Blaney Class of the All Stars at Fremont

      FREMONT, OH – It was total dominance by Dale Blaney Saturday night at Fremont Speedway in the Haulmark All Star sprint car 40 lap feature. He led wire to wire in the Andrews Motorsports Maxim, earning $5,000 for his first victory of the season. Lee Jacobs, in the Burmeister No. 16 transferred from the B Main to the A main, started 10th and came home a
 strong second with Indiana’s Bill Rose third. 

 “My car was really good all night long. George Fisher and Tom Andrews got that thing awful good in the feature, it was easy to drive. Anyone could have driven this car to victory tonight,” Blaney related from victory lane. John Ivy and Blaney led the field to the green flag, with Blaney taking the initial lead. Ivy, in second, executed a 360 degree spin with a lap in the books, dropping him from second to last when the yellow came out. Blaney pulled away from Rose when the green reappeared and Mike Linder, who started seventh was now third, moving up nicely in the bottom groove. When he entered lapped traffic on lap nine, Blaney had a full straightaway lead over Rose. Now Phil Gressman and Byron Reed were battling for third, just ahead of All Star points leader Chad Kemenah. Reed took over third, and then Kemenah also got past Gressman. Kemenah was on the move also, and by lap 19 was battling with Reed. Kemenah went low under Reed to take third at the halfway point of the race, but he slipped off the edge of the track a lap later, just before a caution flew for a John Ivy and Chad Blonde spin. This dropped Kemenah to seventh in the field.
 Blaney showed his dominance once again following the restart, and pulled out to another half lap lead. Rose held a consistent second with Jacobs taking third from Reed on lap 26. Jacobs, excellent in the low groove, began catching Rose. Jacobs took over second for good on lap 32. Ivy was also on the move from the back of the pack again, and was up to fifth with six laps to go.
 As the laps wound down, Blaney won easily, with Jacobs second, Rose third and Ivy fourth. He passed the most cars on the night, coming from the back of the pack twice in the Carousel Racing No. 20. Mark Keegan started 12th and came in fifth, ahead of 14th starter Danny Smith. Linder was next, followed by David Harrison, Kemenah and Craig Mintz, up from 21st starting spot.

“It was just a great night for us, this is pretty amazing,” Jacobs recalled. “We’ve been struggling and we finally got this car operating tonight.”

“We had a good night, and had fun tonight,” Rose said. “We changed some stuff around and it worked.” 

The Crown Battery heat fell to Rob Chaney, the B&B Products heat went to Andrew Palker, the Engler Machine and Tool heat was won by Dustin Daggett and the TP Wings heat fell to Chad Blonde. Shane Helms won the Outerwears Pre-filters C Main and Mike Linder was the University of Northwestern Ohio B Main winner. Phil Gressman captured the Haulmark Dash
 and Kemenah was the Huggins Cams Fast Time qualifier. 

Fostoria's Jamie Miller scored the victory in the 305 sprint feature, with Fremont's Paul Weaver second, Columbus' Scott Miller third, Fremont's Brian Smith up from 17th to finish fourth, and Gibsonburg's Roger Shammo finishing fifth.

