Saturday, June 27, 2009
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net

FREMONT, Ohio - Tim Shaffer worked his way through the field like a 
precision surgeon from his 14th starting spot, and took the lead with just 
four laps to go in the finale of the 27th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek at 
Fremont Speedway Saturday and went on to score the $10,000 victory.

A huge crowd witnessed six cars battling for the lead throughout the 40-lap 
feature event with the lead changing hand five times on Budweiser Night with 
the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions Sprints.Shaffer ducked under 
Brock Mayes exiting turn four on the 36th lap to grab the lead and then 
pulled away on a lap 37 restart for the victory, his eighth of 2009.

The win was Shaffer's second of Speedweek, as he also took the checkered 
flag last Sunday at Millstream Speedway. It was the 89th appearance of the 
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions at Fremont Speedway.

While Shaffer, who had to win the B-main to earn his spot in the feature, 
took home the big check, Stevie Smith's third place finish gave him the 2009 
Ohio Sprint Speedweek championship.

"This place always puts a great race on. I'm so happy to be a part of this 
team. Brian (Kemenah, crew chief), Janet (Holbrook, owner) and Aaron (Call, 
owner)...this whole team...they did a great job all week...it's a tough 
week," said Shaffer beside his Kistler Racing Engines, J&J Chassis backed 
#83.

"I let them down last night and I was determined not to do that tonight. You 
had to be aggressive but patient tonight. I never thought we'd get up 
through there. We got a great start and the lapped cars helped me 
tonight...they hurt me last night so that's part of racing. We're building a 
great team," added Shaffer in the Engine Pro Victory Lane on his third win 
of the season at "The Track That Action Built."

For Mayes, it was another disappointing Speedweek finale, even though he 
would come home second.

"I'm just upset...three years in a row I've run second at this $10,000 to 
win speedweek show. If I had a few more cars in my shop a couple of those 
guys would have been helped off the track. There's no sense for lapped cars 
to be shown my wing three or four times. I get as many cars as Shaffer has 
in the shop I'll be pushing around like he does sometimes," said Mayes 
beside his J&F Construction, Kinn Brothers Heating and Cooling, Mansfield 
Cement backed #11B.

"Daniel, Keith and Davey and my dad are behind us. What you see is what we 
got. Every now and then we pick up a little something. Just a little heart 
broken, a little disgusted, a little upset right now. We've been running 
good here all year. I thought we had 'em. I didn't make the right decision I 
guess," added Mayes.

Smith battled his way through the pack from his 11th starting spot to  take 
third.

"Tim Shaffer did a nice job and he earned it...he started back there too. I 
just didn't get the job done. I'm real proud of these guys. We won the 
points... it's a shame they couldn't have had a little purse for that. After 
seeing all these cars this week, I was pretty amazed. The fans were really a 
big support for the Ohio Sprint Speedweek and they had a lot of race cars. I 
think it's something that could really be built up and I'd like to still be 
a part of it...but we need some sort of point fund for it," said Smith 
beside his Zemco Race Products backed #1, who was heading to compete in the 
Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek.

Chad Blonde led the field to the green to start the feature with Mayes 
falling in line while Duane Zablocki ran third and Craig Mintz fourth. 
Shaffer had moved up seven spots to the seventh position by lap four.Blonde 
set a blistering pace aboard the Hammer Pallets entry and caught the tail 
end of the field by lap nine, but he could not get around the back markers, 
which allowed Mayes and Mintz to close. Mayes would race right on Blonde's 
tail over the next four laps, which allowed Mintz, who was the only driver 
in the top five to run the high side, to move into second on lap 13. Blonde 
and Mintz would race side-by-side the next four laps while Shaffer had moved 
into fourth spot.

While the leaders still had difficulties with the tail end of the field, 
Mayes made a daring move on lap 18 to move from third to the lead. But, it 
was short-lived, as Mintz would sling-shot around him to the point a lap 
later before the caution would fly for a Daron Clayton spin. Mintz would 
pull away on the restart while Mayes had his hands full with Shaffer and now 
a closing Stevie Smith.

Mintz would encounter lapped traffic on lap 25 allowing Mayes, Shaffer and 
Smith to close. Mayes would use a lapped machine as a pick to drive around 
Mintz into the lead on lap 27 and pulled away slightly as Mintz, Shaffer and 
Smith duked it out for second. Shaffer would drive under Mintz into the 
runner-up position on lap 32, but Mintz would fight back to his outside lap 
after lap.

Lapped traffic, which had a few laps earlier helped Mayes take the lead, was 
now his enemy, as Shaffer used a it to his advantage. Shaffer used a 
terrific move on the low side of turn four to pass Mayes for the lead on lap 
36. The second and final caution of the race would fly on lap 37 as David 
Harrison and Dale Blaney got together. While the cars idled around the 
track, Mintz, who was in the fourth spot, would see his great run end as an 
oil fire brought on his mount would bring out the red.

