| Shaffer
makes it 2 in a row at Fremont; Heuerman snares 305 win; Ward tames trucks
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net
FREMONT, Ohio - Last week,
Tim Shaffer roared through the pack to take the
win at Fremont Speedway.
This Saturday, he had to fight with Lee Jacobs
throughout the 30-lap affair
before scoring his second 410 sprint victory on
Fort Ball Pizza Palace Night.
"I'm really liking this track...you
can race all over it and this is so much
fun," said Shaffer in the
Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Kistler Racing
Engines, J&J Race Cars
backed #83.
"I'll tell you what, for
just putting that team together last week, Lee
Jacobs and Andy Potter sure
are tough," added Shaffer.
Todd Heuerman took the lead
on lap 17 and went on to score his fifth career
Fremont victory in the Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints. Heuerman
battled early with Dustin
Dinan and Paul Weaver before ending up in the
Engine Pro Victory Lane.
"Last year we struggled so
we put together a new car over the winter and
sure has made a difference,"
said Heuerman beside his P.W. Chamberlin
Trucking, Quality Concrete,
Sam Gerdeman's Construction backed #18.
Last week, Cory Ward, the
2007 Fremont dirt truck champion, cut a tire and
fell out of contention.
This week, the Sandusky driver wasn't to be denied
as he led all 20 laps of
the Fremont Fence Dirt Truck A-main. However,
opening night feature winner
Art Ball pressured him the last half of the
race before Ward took the
checkered for his 14th career victory at "The
Track That Action Built."
"I thought I had this thing
on cruise control then we had a yellow (with
seven laps to go) and I
look up at the scoreboard and see that 01 behind me
and I couldn't shake him,"
said Ward beside his Excuses Lounge, Budweiser,
Precision Body and Frame,
T.J. Hosang Construction backed truck.
Lee Jacobs jumped into the
lead of the 410 sprint feature with Byron Reed,
Shaffer, Greg Wilson and
Dale Blaney in tow. The only yellow would fly on
lap six with the running
order Jacobs, Reed, Shaffer, Wilson, Blaney and
Chad Kemenah. Shaffer moved
into second on lap nine with Wilson moving into
third on lap 11. The leaders
hit lapped traffic by lap 14, which allowed
Shaffer to drive under Jacobs
in turns three and four for the lead.
Shaffer would pull away slightly
before lapped traffic allowed Jacobs to
close on lap 18 as the two
raced nose to tail. Then Wilson and Blaney would
close to make it a four
car battle. Shaffer would navigate lapped traffic to
take the win, with Jacobs,
Wilson, Blaney and Kemenah rounding out the top
five.
Jack Trevino would take the
lead at the start of the 305 sprint feature with
Paul Weaver, Dustin Dinan,
Nate Dussel and Stuart Brubaker in tow. Trevino
would miss his marks in
turn two on lap six, allowing Weaver and Dinan to
slip by. Dinan would drive
under Weaver for the lead on lap 9 as they raced
into lapped traffic. Meanwhile
Heuerman, who started sixth, was up to fourth
and moved past Trevino into
third on lap 11. Weaver would slid off the track
in turn two on lap 14, moving
Heuerman into second. Heuerman would drive to
the outside of Dinan exiting
turn two on lap 16 to grab the lead.
While Heuerman flew out front,
Dinan had his hands full with a resurgent
Trevino and Brubaker. When
the checkered flew on the non-stop feature, it
was Heuerman over Dinan,
Trevino, Brubaker and Bobby Clark.
In the 20-lap dirt truck
feature, Ward jumped into a commanding lead, while
six trucks battled out for
second with Loren Schwochow, Steve Endicott, Kent
Brewer, Jim McGrath, Art
Ball and Bob Dible duking it out. Endicott would
move into second on lap
7, bringing Ball into third a lap later. After a
side-by-side battle for
six laps Ball would move into second. The only
caution would fly on lap
12 with the running order Ward, Ball, Endicott,
Schwochow, Dwight Waltermeier,
Jimmy McGrath Jr. and Brewer.
Ward's big lead was gone
and Ball began pressuring with Endicott and
Waltermeier in tow. But
it was too little too late as Ward would take the
checkered over Ball, Endicott
, Waltermeier and Schwochow.
