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Linder, Bowman,
Sabo score Fremont wins
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, May 27, 2006) - When some of the best in 410
sprint
car racing come to town it causes the local competitors to "get their
elbows
up" to defend their home turf. Such was the case on Legendz Sports
Bar Night
at Fremont Speedway Saturday.
Defending Fremont Speedway champion Mike Linder bested a strong field
of
Fort Ball Pizza 410 sprints, including former World of Outlaws champion
and
National Sprint Tour regular Danny "The Dude" Lasoski and NST regular
Shane
Stewart along with All Star Circuit of Champions point leader Greg
Wilson
and former All Star champion Dale Blaney.
In the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature, Shelby, Ohio's
Brad
Bowman raced to his second career victory.
It was a busy night for the Coors Light Dirt Trucks as they ran a make-up
feature from the April 22 rainout along with their regular show. Fremont's
Steve Sabo took the win in both features in thrilling fashion.
In the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, pole sitter Bryan Scott jumped into
the
early lead, with Brock Mayes, Todd Heller, Bobby Clark, Linder and
Lasoski
in tow. By lap three, Scott led over Mayes, with Linder moving into
third.
The red would stop action on lap three when David Harrison took a nasty
tumble in turn three (he was uninjured).
The field got another lap in before the yellow would fall for Craig
Mintz.
Scott would continue to lead when he hit lapped traffic at the half-way
point. Linder, utilizing the high side, would pull beside Scott on
lap 15
and take the lead exiting turn four a lap later.
Linder would cruise to his second win of the year, with Scott taking
second,
Dale Blaney third, Brock Mayes fourth and Lasoski finishing fifth.
"When you pull in the pits and see that Beef Packers 83 car you know
you'd
better get your elbows up," said an exhausted Linder. "The track was
racey
and pretty tough tonight. I have to thank my crew, Steve Linder, Richard
Sabastian, Cody White, Harvey Davis and all my sponsors, Beaverdam
contracting Wollenslagel Moving, Slammers Sports Bar....I've said it
before...this is a dream come true to race and win at Fremont...this
is
where we all grew up."
In the 305 main, Bowman jumped into the lead from his pole starting
spot
with Bill Kraylek in tow. Bowmancould not get away from Kraylek who
hounded
him the entire 25 laps and closed when they hit lapped traffic by lap
10. By
lap 16, Bowman lead over Kraylek, Andy Shamo and Chris Andrews, who
had
started 20th. The only caution would fall on lap 20, which gave Bowman
a
clear track and he went on to his second career victory over Kraylek,
Andrews, Shammo and Bobby Foster.
"My crew signaled for me to go to the bottom in one and two on that
restart
and it helped me a ton," said Bowman beside his Cleveland Golf sponsored
#55.
In the dirt truck make-up feature, Sabo edged Craig Huffman by a bumper
at
the checkered. In the regular night's feature, Sabo and Danny Roepke
raced
door to door, rubbing sheet metal the last five laps before Sabo would
claim
the win, his 24th career victory, moving him into a tie for 14th on
the
all-time feature win list with Johnny Beaber.
"Those were some pretty exciting finishes...I've lost by a bumper before,"
said Sabo beside his Progressive Iron and Metal sponsored truck. "Danny
is a
good racer and we raced hard. We rubbed a little bit, bu that's for
the
lead."
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Monday, May 29 as True Value
Hardware of Woodville presents the Sunoco American Late Model Series
along
with the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 sprints and the Coors Light
Dirt
Trucks. Gates open at 3:30 p.m. with racing slated to get underway
at 6:30
p.m.
The "New" Fremont Speedway
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 2-Dale Blaney, 13.12; 2. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.14; 3. 55-Brian Smith,
13.25;
4. 83-Danny Lasoski, 13.25; 5. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.28; 6. 1R-Phil Gressman,
13.32; 7. 10-David Harrison, 13.36; 8. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.48; 9. 8C-Bobby
Clark, 13.50; 10. 99-Alvin Roepke, 13.61; 11. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.61;
12.
