2007 News
Blaney, Foster & Dible Grab 2007 Season Opener
By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, April 21, 2007) - Dale Blaney lived up to his 
nickname - "The Tall Cool One" - Saturday to open Fremont Speedway's 56th 
season. The Fowler, Ohio driver utilized his patience to take the 410 sprint 
feature victory on Mt. Dew Night.

Fremont's Bobby Foster dodged disaster with just two laps remaining and went 
on to claim his 19th career win in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 
Sprint feature.

An emotional Bob Dible recorded his 6th career checkered flag in the Fremont 
Fence Dirt Trucks.

Blaney utilized lapped traffic to overtake Paul Weaver on lap 14 and would 
not budge from the bottom of the race track to score his fifth career 
Fremont victory.

"I just had to be patient...it's a 30-lap feature and I knew we had a strong 
car," said Blaney from the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Hoosier Tire, 
Kemp Insurance sponsored #2. "I know everytime I crawl into George Fisher's 
car, it's going to be strong and I just have to do my job and let the race 
come to me."

For Foster is looked like he would cruise to the win, but while trying to 
put a car a lap down with just two circuits remaining, he jumped the berm on 
the bottom of turn 3 and nearly ended his run.

"The red light came on in (in the cockpit) and the engine died...but I 
turned right and the motor came back to life," said Foster beside his JD 
Automotive sponsored #3J. "I knew Jason (Deel) had a great car and we have 
the best motors Gressman Powersports can give us. So when we hit the halfway 
mark I started thinking about winning number 19. I have to give Clay Keim a 
lot of credit. When I first started out, he would always point out what I 
could do better and he instilled in me to race the track and not the 
competition."

Bob Dible pointed to the sky upon exiting his Bob's Machine #17 truck in the 
Engine Pro Victory Lane.

"This one's for Vic (his long-time crew chief). We lost him this past 
winter...I know he's looking down on us," Dible said. "I kept riding Steve's 
(Sabo) rear bumper and I had to ride the breaks hoping he'd slip up. Steve's 
a pretty cool customer and he rarely makes a mistake. When Jim (McGrath) 
drove round us on the high side, I knew Steve would race him and maybe open 
up the bottom a little and he did."

Troy Vacarro jumped into the lead of the 30 lap feature for the Fort Ball 
Pizza Palace 410 Sprints, with last year's 305 sprint track champion Paul 
Weaver and his Genzman racing teammate John Ivy, Bobby Clark and Blaney in 
tow.Weaver would shoot around Vacarro on lap four, as Blaney moved into 
third, dropping Ivy to fourth. The car on the move was 2006 All Star champ 
Greg Wilson as he had raced his way from 9th to sixth.

Weaver continued to lead with Blaney moving into second by lap 7 with Ivy, 
Clark, Wilson, Lee Jacobs, Byron Reed and Mike Linder battling behind. 
Blaney followed Weaver's tire tracks on the bottom of the track until he 
made the winning move on lap 13 as the leaders hit lapped traffic.

The race stayed green with the running order Blaney, Weaver, Ivy, Vacarro, 
Wilson, Linder, Reed and Clark until lap 23 when David Harrison looped it 
out in turn two. There were now a pair of lapped machines between Blaney and 
Weaver. Blaney took advantage of the clean track and went on to the victory 
over Weaver, Ivy, Wilson and Reed.

In the 25-lap feature for the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints, 
Foster was the beneficiary of bad luck by pole sitter Steve Rando. The 
Lindsey driver had a muffler fall off his car when pushed out for the race, 
sending him to the tail and moving Foster from third starting spot to first.

Foster would cruise around the bottom the distance, never really challenged 
until his bobble with two laps remaining. The racing behind him was exciting 
between Brad Bowman, Andy Shammo, Bill Kraylek, Craig Kayes, 15th starter 
Todd Heuerman, Chad Gullett and Kevin Lee.

When Foster hit lapped traffic by lap 9, Bowman, utilizing the high groove, 
closed a few times to within a couple car lengths.At the checker it was 
Foster, Bowman, Shammo, Kays and Heuerman.

In the 20-lap main for the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks, three-time Fremont 
champion Steve Sabo led the first 10 laps as Dible continually hounded his 
rear bumper as they were glued to the bottom groove. Meanwhile 11th-starting 
Jim McGrath went to the outside and rim-rode his way into third by lap 8. 
McGrath would drive around Dible and Sabo to take the lead on lap 11. Dible 
was finally able to stick a fender under Sabo to grab second on lap 12 and 
raced side by side with McGrath for the lead the next five laps. Dible was 
able to drive under McGrath and take the lead on lap 14 and cruise to the 
win.

