Saturday, April 18, 2009
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net

FREMONT, Ohio - If the early season results are any indication, Tim Shaffer 
will be a force to be reckoned with throughout 2009. The Aliquippa, Pa. 
driver took the lead on lap 9 and stormed through the field at Fremont 
Speedway Saturday, lapping up to 9th place to score the win on Pepsi Night 
to open The Track That Action Built's 58th season.

"Brian (Kemenah) had this thing awesome. Between the both of us we seem to 
communicate really great and this is a lot of fun. CH Motorsports gave us 
some backing and this J&J Chassis has been awesome. Kistler (Engines) has 
done a great job...everyone has done their job and it's been a lot of fun," 
said Shaffer in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.

"It was a great race track...hats off to the guys for opening night...they 
did a beautiful job," added Shaffer of his second career feature win at 
Fremont in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints..

Over the past couple of years it has been the youth movement in the Fremont 
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints. But, it was a veteran who showed them the 
way in the 25-lap feature, as Bill Kraylek, 49, of Fostoria, used his 
traditional bottom groove to score his 7th career win.

"We rebuilt the motor this winter and it has been awesome. I wasn't moving 
off that bottom and I had the breaks glowing and it got hot on my back," 
said Kraylek beside his Jack's Carryout, Dyer's Home Improvement backed #71.

Another veteran, 70-year-old Art Ball, showed he still has a lot of racing 
left in him as well. He powered to his 70th career Fremont victory - the 
most in the track's history - in the 20 lap Fremont Fence Dirt Truck 
feature. It was Ball's second win of the season as he also scored the 
victory Friday at Attica Raceway Park.

"We usually end the year winning races and struggle at the beginning. I 
guess I must have remembered how to do this early," said Ball beside his 
Kear's Speed Shop, Tin Lizzy Collision, All In One Home Improvement backed 
#01.

"I go to Florida in the winter and Keith Pierce and the whole crew work hard 
on this thing," added Ball from the Engine Pro Victory Lane.

In the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, Phil Gressman bolted into the early lead 
with Mark Keegan challenging while Rob Chaney stayed on their bumper. A 
yellow on lap two bunched the field up and now Chaney was on the move on the 
restart, getting around Keegan and pressuring Gressman. Meanwhile, Shaffer, 
who started 7th in the field, had worked his way to third by lap six and 
joined the tremendous battle for the lead with Gressman and Chaney two laps 
later.Shaffer made the move of the night on lap 9, splitting Chaney and 
Gressman in turns one and two to take the lead.

Following a lap 10 caution, the race would go green the rest of the way as 
Shaffer set a blistering pace. The battle for second was a good one between 
Gressman, Chaney and Greg Wilson. Shaffer hit lapped traffic at the half-way 
mark as Chaney moved into second. The car now on the move was fast qualifier 
Dale Blaney, who moved into fourth on lap 15. While Shaffer picked his way 
through traffic, Chaney, Gressman and Blaney staged a wicked battle for 
second. Blaney would move into third on lap 19 and into the second spot two 
laps later. Shaffer got hung up a tad in traffic, and Blaney closed, but it 
was too little too late as Shaffer took the win. Blaney, Chaney, Brock Mayes 
and Gressman would round out the top five.

Blaney and Shaffer will be battling all season for the O'Reilly All Star 
Circuit of Champions title, and Shaffer is ready.

"He better get used to it...I think we'll be coming at him this season," 
said Shaffer.

In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, Zack Kramer jumped into the early lead 
with Bill Kraylek, Todd Heuerman and Nate Dussel in tow. Kraylek would drive 
under Kramer a lap later for the lead, but Kramer, Heuerman and Dussel would 
dog him the entire feature. The second and final yellow would fly on lap 10 
with Kraylek leading over Kramer, Dussel, Heuerman, Stuart Brubaker and 
Dustin Dinan.Kraylek could not shake the youngsters, but the veteran stayed 
smooth on the bottom and they could not rattle his nerves. On lap 15, Dussel 
would drive around Kramer into second, but Dussel would slide off the track 
three laps later, moving Kramer back to second and Heuerman third.

Now the car on the move was defending track champion Brubaker, who moved 
around Heuerman into third on lap 20 and pressured Kramer for the runner-up 
spot. At the checkered flag, Kraylek won by a car length with Kramer, 
Brubaker, Heuerman and Dussel rounding out the top five.

