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Ivy holds on for 5th win;
Brock Mayes scores third victory; Matt Lucius wins career first
By
Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (July 13, 2002) - Fremont's John Ivy held on for his fifth 410
sprint feature win of the 2002 season at Fremont Speedway Saturday during
Burkin Custom Trailers Night. Bucyrus' Brock Mayes scored his third win of
the season in the 305 sprints, and Matt Lucius of Tiffin picked up his first
career feature win in the dirt truck feature.
Ivy
started on the outside of the front row, but it was Castalia's Troy
Vaccaro who led the first lap. Ivy took the lead out of turn four on the
second lap and seemed to have things well in hand. But, about half way
through the 30 lap main, Elmore's Alvin Roepke used his patented low groove
to move around Butch Schroeder into second and set his sights on Ivy. Roepke
stuck the nose of his Mountain Dew #99 under Ivy a couple of times, until
Ivy moved down to the low grove to block.
A
yellow with two laps remaining bunched up the field, but it put the lapped
car of John Wisbon between Ivy and Roepke. Ivy then cruised the final two
laps for the victory over fast qualifier Byron Reed, Schroeder, Roepke and
Helena's Phil Gressman.
"I saw
Alvin's nose a couple of times and I figured I had better get out of
the high groove or he was going to get me," said Ivy standing beside his
Carousel Racing #20. "What a great year we're having. I have to thank all my
crew. They work hard on this thing all week and it pays off on Saturday."
In the
305 sprint feature, Mayes used the low groove to get around early
leader Jamie Miller and then raced away to the win. It was the second win in
as many nights for Mayes who also won the 305 sprint feature Friday at
Attica Raceway Park. Castalia's Bryan Scott scored his second runner-up
finish of the weekend, with Miller settling for third, Gibsonburg's Craig
Mintz finishing fourth, and Green Springs' Josh Hill rounding out the top
five.
In the
dirt truck feature, Matt Lucius jumped into the early lead, but
defending track champion Steve Sabo got around him with seven laps
remaining. However, Sabo ran over the burm in turn two and nearly spun his
truck out, giving the lead back to Lucius. Lucius then held off a hard
charging Jeff Dougherty of Fremont and Woodville's Danny Roepke for his
first career feature win. Sabo came back to take fourth, with Findlay's Jay
Boyd rounding out the top five.
"The
Track That Action Built" will be back in action Saturday, July 20 for
Crown Battery Night with the 410 springs, 305 sprints and dirt trucks.
410
RESULTS:
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Byron Reed, 12.68; 2. Alvin Roepke, 12.70; 3. Bobby
Clark, 12.73; 4. Mark Keegan, 12.73; 5. Phil Gressman, 12.83; 6. Butch
Schroeder, 12.92; 7. Shawn Chaney, 13.11; 8. John Ivy, 13.20; 9. Troy
Vaccaro, 13.24; 10. Jim Linder, 13.26; 11. Jim Dayton, 13.39; 12. Rodney
Morgan, 13.39; 13. Jody Keegan, 13.41; 14. John Wisbon, 13.43; 15. David
Harrison, 13.45; 16. Mike Linder, 13.46; 17. Todd Heller, 13.49; 18. Brandon
Martin, 13.53; 19. Bill Shaw, 13.56; 20. Aaron Call, 13.56; 21. Andy James,
13.58; 22. Jon Finsel, 13.68; 23. Bob Lime, 13.89; 24. Jason Curliss, 14.08;
25. Scott Euler, 14.09; 26. Jeremiah Keegan, 16.69; 27. Lee Jacobs, NT; 28.
Brian Smith, NT
1st
heat (top 5 to A): 1. Byron Reed; 2. Jody Keegan; 3. Brian Smith; 4.
Mike Linder; 5. Shawn Chaney
2nd
heat (top 5 to A): 1. Jim Dayton; 2. John Ivy; 3. Todd Heller; 4. Phil
Gressman; 5. Alvin Roepke
3rd
heat (top 5 to A): 1. Brandon Martin; 2. Butch Schroeder; 3. Troy
Vaccaro; 4. Lee Jacobs; 5. Bobby Clark
B-Main
(top 5 to A): 1. Mark Keegan; 2. John Wisbon; 3. Andy James; 4.
David Harrison; 5. Aaron Call; 6. Jon Finsel; 7. Bob Lime; 8. Bill Shaw; 9.
