By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (July 23, 2005) - Mike Linder's car was so good in the 410 sprint feature at Fremont Speedway he got a little complacent. But a slide job in turns one and two with a handful of laps remaining woke him up and he went on to pick up his third feature win of the season on Schiets Motors Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki Night.
 
"Byron probably doesn't want to hear this, but he woke me up. I was driving around there and got a little lazy in the corners. When he slid by me, I woke up and moved back up on the cushion and we got fast again," said Linder beside his Beaverdam Contracting sprinter. "It helps to start up front here...the competition is so tough. The 16 car (Lee Jacobs) was fast...I don't know if we could have beat him, but something broke and here we are."
 
After a red flag for a Brian Smith tip-over on the initial start, Jacobs powered to the early lead in the 410 main. Jacobs tagged the front stretch wall on lap four, causing front end damage and ending his night. Linder cruised into the lead from his outside front row starting spot over Reed, Bobby Clark and Mark Keegan. The yellow flew on lap nine for Bryan Sebetto with the running order Linder, Reed, Clark, Craig Mintz and Keegan. Action was halted on lap 11 for a Todd Heller tip over. On the restart, Linder set sail around the outside rip. Linder got caught up in lapped traffic by lap 18, allowing Reed to close. Linder and Reed rain side by side for a few laps until Reed's classic slide job going into turn one on lap 24. Linder turned down and regained the lead exiting turn two and went on to the win which put him back into the season long point lead.
 
Reed came home second to hand his son Sammy a nice fourth birthday present, with Clark finishing thired, Mintz fourth and Alvin Roepke rounding out the top five.
 
Fremont's Paul Weaver's patience paid off in the 305 sprint feature. He hounded early leader Ryan Lowe until Lowe slipped up in turn two on lap 18, and Weaver drove low and on to the win, his second of the 2005 at "The Track That Action Built."
 
Lowe jumped into the lead at the drop of the green and used the middle groove to hold off first Jeremy Durst, and then Weaver, who drove in Lowe's tire tracks from lap 4 until taking the lead on lap 18 of the 25-lap affair.
 
Weaver took the win over Durst, Lowe, Scott Kraylek and Bill Kraylek.
 
"I had to be patient... he (Lowe) was slowest in my fastest part of the race track, getting off the turns," said Weaver beside his Weaver-Koonce Construction, Ace Engines sponsored sprinter. "I have to thank Dee Genzman...he owns this whole thing. We got this old car from Byron Reed a couple of weeks ago after we destroyed our other car and it's been fast."
 
Clyde's Jim McGrath scored his first career feature win at Fremont Speedway in the Coors Light Dirt Trucks over Bobby Davis, Brian Arnold, Dwight Waltermeier and Cory Ward.
 
"I have to thank Mark Keegan. He helped us figure out this truck and we're really fast on the high side," said McGrath beside his B&K Auto Services sponsored truck. "
 
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, July 30 for Pepsi Presents the Chuck Kear Memorial-Fremont 50. The 410 sprints will run a 50-lap feature for $5,000 to win. The 305 sprints will be split into two complete fields by odds and evens in the point standings, with all 305s running an A-main. All feature event cars in both divisions will also share in over $25,000 in manufacturer's parts.
 
Fremont Federal Credit Union 410 Qualifying (Track Record 11.732 - Lee Jacobs, May 3, 2003)
1. K-Andrew Palker, 13.29; 2. X-Mark Keegan, 13.35; 3. 8C-Bobby Clark, 13.39; 4. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.41; 5. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.50; 6. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.51; 7. 3-Jason Dukes, 13.53; 8. 8S-Craig Mintz, 13.58; 9. 9X-Rob Chaney, 13.64; 10. 10-David Harrison, 13.65; 11. 55-Brian Smith, 13.84; 12. 7B-Bryan Sebetto, 13.86; 13. 99-Alvin Roepke, 13.88; 14. 1A-Matt Lucius, 13.92; 15. 5I-John Ivy, 13.95; 16. 21-Rodney Morgan, 14.03; 17. 14H-Todd Heller, 14.08; 18. 46-Ryan Coniam, 14.09; 19. 27-Scott Euler, 14.14; 20. 98-Bruce Robenalt, 14.22; 21. 59-Jim Linder, 14.31; 22. 26-Cody White, 14.32; 23. 47-Shane Helms, 14.72; 24. 48B-Bill Shaw, 15.00; 25. 11M-Brandon Martin, 15.12; 26. 11-Bill Underwood, NT 

