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Brock Mayes gets redemption at Fremont;
Clark takes 305 sprints; Hennig tames trucks
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Contact Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net
FREMONT, Ohio - Brock Mayes and his
pit crew got a good night's sleep after
Saturday's racing at Fremont Speedway.
They had stayed up all night on
Friday, building a new car after he
destroyed his 410 sprint while leading
at Attica Raceway Park. It was worth it
as Mayes won his 7th career feature
on McDonald's Night at "The Track That
Action Built."
"My crew hasn't been to sleep yet
since Friday morning at work. They stayed
up all night building a new car with
stuff we had left over in the shop.
Kear's - Micki and Mark - met us there
for the new car and I left there at
one...this feels awesome," said Mayes in
the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside
his J&F Construction, Mansfield Cement,
Kinn Brothers Heating and Cooling
backed #11b.
"This was more of a wallet and a pride
thing. I told Daniel (Smith, crew
chief) we aren't going two nights in a
row starting on the pole and not win,
so I'll see ya later," added Mayes of his
second win of the season a Fremont
on night #8 of the Kistler Racing
Products Fremont Attica Sprint Title
Series.
Fremont's Bobby Clark won his 22nd
career feature by taking the Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature.
The win moves him into a tie for
18th on the track's all-time win list. It
was a very special night for
Clark, who also piloted the Hammer Racing
#81 in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace
410 Sprints. The car was decked out in a
paint job similar to that raced by
his idol, the late Harold McGilton.
McGilton who was part of the first
induction class into the Fremont Speedway
Hall of Fame during ceremonies
earlier in the evening.
"Sittin' there today (at the hall of
fame ceremonies)...that's a real
important thing. And it's great that you
guys got that thing started. A lot
of those people need that recognition and
there's a lot more out there.
Maybe some day I'll make that list," said
Clark in the Engine Pro Victory
Lane beside his Al Davis Carpeting,
Fremont Fence, Jenny's Copper Penny, B&L
Plumbing, Erlin Trader backed #40.
"I appreciate the Hammers for letting
me drive that car...that was a real
nice thing for me," continued Clark.
"This one is for Harold tonight," added
Clark.
Castalia, Ohio's Dan Hennig had to
hold off a late race charge by Jim
McGrath and Jimmie McGrath Jr. to record
his second career Fremont victory
in the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.
"I hated them restarts...I wanted the
whole thing to go green. I felt like I
had a good enough lead on everyone. I
didn't want anyone bunching up on me.
This pays after Attica last night. I
started on the outside of the front row
and I finished 10th because I spun out on
my own," said Hennig in the Engine
Pro Victory Lane beside his Reidy's Auto
World, Level Performance, APD
Carburetors, York Fabrication backed
truck.
"I have to thank my whole family. They
help me with this. They take time out
to be here... I love all you guys,"
Hennig added.
At the drop of the green in the 410
sprint feature, Mayes jumped into a
commanding lead while
Kevin Lee, Jody Keegan, Byron Reed and Clark
trailed.
Keegan would move into second on lap
three and Reed would gain the third
spot on lap four. Mayes was setting a
blistering pace, encountering lapped
traffic by the 10th circuit while Jody
Keegan, Reed and Kenny Jacobs waged a
torrid battle for second.
As Mayes picked his way through
traffic - which has cost him two wins in
2009 - Reed would gain the second spot on
lap 16 while Keegan and Jacobs
battled for third. Mayes would get a
clean track when the yellow flew on lap
22, and he had four lapped machines
between himself and Reed. On the
restart, Reed quickly disposed of the
lapped cars as did Jacobs, but the
action would grind to a half for Clark
who tangled with Phil Gressman and
ended up on his side in turn two.
On the restart, Reed dove under Mayes,
but a Duane Zablocki spin would again
slow the action. With five laps
remaining, Mayes put his wing back and set
sail, as Reed tried to stay close and
hold off Jacobs. At the checkered, it
was Mayes, Reed, Jacobs, Craig Mintz and
Keegan rounding out the top five.
"I've raced with Byron a lot and he's
pulled me aside and taught me a lot
over the years...he's my favorite driver.
The track was fast from top to
bottom and I wasn't sure where I was
better. The lapped cars were keeping up
good..it was a challenge there. I rolled
the wing back and said let'r eat
and figured I'm going to win it," added
Mayes.
After an ill-fated attempt to start
the 305 sprint feature which cost pole
sitter Jake Trevino as he got on his
side, while third place starter Todd
Heuerman also was collected. The new
line-up put Clark, who was originally
scheduled to start fourth, to the outside
of the front row.
