By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007) - Stevie Smith is used to stiff 
competition. He ran against some of the best in sprint car racing with the 
World of Outlaws. However, the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver knew coming to 
Ohio to compete in the season finale at Fremont Speedway for $15,000 would 
offer just as tough a battle against the weekend warriors.

Smith, who struggled early in the evening at "The Track That Action Built," 
had to make a late race charge in the B-main to even qualify for the 50-lap 
Chuck Kear Memorial feature. Starting 12th in the A-main,  he took the lead 
from Mark Keegan on lap 21 and went on to claim the rich payday and the new 
XXX Chassis.

"We were terrible. My crew changed everything on the car. I knew we would 
have our hands full...these guys around here are tough. We drove by a race 
paying $10,000 to come here," said Smith beside his Race Against the Abuse 
of Children Everywhere sponsored #19 in the Engine Pro Victory Lane. "It was 
probably the early '90s the last time we were here. This is some of the 
toughest competition you'll find at any track across the country on a weekly 
basis."

The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints and Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks 
were split into odds and evens in their point standings for two feature 
events for each division, each paying $1,000 to win.

Millbury, Ohio's Andy Shammo picked up his fifth victory of the season  in 
one 305 main, to claim the 2007 Fremont Speedway track championship. He also 
picked up a new XXX Chassis for his feature win. Shammo also won the track 
title at Attica Raceway Park. In the other 305 feature, Fremont's Dustin 
Dinan scored his second career victory.

"This was a dream season. I have to thank Lemar and Yvonne Burkin for giving 
me the opportunity to drive their car and all our sponsors...without them we 
couldn't do this," said Shammo beside his Fort Ball Pizza Palace, K-S Sales 
and Service backed #48. "Dennis Level built us one heck of a motor."

"When I won the first one it really didn't comprehend what I had done. I'm 
going to enjoy this one a lot more," said Dinan beside his Quality Welding, 
Tanks Meats, Johnson's Hunting & Fishing backed #5.

In the first truck feature, Sandusky's Cory Ward picked up his 7th victory 
of the season to claim the 2007 track championship. In the second truck 
feature, Tiffin's Art Ball matched his age with his 68th career victory at 
Fremont Speedway to lead all drivers on the all-time win list.

"This started with my grandpa and then my dad. Now I have a track 
championship just like my dad (Jim Ward). I couldn't ask for a better year," 
said Ward beside his Budweiser, Blue Chip Machine, Excuses Lounge backed 
#18w.

"I still feel good and Keith Pierce and the crew give me a good truck, so 
I'll keep on driving," said Ball beside his Magers Lumber, Clouse 
Constructioned backed #01.

By virtue of his 12th place finish, Monclova, Ohio's Byron Reed claimed the 
track championship for the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints, his second 
title at Fremont Speedway having took the trophy in 2003. Reed also won the 
2007 track championship at Attica Raceway Park.

Rod George jumped into the early lead in the big 50-lap 410 sprint feature 
with Brandon Wimmer, Mark Keegan, Mike Linder and David Harrison in tow. The 
first yellow would fly on lap three with another caution waving on the 
restart as Reed made contact with Linder, sending Reed spinning. Once the 
green came back out, the race was on.

George led until lap 10 when Keegan would drive around the outside. Keegan 
would continue to lead over George, Wimmer Harrison, Linder and Smith. Smith 
would move into fourth on lap 11, third on lap 15 and into the runner-up 
spot on lap 17. Keegan and Smith would race side by side until driving under 
Keegan exiting turn four on lap 21 for the lead. Smith could not shake 
Keegan who stayed on his rear bumper until third place running Mike Linder 
made contact with the lapped machine of Greg Dalman entering turn 3 on lap 
42, sending Linder and Dalman both flipping.

On the restart, Smith had six lapped machines between himself and Keegan and 
would cruise to his second career win at "The Track That Action Built." 
Keegan would finish second with Wimmer, Harrison and Kevin Huntley rounding 
out the top five. John Ivy earned the RickandKell Hard Charger Award for his 
drive from 21st starting spot to a 6th place finish.

