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Vaccaro gets 1st 410 Fremont
win; Brubaker nabs 1st career 305 victory; Ward notches 5th truck win
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, July 21, 2007) -
Castalia's Troy Vaccaro has won in
modifieds on asphalt. He was a dominate force in
305 sprint racing on the
dirt, including winning the 1997 Fremont Speedway
championship. But in his
years of 410 sprint racing, he has struggled.
However, it all came together
Saturday on Beck Oil Night at "The Track That
Action Built," as he led all
30 laps for his first career victory in the Fort
Ball Pizza Palace 410
Sprints.
Not to be outdone, Helena's Stuart Brubaker
outdueled Benny Bowman, Chris
Lang and a fast-closing Kevin Lee to nab his first
career victory in the
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints.
Current Fremont Fence Dirt Truck point leader
Cory Ward came out on top of a
tremendous three-way battle for the lead late in
the race with Jim McGrath
and Danny Roepke. It was Ward's fifth win of the
season at Fremont.
For Vaccaro, the win justified turning down the
"Deal" - to move from his
pole starting position to 13th for a chance at
winning a $2,500 bonus.
"The track was fast and it would have been hard
in this competition to pass
that many cars. I have to thank all the people who
have stuck with me over
these last six years. We won a lot of races in
modifieds and 305s...we
weren't used to struggling like this.This is a
credit to all the hard work
of my crew," said Vaccaro in the Engine Pro Victory
Lane beside his
Precision Body & Frame, Excuses Lounge, Pizza House
West backed #7t.
In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, the last 8
laps featured side by side
battles for the lead. Brubaker, who started sixth,
grabbed the lead for good
on lap 22.
"That was one heck of a battle. It's been a long
four years and I wasn't
going to let this one slip away. At times you get
discouraged because you
get so close to winning," said Brubaker from the
Engine Pro Victory Lane
next to his Brubaker Auctioneer, Fisher Welding &
Fabrication sponsored #35.
"I have to thank my wife, my crew and my mom for
all their support and
encouragement."
Things didn't heat up in the 20-lap dirt truck
feature until the last five
laps. Danny Roepke and ward banged doors for
awhile, and then Jim McGrath
got in the mix. Ward would lead lap 16, with
McGrath holding the slight
advantage on lap 17. Ward would take the top spot
for good on lap 18.
"Danny and I have banged doors before and he
came away with the win. It was
my turn to do that to him," said Ward beside his
Budweiser, Lakefront
Drywall, Hiser's Transmissions, Blue Chip Machine &
Tool, East Side Cafe
backed #18w.
Vaccaro would grab the lead at the drop of the
green in the 410 sprint
feature, with Bobby Clark, who also turned down the
"Deal", Chris Andrews,
Lee Jacobs and Brandon Martin in tow. The only
caution of the race would fly
on lap 4 for a Gus Wasson spin.
Vaccaro would set sail, while the battle heated
up behind him between Clark,
Jacobs, Martin, Andrews and David Harrison. Vaccaro
would hit lapped traffic
on lap 11, allowing Clark and Jacobs to close.
Those three would run nose to
tail until lap 24 when Jacobs would move into
second. As the laps wound
down, Jacobs closed on Vaccaro who was having some
difficulty in lapped
traffic.
At the checkered Vaccaro won by 3 car lengths
over Jacobs, with Clark,
Martin and Greg Wilson rounding out the top five.
Chris Lang would grab the lead from his third
starting spot at the drop of
the green for the 305 sprint feature, with Bowman,
Aaron Moloney, Brubaker
and Brad Keckler in tow. The only yellow would fly
on lap 4 for a Dustin
Keegan spin, with the running order the same for
the top five. However, all
eyes were on Kevin Lee in his new ride, the Jason
Deel-owned 3J. The Green
Springs driver, who won last week at Fremont,
destroyed his car Friday night
at Attica, and was up to 10th from his 17th
starting position.
Lang pulled away when racing resumed, with
Bowman comfortably in second and
Brubaker moving into third by lap 8, with Dan
Hammond and Matt Lucius
rounding out the top five. Bowman would drive under
Lang for the lead on lap
13, with Brubaker still third. Lang would fight
back to lead laps 14 and 15,
with bowman retaking the top spot on lap 16.
Brubaker would move into second on lap 18, with
Lang and now Lee not far
behind. With just five laps remaining, Bowman had
his hands full with
Brubaker. Brubaker and Bowman raced side by side as
they hit lapped traffic
on lap 22, with Brubaker taking the top spot and a
closing Lee moving into
third.
Brubaker would take the checkered over Bowman,
Lee, Lang and Hammond.
Gibsonburg's Danny Roepke, who has 22 career
Fremont wins, would grab the
lead in the dirt truck feature, with rookie Zack
Kramer , Paul Brown Jr.,
Alex Wiechman and Bob Dible right on his rear
bumper. Roepke would continue
to lead with no challenge while the real battle was
behind. Moving through
the field were 10th-starting McGrath and 12th
starting Ward.
