Saturday, May 2, 2009
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - Craig Mintz held off several challenges to take the 410 
sprint victory Saturday, May 2 at Fremont Speedway on Bauman Auto Group 
Night. In the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints, Bobby Clark took the 
lead with seven laps to go to get his 21st career win. Steve Endicott had to 
hold off a last lap charge from Jim McGrath to take his 6th career win in 
the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.

Mintz, who hails from Gibsonburg, Ohio, led all 30 laps of the Fort Ball 
Pizza Palace 410 Sprint feature, but had to first hold off Cap Henry, then 
Phil Gressman and a great side-by-side battle with Brock Mayes before 
finally holding off Brandon Martin to get his third career win at "The Track 
That Action Built."

"We got racing in lapped traffic and cars were in the way... it was just one 
of those deals where you kind of hang on and keep it straight. I went to the 
bottom and he (Mayes) must of went to the top I didn't get to see what 
happened," said Mintz in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Real Geese 
Decoys, Erie Shore Propane, KS Sales and Service sponsored #09.

"Pat Harger, my dad (Les), Rich Witte, Kent Tyson, Tim King...all these guys 
put this thing on the race track and all I had to do is drive it. I'm not 
even close to being in shape...I realize I need to start working out. The 
yellows came at the right time to keep me out of lapped traffic. With this 
type of race track you need to be in clean air and not trying to get around 
race cars to go forward," added Mintz of his third career Fremont victory.

Defending track champion Stuart Brubaker looked like he would get his first 
win of the season in the 305 sprint feature, but he just couldn't shake 
Bobby Clark, who battled him throughout the first part of the event. Clark 
executed a perfect slide job for the lead in turns one and two just as the 
field completed the 17th lap to take the lead.

"After awhile I found out if I just followed him in three and four I could 
get a run on him in one and two. He left me just enough room...that was 
about my only chance to get by and I had to take it," said Clark in the 
Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Al Davis Carpeting, Fremont Fence, 
Jenny's Copper Penny backed #40.

The dirt truck feature was another dandy, with Risingsun's Steve Endicott 
leading all 20 laps, but he had to battle the entire way with defending 
track champion Jim McGrath and Art Ball. In fact, following a red with two 
laps remaining, McGrath drove to Endicott's outside to race him for the win.

"I don't like those caution laps..I've lost a lot of races that way. Cory 
and Art's been pretty fast...I kept looking at the board to find out where 
Art was," said Endicott in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his BMS 
Engines, Endicott Trucking backed #8.

"We're shooting for a championship...we built a new truck. We have a second 
and third and a first...that's not too bad starting out," added Endicott of 
his sixth career Fremont victory.

At the start of the 410 sprint feature, Mintz bolted into the lead from his 
pole starting spot with Cap Henry, Phil Gressman and Rob Chaney in tow. Just 
as Mintz was getting ready to hit lapped traffic on lap 7, the caution flew. 
On the restart, Gressman battled Henry for second, taking the spot on lap 8. 
Gressman applied pressure to Mintz while Henry had his hands full with fast 
qualifier Brock Mayes. Mintz pulled away slightly while Gressman and Mayes 
battled hard for second over the next six laps until moving into the 
runner-up position at the half-way mark.

Mayes would then pressure Mintz for the lead, and with 11 laps to go had 
pinned Mintz behind a lapped car and looked like he would steal the lead. 
However, Mayes would drive off the high side of turn one coming to a rest 
against the softwall to bring out the caution. Mintz now lead over Brandon 
Martin who had quietly worked his way to the front. Martin applied pressure 
the rest of the way while Gressman, Henry and Cole Duncan waged a great 
battle behind.

Mintz was able to hang on for the win with Martin, Gressman, 12th starter 
Byron Reed and Duncan rounding out the top five.

"This will really help us in the hunt for the (Kistler Racing Products) FAST 
(Fremont Attica Sprint Title) championship. This FAST thing is the greatest 
thing to happen around here in awhile. It's going to bring some more cars in 
that normally wouldn't be here and we're proud to be a part of it," said 
Mintz of the third night for the series.

Brubaker would jump into the top spot at the start of the 305 sprint feature 
with Clark right on his bumper and Tim Kern, Steve Rando, Josh Muntz and 
last week's winner Todd Heuerman giving chance. While Brubaker and Clark 
battled up front, Heuerman was on a mission, moving from his eighth starting 
spot into third by the third lap. Following a caution for debris on lap 
five, Clark really began pressuring Brubaker, poking the nose of his car 
under him lap after lap with Heuerman and Rando waging a torrid battle for 
third. The car on the move was D.J. Foos who had worked his way up to fifth 
from his 12th starting position by lap seven.

