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Andy Shammo takes $2,500 Burns Iron & Metal 305 Sprint Invitational at Fremont; Arnold gets 3rd truck victory
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007) - Andy Shammo added his name to the
list of winners of the Burns Iron & Metal 305 Sprint Invitational Sunday at
Fremont Speedway, taking home the $2,500 prize.
Tiffin's Brian Arnold picked up his third victory of the season in the
Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.
Shammo, who recently wrapped up his second straight track championship in
the 305 sprints at Attica Raceway Park, passed early leader Cap Henry on lap
17 and held off a late race charge from Bryan Sebetto to claim his fifth
feature win of the season at "The Track That Action Built." It marks
Shammo's 13th career win at the Sandusky County Fairgrounds' speedplant, as
he leads the 2007 point standings in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305
Sprints with two races remaining.
"To be listed n the same group as Bobby Foster, Roger Shammo, Scott Miller,
Bryan Scott and Paul Weaver...this was a race I really wanted to win," said
Shammo beside his Lamar and Yvonne Burkin owned sprinter in the Engine Pro
Victory Lane.
"I have to thank my dad and my cousins who work on this thing and Dennis
Level and Guy Meyers at Level Performance...this engine is awesome," Shammo
continued beside his KS Sales and Service, Herman Kinn Funeral Home, Fort
Ball Pizza Palace backed #48.
For Arnold, the defending Fremont Speedway track champion in the dirt
trucks, it was his second straight feature victory and 10th of his career.
"We've got this truck hooked up right now. We closed the year out winning
all the races late in the year last year and we're trying to do it again,"
said Arnold beside his Burns Electric, Make-A-Wish Foundation backed truck.
The evening began with a celebration, as the dirt trucks lined the front
stretch to pay tribute to Fremont Speedway Promoters Jim and Joanne Ford and
their family. The Fords recently announced they were ending their promotion
of "The Track That Action Built" following the 2007 season. The dirt truck
division began in 2000 when the Fords took over as Fremont Speedway's
promoters. The festivities included a proclamation by Fremont Mayor Terry
Overmyer declaring Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007 as "Jim Ford Day" in the City of
Fremont.
A special collection was also taken up on this Labor Day weekend for the
Muscular Dystrophy Association, with race fans donating $1,237.
The 30-lap 305 sprint feature saw Brad Bowman jump into the lead from his
pole starting position with Cap Henry, Duane Zablocki, Craig Kays and Shammo
in tow. Cap Henry would rive under Bowman for hte lead on lap three, with
the yellow flying for a Kevin Lee and Dustin Keegan spin. Henry would
continue to lead on the restart, with Shammo moving into second on lap 4.
The yellow would fly again on lap 7 for a multi-car pile-up involving six
cars.
Henry would ride the bottom groove to continue his lead, while Shammo
patiently followed. Bowman would continue to run in third with quick
qualifier Bryan Sebetto and Coty Runion battling hard behind. Shammo showed
his experience on the 17-year-old Henry as they raced into lapped traffic on
lap 16. Shammo and Henry would race side by side the next 2 circuits before
Shammo would drive around the outside of Henry exiting turn 2 for the lead.
Henry would fight under Shammo in lapped traffic before the yellow would fly
on lap 20 for a Todd Heuerman spin.
Shammo would now power away from the field on the restart with Henry,
Sebetto, Bowman and Dustin Dinan battling hard behind. Sebetto would drive
around Henry into the runner-up spot on lap 24 and would move right onto
Shammo's rear bumper when the final caution flew on lap 26 for Chad Gullett.
Shammo would not budge from the bottom groove on the restart and was able to
pull away from Sebetto who rode the outside rim. Shammo would easily take
the checkered with Sebetto, Henry, Dinan and a late-charging Bobby Clark (up
from his 14th starting spot) rounding out the top five.
"I felt comfortable with the clear track on that last yellow until I rode
around and saw Bryan Sebetto right behind me on the scoreboard. It seemed
appropriate though...we've run in the top two spots all season long," said
Shammo. "We haven't decided yet if we're going to move to the 410 sprints
next season...that's something we'll discuss this winter. Right now we want
to win the track championship here."
In the 20-lap dirt truck feature, Andy Maynard jumped into the early lead
with Dwight Waltermeier, Eric DeVanna, Bob Dible and Steve Sabo in tow.
Maynard continued to lead with Dible on the charge as he moved into second
on lap four. Dible would grab the top spot on lap five only to see Maynard
regain the lead a lap latter as the battle became three wide exiting turn
four for hte lead with Brian Arnold getting into the mix.
