By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (April 19, 2003) - It looked like 410 sprint rookie Brock Mayes would score an upset to open Fremont Speedway's 52nd season, but the youngster from Bucyrus, made a mistake on a lap 21 restart, and Byron Reed took full advantage to claim the Snyder's Floor Covering A-main victory.

"Brock will be tough this year...he certainly had the car to beat. My car felt like junk all night, but it was good enough to get us in victory lane," said Reed, driver of the Reebar Die Casting sprinter. "There was a big hole in turn one and I had to race through it or I wasn't going to win."

Mayes, who moved from the 305 sprint division into the top sprint car class this year, jumped into the lead from his outside front row start. A Brandon Martin flip in turn one of the start halted action, and resulted in moving Reed from 10th starting spot up two rows to sixth on the restart.

Mayes pulled away on the restart and was flying around the tacky oval until a lap 20 yellow. On the restart, Mayes stomped on the gas out of four and his car wheelied, letting Reed, Danny Smith and Alvin Roepke get around. Reed then set sail as the battle was on for second between Smith, Roepke and 14th starting John Ivy. The man on the move was Craig Keel from Weevesport, N.Y., as he started 20 and was up to sixth.

At the checkered it was Reed over Smith, Roepke, Ivy, Keel, Mayes, David Harrison (up from 19th), Troy Vacarro, Jason Dukes and Todd Heller (up from 23rd).

In the 305 sprints, Andy Shammo scored his second win of the weekend (he won Friday at Attica Raceway Park) aboard the Burkin Custom Trailers sprinter. Shammo, from Gibsonburg, started 5th in the A. Behind him at the checkered was Norwalk's Chad Laux, Fostoria's Jamie Miller, Castalia's Matt Karbler and Fremont's Ryan Lowe.

In the crash-filled Dirt Truck feature, last season's rookie of the year, Steve Rando of Lindsey, scored his first career victory over Steve Sabo, Bobby Davis, Rex Wright and Rich Farmer.

"America's Series - The All Star Circuit of Champions visits Fremont Saturday, April 26, with the 305 sprints on the racing card.

410 RESULTS:

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ed Neumeister, 13.21; 2. John Wisbon, 13.41; 3. Brandon
Martin, 13.45; 4. Mark Keegan, 13.60; 5. Byron Reed, 13.61; 6. Chad Blonde,
13.65; 7. Craig Mintz, 13.70; 8. Bobby Clark, 13.77; 9. Alvin Roepke, 13.78;
10. Bobby Distel, 13.82; 11. Lee Jacobs, 13.84; 12. Ricky Ferkel, 13.99; 13.
Brock Mayes, 14.00; 14. Troy Vacarro, 14.02; 15. Danny Smith, 14.08; 16.
John Ivy, 14.10; 17. Jeff Williams, 14.10; 18. Chuck Wilson, 14.14; 19. Tim
Aldrich, 14.15; 20. Jason Dukes, 14.16; 21. Scott Kraylek, 14.17; 22. David
Harrison, 14.17; 23. Craig Keel, 14.29; 24. Jody Keegan, 14.36; 25. Nick
Daugherty, 14.46; 26. Bruce Robenalt, 14.49; 27. Todd Heller, 14.50; 28.
Shawn Chaney, 14.57; 29. Craig McGuire, 14.58; 30. Mike Linder, 14.71; 31.
Dustin Daggett, 14.90; 32. Matt Lucius, 15.11; 33. Andy James, 15.13; 34.
Daine Naida, 15.26.

Heat 1 (top 4 to A): 1. Scott Kraylek; 2. Alvin Roepke; 3. Jeff Williams; 4.
Brock Mayes; 5. Byron Reed.

Heat 2 (top 4 to A): 1. Chuck Wilson; 2. David Harrison; 3. Bobby Distel; 4.
Chad Blonde; 5. Mike Linder

Heat 3 (top 4 to A): 1. Craig Keel; 2. Lee Jacobs; 3. Danny Smith; 4.
Brandon Martin; 5. Tim Aldrich

Heat 4 (top 4 to A): 1. John Ivy; 2. Jody Keegan; 3. Jason Dukes; 4. Mark
Keegan; 5. Bobby Clark.

