Smith wins Fremont
305/SOD Challenge
Chaney Holds Off Linder
for 410 Sprint Win
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (May 22, 2004) - Earlier in the week, Fremont's Brian
Smith guaranteed a victory in the 305 sprint/SOD 360 sprint challenge at
Fremont Speedway. He backed that up, taking the Bobby's Auto Repair/Minnich
Trucking 305 sprinter to victory.
In the 410 sprint A-Main Millersburg, Ohio's Rob Chaney took the lead
from Shane Helms on lap 11 and then survived a last lap challenge from
Fremont's Mike Linder to win the Roots Poultry feature.
Over 84 SOD 360 and Northern Ohio 305 sprints signed into the pit area
as the Sprints On Dirt organization was making its first appearance at
"The Track That Action Built" since 1988. That forced eight heat races
and four B-mains to be run to make up the 24-car field.
Fostoria's Jamie Miller jumped into the early lead from his pole starting
spot, with Millbury's Andy Shammo taking the top spot on lap 6. Smith,
who started fourth, took the lead on lap 10 of the non-stop 25-lap affair,
and powered to the victory over Shammo, Scott Miller, Dustin Keegan and
Miller.
"When I made that guarantee, I should have said 'God willing,' but after
winning at Attica last week, this team has had so much confidence that
I just had to say we were going to win. I have to thank Bobby Sears and
Brian Minnich for all they do to give me such a great race car," said Smith,
whose victory was his second career Fremont win.
In the 410 feature, pole sitter Shane Helms jumped into the early with
action being halted for a Brandon Martin tip-over on lap 9. When the race
resumed, Chaney, driving the Stan Courtad sprinter, used the bottom groove
to get around Helms and set sail. Meanwhile, Linder was moving up from
his 13th starting spot to take second with 15 laps remaining. Linder whittled
away at Chaney's lead, as the leader got bottled up in lapped traffic.
With two laps to go, Linder pulled to within two car lengths of Chaney
and was right on his bumper at the checkered.
"I heard another car coming... I knew I just had to keep my line. I
got behind Matt Lucius and he was running such a good groove on the bottom.
I knew I couldn't move up to lap him or I'd get passed," said Chaney. "I
have to thank Stan Courtad for continuing to believe in us even after we'd
struggled early this year."
At the finish is Chaney, Linder, Fremont's Bobby Clark, Mark Keegan
(up from 12th) and Alvin Roepke rounding out the top five.
The Buckeye Cable Sports Network taped the shows and will broadcast
them on cable systems in the Toledo and Sandusky areas on Sunday, May 23
at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Monday, May 24, at 7 a.m.; Wednesday, May 26, at
12:30 a.m.; and Wednesday, May 26, at 5 p.m. For more information log onto
www.BCSN.tv.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action this coming Saturday, May 29,
with the Budweiser Shoot-out with twin features for the 410 sprints. The
finishing order of the first feature will be completely inverted for the
start of the second A-main. The Coors Light Dirt Trucks are also on the
racing card.
Then on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, True Value Hardware of Woodville
will present the first of two appearances of the ALMS late models at Fremont
Speedway. The 305 sprints and Coors Light Dirt Trucks will also be on the
racing card.
RESULTS for Roots Poultry Night:
410 Sprints:
QUALIFYING: 1. Todd Heller (14H) 14.16; 2. David Harrison (10) 14.20;
3. Bobby Clark (8C) 14.26; 4. Kyle Sauder (K) 14.41; 5. Rob Chaney (9X)
14.43; 6. Alvin Roepke (99) 14.43; 7. Caleb Griffith (12) 14.46; 8. Shane
Helms (40) 14.51; 9. Byron Reed (5R) 14.54; 10. Jon Finsel (F1) 14.55;
11. Craig Mintz (8S) 14.56; 12. Mark Keegan (X) 14.63; 13. Scott Euler
(27) 14.64; 14. Mike Linder (3L) 14.64; 15. Lee Jacobs (16) 14.64; 16.
Keith Baxter (1B) 14.66; 17. Andrew Palker (57X) 14.66; 18. Matt Lucius
(1A) 14.67; 19. Jeff Williams (5W) 14.81; 20. Dwain Leiber (62) 14.81;
21. Troy Vaccaro (7T) 14.89; 22. Brandon Martin (11M) 14.89; 23. Andy James
(72) 15.07; 24. Dennis Yoakum (22D) 15.11; 25. Lary Riehl (55) 15.16; 26.
Bobby Distel (18) 15.19; 27. Tom Conrad (21) 15.19; 28. Aaron Middaugh
(91) 15.21; 29. Aaron Shaffer (97S) 15.26; 30. Bill Shaw (48B) 15.33; 31.
