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Reed gets 1st win of 09 at Fremont; Mayes
takes championship; Polyak takes 305 win; Heuerman gets title; Endicott wins
feature and truck title
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009
Contact Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio - There was drama, late
race passing and track championships
on the line...it all played out Saturday,
Sept. 12 at Fremont Speedway on
Kistler Racing Products Night.
When all was said and done, Monclova,
Ohio's Byron Reed, the defending
Fremont Speedway 410 sprint champion, got
his first victory of the season,
but it wasn't easy and he and Phil
Gressman traded slide jobs the last three
laps as the crowed roared their approval.
Bucyrus, Ohio's Brock Mayes' fourth
place run was good enough to claim the
track championship by just three points
over Reed in the Fort Ball Pizza
Palace 410 Sprints. Also, Gibsonburg,
Ohio's Craig Mintz finished third in
the feature to lock up the first ever
Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica
Sprint Title (FAST) Championship series.
"I didn't come here worried about it
(the championship)... I just wanted to
win. Those last five laps didn't seem
like they would ever get over. I'm not
that good on this stuff when it gets
slick and Mintz and them guys are. I
was just trying to make the car as big as
I could and it worked out," said
champion Mayes beside his J&F
Construction, Mansfield Cement, Kinn Brothers
Heating and Cooling backed #11b. "I have
to thank my guys...we've had an up
and down year, good weeks and bad weeks.
I have to thank my dad for giving
us the opportunity and Daniel Smith my
crew chief gave me a good car all
year. Davey and Keith and my fiancée
Alisha and my mom and everybody."
The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305
Sprint feature had the large crowd on
their feet in the closing laps. Tiffin,
Ohio's Paige Polyak became the first
female to win a sprint race at "The Track
That Action Built," handing her
great-grandmother a great 92nd birthday
present as she was there to witness
the feat. Polyak accomplished this while
holding off a hard-charging Paul
Weaver the last five laps, while Weaver
was trying to secure the track
championship while battling point leader
Todd Heuerman. In the end,
Heuerman's third place finish gave him
the track championship by a scant 1
point over Weaver.
"I was having a hell of a time with
him (Nate Dussel)...I didn't know which
way to go I just knew I had to follow
that 1w (Weaver). I knew I had to stay
within reach of him if I wanted to get
the job done and luckily we did,"
said track champion Heuerman beside his
Same Gerdeman Construction, P.W.
Chamberlin Trucking, Quality Concrete
backed #18. "This is the first year we
really put everything together and made
sure we made it to every race. We
had our mind set on that's what we really
wanted to do and it all paid off."
In the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks it
was much more subdued. All Steve
Endicott had to do was take the green
flag and the track championship was
his. However, the Risingsun, Ohio driver
wasn't going to settle for that, as
he took the lead on lap 8 and held off
Dan Hennig for his second feature
victory of the season.
"My guys have been on me because I've
been out here riding around and not
trying to win. Right before the feature
we saw the track dried out so made a
bunch of changes and it paid off," said
Endicott beside his Endicott
Trucking, Bob's Machine Shop backed #8
truck. "Boy, track champion sounds
great!"
In the 30-lap 410 sprint feature,
Caleb Griffith jumped into the early lead
with Andy Shammo, Reed, Gressman, Mayes
and Mike Linder waging a torrid
battle behind. Reed moved into second on
lap three and began chasing down
Griffith and caught him on lap 11 with
Gressman and Mike Linder nipping at
their rear bumpers. Griffith and Reed
would battle hard over the next five
laps. Reed would use lapped traffic to
drive under Griffith into the top
spot on lap 16, but Griffith would race
him had to the outside. Gressman
then closed and would drive into second
on lap 19, bringing Linder into
third a lap later.
The first caution would fly on lap 20
for Chris Andrews with the running
order Reed, Gressman, Linder, Griffith
and Mayes. Reed would pull away
slightly on the ensuing restart with
Gressman and Linder racing each other
hard for second. Linder would take the
second spot on lap 24 and began to
pressure Reed.
With three laps David Harrison brought
out the caution. On the ensuing
restart, Linder drove off the high side
of turn two, losing four position,
and as he tried to make up for his
mistake, took tip-over in turn three. On
the third attempt for the restart, Scott
Euler stopped for another caution.