12-Caleb Griffith, 13.65; 13. 37Z-Bryan Scott, 13.65; 14. 26-Shane
Stewart,
13.65; 15. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.69; 16. 7B-Jamie Miller, 13.71; 17. 31-Chuck
Wilson, 13.74; 18. X-Mark Keegan, 13.74; 19. 53-John Ivy, 13.84; 20.
4N-Niel
Shepard, 13.88; 21. 45-Bryan Grove, 13.94; 22. W20-Greg Wilson, 14.06;
23.
8S-Craig Mintz, 14.08; 24. 5B-Chad Blonde, 14.10; 25. 10S-Roger Shammo,
14.11; 26. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 14.15; 27. 2H-Tim Hunter, 14.15; 28. K-Andrew
Palker, 14.24; 29. 91-Aaron Middaugh, 14.31; 30. 48-Mike Burkin, 14.44;
31.
27-Scott Euler, 14.45; 32. 11M-Brandon Martin, 14.45; 33. 48B-Bill
Shaw,
14.47; 34. O-Ben Rutan, 14.53; 35. 4U-Rick Boughan, 14.54; 36. 97S-Aaron
Shaffer, 14.74; 37. 2N-Jac Neville, 14.79; 38. 24-Jeremy Keegan, 15.58
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8C-Bobby Clark; 2. 3L-Mike Linder; 3. 2-Dale Blaney; 4. 37Z-Bryan
Scott;
5. 31-Chuck Wilson; 6. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 7. 10S-Roger Shammo; 8. 2N-Jac
Neville; 9. 45-Bryan Grove; 10. 48B-Bill Shaw
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. W20-Greg Wilson; 2. X-Mark Keegan; 3. 26-Shane Stewart; 4. 99-Alvin
Roepke; 5. 5R-Byron Reed; 6. O-Ben Rutan; 7. 1R-Phil Gressman; 8. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro; 9. 48-Mike Burkin; 10. 24-Jeremy Keegan
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 53-John Ivy; 2. 14H-Todd Heller; 3. 8S-Craig Mintz; 4. 16-Lee Jacobs;
5.
10-David Harrison; 6. 2H-Tim Hunter; 7. 55-Brian Smith; 8. 4U-Rick
Boughan;
9. 27-Scott Euler
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5B-Chad Blonde; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 83-Danny Lasoski; 4. 11M-Brandon
Martin; 5. 12-Caleb Griffith; 6. 4N-Niel Shepard; 7. K-Andrew Palker;
8.
7B-Jamie Miller; 9. 97S-Aaron Shaffer
B-main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 55-Brian Smith; 2. 10-David Harrison; 3. 1R-Phil Gressman; 4. 5R-Byron
Reed; 5. 7B-Jamie Miller; 6. 2H-Tim Hunter; 7. 31-Chuck Wilson; 8.
7T-Troy
Vaccaro; 9. O-Ben Rutan; 10. 27-Scott Euler; 11. 48-Mike Burkin; 12.
45-Bryan Grove; 13. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 14. 4U-Rick Boughan; 15. K-Andrew
Palker; 16. 10S-Roger Shammo; 17. 2N-Jac Neville; 18. 4N-Niel Shepard;
19.
24-Jeremy Keegan; 20. 48B-Bill Shaw; 21. 12-Caleb Griffith
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position []
1. 3L-Mike Linder[6]; 2. 37Z-Bryan Scott[1]; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[8]; 4.
11B-Brock Mayes[5]; 5. 83-Danny Lasoski[7]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson[17];
7.
8C-Bobby Clark[4]; 8. 14H-Todd Heller[2]; 9. 26-Shane Stewart[13];
10.
16-Lee Jacobs[14]; 11. 5B-Chad Blonde[19]; 12. 5R-Byron Reed[9]; 13.
11M-Brandon Martin[20]; 14. X-Mark Keegan[15]; 15. 99-Alvin Roepke[3];
16.