Ray Moon (18M) 15.41; 32. Ron Blair (35) 15.55; 33. Bill Morison (O) 15.88;
34. Jody Keegan (60) NT; 35. John Ivy (20) NT
Heat 1 (Top 4 to A): 1.Troy Vaccaro(7T); 2.Byron Reed(5R); 3.Todd Heller(14H);
4.Rob Chaney(9X); 5.Andrew Palker(57X); 6.Scott Euler(27); 7.Lary Riehl(55);
8.Aaron Shaffer(97S); 9.Bill Morison(O);
Heat 2 (Top 4 to A): 1.Mike Linder(3L); 2.David Harrison(10); 3.Brandon
Martin(11M); 4.Alvin Roepke(99); 5.Matt Lucius(1A); 6.Jon Finsel(F1); 7.Jody
Keegan(60); 8.Bobby Distel(18); 9.Bill Shaw(48B);
Heat 3 (Top 4 to A): 1.Jeff Williams(5W); 2.Bobby Clark(8C); 3.Craig
Mintz(8S); 4.John Ivy(20); 5.Andy James(72); 6.Lee Jacobs(16); 7.Tom Conrad(21);
8.Ray Moon(18M); 9.Caleb Griffith(12);
Heat 4 (Top 4 to A): 1.Mark Keegan(X); 2.Kyle Sauder(K); 3.Dwain Leiber(62);
4.Shane Helms(40); 5.Keith Baxter(1B); 6.Dennis Yoakum(22D); 7.Aaron Middaugh(91);
8.Ron Blair(35)
B - Main (Top 4 to A): 1.Lee Jacobs(16); 2.Caleb Griffith(12); 3.Matt
Lucius(1A); 4.Jon Finsel(F1); 5.Andy James(72); 6.Keith Baxter(1B); 7.Andrew
Palker(57X); 8.Scott Euler(27); 9.Aaron Middaugh(91); 10.Lary Riehl(55);
11.Dennis Yoakum(22D); 12.Bobby Distel(18); 13.Jody Keegan(60); 14.Tom
Conrad(21); 15.Bill Morison(O); 16.Bill Shaw(48B); 17.Aaron Shaffer(97S);
18.Ron Blair(35); 19.Ray Moon(18M)
A - Main (30 Laps): 1.Rob Chaney(9X)(start-4); 2.Mike Linder(3L)(start-13);
3.Bobby Clark(8C)(start-6); 4.Mark Keegan(X)(start-12); 5.Alvin Roepke(99)(start-3);
6.David Harrison(10)(start-7); 7.Shane Helms(40)(start-2); 8.Lee Jacobs(16)(start-14);
9.John Ivy(20)(start-20); 10.Troy Vaccaro(7T)(start-18); 11.Todd Heller(14H)(start-8);
12.Craig Mintz(8S)(start-11); 13.Caleb Griffith(12)(start-9); 14.Byron
Reed(5R)(start-1); 15.Matt Lucius(1A)(start-15); 16.Kyle Sauder(K)(start-5);
17.Jon Finsel(F1)(start-10); 18.Dwain Leiber(62)(start-17); 19.Jeff Williams(5W)(start-16);
20.Brandon Martin(11M)(start-19);
SOD/305 SPRINTS
Heat 1 (Top 2 to A): 1.Jamie Miller(4m); 2.Paul Weaver(1w); 3.Greg Summit(3x);
4.Rusty Mcnamde(34M); 5.Mike Galajda(2); 6.Bill Johnson(33); 7.Brian Grove(8g);
8.Jason Hill(25h); 9.Kurk Cheney(55); 10.Kevin Lee(O2)
Heat 2 (Top 2 to A): 1.Ryan Lowe(66l); 2.Dustin Keegan(17x); 3.Roger
Shammo(10); 4.Bill Kraylek(71); 5.Matt Alloway(37a); 6.Chris Lang(29);
7.Mark Irman(18); 8.Andy Conley(14); 9.Kyle Patrick(33k)
Heat 3 (Top 2 to A): 1.Darrin Long(7); 2.Barry Cole(8k); 3.Scott Cramer(47);
4.Mark Broughman(52); 5.Rich Farmer(92); 6.Paul Hemrick Jr.(44); 7.A.J.