Following McGrath to the checkeres were McGrath, Sabo, Steve Endicott and 
Cory Ward.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, April 28 for Kistler 
Engines Night featuring the 410 sprints, 305 sprints and dirt trucks. Gates 
open at 4:30 p.m. with racing slated to get underway at 7:30 p.m.

The "New" Fremont Speedway (4-21-07)

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. X-Mark Keegan, 12.77; 2. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.91; 3. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.04; 
4. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.04; 5. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.06; 6. 53-John Ivy, 13.07; 7. 
2-Dale Blaney, 13.11; 8. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.16; 9. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.17; 
10. 8S-Bobby Clark, 13.18; 11. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.19; 12. 2M-Dustin 
Daggett, 13.27; 13. 27-Scott Euler, 13.27; 14. 15C-Chris Andrews, 13.30; 15. 
97-Cory Seeling, 13.31; 16. 10-David Harrison, 13.37; 17. 55-Brian Smith, 
13.39; 18. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.40; 19. O-Gus Wasson, 13.42; 20. 14H-Todd 
Heller, 13.45; 21. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.60; 22. 33-Steve Irwin, 13.78; 23. 
12-Caleb Griffith, 13.80; 24. 48-Mike Burkin, 13.85; 25. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 
13.90; 26. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 14.03; 27. 10S-Roger Shammo, 14.20; 28. 
4M-Jamie Miller, 15.61

Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 10-David Harrison; 2. 2-Dale Blaney; 3. 3L-Mike Linder; 4. X-Mark Keegan; 
5. 8S-Bobby Clark; 6. 33-Steve Irwin; 7. O-Gus Wasson; 8. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 
9. 27-Scott Euler; 10. 4M-Jamie Miller

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 15C-Chris Andrews; 2. 55-Brian Smith; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver; 4. 7T-Troy 
Vaccaro; 5. 14H-Todd Heller; 6. W20-Greg Wilson; 7. 12-Caleb Griffith; 8. 
5R-Byron Reed; 9. 11N-Ed Neumeister

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 11M-Brandon Martin; 2. 53-John Ivy; 3. 2M-Dustin Daggett; 4. 97-Cory 
Seeling; 5. 16-Lee Jacobs; 6. O9-Craig Mintz; 7. 11B-Brock Mayes; 8. 48-Mike 
Burkin; 9. 10S-Roger Shammo

B-main (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. W20-Greg Wilson; 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3. 27-Scott Euler; 4. 11B-Brock Mayes; 
5. 12-Caleb Griffith; 6. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 7. O-Gus Wasson; 8. 10S-Roger 
Shammo; 9. 4M-Jamie Miller; 10. 48-Mike Burkin; 11. 33-Steve Irwin; 12. 
O9-Craig Mintz; 13. 11N-Ed Neumeister

A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 2-Dale Blaney[4]; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[3]; 3. 53-John Ivy[5]; 4. W20-Greg 
Wilson[9]; 5. 5R-Byron Reed[10]; 6. 3L-Mike Linder[6]; 7. 7T-Troy 
Vaccaro[1]; 8. 16-Lee Jacobs[7]; 9. 2M-Dustin Daggett[11]; 10. 11M-Brandon 
Martin[17]; 11. 8S-Bobby Clark[2]; 12. X-Mark Keegan[8]; 13. 97-Cory 
Seeling[14]; 14. 55-Brian Smith[16]; 15. 10-David Harrison[15]; 16. 
15C-Chris Andrews[13]; 17. 12-Caleb Griffith[20]; 18. 27-Scott Euler[12]; 
19. 49T-Gregg Dalman[21]; 20. 14H-Todd Heller[18]; 21. 11B-Brock Mayes[19]

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 2. 36-Dustin Keegan; 3. 1B-Brad Bowman; 4. O4-Cap 
Henry; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 6. 18-Todd Hierman; 7. 14-Chad Wilson; 8. 
29F-Rich Farmer; 9. M28-Josh Muntz; 10. 13-Junior Felver

Heat 2 -  R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O2-Kevin Lee; 2. 3J-Bobby Foster; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 55S-Benny 
Bowman; 5. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 6. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath; 7. 5-Dustin Dinan; 8. 
6-Ryan Dickey; 9. 49-Coty Runion; 10. 67M-Matt Ferrell

