Saturday, May 17, 2008

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By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - Greg Wilson is accustomed to winning. But rain-outs and bad 
luck have kept the two-time O'Reilly All Star champion out of the winner's 
circle so far in 2008. It took some good luck and a trip back to Fremont 
Speedway to change all of that Saturday, May 17.

The Benton Ridge, Ohio driver led all 30 laps to claim his first win of the 
season on Roots Poultry Night at "The Track That Action Built."

"I almost forgot how to get here," said Wilson in the Engine Pro Victory 
Lane. "The track was different tonight...a little tight. If the guys 
(promoters Andy James and Rich Farmer) just back off a little this will be 
an awesome surface."

"Boy did we need this. The guys have been working so hard in the shop to 
turn this thing around. I'm so happy for them and for Veryl and Sabrina 
Warnimont (car owners). This is a big confidence boosters heading into next 
weekend," said Wilson aboard his All Star Plumbing, Heating and Air 
Conditioning backed sprinter. "Lance (Dewease) and all the All Stars have 
been hard to beat all year. When they come here next Saturday, they will 
have their hands full...this is a tough place and the competition is so 
strong here."

Fremont's Bryan "Flipper" Sebetto fought off challenges by Stuart Brubaker 
to claim his 10th career Fremont victory in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 
305 Sprints.

"This is the first time I've won in the family car. My dad and I put this 
deal together and this is very special," said Sebetto beside his Schiets 
Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki; Legendz Sports Bar, American Auto Sales backed 
sprinter. "Scott Gressman built us a heck of a motor and you needed all of 
it tonight."

"I love this type of track...when it gets cowboy up," added Sebetto from the 
Engine Pro Victory Lane.

Steve Sabo battled Art Ball side by side the first eight laps of the Fremont 
Fence Dirt Truck's feature, then held off challenges by Jim McGrath to claim 
his 26th career Fremont win.

"It was a matter of being patient around traffic. Art raced me clean and 
that's all you can ask," said Sabo beside his Progressive Iron & Metal, Sabo 
Race Cars and Trucks backed truck."I want to thank my wife (Linda) and my 
daughter and Dave Gibbs and everyone who helps on this truck."

At the drop of the green for the 30-lap Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint 
feature, Wilson put the hamer down and built up a lead as rookie Mike 
Dussel, Brian Smith, Jody Keegan and Chad Blonde raced hard in tow. 
Following a pair of yellows early on, Wilson once again built up a big lead 
on the fast and tight track, with the battle heating up for second between 
Dussell and Chad Blonde.

Disaster struck on lap 14, as Blonde flipped hard in turn 4 ending his great 
run. He was okay, but done for the night.

Wilson now had a pair of lapped machines between himself and Dussel on the 
restart. Byron Reed would use this to his advantage, getting around Dussel. 
At the halfway mark it was Wilson, Reed, Dussel, David Harrison and Smith.

The final stoppage of the feature would come on lap 18 when Dean Jacobs got 
upside down in turn 3. He was fine, but his charge to the front was over.

As the laps ticked away, Reed would close in on Wilson, but ran out of laps, 
settling for second. Dussell continued his impressive early season success, 
finishing third, with Harrison and Brandon Martin rounding out the top five.

In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, Sebetto used the high line to take the 
early lead, with Brubaker followin his tire tracks. As that duo pulled away, 
Chad Wilson, rookie Jimmy Colvin and Coty Runion fought hard for third.

Sebetto hit lapped traffic by the 10th circuit, with the only yellow flying 
a lap later. Sebetto and Brubaker continued to be the class of the field, 
building up a straight-away advantage over the rest of the field. Colvin 
would get around Wilson a lap later to move into third, bringing along 
Runion.

Sebetto would hit lapped traffic again on the 17th lap, with Brubaker, 
Colvin, Runion and Dustin Dinan in tow. Sebetto could not shake Brubaker, 
but would take the checkered flag by a car length. Brubaker, Colvin, Dinan 
and Runion would round out the top five.

In the 20-lap dirt truck main, the front row starters Ball and Sabo would 
literally race door to door the first eight laps. Disaster struck for Ball 
as he made contact with a lapped truck. While he led at the yellow, his left 
rear tire would go flat, ending his run.

Sabo couldn't breath easy though, as opening night winner Jim McGrath raced 
under him for several laps, but ran out of steam at the end. Sabo would take 
the checkered over McGrath, a fast closing Chester Fitch, Cory Ward and Bob 
Dible.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, May 24, as the O'Reilly 
All Star Circuit of Champions bring their touring group to town for the 
first of three appearances in 2008, for a $5,000 to win payday. The 305 
sprints and dirt trucks will also be in action.