Sleek(15); 8.Keith Whaley(37); 9.Chris Andrews(15c); 10.Vern Menkhoff(23)
Heat 4 (Top 2 to A): 1.Daniel Smith(24); 2.Brad Bowman(TA2); 3.Mike
Riehl(81); 4.Willie Keegan(17); 5.Nick Mulheim(38); 6.Mark Lang(65); 7.Jerry
Whitney(2W); 8.Scott Mominee(O7); 9.Stuart Brubaker(17B); 10.John Gall(81G);
11.Eddie Rhile(98)
Heat 5 (Top 2 to A): 1.Brian Smith(20X); 2.Mike Brecht(20); 3.Chad Laux(7L);
4.Mike Dussell(6); 5.Jeff Daugherty(1M); 6.Craig Kays(9K); 7.Jerry Bowersox(97);
8.Tim Champlin(8B); 9.Dan Hammond(22D); 10.Bryan Lehman(77)
Heat 6 (Top 2 to A): 1.Joe Laugherty(21J); 2.Jr Stewart(37S); 3.Ed Psurney(2V);
4.Greg Dalman(49T); 5.Matt Merrill(39); 6.Troy Kingan(25); 7.Mario Crook(OC);
8.Mike Burkin(48B); 9.Shawn Cheney(5); 10.Phil Burroughs(18B)
Heat 7 (Top 2 to A): 1.Andy Shammo(48S); 2.Dan Maida(54n); 3.Dave Fox(54J);
4.Glen Stevens(O); 5.Len Robison(9R); 6.Dennis Craft(70); 7.Wayne Morrison(99);
8.John Patynko(7P)
Heat 8 (Top 2 to A): 1.Scott Miller(3J); 2.Dustin Daggett(85); 3.Tim
Norman(3G); 4.Brian Sebetto(72); 5.Tim Allsion(11X); 6.Doug Stanley(18s);
7.Mark Pridemore(25P); 8.Jim Mccarron(2M); 9.Rodney Hurst(97H); 10.John
Oliver(5D)
B1 - Main (Top 2 to A): 1.Greg Summit(3X); 2.Bill Kraylek(71); 3.Chris
Lang(29); 4.Mike Galajda(2); 5.Roger Shammo(10); 6.Kyle Patrick(33K); 7.Jason
Hill(25H); 8.Rusty Mcnamde(34M); 9.Brian Grove(8G); 10.Bill Johnson(33);
11.Kurk Cheney(55); 12.Andy Conley(14); 13.Matt Alloway(37A)
B2 - Main (Top 2 to A): 1.Scott Cramer(47); 2.Mike Riehl(81); 3.Willie
Keegan(17); 4.Nick Mulheim(38); 5.Mark Lang(65); 6.A.J. Sleek(15); 7.Mark
Broughman(52); 8.Keith Whaley(37); 9.Rich Farmer(92); 10.Paul Hemrick Jr.(44);
11.Jerry Whitney(2W); 12.Eddie Rhile(98); 13.John Gall(81G); 14.Chris Andrews(15C);
15.Vern Menkhoff(23)
B3 - Main (Top 2 to A): : 1.Chad Laux(7L; 2.Matt Merrill(39); 3.Ed Psurney(2V);
4.Jr Stewart(37S); 5.Mike Dussell(6); 6.Jeff Daugherty(1M); 7.Greg Dalman(49T);
8.Craig Kays(9K); 9.Troy Kingan(25); 10.Jerry Bowersox(97); 11.Tim Champlin(8B);
12.Dan Hammond(22D); 13.Mario Crook(OC); 14.Bryan Lehman(77)
B4 - Main (Top 2 to A): : 1.Brian Sebetto(72); 2.Tim Norman(3G); 3.Dave
Fox(54J); 4.Scott Mominee(O7); 5.Tim Allsion(11X); 6.Doug Stanley(18s);
7.Dennis Craft(70); 8.Len Robison(9R); 9.Mark Pridemore(25P); 10.Wayne
Morrison(99); 11.Rodney Hurst(97H); 12.Richard Cox(13); 13.John Oliver(5D);
14.John Patynko(7P); 15.Jim Mccarron(2M)
A - Main (25 Laps): 1.Brian Smith(20X); 2.Andy Shammo(48S); 3.Scott
Miller(3J); 4.Dustin Keegan(17X); 5.Jamie Miller(4M); 6.Bill Kraylek(71);
7.Daniel Smith(24); 8.Chad Laux(7L); 9.Darrin Long(7); 10.Brian Sebetto(72);
11.Mike Brecht(20); 12.Ryan Lowe(66L); 13.Joe Laugherty(21J); 14.Dan Maida(54N);
15.Mike Riehl(81); 16.Dustin Daggett(85); 17.Tim Norman(3G); 18.Barry Cole(8K);
19.Scott Cramer(47); 20.Brad Bowman(TA2); 21.Matt Merrill(39); 22.Greg
Summit(3X); 23.Paul Weaver(1W); 24.Mike Oberdorf(4)
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