B-Main (top 8 to A): 1. John Wisbon; 2. Craig Mintz; 3. Byron Reed; 4. Ricky
Ferkel; 5. Troy Vacarro; 6. Todd Heller. 7. Mike Linder. 8. Bruce Robenalt;
9. Dustin Daggett; 10. Ed Neumeister; 11. Tim Aldrich; 12. Matt Lucius; 13.
Shawn Chaney; 14. Daine Naida; 15. Andy James; 16. Bobby Clark; 17. Craig
McGuire; 18. Nick Daugherty.

A-Main (30 laps): 1. Byron Reed; 2. Danny Smith; 3. Alvin Roepke; 4. John
Ivy; 5. Craig Keel; 6. Brock Mayes; 7. David Harrison; 8. Troy Vacarro; 9.
Jason Dukes; 10. Todd Heller; 11. Lee Jacobs; 12. Craig Mintz; 13. Jody
Keegan; 14. John Wisbon; 15. Bobby Distel; 16. Mark Keegan; 17. Ricky
Ferkel; 18. Scott Kraylek; 19. Chad Blonde; 20. Bruce Robenalt; 21. Jeff
Williams; 22. Mike Linder; 23. Chuck Wilson; 24. Brandon Martin.

305 RESULTS:

Heat 1 (top 4 to A): 1. Andy Shammo; 2. Brad Bowman; 3. Ryan Lowe; 4. Chris
Lang. 5. Brian Sebetto

Heat 2 (top 4 to A): 1. Ed Psurney; 2. Dustin Keegan; 3. Phil Burroughs; 4.
Matt Karbler; 5. Matt Molnar

Heat 3 (top 4 to A): 1. Jamie Miller; 2. Roger Shammo; 3. Chad Laux; 4.
Daniel Smith; 5. Steve Edwards.

Heat 4 (top 4 to A): 1. Mark Lang; 2. Joe Laugherty; 3. Matt Ferrell; 4.
A.J. Sleek; 5. Matt Merrill

B-Main (top 4 to A): 1. Bryan Sebetto; 2. Bill Kraylek; 3. Matt Merrill; 4.
Caleb Griffith; 5. Josh Hill; 6. Steve Edwards; 7. Keith Whaley; 8. Mike
Riehl; 9. Jason Hill; 10. Ryan Meyers; 11. Rick Ridenbaugh; 12. Dan Hammond;
13. Brad Schlechty; 14. D.J. Oliver; 15. Mark Whaley; 16. Jim Moore.

A-Main (25 laps): 1. Andy Shammo; 2. Chad Laux; 3. Jamie Miller; 4. Matt
Karbler; 5. Ryan Lowe; 6. Roger Shammo; 7. Caleb Griffith; 8. Mark Lang; 9.
Bill Kraylek; 10. A.J. Sleek; 11. Matt Merrill; 12. Brian Sebetto; 13.
Dustin Keegan; 14. Joe Laugherty; 15. Phil Burroughs; 16. Matt Ferrell; 17.
Ed Psurney; 18. Brad Bowman; 19. Daniel Smith; 20. Chris Lang.

DIRT TRUCK RESULTS:

Heat 1 (top 5 to A): 1. Brian Arnold; 2. Greg Harmon; 3. Mike Dukeshire; 4.
Steve Rando; 5. Steve Sabo

Heat 2 (top 5 to A): 1. Ernie Haynes; 2. Greg Summitt; 3. Andy Maynard; 4.
Bobby Davis; 5. Buffy Bordner.

Heat 3 (top 5 to A): 1. Rich Farmer; 2. Danny Roepke; 3. Jeff Dougherty; 4.
L.J. Connors; 5. J.R. Heschle

B-Main (top 5 to A): 1. Rex Wright; 2. Bob Dible; 3. Joe Jurovcik; 4. J.D.
Brewer; 5. Scott Beard; 6. Brian Michael; 7. Cory Ward; 8. Fred Guiher; 9.
Joe Hartlaub; 10. Jeremy Cogar

A-Main (15 laps): 1. Steve Rando; 2. Steve Sabo; 3. Bobby Davis; 4. Rex
Wright; 5. Rich Farmer; 6. Bob Dible; 7. Danny Roepke; 8. Ernie Haynes; 9.
Greg Harmon; 10. L.J. Connors; 11. J.D. Brewer; 12. Brian Arnold; 13. Jeff
Dougherty; 14. Greg Summitt; 15. J.R. Heschle; 16. Buffy Bordner; 17. Andy
Maynard; 18. Joe Jurovcik; 19. Scott Beard; 20. Mike Dukeshire.