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Harrison scores emotional Fremont win;
Haudenschild gets career 1st; McGrath tames trucks
Saturday, April 26, 2008
By Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net
FREMONT, Ohio - It's been an
emotional, topsy-turvy off-season for David
Harrison. However, he kicked off Fremont
Speedway's 57th season of racing
with a 410 sprint win Saturday on Fort
Ball Pizza Palace Night.
Harrison's father-in-law, Alex Burkett
has been struggling with health
issues all winter. Add to that, Harrison,
from Burgoon, Ohio, became a
grandfather this past week as his son,
Josh, also a sprint car racer, and
his girlfriend Katie welcomed a son.
"I want to dedicate this win to my
father-in-law...he supported me so much
in my racing career," said Harrison
beside his Crown Batter, MCS Trucking,
MAR Technology backed #10. "Then to get a
healthy grandson...this is just
incredible."
"We put this deal together with Dee
Genzman about three weeks ago and thanks
to my crew, Bill Doughterty, Eric Zelski,
and everyone, we've been fast
right out of the box," added Harrison
from the Engine Pro Victory Lane.
While Harrison was collecting his 7th
career Fremont victory in the Fort
Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints,
Fredericksburg, Ohio's Brad Haudenschild made
his first career visit to the Engine Pro
Victory Lane in the Fremont Federal
Credit Union 305 Sprints.
"There were a couple of close calls in
traffic...I just put it in there and
hoped it would stick or I'd take us all
out," said Haudenschild beside his
R&B Enterprises, Vision Express sponsored
#10. "I have to thank mom and dad
(Tammy and Ed) for all their support. We
blew our motor last night (at
Attica Racewaypark) and got up this
morning and put this bullett in and we
win..it's unbelieveable."
Clyde, Ohio's Jim McGrath scored his
third career win in the Fremont Fence &
Guardrail Dirt Trucks in convincing
fashion.
"The truck was just very good and easy
to drive," said McGrath beside his
B&K Auto Services backed #5. "What a way
to start the year...it usually
takes me a few weeks to get rolling, but
that thing was awesome tonight."
Pole-sitter Mark Keegan looked like he
would take career win #60 at "The
Track That Action Built," as he bolted to
a big lead at the start of the
30-lap 410 sprint feature. Mike Burkin
would battle Craig Mintz for the
runner-up spot as they hit lapped traffic
on the eighth circuit.
Mintz would get by Burkin for second
on lap 9, but could not close in on
Keegan. Meanwhile, Harrison, who started
fourth, was in a dog-fight with
Byron Reed and Lee Jacobs.While Keegan
continued to ride the middle of the
track, Harrison began closing in on Mintz
and would grab the runner-up spot
on lap 13. Harrison would reel in Keegan
by lap 17. Harrison and Keegan
would battle side-by-side on lap 20, with
Harrison ducking under Keegan for
the exiting turn 2 on lap 21.
The only caution would fly on lap 23,
with Harrison having two lapped
machines between himself and Keegan.
However, before the race would resume,
Keegan would duck into the pits with a
flat tire. Harrison would power to
the victory over Mintz, Lee Jacobs, Reed
and Mike Linder.
Benny Bowman, who took a spectacular
flip last week at Fremont, grabbed the
lead of the 305 sprint feature with Mark
Pridemore and Nate Dussell in tow.
The car on the move was sixth starter
Todd Heuerman who moved into third on
the second lap and grabbed second a lap
later. Heuerman pressured bowman for
the lead, but the action would grind to a
halt on a hard flip by Coty Runion
and Dussell on lap four (both drivers
were okay).
Bowman would pull away on the restart
with Heuerman comfortably in second
and 12th starter Stuart Brubaker moving
into third. Following a yellow on
lap six, the car on the move was
Haudenschild, who started third and had
slipped back to fifth at the beginning of
the race. The nephew of World of
Outlaws star Jac Haudenschild moved into
third on lap 9 and powered around
Heuerman into second on lap 12.
Haudenschild would execute his winning
move to the outside of turn 4 on lap
15 and would slice through lapped traffic
for the win. Bobby Clark, who
scored the win Friday at Attica, would
drive from 16th to second at the
checkers, with Bowman, Heuerman and
Brubaker rounding out the top five.
Defending Fremont champion Cory Ward
would grab the initial lead in the 20
lap dirt truck main, with McGrath
settling into second and Brad Mitten in a
battle for third with Steve Endicott and
Dave Brewer. McGrath would drive
his familiar high side line around Ward
exiting turn four on the third lap
for the lead.
While McGrath pulled away, the action
for second on back was exciting, with
Ward, Brewer, Mitten, Bob Dible, Dwight
Waltermeier, Art Ball and Steve Sabo
swapping the positions nearly every lap.
At the finish it was McGrath over
Dible, Ward, Brewer and Waltermeier.
Fremont Speedway will be back in
action Saturday, May 3 on Baumann Auto
Group Night featuring the Fort Ball Pizza
Palace 410 Sprints; Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints; and the
Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt
Trucks. Gates open at 4 p.m. with racing
action heating up at 7 p.m.
