Friday, Sept. 18, 2009
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - Stevie Smith won the King of the Hill match race to earn a 
pole starting spot for the 410 sprint feature at Fremont Speedway. He then 
led all 30 laps to be crowned the king on Burger King Night at "The Track 
That Action Built."

Fostoria, Ohio's Bob Dible held off Jim Keegan to claim his second feature 
win of the year in the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.

Smith, who hails from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, always seems to find success 
at Fremont when big money is on the line. Last year at the Jim Ford Classic 
he finished second. He grabbed a third place run earlier this year at the 
$10,000 to win Ohio Sprint Speedweek finale, and now, with the largest purse 
in the 58-year history of "The Track That Action Built" on tap for this 
weekend, he claimed the $4,000 payday Friday. Saturday's feature pays 
$10,000 to win, and if Smith can take the checkered flag in that 50-lap 
feature, he will claim an additional $6,000 bonus for a $20,000 weekend!

"Like I said earlier, I'm really proud of Fremont, they're really trying 
hard. I proud of these guys working on this car they've done a great job for 
me. We're in position...you had to win the first night to get the $6,000 
bonus but we have our work cut out for us," said Smith, the 2009 Ohio Sprint 
Speedweek champion in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.

"The track really widened out and it was a pretty good track in the feature. 
This is a tough little track. I'm really happy with the whole year. It's 
been exciting just about every race," added Smith beside his Zemco Speed 
Equipment, Zemco Headers backed #1.

It wasn't easy for Smith, as Daryn Pittman caught him late in the race in 
lapped traffic, but Smith was able to negotiate through for his third career 
Fremont victory.

"By feature time the track widened out pretty good, but the speeds were just 
so fast. Lapped traffic was an issue but obviously it held him (Smith) up 
too. Problem is when you're in lapped traffic and it holds the leader up you 
really think you're fast and you're going to win the thing. Then he cleared 
them and they held me up just as bad," said Pittman beside his Keen 
Motorsports, Peterbuilt backed #17.

"He would have had to make a huge mistake in lapped traffic for me to win. 
If I'd have done a better job in the King of the Hill and put us a little 
closer to the front to start maybe we would have something for him," added 
Pittman.

Dible got around Jim Keegan on lap five and the pair raced side-by-side over 
the remaining 15 laps. It got interesting heading into turns three and four 
on the last lap as Dible and Keegan raced for the lead with a lapped machine 
right in front of the. Dible was able to get under the back marker and race 
to his 9th career Fremont victory.

"I saw that lapped truck and I said 'oh know.' Every time I would slip a 
little bit Jim was there...I could see him and then I'd have to get back 
into the groove. This was an awesome track, smooth and fast," said Dible in 
the Engine Pro Victory lane..

"I built this truck band new this year and of all the trucks I've ever had 
this was the hardest one to get so it would operate. We found something 
about three or four weeks ago and it shows. I can't wait till next year when 
we start out fresh," added Dible beside his Bob's Machine Shop, BMS Engines 
backed #17.

Smith grabbed the lead at the drop of the green of the 30-lap sprint 
feature, but it was for naught, as Scott Euler took a nasty tumble in turn 
one, but was able to walk away. On the second try, again Smith jumped into 
the lead with Todd Kane applying pressure with Bill Rose and Pittman racing 
hard for third. Pittman would steal third on lap two and he and Kane closed 
on Smith who set a blistering pace and was into lapped traffic by lap nine.

Smith avoided disaster on lap 13 when he slipped up the track in turn two, 
but gathered it back in. The caution would fly for Brandon Wimmer who 
stopped on lap 14 with the running order Smith, Kane, Pittman, Kenny Jacobs, 
Rose, Dale Blaney, Randy Hannagan, Phil Gressman and Bryan Sebetto.

With a clear track, Smith was able to widen out his lead on the restart 
while Kane and Pittman waged a great battle for second with Jacobs fourth 
and Blaney up to fifth. Pittman would dispose of Kane on lap 19 and began 
closing on Smith who had already caught the back of the back and was having 
trouble putting cars a lap down.

Meanwhile there was a tremendous battle for third between Kane, Jacobs, 
Blaney and Hannagan, who had earlier earned a $1,000 for setting quick time 
in qualifications. Blaney would move into third on lap 26 while Hannagan 
moved in on Kane's rear bumper for fourth. Once Smith cleared traffic, he 
would cruise to the victory with Pittman five car lengths back in second and 
Blaney third. Kane would salvage a fourth place run while Gressman moved 
from 10th to round out the top five.