Finally, when the race went back to green
for good, the excitement really
heated up as Gressman would dive under
Reed and slide up in front in turns
one and two and Reed would return the
favor in turns three and four.
At the checkered, Reed edged Gressman
for the win, with Mintz, Mayes and Ivy
rounding out the top five.
"I just want to thank all the fans.
I've had a really bad year and I still
have a lot of people come down and
cheering me on. It's pretty tough to be
upset when you have a little kid come
down and he's happy to see us. I
really have to thank the fans for pumping
me up," said Reed beside his
Reebar Diecasting, ProShocks, Weld Wheels
backed #5r.
"I gotta thank my mom and dad and my
crew, Kurt and Romey...we tried really
hard this year and it just wasn't working
out. I also have to thank Paul
Kistler...he tried really hard to do
whatever he could to help us out this
year. I'm glad we finally got a win for
him," added Reed.
For Mintz, the FAST championship comes
with a $10,000 payday. It was the
first year for the series that carried a
separate point fund from that of
both Fremont Speedway and Attica Raceway
Park, with each track scheduled to
host 11 shows.
"It was wreckers or checkers for us at
the end. We came into the night
wanting to make the show and seal the
FAST deal up, but we also wanted to
win at Fremont. This is my first
championship in anything in a sprint car,"
said Mintz of his championship beside his
Pumps Landscaping, Bobby's Truck
and Auto Repair, Keller Chevrolet backed
#09.
"It's these guys behind me that put
this thing on the race track...I just
drive the thing. If it weren't for them
this race car wouldn't be here. I'm
glad my mom (Lynne) was here to see this.
She's a fighter and she's really
pushed all of us," added Mintz of his mom
who is battling cancer.
"It was fun racing with them guys.
Brock has had a heck of a year here..
he's been tough to beat. Glad Byron
finally got into victory lane too...that
could mean trouble for all of us these
last few races," Mintz concluded.
Polyak, just 15-years-old, grabbed the
early lead of the 305 feature with
Dustin Stroup, Nate Dussel, Steve Rando
and Stuart Brubaker in tow. Rando
would take second on lap three while
Dussel would move into third on lap
four. The car on the move early was D.J.
Foos who took third on lap six from
his sixth starting spot. Just as Polyak
was about to hit lapped traffic the
caution would fly on lap 11. On the
ensuing restart Foos would grab second,
while Rando would stop with mechanical
problems on lap 13 to bring out the
caution.
Polyak would pull away on the restarts
while the fans were treated to the
points battle between Weaver and Heuerman.
Dussel would grab second on lap
15 with Weaver and Heuerman right on his
rear bumper. Weaver would take
second on lap 17, temporarily taking the
point lead. However, a caution on
lap 19 would bunch up the field with
Polyak leading over Weaver, Dussel and
Heuerman. On the restart, Weaver began to
pressure Polyak, but the young
lady kept her cool. Meanwhile, Heuerman
would make his championship move,
passing Dussel on the white flag lap to
move into third.
Polyak would take the checkered as the
crowd thundered their approval, with
Weaver, Heuerman, Dussel and Foos
rounding out the top five.
"I saw him (Weaver) duck under me on
the restart (with five laps to go) and
wow. This is awesome. I have to thank my
dad and mom and sister and
everyone," said Polyak in the Engine Pro
Victory Lane beside her Hoosier
Tires, Handi-Grafix, Level Performance
backed #27.
In the dirt truck feature, Art Ball
grabbed the early lead with Kent Brewer,
Loren Schwochow, Brad Mitten and Jimmy
McGrath Jr. Following a lap three
caution, Ball would continue to lead
while Schwochow grabbing second.
Schwochow would pressure Ball for the
lead while ninth place starter
Endicott worked his way to third. On lap
7, Endicott would take second and a
lap later would drive under Ball for the
lead.
The second and final caution would fly
on lap nine with the running order
Endicott, Ball, McGrath Jr., Brewer and
Jim Keegan. While Endicott pulled
away on restart, Ball had his hands full
with a charging Dan Hennig, who
started 10th. Henning would drive around
Ball on lap 14 into the runner-up
position and began closing on Endicott.
But, Endicott had enough to hold him
off for the win with Ball coming home
third and Keegan and McGrath Jr.
rounding out the top five.
"I don't know what happened there at
the end, the truck started to get
loose, but we held on," said Endicott.
