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Weaver scores 410 win at Fremont; McGrath
takes last lap truck victory; Dinan gets 1st victory in 305s
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, July 7, 2007) -
Sometimes new isn't better. Paul
Weaver brought back a two-year-old car and held off
teammate John Ivy to
score his first 410 sprint win of the season at
Fremont Speedway Saturday on
Schiets Motors Night.
The last lap of the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410
Sprints' feature had a lot of
drama. First, as the Genzman Racing teammages of
Weaver and Ivy raced
through turns 3 and 4 for the checkered, the yellow
would fly for a stalled
Dustin Daggett. On the restart as the green and
white waved together, once
again there was problems in turns 3 and 4 as Mike
Linder, Mark Keegan and
Todd Heller got together. Once again the white and
green waved
together...this time third place running Caleb
Griffith had a front end
failure and stopped in turn 2. During each yellow,
Ivy, who started 14th,
would pull along side of Weaver, but the Fremont
veteran would not let that
intimidate him and he powered to the outside on the
final restart and went
on to score his 21st career victory at the
historical speedway.
"I new there wasn't much left on the bottom for
him. I just had to keep my
momentum up. We started with a different car this
year, then put together a
new chassis and then Guy Meyers and I put this old
car back together this
week,"
said Weaver in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside
his M&L Excavating backed
#1W.
Clyde's Jim McGrath used a last-lap, last corner
pass to score his second
career feature win in the Fremont Fence Dirt
Trucks.
"I followed Shawn (Valenti) around the high
side...everyone else was on the
bottom. I just got a good run," said McGrath in the
Engine Pro Victory Lane.
"It's about time I get to win one of these on the
last lap."
Fremont's Dustin Dinan came out on top of a
three-car battle with Steve
Rando and Andy Shammo to score his first career win
at "The Track That
Action Built" in the Fremont Federal Credit Union
305 Sprints. The non-stop
25-lap feature came down to lapped traffic with two
laps remaining, as
Shammo, who has 4 wins this season at Fremont,
tried to drive around Dinan
and a lapped machine, only to make contact and
spin, handing the victory to
Dinan.
"That was one heck of a hard race. I tried to
race Andy clean..heck, he's
won enough this year, it was my turn," said Dinan
in the Engine Pro Victory
Lane beside his Tanks' Meats/Quality Welding backed
#5.
In the 30-lap 410 sprint main, Griffith would
grab the early lead with
Weaver, Byron Reed, and Greg Wilson in tow. Weaver
would drive into the top
spot on lap 3, as the yellow would fly after
contact between Reed and Wilson
sent the later spinning down the front stretch. All
eyes were on Ivy, who
had worked his way up from 14th to 7th in just 3
laps.
After a lap 7 caution for Daggett, Weaver would
continue to lead as Griffith
and Reed swapped the runner-up position each lap.
Ivy would move into fourth
and challenge Reed by lap 11. Once again fans were
treated to a drive from
the back as Wilson was roaring back from 20th to
10th by the half-way mark.
As Weaver hit lapped traffic by lap 16,
Griffith, and now a closing Mark
Keegan would move closer with Ivy, Reed, Mike
Linder, Chris Andrews and
David Harrison in tow. Ivy would get around Keegan
on lap 17 and drive under
Griffith for second on lap 21. With just 5 laps
remaining Ivy was closing in
on Weaver, setting up the dramatic finish.
At the checkers it was Weaver, Ivy, Harrison,
Wilson and Andrews rounding
out
the top five.
Andy Maynard led the first two laps of the
20-lap feature for the Fremont
Fence Dirt Trucks before Art Howey Junior slipped
under for the top spot.
Howie would continue to lead with a tremendous
battle for second between
Chuck Roelle, Cory Ward, Steve Endicott and Valenti.
Howie couldn't shake Roelle and Ward as they ran
in his tire tracks. After a
lap 16 caution, the action up front would heat up.
Howie stuck like glue to
the bottom as did Roelle with Ward trying the
middle. McGrath would power
into second on lap 18, with Ward fighting back
under him. At the white flag,
Howie led with Ward and McGrath side by side right
on his rear bumper.
McGrath would drive to the outside of both down
the back stretch and race
door to door for the lead. He would drive off four
for the victory with
Howey finishing second, Ward, 13th-starter Art Ball
and Endicott rounding
out the top five.
