By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - Being second in traffic was the place to be late in the 
feature at Fremont Speedway Saturday, July 26.

Byron Reed used traffic to pass Craig Mintz on the white flag lap to get his 
third win off the season in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints on Jon 
Wright's Custom Chrome Plating Night  at "The Track That Action Built."

Bradner's Nate Dussel passed D.J. Foos on the 22nd lap and went on to score 
his first career sprint car win  in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 
Sprints.

Sandusky's Cory Ward drove into the lead on the 13th lap of the 20-lap 
feature for the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks and took his fourth win of the 
season at Fremont. It was his ninth win of the year overall, as he has five 
victories at Attica Raceway Park.

Reed stayed on Mintz' bumper from lap seven on and when Mintz hit lapped 
traffic by lap 28, Reed made his move. Reed drove to the outside of Mintz 
who was having difficulties with lapped traffic as they came to the white 
flag.

"I've said it many times....I'm not good out front on those situations. 
Craig had to make a decision in traffic and I was there to capitalize on 
it," said Reed in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Reebar Diecasting 
machine.

"This win is really satisfying because the other two were on a heavier track 
and this one was on a slick track. We haven't been good here on a slick 
surface but we changed a bunch of stuff on the car and it worked," said Reed 
of his 16th career Fremont victory.

Foos seemed to have the field covered in the 305 sprint feature. But, 
Dussel, who moved into second on the sixth lap, stayed close and with four 
laps to go started to pressure Foos. Foos slipped up the track in turns 1 
and 2 on the 21st lap, and Dussel took advantage to dive under for the lead 
and the win.

"I knew my car was better on long runs and I just had to be patient," said 
Dussel beside his Berrier Fabrication, Dussel Welding, Kern Auto & Truck 
Repair backed sprint car.

"This is a dream come true...I grew up here and saw so many great drivers 
stand on this front stretch...I can't believe I'm actually here," added the 
18-year-old Dussel in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.

For Ward, just finishing the feature in one piece was the goal after being 
involved in a first lap crash that involved six trucks. Ward passed early 
leader Andy Maynard and Danny Roepke on lap 13 and went on to his 12th 
career victory at Fremont.

"I lost my brakes on that first lap crash. I just had to drive around the 
outside and hope no one got crossed up. Andy Maynard and Dan Roepke raced me 
clean and hard and that's all I could ask for," said Ward beside his Blue 
Chip Machine, East Side Cafe, Excuses Lounge, Budweiser backed truck.

In the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, Mintz grabbed the early lead with Geoff 
Dodge, Jeremy Campbell, Reed and fast qualifier Cole Duncan in tow. Reed 
would move into third on lap three before the yellow would fly on lap 6. 
When racing resumed, Reed would drive around Dodge for second and would 
battle with Mintz for the lead until action came to a halt on lap 19 for a 
Bruce White flip.

With a clear track ahead of him, Mintz would pull away slightly from Reed 
while third place Campbell began to close. When Mintz hit traffic again on 
lap 28, Reed closed in on his rear bumper. Mintz began feeling the pressure 
of trying to negotiate through traffic, and when he dove low, Reed drove 
around as they exited turn four for the white flag.

Reed would go on for the win with Mintz, Campbell, Phil Gressman and Lee 
Jacobs rounding out the top five.

In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, rookie D.J. Foos bolted into the lead at 
the drop of the green, with Josh Muntz, Dussel, Matt Merrill and Duane 
Zablocki in tow.

While Foos was blasting around the outside of the track, Dussel would drive 
into second on lap six while Muntz, Zablocki, Merrill and Kevin Lee staged a 
torrid battle for third. Just as Dussel began catching Foos the yellow would 
fly on lap 10. Foos would set sail on the restart, with Dussel hanging back 
while Muntz, Lee, Merrill and Zablocki continuing their great race for 
third.

Foos would slip up the track in turns 1 and 2 on lap 21, allowing Dussel to 
close. Dussel would dive under Foos and into the lead a lap later.

At the checkered flag it was Dussel, Foos, Muntz, Lee and Merrill rounding 
out the top five.