Clark would jump into the lead at the
drop of the green as Jimmy Colvin,
John Ivy, Paul Weaver and Dustin Dinan
battled behind for second. The race
would go the distance under green, and
Clark had the field in
command...until he hit very heavy lapped
traffic on lap 13. That allowed Ivy
and Weaver to close.
Clark would cut his way through the
traffic as Ivy, Weaver and Kevin Lee
staged a wicked battle for second. At the
finish it was Clark over Ivy, Lee,
Weaver, and Colvin.
"That double duty stuff is hard on
someone like me whose work-out routine
isn't the greatest. But the car was just
great and I could drive it
anywhere," said Clark.
Hennig would grab the lead in the
20-lap Fremont Fence Dirt Truck main, with
Jimmy McGrath Jr., Jim McGrath, Cory
Ward, Art Ball and Steve Endicott right
on his rear deck lid. The first yellow
would fly on lap five with Hennig
leading over McGrath Sr., Ward, Ball and
McGrath Jr. Three laps and another
yellow, which would take Hennig out of
any rhythm. On the restarts he just
couldn't shake the McGraths, Ward or
Ball.
The final caution would fly on lap 13
for Word who spun while battling for
second. On the restart McGrath Sr. would
drive to the outside of Hennig who
kept his cool and stayed in his bottom
groove. McGrath Sr. would lose the
handle on his truck, falling back, as
McGrath Jr., Ball and a closing Bob
Dible closed in.
Hennig would streak under the
checkered while McGrath Jr. took second, Ball,
Dible and Kent Brewer rounding out the
top five.
Earlier in the afternoon, a large
crowd turned out for the inaugural Fremont
Speedway Hall of Fame induction
ceremonies. Being enshrined in the hall were
Johnny Auxter, Art Ball, Rollie Beale,
the late Harold Billow, George Fosco,
the late Alvin Franks, the late Jimmie
Ford, Darl Harrison, Gug Keegan, Jim
Linder, "Irish" Jim McCune, the late
Harold "Mac" McGilton, the late Gene
Notestine, the late Herbie Robinson, the
late Dorothy Shilling, the late
Wendell Smith and Paul Strasser.
Fremont Speedway will be back in
action Saturday, June 13 for Crown Battery
Night with the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410
Sprints, Fremont Federal Credit
Union 305 Sprints and the Fremont Fence
Dirt Trucks in action.
For more information log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com
Fremont Speedway - 6/6/2009
McDonalds Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints
Qualifying -
1. 81-Bobby Clark, 12.940; 2. O9-Craig
Mintz, 12.950; 3. 5R-Byron Reed,
13.000; 4. O4-Cap Henry, 13.020; 5.
60-Jody Keegan, 13.070; 6. 25-Kenny
Jacobs, 13.080;
7. 3J-Kevin Lee[26], 13.100; 8. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.110; 9.
53-John Ivy, 13.130; 10. 98-Bruce
Robenalt, 13.130; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews,
13.160; 12. 9X-Phil Gressman, 13.210; 13.
X-Mark Keegan, 13.230; 14.
12-Caleb Griffith, 13.250; 15. 16-Bryan
Sebetto, 13.250; 16. 11M-Brandon
Martin, 13.270; 17. 47-Caleb Helms,
13.270; 18. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.300;
19. 2+-Brian Smith, 13.310; 20. 48S-Andy
Shammo, 13.320; 21. 4M-Jamie
Miller, 13.370; 22. 97-Dean Jacobs,
13.430; 23. 1X-Matt Linder, 13.440; 24.
312-Mike Linder, 13.480; 25. 10-David
Harrison, 13.510; 26. 14H-Todd Heller,
13.760
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 11M-Brandon Martin; 2. X-Mark Keegan;
3. 3J-Kevin Lee[4]; 4. O4-Cap Henry;
5. 81-Bobby Clark; 6. 97-Dean Jacobs; 7.
98-Bruce Robenalt; 8. 10-David
Harrison; 9. 2+-Brian Smith
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps
- Top 5 Transfer)
1. 12-Caleb Griffith; 2. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 60-Jody
Keegan; 5. 48S-Andy Shammo; 6. 1X-Matt
Linder; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8.
47-Caleb Helms; 9. O9-Craig Mintz
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 9X-Phil Gressman; 2. 16-Bryan Sebetto;
3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 5R-Byron
Reed; 5. 53-John Ivy; 6. 25-Kenny Jacobs;
7. 4M-Jamie Miller; 8. 312-Mike
Linder
B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. O9-Craig Mintz; 2. 25-Kenny Jacobs; 3.
47-Caleb Helms; 4. 4M-Jamie
Miller; 5. 2+-Brian Smith; 6. 97-Dean
Jacobs; 7. 10-David Harrison; 8.
