The Fremont/Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.) Series is pleased to announce that Paul Kistler, owner of Kistler Engines and Kistler Racing Products in Erlin, Ohio, has agreed to return as the championship series' title sponsor for the 2012 racing season. This marks the fourth consecutive year for the F.A.S.T. Championship Series to carry the Kistler Racing Products speed shop brand at Fremont Speedway and Attica Raceway Park.

"This concept is something this area really needed," said Paul Kistler. "It helps out these racers and it promotes sprint car racing in Northern Ohio on a national level. We are proud to be a part of this series and be able to give something back to our customers. The F.A.S.T. Series has grown into something much larger than we expected in just four short years."

The 2011 F.A.S.T. season saw Bryan Sebetto sweep the last three events and hoist the Kistler Cup championship trophy in Engine Pro Victory Lane and the claim the big $10,000 championship check. It was the closest finish in the series' young history as wily veteran Dean Jacobs finished just 27-points back and 2010 F.A.S.T. Champion Byron Reed finished just 62 points back in third place. The chase for the 2012 Kistler Cup is set to begin in April as the 410 sprint cars are slated to run 20 FAST points events over the course of the season.

The F.A.S.T. Championship Series continues to grow, but stays true to its vision of helping out the local drivers and teams that compete weekly in the sprint car divisions at Fremont and Attica in Northern Ohio. Over the course of three years the FAST On Dirt, Inc. (parent company of F.A.S.T.) has handed out over $100,000 in cash and contingency prizes plus several thousand more dollars worth of discount certificates to race part manufacturers.

Plans are underway for the return of the Racer’s Chili Challenge in 2012 and race teams and fans should mark Saturday, February 25th on their calendars. The event will be held in Fremont, Ohio once again, this time at the new Fremont Speedway Hall of Fame.  The Hall of Fame is located in the Sandusky County Fair Grounds right behind the speedway’s grand stands.  Randy Mapus from the Hall of Fame and Rich Farmer (Fremont Speedway promoter) offered the use of the Hall of Fame in order to bring fans and the general public together to view the rich history of Fremont Speedway through photos, videos, fire suits, trophies and lots of other racing memorabilia. 

The Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.) organization will once again be instrumental in the planning of the chili cook-off along with the help of the Hoserville Ohio gang and several other generous volunteers. This event was established to bring fans, teams, promoters & drivers together in the off-season for some good fun, great chili, and a little bit of bench racing before the green flags wave once again at Attica Raceway Park (March 30th) and Fremont Speedway (April 14th) in 2012.  The event includes teams from the sprint car divisions, as well as, late models and dirt trucks.  It’s also open to fans and media to pit their best chili recipe against their favorite racers.

FREMONT, Ohio – Attica Raceway Park and Fremont Speedway will continue their cooperative spirit in 2012, when both tracks will incorporate transponder scoring for all divisions.

Attica’s weekly Friday night events include winged 410 sprints, winged 305 sprints, UMP late models and dirt trucks. Fremont’s weekly Saturday night events include winged 410 sprints, winged 305 sprints and dirt trucks.

The cost if a race team chooses to purchase the transponder unit is $235 which includes the transponder, charger, orange protective pouch and shipping. The rental fee is $5 per night. Both tracks will incorporate the Westhold system (yellow transponder) that is used by the UNOH All Star Circuit of Champions.

Late Models and Dirt Trucks can purchase the direct battery wired version (the Orange transponder) for $200.

Both tracks tested the transponder units toward the end of the 2011 season and they held up well, according to track officials.

“The transponders can help reduce scoring errors and help speed up the night’s program. We will still use human scorers as a back-up. The scorers at both tracks do an excellent job…it’s a very difficult task to hand score and these ladies have carried out task in a professional manner for many, many years,” said Attica Director of Operations Rex LeJeune.

Ross Paulson, who has volunteered for several seasons helping with line-ups, scoring, track point systems, sponsorship, etc., will be in charge of the transponder program and has the units available for sale.

For more information contact LeJeune at 419-680-5606 or Paulson at 419-355-0011.

FREMONT, Ohio – Bryan Sebetto had a dream season in 2011. He capped it off Saturday by being crowned the champion of the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints at Fremont Speedway during a gala banquet. Fremont’s Stuart Brubaker earned his third track championship in the last four years in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints, and the track’s all-time winningest driver, 73-year-old Art Ball of Tiffin, picked up the Fremont Fence Dirt Truck championship.

Sebetto, the 2011 Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica Sprint Title (FAST) champion, was one of two drivers to compete in all 18 A-mains at Fremont in 2011. He posted 13 top 10 finishes and 10 top five runs. He scored four wins in 2011 – April 30, June 4, Sept. 10 and the Jim Ford Classic on Sept. 17 – and now has 17 career Fremont victories. Bryan opened the year strong, not finishing worse than 7th through May 29. Besides his wins, he recorded three runner-up finishes and scored a third against the World of Outlaws. Bryan’s average A-main finishing position was 7th.

“I’m so happy I could give the Burmeister family their first Fremont championship. They have put so much into this sport over the past 50 plus years and they deserve this. I have to thank my crew, especially Mikey Sommers…he is the best crew chief in the pits,” said Sebetto, who also thanked his sponsors JLH General Contractors, Schiets Motorsports, Steven Mapus Tools, R&R Auto and Kistler Engines. 

“We bought a new Maxim today at Kear’s and won a $1,000 off…we are ready to repeat next year,” added Sebetto.

Brubaker was one of only two drivers to compete in all 17 A-mains in the 305 sprints in 2011. He posted an incredible 13 top 10 finishes and 8 top five runs. He posted wins on June 25 and Sept. 10 and now has 6 career victories at Fremont. Stuart also posted a pair of runner-up finishes and three third place runs. >From opening night through June 25, Stuart’s worse finish was a 12th on April 30. Stuart’s average A-main finishing position was 7th.