Heat 3 -  Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 39M-Matt Merrill; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 19R-Steve Rando; 4. 66L-Ryan 
Lowe; 5. 7-Jared Potter; 6. 18C-Jason Crispen; 7. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 8. 
22-Evan Helle; 9. 18X-Phil Burroughs

Heat 4 -  Reco Equipment (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 31-Chad Gullett; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo; 3. 9-Craig Kays; 4. O1-Bryan 
Sebetto; 5. 65-Mark Lang; 6. 34-Mark Whaley; 7. O7-Scott Mominee; 8. 
29L-Chris Lang; 9. 1A-Matt Lucius; 10. 311-Aaron Moloney

Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 39M-Matt Merrill; 4. 31-Chad 
Gullett; 5. O2-Kevin Lee

B1 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 3. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 4. 
1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 5. 14-Chad Wilson; 6. 13-Junior Felver; 7. M28-Josh 
Muntz; 8. 6-Ryan Dickey; 9. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath; 10. 5-Dustin Dinan; 11. 
29F-Rich Farmer

B2 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 7-Jared Potter; 2. 29L-Chris Lang; 3. 65-Mark Lang; 4. O7-Scott Mominee; 
5. 1A-Matt Lucius; 6. 22-Evan Helle; 7. 18X-Phil Burroughs; 8. 82-Travis 
Hoffbauer; 9. 18C-Jason Crispen; 10. 34-Mark Whaley

A-main (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 3J-Bobby Foster[1]; 2. 1B-Brad Bowman[5]; 3. 48S-Andy Shammo[4]; 4. 
9-Craig Kays[2]; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman[15]; 6. 71-Bill Kraylek[10]; 7. 31-Chad 
Gullett[7]; 8. O2-Kevin Lee[6]; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[9]; 10. 39M-Matt 
Merrill[8]; 11. 35-Stuart Brubaker[17]; 12. 66L-Ryan Lowe[13]; 13. 19R-Steve 
Rando[21]; 14. 36-Dustin Keegan[12]; 15. 10-Brad Haudenschild[3]; 16. 
67M-Matt Ferrell[20]; 17. O4-Cap Henry[11]; 18. 5-Dustin Dinan[19]; 19. 
7-Jared Potter[16]; 20. 29L-Chris Lang[18]; 21. O1-Bryan Sebetto[14]

Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 2. 16-Steve Sabo; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 30-Dave Gibbs; 
5. 6-Linda Sabo; 6. 28-Shawn Valenti; 7. 4X-Brian Sorg; 8. X-Tim Keegan; 9. 
2-Bob Sinkevitch Jr.

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Art Ball; 2. 37-Eric Devanna; 3. 52-Aaron Schatzinger; 4. 97-Jim 
Maglosky; 5. 7C-Jacob Dick; 6. 99-Jesse Worcester; 7. 83B-Dave Brewer; 8. 
14-Scott Beard

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 2. 69-Mark Warnick; 3. 3X-Charley Gingrich; 4. 92-Loren 
Schwochow; 5. 55B-Bill Bruen; 6. 23M-Brad Mitten; 7. 96-James McClure; 8. 
34-Kevin Miller

Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 33-Brian Arnold; 3. 17-Bob Dible; 4. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 
5. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 6. 20-Andy Maynard; 7. 8K-Zack Kramer; 8. P51-Paul 
Brown Jr.

B1-Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 28-Shawn Valenti; 2. 6-Linda Sabo; 3. 7C-Jacob Dick; 4. 83B-Dave Brewer; 
5. 4X-Brian Sorg; 6. X-Tim Keegan; 7. 99-Jesse Worcester

B2-main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 20-Andy Maynard; 3. 23M-Brad Mitten; 4. 55B-Bill 
Bruen; 5. 96-James McClure; 6. 8K-Zack Kramer

A-main (20 laps) Starting Position []
1. 17-Bob Dible[3]; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath[11]; 3. 16-Steve Sabo[1]; 4. 8-Steve 
Endicott[4]; 5. 18W-Cory Ward[7]; 6. 33-Brian Arnold[5]; 7. 37-Eric 
Devanna[6]; 8. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[16]; 9. 30-Dave Gibbs[13]; 10. O1-Art 
Ball[12]; 11. 20-Andy Maynard[20]; 12. 3X-Charley Gingrich[10]; 13. 92-Loren 
Schwochow[15]; 14. 39-Dwight Waltermier[18]; 15. 28-Shawn Valenti[17]; 16. 
6-Linda Sabo[19]; 17. 3R-Chuck Roelle[9]; 18. 69-Mark Warnick[2]; 19. 
52-Aaron Schatzinger[8]; 20. 97-Jim Maglosky[14]
 

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