By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio  (Saturday, June 24, 2006) - To say Craig Mintz has struggled this year is a big understatement. However, the Gibsonburg driver found a way to put his troubles behind him on Baumann Auto Group Night at Fremont Speedway to score his first win of the season in the Fort Ball Pizza 410 Sprints.

Fremont's Paul Weaver scored his third victory of the year at "The Track That Action Built"  in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints. It was the 16th of his career at Fremont Speedway.

The Coors Light Dirt Truck feature was once again a barn-burner, as it came down to the last two turns on the last lap before Steve Endicott would pull off his first win of the season, the second of his career.

"I have to thank everyone for sticking with me...we have struggled so bad and my confidence was pretty low, but they kept plugging away and told me it would be alright," said Mintz beside his Browning Ammunition, Keller Chevrolet, Tiffin Eye Care Center sponsored sprinter. "I don't know what happened to Brian (Smith)...I saw a car go high and when we came around he was sitting sideways. It would have been a heck of a race between us and David Harrison for the win."

"The race track was awesome...Randy Ford and everyone did an excellent job. The high side was great and my crew had the car so good I could run it in as hard as I wanted to and it would stick," said Weaver beside his Levell Performance, Weaver-Koonce Construction  sponsored #1W. "I have to thank Dee Genzman and his family for all their help and for my crew and my wife, who wasn't here because she was off running go-karts."

"I saw Danny (Roepke) and Steve (Sabo) racing side by side and rubbing on each other down the back stretch. I figured if I could stay high and out of trouble I had a chance," said Endicott beside his Bob's Machine sponsored #8. "We finally figured this truck out...it likes the high side. Hopefully we can string a couple of these wins together now."

Mintz and his family and friends bought the team over the winter, and had troubles finding the handling on the 410 sprinter all season. A good pill draw and qualifying effort and a decent heat race run put Mintz' #8s on the outside front row of the feature.

It took three starts before the feature would get underway, as a Scott Euler spin and then a Jamie Miller flip slowed the action. Mintz grabbed the lead on the third start with Brian Smith and Bobby Clark in tow. Mintz and Smith would race side by side for the next nine laps before Smith would rocket off the bottom of turn two to take the lead. He would continue to lead with Mintz right on his bumper, with the battle for third between Clark and David Harrison.

At the halfway mark of the 30-lap feature, it was Smith, Mintz, Harrison, Clark and John Ivy. Not much changed when the leaders hit lapped traffic on lap 19, as Harrison began to pressure Mintz for second.

Disaster would strike for Smith on lap 27, when he hit the front stretch wall while trying to lap a car, ending his run for his first career 410 sprint feature win. Mintz would be smooth on the high side the last three laps to score his second career Fremont win. Harrison would come home second with Byron Reed, Lee Jacobs and Bobby Clark rounding out the top five.

In the 305 sprint main, Josh Hill jumped into the lead from his pole starting spot, with Matt Merrill and Dustin Dinan in tow. Sixth starting Scott Kraylek was on the move as he moved into the runner-up spot on lap 2 and took the lead from Hill the next lap.

Kraylek hit lapped traffic on lap 12, with Merrill and ninth starting Weaver moving in. The first caution would follow, with another yellow flying on the restart. When the green reappeared, Kraylek continued to leave, with Weaver shooting around Merrill for second and Brad Bowman up to fourth from his 10th starting spot. Weaver would continue his assault from the outside lane to grab the lead on lap 15 and go on to score the win over Bowman, Kraylek, Andy Shammo and Merrill.

In the truck feature, Dave Gibbs would jump into the early lead, with Endicott and Linda Sabo following close behind. Gibbs and Endicott would battle side by side until lap seven when Danny Roepke would enter the fray. Roepke would grab the lead off the bottom a lap latter and would continue to lead with action heating up for second between Endicott and 11th starting Steve Sabo. As Roepke took the white flag, Sabo would stick his front bumper under him exiting turn two, with Endicott going high. Roepke and Sabo would get together in turn three with Roepke getting spun, giving Endicott the victory.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Thursday, June 29th as Miller Beer presents leg #5 of the All Star Ohio Sprint Speedweey.

