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Tim Hunter tames Fremont
Clark edges Ivy for 410 win
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (May 21, 2005) - Tim Hunter has seen a lot of race tracks in
his short sprint car driving career, but he readily admits, Fremont Speedway is
one of the toughest.
The Millersburg, Ohio driver drove the Thad Stanley-owned 360 sprint to the
victory in the second SOD (Sprints On Dirt) verses 305 sprint challenge feature
Saturday during Roots Poultry Night at "The Track That Action Built."
"My brother gave me a great deal last year and we raced a lot of tracks - I ran
in 20 states, but Fremont is the toughest place to figure you in the country,"
said Hunter beside his Canfield Cylinder Heads sprinter.
Gibsonburg, Ohio's Roger Shammo in a 305 drove out to a good lead in the
feature, but Hunter, who started fith in the 25-lap main, found the high side
and used lapped traffic to get round Shammo to take the lead mid-way through the
main. Hunter gave the 360 drivers some revenge as he took the checkered over 305
driver Bryan Scott, Shammo, 360 driver Mike Brecht and 305 driver Paul Weaver.
"My four-month-old baby is here tonight...what a way to start your life...in
victory lane," said an elated Hunter on besting the 69-car combined Sod, 305
sprint car field.
The 410 sprint feature was a dandy, as Fremont's Bobby Clark edged defending
track champion John Ivy for the win.
Mike Linder, fresh off his Attica Raceway Park win, jumped into the early lead,
but Clark found the high grove to his liking and over-took Linder on lap 17.
Clark built a sizeable lead, only to watch it slip away in the closing laps as
Ivy closed in lapped traffic. As the duo took the white, Ivy dove under Clark in
turns three and four, but Clark kept up his momentum to take the win.
Fremont Federal Credit Union Fast Qualifier Todd Heller was on their bumper for
third, with Kevin Huntly and Linder following at the checkered.
"I saw a car (Ivy) come up beside me at the end and I knew it had to be someone
for the lead because no lapped cars were going that fast," said Clark beside his
KOT Trucking/Fremont Fence sponsored #8. "Andy (Potter) put this car together
this week...it's a brand new car and it's a lot of fun to drive.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, May 28, with the Budweiser
Shootout, featuring twin mains for the 410 sprints.
Fremont Federal Credit Union 410 Qualifying
(Track Record 11.732 - Lee Jacobs, May 3, 2003)
1. 14H-Todd Heller, 12.69; 2. 10-David Harrison, 12.75; 3. 8C-Bobby Clark,
12.78; 4. 8S-Craig Mintz, 12.93; 5. 5I-John Ivy, 12.94; 6. 2X-Kevin Huntley,
12.97; 7. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.01; 8. K-Jason Dukes, 13.13; 9. 60-Jody Keegan,
13.22; 10. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.24; 11. X-Mark Keegan, 13.24; 12. 8-Phil
Gressman, 13.35; 13. 1B-Keith Baxter, 13.39; 14. 27-Scott Euler, 13.48; 15.
47-Jarrod Larson, 13.49; 16. 55-Brian Smith, 13.56; 17. F1-Jon Finsel, 13.65;
18. OF-Rickey Ferkel, 13.76; 19. O7-Jeff Banyas, 13.84; 20. 5W-Jeff Williams,
13.91; 21. 45-Bryan Grove, 13.97; 22. 1A-Matt Lucius, 14.19; 23. OS-Steve Irwin,
14.43; 24. 40-Shane Helms, 14.51; 25. 11-Dan Hall, 14.59; 26. 11N-Ed Neumeister,
14.70; 27. 22D-Dennis Yoakum, 14.99; 28. 7B-Bryan Sebetto; 29. 97S-Aaron
Shaffer; 30. 77-Chris Bochairow
410 SUPER SPRINTS - 30 Cars
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A):
1. 3L-Mike Linder; 2. 55-Brian Smith; 3. 14H-Todd Heller; 4. 11M-Brandon Martin;
5. O7-Jeff Banyas; 6. 11-Dan Hall; 7. 1B-Keith Baxter; 8. 1A-Matt Lucius; 9.
8S-Craig Mintz
Heat 2 (Top 5 to A):
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. K-Jason Dukes; 3. 10-David Harrison; 4. 27-Scott Euler; 5.