Arnold, who started 7th, would drive into the lead on lap 7, but he couldn't
shake Dible and Waltermeier, as Maynard dropped back. The only yellow flag
would fly on lap 16 for a stalled Rich Farmer with Arnold leading over Dible
and current point leader Cory Ward. Arnold would pull away for the win with
Ward grabbing second at the checkers followed by Dible, Sabo and Waltermier.
In the two school bus races - one pitting professional CDL bus drivers and
the other members of race teams - Valerie Langenfelder, a bus driver for the
Clyde-Green Springs School District, picked up the win as did dirt truck
driver Rich Farmer.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Sept. 8 for Miller Lite
Night featuring a $5,000 to win feature for the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410
Sprints. The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints and Fremont Fence Dirt
Trucks will also be in action.
For more information call the track office at 419-862-2206 or log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com
The "New" Fremont Speedway (9-2-07)
Burns Iron and Metal 305 Invitational
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Qualifying - Dr. Raplh W. Peters - Sponsor
1. 29-Bryan Sebetto, 13.92; 2. O1-Jamie Miller, 13.97; 3. 49-Coty Runion,
14.08; 4. 48S-Andy Shammo, 14.08; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman, 14.13; 6. 9-Craig
Kays, 14.19; 7. O4-Cap Henry, 14.27; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 14.31; 9.
66L-Brad Bowman, 14.32; 10. 29L-Chris Lang, 14.32; 11. 3J-Kevin Lee, 14.32;
12. M28-Josh Muntz, 14.34; 13. 5-Dustin Dinan, 14.41; 14. 53-Bobby Foster,
14.45; 15. 40-Bobby Clark, 14.45; 16. 39M-Matt Merrill, 14.49; 17. 22D-Dan
Hammond, 14.56; 18. 19R-Steve Rando, 14.58; 19. 72C-John Bartlome, 14.60;
20. 67M-Matt Ferrell, 14.63; 21. 31-Chad Gullett, 14.63; 22. 36X-Dustin
Keegan, 14.67; 23. 71-Bill Kraylek, 14.67; 24. 82-Travis Hoffbauer, 14.72;
25. 10-Brad Haudenschild, 14.73; 26. 4T-Jim Taddeo, 14.82; 27. 35-Stuart
Brubaker, 14.83; 28. O2-Mike Burkin, 14.85; 29. 55S-Benny Bowman, 14.90; 30.
12-Brett Lane, 15.03; 31. 25P-Mark Pridemore, 15.04; 32. 65-Mark Lang,
15.20; 33. 34-Mark Whaley, 15.25; 34. 7-Jarrid Potter, 15.28; 35. O7-Scott
Mominee, 15.29; 36. 11-Shawn Colvin, 15.45; 37. 311-Aaron Moloney, 15.49;
38. 18C-Jason Crispen, 15.69; 39. 5X-Chuck Dagg, 15.88; 40. 2-Brian Neeb,
15.94; 41. 1A-Matt Lucius, 16.01; 42. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh, 16.10; 43.
27K-Ryan Kirkendall, 16.32; 44. 13-Junior Felver, ; 45. 23-Willie Keegan
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 29-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 31-Chad Gullett; 3. 66L-Brad Bowman; 4. 22D-Dan
Hammond; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan; 6. 18-Todd Heuerman; 7. 55S-Benny Bowman; 8.
10-Brad Haudenschild; 9. 34-Mark Whaley; 10. 1A-Matt Lucius; 11. 311-Aaron
Moloney; 12. 23-Willie Keegan
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Jamie Miller; 2. 19R-Steve Rando; 3. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 4. 29L-Chris
Lang; 5. 9-Craig Kays; 6. 53-Bobby Foster; 7. 12-Brett Lane; 8. 7-Jarrid
Potter; 9. 18C-Jason Crispen; 10. 4T-Jim Taddeo; 11. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 72C-John Bartlome; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3. O4-Cap Henry; 4. 49-Coty Runion;
5. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 6. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 7. 3J-Kevin Lee; 8. O7-Scott
Mominee; 9. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall; 10. 5X-Chuck Dagg; 11. 71-Bill Kraylek
Heat 4 - Borer Mirror & Glass (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 3. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 4.
39M-Matt Merrill; 5. 11-Shawn Colvin; 6. O2-Mike Burkin; 7. 67M-Matt
Ferrell; 8. 2-Brian Neeb; 9. M28-Josh Muntz; 10. 13-Junior Felver; 11.