In "odds" 305 sprint feature, outside front row starter Todd Heuerman would 
grab the early lead with Mark Pridemore, Travis Hoffbauer and Mark Whaley in 
tow. Shammo was on the move, going from his 10th starting spot into 6th in 
the first lap before the yellow would fly. Another caution followed on lap 2 
with Shammo now up to fourth. While Heuerman continued to lead over 
Pridemore, Shammo drove into third on lap 4 and would take the runner-up 
position on lap 6 before another caution would fly. On the restart, Shammo 
seemed content to follow Heuerman until lap 12 when he would race beside him 
and grab the lead a circuit later. Shammo pulled away for the win with 
Heuerman, Pridemore, Bill Kraylek and Hoffbauer rounding out the top five.

In the "evens" 305 sprint feature, pole-sitter Scott Mominee would grab the 
lead at the drop of the green with Bobby Foster, Matt Merrill and Brad 
Bowman in tow. Foster would drive under Mominee to take the lead a lap 
later. The driver on the move was Bowman who moved into second on lap 3 and 
began to pressure Foster. Foster made contact with a lapped machine on lap 
5, collapsing his front wing, but he continued to lead. Bowman would drive 
around Foster to grab the lead on lap 11. Dinan, who started 10th, whould 
move into third on lap 11 and take second on lap 14. Bowman and Dinan would 
race side by side until Dinan slipped under for the lead on lap 18. Dinan 
would go on to the win with Matt Lucius moving into second in the closing 
laps; Stuart Brubaker into third, Foster and Bowman rounding out the top 
five.

In the "odds" dirt truck feature, rookie Zak Cramer grabbed the initial lead 
with Brad Mitten, Art Howey Junior and Dave Gibbs in tow. Ward, who started 
8th, was up to fourth by lap 2 and move dinto second on lap 4. Ward would 
drive under Cramer for the lead on lap 8 and had to contend with several 
strong challenges from Jim McGrath, as the two raced side by side the rest 
of the way. At the checkered it was Ward over McGrath, Shawn Valenti, 
15th-starter Dan Roepke and Loren Schwochow rounding out the top five.

In the final feature of the night and the 2007 season - the "events" dirt 
truck main, Dwight Waltermeier grabbed the initial lead with Ball and Steve 
Sabo right on his rear bumper. Ball would drive around Waltermeier for the 
top spot on lap six. Sabo would move into second at the half-way mark of the 
20-lap main and put pressure on Ball. However, Ball began to hit his marks 
and pulled away for the win. Sabo, Waltermeier, Andy Maynard and Bob Dible 
would round out the top five.

The race marked the end of the eight-year promotion of the historic speedway 
by the Jim and Joanne Ford family. Long-time race fans and car owners and 
drives Andy James of Ada, Ohio, and Rich Farmer of Fremont have teamed up to 
take over operations of Fremont Speedway beginning in 2008.

"It's been a wonderful ride these past eight years. While we are sad to hang 
it up....it's time to let someone else have a try at this. So many fans, 
drivers, teams, sponsors have become a part of our family. We will forever 
have them in our hearts," said an emotional Jim Ford.

Fremont Speedway will crown its champions and honor the top 10 in the point 
standings for all three divisions at the awrads banquet at Ole Zim's 
Wagonshed on Saturday, Nov. 3. For banquet tickets call the track office at 
419-862-2206.

The "New" Fremont Speedway (09-15-07)
Chuck Kear Memorial-Season Championship Night