55-Brian Smith[10]; 17. 53-John Ivy[16]; 18. 1R-Phil Gressman[11];
19.
8S-Craig Mintz[18]; 20. 10-David Harrison[12]
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 29-Chris Lang; 3. 14-Chad Wilson; 4. 35-Stuart
Brubaker; 5. 49-Coty Runion; 6. 7-Brad Haudenschild; 7. 55S-Benny Bowman;
8.
5T-Jim Taddeo; 9. 83D-Noah Wagner; 10. 1W-Paul Weaver
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 3J-Bobby Foster; 3. 62C-Bob Dawson; 4. 65-Mark
Lang;
5. 9-Craig Kays; 6. 11-Shawn Colvin; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond; 8. 31-Chad
Gullett;
9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 10. 18C-Jason Crispen
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo; 3. 3X-Greg Summit; 4. 15-A.J.
Sleek;
5. O7-Scott Mominee; 6. 21-Scott Kraylek; 7. O2-Kevin Lee; 8. 19R-Steve
Rando; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews; 10. 17X-Dustin Keegan
Heat 4 - Computer Man Inc. (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 55-Brad Bowman; 3. 9H-Josh Hill; 4. 5D-Willie
Keegan;
5. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 6. 23-Vern Menkhoff; 7. 39-Matt Merrill; 8.
67M-Matt
Ferrell; 9. 32-Bill Chambers; 10. 34-Mark Whaley
Dash - Reco Equipment Inc. (4 laps)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan; 3. 18-Todd Heuerman; 4. 15-A.J.
Sleek; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek
B1 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 9-Craig Kays; 3. 49-Coty Runion; 4. 11-Shawn
Colvin;
5. 55S-Benny Bowman; 6. 7-Brad Haudenschild; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki;
8.
22D-Dan Hammond; 9. 5T-Jim Taddeo; 10. 31-Chad Gullett; 11. 83D-Noah
Wagner;
12. 18C-Jason Crispen
B2 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. O2-Kevin Lee; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews; 3. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 4. O7-Scott
Mominee; 5. 19R-Steve Rando; 6. 23-Vern Menkhoff; 7. 17X-Dustin Keegan;
8.
67M-Matt Ferrell; 9. 32-Bill Chambers; 10. 34-Mark Whaley; 11. 39-Matt
Merrill; 12. 21-Scott Kraylek
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 55-Brad Bowman[1]; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek[2]; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews[20];
4.
48S-Andy Shammo[8]; 5. 3J-Bobby Foster[9]; 6. 18-Todd Heuerman[10];
7.
15-A.J. Sleek[15]; 8. 14-Chad Wilson[3]; 9. 9H-Josh Hill[5]; 10. 62C-Bob
Dawson[4]; 11. 9-Craig Kays[19]; 12. 35-Stuart Brubaker[13]; 13. O2-Kevin
Lee[18]; 14. 3X-Greg Summit[11]; 15. 5D-Willie Keegan[16]; 16. 1W-Paul
Weaver[17]; 17. 29-Chris Lang[7]; 18. 5-Dustin Dinan[12]; 19. 65-Mark
Lang[14]; 20. O1-Bryan Sebetto[6]
Coors Light Dirt Trucks (Make up from 4-22-06 rainout)
B1-Main (7 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 18-Jim Ward; 2. 29-Ron Bordner; 3. 34-Aaron Schatzinger; 4. 92-Loren
Schwochow; 5. 8-Steve Endicott; 6. 78-Dave Brewer; 7. 52-Tim Schatzinger;
8.
5W-Ralph Willey; 9. 7B-Dave Bryant; 10. 20-Darren Dukeshire; 11. 21-Fred
Guiher
B2-main (7 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 37-Eric Devanna; 2. 30-Dave Gibbs; 3. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 4. 62-Dave
Severs; 5. 83B-Jeff Borys; 6. 14-Scott Beard; 7. 12-Kyle Dukeshire;
8.
