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Mark Keegan Breaks
Into Win Column
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (July 19, 2003) - Mark Keegan has been struggling the
past
year and a half, but he put those bad memories behind him Saturday
at
Fremont Speedway on Schiets Motors, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki Night. Keegan
led
all 30 laps of the non-stop feature to claim his 56th career feature
win at
Fremont Speedway leaving him just two shy of tying Jim Linder for third
on
the all-time career feature win list.
"Boy, it's so tough to win one of these any more. These young kids can
really mash on the gas and it makes it tough for old guys like me,"
said
Keegan who hails from Fremont. "Luck has a lot to do with winning in
this
sport any more. You have to have everything come together. I have to
thank
Willie and Adam Steinbreck and my whole crew for not giving up on me."
Behind Keegan was fifth place starter David Harrison of Fremont,
Gibsonburg's Craig Mintz, a rookie, Byron Reed, who started 11th, and
Fremont's Mike Linder.
Jamie Miller took the lead from Jerrid Potter on the second lap of the
305
sprint feature and went on to score his four feature win of the season
in
the non-stop 25 lap main. Fellow Fostorian Bill Kraylek finished second
with
Scott Miller, Caleb Griffith and Steve Edwards rounding out the top
five.
The dirt truck feature looked like a repeat of last week, as Bobby Davis
was
cruising for his second straight win, only to have his motor go sour
with
two laps to go. Defending track champion Steve Sabo and Woodville's
Danny
Roepke battled side by side the remaining two laps, with Roepke getting
sideways out of turn four for the checkered, handing the win to Sabo,
his
second of the season. Roepke, Gibsonburg's Andy Maynard, Scott Endicott
and
Bob Dible rounded out the top five.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, July 26. It will be
kids'
night at the speedway, with 10 bikes to be given away, along with a
clown
and other events for the kids.
410 SPRINT RESULTS:
Qualifications: 1. Brock Mayes, 12.79; 2. John Ivy, 12.82; 3. Bobby
Clark,
12.89; 4. Butch Schroeder, 13.03; 5. John Wisbon, 13.08; 6. David Harrison,
13.15; 7. Craig Mintz, 13.22; 8. Scott Kraylek, 13.27; 9. Mike Linder,
13.30; 10. Rodney Morgan, 13.31; 11. Mark keegan, 13.45; 12. Byron
Reed,
13.47; 13. Jon Finsel, 13.48; 14. Alvin Roepke, 13.52; 15. Jody Keegan,
13.53; 16. Matt Lucius, 13.55; 17. Todd Heller, 13.55; 18. Brandon
Martin,
13.69; 19. Bobby Distel, 13.73; 20. Shane Helms, 13.74; 21. George
Prosser,
13.84; 22. Mark Clark, 13.88; 23. Troy Vaccaro, 13.90; 24. Lee Jacobs,
14.01; 25. Bob Lime, 14.25; 26. Tim Aldrich, 14.29; 27. Tom Conrad
Jr.,
14.66; 28. Larry Riehl, 14.70; 29. Randy Tussing, 14.86; 30. Bill Shaw,
15.43; 31. William Aumend, 15.75
Heat 1 (top 4 to A): 1. Todd Heller; 2. Mike Linder; 3. Jon Finsel;
4. Brock
Mayes; 5. George Prosser
Heat 2 (top 4 to A): 1. Alvin Roepke; 2. John Ivy; 3. Mark Clark; 4.
David
Harrison; 5. Brandon Martin
Heat 3 (top 4 to A): 1. Mark Keegan; 2. Troy Vaccaro; 3. Craig Mintz;
4.
Bobby Clark; 5. Bobby Distel
Heat 4 (top 4 to A): 1. Byron Reed; 2. Lee Jacobs; 3. Shane Helms; 4.
Scott
Kraylek; 5. Butch Schroeder
B-Main (top 4 to A): 1. Butch Schroeder; 2. John Wisbon; 3. Bobby Distel;
4.
Brandon Martin; 5. Rodney Morgan; 6. Bob Lime; 7. Matt Lucius; 8. Bill
Shaw;
9. George Prosser; 10. Jody Keegan; 11. Larry Riehl; 12. Tom Conrad
Jr.; 13.