Steve Rando would grab the point at the drop of
the green for the 25-lap
feature for the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305
Sprints, but not for long
as Brad Haudenschild would take it on lap 3. Rando
and Haudenschild would
battle back and forth the next 3 laps before Rando
would pull ahead. Dinan
would move into second on lap 7 and the battle was
on with Rando and
Haudenschild.
Meanwhile current point leader Shammo was
steadily climbing through the
field from his ninth starting spot and would move
third behind Rando and
Dinan on lap 11. Those three would race hard and
clean until lap 20 when
Dinan would take the top spot. Again, the fans were
treated to a charge to
the front, this time in the form of Bryan Sebetto,
who had worked his way
from his 12th starting spot to fourth by lap 21.
Shammo would move into
second, right on Dinan's rear bumper on lap 21,
before making contact with
the lapped machine on lap 23.
Dinan would take the checkered over Sebetto,
Rando, Bill Kraylek and Shammo.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action
Saturday, July 14 for the FOrt Ball
Pizza Palace presents the Fremont Old Timers Night.
The 305 sprints and dirt
trucks will be in action along with a display of
vintage race machines.
For more information call the track office at
419-862-2206 or log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com
The "New" Fremont Speedway (07-07-07)
Schiets Motors Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 3L-Mike Linder, 12.98; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews,
13.03; 3. 99-Alvin Roepke,
13.05; 4. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.14; 5. 10-David
Harrison, 13.15; 6. X-Mark
Keegan, 13.17; 7. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.20; 8. 16-Lee
Jacobs, 13.20; 9. 12-Caleb
Griffith, 13.21; 10. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.24; 11.
14H-Todd Heller, 13.32; 12.
8S-Bobby Clark, 13.32; 13. 31-Chuck Wilson, 13.37;
14. 51-John Ivy, 13.39;
15. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.43; 16. 96AU-Bruce White,
13.60; 17. 91-Aaron
Middaugh, 13.62; 18. 2M-Dustin Daggett, 13.62; 19.
21-Rodney Morgan, 13.66;
20. 49T-Gregg Dalman, 13.75; 21. 3T-Tony Beaber,
13.81; 22. 10S-Roger
Shammo, 14.00; 23. 5T-Travis Philo, 14.42; 24.
11-Josh Harrison, 16.14; 25.
55-Brian Smith
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 96AU-Bruce White; 2. 3L-Mike Linder; 3. 5R-Byron
Reed; 4. 1W-Paul Weaver;
5. W20-Greg Wilson; 6. 31-Chuck Wilson; 7. 55-Brian
Smith; 8. 21-Rodney
Morgan; 9. 10S-Roger Shammo
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 51-John Ivy; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs; 3. 14H-Todd
Heller; 4. 15C-Chris Andrews;
5. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 6. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 7.
10-David Harrison; 8.
5T-Travis Philo
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 2M-Dustin Daggett; 2. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 3.
8S-Bobby Clark; 4. 12-Caleb
Griffith; 5. X-Mark Keegan; 6. 99-Alvin Roepke; 7.
3T-Tony Beaber; 8.
11-Josh Harrison
B-main (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 99-Alvin Roepke; 2. 10-David Harrison; 3.
31-Chuck Wilson; 4. 55-Brian
Smith; 5. 3T-Tony Beaber; 6. 10S-Roger Shammo; 7.
91-Aaron Middaugh; 8.
5T-Travis Philo; 9. 21-Rodney Morgan; 10. 11-Josh
Harrison
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1]; 2. 51-John Ivy[14]; 3.
10-David Harrison[10]; 4.
W20-Greg Wilson[6]; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews [7]; 6.
5R-Byron Reed[4]; 7. 16-Lee
Jacobs[3]; 8. 8S-Bobby Clark[12]; 9. 99-Alvin
Roepke[9]; 10. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro[15]; 11. 14H-Todd Heller[11]; 12. 12-Caleb
Griffith[2]; 13. X-Mark
Keegan[5]; 14. 3L-Mike Linder[8]; 15. 31-Chuck
Wilson[13]; 16. 49T-Gregg
Dalman[18]; 17. 3T-Tony Beaber[19]; 18. 96AU-Bruce
White[16]; 19. 2M-Dustin
Daggett[17]; 20. 55-Brian Smith[20]
Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 49-Coty Runion; 3. 36X-Dustin
Keegan; 4. 34-Mark
Whaley; 5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 311-Aaron Moloney; 7.
12-Brett Lane; 8. 39M-Matt
Merrill
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 1A-Matt Lucius; 2. 19R-Steve Rando; 3. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki; 4. O1-Bryan
Sebetto; 5. 29F-Rich Farmer; 6. 92-Brandon Perkins;
7. 3X-Brad Keckler; 8.
