Ivy likes home
cookin' at Fremont
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Sept. 11, 2004) - John Ivy likes home cookin'.
The Fremont, Ohio driver and newly crowned Fremont Speedway 2004 Track
Champion lead all 50 laps of the Baumann Auto Group Haulmark Trailers All
Star Circuit of Champions feature at "The Track That Action Built" Saturday
to score the biggest win of his sprint car racing career. Ivy utilized
the track's Goodyear right rear spec tire to claim the $10,000 victory
in front of the standing-room-only crowd.
"To do this in front of the home crowd is just awesome," exclaimed Ivy
beside his Carousel Racing #20. "What a year we've had...to win five races
at Fremont, including two All Star shows and take the track championship
is unbelievable. Especially when you consider we didn't even know if we
had a ride at the beginning of the year. I have to thank Sid and Beth Eickelberry...
they put this deal together five years ago for us and have stuck by us
even when times were tough."
Ivy started on the pole in his Joseph Wise Fine Clocks, Sonny's Machine,
Henry Motorcar sprinter, and took the lead from the green. Last year's
Fremont Speedway track champion Byron Reed rode in second, with Dale Blaney
third, Chad Kemenah fourth, Dean Jacobs fifth, Danny Smith, sixth and Bobby
Clark seventh. The first caution flew on lap 8 for a stalled Tim Hunter,
just as Ivy was preparing to get into heavy lapped traffic.
On the restart, Ivy utilized the clean track to build a seven car advantage
as the battle for second heated up between Reed and Blaney. Blaney finally
got around Reed on lap 12, and closed on Ivy as the leader entered lapped
tracck on lap 17. Two laps later, Blaney pulled beside Ivy in turns one
and two as the capacity crowd roared their approval. It was all nullified
though when the yellow flew for Jon Agan who stalled on the front stretch.
With 31 laps remaining, the running order was Ivy, Blaney, Reed, Kemenah,
Jacobs, Greg Wilson, Danny Smith, Bobby Clark, Brock Mayes and 15th starting
Mark Keegan.
On the restart, Kerry Madsen slid off of turn three to bring the caution
back out. When the green went back out, Ivy once again used the clear track
to build an advantage over Blaney and Reed, as Jacobs went around Kemenah
for fourth on lap 21. The final caution flew on lap 25 when the muffler
on Keegan's mount fell off onto the racing surface. At that point, all
eyes were on "The Wild Child" Jac Haudenschild who started 23rd and was
up to 10th.
On the restart, Ivy seemed to find a lot more speed and pulled away
from Blaney. Ivy picked his way through lapped traffic as the real battle
on the track was for sixth between the white cars of Greg Wilson, Danny
Smith, Bobby Clark and Brock Mayes.
At the checkered, Ivy won by six car lengths over Blaney, Dean Jacobs,
Kemenah, Wilson, Reed, Smith, Mayes, Clark and Haudenschild.
"I saw Guy (Meyers, crew chief) tell me to move up and I went up half
a groove about half way through and the car got a lot better," said Ivy
of his winning move.
Blaney, who won the Haulmark Trailers Dash, said his Andrews Motorsports
#72 was good, but he didn't have anything for Ivy.
"Give John credit, he goes very good here. I enjoy racing at Fremont,
the track is always racey and the fans are great. We had a good car, but
just not good enough to get by John," said Blaney beside his Troyers Trail
Bologna sprinter.
"A third here is like a win for us. I don't usually run that well at
Fremont," said Jacobs beside his Webb Racing #51. "Guy put this new car
together for us after Thunder through the Plains and we've been very good
in it. We've had like five second place finishes in it since then."
Kemenah started the evening by besting the 46-car field in Huggins Cams
Qualifying, earning a $200 bonus from the Baumann Auto Group. Agan won
the Crown Battery heat, with Todd Heller picking up the win in the B&B
Oval Track Products heat. Mike Linder, who finished second in the Fremont
Speedway point standings, won the Engler Machine & Tool heat, with
Kelly Kinser taking the victory in the TP Wings heat. John Wisbon came
out of retirement to score the victory in the Outerwears Pre-Filters C-Main,
with Wilson taking the checkered in the University of Northwest Ohio B-Main.
Jamie Miller took the lead from Brad Bowman a quarter of the way into
the 25-lap 305 sprint feature and dominated to the end to take the win,
his second of the season at Fremont. A great battle for second came down
to the final straight, with Scott Kraylek taking the runner-up position
and current point leader Brian Smith coming home third.
"We went back to last year's set-up...we had been struggling a lot here
the past few months," said Miller besie his Rowmark Plastics, Gressman
Powersports #4m. "I have to thank Scott Gressman...he gives us a great
motor. I love the high side here...if you want to win you have to go up
there."
Fremont Speedway will wrap up the 2004 season on Saturday, Sept. 18,
with the Amercian Late Model Series coming to town thanks to True Value
Hardware of Woodville, along with the 305 sprints and Coors Light Dirt
Trucks.
