2007 News
Blaney, Shammo Twice & Endicott in Victory Lane
By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, May 5, 2007) - Race fans got their money's worth at 
Fremont Speedway Saturday, with close racing - and plenty of it, as the 305 
sprints had feature events to make up from the rained out Kistler Engines 
Night, along with the regular program of 410 sprints, 305 sprints and dirt 
trucks on Baumann Auto Group Night.

Fowler, Ohio's Dale Blaney would end up in the Engine Pro Victory Lane for the 
second time in as many outings in 2007 in the 410 sprints. Millbury, Ohio's Andy Shammo 
visted the Engine Pro Victory Lane twice, sweeping both 305 sprint mains - the make-up feature that was rained out on April 28, and Saturday's regular feature. 
Risingsun, Ohio's Steve Endicott would not budge off the bottom of
the track and powered into the Engine Pro Victory Lane in the dirt truck feature.

Blaney was sitting in the right place at the right time, as he used a lapped 
machine as a pick to slip by Mark Keegan with just 9 laps remaining to score 
his sixth career Fremont victory in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 sprints.

Shammo would work his way up from 10th starting spot to capture the April 
28th make-up feature in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints. In the 
night's regular feature, he would take the lead with just two laps remaining 
to take the checkered flag for his 10th career Fremont victory.

In the Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Truck's Endicott would take the lead 
on lap 5 and race side by side with Jim McGrath the remaining 20 laps to 
score his 3rd career victory at "The Track That Action Built."

Greg Wilson would jump into the lead at the drop of the green in the 30-lap 
410 sprint feature with Keegan, Blaney, and Lee Jacobs in tow. While most of 
the field tried the bottom groove, Keegan went to the high side and in 
rim-riding fashion took the lead on lap 2. Keegan would continue to lead, as 
Wilson, Blaney and 7th starting Byron Reed would battle behind him.

By the half-way mark, Blaney began to pressure Keegan utilizing the bottom 
groove as Keegan continued to ride that fine line between quickness and 
disaster on the high side. As the leaders raced into lapped traffic on lap 
20, Blaney - a former basketball standout - used the Bobby Clark as a pick 
to move under Keegan for the lead as they raced down the front-stretch. 
Keegan would try to drive around Clark and Blaney in turn 1 and ended up 
spinning, as a fast-closing Wilson also looped it out.

Blaney would cruise to the win over Reed, fast-qualifyer Mike Linder, Jacobs 
and Brock Mayes.

"Mark was really quick up top and I just had to be patient and wait for 
lapped traffic...it's always better to be second at that point," said Blaney 
beside his George Fisher owned sprinter. "We had a top three car the night 
before (with the All Star Circuit of Champions at Attica) and a fuel pump 
cost us. It's great to get back to victory lane...that makes you feel a lot 
better."

In the make-up feature for the 305 sprints, Coty Runion would jump into the 
lead, with Bryan Sebetto overtaking him a few laps later. Shammo would go to 
the high side to take the lead just past the half-way mark and would cruise 
to the win. Sebetto, Duane Zablocki, Bill Kraylek and Stuart Brubaker would 
round out the top five.

In the Baumann Auto Group A-main, Brad Bowman would take the lead from the 
pole with Ryan Lowe and Craig Mintz following. Bowman would continue to 
rocket off the bottom of the track, as Mintz moved into second by lap 10. As 
they raced into lapped traffic on lap 13, Bowman had his hands full with 
Mintz, who was piloting the Rich Farmer #29, as he took a night off from his 
regular 410 sprint ride.

Mintz would slip by Bowman on lap 18, only to see Bowman get back by on lap
19. Then disaster struck for Bowman, as he and Mintz raced side by side into 
turn 1, Bowman made contact with a lapped machine which collapsed the front 
end of his sprinter, ending his night.

On the restart, Mintz led over a closing Shammo and Sebetto. Shammo would 
sneak by Mintz exiting turn 2 on lap 23 to take the win. Mintz would hold 
onto second, with Lowe, Sebetto and Dustin Dinan rounding out the top five.

"Everyone wanted to run the bottom when the track slicked off. I knew if we 
could get a run in the middle we'd be good. It was just a matter of being 
patient and racing the track," said Shammo beside his Village Inn/KS Sales 
and Service sponsored #48. "I want to thank Lamar and Yvonne Burkin (car 
owners), my dad and mom and all the sponsors. I've been racing a lot of 
years and I've never had a night like this. My wife couldn't be here 
tonight...I can't wait to call her."

