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Reed,
Scott, Roepke heat up cold night at Fremont
By Brian
Liskai
Fremont,
Ohio (May 18) - With nearly all area race tracks raining
out, Fremont Speedway's pits were jammed with 51 super sprints
Saturday night. Monclova, Ohio's Byron Reed heated up the
chilly night by posting his first feature win of the 2002
season. Defending track champion Bryan Scott picked up his
first feature win at Fremont for 2002 in the 305 sprints,
with Danny Roepke picking up the win in the dirt truck main.
Reed
lead all 30 laps of the Fremont Fence 410 sprint feature,
surviving two reds (David Harrison on lap two and Shawn
Chaney and Butch Schroeder on lap 26. Behind Reed on the
super fast track at the checkered was a hard-charging Shane
Stewart, who started 15th, Chad Kemenah, up from eighth,
Rob Chaney and Travis Rilat, who started 16th.
"I
want to thank Jim Ford (Fremont promoter) for racing tonight.
You fans are great...you are real die-hards to be out here
supporting us in this cold," said Reed standing beside
his Reebar Diecasting sprinter. "The track was a little
too fast tonight...it made it hard to pass. We've struggled
this year and crashed a few times. Hopefully this will get
us going for next week when the All Stars come to Fremont."
In the
305 sprint A-main, Bryan Scott led all 25 laps, but nearly
got taken out with a lap to go by a lapped car. Behind Scott
at the checkered were Matt Karbler, Scott Kraylek, Dave
Saxer and Dustin Keegan.
In the
dirt trucks, 2000 track champion Dan Roepke worked his way
to the front from sixth starting spot to score the win over
early leader Rob Boutwell, Jay Boyd, Bruce Beard and Jeff
Dougherty.
Memorial
Day weekend will be a busy one for "The Track That
Action Built," with the All Star Circuit of Champions
making their 2002 debut at Fremont, on Saturday, May 25,
with the Budweiser 40 paying $6,000 to win and $500 to start
the 410 A-main. Then on Memorial Day, May 27, the ALMS Late
Models will be on hand during True Value Hardware of Woodville
night.
410
Sprints:
Heat
1 (top 3 to A): 1. Barry Ruble (63); 2. Butch Schroeder
(9x); 3. Doug Berryman (1); 4. Dean Jacobs (34); 5. Rodney
Duncan (22).
Heat
2 (top 3 to A): 1. Byron Reed (5); 2. Chad Kemenah (15k);
3. Kevin Huntley (9h); 4. Mark Keegan (92); 5. Bill Shaw
(48B)
Heat
3 (top 3 to A): 1. Alvin Roepke (99); 2. Phil Gressman (2);
3. Shawn Chaney (27C); 4. Travis Rilat (1A); 5. Greg Wilson
(63).
Heat
4 (top 3 to A): 1. Brian Smith (16); 2. Jason Dukes (3);
3. David Harrison (44); 4. Jeremy Campbell (10C); 5. Ed
Neumeister (11n).
Heat
5 (top 3 to A): 1. Bobby Clark (8c); 2. Rob Chaney (29);
3. Shane Stewart (8h); 4. Troy Vaccaro (7t); 5. Brandon
Martin (11).
C-Main
(top 5 to B): 1. Todd Kane (78); 2. Bruce Robenalt (98);
3. Mike Lutz (77); 4. Jim Linder (X); 5. Ronnie Beale (3B);
6. Scott Euler (97); 7. Bobby Distel (18); 8. Bob Lime (91);
9. Chad Blonde (5); 10. Roger Campbell Jr. (ZL1); 11. Eric
Spencer (3E); 12. Jim Dayton (2x); 13. Jeremy Keegan (24);
14. John Wisbon (12); 15. Chuck Wilson (31).
B-Main
(top 5 to A): 1. Travis Rilat; 2. Dean Jacobs; 3. Jeremy
Campbell; 4. Greg Wilson; 5. Mark Keegan; 6. Jody Keegan;
7. Todd Kane; 8. Brandon Martin; 9. Rodney Duncan; 10. Troy
Vaccaro; 11. Lee Jacobs; 12. Jeff Rankin; 13. Ed Neumeister;
14. Bill Shaw; 15. Mike Lutz; 16. Andrew Palker; 17. Bruce
Robenalt; 18. Jim Linder; 19. Bob Thohms.