 Huggins Cams Time Trials: 1. Chad Kemenah, Harble 15k, 12.515; 2. Mike Linder, James 3, 12.527; 3. Byron Reed, B&S 5, 12.530; 4. Phil Gressman, Robenalt 98, 12.542; 5. Bill Rose, Rose 6, 12.590; 6. Dale Blaney, Andrews 72, 12.605; 7. John Ivy, Carousel 20, 12.695; 8. Jon Agan, Agan 4J, 12.725; 9. Brock Mayes, Mayes 11B, 12.729; 10. David Harrison, Ludwig
 10, 12.753; 11. Lee Jacobs, Burmeister 16, 12.938; 12. Barry Ruble, Ruble 63r, 12.940; 13. Andy James, James 72, 12.960; 14. Todd Kane, Kane 78, 12.965; 15. Mark Keegan, Keegan X, 13.033; 16. Todd Heller, Heller 14h, 13.052; 17. Greg Wilson, Hampshire 63, 13.080; 18. Danny Smith, Smith 4, 13.085; 19. Alvin Roepke, Roepke/Ford 99, 13.109; 20. Chad Blonde, Blonde 5, 13.120; 21. Rob Chaney, SC Racing 9x, 13.169; 22. Andrew Palker, Palker 57x, 13.242; 23. Dustin Daggett, Daggett 85, 13.350; 24. Ryan Coniam, Grove 70, 13.365; 25. Matt Lucius, Lucius & Ludwig 1a, 13.384; 26. Craig Mintz, Sabo 8s, 13.390; 27. Brandon Martin, Martin 11m, 13.395; 28. Jac Haudenschild, Miller 6m, 13.425; 29. Ed Neumeister, Neumeister 11n, 13.426; 30. Eric Rankin, Rankin 39, 13.455; 31. Jeremy Campbell, Campbell 10c, 13.478; 32. Jody Keegan, Keegan 60, 13.480; 33. Roger Campbell, Jr., Campbell ZL1, 13.490; 34. Bobby Clark, Clark 8, 13.500; 35. Jimmy Stinson, Stinson 84K, 13.510; 36. Bob Distel, Distel 18, 13.531; 37. Kyle Sauder, Kirian K, 13.536; 38. Shane Helms, Helms 40, 13.553; 39. Larry Riehl, Riehl 55, 13.585; 40. Dain Naida, Lowicki 54, 13.620; 41. Jason Courtney, Courtney 9c, 13.653; 42. Paul May, May 71m, 13.680; 43. Caleb Griffith, Ludwig 12, 13.706; 44. Scott Cramer, Cramer 47, 13.855; 45. Scott Euler, Euler 27, 13.875; 46. Jon Finsel, Finsel F1, 13.917; 47. Troy Vacarro, Vacarro 7T, 13.988; 48. 2H Tim Hunter, Hunter 2H, 14.018; 49. Eddie Lynch, Lynch 29, 14.031; 50. Aaron Middaugh, Middaugh 91, 14.193; 51. Daniel Smith, Keegan 24, 14.480; 52. Bill Shaw, Shaw 48, 14.872. 

Crown Battery Heat (10 laps): 1. Chaney 2. Kemenah 3. Rose 4. Mayes 5. Sauder 6. R. Campbell 7. Euler 8. Wilson 9. Lynch 10. Lucius 11. James 12. Neumeister 13. Courtney.

B&B Products Heat (10 laps): 1. Palker 2. Danny Smith 3. Blaney 4. Harrison 5. Kane 6. May 7. Mintz 8. Linder 9. Clark 10. Rankin 11. Helms 12. Finsel 13. Middaugh (DNS).

 Engler Machine & Tool Heat (10 laps): 1. Daggett 2. Ivy 3. Reed 4. Roepke 5. M. Keegan 6. Griffith 7. J. Campbell 8. Jacobs 9. Stinson 10. Martin 11. Vacarro 12. Riehl 13. Daniel Smith.

TP Wings Heat (10 laps): 1. Blonde 2. Haudenschild 3. Coniam 4. Gressman 5. Heller 6. Agan 7. Distel 8. Ruble 9. J. Keegan 10. Naida 11. Hunter 12. Cramer 13. Shaw.

 Haulmark Dash (4 laps): 1. Gressman 2. Rose 3. Kemenah 4. Reed.

 Outerwears Pre-filters C Main (12 laps): 1. Helms 2. Distel 3. Griffith 4. May 5. Hunter 6. Lynch 7. Vacarro 8. Daniel Smith 9. Naida 10. Euler 11. Finsel 12. Middaugh 13. Courtney 14. Shaw 15. Cramer 16. Riehl (DNS). 

 University of Northwestern Ohio B Main (15 laps): 1. Linder 2. Jacobs 3. Martin 4. Mintz 5. Clark 6. Ruble 7. Wilson 8. J. Campbell 9. James 10. Rankin 11. Griffith 12. J. Keegan 13. Stinson 14. Distel 15. Helms 16. R. Campbell 17. Agan 18. Lucius 19. May 20. Neumeister. 

Haulmark A Main (40 laps): 1. Dale Blaney 2. Lee Jacobs 3. Bill Rose 4. John Ivy 5. Mark Keegan 6. Danny Smith 7. Mike Linder 8. David Harrison 9. Chad Kemenah 10. Craig Mintz 11. Ryan Coniam 12. Phil Gressman 13. Byron Reed 14. Alvin Roepke 15. Brock Mayes 16. Todd Heller 17. Jac Haudenschild 18. Kyle Sauder 19. Andrew Palker 20. Rob Chaney 21. Dustin Daggett 22. Chad Blonde 23. Brandon Martin 24. Todd Kane.

