Saturday, Aug. 1, 2009
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By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - The full moon was last week, but it looked like it appeared 
again Saturday, Aug. 1 at Fremont Speedway, as there were several nasty 
crashes. But when the dust settled, Bucyrus, Ohio's Brock Mayes picked up 
his third 410 sprint victory of the season on Kistler Engines Night.

Scoring his second victory of 2009 at Fremont was Bradner, Ohio's Nate 
Dussel in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints, while Cory Ward 
grabbed the lead coming out of turn four for the checkered when Dan Hennig 
lost power, to score his fourth win of the year in the Fremont Fence Dirt 
Trucks.

Mayes, who took the point lead at "The Track That Action Built," used the 
fast high side to overtake David Harrison on lap 16 and then flexed his 
muscles to pull away to the victory aboard his J&F Construction, Mansfield 
Cement, Kinn Brothers Heating and Cooling, Mortiz Concrete backed #11B.

"I was gurgling the last five laps," said Mayes about running low on fuel 
due to the numerous cautions in the feature. "The center of the corner was a 
handful because I had no power steering. I was just praying it would stay 
green. I saw at the end Byron (Reed) must have been up to second (from his 
18th starting spot)...I talked to him earlier tonight and told him all he 
needed was one good run and he got it so he'll be something to deal with the 
rest of the year."

"I was debating where to go. I was waiting for the top to get cleaned off 
somewhat...thought a few of the guys in the back would run up there, but it 
didn't look like too many guys were. It got beat up a little bit so I pulled 
the wing back and was getting after it," added Mayes of his eighth career 
Fremont victory on night #18 of the Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica 
Sprint Title Championship Series.

"I have to thank all the guys, Daniel and Keith and Davey and my fiancée 
Alisha and my dad...if it wasn't for dad none of us would be out here. We've 
been a little frustrated the last month...we had a good speedweek...but 
we're going to put the old car back together...the one that we crashed and 
see what it could do. That was if we didn't win tonight, but now who knows. 
We do like the other car a little better. We have to get over the hump a 
little," concluded Mayes.

Dussel took the lead from Jimmy Colvin on the second lap and held off 
several charges from Brad Haudenschild to nab his third victory in 2009 (he 
also has a win at Attica Raceway Park) aboard his Berrier Fabrication, OC 
Shocks, Dussel Welding backed #1.

"The winnings might have to go toward putting the motor back together 
because this thing ran 250 (degrees) the whole race. I was pretty close to 
pulling off a few times," said Dussel in the Engine Pro Victory Lane. "But, 
the win is more important I guess."

"The difference this year (his second driving) is I have Craig and Mike 
working on this thing and they have me fast every night," added Dussel.

Dan Hennig looked certain to grab his third win of the season in the Fremont 
Fence Dirt Trucks, but a big puff of smoke came out from under the hood with 
four laps to go, and coming down to the checkered, his mount lost power. 
Sandusky, Ohio's Cory Ward was there to capitalize, as he scored his 17th 
career Fremont victory, to move him into a tie with his dad, Jim, for 28th 
on the track's all-time win list.

"I don't know what happened to Dan, but I'll take it," said Ward beside his 
Excuses Lounge, Budweiser, East Side Cafe, Precision Auto Body backed truck. 
"All I know is I tied my dad with this win."

In the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints 30-lap feature, David Harrison 
grabbed the lead with Mayes and Brian Lay in tow. A caution after one was 
complete for FAST point leader Craig Mintz - there would be five cautions 
and two reds in the first 12 laps - would see the running order Harrison, 
Mayes, Brian Smith, Lay, Caleb Griffith, Mark Keegan, Mike Linder and Kevin 
Lee. Just as Mayes would putting pressure on Harrison for the lead, the 
caution would fly on lap four. On the restart, Travis Philo got upside down 
and into Mintz, ending both of their nights.

Once the green came back out, Harrison and Mayes continued their battle up 
front, while Griffith moved into third with Smith and Lay rounding out the 
top five. A caution on lap 10  was followed by a red the next circuit when 
Jody Keegan took a nasty tumble into turn one - he was uninjured. A lap 
later and Smith's run would come to an end as he spun in turn two.

The race would go caution-free the remaining 18 laps.

Harrison looked comfortable on the high side and actually pulled away from 
Mayes slightly, but Mayes regrouped and got a run on Harrison at the halfway 
mark and drove around him in turn four to grab the lead a lap later. All 
eyes were on defending track champion Byron Reed who had methodically worked 
his way up to sixth at the halfway mark.

Mayes set a torrid pace and was into lapped traffic on lap 19 while Harrison 
rode in second and Griffith in third, while Reed moved into fourth. With 
eight laps remaining, Griffith watched his chances slip away when his front 
wing collapsed, allowing Reed to move into third. As Mayes picked his way 
through traffic, Reed closed in on Harrison for the runner-up spot and after 
three laps of side-by-side racing, took it on lap 28. But, it was too 
little, too late, as Mayes took the checkered. Reed, Harrison, Lee Jacobs - 
from the tail - and Mark Keegan would round out the top five.

