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Ivy cruises to win at Fremont; Shammo,
Waltermeier take last-lap victories in 305s and trucks
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, June 16, 2007) -
Fremont's John Ivy put a stop to
Byron Reed's win-streak, leading all 30 laps on
Coors Beer Night to claim
his 26th career victory at Fremont Speedway.
Millbury's Andy Shammo executed
a last lap, last corner pass to claim his fourth
win of the season in the
305 sprints, while Wayne, Ohio's Dwight Waltermeier
also made a last-lap
pass to claim his first win of the year in the dirt
truck feature.
Ivy's win in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410
Sprints was the second of the
season aboard the Dee Genzman owned #51.
Ironically, it tied him for 12th on
the all-time win list with his car owner, each with
26 victories.
"The car was just so smooth on the bottom. I
tried the high side a couple of
times in lapped traffic, but I just wasn't any
good," said Ivy in the Engine
Pro Victory Lane.
"I guess since we tied Dee in wins now we'll
have to get a couple of more or
he might come out of retirement," joked Ivy, the
three-time Fremont track
champion.
Shammo, the current point leader in the Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305
Sprints, utilized the high side of track while
others ran the bottom, and
used a lapped machine as a pick to move around
race-long leader Matt Lucius
in turn 3 to earn his 12th career Fremont victory.
"I knew I had to run the high line because
everyone was on the bottom...that
was the only way I was going to get to the front
(he started 12th) ," said
Shammo in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his
Adler's Transmission/Kate &
Al's Bar sponsored #48s. "I didn't even realize
when I passed Matt that it
was for the lead."
Waltermeier hugged the bottom groove and was
patient, waiting until exiting
turn 2 on the final lap to move around Jim McGrath
for the win in the
Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks. It was Waltermeier
fourth career victory at "The
Track That Action Built."
"We've been good all year, but we lost a motor
earlier and that put us
behind," said Waltermeier in the Engine Pro Victory
Lane beside his CA
Kustoms sponsored truck. "I knew in the feature I
had to stay on the bottom
and just be patient."
In the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, Ivy shot into
the lead from his pole
starting spot with Byron Reed, who has won the last
three features he has
competed in, right on his rear bumper. The leaders
hit lapped traffic by lap
7, with Reed staying close to Ivy, with Gus Wasson,
Mike Linder and David
Harrison rounding out the top five. By lap 12, Ivy
moved up on the track to
try and navigate through heavy lapped traffic,
allowing Reed to close. Ivy
averted near disaster on lap 14, nearly sliding off
the high side of turn
three while battling the traffic.
The first caution would fly on lap 17 with Ivy
and Reed still the top two
with three lapped machines back to third place Mike
Linder. After another
lap and another yellow, Reed would move along side
Ivy on the restart, but
Ivy rocketed off the bottom to stretch out his
lead. Another yellow would
fly on lap 22, and this time there were no lapped
cars seperating Ivy, Reed
and Linder. But once again Ivy would pull away on
the restart and would go
on to score the win. Reed, Linder, Wasson and
12th-starting Paul Weaver
would round out the top five.
In the non-stop 25-lap 305 sprint feature,
Tiffin's Matt Lucius would grave
the lead from his pole starting spot, with Mark
Pridemore, Coty Runion, Mark
Whaley and Dustin Keegan in tow. Utilizing the
bottom groove, Lucius would
build a substantial lead until he hit lapped
traffic by lap 9. Runion would
reel in the leader and the battle for the top spot
really heated up by lap
12.
Meanwhile Shammo was steadily moving his way
through the pack. He was 7th by
lap 9, 6th by lap 14 and moved into the top five
with 10 laps remaining.
Lucius was having his problems with lapped traffic,
as they were all racing
in his bottom groove. However, Runion could not
gain any ground and
continued to follow in his tire tracks, as did
third running Dustin Keegan.
With 5 laps remaining, Shammo began to make his
move, going to the top side.
He moved from fourth to second on lap 21, and began
to hunt down Lucius. As
Lucius took the white flag, he and Shammo raced
side by side through turns 1
and 2 and down the back stretch. Going into turn 3,
Lucius got hung on the
bottom behind a lapped car, allowing Shammo to
sling-shot around the high
side for the win. Lucius, Runion, Keegan and Whaley
would round out the top
five.
