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8
races over 9
days...It's
Ohio Sprint
Speedweek!
By
Brian Liskai
CAMARGO, Ill.
– Ohio Sprint
Speedweek
usually
determines who
will wear the
University of
Northwestern
Ohio All Star
Circuit of
Champions’
crown at
season’s end.
This year, the
31st Annual
Ohio Sprint
Speedweek
features eight
racing events
over nine days
at seven
different race
tracks in the
Buckeye State.
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Fans
can support
Jason
Leffler's
family during
Ohio Sprint
Speedweek
Contact:
Rich Farmer
419-307-4241
FREMONT,
Ohio –
Following the
tragic death
of racer Jason
Leffler
earlier this
week, many
race fans have
expressed a
desire to help
his family –
particularly
his
five-year-old
son, Charlie.
Fremont
Speedway is
organizing all
the tracks
that are
hosting races
during the
31st Annual
Ohio Sprint
Speedweek
coming up at
the end of the
month, to
collect funds
for Leffler’s
family.
“We
wanted to show
Jason’s
family…his
son, that
racing is a
great sport
filled with
caring,
wonderful
people. We
know all of
the fans and
all of the
tracks will
embrace
Jason’s family
and will be
very generous
with their
support,” said
Fremont
Speedway
Promoter Rich
Farmer.
Leffler,
a versatile
driver who won
championships
in USAC and
competed in
each of
NASCAR’s three
national
series, died
Wednesday
night after a
crash in a 410
sprint car at
a track in New
Jersey. The
Long Beach,
California
native was
affectionately
known as
“LEFturn” and
had the
nickname
stenciled
above his
driver’s side
window.
Farmer
said there are
still details
to be ironed
out, but so
far all of the
tracks
involved in
Speedweek are
on board with
having drivers
go through the
stands seeking
donations for
Leffler’s
family. Also,
beginning this
weekend, racer
Craig Mintz
and his dad,
Les, through
their business
Design
Graphics
Group, have
donated
stickers in
Jason’s memory
that will be
sold at
various
tracks.
Ohio
Sprint
Speedweek,
which features
the University
of
Northwestern
Ohio All Star
Circuit of
Champions,
kicks off
Friday, June
21 at Attica
Raceway Park
then travels
to Tony
Stewart’s
Eldora
Speedway on
Saturday, June
22 and
Waynesfield
Raceway Park
near Lima on
Sunday, June
23. From there
the series
heads to the
NAPA Wayne
County
Speedway near
Orville, Ohio
on Monday,
June 24 and
then to Sharon
Speedway near
Hartford, Ohio
on Tuesday,
June 25. After
an off day on
Wednesday,
Speedweek
stops at
Fremont
Speedway on
Thursday, June
27 followed by
Limaland
Motorsports
Park on
Friday, June
28 and a big
finale at
Fremont
Speedway on
Saturday, June
29.
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Reed
on a hot
streak, takes
Fremont FAST
win; Dinan
gets 305
victory; Ivy
again in
trucks
Saturday,
June 15, 2013
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio –
Earlier this
season, some may
have thought
Byron Reed
didn’t have the
enthusiasm to
race any longer.
After all, he is
40-years-old and
has been racing
sprint cars over
half his life.
The early season
results may have
added to those
ideas. But after
this weekend,
rest
assured...Byron
Reed is back on
his game.
The Monclova,
Ohio driver
scored his first
win of the
season Friday
night at Attica
Raceway Park and
backed it up
Saturday at
Fremont
Speedway, taking
the $5,000 top
prize – an
additional
$2,500 was added
thanks to night
sponsor Crown
Battery. Reed, a
three time
Fremont track
champion, took
the lead from
Brandon Martin
at the half-way
point of the
feature and
pulled away on a
couple of late
race restarts to
earn his 24th
career win at
“The Track That
Action Built,”
tying him with
Johnny Beaber
for 18th on the
track’s all-time
win list.
The win also
puts Reed back
into contention
for the $10,000
Kistler Racing
Products FAST
(Fremont Attica
Sprint Title)
Championship
Series title
which he won in
2010.
“I was in a
slump, but my
guys and my
family wouldn’t
let me give up.
I have to thank
Paul Kistler of
Kistler Engines.
He worked his
butt off to try
and help be get
back up here.
And, to win on
Crown Battery
Night…they have
done so much for
this sport. I’ve
raced over 23
years and never
had a sponsor
and they became
my first real
sponsor and then
I went into a
slump. I’m glad
I could reward
them with this
win,” said Reed
beside his
Reebar
Diecasting/Crown
Battery backed
machine.
“After last
night, my son
said I looked
just like Bryan
Sebetto out
there. I had to
prove to them I
can still race
like these young
guys,” Reed
added in the
Engine Pro
Victory Lane. “I
have to thank my
crew, Kurt
(Brewer) Kevin
(Meyer), Dick
(West), my mom
and dad and my
wife and sons.
They stood
behind me and
worked hard even
when I was down
on myself. This
really feels
good and I’m
looking forward
to Speedweek. I
like all the
tracks we are
going to and we
are running
well.”
Dustin Dinan and
Nate Dussel once
again were
locked in a
tremendous
battle for the
lead in the
Fremont Federal
Credit Union 305
Sprint feature.
The pair raced
side by side and
sliced through
traffic battling
for the top spot
throughout the
25-lap feature.
With three laps
to go, Dussel
tried to get
around a lapped
car as Dinan
applied
pressure. Dussel
would make
contact and spin
in turn one,
handing the lead
to Dinan. Dinan
would hold off
John Ivy the
final three laps
for his fifth
career win at
Fremont. The
victory is the
third for the
season for the
Fremont, Ohio
driver as he
also has two at
Attica.