Fremont Speedway will be
back in action Saturday, May 2 on Baumann Auto
Group Night with the Fort
Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints, Fremont Federal
Credit Union 305 Sprints
and Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks in action. Log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com
for more information.
Fremont Speedway - 4/25/2009
Fort Ball Pizza Palace Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410
Sprints
Qualifying -
1. 7K-Rob Chaney, 12.78;
2. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.88; 3. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.94;
4. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.95;
5. 2+-Brian Smith, 12.98; 6. 10-David Harrison,
13.00; 7. 63-Chad Kemenah,
13.02; 8. 9X-Phil Gressman, 13.06; 9. 48S-Andy
Shammo, 13.13; 10. 25-Lee
Jacobs, 13.21; 11. O4-Cap Henry, 13.29; 12.
5R-Byron Reed, 13.37; 13.
X-Mark Keegan, 13.41; 14. 3C-Cale Conley, 13.41;
15. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.46;
16. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.47; 17. O-Brandon
Wimmer, 13.47; 18. 20X-Craig
Keel, 13.49; 19. 312-Mike Linder, 13.51; 20.
11M-Brandon Martin, 13.56;
21. 16-Brian Sebetto, 13.58; 22. 11N-Ed
Neumeister, 13.60; 23. 3J-Kevin
Lee, 13.65; 24. 15C-Chris Andrews, 13.71;
25. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.74;
26. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.75; 27. 23-Jamie Miller,
13.78; 28. 9Z-Duane Zablocki,
13.84; 29. 27-Scott Euler, 14.09; 30. 47-Caleb
Helms, 14.20; 31. 12-Caleb
Griffith, 14.98; 32. 61-Chad Gullett, 15.25; 33.
40-Mark Imler, 98.00; 34.
53-Cole Duncan, 99.00
Heat 1 - (8 Laps -
Top 4 Transfer)
1. O-Brandon Wimmer; 2.
X-Mark Keegan; 3. 16-Brian Sebetto; 4. 7K-Rob
Chaney; 5. 2+-Brian Smith;
6. 48S-Andy Shammo; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8.
27-Scott Euler
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products
(8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 3C-Cale
Conley; 3. 25-Lee Jacobs; 4. O9-Craig Mintz; 5.
20X-Craig Keel; 6. 10-David
Harrison; 7. 53-Cole Duncan; 8. 47-Caleb Helms;
9. 11N-Ed Neumeister
Heat 3 - (8 Laps -
Top 4 Transfer)
1. 312-Mike Linder; 2. 11B-Brock
Mayes; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 3J-Kevin Lee;
5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 63-Chad
Kemenah; 7. 12-Caleb Griffith; 8. 23-Jamie
Miller
Heat 4 - (8 Laps -
Top 4 Transfer)
1. 11M-Brandon Martin; 2.
15C-Chris Andrews; 3. 5R-Byron Reed; 4. 83-Tim
Shaffer; 5. 9X-Phil Gressman;
6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 7. 61-Chad Gullett; 8.
5T-Travis Philo
B-Main - (10 Laps -
Top 4 Transfer)
1. 9X-Phil Gressman; 2.
63-Chad Kemenah; 3. 10-David Harrison; 4. O4-Cap
Henry; 5. 12-Caleb Griffith;
6. 20X-Craig Keel; 7. 23-Jamie Miller; 8.
2+-Brian Smith; 9. 48S-Andy
Shammo; 10. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 11. 53-Cole
Duncan; 12. 11N-Ed Neumeister;
13. 61-Chad Gullett; 14. 27-Scott Euler; 15.
14H-Todd Heller; 16. 47-Caleb
Helms
A-Main - (30 Laps)
[#]-Starting Position
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[3]; 2.
25-Lee Jacobs[2]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson[4]; 4. 2-Dale
Blaney[5]; 5. 63-Chad Kemenah[8];
6. 5R-Byron Reed[1]; 7. O4-Cap Henry[10];
8. 9X-Phil Gressman[9];
9. 11B-Brock Mayes[13]; 10. O-Brandon Wimmer[14];
11. 7K-Rob Chaney[6]; 12.