At the half-way mark of the 20-lap feature,
Roepke lead over McGrath, Ward,
Kramer, Brown and Wiechman. Ward would move into
second on lap 12 and he and
Roepke would trade paint the next four laps before
ward took the top spot.
Roepke and a closing McGrath would make it a
three-way battle the remaining
four laps.
Ward held off McGrath for the win, with Roepke,
11th-starter Steve Endicott
and Dwight Waltermeier rounding out the top five.
In a bit of sad news, Jim Ford, who returned
"The Track That Action Built"
back to prominence eight years ago, announced this
would be his last as the
promoter of Fremont Speedway. No announcement was
made of who would take
over the reins.
It was also announced the last race of the
season, Saturday, Sept. 15, will
feature pay the 410 sprint feature winner $13,000
($600 to start), though
Ford hinted that may increase over the coming
weeks. The finale will also
feature increased purses for the 305 sprints and
dirt trucks. More details
on this special race will be released in the coming
weeks.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action
Saturday, July 28 on Custom Chrome
Plating Night with the 410 sprints, 305 sprints and
dirt trucks in action.
The "Deal of No Deal" option for the front row of
the Fort Ball Pizza Palace
410 sprints' feature will still be effect -
pole-sitter moves from 1st to
13th starting spot, wins and collects a $2,500
bonus for a potential $5,000
payday (option goes to second place starter if
pole-sitter takes "No Deal.")
Also, thanks to the Tackle Box II, five bikes
will be handed out in a random
draw to kids 10 and under! And, hot dogs will be
two for $1!
For more information log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com or call the track
office at 419-862-2206.
The "New" Fremont Speedway (07-21-07)
Beck Oil Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 24H-Rob Chaney, 12.57; 2. W20-Greg Wilson,
12.75; 3. 10-David Harrison,
12.79; 4. 12-Caleb Griffith, 12.80; 5. 5R-Byron
Reed, 12.81; 6. 11M-Brandon
Martin, 12.81; 7. 3L-Mike Linder, 12.86; 8.
27-Scott Euler, 12.88; 9.
14H-Todd Heller, 12.95; 10. 16-Lee Jacobs, 12.96;
11. 55-Brian Smith, 12.97;
12. 15C-Chris Andrews, 13.04; 13. 8S-Bobby Clark,
13.04; 14. 11B-Brock
Mayes, 13.05; 15. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.06; 16.
51-John Ivy, 13.06; 17. X-Mark
Keegan, 13.06; 18. 31-Chuck Wilson, 13.08; 19.
35-Alvin Roepke, 13.10; 20.
10S-Roger Shammo, 13.27; 21. 48-Mike Burkin, 13.37;
22. 49T-Gregg Dalman,
13.40; 23. O-Gus Wasson, 13.41; 24. 1W-Paul Weaver,
13.45; 25. 3T-Tony
Beaber, 13.55; 26. 96AU-Bruce White, 13.82; 27.
91-Aaron Middaugh, 13.86;
28. 29-Rich Farmer, 14.25; 29. 21-Rodney Morgan,
14.34; 30. 51E-John Evans,
14.73; 31. 11-Josh Harrison, 16.15
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. 8S-Bobby Clark; 3. X-Mark
Keegan; 4. 3T-Tony Beaber; 5.
14H-Todd Heller; 6. 48-Mike Burkin
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 49T-Gregg Dalman; 2. 11M-Brandon Martin; 3.
16-Lee Jacobs; 4. W20-Greg
Wilson; 5. 31-Chuck Wilson; 6. 11B-Brock Mayes; 7.
96AU-Bruce White; 8.
51E-John Evans
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O-Gus Wasson; 2. 35-Alvin Roepke; 3. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro; 4. 10-David
Harrison; 5. 55-Brian Smith; 6. 91-Aaron Middaugh;
7. 11-Josh Harrison; 8.
3L-Mike Linder
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 51-John Ivy; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver; 3. 10S-Roger
Shammo; 4. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 5. 27-Scott Euler; 6. 29-Rich Farmer; 7.
12-Caleb Griffith
B-main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 12-Caleb Griffith; 2. 14H-Todd Heller; 3.
11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 55-Brian
Smith; 5. 24H-Rob Chaney; 6. 31-Chuck Wilson; 7.
91-Aaron Middaugh; 8.
96AU-Bruce White; 9. 27-Scott Euler; 10. 29-Mike
Linder; 11. 21-Rodney
Morgan; 12. 48-Mike Burkin; 13. 51E-John Evans; 14.
11-Josh Harrison
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 7T-Troy Vaccaro[1]; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs[4]; 3.
8S-Bobby Clark[2]; 4.
11M-Brandon Martin[5]; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[8]; 6.
15C-Chris Andrews[3]; 7.
5R-Byron Reed[6]; 8. 55-Brian Smith[11]; 9.
