Saturday, June 7, 2008

Contact: Brian Liskai
419-271-3299
liskai2x@cros.net

FREMONT, Ohio - Byron Reed's 410 sprint car has been fast all year. However,
the Monclova, Ohio driver felt his game was not matching the quality of his
machine. It all came together for him Saturday at Fremont Speedway, as he
recorded his first win of 2008 on McDonald's Night.

Reed, the defending Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint champion at "The Track
That Action Built," took the lead from Brook Mayes on lap 10 and went on to
his 14th career victory at the historic speedway.

"Everyone has said I've been struggling...it really hasn't been that way.
The car has been a top five car every night. I feel I just haven't been on
my game. Tonight everything worked perfect," said Reed in the Engine Pro
Victory Lane beside his Reebar Die-casting, JEI Chassis, ProShock backed #5.

Fremont's Bobby Clark and Sandusky's Cory Ward made it a double-dip weekend
in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints and Fremont Fence Dirt
Trucks respectively. Both drivers won Friday night at Attica Raceway Park
and backed that up with wins at Fremont.

Clark drove to the high side of Bill Kraylek for the lead on lap 13 and
survived a three yellow flags trying to get the last two laps in for the
win.

"My motor kept loading up with fuel on those last couple of restarts...I was
just praying it wouldn't stumble on the green flag. I got boxed in early in
the race and couldn't get to the high side of the track. Once I got out of
traffic I knew I'd be good. I have to thank my crew...they make driving this
thing so easy," said Clark in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Jenny's
Copper Penny, Abdoo Wrecking, Williams & Son Masonry backed #40.

Ward drove under Dan Henning on lap 9 to take the lead and also survived a
restart with two laps remaining to claim his second win of the season at
Fremont.

"This thing is just on a rail. Thanks to my dad, my grandpa and my uncle for
all the work they do during the week. That's two weeks in a row we had
restarts with two laps to go....it gets a little nerve-racking," said Ward
in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Budweiser, Blue Chip Machine,
Excuses Lounge backed #18w.

Brock Mayes in the Stan Cortad owned 9x grabbed the early led in the 30-lap
410 sprint feature with Chris Andrews, John Ivy and Mike Linder in tow.
Fifth-starting Reed moved into third by lap three and began putting pressure
on Andrews for the runner-up position. Reed, who was running the high line
in turns one and two and the bottom in turns three and four, drove into
second on lap eight and began chasing down Mayes. Reed would drive into the
lead on lap 10.

Reed would hit heavy lapped traffic on lap 12 with Mayes, Andrews,
fast-qualifier Paul McMahan and Linder closing. Disaster nearly struck the
leader on lap 14 when Cole Duncan spun right in front of him. Reed avoided
the youngster and would have a lapped machine between himself and Mayes on
the restart.

Reed would pull away with Mayes and McMahan battling side by side for
several laps for the runner-up position, with Linder right on their rear
bumper. Linder's run would come to an end on lap 17 when he made contact
with the front stretch wall, breaking rear suspension parts.

Once again on the restart Reed would pull away with Mayes, McMahan, Ivy and
Mark Keegan waging a great battling for second. The final yellow would fly
on lap 22 for a Caleb Griffith spin, and Reed's bottom groove off of four
gave him another excellent restart. McMahan would drive around Mayes for
second on lap 24.

Reed would take the checkers for his 14th career victory at Fremont Speedway
over McMahan, Mayes, Keegan and Ivy.

Pole-sitter Bill Kraylek would take the lead when Ronald McDonald himself
dropped the green in the 305 sprint main with rookie Jake Trevino, Mark
Pridemore, Cap Henry and Chad Wilson in tow. Kraylek and Trevino would race
side-by-side for several laps before the veteran would begin to pull away.

Clark was the car on the move, driving from his sixth-starting spot to third
by lap three. However, Henry would not make it easy and battled him hard
over the next couple of laps before the pair would then encounter Trevino
while keeping Kraylek in their sights. Kraylek survived three early yellows
in the first seven laps.

Clark would move past Trevino on lap 11 to grab the second spot and a lap
later drove around Kraylek for the lead. Henry would take third on lap 13,
bringing Todd Heuerman into fourth and Trevino back to fifth. Clark would
encounter lapped traffic by lap 16, but sliced his way through to hold a
comfortable lead over Kraylek, Henry, Heuerman and 12th-starter Kevin Lee.
Heuerman began pressuring Henry for the third spot by lap 18 as the pair
raced the next four laps side-by-side.