410 QUALIFYING (Track Record 11.732 - Lee Jacobs, May 3, 2003)
1. Chad Kemenah (15K) 12.213; 2. Dean Jacobs (51) 12.318; 3. Danny Smith
(4) 12.353; 4. Dale Blaney (72B) 12.404; 5. Byron Reed (5R) 12.435; 6.
John Ivy (20) 12.449; 7. Jeremy Campbell (10C) 12.462; 8. Brock Mayes (11B)
12.529; 9. Greg Wilson (63) 12.567; 10. Bobby Clark (8C) 12.574; 11. Rob
Chaney (9X) 12.616; 12. Kerry Madson (55M) 12.628; 13. Jon Agan (4J) 12.635;
14. Phil Gressman (70) 12.646; 15. Mark Keegan (X) 12.653; 16. David Harrison
(10) 12.705; 17. Tim Hunter (2H) 12.709; 18. Todd Heller (14H) 12.745;
19. Mike Linder (3L) 12.753; 20. Matt Lucius (1A) 12.756; 21. Nick Naber
(22N) 12.777; 22. Jon Finsel (F1) 12.780; 23. Andrew Palker (57X) 12.783;
24. Kelly Kinser (4K) 12.800; 25. Jac Haudenschild (6M) 12.821; 26. Craig
Mintz (8S) 12.899; 27. Bill Rose (6R) 12.923; 28. Shane Helms (40) 12.926;
29. Alvin Roepke (99) 12.950; 30. Jimmy Stinson (84) 12.967; 31. Andy James
(72) 13.000; 32. Caleb Griffith (12G) 13.023; 33. Lee Jacobs (16) 13.047;
34. Brandon Martin (11M) 13.051; 35. Ed Neumeister (11N) 13.059; 36. Keith
Baxter (1B) 13.061; 37. John Wisbon (55W) 13.074; 38. Butch Schrader (12S)
13.075; 39. Barry Ruble (63R) 13.098; 40. Eddie Lynch (29) 13.169; 41.
Paul May (71M) 13.205; 42. Troy Vaccaro (7T) 13.218; 43. Bruce Raubenalt
(98) 13.275; 44. Aaron Middaugh (91) 13.993; 45. Rodney Duncan (53) 14.015;
46. Cody White (26) 14.325
410 SUPER SPRINTS - 46 Cars
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A): 1.Jon Agan(4J); 2.Chad Kemenah(15K); 3.Tim Hunter(2H);
4.Byron Reed(5R); 5.Nick Naber(22N); 6.Paul May(71M); 7.Greg Wilson(63);
8.Lee Jacobs(16); 9.Alvin Roepke(99); 10.Rodney Duncan(53); 11.John Wisbon(55W);
12.Jac Haudenschild(6M)
Heat 2 (Top 5 to A): 1.Todd Heller(14H); 2.Phil Gressman(70); 3.Dean
Jacobs(51); 4.Bobby Clark(8C); 5.John Ivy(20); 6.Jimmy Stinson(84); 7.Butch
Schrader(12S); 8.Jon Finsel(F1); 9.Brandon Martin(11M); 10.Troy Vaccaro(7T);
11.Craig Mintz(8S); 12.Cody White(26)
Heat 3 (Top 5 to A): 1.Mike Linder(3L); 2.Danny Smith(4); 3.Mark Keegan(X);
4.Rob Chaney(9X); 5.Jeremy Campbell(10C); 6.Barry Ruble(63R); 7.Bill Rose(6R);
8.Bruce Raubenalt(98); 9.Ed Neumeister(11N); 10.Andy James(72); 11.Andrew
Palker(57X)
Heat 4 (Top 5 to A): 1.Kelly Kinser(4K); 2.David Harrison(10); 3.Dale
Blaney(72B); 4.Brock Mayes(11B); 5.Matt Lucius(1A); 6.Keith Baxter(1B);
7.Eddie Lynch(29); 8.Shane Helms(40); 9.Caleb Griffith(12G); 10.Aaron Middaugh(91);
11.Kerry Madson(55M)
C - Main (Top 4 to B): 1.John Wisbon(55W); 2.Paul May(71M); 3.Barry
Ruble(63R); 4.Rodney Duncan(53); 5.Troy Vaccaro(7T); 6.Eddie Lynch(29);
7.Bruce Raubenalt(98); 8.Aaron Middaugh(91); 9.Cody White(26)
B - Main (Top 4 to A): 1.Greg Wilson(63); 2.Brandon Martin(11M); 3.Kerry
Madson(55M); 4.Jac Haudenschild(6M); 5.Andrew Palker(57X); 6.Paul May(71M);
7.Jimmy Stinson(84); 8.Alvin Roepke(99); 9.Bill Rose(6R); 10.Lee Jacobs(16);
11.Rodney Duncan(53); 12.John Wisbon(55W); 13.Shane Helms(40); 14.Ed Neumeister(11N);