“Last night I
was too cautious
with the lapped
cars and Nate
got around me. I
made up my mind
tonight I wasn’t
going to let
that happen
again and I was
aggressive. So
last night I got
bitten by the
lapped cars and
tonight Nate
was,” said Dinan
beside his
Johnson’s
Hunting and
Fishing/Tanks
Meats/Quality
Welding/Hillside
Pawnshop/Schiets
Tender Touch Car
Wash/Quaintance
Farms backed #6.
“I have to thank
my crew, Dave
Foos, Homeless,
Richard, Jamie
and A.J. for all
their hard work
and happy
birthday to
Shelly Liskai.”
The AAA Ohio
Auto Club Dirt
Truck feature
was phenomenal.
There were five
trucks that
literally
battled nearly
all 20 laps.
But, it was John
Ivy with a last
corner, last lap
pass of Daniel
Roepke to take
the victory by a
front bumper. It
was the 6th
truck win at
Fremont this
season for Ivy
and the 8th
overall at the
track as he also
has a pair of
305 victories.
Ivy, who won the
truck feature
Friday at
Attica, now has
44 career wins
at Fremont and
ties Wayne
Maffett Sr. for
7th on the
track’s all-time
win list, just
one away from
“Irish” Jim
McCune.
“Wow….hope the
fans enjoyed
that one. That
shows you how
talented the
drivers are in
this division.
For five of us
to run side by
side and nose to
tail that close
that long and to
do it
clean…wow,” said
Ivy beside his
Diversified
Machine/Level
Performance/Vision
Quest #00. “I
think I made
Daniel nervous
on the last lap
and he made just
one mistake and
I got under him.
These guys made
me earn this
one. This is a
whole lot of fun
and I hope we
aren’t done
yet.”
Mechanical
failures have
hounded Brandon
Myers this
season in the
Computer Man
Sports Compacts.
The Grand
Rapids, Ohio
driver finally
put it all
together
Saturday,
leading the
final eight laps
to score his
fourth career
win at Fremont.
“My dad and
everyone have
worked hard on
this thing. It
didn’t handle
the best
tonight, but it
got the job
done,” said
Myers beside his
BG Radiator/Mark
Shultz
Signs/R&R
Repair/Loren
Sautter backed
#32.1`
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Griffith
out battles
Shaffer for
Fremont FAST
win; Dussel
earns 4th 305
victory; Ivy
continues hot
truck streak;
Schroeder wins
compacts
Saturday,
June 8, 2013
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio –
While he is only
25 years old
Caleb Griffith
of Sandusky has
been racing a
long time. He
would be the
first to admit
when he was
younger and
things didn’t go
his way, he
would lose his
cool and it
would have an
impact on how he
finished races.
However, on
Saturday at
Fremont
Speedway, he
showed his
racing maturity,
not losing his
cool when he was
passed for the
lead and then
stormed back
around four time
UNOH All Star
Champion Tim
Shaffer with
four laps to go
to claim the 410
sprint feature
win.
Griffith’s first
410 win at
Fremont Speedway
came on Vision
Quest Hall of
Fame Night.
Prior to the
racing, 12
individuals were
inducted into
the track’s hall
of fame.
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10 to
be inducted
into Fremont
Speedway Hall
of Fame
By
Brian Liskai
The
Fremont
Speedway Hall
of Fame will
induct its
fifth class on
Saturday, June
8. The list of
inductees was
picked for the
first time by
the membership
of the Fremont
Speedway
Historical
Club and
includes five
groups of
drivers, two
racing
mechanics, two
race car
owners, and a
special
service
recipient.
The list of
drivers
includes the
Liskai
brothers of
Al, Dick and
Steve, Paul
Dewald, Bill
Hahn, Gordon
Holbrook and
Randy Ford.
The mechanics
are Sonny
Conger and
Mervin Keegan
and the car
owners are
Larry Keegan
and Don
Eckhardt. The
special
service
inductee is
the late Phil
Huss,
otherwise
known as
Smokey the
Clown.
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2013
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Thur.
June 27 |
DB3 IMAGING NIGHT
ALL SPRINTS SPRINTS OHIO SPRINT
SPEEDWEEK
Plus
305 Sprints
& Dirt
Trucks
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Sat.
June
29 |
LUDWIG PROPANE NIGHT
OHIO SPRINT SPEEDWEEK FINALE
ALL STAR SPRINTS - $10,000 to Win
Plus
305 Sprints
&
Compacts
Rain Date: Sun. June 30 |
Sat.
July 6
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FORT BALL
PIZZA NIGHT
Honor Local
Heroes Night
410
Sprints, 305
Sprints, Dirt
Trucks &
Compacts |
Sat.
July
20
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BURNS
PETROLEUM
NIGHT
Bring
a Friend to
the Track
Night
410
Sprints, 305
Sprints, Dirt
Trucks &
Compacts |
Sat.
July
27
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KISTLER
ENGINES NIGHT
Classic
Cruise in
Night
FAST
410's, FAST
305's, Dirt Trucks & Compacts |
Sat.
Aug 3 |
GRESSMAN
POWERSPORTS -
LEVEL
PERFORMANCE
NIGHT
Family
Fun Pack Night
410
Sprints -
FAST, 305 Sprints, Dirt Trucks &
Compacts |
Sat.
Aug 10 |
TIM HOGANS CARPET NIGHT
NRA/SOD 360 Sprint vs 305 Sprint
Challenge
$3000 to Win -
$300 to start
Plus Dirt
Trucks &
Compacts |
  
 
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