“I have to thank mom, dad, my wife and my crew, especially Donnie Lyons for all the hard work. I would have never thought I could win one championship, let alone three. We have bought a 410 motor and going to give that a try next year,” said Brubaker, who also thanked his sponsors, J. Lynn Abstracting, Advanced Industrial Services and his Aunt Dru.

For Ball, who wrapped up his 50th season of racing, the 2011 Fremont dirt truck championship is his third at the track, having scored late model titles in 1973 and 1975. He competed in all 16 A-mains in 2011, scoring an incredible 13 top 10 finishes and 10 top five runs. In fact, from the beginning of the year through Oct. 8, Art’s worse finish was a pair of 11 place runs. Art scored his 71st career win at “The Track That Action Built” on May 29. He also posted three runner-up finishes and a pair of third place runs. Art’s average A-main finishing position was 6th. 

“I have to thank Keith Pierce and his family and all my crew who work so hard on this. I want to thank my wife and my family for putting up with this for 50 years,” said Ball, who thanked all his sponsors, including Chaney Roofing, Kear’s Speed Shop, Magers Lumber and Faber Sub-Contracting. “We will be back in 2012.”

Also honored were rookies of the year Brad Haudenschild (410 sprints); Jordan Ryan (305 sprints) and Dan Roepke Jr. (dirt trucks).

FREMONT, Ohio – Jason Meyers made a fantastic move in turn three to pass Donny Schatz to take the lead on lap 14 and then survived a late race restart to take the World of Outlaws victory at Fremont Speedway Saturday on Coors Light/Miller Lite Night. For Meyers, the defending series champion, it was his fifth straight World of Outlaws victory and pads his big point lead.

“I’m running out of things to say about this team. God has blessed us with a lot of wonderful people,” said Meyers beside his DDN, All Star Performance backed machine.

“I had to be aggressive in lapped traffic. I saw Tim (Shaffer) under me a couple of times and I had to pick up the pace…this car was just awesome tonight. The track was great,” added Meyers of his 55th career World of Outlaws win. “My crew chief Brian (Bloomfield) and his wife Lindsay had a baby around Knoxville time and Lindsay hasn’t been able to go to many races. She’s been to the last five and we have won, so I guess she has to go next week.”

When Tim Shaffer spun with six laps to go trying to make a move in lapped traffic while chasing Meyers, Kerry Madsen would move into second and bring his Keneric Racing machine home in the runner-up spot.

“This is awesome to run second at Fremont. This place is notorious for being tough. I have to thank all my sponsors and all the guys who work hard on this thing,” said Madsen.

After flipping in his heat, and having to run the B-main, Fremont Speedway’s 2011 champion Bryan Sebetto would drive his Burmeister Racing machine from his 12th starting spot to a third place finish, much to the delight of his hometown fans.

“That was a lot of fun. I got to race with the best in the business…I passed Donny Schatz (four time series champion)!” said an elated Sebetto of his JLH General Contractors backed #16. “I’m so happy to give the Burmeisters this finish. The driver stunk it up in the heat, but Mikey and Rollie and the entire crew busted their butts to get me back out there. If I didn’t screw up in the heat I would have been in the dash and had a better starting spot.”

The Joe Stelter Memorial event honored the man who started racing at “The Track That Action Built” in 1951 and closed the speedway’s 60th anniversary season. It marked the return of “The Greatest Show on Dirt” to Fremont Speedway for the first time since 1993.

Schatz and Greg Wilson would lead the field to the green in the 40-lap feature, with Schatz grabbing the lead over third starting Meyers, with Wilson, Madsen, Craig Dollansky and Shaffer in tow. Schatz would open up a slight lead until he encountered lapped traffic by the sixth circuit. Meyers would quickly close and would take the lead from Schatz down the back stretch. But, Schatz would drive back in turns three and four to maintain the lead. 

Meyers wouldn’t give up, and challenged Schatz several times as they raced in heavy lapped traffic from laps 7 through13. Meanwhile, Madsen would get around Wilson on lap seven for third while Dollansky and Shaffer followed. Meyers would execute a daring move in lapped traffic in turns three and four coming down to complete the 14th lap, taking the lead, as Madsen made it a three car battle for the top spot. Madsen would get by Schatz on lap 15 for second as Shaffer moved into fourth.

By lap 18, Meyers had built a two second lead over Madsen with Schatz, Shaffer, Wilson and Dollansky in pursuit. Wilson and Dollansky would spin in turn two on lap 23 for the event’s first caution. Wilson would come to a rest while Dollansky kept moving. All eyes were now on Sebetto who had worked his way up to sixth. 

On the restart Meyers would pull away from Madsen who had his hands full with Shaffer. “The Steel City Outlaw” would grab the runner-up spot on lap 24 while Sebetto got around Dollansky for fifth and closed on Schatz. As Meyers raced back into lapped traffic on the 29th circuit, Shaffer closed. With eight laps remaining, Shaffer ducked under Meyers as they raced in heavy traffic. Disaster struck for Shaffer on lap 34 as he spun while trying to battle through traffic and take the lead. Turn two at Fremont has not been kind to Shaffer this season as he has flipped there twice and then spun Saturday battling for the win.

On the restart the running order was Meyers, Madsen, Schatz, Sebetto, Dollansky and Paul McMahan. With a clear track, Meyers would pull away from Madsen as Sebetto would drive around Schatz for third. Meyers would go on to take his second career victory at Fremont – he also won an All Star Circuit of Champions event on May 29. Madsen, Sebetto, Schatz and Dollansky would round out the top five.