Blaney, Shammo
Twice & Endicott in Victory Lane
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, May 5, 2007) - Race
fans got their money's worth at
Fremont Speedway Saturday, with close racing - and
plenty of it, as the 305
sprints had feature events to make up from the
rained out Kistler Engines
Night, along with the regular program of 410
sprints, 305 sprints and dirt
trucks on Baumann Auto Group Night.
Fowler, Ohio's Dale Blaney would end up in the
Engine Pro Victory Lane for the
second time in as many outings in 2007 in the 410
sprints. Millbury, Ohio's Andy Shammo
visted the Engine Pro Victory Lane twice, sweeping
both 305 sprint mains - the make-up feature that was rained out on April 28, and
Saturday's regular feature.
Risingsun, Ohio's Steve Endicott would not budge
off the bottom of
the track and powered into the Engine Pro Victory
Lane in the dirt truck feature.
Blaney was sitting in the right place at the
right time, as he used a lapped
machine as a pick to slip by Mark Keegan with just
9 laps remaining to score
his sixth career Fremont victory in the Fort Ball
Pizza Palace 410 sprints.
Shammo would work his way up from 10th starting
spot to capture the April
28th make-up feature in the Fremont Federal Credit
Union 305 Sprints. In the
night's regular feature, he would take the lead
with just two laps remaining
to take the checkered flag for his 10th career
Fremont victory.
In the Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Truck's
Endicott would take the lead
on lap 5 and race side by side with Jim McGrath the
remaining 20 laps to
score his 3rd career victory at "The Track That
Action Built."
Greg Wilson would jump into the lead at the drop
of the green in the 30-lap
410 sprint feature with Keegan, Blaney, and Lee
Jacobs in tow. While most of
the field tried the bottom groove, Keegan went to
the high side and in
rim-riding fashion took the lead on lap 2. Keegan
would continue to lead, as
Wilson, Blaney and 7th starting Byron Reed would
battle behind him.
By the half-way mark, Blaney began to pressure
Keegan utilizing the bottom
groove as Keegan continued to ride that fine line
between quickness and
disaster on the high side. As the leaders raced
into lapped traffic on lap
20, Blaney - a former basketball standout - used
the Bobby Clark as a pick
to move under Keegan for the lead as they raced
down the front-stretch.
Keegan would try to drive around Clark and Blaney
in turn 1 and ended up
spinning, as a fast-closing Wilson also looped it
out.
Blaney would cruise to the win over Reed, fast-qualifyer
Mike Linder, Jacobs
and Brock Mayes.
"Mark was really quick up top and I just had to
be patient and wait for
lapped traffic...it's always better to be second at
that point," said Blaney
beside his George Fisher owned sprinter. "We had a
top three car the night
before (with the All Star Circuit of Champions at
Attica) and a fuel pump
cost us. It's great to get back to victory
lane...that makes you feel a lot
better."
In the make-up feature for the 305 sprints, Coty
Runion would jump into the
lead, with Bryan Sebetto overtaking him a few laps
later. Shammo would go to
the high side to take the lead just past the
half-way mark and would cruise
to the win. Sebetto, Duane Zablocki, Bill Kraylek
and Stuart Brubaker would
round out the top five.
In the Baumann Auto Group A-main, Brad Bowman
would take the lead from the
pole with Ryan Lowe and Craig Mintz following.
Bowman would continue to
rocket off the bottom of the track, as Mintz moved
into second by lap 10. As
they raced into lapped traffic on lap 13, Bowman
had his hands full with
Mintz, who was piloting the Rich Farmer #29, as he
took a night off from his
regular 410 sprint ride.
Mintz would slip by Bowman on lap 18, only to
see Bowman get back by on lap
19. Then disaster struck for Bowman, as he and
Mintz raced side by side into
turn 1, Bowman made contact with a lapped machine
which collapsed the front
end of his sprinter, ending his night.
On the restart, Mintz led over a closing Shammo
and Sebetto. Shammo would
sneak by Mintz exiting turn 2 on lap 23 to take the
win. Mintz would hold
onto second, with Lowe, Sebetto and Dustin Dinan
rounding out the top five.
"Everyone wanted to run the bottom when the
track slicked off. I knew if we
could get a run in the middle we'd be good. It was
just a matter of being
patient and racing the track," said Shammo beside
his Village Inn/KS Sales
and Service sponsored #48. "I want to thank Lamar
and Yvonne Burkin (car
owners), my dad and mom and all the sponsors. I've
been racing a lot of
years and I've never had a night like this. My wife
couldn't be here
tonight...I can't wait to call her."