65-Mark Lang
Australian Pursuit (10 laps)
1. 49-Coty Runion; 2. 31-Chad Gullett; X. 48S-Andy Shammo; 4. 1A-Matt
Lucius; 5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 3J-Kevin Lee; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 8. 5-Dustin
Dinan; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 10. 71-Bill Kraylek
C-Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to B-main)
1. 1A-Matt Lucius; 2. 7-Jarrid Potter; 3. 23-Willie Keegan; 4. 311-Aaron
Moloney; 5. 2-Brian Neeb; 6. 18C-Jason Crispen; 7. 5X-Chuck Dagg; 8.
13-Junior Felver; 9. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall; 10. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 11.
O7-Scott Mominee
B-Main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 3J-Kevin Lee; 3. 53-Bobby Foster; 4. 10-Brad
Haudenschild; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. O2-Mike Burkin; 7. M28-Josh Muntz; 8.
67M-Matt Ferrell; 9. 34-Mark Whaley; 10. 4T-Jim Taddeo; 11. 25P-Mark
Pridemore; 12. 65-Mark Lang; 13. 1A-Matt Lucius; 14. 55S-Benny Bowman; 15.
12-Brett Lane; 16. 7-Jarrid Potter
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 48S-Andy Shammo[5]; 2. 29-Bryan Sebetto[8]; 3. O4-Cap Henry[3]; 4.
5-Dustin Dinan[12]; 5. 40-Bobby Clark[14]; 6. 66L-Brad Bowman[1]; 7. 9-Craig
Kays[4]; 8. 49-Coty Runion[6]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[23]; 10. 39M-Matt
Merrill[15]; 11. 10-Brad Haudenschild[22]; 12. 53-Bobby Foster[13]; 13.
19R-Steve Rando[17]; 14. 72C-John Bartlome[18]; 15. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[2];
16. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[21]; 17. 36X-Dustin Keegan[20]; 18. 31-Chad
Gullett[19]; 19. 18-Todd Heuerman[9]; 20. O1-Jamie Miller[7]; 21. 22D-Dan
Hammond[16]; 22. 29L-Chris Lang[10]; 23. 11-Shawn Colvin[24]; 24. 3J-Kevin
Lee[11]
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Jim McGrath; 2. 33-Brian Arnold; 3. 53-Rich Farmer; 4. O-Jim Keegan; 5.
92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 55B-Bill Bruen; 7. D4-Donald Fitch; 8. 34-Aaron
Schatzinger; 9. 6-Linda Sabo; 10. O7-Roger Inks; 11. 30-Dave Gibbs
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 28-Shawn Valenti; 3. 16-Steve Sabo; 4. 39-Dwight
Waltermier; 5. 56-Alex Wiechman; 6. 23M-Brad Mitten; 7. 2-Bob Sinkevitch
Jr.; 8. X-Tim Keegan; 9. 8K-Zack Kramer; 10. 8-Steve Endicott
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3. 20-Andy Maynard; 4. 37-Eric
Devanna; 5. 29-Dan Hennig; 6. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 7. 83B-Dave Brewer; 8.
O1-Art Ball; 9. 62-David Severs; 10. 5W-Ralph Willey
B2-main (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 2. 55B-Bill Bruen; 3. 83B-Dave Brewer; 4. 8-Steve
Endicott; 5. O1-Art Ball; 6. 34-Aaron Schatzinger; 7. 23M-Brad Mitten; 8.
8K-Zack Kramer; 9. 6-Linda Sabo; 10. D4-Donald Fitch; 11. 2-Bob Sinkevitch
Jr.; 12. 62-David Severs; 13. O7-Roger Inks
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 33-Brian Arnold[7]; 2. 18W-Cory Ward[10]; 3. 17-Bob Dible[6]; 4. 16-Steve
Sabo[3]; 5. 39-Dwight Waltermier[4]; 6. 3R-Chuck Roelle[5]; 7. 20-Andy
Maynard[2]; 8. O1-Art Ball[20]; 9. 5-Jim McGrath[9]; 10. O-Jim Keegan[12];
11. 37-Eric Devanna[1]; 12. 56-Alex Wiechman[14]; 13. 8-Steve Endicott[19];
14. 55B-Bill Bruen[17]; 15. 53-Rich Farmer[11]; 16. 83B-Dave Brewer[18]; 17.
92-Loren Schwochow[13]; 18. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[16]; 19. 29-Dan Hennig[15]; 20.
28-Shawn Valenti[8]
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