The final yellow would fly on lap 11 with the running order Brubaker, Clark, 
Rando, Foos, Heuerman and Muntz. Clark continued to hound Brubaker before 
making the winning move on lap 17 as Rando made it a three-car battle. Once 
in the lead, Clark would drive a smooth race while Brubaker and Rando 
battled side by side lap after lap for second. At the checkered, it was 
Clark, Brubaker, Rando, Foos and Heuerman rounding out the top five.

In a crash filled dirt truck feature, Endicott jumped into the lead with 
McGrath, Brian Sorg, Will Tezak and Art Ball in pursuit. Following a lap 
seven red for a Alex Weichman flip (he was unhurt), the running order was 
Endicott, McGrath, Sorg, Ball and Cory Ward. Ball would move into third on 
lap eight and would pressure both Endicott and McGrath for the lead while 
Sorg and Ward battled hard for fourth. With six laps to go, the truck on the 
move was Bob Dible who had moved into fourth from his 12th starting spot. 
With two laps to go, another red flag halted the action as two trucks 
crashed hard in turn three - no one was hurt.

The two lap dash to the checkered feature Endicott, McGrath, Ball and Dible 
duking it out. Endicott was take the victory with McGrath, Ball, Dible and 
Sorg rounding out the top five.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, May 9 on Burns Iron & 
Metal Night with the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints, Fremont Federal 
Credit Union 305 Sprints and Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks in action. For more 
information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com

Fremont Speedway - 5/2/2009
Baumann Auto Group Night

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints
Qualifying -
1. 11B-Brock Mayes, 12.21; 2. 11M-Brandon Martin, 12.31; 3. 7K-Rob Chaney, 
12.39; 4. 60-Jody Keegan, 12.39; 5. 12-Caleb Griffith, 12.49; 6. 9X-Phil 
Gressman, 12.50; 7. 20X-Craig Keel, 12.55; 8. O4-Cap Henry, 12.55; 9. 
O9-Craig Mintz, 12.63; 10. 53-Cole Duncan, 12.65; 11. 2+-Brian Smith, 12.69; 
12. 312-Mike Linder, 12.71; 13. 51-Aaron Higgins, 12.71; 14. 3J-Kevin Lee, 
12.74; 15. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.76; 16. 10-David Harrison, 12.81; 17. 78-Todd 
Kane, 12.82; 18. 16-Bryan Sebetto, 12.96; 19. 23-Jamie Miller, 12.96; 20. 
15C-Chris Andrews, 13.00; 21. 25-Lee Jacobs, 13.04; 22. 5T-Travis Philo, 
13.21; 23. X-Mark Keegan, 13.32; 24. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.40; 25. 48S-Andy 
Shammo, 13.48; 26. 98-Bruce Robenalt, 13.58; 27. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.59; 28. 
93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.77; 29. 48-Mike Burkin, 13.84; 30. 61-Chad 
Gullett, 14.23; 31. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 25.91; 32. 1X-Matt Linder, 99.01; 33. 
47-Caleb Helms, 99.02; 34. 9-Dean Jacobs, NT; 35. 60C-Kory Crabtree, NT

Heat 1 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 25-Lee Jacobs; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 78-Todd Kane; 4. O9-Craig Mintz; 5. 
12-Caleb Griffith; 6. 48S-Andy Shammo; 7. 51-Aaron Higgins; 8. 48-Mike 
Burkin; 9. 47-Caleb Helms

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 11M-Brandon Martin; 3. 9X-Phil Gressman; 4. 53-Cole 
Duncan; 5. 3J-Kevin Lee; 6. 5T-Travis Philo; 7. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 8. 
61-Chad Gullett

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 23-Jamie Miller; 3. 7K-Rob Chaney; 4. 5R-Byron Reed; 5. 
2+-Brian Smith; 6. 20X-Craig Keel; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8. 7T-Troy Vaccaro

Heat 4 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 15C-Chris Andrews; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 3. 10-David Harrison; 4. O4-Cap 
Henry; 5. 9-Dean Jacobs; 6. 312-Mike Linder; 7. 60-Jody Keegan; 8. 1X-Matt 
Linder; 9. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild

B-Main -  (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 12-Caleb Griffith; 2. 60-Jody Keegan; 3. 20X-Craig Keel; 4. 312-Mike 
Linder; 5. 3J-Kevin Lee; 6. 2+-Brian Smith; 7. 48S-Andy Shammo; 8. 51-Aaron 
Higgins; 9. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 10. 14H-Todd Heller; 11. 5T-Travis 
Philo; 12. 61-Chad Gullett; 13. 48-Mike Burkin; 14. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 15. 
98-Bruce Robenalt; 16. 47-Caleb Helms; 17. 1X-Matt Linder