In the dirt truck feature, Jimmy Sebetto would
grab the early lead with
Endicott, McGrath, Cory Ward, Eric DeVanna and
Shawn Valenti waging a torrid
battle behind him. Sebetto would slip up on lap
five, allowing Endicott to
take the lead. As everyone road around the bottom,
McGrath took to the high
side and moved into second by lap 11 and ran side
by side with Endicott the
remaining 9 laps, and even had the edge for the
lead on lap 17.
But Endicott would keep his truck straight
around the bottom and would hold
on for the victory over McGrath, Ward, Dwight
Waltermeier and 18th-starting
Bob Dible.
"I wasn't coming off that bottom for nothing,"
said Endicott beside his
Bob's Machine Shop sponsored truck. "We've been
really good right out of the
gates this year. I just hope we can continue these
good runs."
Fremont Speedway will be back in action
Saturday, May 12 for Legendz Sports
Bar Night. Besides the regular program of 410
sprints, 305 sprints and
trucks, the trucks will run the make-up features
from April 28.
The "New" Fremont Speedway (5-5-07)
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 3L-Mike Linder, 12.57; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs, 12.83;
3. X-Mark Keegan, 12.90;
4. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.93; 5. 55-Brian Smith, 12.98;
6. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.99;
7. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.06; 8. 10-David Harrison,
13.10; 9. 24-Rob Chaney,
13.11; 10. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.25; 11. O-Gus
Wasson, 13.28; 12. 4M-Jamie
Miller, 13.34; 13. 12-Caleb Griffith, 13.36; 14.
1W-Paul Weaver, 13.37; 15.
53-John Ivy, 13.47; 16. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.53; 17.
8S-Bobby Clark, 13.53;
18. 97-Cory Seeling, 13.57; 19. 11M-Brandon Martin,
13.59; 20. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro, 13.60; 21. 31-Chuck Wilson, 13.66; 22.
49T-Gregg Dalman, 13.70; 23.
97S-Aaron Shaffer, 13.90; 24. 27-Scott Euler,
13.99; 25. 3T-Tony Beaber,
14.03; 26. 21-Rodney Morgan, 14.08; 27. 16S-Lee
Stark, 14.12; 28. 6-Mike
Dussell, 14.18; 29. 10S-Roger Shammo, 14.29; 30.
48-Mike Burkin, 14.34; 31.
98-Bruce Robenalt, 15.14; 32. 48B-Bill Shaw,NT
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8S-Bobby Clark; 2. 24-Rob Chaney; 3. 3L-Mike
Linder; 4. 55-Brian Smith;
5. 12-Caleb Griffith; 6. 3T-Tony Beaber; 7.
10S-Roger Shammo; 8. 31-Chuck
Wilson
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs; 3. 49T-Gregg
Dalman; 4. 2-Dale Blaney;
5. 11B-Brock Mayes; 6. 97-Cory Seeling; 7.
21-Rodney Morgan; 8. 48-Mike
Burkin
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. W20-Greg Wilson; 2. X-Mark Keegan; 3. 53-John
Ivy; 4. O-Gus Wasson; 5.
98-Bruce Robenalt; 6. 97S-Aaron Shaffer; 7. 16S-Lee
Stark; 8. 11M-Brandon
Martin
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. 27-Scott Euler; 3. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro; 4. 10-David
Harrison; 5. 6-Mike Dussell; 6. 4M-Jamie Miller; 7.
5R-Byron Reed; 8.
48B-Bill Shaw
B-main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. 12-Caleb
Griffith; 4. 4M-Jamie
Miller; 5. 97-Cory Seeling; 6. 97S-Aaron Shaffer;
7. 21-Rodney Morgan; 8.
31-Chuck Wilson; 9. 3T-Tony Beaber; 10. 10S-Roger
Shammo; 11. 6-Mike
Dussell; 12. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 13. 16S-Lee Stark;
14. 48-Mike Burkin
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position []
1. 2-Dale Blaney[2]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[7]; 3.
3L-Mike Linder[6]; 4. 16-Lee
Jacobs[5]; 5. 11B-Brock Mayes[10]; 6. 1W-Paul
Weaver[14]; 7. 10-David
Harrison[8]; 8. 12-Caleb Griffith[13]; 9. 55-Brian
Smith[3]; 10. 24-Rob
Chaney[9]; 11. 8S-Bobby Clark[17]; 12. O-Gus
Wasson[11]; 13. W20-Greg
Wilson[1]; 14. X-Mark Keegan[4]; 15. 53-John
Ivy[15]; 16. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro[18]; 17. 14H-Todd Heller[16]; 18. 27-Scott
Euler[20]; 19. 49T-Gregg
Dalman[19]; 20. 4M-Jamie Miller[12]
Fremont Federal Credit
Union 305 Sprints (Make-up from 4-28-07 Rainout)
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 3
transfer to A-Main)
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 2. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 3.
