| Chaney
dominates at Fremont; Kayes scores career 1st, Ward and Valenti share truck
wins
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, May 12, 2007)
- Rob Chaney's resume speaks for
itself. Yet the Millersburg, Ohio driver
seems to have had problems finding
a sprint car ride of late. However, it
appears he has found a comfortable
seat in the Randy and Lisa Hammer car
in 2007 as he dominated Saturday's 410
sprint feature at Fremont Speedway.
"Randy and Lisa Hammer spend a bunch of
money to give me an opportunity to
race. Rob Hunter owns the truck and trailer
and motor. We have a bunch of
guys working on this that just love racing,"
said Chaney beside his Hammer
Pallets sponsored #24h in the Engine Pro
Victory Lane.
"Aaron (Hammer, crew chief) wasn't here
tonight, but we've been on the phone
with him all night and he got us pointed
in the right direction. I put the
wing all the way back on the start and
it
stuck," said Chaney of his eighth career
Fremont victory.
It was double features on Legendz Sports
Bar & Grill Night for the Fremont
Fence Dirt Trucks. Sandusky's Cory Ward
took the lead for good on lap 16 of
the 20-lap affair to grab his first win
of the year in the make-up Kistler
Engines Night feature from April 28. It
was his second career Fremont
victory.
"I'm dedicating this year to my Grandpa...we
lost him this winter and he was
a special part of our team," said Ward
beside his Excuses Lounge, Budweiser
sponsored #18w in the Engine Pro Victory
Lane.
In the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305
Sprint feature, Bettsville, Ohio's
Craig Kayes held off Andy Shammo to score
his first career feature victory.
"The yellow flags at the end gave me a
clear track, but I saw that 48 car on
my bumper. I knew I had to just hit my
marks on the high side and I'd be
alright," said Kayes beside his Jenny's
Copper Penny, Michael Snell
Construction, Roberts Sandblasting sponsored
#9k.
In the Legendz Sports Bar & Grill Night
A-main for the dirt trucks,
Risingson's Shawn Valenti held off challenges
by Brian Arnold to win his
second career Fremont feature.
"After I watched the sprint features I
saw there wasn't much on the bottom,
so I went to the top groove...I had to
be careful not to slip up over the
lip," said Valenti beside his Kern Tool,
Dymond Motorsports sponsored #28.
The Fort Ball Pizza 410 Sprints saw Bobby
Clark lead the first lap from his
pole starting spot. Chaney then utilized
the extreme high groove to sling
shot around Clark exiting turn 4 to complete
the second lap and never looked
back. The racing behind Chaney was tight
with Clark, David Harrison, Lee
Jacobs, Mike Linder and Byron Reed.
Harrison would move into second on lap
8 and that is where he would finish.
Jacobs, fast-qualifier Byron Reed and
13th starter John Ivy would round out
the top five in the non-stop affair.
Pole-sitter Scott Mominee would grab the
lead in the 25-lap Fremont Federal
Credit Union 305 Sprints feature, with
Kayes and Cap Henry in tow. Henry
would move under Kayes on lap four, with
Chad Gullett putting the pressure
on for third.
Mominee, Henry and Kayes would run nose
to tail until lap 14 when Kayes
suddenly found the speed to overtake them
on the high side for the lead.
Gullett would move into second on lap
15 and hounded Kayes. Meanwhile 12th
start Andy Shammo - who won both the make-up
and regular features the
previous week at Fremont, steadily picked
his way through the pack and would
take second on lap 17. The first caution
would fly on lap 17 with the
running order Kayes, Shammo, Gullett,
Henry and Mominee.
Shammo would take a couple of peaks under
Kayes the next three laps until
another yellow waved on lap 20. Kayes
began to pull away on the restart and
went on the Engine Pro Victory Lane over
Shammo, Henry, Stuart Brubaker and
Gullett.
In the make-up feature for the dirt trucks,
Steve Sabo would take the
initial lead with Dwight Waltermeier,
Art Ball, Valenty and Ward racing hard
on his bumper. By lap four Sabo would
lead over Ward and Waltermeier as they
raced each other hard. They would remain
the top three until Ward moved
around Sabo for the lead on lap 14. With
just two laps remaining
Waltermeier's engine expired.
At the checkered it was Ward over Sabo,
11th-starter Art Howey Jr., Brian
Arnold and 10th-starter Steve Endicott.
In the regular truck A-main, Charley Gingrich
would grab the initial lead,
but Valenti would power around him on
the second lap. Meanwhile Arnold would
move into second on lap five and would
pressure Valenti the remaining 15
laps. Gingrich would hold onto third at
the checkered, with 10th-starter Bob
Dible fourth and Eric DeVanna rounding
out the top five.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action
Saturday, May 19 for Roots Poultry
Night featuring the Fort Ball Pizza Palace
410 Sprints, Fremont Federal
Credit Union 305 Sprints and the Fremont
Fence and Guardrail Dirt Trucks. It
will be double-features for the 410 sprints
who will make up the April 28
rained out main.