Following a yellow on the initial start of the 305 sprint feature, disaster 
struck on the ensuing restart, as Dustin Dinan took a nasty looking flip 
down the front stretch, destroying his car. Dinan was taken to the hospital 
with injuries to his leg, but otherwise was alert and conscience.

Jimmy Colvin grabbed the lead on the third try with Dussel, Chad Wilson, 
Brad Haudenschild, Zack Kramer, Bill Kraylek, Bobby Clark and John Ivy in 
tow. Dussel would simply drive around Colvin a lap later, with Haudenschild 
following in his tire tracks two laps later to grab second. The caution 
would fly on lap five with the running order Dussel, Haudenschild, Colvin, 
Wilson and Kramer.

On the restart, Dussel and Haudenschild would run nose-to-tail while Wilson 
and Kramer got around Colvin who began to fade with mechanical woes. 
Haudenschild began really applying the pressure to Dussel on lap 9. As the 
pair hit lapped traffic on lap 12, Haudenschild was beside Dussel. In fact, 
as they raced to the start-finish line to complete the 13th circuit, the two 
were side-by-side, just as the caution flew.

With a clear track ahead, Dussel would maintain his lead, while Haudenschild 
looked to make his move. Meanwhile the race for third was close between 
Wilson, Kramer, Todd Heuerman and Bobby Clark. The battle up front would 
slow on lap 16 for a debris caution as Kramer's front wing lost a panel, 
sending him to the tail.

Haudenschild's exciting run would come to an end on lap 18, as he was 
attempting to drive to Dussel's outside exiting turn two, he would spin. 
Dussel when then pull away, but the battle for second was exciting between 
Wilson, Heuerman and Clark. Heuerman would take the runner-up spot on lap 
22, while Clark would grab third at the white flag. When the checkered flew 
it was Dussel over Heuerman, Clark, Wilson and Ivy.

Art Howey Jr. used his outside front starting spot to grab the early lead of 
the dirt truck feature, with Paul Brown Jr., Jimmy McGrath Jr. and Steve 
Endicott in tow. Endicott would take second a lap later, with McGrath Jr. 
stealing it away on lap three. McGrath would drive around Howey on lap five, 
with the caution flying soon after for his dad. The truck on the move was 
eighth-place starter Hennig, who moved into third on lap five as McGrath Jr. 
took the lead.

On the restart, Hennig would move into second and right away began 
pressuring McGrath, as the two raced side-by-side the next two laps before 
Hennig used his horsepower for the lead on lap eight. Hennig began to pull 
away with McGrath battling Howey, Endicott and Cory Ward for second. Hennig 
would hit lapped machines by lap 13 with McGrath, Wad and Endicott trying to 
stay close. With four laps to go, a big puff of smoke came out from under 
the hood of Hennig's truck, just as the caution would fly for McGrath Jr.

With four laps remaining, the running order was now Hennig, Ward, Endicott, 
Howey and Will Tezak. It didn't appear anything was seriously wrong with 
Hennig's truck, as he pulled away on the restart while Ward had his hands 
full with Endicott for second. Hennig took the white and powered down the 
backstretch headed toward what appeared would be his third victory of the 
year. However, as he came out of turn four with the checkered waiving, his 
truck lost power and Ward drove by for the victory. Hennig would coast 
across for second with Endicott, Tezak and Howey rounding out the top five.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Aug. 8 for Burger King 
Night with the 410 and 305 sprints and dirt trucks in action. For times, 
ticket prices and more log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com

Fremont Speedway - 8/1/2009
Kister Engines Night

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints
Qualifying -
1. O4-Cap Henry, 12.51; 2. 3J-Kevin Lee, 12.52; 3. 12-Caleb Griffith, 12.57; 
4. 15C-Chris Andrews, 12.65; 5. X-Mark Keegan, 12.67; 6. 312-Mike Linder, 
12.69; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.74; 8. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.76; 9. 2+-Brian 
Smith, 12.78; 10. 11B-Brock Mayes, 12.78; 11. 45-Brian Lay, 12.82; 12. 
10-David Harrison, 12.86; 13. 53-Phil Gressman, 12.88; 14. 60-Jody Keegan, 
12.93; 15. 16-Bryan Sebetto, 13.00; 16. 25-Lee Jacobs, 13.00; 17. O9-Craig 
Mintz, 13.10; 18. 48S-Andy Shammo, 13.12; 19. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.27; 20. 
14H-Todd Heller, 13.27; 21. 1XL-Matt Linder, 13.33; 22. 1K-Willie Keegan, 
14.06

Heat 1 -  (8 Laps)
1. 25-Lee Jacobs; 2. 53-Phil Gressman; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 5R-Byron Reed; 
5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 1K-Willie Keegan; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 8. 15C-Chris 
Andrews