25P-Mark Pridemore; 4.
18-Todd Heuerman; 5. 1A-Matt Lucius; 6. 19R-Steve
Rando; 7. 22D-Dan Hommond;
8. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 3
transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 3.
O7-Scott Mominee; 4. 14-Chad
Wilson; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan; 6. 74L-Chad Levingston;
7. 311-Aaron Moloney; 8.
7-Jarrid Potter; 9. 6-Ryan Dickey
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 3
transfer to A-Main)
1. 31-Chad Gullett; 2. 55S-Benny Bowman; 3. 9-Craig
Kays; 4. 29F-Rich
Farmer; 5. 22-Evan Helle; 6. 29L-Chris Lang; 7.
M28-Josh Muntz; 8. 25-Chris
Pifher; 9. 92-Brandon Perkins
Heat 4 - Reco Equipment (8 laps, top 3 transfer
to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 3J-Bobby
Foster; 4. 66L-Ryan
Lowe; 5. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 6. 39M-Matt Merrill; 7.
5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath; 8.
1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 9. 65-Mark Lang
Heat 5 (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 49-Coty Runion; 2.
O2-Kevin Lee; 3. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 4. O4-Cap
Henry; 5. 34-Mark Whaley; 6. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 7.
1B-Brad Bowman; 8.
18C-Jason Crispen; 9. 24X-Tom Nichols
Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo; 3.
9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 49-Coty
Runion; 5. 31-Chad Gullett
B1 Main (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 5-Dustin
Dinan; 4. 29F-Rich Farmer;
5. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7.
29L-Chris Lang; 8. 5JR-Jimmy
Mcgrath; 9. 18C-Jason Crispen; 10. 27K-Ryan
Kirkendall; 11. 67M-Matt
Ferrell; 12. 25-Chris Pifher; 13. 311-Aaron Moloney;
14. 24X-Tom Nichols
B2 Main (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1A-Matt Lucius; 2. 14-Chad Wilson; 3. 39M-Matt
Merrill; 4. 1B-Brad
Bowman; 5. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 6. 34-Mark Whaley; 7.
22D-Dan Hommond; 8. 65-Mark
Lang; 9. OO-Jay Kiser; 10. 22-Evan Helle; 11.
7-Jarrid Potter
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 48S-Andy Shammo[10]; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto[5]; 3.
9Z-Duane Zablocki[3]; 4.
71-Bill Kraylek[7]; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6]; 6.
31-Chad Gullett[8]; 7.
3J-Bobby Foster[14]; 8. 14-Chad Wilson[17]; 9.
39M-Matt Merrill[19]; 10.
49-Coty Runion[2]; 11. 5-Dustin Dinan[20]; 12.
10-Brad Haudenschild[13]; 13.
1B-Brad Bowman[21]; 14.
O2-Kevin Lee[1]; 15. O7-Scott Mominee[12]; 16.
O4-Cap Henry[18]; 17. 9-Craig Kays[11]; 18. 1A-Matt
Lucius[15]; 19. 18-Todd
Heuerman[16]; 20. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[4]; 21.
25P-Mark Pridemore[9]
Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints (Regular 5-5-07 Show)
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 65-Mark Lang; 3. 48S-Andy
Shammo; 4. O4-Cap Henry; 5.
39M-Matt Merrill; 6. 71-Bill Kraylek; 7. 3J-Bobby
Foster; 8. 29L-Chris Lang;
9. 82-Travis Hoffbauer
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 3.
10-Brad Haudenschild; 4.
22D-Dan Hommond; 5. 14-Chad Wilson; 6. 22-Evan
Helle; 7. 23-Jay Kiser; 8.
40-Bobby Davis; 9. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath; 10. 9-Craig
Kays
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 49-Coty Runion; 3.
36X-Dustin Keegan; 4. 35-Stuart
Brubaker; 5. O2-Kevin Lee;
6. 31-Chad Gullett; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 8.
