[18]; 17. 3T-Tony Beaber[19]; 18. 96AU-Bruce White[16]; 19.
2M-Dustin
Daggett[17]; 20. 55-Brian Smith[20]
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 49-Coty Runion; 3. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 4. 34-Mark
Whaley; 5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 311-Aaron Moloney; 7. 12-Brett Lane; 8.
39M-Matt
Merrill
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1A-Matt Lucius; 2. 19R-Steve Rando; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4.
O1-Bryan
Sebetto; 5. 29F-Rich Farmer; 6. 92-Brandon Perkins; 7. 3X-Brad Keckler;
8.
11-Shawn Colvin
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 3. 71-Bill Kraylek; 4.
18-Todd
Heuerman; 5. 31-Chad Gullett; 6. 29L-Chris Lang; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker;
8.
40-Bobby Davis; 9. 55S-Benny Bowman
Heat 4 - Borer Mirror & Glass (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 2. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 3. 72C-John Bartlome;
4.
O2-Kevin Lee; 5. 3J-Bobby Foster; 6. 66L-Brad Bowman; 7. 65-Mark Lang;
8.
67M-Matt Ferrell; 9. 7-Jarrid Potter
Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 1A-Matt Lucius; 3. 48S-Andy Shammo; 4. O2-Kevin
Lee;
5. 82-Travis Hoffbauer
B1 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. O4-Cap Henry; 2. 3X-Brad Keckler; 3. 92-Brandon Perkins; 4. 39M-Matt
Merrill; 5. 12-Brett Lane; 6. 11-Shawn Colvin; 7. 311-Aaron Moloney
B2 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 31-Chad Gullett; 2. 65-Mark Lang; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 67M-Matt
Ferrell; 5. 55S-Benny Bowman; 6. 40-Bobby Davis; 7. 29L-Chris Lang; 8.
7-Jarrid Potter; 9. 3J-Bobby Foster; 10. 66L-Brad Bowman
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 5-Dustin Dinan[3]; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto[12]; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[1];
4.
71-Bill Kraylek[6]; 5. 48S-Andy Shammo[9]; 6. 1A-Matt Lucius[7]; 7.
10-Brad
Haudenschild[2]; 8. 49-Coty Runion[10]; 9. 36X-Dustin Keegan[5]; 10.
25P-Mark Pridemore[4]; 11. O4-Cap Henry[17]; 12. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[8];
13.
82-Travis Hoffbauer[11]; 14. 18-Todd Heuerman[15]; 15. 3X-Brad
Keckler[19];
16. 31-Chad Gullett[16]; 17. 34-Mark Whaley[13]; 18. 72C-John
Bartlome[20];
19. 65-Mark Lang[18]; 20. O2-Kevin Lee[14]
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 3. X-Tim Keegan; 4. 20-Andy
Maynard;
5. O1-Art Ball; 6. 23M-Brad Mitten; 7. 7C-Jacob Dick; 8. 4X-Brian Sorg;
9.
34-Aaron Schatzinger
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 8-Steve Endicott; 3. 17-Bob Dible; 4. 56-Alex
Wiechman;
5. 37-Eric Devanna; 6. 96-James Mcclure; 7. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 8.
30-Dave
Gibbs
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 53-Dan Roepke; 3. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 4.
28-Shawn
Valenti; 5. 16-Steve Sabo; 6. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 7. 6-Linda Sabo; 8.
83B-Dave Brewer; 9. 92-Loren Schwochow
B-main (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 23M-Brad Mitten; 2. 4X-Brian Sorg; 3. 6-Linda Sabo; 4. 30-Dave
Gibbs; 5.
19-Jimmy Sebetto; 6. 96-James Mcclure; 7. 7C-Jacob Dick; 8. P51-Paul
Brown
Jr.; 9. 83B-Dave Brewer; 10. 34-Aaron Schatzinger
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath[7]; 2. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[4]; 3. 18W-Cory Ward[10]; 4.
O1-Art
Ball[13]; 5. 8-Steve Endicott[6]; 6. 39-Dwight Waltermier[5]; 7.
3R-Chuck
Roelle[3]; 8. 17-Bob Dible[9]; 9. 20-Andy Maynard[2]; 10. 53-Dan
Roepke[12];
11. 56-Alex Wiechman[1]; 12. 23M-Brad Mitten[16]; 13. 4X-Brian
Sorg[17]; 14.
X-Tim Keegan[11]; 15. 6-Linda Sabo[18]; 16. 28-Shawn Valenti[8]; 17.
30-Dave
Gibbs[19]; 18. 37-Eric Devanna[14]; 19. 16-Steve Sabo[15]; 20. 19-Jimmy
Sebetto[20]
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