By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, July 8, 2006) - The top shelf is normally where 
your grandma keeps the cookies, but its where Mike Linder put his sprint car 
to rim-ride to his third win of the season at Fremont Speedway on Schiets 
Motors Night.

All three feature events  were very exciting, coming down to the last 
handful of laps for the winner to be decided.

In the Coors Light Dirt Truck feature, Risingson's Shawn Valenti edged out 
Jim McGrath and Jim Ward for his first career win.

Sandusky's Chris Andrews picked up his first career Fremont victory - 
literally by a front bumper over Bryan Sebetto - in the Fremont Federal 
Credit Union 305 Sprints.

"Thank you Randy Ford (Fremont Speedway track preparation director)...we had 
a curb to run against. The last few weeks the track has been smooth and 
slick and we just haven't been able to find the handle when it's like that," 
said Linder beside his Beaverdam Contracting/Linder's Speed Equipment #3. 
"It's a thin line between being fast up there and sliding it off the top. I 
hit the backstretch wall a couple of times. But you can't let up with Byron 
Reed and Johnny Ivy on your bumper."

"I knew everyone was going to run the bottom. Tim Kern set this thing up for 
the top...I knew I'd be fast up there," said Valenti. "I have to thank Burns 
Petroleum, my mom and dad and everybody who works hard for me to go have 
fun. I was beginning to think we would never get here...this is awesome!"

"I struggled to get around lapped cars. I was set up to run the bottom and 
when I got to cars running down there and I tried to move up the car just 
wouldn't go. When I saw Bryan drive around I thought we would have to settle 
for second...then I saw him slide off the top of turn 3 and I said to myself 
'here we go...you still have a shot.' I just gased it up and here we are," 
said Andrews beside his Blue Chip Machining/Spill Tech Environmental 
Services sponsored #15c sprinter.

In the Fort Ball Pizza 410 sprints, Jamie Miller jumped into the early lead 
with Jon Ivy moving into second from his fourth starting spot and Linder 
into third from his seventh starting position. Linder, the current Fremont 
Speedway point leader, shot into the lead, driving around Miller on lap 4, 
with Ivy moving into second a lap later. Ivy would pull along side Linder 
using the bottom of turns 1 and 2, while Linder would have the advantage 
using the top of turns 3 and 4.

Linder and Ivy would continue to race side by side, with Ivy taking the lead 
on lap 9. Ivy would get bogged down somewhat in lapped traffic, allowing 
Linder to shot around for the lead again on lap 14, but Ivy would regain the 
top spot at the halfway mark.

The caution would fly on lap 16 for a spinning Troy Vaccaro, with the 
running order Ivy, Linder and three lapped machines back to third running 
Miller, Rodney Duncan and Byron Reed. On lap 18, Linder would sling-shot 
around Ivy utilizing the top of turn four. The final caution would fly on 
lap 21 for Bryan Scott, with Linder and Ivy leading Reed, Phil Gressman and 
Miller.

With just four laps remaining, the battle for the lead was between Linder, 
Ivy and Reed. Linder would pull away for the win, with Reed eding Ivy for 
second. Gressman, Miller, 11th starting Craig Mintz, David Harrison, Duncan, 
16th starting Alvin Roepke and 15th starting Brian Smith would round out the 
top 10.

In the truck main, Bellevue's Jim Ward would jump into the early lead, with 
Mark Warnick, Bobby Davis, Cory Ward and Bob Dible in tow. By lap 5, Jim 
Ward would lead over his son, Cory, with Warnick, Davis, Dible and Jim 
McGrath putting the pressure on. Two laps later, the Wards would Dible and 
McGrath close, as you could cover the top six trucks with a blanket.

On lap 14, Jim Ward held the advantage using the bottom groove, while 
McGrath shot around the outside in second and now 14th starting Valenti in 
third and three-time Fremont winner Dible in fourth. With three laps 
remaining, Ward, Valenti and McGrath raced three wide for the lead. As the 
white flag flew, Valenti had used the rim to take the lead, with Ward and 
McGrath battling for second right on the leader's bumper.

Valenti would go on to score the win, with McGrath, Jim Ward, Dible, Davis, 
Dwight Waltermeier, who had come from the tail after a first lap spin, Cory 
Ward, Brian Arnold, Art Howey Jr. and Warnick rounding out the top 10.

In 305 sprint feature, Andrews would jump into the early lead from his pole 
starting spot, with Bobby Foster, Kevin Lee, Andy Shammo and Dustin Keegan 
in tow. The leaders hit lapped traffic by lap 8, allowing Foster - using the 
bottom groove - to close on rim-riding Andrews. The battle between Andrews 
and Foster would continue through lap 14, when eighth starting Bryan 
Sebetto - also utilizing the top groove - would get in the fray. Sebetto 
would dispose of Foster on lap 17 and would pull on the back bumper of 
Andrews a lap later.