1A-Matt Lucius; 9. 34-Mark Whaley; 10. 27K-Ryan
Kirkendall; 11. 7-Jarrid
Potter
Heat 4 - Reco Equipment (8 laps, top 4 transfer
to A-Main)
1. 55-Brad Bowman; 2. 29F-Craig Mintz; 3. 66L-Ryan
Lowe; 4. 19R-Steve Rando;
5. O7-Scott Mominee; 6. 18C-Jason Crispen; 7.
311-Aaron Moloney; 8. 25-Chris
Pifher; 9. 55S-Benny Bowman; 10. 11-Shawn Colvin
Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 55-Brad Bowman; 3. O1-Bryan
Sebetto; 4. 67M-Matt
Ferrell; 5. 10-Brad Haudenschild
B1 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 39M-Matt Merrill; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 22-Evan
Helle; 4. 14-Chad
Wilson; 5. 3J-Bobby Foster; 6. 29L-Chris Lang; 7.
3X-Brad Keckler; 8. 23-Jay
Kiser; 9. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 10. 40-Bobby Davis
B2 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. O2-Kevin Lee;
2. 31-Chad Gullett; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 1A-Matt
Lucius; 5. 34-Mark Whaley; 6. 55S-Benny Bowman; 7.
18C-Jason Crispen; 8.
27K-Ryan Kirkendall; 9. 311-Aaron Moloney; 10.
25-Chris Pifher; 11. 7-Jarrid
Potter
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 48S-Andy Shammo[9]; 2. 29F-Craig Mintz[8]; 3.
66L-Ryan Lowe[4]; 4.
O1-Bryan Sebetto[10]; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan[6]; 6.
67M-Matt Ferrell[7]; 7.
O2-Kevin
Lee[18]; 8. 36X-Dustin Keegan[5]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[15]; 10.
71-Bill Kraylek[19]; 11. 10-Brad Haudenschild[3];
12. 25P-Mark
Pridemore[11]; 13. 39M-Matt Merrill[17]; 14.
65-Mark Lang[2]; 15. O4-Cap
Henry[13]; 16. 31-Chad Gullett[20]; 17. 19R-Steve
Rando[16]; 18. 49-Coty
Runion[12]; 19. 55-Brad Bowman[1]; 20. 22D-Dan
Hommond[14]
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 5-Jim McGrath; 3.
3X-Charley Gingrich; 4.
7B-Dave Bryant; 5. 34M-Kevin Miller; 6. X-L. J.
Conners; 7. 97-Jim Maglosky;
8. 22-Todd Keegan; 9. 83B-Dave Brewer
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 16-Steve Sabo; 3. 5W-Ralph
Willey; 4. 23M-Brad Mitten;
5. 20-Andy Maynard; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs; 7. 34-Aaron
Schatzinger; 8. 92-Loren
Schwochow; 9. 4X-Brian Sorg
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 2. 8-Steve Endicott; 3.
28-Shawn Valenti; 4. P51-Paul
Brown Jr.; 5. 55B-Bill Bruen; 6. 21R-Ryan Bloom; 7.
2-Bob Sinkevitch Jr.; 8.
17-Bob Dible; 9. 69-Mark Warnick
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 2. 37-Eric Devanna; 3. 6-Linda
Sabo; 4. 56-Alex
Wiechman; 5. 8K-Zack Kramer; 6. 33-Brian Arnold; 7.
O1-Art Ball; 8. 3R-Chuck
Roelle; 9. 7C-Jacob Dick
B1-Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 30-Dave Gibbs; 2. 20-Andy Maynard; 3. 34-Aaron
Schatzinger; 4. 83B-Dave
Brewer; 5. 4X-Brian Sorg; 6. 34M-Kevin Miller; 7.
X-L. J. Conners; 8.
22-Todd Keegan
B2-main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 69-Mark Warnick;
4. 21R-Ryan Bloom; 5.
2-Bob Sinkevitch Jr.; 6. 8K-Zack Kramer; 7.
33-Brian Arnold; 8. 55B-Bill
Bruen; 9. 7C-Jacob Dick; 10. 3R-Chuck Roelle
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position []
1. 8-Steve Endicott[2]; 2. 5-Jim McGrath[6]; 3.
18W-Cory Ward[4]; 4.
39-Dwight Waltermier[7]; 5. 17-Bob Dible[18]; 6.
28-Shawn Valenti[11]; 7.
16-Steve Sabo[12]; 8. 37-Eric Devanna[8]; 9.
20-Andy Maynard[19]; 10.
30-Dave Gibbs[17]; 11. O1-Art Ball[20]; 12.
5W-Ralph Willey[3]; 13. 23M-Brad
Mitten[14]; 14. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[15]; 15. 56-Alex
Wiechman[16]; 16.
6-Linda Sabo[10]; 17. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[9]; 18.
19-Jimmy Sebetto[1]
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