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints

Qualifying
1. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 12.66; 2. 24H-Rob Chaney, 12.88; 3. 87-Alan Krimes, 
12.89; 4. 27-Scott Euler, 12.92; 5. 19-Stevie Smith, 12.96; 6. 10-David 
Harrison, 13.04; 7. 12-Caleb Griffith, 13.04; 8. 9X-Kevin Huntley, 13.05; 9. 
97-Bobby Clark, 13.11; 10. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.15; 11. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.17; 
12. X-Mark Keegan, 13.18; 13. O-Brandon Wimmer, 13.19; 14. 53-Kenny Jacobs, 
13.20; 15. O1-Jamie Miller, 13.20; 16. 4-Rod George, 13.22; 17. 29-Bryan 
Sebetto, 13.26; 18. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.30; 19. 5A-Rob Eyler, 13.32; 20. 
3T-Tony Beaber, 13.32; 21. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.32; 22. 99-Alvin Roepke, 
13.37; 23. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr., 13.38; 24. 55-Brian Smith, 13.39; 25. 6K-Chris 
Knopp, 13.40; 26. 10S-Roger Shammo, 13.46; 27. 83-Phil Gressman, 13.63; 28. 
98-Bruce Robenalt, 13.69; 29. 21-Rodney Morgan, 13.72; 30. 1H-Kyle Cummins, 
13.76; 31. M20-Chris Andrews, 13.84; 32. 51-John Ivy, 13.88; 33. 14H-Todd 
Heller, 13.90; 34. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 13.95; 35. 8S-Eric Rankin, 14.08; 36. 
49T-Gregg Dalman, 14.20; 37. 2H-Tim Hunter, 14.21; 38. 7A-Dave Dickson, 
14.25; 39. 31-Chuck Wilson, 14.35; 40. 17-Jarred Horstman, 14.51; 41. 
O6-Brandy Bower, 14.52; 42. 41-Randy Tusing, 14.97; 43. 11-Josh Harrison, 
15.00

Heat 1 (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. O-Brandon Wimmer; 3. 29-Bryan Sebetto; 4. 6K-Chris 
Knopp; 5. 97-Bobby Clark; 6. 19-Stevie Smith; 7. 2H-Tim Hunter; 8. 7T-Troy 
Vaccaro; 9. O6-Brandy Bower; 10. 14H-Todd Heller; 11. 21-Rodney Morgan

Heat 2 (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 99-Alvin Roepke; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs; 3. 5R-Byron Reed; 4. 10-David 
Harrison; 5. 24H-Rob Chaney; 6. 53-Kenny Jacobs; 7. 10S-Roger Shammo; 8. 
1H-Kyle Cummins; 9. 7A-Dave Dickson; 10. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 11. 41-Randy 
Tusing

Heat 3 (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.; 2. 3L-Mike Linder; 3. 5A-Rob Eyler; 4. 12-Caleb 
Griffith; 5. 87-Alan Krimes; 6. M20-Chris Andrews; 7. 83-Phil Gressman; 8. 
8S-Eric Rankin; 9. 31-Chuck Wilson; 10. 11-Josh Harrison; 11. O1-Jamie 
Miller

Heat 4 (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 55-Brian Smith; 2. X-Mark Keegan; 3. 4-Rod George; 4. 9X-Kevin Huntley; 
5. 51-John Ivy; 6. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 7. 3T-Tony Beaber; 8. 49T-Gregg 
Dalman; 9. 27-Scott Euler; 10. 17-Jarred Horstman

C-main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to B-main)
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. 8S-Eric Rankin; 3. 17-Jarred Horstman; 4. 11N-Ed 
Neumeister; 5. 31-Chuck Wilson; 6. 2H-Tim Hunter; 7. 7A-Dave Dickson; 8. 
49T-Gregg Dalman; 9. 11-Josh Harrison; 10. O6-Brandy Bower; 11. 41-Randy 
Tusing

B-main (12 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 2. 87-Alan Krimes; 3. 19-Stevie Smith; 4. 27-Scott 
Euler; 5. 53-Kenny Jacobs; 6. 8S-Eric Rankin; 7. 21-Rodney Morgan; 8. 
M20-Chris Andrews; 9. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 10. 1H-Kyle Cummins; 11. 3T-Tony 
Beaber; 12. 24H-Rob Chaney; 13. 83-Phil Gressman; 14. 14H-Todd Heller; 15. 
97-Bobby Clark; 16. 51-John Ivy; 17. O1-Jamie Miller; 18. 10S-Roger Shammo