7C-Codey Renfro; 9. 17-Bob Dible; 10. 92B-Jim Brewer
A-main (15 laps) Starting Position []
1. 16-Steve Sabo[6]; 2. 98-Craig Hoffman[1]; 3. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[3];
4.
39-Dwight Waltermier[4]; 5. 53-Dan Roepke[11]; 6. 33-Brian Arnold[12];
7.
18W-Corey Ward[8]; 8. 28-Shawn Valenti[10]; 9. 45-Tim Adams Jr.[13];
10.
5-Jim Mcgrath[7]; 11. 2R-Ron Kepling[14]; 12. 3R-Chuck Roelle[5]; 13.
18-Jim
Ward[17]; 14. 29-Ron Bordner[19]; 15. 69-Mark Warnick[15]; 16. 37-Eric
Devanna[18]; 17. O1-Art Ball[2]; 18. 30-Dave Gibbs[20]; 19. 4X-Brian
Sorg[16] 20. 22-Todd Keegan (DNS)
Coors Light Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 18-Jim Ward; 4. 5-Jim Mcgrath;
5.
98-Craig Hoffman; 6. 18W-Cory Ward; 7. 7B-Dave Bryant; 8. 14-Scott
Beard; 9.
21R-Ryan Bloom
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 40-Bobby Davis; 2. 34-Aaron Schatzinger; 3. 69-Mark Warnick; 4.
30-Dave
Gibbs; 5. 6-Linda Sabo; 6. 96-James McClure II; 7. 2R-Ron Kepling;
8.
4X-Brian Sorg; 9. 55B-Bill Bruen
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 33-Brian Arnold; 2. 20-Darren Dukeshire; 3. 16-Steve Sabo; 4. 19-Jimmy
Sebetto; 5. 23M-Brad Mitten; 6. O7-John Harmon; 7. 29-Ron Bordner;
8.
3R-Chuck Roelle; 9. 52-Tim Schatzinger; 10. 12A-Jamie Adams; 11. 92-Loren
Schwochow
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 53-Dan Roepke; 2. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 3. 45-Tim Adams Jr.; 4.
28-Shawn
Valenti; 5. 78-Dave Brewer; 6. 92B-Jim Brewer; 7. 62-Dave Severs; 8.
5W-Ralph Willey; 9. 8-Steve Endicott; 10. 83B-Jeff Borys; 11. 17-Bob
Dible
B1-Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 2R-Ron Kepling; 3. 98-Craig Hoffman; 4. 4X-Brian
Sorg;
5. 6-Linda Sabo; 6. 21R-Ryan Bloom; 7. 7B-Dave Bryant; 8. 55B-Bill
Bruen; 9.
14-Scott Beard; 10. 96-James McClure II
B2-main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 29-Ron Bordner; 2. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 5W-Ralph
Willey; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 62-Dave Severs; 7. 92B-Jim Brewer;
8.
78-Dave Brewer; 9. O7-John Harmon; 10. 83B-Jeff Borys; 11. 23M-Brad
Mitten;
12. 52-Tim Schatzinger
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position []
1. 16-Steve Sabo[11]; 2. 33-Brian Arnold[9]; 3. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[10];
4.
34-Aaron Schatzinger[7]; 5. O1-Art Ball[5]; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs[14]; 7.
53-Dan
Roepke[3]; 8. 5-Jim Mcgrath[13]; 9. 40-Bobby Davis[8]; 10. 18W-Cory
Ward[17]; 11. 3R-Chuck Roelle[20]; 12. 69-Mark Warnick[2]; 13. 20-Darren
Dukeshire[6]; 14. 29-Ron Bordner[18]; 15. 2R-Ron Kepling[19]; 16. 18-Jim
Ward[1]; 17. 28-Shawn Valenti[16]; 18. 45-Tim Adams Jr.[4]; 19. 19-Jimmy
Sebetto[15]; 20. 39-Dwight Waltermier[12] |