5W-Jeff Williams; 6. 5I-John Ivy; 7. OS-Steve Irwin; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 9.
F1-Jon Finsel
Heat 3 (Top 5 to A):
1. OF-Rickey Ferkel; 2. 2X-Kevin Huntley; 3. 8-Phil Gressman; 4. 8C-Bobby Clark;
5. 60-Jody Keegan; 6. 40-Shane Helms; 7. 22D-Dennis Yoakum; 8. 47-Jarrod Larson;
9. 77-Chris Bochairow; 10. 45-Bryan Grove;
B - Main (Top 5 to A):
1. 5I-John Ivy; 2. 1B-Keith Baxter; 3. 8S-Craig Mintz; 4. 40-Shane Helms; 5.
47-Jarrod Larson; 6. 1A-Matt Lucius; 7. 22D-Dennis Yoakum; 8. OS-Steve Irwin; 9.
F1-Jon Finsel; 10. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 11. 11-Dan Hall; 12. 77-Chris Bochairow;
13. 45-Bryan Grove
A - Main (30 Laps) [Starting Position]:
1. 8C-Bobby Clark[4]; 2. 5I-John Ivy[8]; 3. 14H-Todd Heller[6]; 4. 2X-Kevin
Huntley[3]; 5. 3L-Mike Linder[2]; 6. X-Mark Keegan[11]; 7. 10-David Harrison[5];
8. 8S-Craig Mintz[7]; 9. 1B-Keith Baxter[13]; 10. 11M-Brandon Martin[10]; 11.
55-Brian Smith[16]; 12. K-Jason Dukes[1]; 13. 8-Phil Gressman[12]; 14. 60-Jody
Keegan[9]; 15. 27-Scott Euler[14]; 16. OF-Rickey Ferkel[17]; 17. O7-Jeff
Banyas[18]; 18. 40-Shane Helms[20]; 19. 47-Jarrod Larson[15]; 20. 5W-Jeff
Williams[19];
S.O.D. 360/305 SPRINTS - 69 Cars
Heat 1 (Top 3 to A):
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 2. 49-Coty Runion; 3. 18-Todd Heuerman; 4. 9-Craig Kays;
5. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 6. 17X-Dustin Keegan; 7. 79-Bob Nash; 8. 18C-Jason
Crispen; 9. 27-Jeremy Durst
Heat 2 (Top 3 to A):
1. 33K-Kyle Patrick; 2. 37Z-Bryan Scott; 3. 6N-Dan Naida; 4. 5-Dustin Dinan; 5.
2-Mike Galajda; 6. 23V-Vern Menkoff; 7. 33R-Clint Reagle; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker;
9. 72M-Mike Overmier; 10. 5D-Willie Keegan; 11. 55-Brad Bowman; 12. 99-Wayne
Morrison
Heat 3 (Top 3 to A):
1. 34-Kevin Atkins; 2. 33-Bill Johnson; 3. 15M-Jamie Martin; 4. 52-Mark
Broughman; 5. O2-Kevin Lee; 6. 13-Davey Brown; 7. 23-Ben Ruttan; 8. 47X-Louie
Carufel; 9. 29-Daryl Shaffer; 10. 66-Ernie Kuehneman; 11. 48S-Andy Shammo; 12.