"A lot of people kind of wrote me off over the past few years, but it looks 
like I can still show these kids a thing or two," added Kraylek in the 
Engine Pro Victory Lane.

The 20-lap truck feature was a barn-burner, with five trucks racing 
side-by-side for the lead in the opening laps. Steve Endicott was the lead, 
but defending track champion Jim McGrath raced to his outside while Cory 
Ward and Art Ball ran right on their rear bumpers. As Endicott continued to 
lead, Ward would hold second for a lap, then it was Ball, with McGrath into 
third. Ball would drive under Endicott for the lead on lap 11, with McGrath 
pressuring Endicott for second. With five laps to go, Ball had opened up a 
comfortable lead, but Endicott had his hands full with McGrath and now a 
closing Brian Sorg. McGrath would exit the track a lap later with a flat 
tire.

Ball would take the checkered flag over Endicott, Sorg, Bob Dible and Loren 
Schwochow.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, April 25 on Fort Ball 
Pizza Palace Night with the 410 sprints, 305 sprints and dirt trucks. Go to 
www.fremontohspeedway.com for more information.

Fremont Speedway - 4/18/2009
Pepsi Night

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints
Qualifying -
1. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.27; 2. 3J-Kevin Lee, 12.4; 3. 2+-Brian Smith, 12.4; 4. 
16-Brian Sebetto, 12.44; 5. 20X-Craig Keel, 12.44; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.44; 
7. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.45; 8. 11B-Brock Mayes, 12.46; 9. 53-Cole Duncan, 
12.46; 10. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.5; 11. 7K-Rob Chaney, 12.5; 12. X-Mark Keegan, 
12.51; 13. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.51; 14. 9X-Phil Gressman, 12.55; 15. 
3C-Cale Conley, 12.55; 16. 48S-Andy Shammo, 12.57; 17. 10-David Harrison, 
12.59; 18. 28-Lee Jacobs, 12.64; 19. O-Brandon Wimmer, 12.65; 20. O9-Craig 
Mintz, 12.65; 21. 312-Mike Linder, 12.66; 22. 23-Jamie Miller, 12.68; 23. 
11M-Brandon Martin, 12.71; 24. O4-Cap Henry, 12.84; 25. 14H-Todd Heller, 
12.86; 26. 60-Jody Keegan, 12.9; 27. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.99; 28. 48-Mike 
Burkin, 13.1; 29. 23R-Ben Rutan, 13.12; 30. 47-Caleb Helms, 13.41; 31.
15C-Chris Andrews, NT

Heat 1 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 10-David Harrison; 2. 2-Dale Blaney; 3. 312-Mike Linder; 4. 53-Cole 
Duncan; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 14H-Todd Heller; 7. 20X-Craig Keel; 8. 
23R-Ben Rutan

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 28-Lee Jacobs; 2. 9X-Phil Gressman; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer; 4. 23-Jamie 
Miller; 5. 3J-Kevin Lee; 6. 60-Jody Keegan; 7. 5R-Byron Reed; 8. 47-Caleb 
Helms

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. O-Brandon Wimmer; 2. 11M-Brandon Martin; 3. 7K-Rob Chaney; 4. W20-Greg 
Wilson; 5. 3C-Cale Conley; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews; 7. 2+-Brian Smith; 8. 
5T-Travis Philo

Heat 4 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. O9-Craig Mintz; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. X-Mark Keegan; 4. 48S-Andy Shammo; 
5. 16-Brian Sebetto; 6. O4-Cap Henry; 7. 48-Mike Burkin

B-Main -  (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 3J-Kevin Lee; 2. 20X-Craig Keel; 3. 2+-Brian Smith; 4. 5R-Byron Reed; 5. 
9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 16-Brian Sebetto; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8. 15C-Chris 
Andrews; 9. 5T-Travis Philo; 10. 23R-Ben Rutan; 11. 48-Mike Burkin; 12. 
47-Caleb Helms; 13. O4-Cap Henry; 14. 3C-Cale Conley