Andy Maynard would grab the early lead of the 20-lap truck feature with a 
tremendous battle behind him for second involving Brian Sorg, Danny Roepke, 
Dave Gibbs and Cory Ward. Roepke would move into second on lap 4 and began 
to pressure Maynard before grabbing the top spot by a bumper on lap 9 only 
to watch Maynard drive back by a lap later.

With 11 laps in the books, Maynard now had pressure from not only Roepke but 
Ward. Ward would drive around Roepke into second on lap 12 and then slip by 
Maynard on the next circuit for the lead.

Roepke would drive into second on lap 17 while Steve Endictott was coming on 
strong to move around Maynard into third by lap 18. Ward would take the 
checkered flag over Roepke, Endicott, Maynard and Jim McGrath, who started 
on the tail in his son's truck after a heat race mishap in his own machine.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Aug. 2 for Kistler Engines 
Night Featuring the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints, Fremont Federal 
Credit Union 305 Sprints and the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.

For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com

The Fremont Speedway (07-26-08)
Jon Wright's Custom Chrome Plating Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 22-Cole Duncan, 12.78; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs, 12.79; 3. 6-Mike Dussel (R), 
12.82; 4. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.92; 5. 20X-Phil Gressman, 12.95; 6. 4M-Jamie 
Miller, 12.98; 7. 7M-Geoff Dodge, 13.02; 8. O-Jeremy Campbell, 13.19; 9. 
55-John Ivy, 13.23; 10. 312-Mike Linder, 13.28; 11. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.32; 
12. O2-Brian Smith, 13.33; 13. X-Mark Keegan, 13.42; 14. 60-Jody Keegan, 
13.44; 15. 10-David Harrison, 13.45; 16. 96AU-Bruce White, 13.48; 17. 
14H-Todd Heller, 13.56; 18. 15C-Chris Andrews, 13.63; 19. 5T-Travis Philo, 
13.72; 20. 21-Rodney Morgan, 13.79; 21. 10S-Roger Shammo, 13.88; 22. 
27-Scott Euler, NT; 23. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, NT

Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 96AU-Bruce White; 3. 7M-Geoff Dodge; 4. 5R-Byron Reed; 
5. 22-Cole Duncan; 6. 312-Mike Linder; 7. 5T-Travis Philo

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. O9-Craig Mintz; 3. 20X-Phil Gressman; 4. O-Jeremy 
Campbell; 5. 60-Jody Keegan; 6. 16-Lee Jacobs; 7. 21-Rodney Morgan; 8. 
7T-Troy Vaccaro

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 10-David Harrison; 2. 55-John Ivy; 3. O2-Brian Smith; 4. 6-Mike Dussel 
(R); 5. 15C-Chris Andrews; 6. 10S-Roger Shammo; 7. 4M-Jamie Miller

A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 5R-Byron Reed[4]; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[1]; 3. O-Jeremy Campbell[3]; 4. 
20X-Phil Gressman[5]; 5. 16-Lee Jacobs[9]; 6. 55-John Ivy[10]; 7. O2-Brian 
Smith[11]; 8. 7M-Geoff Dodge[2]; 9. 22-Cole Duncan[6]; 10. 7T-Troy 
Vaccaro[21]; 11. 6-Mike Dussel (R)[7]; 12. 10-David Harrison[14]; 13. 
60-Jody Keegan[13]; 14. 15C-Chris Andrews[17]; 15. 10S-Roger Shammo[20]; 16. 
X-Mark Keegan[12]; 17. 14H-Todd Heller[16]; 18. 4M-Jamie Miller[8]; 19. 
21-Rodney Morgan[19]; 20. 96AU-Bruce White[15]; 21. 5T-Travis Philo[18]

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to 
A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 8K-Zack Kramer (R); 3. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 4. O4-Cap 
Henry; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 49-Coty Runion; 7. 66L-Brad Bowman; 8. 
22-Jacob Dougherty; 9. 26-Zack Moore

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 2. 1-Nate Dussel (R); 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 
28-Shaun Valenti (R); 5. 80-Jake Trevino (R); 6. 5D-Craig Kays; 7. 23-Willie 
Keegan; 8. 22D-Dan Hammond