In the 20-lap truck feature, Chuck Roelle
grabbed the early lead with a six
truck battle behind him for second. The first
yellow would fly on lap 6 with
the running order Roelle, Jim McGrath, Dave Brewer,
Dwight Waltermeier and
Eric DeVanna.
McGrath would use the high line to drive around
Roelle into the lead on lap
8. The final yellow would wave on lap 10 with the
running order McGrath,
DeVanna, Roelle, Brewer, Waltermeier and Bob Dible.
McGrath would build a
five truck length lead while the next six positions
continued to change each
lap. With 5 laps to go, the running order was
McGrath, DeVanna, Waltermeier,
Cory Ward and last week's winner Art Ball. As
McGrath took the white flag,
Waltermeier drove under him exiting turn 2 to grab
the lead, bringing Ward
with him.
At the checkered flag Waltermeier took the win
with Ward, McGrath, Ball and
16th-starter Steve Endicott rounding out the top
five.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action
Saturday, June 23 for Burger King
Night with the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints,
the Fremont Federal
Credit Union 305 Sprints and the Fremont Fence Dirt
Trucks in action. Gates
open at 4:30 p.m. with racing action to kick off at
7:30 p.m. For more
information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com or
call the track office at
419-862-2205.
The "New" Fremont Speedway
Coors Beer Night (06-16-07)
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.07; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.18;
3. X-Mark Keegan, 13.31;
4. 10-David Harrison, 13.31; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews,
13.33; 6. O-Gus Wasson,
13.39; 7. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.41; 8. 51-John Ivy,
13.45; 9. 24H-Rob Chaney,
13.49; 10. 55-Brian Smith, 13.60; 11. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro, 13.67; 12. 27-Scott
Euler, 13.68; 13. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.71; 14.
12-Caleb Griffith, 13.71; 15.
10S-Roger Shammo, 13.82; 16. 49T-Gregg Dalman,
13.85; 17. 72-Andy James,
13.87; 18. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.93; 19. 8S-Bobby
Clark, 13.96; 20. 5T-Travis
Philo, 14.25; 21. 48-Mike Burkin, 14.77; 22.
1H-Kyle Cummins
Heat 1 (8 laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 3. 55-Brian
Smith; 4. 5R-Byron Reed;
5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 3L-Mike Linder; 7.
8S-Bobby Clark; 8. 1H-Kyle
Cummins
Heat 2 (8 laps)
1. 51-John Ivy; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews; 3. 12-Caleb
Griffith; 4. 16-Lee
Jacobs; 5. 72-Andy James; 6. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 7.
5T-Travis Philo
Heat 3 (8 laps)
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. O-Gus Wasson; 3. 24H-Rob
Chaney; 4. X-Mark Keegan; 5.
27-Scott Euler; 6. 10S-Roger Shammo; 7. 48-Mike
Burkin
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 51-John Ivy[1]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[2]; 3. 3L-Mike
Linder[7]; 4. O-Gus
Wasson[3]; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[12]; 6. 55-Brian
Smith[9]; 7. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro[10]; 8. 10-David Harrison[5]; 9. 49T-Gregg
Dalman[15]; 10. 24H-Rob
Chaney[8]; 11. 12-Caleb Griffith[13]; 12. 16-Lee
Jacobs[6]; 13. 14H-Todd
Heller[17]; 14. 15C-Chris Andrews[4]; 15. 1H-Kyle
Cummins[21]; 16. 8S-Bobby
Clark[18]; 17. 10S-Roger Shammo[14]; 18. 27-Scott
Euler[11]; 19. 5T-Travis
Philo[19]; 20. 48-Mike Burkin[20]; 21. 72-Andy
James[16]
Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 66L-Brad Bowman; 2. 34-Mark Whaley; 3. O2-Kevin
Lee; 4. 92-Brandon
Perkins; 5. 29L-Chris Lang; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker;
7. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall;
8. 40-Bobby Davis
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 48S-Andy
Shammo; 4. O1-Bryan
Sebetto; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond; 7.
9-Craig Kays; 8. 65-Mark
Lang; 9. 18-Todd Heuerman
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 1A-Matt Lucius; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 3.