Fremont Speedway will be back in
action for a special two-day event, Friday
and Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19. For more
information log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com
Fremont Speedway - 9/12/2009
Kistler Racing Products Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints
Qualifying -
1. 312-Mike Linder, 12.39; 2. 6-Kenny
Jacobs, 12.41; 3. 27-Scott Euler,
12.43; 4. 11B-Brock Mayes, 12.44; 5.
7T-Troy Vaccaro, 12.45; 6. 15C-Chris
Andrews, 12.52; 7. O4-Cap Henry, 12.53;
8. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 12.54; 9.
53-Phil Gressman, 12.55; 10. 10-David
Harrison, 12.56; 11. 60-Jody Keegan,
12.57; 12. 1B-Keith Baxter, 12.58;
13. 3J-Kevin Lee, 12.58; 14. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki, 12.64; 15. 5R-Byron Reed,
12.69; 16. 12-Caleb Griffith, 12.73; 17.
48S-Andy Shammo, 12.74; 18. O9-Craig
Mintz, 12.76; 19. 28-Shawn Valenti,
12.78; 20. X-Mark Keegan, 12.80; 21.
2+-Brian Smith, 12.81; 22. 25-Lee
Jacobs, 12.88; 23. 45-Brian Lay, 12.93;
24. 14H-Todd Heller, 12.97; 25.
5T-Travis Philo, 13.10; 26. 24-John Ivy,
13.15; 27. O6-Brandy Bower, 13.19;
28. 47-Caleb Helms, 13.20; 29. 9-Jamie
Miller, 13.60; 30. 11N-Ed Neumeister,
13.82; 31. 6X-Zack Ames, 13.94; 32.
10J-Jarrod DeLong, 14.11; 33. 1K-Willie
Keegan, 14.50; 34. 11-Josh Harrison,
99.00
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 53-Phil Gressman; 2. 2+-Brian Smith;
3. 48S-Andy Shammo; 4. 312-Mike
Linder; 5.
3J-Kevin Lee[3]; 6. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 7. 9-Jamie Miller; 8. 5T-Travis
Philo; 9. 1K-Willie Keegan
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps
- Top 4 Transfer)
1. 25-Lee Jacobs; 2. O9-Craig Mintz; 3.
24-John Ivy; 4. 15C-Chris Andrews;
5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki; 7. 6-Kenny Jacobs; 8. 11N-Ed
Neumeister; 9. 11-Josh Harrison
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 45-Brian Lay; 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3.
28-Shawn Valenti; 4. 60-Jody Keegan;
5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 27-Scott Euler; 7.
O6-Brandy Bower; 8. 6X-Zack Ames
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 14H-Todd Heller; 3.
11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 12-Caleb
Griffith; 5. 1B-Keith Baxter; 6. D4-Danny
Holtgraver; 7. 47-Caleb Helms; 8.
10J-Jarrod DeLong
B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 2. 6-Kenny Jacobs; 3.
27-Scott Euler; 4. 10-David
Harrison; 5.
3J-Kevin Lee[8]; 6. D4-Danny Holtgraver; 7. O4-Cap Henry; 8.
1B-Keith Baxter; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki;
10. 47-Caleb Helms; 11. 9-Jamie
Miller; 12. 1K-Willie Keegan; 13.
O6-Brandy Bower; 14. 5T-Travis Philo; 15.
11N-Ed Neumeister; 16. 11-Josh Harrison;
17. 10J-Jarrod DeLong
A-Main - (30 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. 5R-Byron Reed[3]; 2. 53-Phil
Gressman[5]; 3. O9-Craig Mintz[13]; 4.
11B-Brock Mayes[7]; 5. 24-John Ivy[18];
6. 25-Lee Jacobs[17]; 7. 48S-Andy
Shammo[1]; 8. 6-Kenny Jacobs[9]; 9.
7T-Troy Vaccaro[11]; 10. 2+-Brian
Smith[16]; 11. 12-Caleb Griffith[2]; 12.
14H-Todd Heller[19]; 13. 3J-Kevin
Lee[20]; 14. X-Mark Keegan[15]; 15. 60-Jody Keegan[4]; 16. 10-David
Harrison[12]; 17. 27-Scott Euler[10]; 18.
