Saturday, May 30, 2009
By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - Ada, Ohio's Jon Henry had heard a lot about the historic 
Fremont Speedway. But, the current Sunoco American Late Model Series point 
leader had never raced on the one-third mile clay oval... until Saturday, 
and he became one of the very few drivers to win a feature his first time on 
"The Track That Action Built."

Piloting the Halcomb Racing late model, "The Steel Driver" dominated the 
30-lap feature on Underground Utilities Inc. Fan Appreciation Night in front 
of a big crowd, including area school kids who were admitted free.

"I've heard and read a lot about this place and the great racing that 
happens here. Now I can say I'm part of that excitement," said Henry in the 
Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his University of Northwestern Ohio, JEGS 
Automotive, backed late model.

In the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints, defending track champion 
Stuart Brubaker took the lead on a lap six restart and had a tremendous 
battle throughout the rest of the 25 lap feature with D.J. Foos before 
claiming his second career victory.

"I've been on a mission the last three weeks. We've been having troubles in 
the shop and last week we had a fuel pump problem, so I had to redeem 
myself," said Brubaker in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Brubaker 
Auction Services KS Sales and Service backed sprinter.

Sandusky's Cory Ward held off several challenges from Dan Hennig and then 
Art Ball to record his second win of the season at Fremont in the Fremont 
Fence Dirt Trucks. It was also his 15th career victory.

"I'm just two wins behind my dad (Jim Ward). He works had on this. If I 
catch him he could just grab the other truck and get back out here," said 
Ward, who missed his 10th year Bellevue Senior High School class reunion to 
race. "We had some bad luck to start off the season, and to come out here 
and win...it works out."

In the 30-lap late model feature, Henry pulled away to a big lead after a 
first lap caution that involved four cars. A great race ensued for second 
between Brian Ruhlman, Shawn Negangard, Ky Harper and Larry Kingseed. It 
seemed the race could not find a rhythm, as three cautions flew back to back 
on laps 7-10. Each time Henry would pull away from the field.

By lap 10, however, the race started to flow, and as Henry led, Negangard 
and Kingseed put on a whale of a battle for second, as Harper and Mike Bores 
battled side-by-side behind them. A yellow for debris on lap 19 saw the 
running order Henry, Kingseed, Negangard, Harper and Bores. Negangard would 
regain second a lap later, bringing Harper to third. Two final cautions 
would fly on laps 22 and 23, and again, each time Henry would pull away, and 
again, the battle for second was fantastic between Negangard, Harper, 
Kingseed and Bores.

Henry would streak to the checkers with Negangard, Harper, Bores and 
Kingseed rounding out the top five.

"The race track was interesting...it was one of those races tonight where 
you had to hug the bottom to find that moisture coming off the corner. It 
took me the first five laps... I kept making an error and then get back to 
the bottom and be able to stick it. I said I'll just drive it straight," 
said Henry of his first win of the season.

Shawn Valenti grabbed the lead at the drop of the green of the 25-lap 305 
sprint feature, but Coty Runion would drive under him for the top spot a lap 
later. Following an caution on lap two, sixth starting Brubaker was on the 
move, grabbing second. A yellow on lap six followed for a tip-over red for 
Bobby Clark on the restart saw the running order Runion, Brubaker, Valenti, 
Jake Trevino and D.J. Foos. It was the restart on lap eight that saw 
Brubaker drive around Runion for the lead, bringing Foos with him. Following 
a caution on lap nine, the race went the rest of the way green.

 The next 15 laps saw Foos challenge Brubaker for the lead at every turn, 
but Brubaker would hit his marks and take the victory, with Valenti, Jimmy 
Colvin and Steve Rando rounding out the top five.

"I saw him (Coty Runion) get on the bottom and you have to lift getting down 
there...I said if I can hold this thing to the floor and not lift I could 
get him getting off turn two," said Brubaker on his winning pass. "D.J. put 
a lot of pressure on me. I knew if I didn't stay cool on the top and keep my 
momentum off of turn two I would be in trouble. That kid is awesome to race 
with."

Jimmy McGrath Jr. grabbed the lead to start the 20-lap dirt truck main while 
Ward pressured. Ward would drive under McGrath for the lead a circuit later, 
bringing Dan Hennig along. Following a lap three caution, Ward and Hennig 
would engage in a great battle for the lead until a caution on lap 9 slowed 
the action. The race would resume and go green the rest of the way.

While Ward and Hennig battled, that allowed Jim McGrath Sr., Art Ball, Jim 
Keegan and Steve Endicott to close. Ball would grab the second spot on lap 
13, but could not catch Ward. Ball, Hennig, Keegan and Endicott would round 
out the top five finishing order.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, June 6, as McDonald's 
Presents the Hall of Fame Induction.