15.Jon Finsel(F1); 16.Barry Ruble(63R); 17.Keith Baxter(1B); 18.Andy James(72);
19.Craig Mintz(8S)
A - Main (50 Laps): 1.John Ivy(20)(start-1); 2.Dale Blaney(72B)(start-3);
3.Dean Jacobs(51)(start-5); 4.Chad Kemenah(15K)(start-6); 5.Greg Wilson(63)(start-9);
6.Byron Reed(5R)(start-2); 7.Danny Smith(4)(start-4); 8.Brock Mayes(11B)(start-8);
9.Bobby Clark(8C)(start-10); 10.Jac Haudenschild(6M)(start-23); 11.Mike
Linder(3L)(start-19); 12.Kelly Kinser(4K)(start-22); 13.Rob Chaney(9X)(start-11);
14.Jeremy Campbell(10C)(start-7); 15.David Harrison(10)(start-16); 16.Kerry
Madson(55M)(start-12); 17.Jon Agan(4J)(start-13); 18.Phil Gressman(70)(start-14);
19.Todd Heller(14H)(start-18); 20.Matt Lucius(1A)(start-20); 21.Nick Naber(22N)(start-21);
22.Mark Keegan(X)(start-15); 23.Tim Hunter(2H)(start-17); 24.Brandon Martin(11M)(start-24)
305 SPRINTS - 38 Cars
Fremont Federal Credit Union Heat 1 (Top 4 to A): 1.Ryan Lowe(66L);
2.Scott Kraylek(21); 3.Brian Sebetto(72); 4.Ed Psurney(5M); 5.Scott Miller(3J);
6.Matt Merrill(39); 7.Chris Andrews(15C); 8.Jeff Daugherty(1M); 9.Andrea
Weaver(18W); 10.Matt Ferrell(67M)
Riverside Machine & Tool Heat 2 (Top 4 to A): 1.Brian Smith(20X);
2.Mike Riehl(81); 3.Jamie Miller(4M); 4.Danial Smith(17); 5.Roger Shammo(10);
6.Paul Weaver(1W); 7.Andy Shammo(48S); 8.Bryan Scott(92); 9.Mike Burkin(48B);
10.Willie Keegan(5D)
Foster Auto Body Heat 3 (Top 4 to A): 1.Brad Bowman(TA2); 2.Stuart Brubaker(17B);
3.Joe Laughtery(18); 4.Bobby Foster(91); 5.Mark Pridemore(25P); 6.Dan Hammond(22D);
7.Joe Ervin(71J); 8.Keith Whaley(34); 9.Kevin Lee(O2)
Borer Glass & Mirror Heat 4 (Top 4 to A): 1.Bill Kraylek(71); 2.Scott
Mominee(6); 3.Mark Lang(65); 4.Dustin Keegan(17X); 5.Brian Grove(8G); 6.Craig
Kays(9); 7.Vern Menkoff(23); 8.John Patynko(7P); 9.Justin Stout(7S)
COMPUTER MAN 305 DASH: 1.Brad Bowman(TA2); 2.Ryan Lowe(66L); 3.Bill
Kraylek(71); 4.Brian Smith(20X)
1st - Main (Top 2 to A): 1.Scott Miller(3J); 2.Paul Weaver(1W); 3.Roger
Shammo(10); 4.Andy Shammo(48S); 5.Matt Merrill(39); 6.Chris Andrews(15C);
7.Matt Ferrell(67M); 8.Bryan Scott(92); 9.Mike Burkin(48B); 10.Jeff Daugherty(1M);
11.Andrea Weaver(18W); 12.Willie Keegan(5D)
2nd B - Main (Top 2 to A): 1.Brian Grove(8G); 2.Craig Kays(9); 3.Vern
Menkoff(23); 4.Dan Hammond(22D); 5.Justin Stout(7S); 6.Mark Pridemore(25P);
7.John Patynko(7P); 8.Joe Ervin(71J)
A - Main (25 Laps): 1.Jamie Miller(4M)(start-6); 2.Scott Kraylek(21)(start-1);
3.Brian Smith(20X)(start-8); 4.Brian Sebetto(72)(start-7); 5.Paul Weaver(1W)(start-19);
6.Bill Kraylek(71)(start-5); 7.Scott Miller(3J)(start-17); 8.Brad Bowman(TA2)(start-2);
9.Mike Riehl(81)(start-3); 10.Ryan Lowe(66L)(start-4); 11.Ed Psurney(5M)(start-13);
12.Bobby Foster(91)(start-15); 13.Danial Smith(17)(start-14); 14.Joe Laughtery(18)(start-10);
15.Mark Lang(65)(start-9); 16.Brian Grove(8G)(start-18); 17.Stuart Brubaker(17B)(start-11);
18.Craig Kays(9)(start-20); 19.Scott Mominee(6)(start-12); 20.Dustin Keegan(17X)(start-16)
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