11-Shawn Colvin
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 3.
71-Bill Kraylek; 4. 18-Todd
Heuerman; 5. 31-Chad Gullett; 6. 29L-Chris Lang; 7.
35-Stuart Brubaker; 8.
40-Bobby Davis; 9. 55S-Benny Bowman
Heat 4 - Borer Mirror & Glass (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 2. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 3.
72C-John Bartlome; 4.
O2-Kevin Lee;
5. 3J-Bobby Foster; 6. 66L-Brad Bowman; 7. 65-Mark Lang; 8.
67M-Matt Ferrell; 9. 7-Jarrid Potter
Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 1A-Matt Lucius; 3. 48S-Andy
Shammo; 4. O2-Kevin Lee;
5. 82-Travis Hoffbauer
B1 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. O4-Cap Henry; 2. 3X-Brad Keckler; 3. 92-Brandon
Perkins; 4. 39M-Matt
Merrill; 5. 12-Brett Lane; 6. 11-Shawn Colvin; 7.
311-Aaron Moloney
B2 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 31-Chad Gullett; 2. 65-Mark Lang; 3. 35-Stuart
Brubaker; 4. 67M-Matt
Ferrell; 5. 55S-Benny Bowman; 6. 40-Bobby Davis; 7.
29L-Chris Lang; 8.
7-Jarrid Potter; 9. 3J-Bobby Foster; 10. 66L-Brad
Bowman
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 5-Dustin Dinan[3]; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto[12]; 3.
19R-Steve Rando[1]; 4.
71-Bill Kraylek[6]; 5. 48S-Andy Shammo[9]; 6.
1A-Matt Lucius[7]; 7. 10-Brad
Haudenschild[2]; 8. 49-Coty Runion[10]; 9.
36X-Dustin Keegan[5]; 10.
25P-Mark Pridemore[4]; 11. O4-Cap Henry[17]; 12.
9Z-Duane Zablocki[8]; 13.
82-Travis Hoffbauer[11]; 14. 18-Todd Heuerman[15];
15. 3X-Brad Keckler[19];
16. 31-Chad Gullett[16]; 17. 34-Mark Whaley[13];
18. 72C-John Bartlome[20];
19. 65-Mark Lang[18]; 20.
O2-Kevin Lee[14]
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 3. X-Tim
Keegan; 4. 20-Andy Maynard;
5. O1-Art Ball; 6. 23M-Brad Mitten; 7. 7C-Jacob
Dick; 8. 4X-Brian Sorg; 9.
34-Aaron Schatzinger
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 8-Steve Endicott; 3. 17-Bob
Dible; 4. 56-Alex Wiechman;
5. 37-Eric Devanna; 6. 96-James Mcclure; 7.
19-Jimmy Sebetto; 8. 30-Dave
Gibbs
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 53-Dan Roepke; 3.
8H-Art Howey Jr.; 4. 28-Shawn
Valenti; 5. 16-Steve Sabo; 6. P51-Paul Brown Jr.;
7. 6-Linda Sabo; 8.
83B-Dave Brewer; 9. 92-Loren Schwochow
B-main (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 23M-Brad Mitten; 2. 4X-Brian Sorg; 3. 6-Linda
Sabo; 4. 30-Dave Gibbs; 5.
19-Jimmy Sebetto; 6. 96-James Mcclure; 7. 7C-Jacob
Dick; 8. P51-Paul Brown
Jr.; 9. 83B-Dave Brewer; 10. 34-Aaron Schatzinger
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath[7]; 2. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[4]; 3.
18W-Cory Ward[10]; 4. O1-Art
Ball[13]; 5. 8-Steve Endicott[6]; 6. 39-Dwight
Waltermier[5]; 7. 3R-Chuck
Roelle[3]; 8. 17-Bob Dible[9]; 9. 20-Andy
Maynard[2]; 10. 53-Dan Roepke[12];
11. 56-Alex Wiechman[1]; 12. 23M-Brad Mitten[16];
13. 4X-Brian Sorg[17]; 14.
X-Tim Keegan[11]; 15. 6-Linda Sabo[18]; 16.
28-Shawn Valenti[8]; 17. 30-Dave
Gibbs[19]; 18. 37-Eric Devanna[14]; 19. 16-Steve
Sabo[15]; 20. 19-Jimmy
Sebetto[20]
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