By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (Aug. 2, 2003) - Alvin Roepke gave his mom a special gift Saturday, Aug. 2 at Fremont Speedway - a victory. The Elmore, Ohio driver took the $5,000 first place prize in the Chuck Kear Memorial-Fremont 50, with his mom looking on.

"Mom (Jean) came to the races back in 1983 when I first tried a sprint car...I drove my uncle Jim's 7a and put it off the first turn. Mom said it scared her and she never came back until tonight, and she got to see us win," said Roepke.

"My boys, my boys, my boys...they gave me an awesome race car. We've been steadily getting better over the past month and finally got to start up front and got a win," Roepke added. "It shows you how tough this is when the 18th fast qualifier gets to start on the pole because so many of the faster cars didn't transfer to the feature from their heats."

Roepke took the lead from the start, but fourth starting Byron Reed charged around him on the high side  about 20 laps into the feature. The high side of the track seemed to go away, and Roepke regained the lead just past the halfway point and cruised to the win. Roepke's win came aboard the Mt. Dew, PMI Metals, Rick's Trucking entry which is owned by himself and Doug Ford.

Behind Roepke at the checkered was rookie Brock Mayes, who started sixth; Reed; John Ivy, who started 18th; and rookie Craig Mintz who started 14th rounded out the top five.

In the 305 sprint feature, Fostoria's Jamie Miller moved around Bryan Grove on lap three and built a substantial lead. Meanwhile, Gibsonburg's Roger Shammo - the current point leader at Fremont - was working his way up from ninth to take the runner-up spot on lap 10. Shammo began reeling Miller in and raced underneath him with eight laps remaining. Miller moved down to the bottom and blocked Shammo's advance and again pulled away to claim his fifth feature of the season at Fremont.

Shammo finished second with Castalia's Caleb Griffith third; Millberry's Andy Shammo fourth; and Bryan Grove rounding out the top five.

The 22 A-main starters in the 410 feature, along with the first five alternates shared in over $8,500 in manufacturer's gifts. The 20 cars starting the 305 sprint A-main, along with the six alternates shared in over $4,000 in manufacturer's gifts.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Aug. 9 with TransHealth Night featuring the 410 sprints, 305 sprints and dirt trucks.

410 Sprint Results:

Qualifications: 1. Phil Gressman, 12.70; 2. Rob Chaney, 12.71; 3. Brock
Mayes, 12.76; 4. Jeremy Campbell, 12.82; 5. Bobby Clark, 12.84; 6. Mike
Linder, 12.90; 7. Dale Blaney, 12.90; 8. Jason Dukes, 12.95; 9. Todd Heller;
13.00; 10. Byron Reed, 13.01; 11. Craig Mintz, 13.03; 12. Shane Helms,
13.04; 13. Greg Wilson, 13.06; 14. Mark Keegan, 13.08; 15. Troy Vacarro,
13.13; 16. Mike Brecht, 13.14; 17. Butch Schroeder, 13.15; 18. Alvin Roepke,
13.15; 19. Rodney Morgan, 13.16; 20. Daryn Pittman, 13.20; 21. John Ivy,
13.23; 22. Danny Smith, 13.28; 23. Shawn Chaney, 13.34; 24. John Wisbon,
13.40; 25. Lee Jacobs, 13.40; 26. Bobby Distel, 13.41; 27. Chad Blonde,
13.57; 28. Jim Dayton, 13.58; 29. Scott Kraylek, 13.60; 30. Andy James,
13.63; 31. Matt Lucius, 13.67; 32. Eric Hysong, 13.72; 33. Bill Shaw, 13.78;
34. Jimmy Stinson, 13.79; 35. Chuck Wilson, 13.79; 36. Brandon Martin,
13.88; 37. Ed Neumeister, 13.89; 38. Scott Euler, 13.95; 39. Jon Finsel,
14.03; 40. Tim Aldrich, 14.18; 41. Dustin Dinan, 14.33; 42. Larry Riehl,
14.59; 43. Aaron Shaffer, 14.63; 44. Daryl Becker, 16.08

Heat 1 (top 4 to A): 1. Daryn Pittman; 2. Butch Shroeder; 3. Greg Wilson; 4.
Phil Gressman; 5. Bobby Clark

Heat 2 (top 4 to A): 1. Alvin Roepke; 2. John Ivy; 3. Byron Reed; 4. Rob
Chaney; 5. Mike Linder

Heat 3 (top 4 to A): 1. Brock Mayes; 2. Rodney Morgan; 3. Andy James; 4.
Danny Smith; 5. Craig Mintz

Heat 4 (top 4 to A): 1. David Harrison; 2. Jason Dukes; 3. Matt Lucius; 4.
Shawn Chaney; 5. Jeremy Campbell.