410 SUPER SPRINTS - 26 Cars
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A):
1. 3-Jason Dukes; 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3. 99-Alvin Roepke; 4. 10-David Harrison; 5. K-Andrew Palker; 6. 21-Rodney Morgan; 7. 27-Scott Euler; 8. 26-Cody White; 9. 11M-Brandon Martin
 
Heat 2 (Top 5 to A):
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. 55-Brian Smith; 3. 8S-Craig Mintz; 4. 3L-Mike Linder; 5. X-Mark Keegan; 6. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 7. 1A-Matt Lucius; 8. 47-Shane Helms; 9. 11-Bill Underwood
 
Heat 3 (Top 5 to A):
1. 5I-John Ivy; 2. 7B-Bryan Sebetto; 3. 16-Lee Jacobs; 4. 8C-Bobby Clark; 5. 46-Ryan Coniam; 6. 9X-Rob Chaney; 7. 59-Jim Linder 
 
B - Main  (Top 5 to A): 
1. 9X-Rob Chaney; 2. 21-Rodney Morgan; 3. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 4. 11M-Brandon Martin; 5. 47-Shane Helms; 6. 27-Scott Euler; 7. 1A-Matt Lucius; 8. 59-Jim Linder; 9. 11-Bill Underwood

A - Main  (30 Laps) [Starting Position]:
1. 3L-Mike Linder[2]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[3]; 3. 8C-Bobby Clark[4]; 4. 8S-Craig Mintz[8]; 5. 99-Alvin Roepke[13]; 6. K-Andrew Palker[6]; 7. 5I-John Ivy[14]; 8. 3-Jason Dukes[7]; 9. X-Mark Keegan[5]; 10. 10-David Harrison[10]; 11. 9X-Rob Chaney[9]; 12. 46-Ryan Coniam[17]; 13. 11M-Brandon Martin[20]; 14. 47-Shane Helms[19]; 15. 21-Rodney Morgan[15]; 16. 7B-Bryan Sebetto[12]; 17. 14H-Todd Heller[16]; 18. 98-Bruce Raubenalt[18]; 19. 16-Lee Jacobs[1]; 20. 55-Brian Smith[11]
 
305 SPRINTS - 33 Cars
Fremont Federal Credit Union Heat 1 (Top 4 to A):
1. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. O2-Kevin Lee; 4. 39-Matt Merrill; 5. 95-Jason Hill; 6. 65-Mark Lang; 7. 9H-Josh Hill; 8. 8K-Barry Cole; 9. 72-Daniel Smith
 
Riverside Machine & Tool Heat 2 (Top 4 to A):
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 55-Brad Bowman; 3. 27-Jeremy Durst; 4. 3J-Bobby Foster; 5. 2-Jerrid Potter; 6. 34-Mark Whaley; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 8. 23-Vern Menkoff
 
Foster Auto Body Heat 3 (Top 4 to A):
1. 37Z-Bryan Scott; 2. 21-Scott Kraylek; 3. 49-Coty Runion; 4. 10-Roger Shammo; 5. 5D-Willie Keegan; 6. 9-Craig Kays; 7. 15C-Chris Andrews; 8. O7-Scott Mominee
 
Real Geese  Heat 4 (Top 4 to A):
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver; 3. 19R-Steve Rando; 4. 15-A.J. Sleek; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond; 7. 44-Paul Hemrick Jr.; 8. 12-Brett Lane
 
COMPUTER MAN 305 DASH: 1. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 2. 37Z-Bryan Scott; 3. 48S-Andy Shammo; 4. 5-Dustin Dinan; 5. 39-Matt Merrill
 
1st B - Main  (Top 2 to A): 
1. 2-Jerrid Potter; 2. 8K-Barry Cole; 3. 65-Mark Lang; 4. 9H-Josh Hill; 5. 95-Jason Hill; 6. 34-Mark Whaley; 7. 23-Vern Menkoff; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker

2nd B - Main  (Top 2 to A): 
1. 5D-Willie Keegan; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 3. O7-Scott Mominee; 4. 9-Craig Kays; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond; 7. 44-Paul Hemrick Jr.; 8. 12-Brett Lane

A - Main  (25 Laps) [Starting Position]:
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[9]; 2. 27-Jeremy Durst[5]; 3. 66L-Ryan Lowe[1]; 4. 21-Scott Kraylek[6]; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek[7]; 6. 19R-Steve Rando[12]; 7. 55-Brad Bowman[3]; 8. 10-Roger Shammo[15]; 9. 48S-Andy Shammo[8]; 10. 49-Coty Runion[4]; 11. 5D-Willie Keegan[16]; 12. 3J-Bobby Foster[14]; 13. 8K-Barry Cole[19]; 14. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[18]; 15. 2-Jerrid Potter[17]; 16. 5-Dustin Dinan[11]; 17. O2-Kevin Lee[2]; 18. 39-Matt Merrill[13]; 19. 37Z-Bryan Scott[10]; 15-A.J. Sleek [DNS]
 
COORS LIGHT DIRT TRUCKS - 40 Trucks
Heat 1 (Top 4 to A):
1. 69-Mark Warnick; 2. 40-Bobby Davis; 3. 18W-Cory Ward; 4. O1-Art Ball; 5. 10A-Andy Maynard; 6. 83-Kevin Steyer; 7. 29-Ron Bordner; 8. 22-Todd Keegan; 9. 92B-David Brewer
 
Heat 2 (Top 4 to A):
1. 53-Dan Roepke; 2. 4X-Brian Sorg; 3. 12A-Jaime Adams; 4. 17-Bob Dible; 5. 8-Steve Endicott; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs; 7. 97-Ricky Potts; 8. 14-Scott Beard; 9. 38-Paul Dymond
 
Heat 3 (Top 4 to A):
1. 33-Brian Arnold; 2. 10J-Jim Welty; 3. 20-Darren Dukeshire; 4. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 5. 34-Aaron Shetzinger; 6. 5W-Ralph Willey; 7. 37-Eric DeVanna; 8. 45-Tim Adams Jr.; 9. P51-Paul Brown Jr.
 
Heat 4 (Top 4 to A):
1. 5-Jim McGrath; 2. 16-Steve Sabo; 3. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 4. 98-Craig Hoffman; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 12-Kyle Dukeshire; 7. O7-Greg Harmon; 8. 2R-Ron Kepling
 
1st B - Main  (Top 2 to A): 
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 10A-Andy Maynard; 3. 29-Ron Bordner; 4. 30-Dave Gibbs; 5. 38-Paul Dymond; 6. 22-Todd Keegan; 7. 92B-David Brewer; 8. 97-Ricky Potts; 9. 14-Scott Beard; 10. 83-Kevin Steyer

2nd B - Main  (Top 2 to A): 
1. 2R-Ron Kepling; 2. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 3. 37-Eric DeVanna; 4. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 5. 34-Aaron Shetzinger; 6. 21R-Ryan Bloom; 7. 12-Kyle Dukeshire; 8. 92-Loren Schwochow; 9. 5W-Ralph Willey; 10. 45-Tim Adams Jr.; 11. 19-James Sebetto
 
A - Main  (20 Laps) [Starting Position]:
1. 5-Jim McGrath[3]; 2. 40-Bobby Davis[6]; 3. 33-Brian Arnold[5]; 4. 39-Dwight Waltermier[2]; 5. 18W-Cory Ward[1]; 6. 17-Bob Dible[14]; 7. O1-Art Ball[13]; 8. 69-Mark Warnick[9]; 9. 8-Steve Endicott[17]; 10. 10J-Jim Welty[4]; 11. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[15]; 12. 10A-Andy Maynard[19]; 13. 4X-Brian Sorg[11]; 14. 20-Darren Dukeshire[10]; 15. 98-Craig Hoffman[16]; 16. 3R-Chuck Roelle[20]; 17. 2R-Ron Kepling[18]; 18. 53-Dan Roepke[7]; 19. 16-Steve Sabo[8]; 20. 12A-Jaime Adams[12]