Randy Tussing; 14. William Aumend; 15. Tim Aldrich
A-Main (30 green flag laps): 1. Mark Keegan; 2. David Harrison; 3. Craig
Mintz; 4. Byron Reed; 5. Mike Linder; 6. John Ivy; 7. Alvin Roepke;
8. Butch
Schroeder; 9. Lee Jacobs; 10. Brandon Martin; 11. Scott Kraylek; 12.
Todd
Heller; 13. Brock Mayes; 14. Bobby Distel; 15. Bobby Clark; 16. John
Wisbon;
17. Mark Clark; 18. Troy Vaccaro; 19. Shane Helms; 20. Jon Finsel
305 SPRINT RESULTS:
Heat 1 (top 4 to A): 1. Jamie Miller; 2. Joe Laugherty; 3. Ed Psurney;
4.
Craig Kayes; 5. Dan Hammond
Heat 2 (top 4 to A): 1. Bill Kraylek; 2. Scott Miller; 3. Caleb Griffith;
4.
Roger Shammo; 5. Brian Smith
Heat 3 (top 4 to A): 1. Jerrid Potter; 2. Jason Hill; 3. Brad Bowman;
4.
Chuck Dagg; 5. Matt Ferrell
Heat 4 (top 4 to A): 1. Bob Dawson; 2. Steve Edwards; 3. Andy Shammo;
4.
Josh Hill; 5. Ryan Lowe
1st B-main (top 2 to A): 1. Brian Smith; 2. Mark Whaley; 3. Tim Wychoff;
4.
Keith Whaley; 5. Dan Hammond; 6. Mark Lang; 7. Chad Laux; 8. Matt Lamborn;
9. Mark Pridemore; 10. Jeff Dougherty; 11. Paul Hemrick Jr. 12. Willie
Keegan
2nd B-Main (top 2 to A): 1. Ryan Lowe; 2. Matt Ferrell; 3. Matt Merrill;
4.
Bryan Sebetto; 5. Mike Riehl; 6. Dustin Dinan; 7. Clarence Morgan;
8. Nick
McCord; 9. Bob Carman
A-Main (25 green flag laps): 1. Jamie Miller; 2. Bill Kraylek; 3. Scott
Miller; 4. Caleb Griffith; 5. Steve Edwards; 6. Bob Dawson; 7. Brian
Smith;
8. Roger Shammo; 9. Jerrid Potter; 10. Ed Psurney; 11. Joe Laugherty;
12.
Jason Hill; 13. Josh Hill; 14. Chuck Dagg; 15. Andy Shammo; 16. Matt
Ferrell; 17. Ryan Lowe; 18. Mark Whaley; 19. Brad Bowman; 20. Craig
Kayes
DIRT TRUCK RESULTS:
Heat 1 (top 4 to A): 1. Dwight Waltermeier; 2. Rich Farmer; 3. Bob Dible;
4.
Ron Kepling; 5. Linda Sabo
Heat 2 (top 4 to A): 1. Greg Summit; 2. Steve Endicott; 3. Bobby Davis;
4.
Rex Wright; 5. Jim McGrath
Heat 3 (top 4 to A): 1. Danny Roepke; 2. Steve Sabo; 3. Dave Gibbs;
4. Andy
Maynard; 5. Cory Ward
Heat 4 (top 4 to A): 1. Larry Kingseed; 2. Brian Arnold; 3. Kenny Clark
Jr.;
4. Jim Welty; 5. Steve Rando
B-main (top 4 to A): 1. Jim McGrath; 2. Linda Sabo; 3. Steve Rando;
4. Jason
Crispen; 5. Joe Hartlaub; 6. Todd Keegan; 7. Brian Michael; 8. Cory
Ward; 9.
Paul Brown Jr.; 10. Greg Harmon; 11. Scott Beard; 12. Bill Bruen;
13. Paul
Diamond; 14. Fred Guiher; 15. Dave Severs; 16. Jan Dorr; 17. Rob Cramer
A-main (15 green flag laps): 1. Steve Sabo; 2. Danny Roepke; 3. Andy
Maynard; 4. Steve Endicott; 5. Bob Dible; 6. Rex Wright; 7. Brian Arnold;
8.
Larry Kingseed; 9. Kenny Clark Jr.; 10. Jim Welty; 11. Dave Gibbs;
12. Ron
Kepling; 13. Jim McGrath; 14. Jason Crispen; 15. Linda Sabo; 16. Steve
Rando; 17. Bobby Davis; 18. Greg Summit; 19. Dwight Waltermeier; 20.
Rich
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