 Lap Leaders: Dale Blaney 1-40

 All Star Sprint Points: 
 1 Chad Kemenah 475
 2 Danny Smith 459
 3 Dale Blaney 434
 4 Greg Wilson 419
 5 Bill Rose 416
 6 Jeremy Campbell 383
 7 Phil Gressman 358
 8 Ryan Coniam 351
 9 Brock Mayes 333
 10 Tim Hunter 328

 305 SPRINTS:
Fremont Federal Credit Union Heat 1 (Top 4 to A): 1.Paul Weaver(1W); 2.Willie Keegan(17); 3.Andy Shammo(48S); 4.Jason Hill(25); 5.Chris Andrews(15C); 6.Paul Hemrick Jr.(44); 7.Rich Farmer(92); 8.Mike Burkin(48B); 9.Greg Summit(3X); 10.Rodney Hurst(97); 11.Chris Lang(29); 12.Dan Hammond(22D); 

Riverside Machine & Tool Heat 2 (Top 4 to A): 1.Bill Kraylek(71); 2.Jamie Miller(4M); 3.Roger Shammo(10); 4.Ryan Lowe(66L); 5.Brian Smith(20X); 6.Joe Laugherty(21J); 7.Mark Lang(65); 8.Matt Merrill(39); 9.Mike Oberdorf(4); 10.John Oliver(5D); 11.Bryan Lehman(77); 12.Jeff Daugherty(1M); 

Foster Auto Body Heat 3 (Top 4 to A): 1.Brad Bowman(TA2); 2.Brian Sebetto(72); 3.Barry Cole(8K); 4.Keith Whaley(37); 5.Dustin Keegan(17X); 6.Stuart Brubaker(17B); 7.Steve Edwards(6); 8.John Patynko(7P); 9.Kevin Lee(O2); 10.Chuck Dagg(67); 11.Mark Pridemore(25P); 12.Bob Carman(54); 

Real Geese Heat 4 (Top 4 to A): 1.Matt Ferrell(67M); 2.Craig Kays(9); 3.Scott Miller(3J); 4.Mark Whaley(34); 5.Brian Grove(8G); 6.Ed Psurney(2V); 7.A.J. Sleek(15); 8.Josh Hill(9H); 9.Rick Ridenbaugh(1R); 10.Scott Mominee(O7); 11.Mike Riehl(81); 

Computer Man 305 Dash: 1.Paul Weaver(1W); 2.Bill Kraylek(71); 3.Matt Ferrell(67M); 4.Brad Bowman(TA2); 

B-main #1 (top two to A) - 1. Brian Smith (20x); 2. Mark Lang (65); 3. Matt Merrill (39); 4. Mike Burkin (48x); 5. Greg Summit (3x); 6. Rich Farmer (92); 7. Chris Andrews (15c); 8. Mike Oberdorf (4); 9. Paul Hemrick Jr. (44); 10. Dan Hammond (22d); 11. Rodney Hurst (97); 12. Jeff Dougherty (1m); 13. John Oliver (5d); 14. Bryan Lehmann (77); 15. Joe Laugherty (21j)

B-main #2 (top two to A) - 1. Stuart Brubaker (17b); 2. Brian Grove (8G); 3. Ed Psurney (2v); 4. Mike Riehl (81); 5. Steve Edwards (6); 6. Rick Ridenbaugh (1r); 7. Scott Mominee (07); 8. Kevin Lee (02); 9. John Patynko (7p); 10. Jason Hill (25); 11. A.J. Sleek (15); 12. Josh Hill (9h); 13. Dustin Keegan (17x)

A-main (25 laps): 1. Jamie Miller (4m, started third); 2. Paul Weaver (1m, started second); 3. Scott Miller (3j, started fifth); 4. Brian Smith (20x, started 17th); 5. Roger Shammo (10, started fourth); 6. Andy Shammo (48, started seventh); 7. Ryan Lowe (66L, started 14th); 8. Brian Sebetto (72, started 20th); 9. Willie Keegan (17, started eighth); 10. Brad Bowman (TA2, started first); 11. Bill Kraylek (71, started ninth); 12. Keith Whaley (37, started 15th); 13. Matt Ferrell (67M, started 12th); 14. Craig Kays (9, started 11th); 15. Mark Lang (65, started 19th); 16. Stuart Brubaker (17b, started 18th); 17. Mark Whaley (34, started 16th); 18. Jason Hill (25, started 13th); 19. Bryan Grove (8g, started 20th); 20. Bary Cole (8K, started sixth).