A scary moment in front of the flag stand on the last lap as Jacobs and 
Hannagan got together with Jacobs getting upside down. Jacobs, who has a 
history of back injuries, was taken to the hospital for a check-up, but was 
able to get out of the car under his own power.

Jim Keegan would grab the lead from his pole starting spot when the green 
dropped for the 20-lap dirt truck feature with Jim McGrath, Dible and Jimmie 
McGrath Junior in tow. Dible would take the second spot on lap two while the 
feather-son McGrath duo would battle for third with Dan Hennig and Art Ball 
racing side-by-side for fifth.

Dible would slide under Keegan for the lead on lap five, but Keegan would 
not give up and race him hard the rest of the race. Meanwhile, the McGrath's 
continued to duke it out for third while Hennig and Ball resumed their 
tremendous battle four fifth.

The race would grind to a half on lap 15 when Will Tezak hit the front 
stretch wall hard - he was checked out by the track's safety crew and was 
okay.

Dible could not shake Keegan on the restart, with McGrath Sr. making it a 
three truck battle. After taking the white flag, Dible and Keegan raced 
side-by-side down the backstretch, with Dible able to squeeze under the 
lapped machine in the final two corners to take the victory. Keegan, 
McGrath, Jr. and Art Ball would round out the top five.

Fremont Speedway is back in action tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 19, as the 
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions come to town for the 2nd Annual Jim 
Ford Classic, with the winner of the 50-lap feature taking home $10,000. The 
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints will also be in action.

For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com.

Fremont Speedway - 9/18/2009
Burger King Night

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints
Qualifying -
1. 1X-Randy Hannagan, 12.72; 2. 27-Scott Euler, 12.79; 3. X-Mark Keegan, 
12.80; 4. 6R-Bill Rose, 12.81; 5. 53-Phil Gressman, 12.81; 6. 1Z-Stevie 
Smith, 12.87; 7. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.88; 8. 47-Caleb Helms, 12.94; 9. 28K-Todd 
Kane, 12.97; 10. 17-Daryn Pittman, 12.98; 11. 312-Mike Linder, 12.98; 12. 
16-Bryan Sebetto, 13.00; 13. 6-Kenny Jacobs, 13.00; 14. 83-Tim Shaffer, 
13.00; 15. 48S-Andy Shammo, 13.00; 16. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.03; 17. 7T-Troy 
Vaccaro, 13.06; 18. 10-David Harrison, 13.07; 19. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.09; 20. 
9X-Brandon Martin, 13.11; 21. 3J-Kevin Lee, 13.13; 22. 25-Lee Jacobs, 13.14; 
23. 6F-Bob Felmlee, 13.17; 24. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.19; 25. 4-Danny Smith, 
13.19; 26. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.24; 27. 45-Brian Lay, 13.25; 28. 9Z-Duane 
Zablocki, 13.28; 29. 24H-John Ivy, 13.32; 30. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.33; 31. 
O-Brandon Wimmer, 13.40; 32. 5A-Rob Elyer, 13.42; 33. 97-Dean Jacobs, 13.45; 
34. 28-Shawn Valenti, 13.49; 35. 48-Mike Burkin, 13.50; 36. W20-Greg Wilson, 
13.56; 37. 1XL-Matt Linder, 13.59; 38. 25AU-Brooke Tatnell, 13.63; 39. 
O6-Brandy Bower, 13.74; 40. 15C-Chris Andrews, 99.00; 41. 60-Jody Keegan, 
99.01

Heat 1 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 3J-Kevin Lee; 2. 6-Kenny Jacobs; 3. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 4. 28K-Todd Kane; 5. 
53-Phil Gressman; 6. 4-Danny Smith; 7. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 8. 24H-John Ivy; 
9. 1XL-Matt Linder; 10. 97-Dean Jacobs

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 25-Lee Jacobs; 2. 17-Daryn Pittman; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer; 4. 1Z-Stevie 
Smith; 5. 5R-Byron Reed; 6. 28-Shawn Valenti; 7. 25AU-Brooke Tatnell; 8. 
27-Scott Euler; 9. 14H-Todd Heller; 10. 10-David Harrison

Heat 3 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. O9-Craig Mintz; 2. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 3. 312-Mike Linder; 4. 2-Dale Blaney; 
5. X-Mark Keegan; 6. 48S-Andy Shammo; 7. O-Brandon Wimmer; 8. 45-Brian Lay; 
9. 48-Mike Burkin; 10. O6-Brandy Bower