1st B-main (top 3 to A): 1. Mike Linder; 2. Jeremy Campbell; 3. Todd Heller;
4. John Wisbon; 5. Bobby Distel; 6. Shane Helms; 7. Jimmy Stinson; 8. Jim
Dayton; 9. Troy Vacarro; 10. Brandon Martin; 11. Eric Hysong; 12. Scott
Euler; 13. Larry Riehl; 14. Tim Aldrich; 15. Daryl Becker (DNS)

2nd B-main (top 3 to A): 1. Dale Blaney; 2. Bobby Clark; 3. Craig Mintz; 4.
Mark Keegan; 5. Chad Blonde; 6. Ed Neumeister; 7. Scott Kraylek; 8. Chuck
Wilson; 9. Jon Finsel; 10. Bill Shaw; 11. Lee Jacobs; 12. Dustin Dinan; 13.
Mike Brecht (DNS); 14. Aaron Shaffer (DNS).

A-main (50 laps): 1. Alvin Roepke; 2. Brock Mayes; 3. Byron Reed; 4. John
Ivy; 5. Craig Mintz; 6. Greg Wilson; 7. Rob Chaney; 8. Danny Smith; 9. Dale
Blaney; 10. Jason Dukes; 11. Jeremy Campbell; 12. Mike Linder; 13. David
Harrison; 14. Todd Heller; 15. Daryn Pittman; 16. Matt Lucius; 17. Mark
Keegan (driving Andy James car); 18. Phil Gressman; 19. Bobby Clark; 20.
Shawn Chaney; 21. Butch Schroeder; 22. Rodney Morgan.

305 Spring Results:

Heat 1 (top 4 to A): 1. Ed Psurney; 2. Jamie Miller; 3. Ryan Lowe; 4. Mike
Riehl; 5. Brad Schlechty.

Heat 2 (top 4 to A): 1. Mark Lang; 2. Craig Kayes; 3. Scott Miller; 4.
Daniel Smith; 5. Bill Kraylek

Heat 3 (top 4 to A): 1. A.J. Sleek; 2. Andy Shammo; 3. Bryan Grove; 4. Bryan
Sebetto; 5. Chris Lang

Heat 4 (top 4 to A): 1. Roger Shammo; 2. Caleb Griffith; 3. Paul Hemrick
Jr.; 4. Bob Dawson; 5. Jim Taddeo

1st B-Main (top 2 to A): 1. Bill Kraylek; 2. Chad Laux; 3. Brad Schlechty;
4. Joe Laugherty; 5. Matt Merrill; 6. Brian Smith; 7. Mike Oberdorf; 8.
Jason Hill; 9. Chuck Dagg; 10. Matt Ferrell; 11. Keith Whaley; 12. Mark
Whaley; 13. Jeff Dougherty; 14. Josh Hill

2nd B-Main (top 2 to A): 1. Chris Lang; 2. Jim Taddeo; 3. Barry Cole; 4.
Brad Bowman; 5. Phil Burroughs; 6. Tim Wyckoff; 7. Andy Stout; 8. Mark
Pridemore; 9. Tim Hammond; 10. D.J. Oliver; 11. Mike Burkin; 12. Stuart
Brubaker (DNS)

A-main (25 laps): 1. Jamie Miller; 2. Roger Shammo; 3. Caleb Griffith; 4.
Andy Shammo; 5. Bryan Grove; 6. Ed Psurney; 7. Mike Riehl; 8. Bill Kraylek;
9. Craig Kayes; 10. Chris Lang; 11. Daniel Smith; 12. Chad Laux; 13. Ryan
Lowe; 14. A.J. Sleek; 15. Bob Dawson; 16. Bryan Sebetto; 17. Paul Hemrick
Jr.; 18. Mark Lang; 19. Scott Miller; 20. Jim Taddeo.