In the dirt truck feature, Jimmy Sebetto would grab the early lead with 
Endicott, McGrath, Cory Ward, Eric DeVanna and Shawn Valenti waging a torrid 
battle behind him. Sebetto would slip up on lap five, allowing Endicott to 
take the lead. As everyone road around the bottom, McGrath took to the high 
side and moved into second by lap 11 and ran side by side with Endicott the 
remaining 9 laps, and even had the edge for the lead on lap 17.

But Endicott would keep his truck straight around the bottom and would hold 
on for the victory over McGrath, Ward, Dwight Waltermeier and 18th-starting 
Bob Dible.

"I wasn't coming off that bottom for nothing," said Endicott beside his 
Bob's Machine Shop sponsored truck. "We've been really good right out of the 
gates this year. I just hope we can continue these good runs."

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, May 12 for Legendz Sports 
Bar Night. Besides the regular program of 410 sprints, 305 sprints and 
trucks, the trucks will run the make-up features from April 28.

The "New" Fremont Speedway (5-5-07)

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 3L-Mike Linder, 12.57; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs, 12.83; 3. X-Mark Keegan, 12.90; 
4. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.93; 5. 55-Brian Smith, 12.98; 6. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.99; 
7. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.06; 8. 10-David Harrison, 13.10; 9. 24-Rob Chaney, 
13.11; 10. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.25; 11. O-Gus Wasson, 13.28; 12. 4M-Jamie 
Miller, 13.34; 13. 12-Caleb Griffith, 13.36; 14. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.37; 15. 
53-John Ivy, 13.47; 16. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.53; 17. 8S-Bobby Clark, 13.53; 
18. 97-Cory Seeling, 13.57; 19. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.59; 20. 7T-Troy 
Vaccaro, 13.60; 21. 31-Chuck Wilson, 13.66; 22. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 13.70; 23. 
97S-Aaron Shaffer, 13.90; 24. 27-Scott Euler, 13.99; 25. 3T-Tony Beaber, 
14.03; 26. 21-Rodney Morgan, 14.08; 27. 16S-Lee Stark, 14.12; 28. 6-Mike 
Dussell, 14.18; 29. 10S-Roger Shammo, 14.29; 30. 48-Mike Burkin, 14.34; 31. 
98-Bruce Robenalt, 15.14; 32. 48B-Bill Shaw,NT

Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8S-Bobby Clark; 2. 24-Rob Chaney; 3. 3L-Mike Linder; 4. 55-Brian Smith; 
5. 12-Caleb Griffith; 6. 3T-Tony Beaber; 7. 10S-Roger Shammo; 8. 31-Chuck 
Wilson

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs; 3. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 4. 2-Dale Blaney; 
5. 11B-Brock Mayes; 6. 97-Cory Seeling; 7. 21-Rodney Morgan; 8. 48-Mike 
Burkin

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. W20-Greg Wilson; 2. X-Mark Keegan; 3. 53-John Ivy; 4. O-Gus Wasson; 5. 
98-Bruce Robenalt; 6. 97S-Aaron Shaffer; 7. 16S-Lee Stark; 8. 11M-Brandon 
Martin

Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. 27-Scott Euler; 3. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 4. 10-David 
Harrison; 5. 6-Mike Dussell; 6. 4M-Jamie Miller; 7. 5R-Byron Reed; 8. 
48B-Bill Shaw

B-main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 12-Caleb Griffith; 4. 4M-Jamie 
Miller; 5. 97-Cory Seeling; 6. 97S-Aaron Shaffer; 7. 21-Rodney Morgan; 8. 
31-Chuck Wilson; 9. 3T-Tony Beaber; 10. 10S-Roger Shammo; 11. 6-Mike 
Dussell; 12. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 13. 16S-Lee Stark; 14. 48-Mike Burkin

A-main (30 laps) Starting Position []
1. 2-Dale Blaney[2]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[7]; 3. 3L-Mike Linder[6]; 4. 16-Lee 
Jacobs[5]; 5. 11B-Brock Mayes[10]; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver[14]; 7. 10-David 
Harrison[8]; 8. 12-Caleb Griffith[13]; 9. 55-Brian Smith[3]; 10. 24-Rob 
Chaney[9]; 11. 8S-Bobby Clark[17]; 12. O-Gus Wasson[11]; 13. W20-Greg 
Wilson[1]; 14. X-Mark Keegan[4]; 15. 53-John Ivy[15]; 16. 7T-Troy 
Vaccaro[18]; 17. 14H-Todd Heller[16]; 18. 27-Scott Euler[20]; 19. 49T-Gregg 
Dalman[19]; 20. 4M-Jamie Miller[12]
 