With a clean track ahead, Shaffer would pull away for the victory, with 
Mayes, Smith, Blonde and Brad Sweet rounding out the top five.

The fans were treated to a very exciting feature for the Fremont Federal 
Credit Union 305 Sprints, as they competed for the first time this season 
without their wings. Defending track champion Stuart Brubaker slipped under 
Shawn Valenti in turn two on the last lap to grab the lead and his third 
career victory at Fremont.

"This is awesome. I told these guys before this feature...they said what do 
you want us to do. I said let's do something, but I'm not worried about it. 
This thing took off like a rocket ship," said Brubaker beside his Advanced 
Industrial Services, Brubaker Auction Services backed #35 in the Engine Pro 
Victory Lane.

"I didn't like this non-wing stuff at first. This car was so unstable I 
didn't know what it was going to do. Then in the feature it was awesome. 
This is totally different ball game. I probably won't have a good night next 
Friday when we put the wing back on...it will take me 25 laps to get used to 
that. This is for these fans out here... I knew I could pass that guy on the 
last lap...that was just awesome," added Brubaker.

Roger Shammo grabbed the early lead in the 25-lap main with Bobby Clark, 
D.J. Foos and Paul Weaver in tow. The field had some troubles on lap four, 
as four straight cautions kept the field close, one involving Shammo and 
Weaver.Once the race resumed, Foos would grab the top spot with Jimmy Colvin 
in Second, Clark third, Valenti fourth and Brubaker fifth.

Valenti would drive under Foos for the lead on lap 9, but Foos would not 
give up, racing him hard to the outside. Following a lap 12 caution, Valenti 
and Foos would resume their side-by-side battle while Colvin and Brubaker 
ran right on their rear bumpers. Brubaker, using the low groove, would grab 
second on lap 17, but it looked like Valenti was on a rail up front. 
However, a caution on lap 22 for Colvin bunched up the field for a three lap 
dash to the finish.

As the white flag flew, Valenti got into turn one a little two hard and the 
car washed up the race track, allowing Brubaker to drive under him for the 
lead and the win. Valenti would recover to come home second, with Nate 
Dussel, Todd Heuerman (from the tail after an early race spin) and Foos 
rounding out the top five.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, July 4 for the Burkett 
Family Night's Salute to Our Military Men and Women...America's Heroes 
paying the 410 feature winner $4,000. The Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks and the 
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints will also be in action. The day 
begins with games, food, fun and entertainment for the entire family at the 
fairgrounds at 10 a.m.

For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com

Fremont Speedway - 6/27/2009
Budweiser Night

O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions
Qualifying -
1. 1-Stevie Smith, 12.701; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes, 12.793; 3. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 
12.994; 4. 56R-Ryan Myers, 12.998; 5. 3C-Cale Conley, 13.049; 6. X-Mark 
Keegan, 13.084; 7. 83-Tim Shaffer, 13.095; 8. 7K-Rob Chaney, 13.101; 9. 
2L-Ed Lynch Jr., 13.123; 10. 20X-Craig Mintz, 13.138; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 
13.150; 12. 24H-Chad Blonde, 13.175; 13. 59-Lee Jacobs, 13.187; 14. 10-David 
Harrison, 13.190; 15. 16-Bryan Sebetto, 13.219; 16. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 
13.228; 17. 91E-Brad Sweet, 13.240; 18. 53-John Ivy, 13.240; 19. 92-Daron 
Clayton, 13.251; 20. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.255; 21. O-Brandon Wimmer, 13.258; 
22. 2-Dale Blaney, 13.263; 23. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.292; 24. 3J-Kevin Lee, 
13.293; 25. 312-Mike Linder, 13.303; 26. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.312; 27. 
89G-David Gravel, 13.315; 28. 2+-Brian Smith, 13.337; 29. O4-Cap Henry, 
13.340; 30. 60-Jody Keegan, 13.375; 31. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.391; 32. 2H-Tim 
Hunter, 13.424; 33. 25-Kenny Jacobs, 13.428; 34. 35-Jamie Miller, 13.439; 
35. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.443; 36. 45AU-Steve Lines, 13.444; 37. 97-Dean 
Jacobs, 13.476; 38. 48S-Andy Shammo, 13.516; 39. 6R-Ryan Bunton, 13.573; 40. 
63-Chad Kemenah, 13.601; 41. 10H-Brad Haudenschild, 13.696; 42. 7AU-Roddy 
Bellbowen, 14.142; 43. 27-Scott Euler, 16.171