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. M28-Josh Muntz; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3. 19R-Steve Rando; 4. 35-Stuart 
Brubaker; 5. 65-Mark Lang; 6. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 7. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R); 8. 
596-Zack Ames (R)

Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 2. 39-Matt Merrill; 3. 3J-Kevin Lee; 4. 3X-Brad 
Keckler; 5. 14-Chad Wilson; 6. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 7. 27-Paige Polyak; 8. 
24X-Tom Nichols

B2 Main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 80-Jake Trevino (R); 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 3. 5D-Craig Kays; 4. 66L-Brad 
Bowman; 5. 14-Chad Wilson; 6. 71-Bill Kraylek; 7. 49-Coty Runion; 8. 22D-Dan 
Hammond; 9. 23-Willie Keegan; 10. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R); 11. 25P-Mark 
Pridemore; 12. 22-Jacob Dougherty; 13. 27-Paige Polyak; 14. 596-Zack Ames 
(R); 15. 26-Zack Moore; 16. 65-Mark Lang

A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 1-Nate Dussel (R)[3]; 2. 11F-D.J. Foos (R)[2]; 3. M28-Josh Muntz[1]; 4. 
3J-Kevin Lee[8]; 5. 39-Matt Merrill[4]; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[6]; 7. 
35-Stuart Brubaker[15]; 8. 40-Bobby Clark[9]; 9. 19R-Steve Rando[11]; 10. 
28-Shaun Valenti (R)[14]; 11. 66L-Brad Bowman[20]; 12. 82-Travis 
Hoffbauer[7]; 13. O1-Bryan Sebetto[18]; 14. O4-Cap Henry[13]; 15. 36X-Dustin 
Keegan[10]; 16. 8K-Zack Kramer (R)[12]; 17. 3X-Brad Keckler[16]; 18. 80-Jake 
Trevino (R)[17]; 19. 5-Dustin Dinan[5]; 20. 5D-Craig Kays[19]
 

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (7 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 20-Andy Maynard; 2. 16-Steve Sabo; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 30-Dave Gibbs; 
5. 45-Rich Farmer; 6. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 7. O-Jim Keegan; 8. 62-Dave 
Severs; 9. 5-Jim McGrath; 10. 93K-Jeff Witt

Heat 2 (7 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Art Ball; 2. 17-Bob Dible; 3. 92-Loren Schwochow; 4. 32H-Dan Hennig; 
5. 8K-Kent Brewer; 6. 23M-Brad Mitten; 7. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 8. 91-Roger 
Inks; 9. 71-Craig Holland

Heat 3 (7 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 53-Dan Roepke; 3. 5JR-Jim McGrath Jr.; 4. 4X-Brian 
Sorg; 5. 52-Will Tezak; 6. 34K-George Miller; 7. 22-Todd Keegan; 8. O7-Greg 
Harmon

B2-main (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. O-Jim Keegan; 2. 23M-Brad Mitten; 3. 91-Roger Inks; 4. P51-Paul Brown 
Jr.; 5. 62-Dave Severs; 6. O7-Greg Harmon; 7. 71-Craig Holland; 8. 22-Todd 
Keegan; 9. 34K-George Miller; 10. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 11. 93K-Jeff Witt

A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 18W-Cory Ward[9]; 2. 53-Dan Roepke[10]; 3. 8-Steve Endicott[5]; 4. 
20-Andy Maynard[4]; 5. 5-Jim McGrath[20]; 6. 32H-Dan Hennig[7]; 7. 30-Dave 
Gibbs[3]; 8. 8K-Kent Brewer[12]; 9. 16-Steve Sabo[8]; 10. 4X-Brian Sorg[1]; 
11. 23M-Brad Mitten[15]; 12. O7-Greg Harmon[19]; 13. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[17]; 
14. 91-Roger Inks[16]; 15. 52-Will Tezak[11]; 16. 92-Loren Schwochow[2]; 17. 
39-Dwight Waltermier[18]; 18. 17-Bob Dible[6]; 19. O-Jim Keegan[13]; 20. 
O1-Art Ball[14]