Henry's night would end as he slipped off the high side of turns one and two
on lap 23 and stopped. That would set up a couple of restart opportunities
with two laps remaining. Fortunately for Clark he had a lapped machine
between himself and Kraylek. When the race finally went the final two laps
Clark went on to score his 20th career victory at Fremont Speedway over
Kraylek, Lee, Heuerman and Dustin Dinan.

Dan Henning grabbed the early lead in the 20-lap truck feature with Loren
Schowochow, Art Ball, Steve Sabo and Andy Maynard running in his tire
tracks. Trouble would strike Schowchow on lap four when his truck quit
running, which collected Ball.

On the restart, Henning continued to lead, with Ward getting an awesome
restart to  drive around Steve Sabo and Dave Brewer into second on lap five.
Henning and Ward raced side-by-side over the next three laps before Ward
drove under Henning for the lead on lap nine.

While Ward pulled away, the battle for second through sixth place was
exciting and changed nearly every lap. The final caution would fly on lap
18. Ward would get a great restart, but Henning stumbled badly, losing three
spots. At the checkers it was Ward picking up his 10th career Fremont
victory over a closing Jim McGrath, Henning coming back for third, Brewer
and Sabo rounding out the top five.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, June 14 for Crown Battery
Night with the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints, Fremont Federal Credit
Union 305 Sprints and Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks in action. Gates open at 4
p.m. with the mud-slinging action underway at  7 p.m.

For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com
 

The Fremont Speedway (06-07-08)
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. O-Paul McMahan, 12.48; 2. 20X-Brian Smith, 12.65; 3. X-Mark Keegan,
12.66; 4. 48S-Andy Shammo, 12.66; 5. 10-David Harrison, 12.70; 6. 60-Jody
Keegan, 12.71; 7. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.71; 8. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.80; 9.
55-John Ivy, 12.82; 10. 312-Mike Linder, 12.84; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews,
12.88; 12. 9X-Brock Mayes, 12.88; 13. 6-Mike Dussell (R), 12.96; 14. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro, 12.96; 15. 11M-Brandon Martin, 12.96; 16. 83-Phil Gressman, 12.97;
17. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.00; 18. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.04; 19. 5B-Chad Blonde,
13.06; 20. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.08; 21. 4M-Jamie Miller, 13.10; 22. 10S-Roger
Shammo, 13.12; 23. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.13; 24. 63AU-Roddy Ballbowen, 13.14;
25. 91-Aaron Middaugh, 13.20; 26. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.23; 27. 12-Caleb
Griffith, 13.28; 28. D7-Tony Beaber, 13.29; 29. 99-Andy James, 13.33; 30.
27-Scott Euler, 13.44; 31. 1R-Brian Lay (R), 13.46; 32. 5T-Travis Philo,
13.67; 33. 11-Josh Harrison, 14.13; 34. 51M-Roger Campbell Jr., 14.20

Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 6-Mike Dussell (R); 3. 4M-Jamie Miller; 4. 55-John
Ivy; 5. O-Paul McMahan; 6. 11-Josh Harrison; 7. 99-Andy James; 8. 10-David
Harrison; 9. 91-Aaron Middaugh

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O9-Craig Mintz; 2. 312-Mike Linder; 3. 60-Jody Keegan; 4. 10S-Roger
Shammo; 5. 20X-Brian Smith; 6. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8.
51M-Roger Campbell Jr.; 9. 27-Scott Euler

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 22-Cole Duncan; 2. 5B-Chad Blonde; 3. 12-Caleb Griffith; 4. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 5. W20-Greg Wilson; 6. 11M-Brandon Martin; 7. X-Mark Keegan; 8.
1R-Brian Lay (R)

Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 16-Lee Jacobs; 2. 9X-Brock Mayes; 3. 5R-Byron Reed; 4. 83-Phil Gressman;
5. 48S-Andy Shammo; 6. 63AU-Roddy Ballbowen; 7. D7-Tony Beaber; 8. 5T-Travis
Philo

B-main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O-Paul McMahan; 2. W20-Greg Wilson; 3. X-Mark Keegan; 4. 10-David
Harrison; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin; 6. 20X-Brian Smith; 7. 48S-Andy Shammo; 8.
7T-Troy Vaccaro; 9. 5T-Travis Philo; 10. 14H-Todd Heller; 11. 51M-Roger
Campbell Jr.; 12. 27-Scott Euler; 13. 1R-Brian Lay (R); 14. 63AU-Roddy
Ballbowen; 15. D7-Tony Beaber; 16. 11-Josh Harrison; 17. 99-Andy James; 18.
91-Aaron Middaugh