2T-Ralph Brackenberry
Heat 4 (Top 3 to A):
1. 72-Daniel Smith; 2. 48-Mike Burkin; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews; 4. 15-A.J. Sleek;
5. 3X-Greg Summit; 6. 4M-Jamie Miller; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond; 8. 8K-Barry Cole;
9. 3J-Scott Miller; 10. 71-Bill
Kraylek; 11. 157-Mark Wilkins (Scott Miller, Bill Kraylek, Mark Wilkins were
DQ'd for not going directly to the scales after the race)
Heat 5 (Top 3 to A):
1. 20-Mike Brecht; 2. 10-Roger Shammo; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver; 4. 49T-Greg Dalman; 5.
12-Caleb Griffith; 6. 2P-Jerrod Potter; 7. 22-Aaron Shaffer; 8. 19R-Steve Rando;
9. 38M-Nick Mulheim; 10. 6-Mike Dussell; 11. O7-Scott Mominee
Heat 6 (Top 3 to A):
1. 12H-Tim Hunter; 2. 85-Dustin Daggett; 3. 62C-Bob Dawson; 4. 3G-Tim Norman; 5.
O-Glen Styers; 6. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 7. 48R-Brandon Riehl; 8. 21J-Joe Laugherty; 9.
3K-Brad Keckler; 10. 22T-"Tank" Brakenberry; 11. 12L-Brett Lane
1st B - Main (Top 2 to A):
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 3. 17X-Dustin Keegan; 4. 2-Mike
Galajda; 5. 37A-Matt Alloway; 6. 5D-Willie Keegan; 7. 27-Jeremy Durst; 8. 79-Bob
Nash; 9. 99-Wayne Morrison; 10. 23V-Vern Menkoff; 11. 33R-Clint Reagle; 12.
18C-Jason Crispen; 13. 9-Craig Kays (Craig Kays DQ'd for an illegal wicker bill)
2nd B - Main (Top 2 to A):
1. 4M-Jamie Miller; 2. 3J-Scott Miller;
3. 48S-Andy Shammo; 4. 52-Mark Broughman; 5. 23-Ben Ruttan; 6. 157-Mark Wilkins;
7. O2-Kevin Lee; 8. 22D-Dan Hammond; 9. 13-Davey Brown; 10. 29-Daryl Shaffer;
11. 47X-Louie Carufel; 12. 66-Ernie Kuehneman; 13. 71-Bill Kraylek; 14. 15-A.J.
Sleek; 15. 3X-Greg Summit; 16. 2T-Ralph Brackenberry
3rd B - Main (Top 2 to A):
1. O-Glen Styers; 2. 49T-Greg Dalman; 3. 3G-Tim Norman; 4. 12-Caleb Griffith; 5.
2P-Jerrod Potter; 6. 48R-Brandon Riehl; 7. 19R-Steve Rando; 8. 22-Aaron Shaffer;
9. 22T-"Tank" Brakenberry; 10. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 11. 21J-Joe Laugherty; 12.
O7-Scott Mominee; 13. 3K-Brad Keckler; 14. 12L-Brett Lane
A - Main (25 Laps) [Starting Position]:
1.Tim Hunter(12H)[5]; 2.Bryan Scott(37Z)[11]; 3.Roger Shammo(10)[2]; 4.Mike
Brecht(20)[8]; 5.Paul Weaver(1W)[17]; 6.Dustin Daggett(85)[1]; 7.Jamie
Martin(15M)[15]; 8.Kyle Patrick(33K)[9]; 9.Jamie Miller(4M)[20]; 10.Chris
Andrews(15C)[16]; 11.Duane Zablocki(9Z)[3]; 12.Bill Johnson(33)[12]; 13.Todd
Heuerman(18)[13]; 14.Mark Pridemore(25P)[22]; 15.Dustin Keegan(17X)[23]; 16.Glen
Styers(O)[21]; 17.Dustin Dinan(5)[19]; 18.Coty Runion(49)[7]; 19.Daniel
Smith(72)[4]; 20.Mike Burkin(48)[6]; 21.Dan Naida(6N)[14]; 22.Bob
Dawson(62C)[18]; 23.Greg Dalman(49T)[24]; 24.Kevin Atkins(34)[10]
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