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The "New" Fremont Speedway 6-24-06
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 16-Lee Jacobs, 12.59; 2. 37Z-Bryan Scott, 12.81; 3. 53-John Ivy, 12.85; 4. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.94; 5. F1-Jon Finsel, 12.95; 6. 23-Jon Trudeau, 12.97; 7. 8C-Bobby Clark, 12.98; 8. 10-David Harrison, 13.07; 9. 8S-Craig Mintz, 13.12; 10. 55-Brian Smith, 13.17; 11. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.22; 12. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.25; 13. 12-Caleb Griffith, 13.26; 14. 1R-Phil Gressman, 13.27; 15. 27-Scott Euler, 13.28; 16. X-Mark Keegan, 13.28; 17. 10S-Roger Shammo, 13.30; 18. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.32; 19. 15M-Jamie Martin, 13.39; 20. 31-Chuck Wilson, 13.39; 21. 7B-Jamie Miller, 13.50; 22. 97-Todd King, 13.64; 23. 48-Mike Burkin, 13.66; 24. 98-Bruce Robenalt, 13.70; 25. 21-Rodney Morgan, 13.73; 26. 97S-Cory Seeling, 13.81; 27. 22D-Dennis Yoakam, 13.85; 28. 6-Mike Dussel, 13.91; 29. 99-Alvin Roepke, 14.31; 30. 83-Aaron Call, 14.95; 31. 55X-Scott Carter, 15.34; 32. 18-Scott Reily, 16.58; 33. K-Andrew Palker, NT

Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 10S-Roger Shammo; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs; 3. 7B-Jamie Miller; 4. 8S-Craig Mintz; 5. 99-Alvin Roepke; 6. F1-Jon Finsel; 7. 12-Caleb Griffith; 8. 21-Rodney Morgan

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3L-Mike Linder; 2. 1R-Phil Gressman; 3. 37Z-Bryan Scott; 4. 55-Brian Smith; 5. 97-Todd King; 6. 97S-Cory Seeling; 7. 23-Jon Trudeau; 8. 83-Aaron Call

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 53-John Ivy; 2. 8C-Bobby Clark; 3. 27-Scott Euler; 4. 48-Mike Burkin; 5. 22D-Dennis Yoakam; 6. 15M-Jamie Martin; 7. 55X-Scott Carter; 8. 14H-Todd Heller

Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 10-David Harrison; 3. 5R-Byron Reed; 4. 31-Chuck Wilson; 5. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 6. 6-Mike Dussel; 7. K-Andrew Palker; 8. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 9. 18-Scott Reily

B-main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 3. F1-Jon Finsel; 4. 12-Caleb Griffith; 5. 21-Rodney Morgan; 6. 23-Jon Trudeau; 7. 97-Todd King; 8. 22D-Dennis Yoakam; 9. 6-Mike Dussel; 10. K-Andrew Palker; 11. 99-Alvin Roepke; 12. 97S-Cory Seeling; 13. 55X-Scott Carter; 14. 83-Aaron Call; 15. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 16. 18-Scott Reily; 17. 15M-Jamie Martin

A-main  (30 laps) Starting Position []
1. 8S-Craig Mintz[2]; 2. 10-David Harrison[3]; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[5]; 4. 16-Lee Jacobs[8]; 5. 8C-Bobby Clark[4]; 6. 37Z-Bryan Scott[7]; 7. 1R-Phil Gressman[13]; 8. 3L-Mike Linder[17]; 9. X-Mark Keegan[15]; 10. 12-Caleb Griffith[12]; 11. 7T-Troy Vaccaro[11]; 12. 14H-Todd Heller[10]; 13. 10S-Roger Shammo[16]; 14. 53-John Ivy[6]; 15. 48-Mike Burkin[20]; 16. 55-Brian Smith[1]; 17. F1-Jon Finsel[9]; 18. 27-Scott Euler[14]; 19. 31-Chuck Wilson[18]; 20. 7B-Jamie Miller[19]
 

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo; 3. 5-Dustin Dinan; 4. 3J-Bobby Foster; 5. 3X-Greg Summit; 6. 31-Chad Gullett; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond; 8. 14-Chad Wilson; 9. 29-Chris Lang

Heat 2 -  R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 21-Scott Kraylek; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 3. 9H-Josh Hill; 4. 18-Todd Hierman; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 27-Stuart Brubaker; 7. O7-Scott Mominee; 8. 7-Joe Jurovick; 9. 11-Shawn Colvin

Heat 3 -  Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 49-Coty Runion; 2. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 5D-Willie Keegan; 5. O2-Kevin Lee; 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 34-Mark Whaley; 8. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh

Heat 4 -  Computer Man Inc. (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 15C-Chris Andrews; 2. 39-Matt Merrill; 3. 55-Brad Bowman; 4. 9-Craig Kays; 5. 23-Vern Menkhoff; 6. 55S-Benny Bowman; 7. 18C-Jason Crispen; 8. O1-Bryan Sebetto

