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Weaver takes Fremont 410 loot; Bowman claims 305 victory; Valenti hot in trucks.
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007) - Sometimes bad things happen for a
reason. Such was the case for Fremont's Paul Weaver at Fremont Speedway on
Wilhelm Auto Parts Night.
Weaver blew his motor racing Friday night. The team, led by his wife Andrea,
installed a back-up engine from owner Dee Genzman and it propelled him to
victory in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 sprints, his second win of the
season.
Weaver escaped disaster on lap 23 while hunting down race leader Mike
Linder. Linder made contact with Chuck Wilson as he tried to put him a lap
down entering turn three. Linder flipped, with the crash also collecting
third place runner John Ivy, fourth place runner Byron Reed and fifth place
driver Mark Keegan. Only Keegan was able to restart at the tail.
Shelby's Brad Bowman drove the Gary and Earl Lowe sprinter to an emotional
win in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 sprints.
Risingson's Shawn Valenti continued his hot streak in the Fremont Fence Dirt
Trucks, claiming his third feature victory in as many outings, having won
last week at Fremont and Friday night at Attica Raceway Park. It was his
fourth win of the season at "The Track That Action Built."
"I don't know how I made it through that...I thought Mike (Linder) was going
to land on the wing," said Weaver in the Engine Pro Victory Lane. "Everyone
was trying to run the bottom...I knew once we hit lapped traffic I could
catch Mike by staying up top."
"I have to thank Dee for giving us this back-up engine. It's actually the
motor John (Ivy) ran last week here. To win number 22...to be tied with Rick
Ferkel (and Roy Sheets and Dan Roepke for 18th on the all-time win list)...I
used to cheer for him...I wanted to be just like him," added Weaver beside
his M&L Excavating sponsored sprinter.
Bowman grabbed the lead from Dustin Keegan on lap four of the 25-lap 305
sprint feature and never looked back to collect his fourth career Fremont
victory.
"This car has been better than the results have shown. I have to thank Gary
and Earl Lowe, Ryan Lowe and their families...they have taken me into their
family...they are the greatest racing people in the pits," said Bowman in
the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Ron Campbell Farms/Riegel Electric,
Fred Wolfe Auctioneer backed #66L.
For Valenti, it was a matter of getting back to the top side of the race
track. He powered around Bob Dible on lap 8 and went on to claim the victory
in the 20-lap dirt truck feature.
"I tried the bottom and got punted off so I went back to where I feel
comfortable. I have to thank Tom Kern...he sets this thing up and it makes
me look good," said Valenti in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Kern
Tool, Dymond Motorsports and Fabrication backed truck.
In the 410 sprint feature, Weaver, who turned down the "Deal" (move to 13th
starting spot and win and collect a $2,500 bonus), grabbed the initial lead,
but it wasn't for long, as Linder moved underneath for the top spot a lap
later. Linder would continue to lead while Weaver and teammate John Ivy
swapped the second spot back and forth.
Linder would hit lapped traffic by lap 8, but second place Ivy couldn't make
a move. The yellow would fly for a Troy Vacarro and Bryan Sebetto spin on
lap 9. A lapped machine seperated Linder and Ivy, with Weaver, Mark Keegan
and Byron Reed rounding out the top five.
On the restart, Weaver would drive around Ivy into second, with Keegan
following into third. Linder would again encounter lapped traffic by lap 16.
Weaver would begin pressuring Linder by lap 21, with Ivy back into third,
Reed fourth and Keegan falling back to fifth.
The disaster struck on lap 23, involving four of the top five runners -
Linder, Ivy, Reed and Keegan. Following the red flag, Weaver had three
lapped machines between he and second place running Gus Wasson. Weaver would
power to the win, with Wasson, 14th-starter Lee Jacobs, 10th-starter Brian
Smith and David Harrison rounding out the top five.
Outside front row starter Brandon Martin took the "deal," moving from second
to 13th starting spot for a chance at another $2,500 bonus had he won. He
finished ninth in the A-main.
In the 305 main, Dustin Keegan hugged the bottom to grab the early lead,
with Bowman, last week's winner Chris Lang and Cap Henry in tow. Bowman
would make his winning move on lap four, driving to the outside of Keegan.