For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com

The Fremont Speedway (05-17-08)
Roots Poultry Night

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 10-David Harrison, 12.97; 2. 2M-Dustin Daggett, 13.11; 3. X-Mark Keegan, 
13.12; 4. 24H-Rob Chaney, 13.22; 5. 59-Kenny Jacobs, 13.25; 6. 5R-Byron 
Reed, 13.26; 7. 5B-Chad Blonde, 13.26; 8. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.29; 9. 
20X-Brian Smith, 13.29; 10. 60-Jody Keegan, 13.33; 11. 22-Cole Duncan, 
13.34; 12. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.37; 13. 97S-Aaron Shaffer, 13.39; 14. 
312-Mike Linder, 13.44; 15. 6-Mike Dussell (R), 13.46; 16. 1W-Paul Weaver, 
13.47; 17. 55-John Ivy, 13.48; 18. 7K-Dean Jacobs, 13.48; 19. 2-Dale Blaney, 
13.50; 20. 10S-Roger Shammo, 13.51; 21. 92V-Matthew Reed, 13.55; 22. 
9X-Kevin Huntley, 13.61; 23. 27-Scott Euler, 13.64; 24. 48S-Andy Shammo, 
13.65; 25. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.73; 26. O4-Cap Henry, 13.74; 27. 14H-Todd 
Heller, 13.76; 28. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.78; 29. 8S-Craig Mintz, 13.90; 30. 
83-Phil Gressman, 13.91; 31. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.98; 32. 11-Josh Harrison, 
14.01; 33. 5T-Travis Philo, 14.12; 34. 15C-Chris Andrews, 14.18; 35. 1-Doug 
Berryman, 14.19; 36. 16S-Lee Stark, 14.27; 37. D7-Tony Beaber, 14.28; 38. 
61-Chad Gullett, 14.66

Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 92V-Matthew Reed; 2. 55-John Ivy; 3. 10-David Harrison; 4. 20X-Brian 
Smith; 5. 59-Kenny Jacobs; 6. 97S-Aaron Shaffer; 7. 8S-Craig Mintz; 8. 
16-Lee Jacobs; 9. D7-Tony Beaber

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 7K-Dean Jacobs; 2. 9X-Kevin Huntley; 3. 60-Jody Keegan; 4. 5R-Byron Reed; 
5. 83-Phil Gressman; 6. 312-Mike Linder; 7. 2M-Dustin Daggett; 8. O4-Cap 
Henry; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews; 10. 61-Chad Gullett

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 6-Mike Dussell (R); 3. 5B-Chad Blonde; 4. 27-Scott 
Euler; 5. 22-Cole Duncan; 6. X-Mark Keegan; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8. 7T-Troy 
Vaccaro; 9. 1-Doug Berryman

Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 10S-Roger Shammo; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 24H-Rob 
Chaney; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver; 7. 11B-Brock Mayes; 8. 
16S-Lee Stark; 9. 11-Josh Harrison

C-main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to B-main)
1. 15C-Chris Andrews; 2. 1-Doug Berryman; 3. 16S-Lee Stark; 4. D7-Tony 
Beaber; 5. 61-Chad Gullett

B-main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 2M-Dustin Daggett; 3. 11M-Brandon Martin; 4. 59-Kenny 
Jacobs; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver; 6. 11B-Brock Mayes; 7. 22-Cole Duncan; 8. 16-Lee 
Jacobs; 9. 97S-Aaron Shaffer; 10. 8S-Craig Mintz; 11. 83-Phil Gressman; 12. 
7T-Troy Vaccaro; 13. 14H-Todd Heller; 14. 5T-Travis Philo; 15. 11-Josh 
Harrison; 16. 1-Doug Berryman; 17. 312-Mike Linder; 18. 15C-Chris Andrews

A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. W20-Greg Wilson[2]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[6]; 3. 6-Mike Dussell (R)[1]; 4. 
10-David Harrison[8]; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin[12]; 6. X-Mark Keegan[10]; 7. 
55-John Ivy[13]; 8. 20X-Brian Smith[4]; 9. 92V-Matthew Reed[17]; 10. 
10S-Roger Shammo[16]; 11. 9X-Kevin Huntley[18]; 12. 48S-Andy Shammo[20]; 13. 
27-Scott Euler[19]; 14. 60-Jody Keegan[3]; 15. 24H-Rob Chaney[7]; 16. 
7K-Dean Jacobs[14]; 17. 5B-Chad Blonde[5]; 18. 2M-Dustin Daggett[9]; 19. 
59-Kenny Jacobs[11]; 20. 2-Dale Blaney[15]