A-main (50 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 19-Stevie Smith[12]; 2. X-Mark Keegan[3]; 3. O-Brandon Wimmer[2]; 4. 
10-David Harrison[8]; 5. 9X-Kevin Huntley[6]; 6. 51-John Ivy[21]; 7. 16-Lee 
Jacobs[14]; 8. 7T-Troy Vaccaro[9]; 9. 1W-Paul Weaver[16]; 10. 4-Rod 
George[1]; 11. 87-Alan Krimes[10]; 12. 5R-Byron Reed[5]; 13. 5A-Rob 
Eyler[15]; 14. 99-Alvin Roepke[17]; 15. 14H-Todd Heller[22]; 16. M20-Chris 
Andrews[24]; 17. 27-Scott Euler[11]; 18. 29-Bryan Sebetto[13]; 19. 12-Caleb 
Griffith[7]; 20. 3L-Mike Linder[4]; 21. 49T-Gregg Dalman[23]; 22. 2L-Ed 
Lynch Jr.[18]; 23. 6K-Chris Knopp[20]; 24. 55-Brian Smith[19]

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints (Odd Points)
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 48S-Andy Shammo[12]; 2. 18-Todd Heuerman[4]; 3. 25P-Mark Pridemore[3]; 4. 
71-Bill Kraylek[10]; 5. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[1]; 6. 49-Coty Runion[9]; 7. 
65-Mark Lang[5]; 8. 31-Chad Gullett[11]; 9. 34-Mark Whaley[6]; 10. 23-Willie 
Keegan[22]; 11. 36X-Dustin Keegan[8]; 12. 10-Brad Haudenschild[15]; 13. 
M28-Josh Muntz[13]; 14. 13-Junior Felver[20]; 15. 2-Brian Need[21]; 16. 
22-Evan Helle[18]; 17. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[17]; 18. 6-Ryan Dickey[16]; 19. 
51S-Jon Taylor[24]; 20. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[7]; 21. 5X-Chuck Dagg[23]; 22. 
24X-Tom Nichols[19]; 23. 55S-Benny Bowman[14]
 

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints (Even Points)
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 5-Dustin Dinan[10]; 2. 1A-Matt Lucius[8]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[11]; 4. 
53-Bobby Foster[2]; 5. 66L-Brad Bowman[5]; 6. 3L-Kevin Lee[12]; 7. 19R-Steve 
Rando[6]; 8. 22D-Dan Hammond[4]; 9. O4-Cap Henry[9]; 10. 7-Scott Mominee[1]; 
11. 9-Craig Kays[7]; 12. 72C-John Bartlome[15]; 13. 67M-Matt Ferrell[17]; 
14. O2-Mike Burkin[20]; 15. 18C-Jason Crispen[13]; 16. 25-Chris Pifher[19]; 
17. 3X-Brad Keckler[14]; 18. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall[16]; 19. 72-Rich 
Farmer[18]; 20. 44-Codey Renfro[21]; 21. 39M-Matt Merrill[3]; 22. 26M-Zak 
Moore[22]
 

Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks (Odd Points)
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 18W-Cory Ward[8]; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath[7]; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti[6]; 4. 53-Dan 
Roepke[15]; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow[9]; 6. 23M-Brad Mitten[3]; 7. 19-Jimmy 
Sebetto[13]; 8. O7-Roger Inks[16]; 9. 34M-Kevin Miller[12]; 10. 84-Russ 
Stahl[19]; 11. 30-Dave Gibbs[2]; 12. 8K-Zack Kramer[1]; 13. P51-Paul Brown 
Jr.[10]; 14. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[5]; 15. 3R-Chuck Roelle[4]; 16. 21R-Ryan 
Bloom[17]; 17. X-Tim Keegan[14]; 18. 55B-Bill Bruen[11]; 19. 4X-Keith 
Sorg[18]

Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks (Even Points)
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. O1-Art Ball[9]; 2. 16-Steve Sabo[6]; 3. 39-Dwight Waltermier[5]; 4. 
20-Andy Maynard[4]; 5. 17-Bob Dible[8]; 6. 6-Linda Sabo[11]; 7. 4D-Donald 
Fitch[17]; 8. 62-David Severs[13]; 9. 5W-Ralph Willey[14]; 10. 83B-Dave 
Brewer[2]; 11. 33-Brian Arnold[10]; 12. O-Jim Keegan[15]; 13. 18-Jim 
Ward[16]; 14. 2-Bob Sinkevitch Jr.[12]; 15. 56-Alex Wiechman[1]; 16. 37-Eric 
Devanna[3]; 17. 8-Steve Endicott[7]