A-Main
(30 laps): 1. Byron Reed; 2. Shane Stewart; 3. Chad Kemenah;
4. Rob Chaney; 5. Travis Rilat; 6. Kevin Huntley; 7. Greg
Wilson; 8. Dean Jacobs; 9. Jeremy Campbell; 10. Brian Smith;
11. Alvin Roepke; 12. Jason Dukes; 13. Barry Ruble; 14.
Shawn Chaney; 15. Butch Schroeder; 16. Doug Berryman; 17.
Bobby Clark; 18. Phil Gressman; 19. Mark Keegan; 20. David
Harrison.
305
SPRINTS:
Heat
1 (top 4 to A): 1. Brock Mayes; 2. Scott Kraylek; 3. Matt
Molnar; 4. Bill Kraylek; 5. Paul Hemrick Jr.
Heat
2 (top 4 to A): 1. Jeremy Durst; 2. Dustin Keegan; 3. Dave
Saxer; 4. Ed Psuerny; 5. Matt Merrill.
Heat
3 (top 4 to A): 1. Brian Sebetto; 2. Roger Shammo; 3. Matt
Karbler; 4. Craig Mintz; 5. Rick Ridenbaugh.
Heat
4 (top 4 to A): 1. Bryan Scott; 2. Josh Hill; 3. Mike Oberdorf;
4. Chad Laux; 5. Joe Keegan.
B-Main
(top 4 to A): 1. Matt Merrill; 2. Joe Keegan; 3. Caleb Griffith;
4. Rick Ridenbaugh; 5. Greg Lowe; 6. Chris Lang; 7. Paul
Hemrick; 8. Steve Edwards; 9. Ron Bordner; 10. Jim Moore;
11. Jamie Miller; 12. Jerrid Potter; 13. Dan Hammond; 14.
Mark Lang.
A-Main
(25 laps): 1. Bryan Scott; 2. Matt Karbler; 3. Scott Kraylek;
4. Dave Saxer; 5. Dustin Keegan; 6. Josh Hill; 7. Craig
Mintz; 8. Roger Shammo; 9. Bryan Sebetto; 10. Chad Laux;
11. Bill Kraylek; 12. Ed Psuerny; 13. Matt Merrill; 14.
Rick Ridenbaugh; 15. Mike Oberdorf; 16. Caleb Griffith;
17. Jeremy Durst; 18. Matt Molnar; 19. Joe Keegen; 20. Brock
Mayes.
DIRT
TRUCKS:
Heat
1 (top 4 to A): 1. Jeff Dougherty; 2. Dan Roepke; 3. Jay
Boyd; 4. Ron Kepling; 5. Tim Hartman.
Heat
2 (top 4 to A); 1. Rob Boutwell; 2. Mike Porter; 3. Bob
Dible; 4. Bryan Lehmann; 5. Bruce Beard.
Heat
3 (top 4 to A): 1. Bobby Davis; 2. Andy Maynard; 3. Steve
Rando; 4. Jason Crispen; 5. Joe Hartlaub.
Heat
4 (top 4 to A): 1. Brian Arnold; 2. John Rhoads; 3. Steve
Sabo; 4. Ralph Willey; 5. Jim McGrath.
B-Main
(top 4 to A): 1. Steve Endicott; 2. Bruce Beard; 3. Joe
Hartlaub; 4. Todd Keegan; 5. Jim McGlosky; 6. Greg Harmon;
7. Rex Haubert; 8. Dave Gibbs; 9. Linda Sabo; 10. Joe Jurovick;
11. Jim McGrath; 12. Wade Starr; 13. L.J. Connors.
A-Main
(15 laps): 1. Dan Roepke; 2. Rob Boutwell; 3. Jay Boyd;
4. Bruce Beard; 5. Jeff Dougherty; 6. Steve Sabo; 7. Bobby
Davis; 8. Bob Dible; 9. Mike Porter; 10. John Rhoads; 11.
Ron Kepling; 12. Todd Keegan; 13. Andy Maynard; 14. Jason
Crispen; 15. Steve Rando; 16. Jim McGlosky; 17. Brian Arnold;
18. Ralph Willey; 19. Steve Endicott; 20. Bryan Lehmann.
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