Heat 4 -  (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 9X-Brandon Martin; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 4. 6R-Bill 
Rose; 5. 47-Caleb Helms; 6. 22-Cole Duncan; 7. W20-Greg Wilson; 8. 5A-Rob 
Elyer; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews; 10. 9Z-Duane Zablocki

C-Main -  (10 Laps - Top 2 Transfer)
1. 97-Dean Jacobs; 2. W20-Greg Wilson; 3. 25AU-Brooke Tatnell; 4. 28-Shawn 
Valenti; 5. 1XL-Matt Linder; 6. 48-Mike Burkin; 7. O6-Brandy Bower; 8. 
15C-Chris Andrews

B-Main -  (12 Laps - Top 6 Transfer)
1. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 2. X-Mark Keegan; 3. 53-Phil Gressman; 4. 27-Scott 
Euler; 5. 5R-Byron Reed; 6. O-Brandon Wimmer; 7. 47-Caleb Helms; 8. 14H-Todd 
Heller; 9. 22-Cole Duncan; 10. W20-Greg Wilson; 11. 97-Dean Jacobs; 12. 
45-Brian Lay; 13. 10-David Harrison; 14. 24H-John Ivy; 15. 5A-Rob Elyer; 16. 
9Z-Duane Zablocki; 17. 48S-Andy Shammo; 18. 4-Danny Smith

A-Main -  (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 1Z-Stevie Smith[1]; 2. 17-Daryn Pittman[4]; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[5]; 4. 
28K-Todd Kane[2]; 5. 53-Phil Gressman[10]; 6. 6R-Bill Rose[3]; 7. 83-Tim 
Shaffer[13]; 8. O9-Craig Mintz[15]; 9. X-Mark Keegan[11]; 10. 11B-Brock 
Mayes[18]; 11. 9X-Brandon Martin[14]; 12. 16-Bryan Sebetto[7]; 13. 1X-Randy 
Hannagan[9]; 14. 6-Kenny Jacobs[6]; 15. 25-Lee Jacobs[16]; 16. 6F-Bob 
Felmlee[19]; 17. 5R-Byron Reed[21]; 18. 3J-Kevin Lee[17]; 19. O-Brandon 
Wimmer[20]; 20. 7T-Troy Vaccaro[12]; 21. 312-Mike Linder[22]; 22. 27-Scott 
Euler[8]
 

Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 -  (7 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. O1-Art Ball; 2. 32H-Dan Hennig; 3. 52-Will Tezak; 4. 17-Bob Dible; 5. 
9-Roger Inks; 6. 84-Adam Jones; 7. 71-Craig Holland; 8. 34K-Kevin Miller; 9. 
6-Linda Sabo

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (7 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr.; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg; 4. 16-Steve 
Sabo; 5. 4S-Keith Sorg; 6. 92-Loren Schwochow; 7. 30-Dave Gibbs; 8. 21R-Phil 
Burroughs

Heat 3 -  (7 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 99-Art Howey Jr.; 3. O-Jim Keegan; 4. 33-Brian 
Arnold; 5. 8-Steve Endicott; 6. 8K-Kent Brewer; 7. 23M-Brad Mitten; 8. 
P51-Paul Brown Jr.

B-Main -  (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 8K-Kent Brewer; 2. 84-Adam Jones; 3. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 4. 92-Loren 
Schwochow; 5. 23M-Brad Mitten; 6. 71-Craig Holland; 7. 21R-Phil Burroughs; 
8. 34K-Kevin Miller; 9. 30-Dave Gibbs

A-Main -  (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 17-Bob Dible[3]; 2. O-Jim Keegan[1]; 3. 5-Jim Mcgrath[4]; 4. 5JR-Jimmy 
Mcgrath Jr.[6]; 5. O1-Art Ball[7]; 6. 8-Steve Endicott[15]; 7. 8K-Kent 
Brewer[16]; 8. 99-Art Howey Jr.[8]; 9. 16-Steve Sabo[5]; 10. 39-Dwight 
Waltermier[11]; 11. 23M-Brad Mitten[20]; 12. 92-Loren Schwochow[19]; 13. 
9-Roger Inks[13]; 14. 4S-Keith Sorg[14]; 15. 4X-Brian Sorg[2]; 16. 32H-Dan 
Hennig[10]; 17. 33-Brian Arnold[12]; 18. 52-Will Tezak[9]; 19. 84-Adam 
Jones[17]; 20. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[18]