The "New" Fremont Speedway (5-12-07)
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.76; 2. 98-Bruce Robenalt,
12.77; 3. 12-Caleb Griffith,
12.90; 4. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.02; 5. 55-Brian
Smith, 13.09; 6. 10-David
Harrison, 13.18; 7. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.26;
8. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.26; 9.
24H-Rob Chaney, 13.27; 10. 27-Scott Euler,
13.43; 11. 8S-Bobby Clark, 13.49;
12. 97-Cory Seeling, 13.58; 13. 31-Chuck
Wilson, 13.58; 14. 53-John Ivy,
13.59; 15. O-Gus Wasson, 13.65; 16. 1W-Paul
Weaver, 13.74; 17. 49T-Gregg
Dalman, 13.76; 18. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.83;
19. X-Mark Keegan, 13.89; 20.
21-Rodney Morgan, 13.97; 21. 15C-Chris
Andrews, 14.02; 22. 3T-Tony Beaber,
14.04; 23. 10S-Roger Shammo, 14.17; 24.
4M-Jamie Miller, 14.18
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. X-Mark Keegan; 3.
1W-Paul Weaver; 4. 16-Lee Jacobs; 5.
31-Chuck Wilson; 6. 27-Scott Euler; 7.
3T-Tony Beaber; 8. 14H-Todd Heller
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 53-John Ivy; 2. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 3.
3L-Mike Linder; 4. 8S-Bobby Clark;
5. 55-Brian Smith; 6. 98-Bruce Robenalt;
7. 21-Rodney Morgan; 8. 10S-Roger
Shammo
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. O-Gus Wasson; 2. 24H-Rob Chaney; 3.
7T-Troy Vaccaro; 4. 12-Caleb
Griffith; 5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 4M-Jamie
Miller; 7. 97-Cory Seeling; 8.
15C-Chris Andrews
B-main (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. 27-Scott Euler;
3. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 4. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 5. 10S-Roger Shammo; 6. 97-Cory
Seeling; 7. 4M-Jamie Miller; 8.
3T-Tony Beaber; 9. 21-Rodney Morgan
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 24H-Rob Chaney[2]; 2. 10-David Harrison[4];
3. 16-Lee Jacobs[6]; 4.
5R-Byron Reed[8]; 5. 53-John Ivy[13];
6. 12-Caleb Griffith[7]; 7. 55-Brian
Smith[5]; 8. 14H-Todd Heller[10]; 9. 1W-Paul
Weaver[15]; 10. 8S-Bobby
Clark[1]; 11. 7T-Troy Vaccaro[17]; 12.
X-Mark Keegan[18]; 13. 15C-Chris
Andrews[19]; 14. 27-Scott Euler[11]; 15.
O-Gus Wasson[14]; 16. 10S-Roger
Shammo[20]; 17. 31-Chuck Wilson[12]; 18.
49T-Gregg Dalman[16]; 19. 98-Bruce
Robenalt[9]; 20. 3L-Mike Linder[3]
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool
(8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto;
3. 9-Craig Kays; 4. 14-Chad Wilson;
5. 7-Jarrid Potter; 6. 6-Ryan Dickey;
7. 39M-Matt Merrill; 8. 22-Evan Helle
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking
(8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 36X-Dustin Keegan;
3. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 4. 34-Mark
Whaley; 5. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 6. 27K-Ryan
Kirkendall; 7. 3X-Brad Keckler;
8. 19R-Steve Rando
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8
laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3.
O2-Kevin Lee; 4. 3J-Bobby Foster; 5.
9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 49-Coty Runion;
7. 23-Jay Kiser; 8. 24X-Terry Nichols
Heat 4 - Reco Equipment (8 laps,
top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 31-Chad Gullett; 2. O7-Scott Mominee;
3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 22D-Dan
Hammond; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 1A-Matt
Lucius; 7. 65-Mark Lang
Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan;
3. 48S-Andy Shammo; 4. 31-Chad
Gullett; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker
B-Main (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore;
3. 7-Jarrid Potter; 4. M28-Josh
Muntz; 5. 19R-Steve Rando; 6. 39M-Matt
Merrill; 7. 49-Coty Runion; 8.
1A-Matt Lucius; 9. 65-Mark Lang; 10. 27K-Ryan
Kirkendall; 11. 6-Ryan Dickey;
12. 23-Jay Kiser; 13. 24X-Terry Nichols
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 9-Craig Kays[2]; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo[12];
3. O4-Cap Henry[3]; 4. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[9]; 5. 31-Chad Gullett[8]; 6.
O1-Bryan Sebetto[10]; 7. O2-Kevin
Lee[7]; 8. 36X-Dustin Keegan[4]; 9. 34-Mark
Whaley[14]; 10. 3J-Bobby
Foster[15]; 11. O7-Scott Mominee[1]; 12.
22D-Dan Hammond[16]; 13. 5-Dustin
Dinan[6]; 14. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[17]; 15.
71-Bill Kraylek[11]; 16. 25P-Mark
Pridemore[18]; 17. 66L-Ryan Lowe[5]; 18.