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps
1. O9-Craig Mintz; 2. X-Mark Keegan; 3. 45-Brian Lay; 4. 60-Jody Keegan; 5. 
14H-Todd Heller; 6. 3J-Kevin Lee; 7. 5T-Travis Philo

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps)
1. 312-Mike Linder; 2. 10-David Harrison; 3. 2+-Brian Smith; 4. 12-Caleb 
Griffith; 5. 48S-Andy Shammo; 6. 1XL-Matt Linder; 7. 16-Bryan Sebetto

A-Main -  (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 11B-Brock Mayes[3]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[18]; 3. 10-David Harrison[1]; 4. 
25-Lee Jacobs[15]; 5. X-Mark Keegan[6]; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews[10]; 7. 
12-Caleb Griffith[7]; 8. 45-Brian Lay[2]; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[11]; 10. 
3J-Kevin Lee[9]; 11. 312-Mike Linder[5]; 12. 14H-Todd Heller[19]; 13. 
48S-Andy Shammo[17]; 14. 53-Phil Gressman[13]; 15. 1K-Willie Keegan[21]; 16. 
2+-Brian Smith[4]; 17. 60-Jody Keegan[14]; 18. O4-Cap Henry[8]; 19. 
5T-Travis Philo[12]; 20. O9-Craig Mintz[16]; 21. 1XL-Matt Linder[20]
 

Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305 Sprints
Heat 1 -  (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 80-Jake Trevino; 3. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 4. 14-Chad 
Wilson; 5. 41-Dustin Dinan; 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 11F-D.J. Foos; 8. 15-Matt 
Merrill; 9. 28-Shawn Valenti

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 40-Bobby Clark; 2. 1-Nate Dussel; 3. 31-Chuck Wilson; 4. 71-Bill Kraylek; 
5. 1W-Paul Weaver; 6. 10X-Dustin Stroup; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 8. 51-Brad 
Bowman; 9. 8J-Jess Stiger

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 94-John Ivy; 2. M28-Josh Muntz; 3. 8K-Zack Kramer; 4. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 5. 
22D-Dan Hammond; 6. 27-Paige Polyak; 7. 30-Adam Ollom; 8. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 
9. 3B-Tim Bottles

B-Main -  (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 19R-Steve Rando; 2. 11F-D.J. Foos; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 10X-Dustin 
Stroup; 5. 51-Brad Bowman; 6. 15-Matt Merrill; 7. 28-Shawn Valenti; 8. 
8J-Jess Stiger; 9. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 10. 30-Adam Ollom; 11. 3B-Tim Bottles; 
12. 27-Paige Polyak

A-Main -  (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 1-Nate Dussel[4]; 2. 18-Todd Heuerman[10]; 3. 40-Bobby Clark[9]; 4. 
14-Chad Wilson[1]; 5. 94-John Ivy[7]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[18]; 7. 1W-Paul 
Weaver[14]; 8. 19R-Steve Rando[16]; 9. 10-Brad Haudenschild[3]; 10. 71-Bill 
Kraylek[5]; 11. M28-Josh Muntz[11]; 12. 10X-Dustin Stroup[19]; 13. 31-Chuck 
Wilson[12]; 14. 8K-Zack Kramer[6]; 15. 11F-D.J. Foos[17]; 16. 9-Jimmy 
Colvin[2]; 17. 22D-Dan Hammond[15]; 18. 80-Jake Trevino[8]; 19. 51-Brad 
Bowman[20]; 20. 41-Dustin Dinan[13]
 

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 -  (7 Laps)
1. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr.; 2. 8K-Kent Brewer; 3. 8-Steve Endicott; 4. 
P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs; 7. 21R-Dana 
Frey; 8. 34K-Kevin Miller

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (7 Laps)
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3. 99-Art Howey Jr.; 4. 52-Will Tezak; 
5. 4X-Brian Sorg; 6. 84-Russ Stahl; 7. 9-Roger Inks

Heat 3 -  (7 Laps)
1. 32H-Dan Hennig; 2. 17-Bob Dible; 3. O1-Art Ball; 4. 23M-Brad Mitten; 5. 
16-Steve Sabo; 6. 4S-Keith Sorg

A-Main -  (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 18W-Cory Ward[7]; 2. 32H-Dan Hennig[8]; 3. 8-Steve Endicott[6]; 4. 
52-Will Tezak[11]; 5. 99-Art Howey Jr.[2]; 6. 16-Steve Sabo[15]; 7. 23M-Brad 
Mitten[12]; 8. O1-Art Ball[9]; 9. 17-Bob Dible[5]; 10. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath 
Jr.[4]; 11. 30-Dave Gibbs[16]; 12. 5-Jim Mcgrath[10]; 13. 92-Loren 
Schwochow[13]; 14. 21R-Dana Frey[19]; 15. 8K-Kent Brewer[3]; 16. 4X-Brian 
Sorg[14]; 17. 34K-Kevin Miller[21]; 18. 4S-Keith Sorg[18]; 19. P51-Paul 
Brown Jr.[1]; 20. 9-Roger Inks[20]