Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - The question sprint car fans are asking is "who will show
up" when Fremont Speedway hosts the richest two-day sprint car event in the
58-year history of "The Track That Action Built?"

The 2nd Annual Jim Ford Classic - named in honor of the man who resurrected
the speedway in 2000 - will feature a two-day purse of $54,100 for the 410
sprint cars on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19.

In fact, with bonuses, Saturday night's feature winner could take home
$22,500 for the weekend!

"We've looked at schedules in the Midwest, and to our knowledge on that
weekend, we are one of the few tracks running sprint cars. With that kind of
money on the line it wouldn't surprise me to see some PA Posse drivers, some
western PA drivers.... there could be some surprise drivers showing up,"
said Fremont Speedway Co-Promoter Rich Farmer.

Friday's racing on Burger King Night will include the Fort Ball Pizza Palace
410 Sprints and the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks. The 410 feature will pay
$4,000 to win and $250 to start with the B-Main paying $100 to start. The
dirt trucks will also compete for an increased purse.

Ludwig Propane will sponsor Saturday's big event featuring the O'Reilly All
Star Circuit of Champions. The feature winner will take home $10,000. The
payout is great throughout the A-main with the 11th place finisher taking
home $1,000 - it pays $500 just to start the feature.

The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints will also compete on Saturday
for an increased purse.

Besides the prize money, there are other cash incentives too. If the same
410 sprint driver wins both Friday and Saturday, he will take home a $6,000
bonus. The fast qualifier each night will receive $1,000. And, the driver
who passes the most cars in the feature events over both nights combined
gets a $500 hard charger bonus.

Besides all that feature money, Kistler Racing Products is throwing in
prizes for heat race winners for the 410 sprints on both nights of
competition.

Last year, defending All Star champion Dale Blaney held off a hard-charging
Stevie Smith for the victory. Smith said he is coming back to Fremont for
this two-day event. Also in the mix will be current All Star point leader
Tim Shaffer, two-time All Star Champion Greg Wilson and the likes of
four-time All Star Champion Chad Kemenah. Other possibilities include Ed
Lynch Jr., Bob Felmlee, Rod George, Terry McCarl and more. They will have
their hands full with local hot-shoes Brock Mayes, Byron Reed, Craig Mintz,
Chris Andrews, Mike Linder, Mark Keegan, Phil Gressman, David Harrison and
more.

Saturday's event has a rain-date of Sunday, Sept. 20.

Gates on Friday, Sept. 18 will open at 5 p.m. with racing action underway at
7:30 p.m. Gates will open Saturday at 4 p.m. with racing starting at 7 p.m.

Also, the Sandusky County Fair Board has graciously agreed to allow FREE
camping for fans at the fairgrounds.

Ticket prices for adults on Friday are $15 with pit passes at $25. Ticket
prices for Saturday are $25 with pit passes at $30.

For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com