12-Caleb Griffith[9]; 10.
10-David Harrison[7]; 11. 11B-Brock Mayes[12]; 12.
51-John Ivy[13]; 13.
X-Mark Keegan[14]; 14. 14H-Todd Heller[10]; 15.
O-Gus Wasson[18]; 16.
3T-Tony Beaber[20]; 17. 35-Alvin Roepke[15]; 18.
49T-Gregg Dalman[17]; 19.
10S-Roger Shammo[16]; 20. 1W-Paul Weaver[19]
Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 29L-Chris Lang; 2. O1-Daniel Smith; 3. 55S-Benny
Bowman; 4. 10-Brad
Haudenschild; 5.
3J-Kevin Lee; 6. 39M-Matt Merrill; 7. 65-Mark Lang; 8.
12-Brett Lane; 9. 18C-Jason Crispen
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 31-Chad Gullett; 2. 22D-Dan Hammond; 3. 23-Brad
Keckler; 4. 66L-Brad
Bowman; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 6-Ryan Dickey; 7.
7-Jarrid Potter; 8. 48S-Andy
Shammo; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 2. 311-Aaron Moloney; 3.
1A-Matt Lucius; 4. 71-Bill
Kraylek; 5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 18-Todd Heuerman; 7.
72C-John Bartlome
Heat 4 - Borer Mirror & Glass (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 3.
5-Dustin Dinan; 4. 9-Craig
Kays; 5. 34-Mark Whaley; 6. 49-Coty Runion; 7.
O7-Scott Mominee; 8.
82-Travis Hoffbauer
Dash - Computer Man Inc. (4 laps)
1. 29L-Chris Lang; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 3.
31-Chad Gullett; 4. 36X-Dustin
Keegan; 5. 66L-Brad Bowman
B1 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 3J-Kevin Lee;
2. 48S-Andy Shammo; 3. 39M-Matt Merrill; 4. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki; 5. 65-Mark Lang; 6. 12-Brett Lane; 7.
6-Ryan Dickey; 8. 18C-Jason
Crispen; 9. M28-Josh Muntz
B2 Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3. 49-Coty
Runion; 4. 34-Mark Whaley;
5. 72C-John Bartlome; 6. O7-Scott Mominee
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6]; 2. 55S-Benny Bowman[1];
3. 3J-Kevin Lee[17]; 4.
29L-Chris Lang[3]; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond[4]; 6.
1A-Matt Lucius[8]; 7. 18-Todd
Heuerman[18]; 8. 48S-Andy Shammo[19]; 9. 25P-Mark
Pridemore[7]; 10. 71-Bill
Kraylek[15]; 11. O4-Cap Henry[20]; 12. 5-Dustin
Dinan[11]; 13. 31-Chad
Gullett[9]; 14. 23-Brad Keckler[5]; 15. O1-Daniel
Smith[12]; 16. 9-Craig
Kays[16]; 17. 10-Brad Haudenschild[13]; 18.
36X-Dustin Keegan[10]; 19.
311-Aaron Moloney[2]; 20. 66L-Brad Bowman[14]
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 2. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 3.
23M-Brad Mitten; 4. 6-Steve
Sabo; 5. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 6. 4X-Brian Sorg; 7.
X-Tim Keegan; 8. 8B-Jim
Brewer
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 53-Dan Roepke; 3. 8-Steve
Endicott; 4. 39-Dwight
Waltermier; 5. 83B-Dave Brewer; 6. 20-Andy Maynard;
7. 55B-Bill Bruen; 8.
96-James Mcclure
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 8K-Zack Kramer; 3. 8H-Art Howey
Jr.; 4. 56-Alex
Wiechman; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs;
7. 34M-Kevin Miller; 8.
28-Shawn Valenti
B-main (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 28-Shawn Valenti; 2. 20-Andy Maynard; 3.
96-James Mcclure; 4. X-Tim
Keegan; 5. 55B-Bill Bruen; 6. 34M-Kevin Miller; 7.
4X-Brian Sorg
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 18W-Cory Ward[12]; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath[10]; 3.
53-Dan Roepke[2]; 4. 8-Steve
Endicott[11]; 5. 39-Dwight Waltermier[7]; 6.
8K-Zack Kramer[3]; 7. 8H-Art
Howey Jr.[9]; 8. 23M-Brad Mitten[6]; 9. 3R-Chuck
Roelle[13]; 10. P51-Paul
Brown Jr.[1]; 11. 55B-Bill Bruen[20]; 12. 6-Steve
Sabo[5]; 13. 28-Shawn
Valenti[16]; 14. 96-James Mcclure[18]; 15. 56-Alex
Wiechman[4]; 16. 92-Loren
Schwochow[15]; 17. 20-Andy Maynard[17]; 18. X-Tim
Keegan[19]; 19. 17-Bob
Dible[8]; 20. 83B-Dave Brewer[14]
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