10-David Harrison[7]; 13. O9-Craig Mintz[20]; 14.
11M-Brandon Martin[16];
15. 312-Mike Linder[15]; 16. X-Mark Keegan[11]; 17.
15C-Chris Andrews[19]; 18.
3C-Cale Conley[12]; 19. 3J-Kevin Lee[18]; 20.
16-Brian Sebetto[17]
Fremont Federal Credit Union
- 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - (8 Laps -
Top 5 Transfer)
1. 19R-Steve Rando; 2. 15-A.
J. Sleek; 3. 80-Jake Trevino; 4. 35-Stuart
Brubaker; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond;
6. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan;
8. 31-Chuck Wilson; 9. 28-Shawn
Valenti; 10. 3B-Tim Bottles
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products
(8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 40-Bobby Clark; 2. 18-Todd
Heuerman; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 4. 1-Nate Dussel;
5. 39-Matt Merrill; 6. 71-Bill
Kraylek; 7. M28-Josh Muntz; 8. 51-Brad
Bowman; 9. 11F-D.J. Foos
Heat 3 - (8 Laps -
Top 5 Transfer)
1. 41-Dustin Dinan; 2. 13-Junior
Felver; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver; 4. 14-Chad
Wilson; 5. 10X-Dustin Stroup;
6. 49-Cody Runion; 7. 61L-Adam Thacker; 8.
2P-Jerrid Potter; 9. 8K-Zack
Kramer
B-Main - (10 Laps -
Top 5 Transfer)
1. 10-Brad Haudenschild;
2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 49-Cody Runion; 4. M28-Josh
Muntz; 5. 36X-Dustin Keegan;
6. 8K-Zack Kramer; 7. 11F-D.J. Foos; 8.
28-Shawn Valenti; 9. 61L-Adam
Thacker; 10. 51-Brad Bowman; 11. 31-Chuck
Wilson
A-Main - (25 Laps)
[#]-Starting Position
1. 18-Todd Heuerman[6];
2. 41-Dustin Dinan[4]; 3. 80-Jake Trevino[1]; 4.
35-Stuart Brubaker[8]; 5.
40-Bobby Clark[10]; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[5]; 7.
1W-Paul Weaver[2]; 8. 19R-Steve
Rando[7]; 9. 1-Nate Dussel[3]; 10. 9-Jimmy
Colvin[9]; 11. 39-Matt Merrill[14];
12. 15-A. J. Sleek[12]; 13. 22D-Dan
Hammond[13]; 14. 71-Bill
Kraylek[17]; 15. M28-Josh Muntz[19]; 16. 10X-Dustin
Stroup[15]; 17. 10-Brad
Haudenschild[16]; 18. 49-Cody Runion[18]; 19.
13-Junior Felver[11]; 20.
36X-Dustin Keegan[20]
Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - (7 Laps)
1. O1-Art Ball; 2. 4X-Brian
Sorg; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 92-Loren
Schwochow; 5. 5-Jim McGrath;
6. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.; 7. 39-Dwight
Waltermier; 8. 6-Linda Sabo;
9. 16-Steve Sabo
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products
(7 Laps)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 17-Bob
Dible; 3. 8K-Kent Brewer; 4. 52-Will Tezak; 5.
30-Dave Gibbs; 6. 71-Craig
Holland; 7. 4J-Josh Lozano; 8. 40-Corey Tappel
A-Main - (20 Laps)
[#]-Starting Position
1. 18W-Cory Ward[1]; 2.
O1-Art Ball[6]; 3. 8-Steve Endicott[3]; 4. 39-Dwight
Waltermier[13]; 5. 92-Loren
Schwochow[4]; 6. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[11]; 7.
8K-Kent Brewer[7]; 8. 5-Jim
McGrath[9]; 9. 6-Linda Sabo[15]; 10. 52-Will
Tezak[5]; 11. 30-Dave Gibbs[10];
12. 71-Craig Holland[12]; 13. 4J-Josh
Lozano[14]; 14. 17-Bob Dible[8];
15. 16-Steve Sabo[17]; 16. 4X-Brian Sorg[2]
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