The race was slowed only once for a Bobby Clark spin on lap 15, with the
running order Bowman, Keegan, Henry, Kevin Lee and Stuart Brubaker.
Bowman would pull away for the win, while the action behind him heated up.
With the race winding down, current point leader Andy Shammo got his elbows
up and made a charge, moving from fifth to third by lap 23.
At the checkers it was Bowman, Keegan, Shammo, Lee and Henry rounding out
the top five.
Andy Maynard led the first lap of the dirt truck feature before Bob Dible
would slip by. Dible would continue to lead over Maynard as fifth-starting
Valenti moved up on the track and into third by lap 6. Valenti would grab
second a circuit later and challenge Dible for the top spot. Valenti drove
around Dible for the lead on lap 8 and never looked back.
Dible would come home second, with Steve Endicott, current point leader Cory
Ward and Jim McGrath rounding out the top five.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Aug. 11, for the KOT
Trucking/Crown Battery 50-lap Challenge II, paying the 410 feature winner
$5,000. The 305 sprints and dirt trucks will also be in action. This marks
the last race for two weeks as the track shuts down for the Sandusky County
Fair before resuming racing on Sunday, Sept. 2 for the Burns Iron & Metal
305 Sprint Invitational.
For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com or call the track
office at 419-862-2206.
The "New" Fremont Speedway (08-04-07)
Wilhelm Auto Parts Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 11M-Brandon Martin; 2. 12-Caleb Griffith; 3. 31-Chuck Wilson; 4. X-Mark
Keegan; 5. O-Gus Wasson; 6. 99-Alvin Roepke; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8.
21-Rodney Morgan
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver; 3. 27-Scott Euler; 4. 3L-Mike Linder;
5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 3T-Tony Beaber; 7. 10S-Roger Shammo; 8. 11-Josh
Harrison
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs; 3. 51-John Ivy; 4. 2M-Dustin Daggett;
5. O9-Craig Mintz; 6. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 7. 33-Steve Irwin
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 96AU-Bruce White; 2. 29-Bryan Sebetto; 3. 5R-Byron Reed; 4. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 5. M20-Butch Schroeder; 6. 55-Brian Smith; 7. 5T-Travis Philo
B-main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 10-David Harrison; 2. O9-Craig Mintz; 3. O-Gus Wasson; 4. 55-Brian Smith;
5. 3T-Tony Beaber; 6. M20-Butch Schroeder; 7. 10S-Roger Shammo; 8. 14H-Todd
Heller; 9. 33-Steve Irwin; 10. 99-Alvin Roepke; 11. 21-Rodney Morgan; 12.
11N-Ed Neumeister; 13. 11-Josh Harrison; 14. 5T-Travis Philo
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1]; 2. O-Gus Wasson[7]; 3. 16-Lee Jacobs[14]; 4. 55-Brian
Smith[10]; 5. 10-David Harrison[6]; 6. 12-Caleb Griffith[11]; 7. O9-Craig
Mintz[8]; 8. X-Mark Keegan[4]; 9. 11M-Brandon Martin[13]; 10. 2M-Dustin
Daggett[9]; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews[20]; 12. 7T-Troy Vaccaro[12]; 13. 29-Bryan
Sebetto[15]; 14. 27-Scott Euler[19]; 15. 49T-Gregg Dalman[16]; 16.
96AU-Bruce White[17]; 17. 3L-Mike Linder[3]; 18. 51-John Ivy[5]; 19.
5R-Byron Reed[2]; 20. 31-Chuck Wilson[18]
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 66L-Brad Bowman; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 55S-Benny Bowman; 4. 19R-Steve
Rando; 5. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 6. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 7. 9-Craig Kays; 8.
O7-Scott Mominee; 9. 3J-Scott Miller
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 2. 29L-Chris Lang; 3. 22D-Dan Hammond; 4. 5-Dustin
Dinan; 5. 34-Mark Whaley; 6. 39M-Matt Merrill; 7. 4T-Jim Taddeo; 8.
O1-Daniel Smith; 9. 18-Craig Heuerman
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo; 3. 3L-Kevin Lee; 4. 1A-Matt
Lucius; 5. 65-Mark Lang; 6. 18C-Jason Crispen; 7. 6-Ryan Dickey; 8.