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 66L-Brad Bowman; 3. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 4. 
39-Matt Merrill; 5. 80-Jake Travino (R); 6. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 7. 8K-Zack 
Kramer (R); 8. 24X-Tom Nichols; 9. M28-Josh Muntz; 10. 29-Chris Lang

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 40-Bobby Clark; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan; 3. 65-Mark Lang; 4. 3J-Kevin Lee; 5. 
X-Dustin Stroup (R); 6. 18I-Mark Irwin; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond; 8. 61L-Adam 
Thacker (R); 9. 28-Shaun Valenti (R); 10. 26-Zack Moore

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 3. 14-Chad Wilson; 4. 55-Benny 
Bowman; 5. 1-Nate Dussel (R); 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 7. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 8. 
3X-Brad Keckler; 9. 72C-John Bartlome

Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 23-Willie Keegan; 2. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R); 3. 49-Coty Runion; 4. 19R-Steve 
Rando; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman; 6. 13-Junior Felver; 7. 47-Jimmy Sebetto (R); 8. 
71-Bill Kraylek; 9. 83X-Nate Reeser

B1 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. X-Dustin Stroup (R); 2. 80-Jake Travino (R); 3. 18I-Mark Irwin; 4. 
36X-Dustin Keegan; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond; 6. 24X-Tom Nichols; 7. 28-Shaun 
Valenti (R); 8. 29-Chris Lang; 9. 61L-Adam Thacker (R); 10. 26-Zack Moore

B2 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 1-Nate Dussel (R); 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 11F-D.J. 
Foos (R); 5. 13-Junior Felver; 6. 3X-Brad Keckler; 7. 72C-John Bartlome; 8. 
47-Jimmy Sebetto (R); 9. 71-Bill Kraylek

A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto[2]; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4]; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R)[6]; 
4. 5-Dustin Dinan[7]; 5. 49-Coty Runion[8]; 6. 40-Bobby Clark[12]; 7. 
14-Chad Wilson[1]; 8. 3J-Kevin Lee[14]; 9. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[11]; 10. 
66L-Brad Bowman[9]; 11. 25P-Mark Pridemore[3]; 12. 23-Willie Keegan[5]; 13. 
19R-Steve Rando[16]; 14. 39-Matt Merrill[13]; 15. X-Dustin Stroup (R)[17]; 
16. 55-Benny Bowman[15]; 17. 80-Jake Travino (R)[19]; 18. 18-Todd 
Heuerman[18]; 19. 65-Mark Lang[10]; 20. 1-Nate Dussel (R)[20]
 

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (7 laps)
1. 33-Brian Arnold; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3. 88-Dave Brewer; 4. O1-Art Ball; 5. 
101-Chest Fitch; 6. 2R-Ron Kepling; 7. 92-Loren Schwochow

Heat 2 (7 laps)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 20-Andy Maynard; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 
5. 91-Rick Potts; 6. 34K-George Miller

Heat 3 (7 laps)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 5JR-Jim Mcgrath Jr.; 3. 16-Steve Sabo; 4. 
23M-Brad Mitten; 5. 4X-Brian Sorg; 6. 6-Linda Sabo; 7. 32H-Dan Hennig

A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 16-Steve Sabo[2]; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath[4]; 3. 101-Chest Fitch[13]; 4. 
18W-Cory Ward[6]; 5. 17-Bob Dible[12]; 6. 88-Dave Brewer[10]; 7. 30-Dave 
Gibbs[21]; 8. 2R-Ron Kepling[16]; 9. 20-Andy Maynard[3]; 10. 23M-Brad 
Mitten[8]; 11. 91-Rick Potts[14]; 12. 5JR-Jim Mcgrath Jr.[9]; 13. 6-Linda 
Sabo[18]; 14. 92-Loren Schwochow[19]; 15. 33-Brian Arnold[5]; 16. O1-Art 
Ball[1]; 17. 32H-Dan Hennig[20]; 18. 4X-Brian Sorg[15]; 19. 8-Steve 
Endicott[7]; 20. 39-Dwight Waltermier[11]; 21. 34K-George Miller[17]