1X-Matt Linder; 9. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 10.
14H-Todd Heller
A-Main - (30 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. 11B-Brock Mayes[1]; 2. 5R-Byron
Reed[5]; 3. 25-Kenny Jacobs[8]; 4.
O9-Craig Mintz[7]; 5. 60-Jody Keegan[3];
6. 16-Bryan Sebetto[14]; 7.
11M-Brandon Martin[15]; 8. 12-Caleb
Griffith[13]; 9. X-Mark Keegan[12]; 10.
3J-Kevin Lee[2]; 11. 53-John Ivy[9]; 12. 2+-Brian Smith[18]; 13.
9X-Phil
Gressman[11]; 14. 4M-Jamie Miller[20];
15. 15C-Chris Andrews[10]; 16.
9Z-Duane Zablocki[17]; 17. 47-Caleb
Helms[16]; 18. 81-Bobby Clark[6]; 19.
48S-Andy Shammo[19]; 20. O4-Cap Henry[4]
Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305
Sprints
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 80-Jake Trevino; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3.
1W-Paul Weaver; 4. 36X-Dustin
Keegan; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 1-Nate
Dussel; 7. 71-Bill Kraylek; 8. 14-Chad
Wilson; 9. 24X-Tom Nichols
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps
- Top 5 Transfer)
1. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 2. 94-John Ivy; 3.
2-Tim Kern; 4. 3J-Kevin Lee[5]; 5.
19R-Steve Rando; 6. 11F-D.J. Foos; 7.
51-Brad Bowman; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 8K-Zack Kramer; 2. 18-Todd Heuerman;
3. 28-Shawn Valenti; 4. 41-Dustin
Dinan; 5. 31-Chuck Wilson; 6. 3B-Ronnie
Beale; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond; 8.
30-Adam Ollom
B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 1-Nate Dussel; 2. 51-Brad Bowman; 3.
11F-D.J. Foos; 4. 71-Bill Kraylek;
5. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 6. 3B-Ronnie
Beale; 7. 14-Chad Wilson; 8. 22D-Dan
Hammond; 9. 24X-Tom Nichols; 10. 30-Adam
Ollom; 11. 3X-Josh Burdette
A-Main - (25 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. 40-Bobby Clark[4]; 2. 94-John Ivy[6];
3. 3J-Kevin Lee[7]; 4. 1W-Paul
Weaver[5]; 5. 9-Jimmy Colvin[2]; 6.
28-Shawn Valenti[9]; 7. 41-Dustin
Dinan[8]; 8. 1-Nate Dussel[16]; 9.
19R-Steve Rando[14]; 10. 11F-D.J.
Foos[18]; 11. 71-Bill Kraylek[19]; 12.
80-Jake Trevino[1]; 13. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[20]; 14. 51-Brad Bowman[17]; 15.
M28-Josh Muntz[13]; 16. 36X-Dustin
Keegan[12]; 17. 31-Chuck Wilson[15]; 18.
2-Tim Kern[10]; 19. 18-Todd
Heuerman[3]; 20. 8K-Zack Kramer[11]
Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - (7 Laps)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 17-Bob Dible; 3.
52-Will Tezak; 4. 18W-Cory Ward; 5.
71-Craig Holland; 6. 40-Corey Tappel; 7.
21R-Dustin Keegan
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (7 Laps)
1. 32H-Dan Hennig; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3.
4X-Brian Sorg; 4. 23M-Brad Mitten; 5.
92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs; 7.
P51-Paul Brown Jr.
Heat 3 - (7 Laps)
1. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr.; 2. 8K-Kent
Brewer; 3. 16-Steve Sabo; 4. 5-Jim
Mcgrath; 5. 6-Linda Sabo; 6. 9-Roger Inks
A-Main - (20 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. 32H-Dan Hennig[2]; 2. 5JR-Jimmy
Mcgrath Jr.[1]; 3. O1-Art Ball[6]; 4.
17-Bob Dible[8]; 5. 8K-Kent Brewer[11];
6. 16-Steve Sabo[9]; 7. 92-Loren
Schwochow[14]; 8. 8-Steve Endicott[5]; 9.
71-Craig Holland[13]; 10. 18W-Cory
Ward[3]; 11. 52-Will Tezak[10]; 12. 5-Jim
Mcgrath[4]; 13. 30-Dave Gibbs[17];
14. 40-Corey Tappel[16]; 15. 6-Linda
Sabo[15]; 16. 21R-Dustin Keegan[19];
17. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[20]; 18. 4X-Brian
Sorg[7]; 19. 23M-Brad Mitten[12];
20. 9-Roger Inks[18]
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