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints (Make-up from 4-28-07 Rainout)
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 2. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 3. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 4. 
18-Todd Heuerman; 5. 1A-Matt Lucius; 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 22D-Dan Hommond; 
8. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall

Heat 2 -  R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 3. O7-Scott Mominee; 4. 14-Chad 
Wilson; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan; 6. 74L-Chad Levingston; 7. 311-Aaron Moloney; 8. 
7-Jarrid Potter; 9. 6-Ryan Dickey

Heat 3 -  Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 31-Chad Gullett; 2. 55S-Benny Bowman; 3. 9-Craig Kays; 4. 29F-Rich 
Farmer; 5. 22-Evan Helle; 6. 29L-Chris Lang; 7. M28-Josh Muntz; 8. 25-Chris 
Pifher; 9. 92-Brandon Perkins

Heat 4 -  Reco Equipment (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 3J-Bobby Foster; 4. 66L-Ryan 
Lowe; 5. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 6. 39M-Matt Merrill; 7. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath; 8. 
1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 9. 65-Mark Lang

Heat 5 (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 49-Coty Runion; 2. O2-Kevin Lee; 3. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 4. O4-Cap 
Henry; 5. 34-Mark Whaley; 6. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 7. 1B-Brad Bowman; 8. 
18C-Jason Crispen; 9. 24X-Tom Nichols

Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 49-Coty 
Runion; 5. 31-Chad Gullett

B1 Main (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 5-Dustin Dinan; 4. 29F-Rich Farmer; 
5. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 29L-Chris Lang; 8. 5JR-Jimmy 
Mcgrath; 9. 18C-Jason Crispen; 10. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall; 11. 67M-Matt 
Ferrell; 12. 25-Chris Pifher; 13. 311-Aaron Moloney; 14. 24X-Tom Nichols

B2 Main (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1A-Matt Lucius; 2. 14-Chad Wilson; 3. 39M-Matt Merrill; 4. 1B-Brad 
Bowman; 5. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 6. 34-Mark Whaley; 7. 22D-Dan Hommond; 8. 65-Mark 
Lang; 9. OO-Jay Kiser; 10. 22-Evan Helle; 11. 7-Jarrid Potter

A-main (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 48S-Andy Shammo[10]; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto[5]; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3]; 4. 
71-Bill Kraylek[7]; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6]; 6. 31-Chad Gullett[8]; 7. 
3J-Bobby Foster[14]; 8. 14-Chad Wilson[17]; 9. 39M-Matt Merrill[19]; 10. 
49-Coty Runion[2]; 11. 5-Dustin Dinan[20]; 12. 10-Brad Haudenschild[13]; 13. 
1B-Brad Bowman[21]; 14. O2-Kevin Lee[1]; 15. O7-Scott Mominee[12]; 16. 
O4-Cap Henry[18]; 17. 9-Craig Kays[11]; 18. 1A-Matt Lucius[15]; 19. 18-Todd 
Heuerman[16]; 20. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[4]; 21. 25P-Mark Pridemore[9]

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints (Regular 5-5-07 Show)
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 65-Mark Lang; 3. 48S-Andy Shammo; 4. O4-Cap Henry; 5. 
39M-Matt Merrill; 6. 71-Bill Kraylek; 7. 3J-Bobby Foster; 8. 29L-Chris Lang; 
9. 82-Travis Hoffbauer

Heat 2 -  R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 3. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 4. 
22D-Dan Hommond; 5. 14-Chad Wilson; 6. 22-Evan Helle; 7. 23-Jay Kiser; 8. 
40-Bobby Davis; 9. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath; 10. 9-Craig Kays

Heat 3 -  Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 49-Coty Runion; 3. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 4. 35-Stuart 
Brubaker; 5. O2-Kevin Lee; 6. 31-Chad Gullett; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 8. 
1A-Matt Lucius; 9. 34-Mark Whaley; 10. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall; 11. 7-Jarrid 
Potter

Heat 4 -  Reco Equipment (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 55-Brad Bowman; 2. 29F-Craig Mintz; 3. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 4. 19R-Steve Rando; 
5. O7-Scott Mominee; 6. 18C-Jason Crispen; 7. 311-Aaron Moloney; 8. 25-Chris 
Pifher; 9. 55S-Benny Bowman; 10. 11-Shawn Colvin

Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 55-Brad Bowman; 3. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 4. 67M-Matt 
Ferrell; 5. 10-Brad Haudenschild

B1 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 39M-Matt Merrill; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 22-Evan Helle; 4. 14-Chad 
Wilson; 5. 3J-Bobby Foster; 6. 29L-Chris Lang; 7. 3X-Brad Keckler; 8. 23-Jay 
Kiser; 9. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 10. 40-Bobby Davis

B2 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. O2-Kevin Lee; 2. 31-Chad Gullett; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 1A-Matt 
Lucius; 5. 34-Mark Whaley; 6. 55S-Benny Bowman; 7. 18C-Jason Crispen; 8. 
27K-Ryan Kirkendall; 9. 311-Aaron Moloney; 10. 25-Chris Pifher; 11. 7-Jarrid 
Potter

A-main (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 48S-Andy Shammo[9]; 2. 29F-Craig Mintz[8]; 3. 66L-Ryan Lowe[4]; 4. 
O1-Bryan Sebetto[10]; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan[6]; 6. 67M-Matt Ferrell[7]; 7. 
O2-Kevin Lee[18]; 8. 36X-Dustin Keegan[5]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[15]; 10. 
71-Bill Kraylek[19]; 11. 10-Brad Haudenschild[3]; 12. 25P-Mark 
Pridemore[11]; 13. 39M-Matt Merrill[17]; 14. 65-Mark Lang[2]; 15. O4-Cap 
Henry[13]; 16. 31-Chad Gullett[20]; 17. 19R-Steve Rando[16]; 18. 49-Coty 
Runion[12]; 19. 55-Brad Bowman[1]; 20. 22D-Dan Hommond[14]
 

Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 5-Jim McGrath; 3. 3X-Charley Gingrich; 4. 
7B-Dave Bryant; 5. 34M-Kevin Miller; 6. X-L. J. Conners; 7. 97-Jim Maglosky; 
8. 22-Todd Keegan; 9. 83B-Dave Brewer

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 16-Steve Sabo; 3. 5W-Ralph Willey; 4. 23M-Brad Mitten; 
5. 20-Andy Maynard; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs; 7. 34-Aaron Schatzinger; 8. 92-Loren 
Schwochow; 9. 4X-Brian Sorg

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 2. 8-Steve Endicott; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti; 4. P51-Paul 
Brown Jr.; 5. 55B-Bill Bruen; 6. 21R-Ryan Bloom; 7. 2-Bob Sinkevitch Jr.; 8. 
17-Bob Dible; 9. 69-Mark Warnick

Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 2. 37-Eric Devanna; 3. 6-Linda Sabo; 4. 56-Alex 
Wiechman; 5. 8K-Zack Kramer; 6. 33-Brian Arnold; 7. O1-Art Ball; 8. 3R-Chuck 
Roelle; 9. 7C-Jacob Dick

B1-Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 30-Dave Gibbs; 2. 20-Andy Maynard; 3. 34-Aaron Schatzinger; 4. 83B-Dave 
Brewer; 5. 4X-Brian Sorg; 6. 34M-Kevin Miller; 7. X-L. J. Conners; 8. 
22-Todd Keegan

B2-main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 69-Mark Warnick; 4. 21R-Ryan Bloom; 5. 
2-Bob Sinkevitch Jr.; 6. 8K-Zack Kramer; 7. 33-Brian Arnold; 8. 55B-Bill 
Bruen; 9. 7C-Jacob Dick; 10. 3R-Chuck Roelle

A-main (20 laps) Starting Position []
1. 8-Steve Endicott[2]; 2. 5-Jim McGrath[6]; 3. 18W-Cory Ward[4]; 4. 
39-Dwight Waltermier[7]; 5. 17-Bob Dible[18]; 6. 28-Shawn Valenti[11]; 7. 
16-Steve Sabo[12]; 8. 37-Eric Devanna[8]; 9. 20-Andy Maynard[19]; 10. 
30-Dave Gibbs[17]; 11. O1-Art Ball[20]; 12. 5W-Ralph Willey[3]; 13. 23M-Brad 
Mitten[14]; 14. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[15]; 15. 56-Alex Wiechman[16]; 16. 
6-Linda Sabo[10]; 17. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[9]; 18. 19-Jimmy Sebetto[1]
 

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