Dash - Fremont Cutting Dies (4 laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 21-Scott Kraylek; 3. 49-Coty Runion; 4. 55-Brad Bowman; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews

B1 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 3X-Greg Summit; 3. 27-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 31-Chad Gullett; 5. O7-Scott Mominee; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond; 7. 29-Chris Lang; 8. 11-Shawn Colvin; 9. 7-Joe Jurovick

B2 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. O2-Kevin Lee; 3. 23-Vern Menkhoff; 4. 19R-Steve Rando; 5. 34-Mark Whaley; 6. 55S-Benny Bowman; 7. 18C-Jason Crispen 

A-main (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[9]; 2. 55-Brad Bowman[10]; 3. 21-Scott Kraylek[6]; 4. 48S-Andy Shammo[8]; 5. 39-Matt Merrill[2]; 6. O1-Bryan Sebetto[17]; 7. 9H-Josh Hill[1]; 8. 5D-Willie Keegan[14]; 9. 18-Todd Hierman[13]; 10. 15C-Chris Andrews[7]; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3]; 12. O2-Kevin Lee[19]; 13. 71-Bill Kraylek[16]; 14. 9-Craig Kays[15]; 15. 25P-Mark Pridemore[11]; 16. 49-Coty Runion[5]; 17. 3X-Greg Summit[18]; 18. 27-Stuart Brubaker[20]; 19. 3J-Bobby Foster[12]; 20. 5-Dustin Dinan[4]
 

Coors Light Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 28-Shawn Valenti; 2. 8-Steve Endicott; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg; 4. 33-Brian Arnold; 5. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 6. 18-Jim Ward; 7. 78-Dave Brewer; 8. 96-James Mcclure; 9. X-Jason Focht; 10. 97-Jim Maglosky; 11. 92B-Jim Brewer

Heat 2 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 53-Dan Roepke; 2. 16-Steve Sabo; 3. 6-Linda Sabo; 4. 2R-Ron Kepling; 5. 37-Eric Devanna; 6. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 7. 52-Tim Schatzinger; 8. O7-John Harmon; 9. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 10. 92-Loren Schwochow

Heat 3 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 40-Bobby Davis; 2. 21-Fred Guiher; 3. 34-Aaron Schatzinger; 4. 69-Mark Warnick; 5. 5W-Ralph Willey; 6. 55B-Bill Bruen; 7. 29-Ron Bordner; 8. 7B-Dave Bryant; 9. 22-Todd Keegan; 10. O1-Art Ball

Heat 4 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 30-Dave Gibbs; 2. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 3. 18W-Cory Ward; 4. 20-Darin Dukeshire; 5. 17-Bob Dible; 6. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 7. 98-Craig Hoffman; 8. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 9. 23M-Brad Mitten

B1-Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 2. 18-Jim Ward; 3. 37-Eric Devanna; 4. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 52-Tim Schatzinger; 7. 78-Dave Brewer; 8. 96-James Mcclure; 9. X-Jason Focht; 10. 92B-Jim Brewer; 11. O7-John Harmon; 12. 97-Jim Maglosky; 13. P51-Paul Brown Jr.

B2-main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 2. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 3. 17-Bob Dible; 4. 5W-Ralph Willey; 5. O1-Art Ball; 6. 7B-Dave Bryant; 7. 23M-Brad Mitten; 8. 62-Dave Severs; 9. 55B-Bill Bruen; 10. 22-Todd Keegan; 11. 29-Ron Bordner; 12. 98-Craig Hoffman

A-main (20 laps) Starting Position []
1. 8-Steve Endicott[4]; 2. 39-Dwight Waltermier[10]; 3. 5-Jim Mcgrath[14]; 4. 28-Shawn Valenti[6]; 5. 33-Brian Arnold[13]; 6. 18W-Cory Ward[9]; 7. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[16]; 8. 20-Darin Dukeshire[12]; 9. 34-Aaron Schatzinger[5]; 10. 3R-Chuck Roelle[17]; 11. 69-Mark Warnick[15]; 12. 6-Linda Sabo[1]; 13. 18-Jim Ward[19]; 14. Steve Sabo [11]; 15. 53-Dan Roepke[7]; 16. 40-Bobby Davis[8]; 17. 4X-Brian Sorg[3]; 18. 30-Dave Gibbs[2];
19. 2R-Bob Dible (driving 2r) [18]; 20. 21-Fred Guiher[20]