Heat 1 -  (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 91E-Brad Sweet; 2. O-Brandon Wimmer; 3. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.; 4. 1-Stevie 
Smith; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs; 6. 59-Lee Jacobs; 7. 3C-Cale Conley; 8. 312-Mike 
Linder; 9. 25-Kenny Jacobs; 10. 10H-Brad Haudenschild; 11. O4-Cap Henry

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 53-John Ivy; 3. 20X-Craig Mintz; 4. 11B-Brock Mayes; 5. 
10-David Harrison; 6. X-Mark Keegan; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8. 60-Jody Keegan; 
9. 35-Jamie Miller; 10. 48S-Andy Shammo; 11. 7AU-Roddy Bellbowen

Heat 3 -  (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 92-Daron Clayton; 2. 22-Cole Duncan; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 1X-Randy 
Hannagan; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin; 6. 83-Tim Shaffer; 7. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 8. 
89G-David Gravel; 9. W20-Greg Wilson; 10. 6R-Ryan Bunton; 11. 27-Scott Euler

Heat 4 -  (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 3J-Kevin Lee; 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3. 63-Chad Kemenah; 4. 24H-Chad Blonde; 
5. 2+-Brian Smith; 6. 45AU-Steve Lines; 7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 8. 
2H-Tim Hunter; 9. 7K-Rob Chaney; 10. 56R-Ryan Myers

Dash -  (6 Laps)
1. 91E-Brad Sweet; 2. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 3. 1-Stevie Smith; 4. 11B-Brock 
Mayes; 5. 92-Daron Clayton

B-Main -  (15 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 83-Tim Shaffer; 2. 3C-Cale Conley; 3. X-Mark Keegan; 4. 59-Lee Jacobs; 5. 
7K-Rob Chaney; 6. 56R-Ryan Myers; 7. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 8. 89G-David Gravel; 
9. O4-Cap Henry; 10. W20-Greg Wilson; 11. 14H-Todd Heller; 12. 35-Jamie 
Miller; 13. 45AU-Steve Lines; 14. 7AU-Roddy Bellbowen; 15. 27-Scott Euler; 
16. 48S-Andy Shammo; 17. 60-Jody Keegan; 18. 25-Kenny Jacobs; 19. 10H-Brad 
Haudenschild; 20. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 21. 6R-Ryan Bunton

A-Main -  (40 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[14]; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes[3]; 3. 1-Stevie Smith[11]; 4. 
24H-Chad Blonde[1]; 5. 91E-Brad Sweet[8]; 6. 1X-Randy Hannagan[5]; 7. 
5R-Byron Reed[16]; 8. O-Brandon Wimmer[17]; 9. 59-Lee Jacobs[15]; 10. 
97-Dean Jacobs[23]; 11. 63-Chad Kemenah[24]; 12. 11M-Brandon Martin[22]; 13. 
22-Cole Duncan[19]; 14. 10-David Harrison[7]; 15. 3C-Cale Conley[12]; 16. 
2+-Brian Smith[21]; 17. 53-John Ivy[9]; 18. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[2]; 19. 
92-Daron Clayton[10]; 20. 3J-Kevin Lee[20]; 21. 20X-Craig Mintz[4]; 22. 
2-Dale Blaney[18]; 23. X-Mark Keegan[13]; 24. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[6]
 

Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305 Sprints (non-Wing)
Heat 1 -  (8 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 11F-D.J. Foos; 3. 1-Nate Dussel; 4. 40-Bobby Clark; 5. 
1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 6. 83X-Nate Reeser; 7. 30-Adam Ollom

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps)
1. 10S-Roger  Shammo; 2. 28-Shawn Valenti; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 4. 35-Stuart 
Brubaker; 5. 10X-Dustin Stroup; 6. 99X-Tim Buchanan; 7. 24X-Tom Nichols

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 2-Tim Kern; 3. 31-Chuck Wilson; 4. 3B-Tim Bottles; 5. 
M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 18-Todd Heuerman; 7. 14-Chad Wilson

A-Main -  (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7]; 2. 28-Shawn Valenti[8]; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[10]; 4. 
18-Todd Heuerman[18]; 5. 11F-D.J. Foos[6]; 6. 31-Chuck Wilson[9]; 7. 
40-Bobby Clark[3]; 8. 10X-Dustin Stroup[14]; 9. 71-Bill Kraylek[12]; 10. 
10S-Roger  Shammo[2]; 11. 99X-Tim Buchanan[15]; 12. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[11]; 
13. 2-Tim Kern[1]; 14. 3B-Tim Bottles[21]; 15. 9-Jimmy Colvin[5]; 16. 
83X-Nate Reeser[16]; 17. 30-Adam Ollom[17]; 18. 1W-Paul Weaver[4]; 19. 
14-Chad Wilson[19]; 20. 24X-Tom Nichols[20]