With 10 laps remaining, Sebetto shot around Andrews using the classic slide 
job to take the lead. It looked like Sebetto would pick up his third win of 
the season, but as he entered turn three on the last lap, he slipped off the 
high side of the track, allowing Andrews to pull along side. The pair 
dragged race down the front stretch with Bobby Foster sticking his nose in 
the middle. Andrews would win by inches, with Sebetto settling for second, 
Foster third, Kevin Lee fourth, Paul Weaver fifth, Andy Shammo sixth, 15th 
starting Brad Bowman seventh, Scott Kraylek eighth, Duane Zablocki ninth and 
Dustin Keegan rounding out the top 10.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, July 15 for Beck Oil Night 
featuring the 410 sprints, 305 sprints and dirt trucks. Gates open at 4:30 
p.m. with racing slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information call the 
track office at 419-862-2206 or log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com.

The "New" Fremont Speedway (7-8-06)

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super SprintsQualifying
1. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.69; 2. 3L-Mike Linder, 12.70; 3. 16-Lee Jacobs, 12.70; 
4. O-Rodney Duncan, 12.76; 5. 10-David Harrison, 12.80; 6. 53-John Ivy, 
12.86; 7. 1R-Phil Gressman, 12.89; 8. X-Mark Keegan, 12.93; 9. F1-Jon 
Finsel, 12.94; 10. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 12.95; 11. 7B-Jamie Miller, 12.95; 12. 
8S-Craig Mintz, 13.00; 13. 12-Caleb Griffith, 13.00; 14. 8C-Bobby Clark, 
13.07; 15. 37Z-Bryan Scott, 13.08; 16. 55-Brian Smith, 13.12; 17. 99-Alvin 
Roepke, 13.17; 18. 98-Bruce Robenalt, 13.18; 19. 31-Chuck Wilson, 13.20; 20. 
10S-Roger Shammo, 13.36; 21. 26-Cody White, 13.53; 22. 14H-Todd Heller, 
13.56; 23. 27-Scott Euler, 13.82; 24. 16M-Danny Mumaw, 14.47

Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 55-Brian Smith; 2. 12-Caleb Griffith; 3. 5R-Byron Reed; 4. 31-Chuck 
Wilson; 5. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 6. 14H-Todd Heller; 7. O-Rodney Duncan; 8. 
1R-Phil Gressman

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8C-Bobby Clark; 2. 3L-Mike Linder; 3. 7B-Jamie Miller; 4. 99-Alvin 
Roepke; 5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 27-Scott Euler; 7. 10S-Roger Shammo; 8. 
X-Mark Keegan

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 37Z-Bryan Scott; 2. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 3. 53-John Ivy; 4. F1-Jon Finsel; 
5. 16-Lee Jacobs; 6. 8S-Craig Mintz; 7. 26-Cody White; 8. 16M-Danny Mumaw

B-main (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. O-Rodney Duncan; 2. 1R-Phil Gressman; 3. 8S-Craig Mintz; 4. 14H-Todd 
Heller; 5. 10S-Roger Shammo; 6. 27-Scott Euler; 7. 26-Cody White; 8. 
16M-Danny Mumaw

A-main (30 laps) Starting Position []
1. 3L-Mike Linder[7]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[8]; 3. 53-John Ivy[4]; 4. 1R-Phil 
Gressman[10]; 5. 7B-Jamie Miller[1]; 6. 8S-Craig Mintz[11]; 7. 10-David 
Harrison[5]; 8. O-Rodney Duncan[9]; 9. 99-Alvin Roepke[16]; 10. 55-Brian 
Smith[15]; 11. 12-Caleb Griffith[12]; 12. 8C-Bobby Clark[13]; 13. 14H-Todd 
Heller[20]; 14. 37Z-Bryan Scott[14]; 15. 98-Bruce Robenalt[17]; 16. 31-Chuck 
Wilson[18]; 17. 10S-Roger Shammo[19]; 18. F1-Jon Finsel[3]; 19. 7T-Troy 
Vaccaro[2]; 20. 16-Lee Jacobs[6]
 

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 22D-Dan Hammond; 3. 19R-Steve Rando; 4. 9Z-Duane 
Zablocki; 5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 65-Mark Lang; 7. 29-Chris Lang; 8. 34-Mark 
Whaley; 9. 23-Vern Menkhoff; 10. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall

Heat 2 -  R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3J-Bobby Foster; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver; 3. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 4. 9H-Josh Hill; 
5. 14-Chad Wilson; 6. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 7. 8-Monte Carico; 8. 9-Craig 
Kays; 9. 39-Matt Merrill

Heat 3 -  Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 21-Scott Kraylek; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews; 4. 55-Brad 
Bowman; 5. O7-Scott Mominee; 6. 31-Chad Gullett; 7. 7-Joe Jurovick; 8. 
18C-Jason Crispen; 9. 3X-Greg Summit