311-Aaron Moloney; 9. M28-Josh Muntz
Heat 4 - Borer Mirror & Glass (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 31-Chad Gullett; 3. 49-Coty Runion; 4. 40-Bobby
Clark; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 72C-John Bartlome; 7. 7-Jarrid Potter; 8.
23-Brad Keckler; 9. 12-Brett Lane
Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. 66L-Brad Bowman; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 3. 5-Dustin Dinan; 4. 36X-Dustin
Keegan; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker
B1 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 2. 39M-Matt Merrill; 3. 34-Mark Whaley; 4. 9-Craig
Kays; 5. 4T-Jim Taddeo; 6. O1-Daniel Smith; 7. 3J-Scott Miller; 8. 82-Travis
Hoffbauer; 9. 18-Craig Heuerman; 10. O7-Scott Mominee
B2 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 65-Mark Lang; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 23-Brad Keckler; 4. 12-Brett Lane;
5. 72C-John Bartlome; 6. 18C-Jason Crispen; 7. 6-Ryan Dickey; 8. 7-Jarrid
Potter
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 66L-Brad Bowman[1]; 2. 36X-Dustin Keegan[2]; 3. 48S-Andy Shammo[10]; 4.
3L-Kevin Lee[9]; 5. O4-Cap Henry[5]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7]; 7. 31-Chad
Gullett[8]; 8. 22D-Dan Hammond[4]; 9. 55S-Benny Bowman[11]; 10. 71-Bill
Kraylek[20]; 11. 19R-Steve Rando[13]; 12. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[12]; 13. 1A-Matt
Lucius[15]; 14. 39M-Matt Merrill[19]; 15. 5-Dustin Dinan[14]; 16. 49-Coty
Runion[6]; 17. 29L-Chris Lang[3]; 18. 25P-Mark Pridemore[17]; 19. 40-Bobby
Clark[16]; 20. 65-Mark Lang[18]
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 2. 16-Steve Sabo; 3. 56-Alex Wiechman; 4. 8-Steve
Endicott; 5. 8B-Jim Brewer; 6. 3X-Kyle Dukeshire; 7. 34M-Kevin Miller; 8.
O7-Roger Inks; 9. 62-David Severs; 10. 5W-Zack Kramer
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 2. 28-Shawn Valenti; 3. 17-Bob Dible; 4. 18W-Cory Ward; 5.
P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 6. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 7. 30-Dave Gibbs; 8. 83B-Dave
Brewer; 9. 2-Bob Sinkevitch Jr.; 10. 69-Mark Warnick
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 3. 53-Dan Roepke; 4. 20-Andy
Maynard; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 37-Eric Devanna; 7. 4X-Brian Sorg; 8.
23M-Brad Mitten; 9. 55B-Bill Bruen
B2-main (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 37-Eric Devanna; 2. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg; 4. 23M-Brad
Mitten; 5. 30-Dave Gibbs; 6. O7-Roger Inks; 7. 83B-Dave Brewer; 8. 62-David
Severs; 9. 3X-Kyle Dukeshire; 10. 2-Bob Sinkevitch Jr.; 11. 34M-Kevin
Miller; 12. 55B-Bill Bruen; 13. 69-Mark Warnick
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 28-Shawn Valenti[5]; 2. 17-Bob Dible[3]; 3. 8-Steve Endicott[6]; 4.
18W-Cory Ward[10]; 5. 5-Jim Mcgrath[9]; 6. 16-Steve Sabo[12]; 7. 3R-Chuck
Roelle[4]; 8. 20-Andy Maynard[1]; 9. 53-Dan Roepke[11]; 10. 4X-Brian
Sorg[18]; 11. 37-Eric Devanna[16]; 12. 56-Alex Wiechman[2]; 13. P51-Paul
Brown Jr.[14]; 14. 23M-Brad Mitten[17]; 15. 8B-Jim Brewer[13]; 16. O7-Roger
Inks[19]; 17. 92-Loren Schwochow[15]; 18. 39-Dwight Waltermier[7]; 19.
30-Dave Gibbs[20]; 20. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[8]
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