A-Main -  (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[7]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[8]; 3. 7K-Rob Chaney[3]; 4. 11B-Brock 
Mayes[5]; 5. 9X-Phil Gressman[1]; 6. 5R-Byron Reed[12]; 7. W20-Greg 
Wilson[6]; 8. O-Brandon Wimmer[16]; 9. 11M-Brandon Martin[20]; 10. O9-Craig 
Mintz[17]; 11. 28-Lee Jacobs[15]; 12. 10-David Harrison[14]; 13. 2+-Brian 
Smith[10]; 14. 3J-Kevin Lee[9]; 15. 20X-Craig Keel[11]; 16. 48S-Andy 
Shammo[13]; 17. 312-Mike Linder[18]; 18. 53-Cole Duncan[4]; 19. 23-Jamie 
Miller[19]; 20. X-Mark Keegan[2]
 

Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305 Sprints
Heat 1 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 8K-Zack Kramer; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 4. 14-Chad Wilson; 
5. 13-Junior Felver; 6. 10X-Dustin Stroup; 7. 7C-Jim Peterman; 8. 24X-Tom 
Nichols

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 51-Brad Bowman; 2. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 3. 1-Nate Dussel; 4. 19R-Steve 
Rando; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond; 6. M28-Josh Muntz; 7. 39-Matt Merrill; 8. 
31-Chuck Wilson

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 3. 49-Cody Runion; 4. 10-Brad 
Haudenschild; 5. 2-Tim Kern; 6. 61L-Adam Thacker; 7. 47-Josh Burdette; 8. 
3B-Tim Bottles

Heat 4 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 41-Dustin Dinan; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver; 3. 11F-D.J. Foos; 4. 80-Jake Trevino; 
5. 28-Shawn Valenti; 6. 40-Bobby Clark; 7. 82-Travis Hoffbauer

B-Main -  (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 40-Bobby Clark; 2. 13-Junior Felver; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti; 4. 10X-Dustin 
Stroup; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 47-Josh Burdette; 7. 31-Chuck Wilson; 8. 
61L-Adam Thacker; 9. 2-Tim Kern; 10. 24X-Tom Nichols; 11. 3B-Tim Bottles; 
12. 39-Matt Merrill; 13. 22D-Dan Hammond

A-Main -  (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 71-Bill Kraylek[1]; 2. 8K-Zack Kramer[2]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[11]; 4. 
18-Todd Heuerman[6]; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[3]; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver[8]; 7. 40-Bobby 
Clark[17]; 8. 36X-Dustin Keegan[5]; 9. 51-Brad Bowman[9]; 10. 19R-Steve 
Rando[14]; 11. 41-Dustin Dinan[7]; 12. 11F-D.J. Foos[4]; 13. 9-Jimmy 
Colvin[12]; 14. 28-Shawn Valenti[19]; 15. 14-Chad Wilson[13]; 16. 10-Brad 
Haudenschild[15]; 17. 80-Jake Trevino[16]; 18. 13-Junior Felver[18]; 19. 
10X-Dustin Stroup[20]; 20. 49-Cody Runion[10]
 

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 -  (7 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 8-Steve Endicott; 3. 92-Loren Schwochow; 4. 23M-Brad 
Mitten; 5. 34K-Kevin Miller; 6. 74-Cody Karr

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (7 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)
1. O1-Art Ball; 2. 5-Jim McGrath; 3. 17-Bob Dible; 4. 6-Linda Sabo; 5. 
16-Steve Sabo; 6. 40-Corey Tappel; 7. 4S-Keith Sorg

Heat 3 -  (7 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)
1. 4X-Brian Sorg; 2. 8K-Kent Brewer; 3. 30-Dave Gibbs; 4. 52-Will Tezak; 5. 
4J-Jeremy Lozano

A-Main -  (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. O1-Art Ball[5]; 2. 8-Steve Endicott[2]; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg[8]; 4. 17-Bob 
Dible[7]; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow[6]; 6. 8K-Kent Brewer[3]; 7. 52-Will 
Tezak[12]; 8. 30-Dave Gibbs[9]; 9. 5-Jim McGrath[1]; 10. 6-Linda Sabo[11]; 
11. 40-Corey Tappel[17]; 12. 34K-Kevin Miller[13]; 13. 4S-Keith Sorg[16]; 
14. 18W-Cory Ward[4]; 15. 16-Steve Sabo[14]; 16. 23M-Brad Mitten[10]; 17. 
4J-Jeremy Lozano[15]