Heat 4 -  Computer Man Inc. (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O2-Kevin Lee; 2. 15-A.J. Sleek; 3. 17X-Dustin Keegan; 4. 71-Bill Kraylek; 
5. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 6. 5D-Willie Keegan; 7. 3K-Brad Keckler; 8. 18-Todd 
Heuerman; 9. 27-Stuart Brubaker

Dash - Fremont Cutting Dies (4 laps)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan; 3. 15-A.J. Sleek; 4. 3J-Bobby Foster; 
5. O2-Kevin Lee

B1 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 14-Chad Wilson; 2. 29-Chris Lang; 3. O4-Cap Henry; 4. 9-Craig Kays; 5. 
39-Matt Merrill; 6. 65-Mark Lang; 7. 34-Mark Whaley; 8. 8-Monte Carico; 9. 
27K-Ryan Kirkendall; 10. 25P-Mark Pridemore

B2 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. O7-Scott Mominee; 2. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 3. 5D-Willie Keegan; 4. 31-Chad 
Gullett; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman; 6. 3K-Brad Keckler; 7. 3X-Greg Summit; 8. 
7-Joe Jurovick; 9. 18C-Jason Crispen; 10. 27-Stuart Brubaker

A-main (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 15C-Chris Andrews[1]; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto[8]; 3. 3J-Bobby Foster[3]; 4. 
O2-Kevin Lee[5]; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[10]; 6. 48S-Andy Shammo[6]; 7. 55-Brad 
Bowman[15]; 8. 21-Scott Kraylek[9]; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[13]; 10. 17X-Dustin 
Keegan[2]; 11. 66L-Ryan Lowe[20]; 12. 14-Chad Wilson[17]; 13. 5-Dustin 
Dinan[4]; 14. 19R-Steve Rando[11]; 15. 71-Bill Kraylek[16]; 16. 15-A.J. 
Sleek[7]; 17. 22D-Dan Hammond[12]; 18. O7-Scott Mominee[18]; 19. 29-Chris 
Lang[19]; 20. 9H-Josh Hill[14]
 

Coors Light Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 37-Eric Devanna; 3. 40-Bobby Davis; 4. 52-Aaron 
Schatzinger; 5. 78-Dave Brewer; 6. 98-Craig Hoffman; 7. 92B-Jim Brewer; 8. 
97-Jim Maglosky; 9. 7B-Dave Bryant

Heat 2 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 33-Brian Arnold; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 28-Shawn 
Valenti; 5. 5W-Ralph Willey; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs; 7. 12-Kyle Dukeshire; 8. 
16-Steve Sabo

Heat 3 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 3. 69-Mark Warnick; 4. O1-Art Ball; 5. 
7C-Codey Renfro; 6. 96-James Mcclure; 7. X-L. J. Conners; 8. 23M-Brad 
Mitten; 9. 20-Darren Dukeshire

Heat 4 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 2. 29-Ron Bordner; 3. 18-Jim Ward; 4. 2R-Ron Kepling; 5. 
4X-Brian Sorg; 6. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 7. 92-Loren Schwochow; 8. 19-Jimmy 
Sebetto; 9. O7-John Harmon

B1-Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 16-Steve Sabo; 2. 78-Dave Brewer; 3. 30-Dave Gibbs; 4. 12-Kyle Dukeshire; 
5. 92B-Jim Brewer; 6. 97-Jim Maglosky; 7. 5W-Ralph Willey; 8. 98-Craig 
Hoffman; 9. 7B-Dave Bryant

B2-main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 92-Loren Schwochow; 2. 4X-Brian Sorg; 3. O7-John Harmon; 4. 7C-Codey 
Renfro; 5. 96-James Mcclure; 6. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 7. X-L. J. Conners; 8. 
23M-Brad Mitten; 9. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 10. 20-Darren Dukeshire

A-main (20 laps) Starting Position []
1. 28-Shawn Valenti[14]; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath[8]; 3. 18-Jim Ward[1]; 4. 17-Bob 
Dible[9]; 5. 40-Bobby Davis[3]; 6. 39-Dwight Waltermier[10]; 7. 18W-Cory 
Ward[6]; 8. 33-Brian Arnold[7]; 9. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[4]; 10. 69-Mark 
Warnick[2]; 11. 8-Steve Endicott[5]; 12. 29-Ron Bordner[12]; 13. 16-Steve 
Sabo[15]; 14. O1-Art Ball[13]; 15. 52-Aaron Schatzinger[19]; 16. 2R-Ron 
Kepling[16]; 17. 78-Dave Brewer[17]; 18. 4X-Brian Sorg[20]; 19. 92-Loren 
Schwochow[18]; 20. 37-Eric Devanna[11]