14-Chad Wilson[13]; 19. M28-Josh
Muntz[20]; 20. 7-Jarrid Potter[19]
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
(Make from 4-28-07)
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 2. 28-Shawn Valenti;
3. 33-Brian Arnold; 4. 8H-Art Howey
Jr.; 5. 8K-Zack Kramer; 6. 4X-Brian Sorg;
7. 99-Jesse Worcester; 8. 6-Linda
Sabo
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 17-Bob
Dible; 4. 37-Eric Devanna; 5.
97-Jim Maglosky; 6. 83B-Dave Brewer; 7.
96-James Mcclure; 8. X-Tim Keegan;
9. 14-Scott Beard
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 16-Steve Sabo;
3. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 4. 30-Dave
Gibbs; 5. 23M-Brad Mitten; 6. 56-Alex
Wiechman; 7. 92-Loren Schwochow; 8.
22-Todd Keegan
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. P51-Paul Brown
Jr.; 3. 7C-Jacob Dick; 4. 5-Jim
Mcgrath; 5. 52-Aaron Schatzinger; 6. 3X-Charley
Gingrich; 7. 20-Andy
Maynard; 8. 55B-Bill Bruen
B1-Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 4X-Brian Sorg; 2. 97-Jim Maglosky;
3. 6-Linda Sabo; 4. 69-Mark Warnick;
5. 83B-Dave Brewer; 6. 8K-Zack Kramer;
7. 96-James Mcclure; 8. X-Tim Keegan
B2-main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 20-Andy Maynard; 2. 23M-Brad Mitten;
3. 22-Todd Keegan; 4. 92-Loren
Schwochow; 5. 55B-Bill Bruen; 6. 52-Aaron
Schatzinger; 7. 56-Alex Wiechman;
8. 3X-Charley Gingrich
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 18W-Cory Ward[8]; 2. 16-Steve Sabo[2];
3. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[11]; 4.
33-Brian Arnold[9]; 5. 8-Steve Endicott[10];
6. 17-Bob Dible[5]; 7. 30-Dave
Gibbs[13]; 8. 4X-Brian Sorg[15]; 9. 97-Jim
Maglosky[17]; 10. 23M-Brad
Mitten[19]; 11. 6-Linda Sabo[20]; 12.
19-Jimmy Sebetto[12]; 13. O1-Art
Ball[3]; 14. 3R-Chuck Roelle[1]; 15. 39-Dwight
Waltermier[4]; 16. 37-Eric
Devanna[14]; 17. 5-Jim Mcgrath[16]; 18.
7C-Jacob Dick[6]; 19. 20-Andy
Maynard[18]; 20. 28-Shawn Valenti[7]
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
(Regular 5-12-07 Show)
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 2. 16-Steve Sabo;
3. 3X-Charley Gingrich; 4. 8K-Zack
Kramer; 5. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 6. P51-Paul
Brown Jr.; 7. 92-Loren Schwochow;
8. 2-Bob Sinkevitch Jr.; 9. 55B-Bill Bruen
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 33-Brian Arnold;
3. 18W-Cory Ward; 4. O1-Art Ball;
5. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 6. 69-Mark Warnick;
7. 97-Jim Maglosky; 8. 62-David Severs
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 4X-Brian Sorg; 3.
28-Shawn Valenti; 4. 5W-Ralph Willey;
5. 20-Andy Maynard; 6. X-Tim Keegan
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 37-Eric Devanna; 2. 23M-Brad Mitten;
3. 30-Dave Gibbs; 4. 6-Linda Sabo;
5. 34M-Kevin Miller; 6. 3R-Chuck Roelle;
7. 22-Todd Keegan; 8. 96-James
Mcclure; 9. 83B-Dave Brewer
B-main (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 2. 20-Andy Maynard;
3. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 4. 69-Mark
Warnick; 5. 97-Jim Maglosky; 6. 34M-Kevin
Miller; 7. X-Tim Keegan; 8.
83B-Dave Brewer; 9. 22-Todd Keegan; 10.
62-David Severs; 11. 3R-Chuck
Roelle; 12. 2-Bob Sinkevitch Jr.; 13.
19-Jimmy Sebetto; 14. 96-James
Mcclure; 15. 92-Loren Schwochow
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 28-Shawn Valenti[4]; 2. 33-Brian Arnold[5];
3. 3X-Charley Gingrich[1]; 4.
17-Bob Dible[10]; 5. 37-Eric Devanna[6];
6. 8-Steve Endicott[11]; 7.
16-Steve Sabo[9]; 8. 20-Andy Maynard[18];
9. 18W-Cory Ward[12]; 10. 5-Jim
Mcgrath[17]; 11. 23M-Brad Mitten[3]; 12.
8H-Art Howey Jr.[8]; 13. 30-Dave
Gibbs[7]; 14. 5W-Ralph Willey[15]; 15.
P51-Paul Brown Jr.[19]; 16. 6-Linda
Sabo[16]; 17. 8K-Zack Kramer[13]; 18.
69-Mark Warnick[20]; 19. 4X-Brian
Sorg[2]; 20. O1-Art Ball[14]
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