31-Chad Gullett; 4. M28-Josh
Muntz; 5. 7-Jarrid Potter; 6. 311-Aaron Moloney; 7.
39M-Matt Merrill; 8.
19R-Steve Rando
Heat 4 - Reco Equipment (8 laps, top 4 transfer
to A-Main)
1. 5-Dustin Dinan; 2. 49-Coty Runion;
3. 3J-Bobby Foster; 4. O7-Scott
Mominee; 5. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 6. 72C-John Bartlome;
7. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath; 8.
82-Travis Hoffbauer
Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. 66L-Brad Bowman; 2. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 3.
5-Dustin Dinan; 4. 1A-Matt
Lucius; 5. 31-Chad Gullett
B1 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 22D-Dan Hammond; 3.
29L-Chris Lang; 4. 35-Stuart
Brubaker; 5. 65-Mark Lang; 6. 9-Craig Kays; 7.
40-Bobby Davis; 8. 27K-Ryan
Kirkendall; 9. 18-Todd Heuerman
B2 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 19R-Steve Rando; 2. 39M-Matt Merrill; 3.
72C-John Bartlome; 4. 82-Travis
Hoffbauer; 5. 311-Aaron Moloney; 6. 7-Jarrid
Potter; 7. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 8.
5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 48S-Andy Shammo[12]; 2. 1A-Matt Lucius[1]; 3.
49-Coty Runion[2]; 4.
36X-Dustin Keegan[5]; 5. 34-Mark Whaley[4]; 6.
31-Chad Gullett[7]; 7.
O2-Kevin Lee[11]; 8. 66L-Brad Bowman[9]; 9.
25P-Mark Pridemore[3]; 10.
O4-Cap Henry[10];
11. 3J-Bobby Foster[8]; 12. 5-Dustin
Dinan[6]; 13. 71-Bill
Kraylek[17]; 14. 22D-Dan Hammond[19]; 15. O1-Bryan
Sebetto[14]; 16.
92-Brandon Perkins[13]; 17. M28-Josh Muntz[15]; 18.
39M-Matt Merrill[20];
19. 19R-Steve Rando[18]; 20. O7-Scott Mominee[16]
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 34-Aaron Schatzinger; 3.
O1-Art Ball; 4. 23M-Brad
Mitten; 5. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 6. 8-Steve Endicott;
7. 4X-Brian Sorg; 8.
6-Linda Sabo; 9. 7C-Jacob Dick; 10. 8K-Zack Kramer
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 28-Shawn Valenti; 2. 37-Eric Devanna; 3.
39-Dwight Waltermier; 4.
3R-Chuck Roelle; 5. 20-Andy Maynard; 6. 96-James
Mcclure; 7. 1-Joe Hartlaub;
8. 30-Dave Gibbs; 9. 62-David Severs
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 16-Steve Sabo; 2. 17-Bob Dible; 3. 5-Jim
McGrath; 4. 83B-Dave Brewer; 5.
34K-Kevin Miller; 6. 17W-Brian Ward; 7. 14-Scott
Beard; 8. 56-Alex Wiechman;
9. 92-Loren Schwochow
B2-main (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 4X-Brian Sorg; 3. 8K-Zack
Kramer; 4. 96-James
Mcclure; 5. 17W-Brian Ward; 6. 62-David Severs; 7.
1-Joe Hartlaub; 8.
30-Dave Gibbs; 9. 6-Linda Sabo
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier[5]; 2. 18W-Cory Ward[11];
3. 5-Jim McGrath[6]; 4.
O1-Art Ball[9]; 5. 8-Steve Endicott[16]; 6. 17-Bob
Dible[8]; 7. 83B-Dave
Brewer[1]; 8. 16-Steve Sabo[10]; 9. 3R-Chuck
Roelle[2]; 10. 8H-Art Howey
Jr.[13]; 11. 28-Shawn Valenti[12]; 12. 34-Aaron
Schatzinger[4]; 13. 37-Eric
Devanna[7]; 14. 23M-Brad Mitten[3]; 15. 20-Andy
Maynard[14]; 16. 34K-Kevin
Miller[15]; 17. 96-James Mcclure[19]; 18. 17W-Brian
Ward[20]; 19. 8K-Zack
Kramer[18]; 20. 4X-Brian Sorg[17]
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