A-Main -  (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. O9-Craig Mintz[1]; 2. 11M-Brandon Martin[5]; 3. 9X-Phil Gressman[3]; 4. 
5R-Byron Reed[12]; 5. 53-Cole Duncan[10]; 6. O4-Cap Henry[2]; 7. 7K-Rob 
Chaney[4]; 8. 312-Mike Linder[11]; 9. 16-Bryan Sebetto[15]; 10. 20X-Craig 
Keel[9]; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews[17]; 12. 11B-Brock Mayes[6]; 13. X-Mark 
Keegan[19]; 14. 60-Jody Keegan[7]; 15. 10-David Harrison[13]; 16. 23-Jamie 
Miller[16]; 17. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[20]; 18. 78-Todd Kane[14]; 19. 25-Lee 
Jacobs[18]; 20. 12-Caleb Griffith[8]
 

Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305 Sprints
Heat 1 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 19R-Steve Rando; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3. 18-Todd Heuerman; 4. 9-Jimmy 
Colvin; 5. 14-Chad Wilson; 6. 94-John Ivy; 7. 51-Brad Bowman; 8. 3B-Tim 
Bottles; 9. 10X-Dustin Stroup

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 11F-D.J. Foos; 2. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 3. 80-Jake Trevino; 4. 49-Coty 
Runion; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond; 6. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 7. 3X-Josh Burdette; 8. 
39-Matt Merrill

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 3. M28-Josh Muntz; 4. 83X-Nate 
Reeser; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 15-A. J. Sleek; 7. 2P-Jerrid Potter; 8. 
31-Chuck Wilson

Heat 4 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 1-Nate Dussel; 2. 2-Tim Kern; 3. 41-Dustin Dinan; 4. 8K-Zack Kramer; 5. 
13-Junior Felver; 6. 61L-Adam Thacker; 7. 28-Shawn Valenti; 8. 24X-Tom 
Nichols

B-Main -  (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 14-Chad Wilson; 2. 13-Junior Felver; 3. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 4. 22D-Dan 
Hammond; 5. 94-John Ivy; 6. 51-Brad Bowman; 7. 71-Bill Kraylek; 8. 15-A. J. 
Sleek; 9. 39-Matt Merrill; 10. 10X-Dustin Stroup; 11. 28-Shawn Valenti; 12. 
31-Chuck Wilson; 13. 3X-Josh Burdette; 14. 3B-Tim Bottles; 15. 61L-Adam 
Thacker; 16. 24X-Tom Nichols; 17. 2P-Jerrid Potter

A-Main -  (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 40-Bobby Clark[4]; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1]; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[5]; 4. 
11F-D.J. Foos[12]; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman[8]; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver[10]; 7. 
M28-Josh Muntz[3]; 8. 41-Dustin Dinan[11]; 9. 8K-Zack Kramer[16]; 10. 
80-Jake Trevino[9]; 11. 94-John Ivy[19]; 12. 1-Nate Dussel[7]; 13. 9-Jimmy 
Colvin[13]; 14. 22D-Dan Hammond[20]; 15. 14-Chad Wilson[15]; 16. 36X-Dustin 
Keegan[6]; 17. 49-Coty Runion[14]; 18. 2-Tim Kern[2]; 19. 13-Junior 
Felver[18]; 20. 10-Brad Haudenschild[17]
 

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 -  (7 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 6-Linda Sabo; 3. 92-Loren Schwochow; 4. 32H-Dan Hennig; 
5. 71-Craig Holland; 6. 16-Steve Sabo

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (7 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)
1. O-Jim Keegan; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 4. 52-Will Tezak; 5. 
56-Alex Weichman; 6. 40-Corey Tappel; 7. 4S-Keith Sorg

Heat 3 -  (7 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg; 4. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath 
Jr.; 5. 23M-Brad Mitten; 6. 4J-Josh Lozano

A-Main -  (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 8-Steve Endicott[2]; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath[1]; 3. O1-Art Ball[6]; 4. 17-Bob 
Dible[12]; 5. 4X-Brian Sorg[3]; 6. 52-Will Tezak[5]; 7. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath 
Jr.[11]; 8. 32H-Dan Hennig[9]; 9. 6-Linda Sabo[4]; 10. 16-Steve Sabo[16]; 
11. 18W-Cory Ward[10]; 12. 71-Craig Holland[13]; 13. 4J-Josh Lozano[18]; 14. 
23M-Brad Mitten[15]; 15. 4S-Keith Sorg[19]; 16. 92-Loren Schwochow[7]; 17. 
O-Jim Keegan[8]; 18. 56-Alex Weichman[14]; 19. 40-Corey Tappel[17]