For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com

Fremont Speedway - 5/30/2009
UUI Night

Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305 Sprints
Heat 1 -  (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 28-Shawn Valenti; 3. 10X-Dustin Stroup; 4. 67M-Matt 
Ferrell; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman; 6. 94-John Ivy; 7. M28-Josh Muntz; 8. 14-Chad 
Wilson; 9. 2P-Jerrid Potter; 10. 24X-Tom Nichols

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 19R-Steve Rando; 3. 11F-D.J. Foos; 4. 49-Coty 
Runion; 5. 51-Brad Bowman; 6. 39-Matt Merrill; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 8. 
8K-Zack Kramer; 9. 3X-Josh Burdette

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 40-Bobby Clark; 2. 80-Jake Trevino; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 4. 22D-Dan 
Hammond; 5. 41-Dustin Dinan; 6. 1-Nate Dussel; 7. 83X-Nate Reeser; 8. 
71-Bill Kraylek; 9. 31-Chuck Wilson

B-Main -  (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 94-John Ivy; 2. 1-Nate Dussel; 3. M28-Josh Muntz; 4. 8K-Zack Kramer; 5. 
71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 14-Chad Wilson; 7. 83X-Nate Reeser; 8. 31-Chuck Wilson; 
9. 24X-Tom Nichols; 10. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 11. 3X-Josh Burdette; 12. 
2P-Jerrid Potter; 13. 39-Matt Merrill

A-Main -  (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6]; 2. 11F-D.J. Foos[4]; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti[1]; 4. 
9-Jimmy Colvin[5]; 5. 19R-Steve Rando[9]; 6. 49-Coty Runion[2]; 7. 18-Todd 
Heuerman[13]; 8. 41-Dustin Dinan[15]; 9. 10X-Dustin Stroup[11]; 10. 1W-Paul 
Weaver[8]; 11. M28-Josh Muntz[18]; 12. 80-Jake Trevino[7]; 13. 1-Nate 
Dussel[17]; 14. 51-Brad Bowman[14]; 15. 94-John Ivy[16]; 16. 71-Bill 
Kraylek[20]; 17. 40-Bobby Clark[10]; 18. 22D-Dan Hammond[3]; 19. 8K-Zack 
Kramer[19]; 20. 67M-Matt Ferrell[12]
 

ALMS Sunoco Lates Models
Heat 1 -  (10 Laps)
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman; 2. 16-Shawn Negangard; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed; 4. 
14-Kerry Mathew; 5. 83-Bill Hahn; 6. 99M-John Mayes Sr.; 7. 12M-Mike 
Stiltner; 8. 12-Michael Stiltner

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (10 Laps)
1. 1-Jon Henry; 2. 23V-Ryan Vanderveen; 3. 50Y-Ryan Missler; 4. 48-Mike 
Bores; 5. 27-Ken Hahn; 6. 29-Nate Potts; 7. 9C-Troy Cattarene

Heat 3 -  (10 Laps)
1. 92-Ky Harper; 2. 21S-Tom Sprague; 3. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 4. 99-Steve Sabo; 
5. 101-Chester Fitch; 6. 69-John Mayes Jr.; 7. 5H-Ernie Haynes

A-Main -  (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 1-Jon Henry[1]; 2. 16-Shawn Negangard[2]; 3. 92-Ky Harper[5]; 4. 48-Mike 
Bores[11]; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed[7]; 6. 14-Kerry Mathew[10]; 7. 9C-Troy 
Cattarene[17]; 8. 50Y-Ryan Missler[8]; 9. 99-Steve Sabo[12]; 10. 21S-Tom 
Sprague[6]; 11. 83-Bill Hahn[13]; 12. 27-Ken Hahn[14]; 13. 12-Michael 
Stiltner[21]; 14. 49-Brian Ruhlman[3]; 15. 5H-Ernie Haynes[20]; 16. 12M-Mike 
Stiltner[19]; 17. 101-Chester Fitch[15]; 18. 29-Nate Potts[22]; 19. 69-John 
Mayes Jr.[18]; 20. 23V-Ryan Vanderveen[4]; 21. 3R-Chuck Roelle[9]
 

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 -  (7 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg; 4. 4J-Josh 
Lozano; 5. 16-Steve Sabo; 6. 52-Will Tezak; 7. 40-Corey Tappel; 8. 23M-Brad 
Mitten; 9. 30-Dave Gibbs

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (7 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 32H-Dan Hennig; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. O-Jim Keegan; 4. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 
5. 71-Craig Holland; 6. 22-Todd Keegan; 7. 21R-Adam Dible

Heat 3 -  (7 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3. 5-Jim McGrath; 4. P51-Paul Brown 
Jr.; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 6-Linda Sabo; 7. 4S-Keith Sorg; 8. 8K-Kent 
Brewer; 9. 84-Russ Stahl

B-Main -  (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 52-Will Tezak; 2. 30-Dave Gibbs; 3. 4S-Keith Sorg; 4. 6-Linda Sabo; 5. 
40-Corey Tappel; 6. 21R-Adam Dible; 7. 22-Todd Keegan; 8. 23M-Brad Mitten

A-Main -  (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 18W-Cory Ward[2]; 2. O1-Art Ball[7]; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig[3]; 4. O-Jim 
Keegan[12]; 5. 8-Steve Endicott[8]; 6. 5-Jim McGrath[6]; 7. 5JR-Jimmy 
McGrath Jr.[1]; 8. 16-Steve Sabo[13]; 9. 4X-Brian Sorg[4]; 10. P51-Paul 
Brown Jr.[10]; 11. 71-Craig Holland[14]; 12. 92-Loren Schwochow[15]; 13. 
30-Dave Gibbs[17]; 14. 6-Linda Sabo[19]; 15. 21R-Adam Dible[20]; 16. 
4S-Keith Sorg[16]; 17. 39-Dwight Waltermier[9]; 18. 40-Corey Tappel[18]; 19. 
4J-Josh Lozano[11]; 20. 17-Bob Dible[5]