A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 5R-Byron Reed[5]; 2. O-Paul McMahan[7]; 3. 9X-Brock Mayes[1]; 4. X-Mark
Keegan[8]; 5. 55-John Ivy[4]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson[10]; 7. 15C-Chris
Andrews[2]; 8. 10-David Harrison[9]; 9. 6-Mike Dussell (R)[11]; 10. 22-Cole
Duncan[19]; 11. 60-Jody Keegan[6]; 12. 16-Lee Jacobs[16]; 13. 12-Caleb
Griffith[20]; 14. 5B-Chad Blonde[15]; 15. 83-Phil Gressman[12]; 16. 4M-Jamie
Miller[17]; 17. 10S-Roger Shammo[18]; 18. 1W-Paul Weaver[13]; 19. 312-Mike
Linder[3]; 20. O9-Craig Mintz[14]

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 2. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 3. 14-Chad Wilson; 4.
3X-Brad Keckler; 5. 8K-Zack Kramer (R); 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 22D-Dan
Hammond; 8. O1-Rich Farmer

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 49-Coty Runion; 3. 3J-Kevin Lee; 4. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki; 5. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R); 6. 23-Willie Keegan; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan;
8. 24-Josh Mcafee

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 2. 18-Todd Heuerman; 3. 80-Jake Trevino (R); 4.
35-Stuart Brubaker; 5. 1-Nate Dussel (R); 6. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 7. 28-Shaun
Valenti (R); 8. 66L-Brad Bowman

Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O4-Cap Henry; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3. 5-Dustin Dinan; 4. X-Dustin Stroup
(R); 5. 39-Matt Merrill; 6. 83X-Nate Reeser; 7. 24X-Tom Nichols

B Main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8K-Zack Kramer (R); 2. 1-Nate Dussel (R); 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R); 4.
11F-D.J. Foos (R); 5. 19R-Steve Rando; 6. 39-Matt Merrill; 7. 66L-Brad
Bowman; 8. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 9. 22D-Dan Hammond; 10. 28-Shaun Valenti (R);
11. 83X-Nate Reeser; 12. 24X-Tom Nichols; 13. 24-Josh Mcafee; 14. 23-Willie
Keegan

A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 40-Bobby Clark[6]; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek[1]; 3. 3J-Kevin Lee[12]; 4. 18-Todd
Heuerman[10]; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan[11]; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[14]; 7. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[15]; 8. 14-Chad Wilson[5]; 9. 11F-D.J. Foos (R)[20]; 10. 1-Nate
Dussel (R)[18]; 11. 8K-Zack Kramer (R)[17]; 12. 10-Brad Haudenschild[9]; 13.
49-Coty Runion[8]; 14. X-Dustin Stroup (R)[16]; 15. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R)[19];
16. O4-Cap Henry[4]; 17. 80-Jake Trevino (R)[2]; 18. 25P-Mark Pridemore[3];
19. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[7]; 20. 3X-Brad Keckler[13]
 

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (7 laps)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 5JR-Jim McGrath Jr.; 3. O1-Art Ball; 4. 16-Steve Sabo;
5. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 6. 18W-Cory Ward; 7. 30-Dave Gibbs; 8. 2R-Ron
Kepling; 9. 6-Linda Sabo; 10. 45-Joe Ridley

Heat 2 (7 laps)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 32H-Dan Hennig; 3. 20-Andy Maynard; 4. 88-Dave
Brewer; 5. 5-Jim McGrath; 6. 92-Loren Schwochow; 7. 23M-Brad Mitten; 8.
34K-George Miller; 9. 91-Rick Potts; 10. 8K-Kent Brewer

A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 18W-Cory Ward[7]; 2. 5-Jim McGrath[12]; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig[2]; 4. 88-Dave
Brewer[8]; 5. 16-Steve Sabo[4]; 6. 17-Bob Dible[10]; 7. 30-Dave Gibbs[13];
8. O1-Art Ball[3]; 9. 2R-Ron Kepling[15]; 10. 23M-Brad Mitten[14]; 11.
6-Linda Sabo[17]; 12. 45-Joe Ridley[19]; 13. 39-Dwight Waltermier[9]; 14.
8-Steve Endicott[5]; 15. 20-Andy Maynard[6]; 16. 34K-George Miller[16]; 17.
92-Loren Schwochow[1]; 18. 91-Rick Potts[18]; 19. 5JR-Jim McGrath Jr.[11]