MAUMEE, OH (5-13-09) by Scott Porter - FAST Public Relations
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> With a weekend off from Kistler Racing Products F.A.S.T. competition,
> many of the regional series stars took advantage of the time off to
> trek to other venues around the Buckeye State & beyond to get their
> sprint car racing fix.
>
> It wasn’t just mother nature that was unpleasant to several
> F.A.S.T. competitors while at Eldora Speedway for a double-header of
> the World of Outlaws Sprint Car racing. Caleb Griffith suffered rear
> end problems ending his night just after hot laps on Friday and
> Dalton, Ohio’s Lee Jacobs lost his 410 cubic inch power plant aboard
> the #59 Southern Crane machine while running in 2nd place during his
> heat race. Both problems proved to be too severe and forced the teams
> to pack up and leave the famed half-mile on Friday night before the
> rains came. Brock Mayes was waiting for the B-Main to get lined up
> when the skies opened for the heavy rain that forced the cancellation
> of Friday night’s event. The #7K Jessup Motorsports ride of Rob
> Chaney & the #9X SC Racing mount of Phil Gressman were also in
> attendance both nights at “The Big E.” During the only full night
> of racing on Saturday, Chaney with the help of a 2nd place finish in
> the B-Main transferred to the 30-lap finale and came away with a 24th
> place finish. Gressman, however, transferred out his heat race and
> went on to collect a 15th place finish against many of the finest 410
> drivers in the nation.
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> May 2nd F.A.S.T. feature winner Craig Mintz’s original plans of
> heading to Skyline Speedway in Stewart, Ohio on Friday night were
> washed out, but it didn’t stop the team from finding a track to race
> at. The Real-Geese Decoys/ Keller Chevrolet #09 team hightailed it out
> to Western Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway to compete in the
> sprint car division of the track’s “Fab Four” weekly program.
> The Gibsonburg, Ohio native was competitive in his first night out at
> Lernerville this season and picked up a top-five finish in what Mintz
> hopes will not be his last visit to Lernerville this season.
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> F.A.S.T. Rookie Kevin Lee tried to run all the laps he could this
> past weekend. First Kevin pulled his 305 sprint car ride out of the
> garage to compete in the Fremont Fence 305 division at Attica where he
> collected a sixth place finish on Friday and then attempted to run
> double duty in both the 305 and 410 sprint car divisions at Fremont
> Speedway the following night. Transferring from both B-Mains, Lee
> collected a 10th place finish in the 305s and had a 16th place run
> aboard his 3J Motorsports sprint car.
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> Numerous F.A.S.T. title hopefuls returned to Fremont Speedway on
> Saturday night for a regular night of racing as the hunt continued for
> the 2009 Fremont Track Championship. Brock Mayes redeemed himself by
> collecting his first feature win of the season after hunting down Mike
> Linder in traffic late in the race. Craig Keel continued to improve
> behind the wheel of the #20X UPS Store/ BK Motorsports sprint car by
> collecting a 4th-place finish.
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> Attention returns to the F.A.S.T. Kistler Cup points race as
> Monclova, Ohio's Byron Reed, with the help of three top-10 finishes,
> currently holds a slim points lead over Brandon Martin by just nine
> points. Craig Mintz holds down third place, while rookie contender Cap
> Henry and veteran Mike Linder round out the top-five. The points race
> is a tight one with one wrong move or one faulty part possibly costing
> a competitor numerous positions on the track and hurting their quest
> for the $10,000 top prize awarded to the inaugural champion of the
> Kistler Racing Products Fremont/ Attica Sprint Title.
>
> The Kistler Racing Products F.A.S.T. Championship Series returns to
> action this weekend with the competitors in their 410 sprint cars
> first tackling the 1/3-mile of Attica Raceway Park on Friday night.
> Attica will be honoring its all-time feature winner and 12-time track
> champion as Custom Chrome Plating presents "Mark Keegan Night". The
> championship series will then make the trek down the Ohio Turnpike to
> Fremont Speedway for Night #6 of the Kistler Cup Chase. Be sure to
> make it out to the track to watch the drama play out at well over 100
> MPH!
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> More information about these two fine facilities can be found online
> at www.atticaracewaypark.com or www.fremontohspeedway.com. Also be
> sure to check out the FAST merchandise online and get your World of
> Outlaws World Finals raffle tickets at www.fastondirt.com.
>
> FAST on Dirt, Inc. would like to thank the following contributors to
> the 2009 FAST Championship Series point fund:
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> Kistler Racing Products, All Star Plumbing & Heating, KS Sales &
> Service, Engler Machine & Tool, Henry MotorSports Inc., Black Swamp
> Media Group, MyHeroCards.com, Banshee Graphics, Kears Speed Shop,
> Computer Man, Inc., SCS Gearbox, The Hideaway Inn (Bucyrus),
> RockAuto.com, Hoserville Ohio, Hoseheads.com, RacingFansDirect.com,
> Level Performance, R&R Auto Wrecking, Reebar Diecasting, Performance
> Metals, Inc., FSR Radiator, Real Geese, Buckeye IT Services, High
> Vista Video, Racers Racing for a Cure, Gressman Powersports, NAPA of
> Bryan, OH, Gaerte Engines, Bobby's Truck & Auto Repair, Tiffin Brake &
> Wheel, Golden Graphics, Goofy Golf, African Safari, and Ghostly Manor
>
> Also, a very special thanks to all of our contingency award sponsors:
>
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