Jason Curliss; 10. Scott Euler; 11. Jeremiah Keegan
A-Main
(30 laps): 1. John Ivy; 2. Byron Reed; 3. Butch Schroeder; 4. Alvin
Roepke; 5. Phil Gressman; 6. Shawn Chaney; 7. Bobby Clark; 8. Todd Heller;
9. David Harrison; 10. Troy Vaccaro; 11. Andy James; 12. Jody Keegan; 13.
Jim Dayton; 14. John Wisbon; 15. Lee Jacobs; 16. Brandon Martin; 17. Brian
Smith; 18. Aaron Call; 19. Mark Keegan; 20. Mike Linder
305 RESULTS:
1st
heat (top 4 to A): 1. Brock Mayes; 2. Craig Mintz; 3. Mike Oberdorf; 4.
A.J. Sleek; 5. Roger Shammo
2nd
heat (top 4 to A): 1. Bryan Scott; 2. (3J)
Scott Miller ; 3. Chad Laux; 4.
Ryan Lowe; 5. Ed Psurny
3rd
heat (top 4 to A): 1. Dustin Keegan; 2. Jamie Miller; 3. Keith Whaley;
4. Josh Hill; 5. Joe Keegan
4th
heat (top 4 to A): 1. Mark Lang; 2. Caleb Griffith; 3. Scott Kraylek; 4.
Bill Kraylek; 5. Mark Whaley
B-Main
(top 4 to A): 1. Roger Shammo; 2. Bobby Foster; 3. Joe Keegan; 4.
Chris Lang; 5. Ed Psurny; 6. Matt Molnar; 7. Matt Merrill; 8. Paul Hemrick;
9. Mark Whaley; 10. Rick Ridenbaugh; 11. Jeremy Durst; 12. Jim Moore; 13.
Dan Hammond; 14. Brian Thompson; 15. Tom Lafollette; 16. Ron Bordner; 17.
Mike Porter. 18. Andy Shammo; 19. Rodney Hurst.
A-Main
(25 laps): 1. Brock Mayes; 2. Bryan Scott; 3. Jamie Miller; 4. Craig
Mintz; 5. Josh Hill; 6. Bill Kraylek; 7. Mike Oberdorf; 8. Dustin Keegan; 9.
Mark Lang; 10. (3J) Scott
Miller; 11. Ryan Lowe; 12. Joe Keegan; 13. Roger
Shammo; 14. A.J. Sleek; 15. Chris Lang; 16. Caleb Griffith; 17. Keith
Whaley; 18. Bobby Foster; 19. Scott Kraylek; 20. Chad Laux.
DIRT
TRUCK RESULTS:
1st
heat (top 3 to A): 1. Matt Lucius; 2. Ron Kepling; 3. Steve Rando; 4.
Jim McGrath; 5. Don Keegan
2nd
heat (top 3 to A): 1. Jeff Dougherty; 2. Bob Dible; 3. Jim Maglosky; 4.
Rick Potts; 5. Joe Jurovcik
3rd
heat (top 3 to A): 1. Danny Roepke; 2. Jay Boyd; 3. Steve Sabo; 4.
Darrell Brown; 5. Paul Diamond
4th
heat (top 3 to A); 1. John Rhoads; 2. L.J. Connors; 3. Brian Arnold; 4.
Bobby Davis; 5. Steve Rodd
5th
heat (top 3 to A): 1. Rob Boutwell; 2. Andy Maynard; 3. Buffy Bordner;
4. Dave Gibbs; 5. Jeff Hites
1st
B-main (top 3 to A): 1. Darrell Brown; 2. Paul Diamond; 3. Don Keegan;
4. Rick Potts; 5. Joe Jurovcik; 6. Jason Crispen; 7. Bruce Beard; 8. Scott
Beard; 9. Rex Haubert; 10. Jim McGrath; 11. Darin Dukeshire; 12. Joe
Hartlaub; 13. Bill Bruen
1nd
B-Main (top 2 to A): 1. Bobby Davis; 2. Steve Rodd; 3. Jeff Hites; 4.
Dave Gibbs; 5. Greg Harmon; 6. Jim Welty; 7. Linda Sabo; 8. Todd Keegan
A-Main
(15 laps): 1. Matt Lucius; 2. Jeff Dougherty; 3. Danny Roepke; 4.
Steve Sabo; 5. Jay Boyd; 6. John Rhoads; 7. Darrell Brown; 8. Brian Arnold;
9. Rob Boutwell; 10. Ron Kepling; 11. Bob Dible; 12. Steve Rando; 13. L.J.
Connors; 14. Steve Rodd; 15. Don Keegan; 16. Paul Diamond; 17. Jim Maglosky;
18. Andy Maynard; 19. Buffy Bordner; 20. Jeff Hites.
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