312-Mike Linder[8]; 19. 15C-Chris
Andrews[6]; 20. 28-Shawn Valenti[14]
Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305
Sprints
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 1-Nate Dussel; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver; 3.
40-Bobby Clark; 4. M28-Josh Muntz;
5. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 6. 9-Jimmy
Colvin; 7. 8K-Zack Kramer; 8. 83X-Nate
Reeser; 9. 30-Adam Ollom; 10. 8J-Jess
Stiger
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps
- Top 5 Transfer)
1. 36X-Josh Burdette; 2. 18-Todd Heuerman;
3. 10X-Dustin Stroup; 4.
19R-Steve Rando; 5. 80-Jake Trevino; 6.
94-John Ivy; 7. 28-Shawn Valenti; 8.
99X-Tim Buchanan; 9. 22D-Dan Hammond
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 27-Paige
Polyak; 3. 67M-Bryan Sebetto; 4. 11F-D.J.
Foos; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 31-Chuck
Wilson; 7. 3B-Tim Bottles; 8. 14-Chad
Wilson; 9. 49-Coty Runion
B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 94-John Ivy; 2. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 3.
8K-Zack Kramer; 4. 14-Chad Wilson; 5.
28-Shawn Valenti; 6. 31-Chuck Wilson; 7.
22D-Dan Hammond; 8. 99X-Tim
Buchanan; 9. 8J-Jess Stiger; 10. 83X-Nate
Reeser; 11. 3B-Tim Bottles; 12.
30-Adam Ollom
A-Main - (25 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. 27-Paige Polyak[1]; 2. 1W-Paul
Weaver[8]; 3. 18-Todd Heuerman[10]; 4.
1-Nate Dussel[7]; 5. 11F-D.J. Foos[6]; 6.
10-Brad Haudenschild[13]; 7.
35-Stuart Brubaker[9]; 8. 10X-Dustin
Stroup[2]; 9. 71-Bill Kraylek[15]; 10.
80-Jake Trevino[14]; 11. 94-John Ivy[16];
12. M28-Josh Muntz[3]; 13. 14-Chad
Wilson[19]; 14. 9-Jimmy Colvin[17]; 15.
28-Shawn Valenti[20]; 16. 67M-Bryan
Sebetto[12]; 17. 19R-Steve Rando[4]; 18.
36X-Josh Burdette[11]; 19. 8K-Zack
Kramer[18]; 20. 40-Bobby Clark[5]
Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - (7 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. O-Jim Keegan; 2. 8K-Kent Brewer; 3.
O1-Art Ball; 4. 92-Loren Schwochow;
5. 16-Steve Sabo; 6. 39-Dwight Waltermier;
7. 21R-Dustin Keegan
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (7 Laps
- Top 5 Transfer)
1. 52-Will Tezak; 2. 17-Bob Dible; 3.
32H-Dan Hennig; 4. 8-Steve Endicott;
5. 99-Art Howey Jr.; 6. 71-Craig Holland;
7. 4X-Brian Sorg; 8. 30-Dave Gibbs
Heat 3 - (7 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.; 2. 5-Jim
McGrath; 3. 23M-Brad Mitten; 4. 84-Russ
Stahl; 5. 6-Linda Sabo; 6. 4J-Jeremy
Lozano; 7. 4S-Keith Sorg
B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 4X-Brian Sorg;
3. 71-Craig Holland; 4. 4J-Jeremy
Lozano; 5. 30-Dave Gibbs; 6. 4S-Keith
Sorg; 7. 21R-Dustin Keegan
A-Main - (20 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. 8-Steve Endicott[9]; 2. 32H-Dan
Hennig[10]; 3. O1-Art Ball[3]; 4. O-Jim
Keegan[11]; 5. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[5];
6. 8K-Kent Brewer[2]; 7. 16-Steve
Sabo[13]; 8. 52-Will Tezak[6]; 9. 30-Dave
Gibbs[20]; 10. 99-Art Howey
Jr.[14]; 11. 5-Jim McGrath[8]; 12.
23M-Brad Mitten[1]; 13. 4X-Brian
Sorg[17]; 14. 4S-Keith Sorg[19]; 15.
6-Linda Sabo[15]; 16. 92-Loren
Schwochow[4]; 17. 71-Craig Holland[18];
18. 17-Bob Dible[7]; 19. 84-Russ
Stahl[12]; 20. 39-Dwight Waltermier[16]
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