For more information log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com
The Fremont Speedway (04-26-08)
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 20X-Brian Smith, 12.98; 2. 15C-Chris
Andrews, 13.31; 3. 48S-Andy Shammo,
13.41; 4. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.47; 5.
5R-Byron Reed, 13.54; 6. 10-David
Harrison, 13.58; 7. 8S-Craig Mintz,
13.65; 8. 48-Mike Burkin, 13.71; 9.
X-Mark Keegan, 13.74; 10. 312-Mike
Linder, 13.76; 11. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.79;
12. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.83; 13. 12-Caleb
Griffith, 13.85; 14. 14H-Todd
Heller, 13.96; 15. 27-Scott Euler, 14.05;
16. 23-Ben Rutan, 14.64; 17.
6-Mike Dussell (R), 15.16; 18. 4K-Kody
Kinser, 91.00; 19. 55-John Ivy, NT
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 312-Mike Linder; 2. 12-Caleb Griffith;
3. 8S-Craig Mintz; 4. 16-Lee
Jacobs; 5. 20X-Brian Smith; 6. 55-John
Ivy; 7. 23-Ben Rutan
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. 6-Mike Dussell
(R); 3. 48-Mike Burkin; 4. 1W-Paul
Weaver; 5. 5R-Byron Reed; 6. 15C-Chris
Andrews
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 27-Scott Euler; 2. X-Mark Keegan; 3.
48S-Andy Shammo; 4. 4K-Kody Kinser;
5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 7T-Troy Vaccaro
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 10-David Harrison[4]; 2. 8S-Craig
Mintz[3]; 3. 16-Lee Jacobs[6]; 4.
5R-Byron Reed[5]; 5. 312-Mike Linder[10];
6. 15C-Chris Andrews[9]; 7.
12-Caleb Griffith[13]; 8. 48S-Andy
Shammo[7]; 9. 20X-Brian Smith[8]; 10.
55-John Ivy[19]; 11. 14H-Todd Heller[14];
12. 48-Mike Burkin[2]; 13. 1W-Paul
Weaver[11]; 14. 7T-Troy Vaccaro[12]; 15.
6-Mike Dussell (R)[17]; 16.
27-Scott Euler[15]; 17. 4K-Kody
Kinser[18]; 18. X-Mark Keegan[1]; 19. 23-Ben
Rutan[16]
Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 10-Brad
Haudenschild; 3. 14-Chad Wilson; 4. 66L-Brad
Bowman; 5. 19R-Steve Rando; 6. 5-Dustin
Dinan; 7.
3J-Kevin Lee; 8.
3X-Brad
Keckler; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 10.
47-Jimmy Sebetto (R)
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 9-Jimmy Colvin
(R); 3. 1-Nate Dussel (R); 4.
39-Matt Merrill; 5. 23-Willie Keegan; 6.
36X-Dustin Keegan; 7. 28-Shaun
Valenti (R); 8. 65-Mark Lang; 9. 24X-Tom
Nichols; 10. 61L-Adam Thacker (R)
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. O4-Cap Henry; 3.
M28-Josh Muntz; 4. 8K-Zack Kramer
(R); 5. 13-Junior Felver; 6. 27K-Ryan
Kirkendall; 7. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 8.
26-Zack Moore
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 49-Coty Runion; 2. 55-Benny Bowman; 3.
25P-Mark Pridemore; 4. 40-Bobby
Clark; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 29-Chris
Lang; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond; 8. 11-Shawn
Colvin; 9. 80-Jake Travino (R)
B1 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to
A-main)
1. 19R-Steve Rando; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan; 3.
23-Willie Keegan;
4. 3J-Kevin Lee;
5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 3X-Brad Keckler;
7. 65-Mark Lang; 8. 24X-Tom
Nichols; 9. 28-Shaun Valenti (R); 10.
61L-Adam Thacker (R); 11. 36X-Dustin
Keegan
B2 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 13-Junior Felver;
3. 29-Chris Lang; 4. 22D-Dan
Hammond; 5. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 6.
27K-Ryan Kirkendall; 7. 80-Jake Travino
(R); 8. 26-Zack Moore; 9. 11-Shawn Colvin
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 10-Brad Haudenschild[3]; 2. 40-Bobby
Clark[16]; 3. 55-Benny Bowman[2]; 4.
18-Todd Heuerman[6]; 5. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[12]; 6. O1-Bryan Sebetto[9]; 7.
5-Dustin Dinan[19]; 8. 66L-Brad
Bowman[13]; 9. M28-Josh Muntz[8]; 10.
14-Chad Wilson[11]; 11. 71-Bill
Kraylek[18]; 12. 25P-Mark Pridemore[1]; 13.
19R-Steve Rando[17]; 14. 8K-Zack Kramer
(R)[15]; 15. 13-Junior Felver[20];
16. 39-Matt Merrill[14]; 17. 9-Jimmy
Colvin (R)[5]; 18. 1-Nate Dussel
(R)[4]; 19. 49-Coty Runion[7]; 20. O4-Cap
Henry[10]
Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (7 laps)
1. 92-Loren Schwochow; 2. 6-Steve Sabo;
3. 17-Bob Dible; 4. 5-Jim Mcgrath;
5. O1-Art Ball; 6. 39-Dwight Waltermier;
7. 91-Rick Potts; 8. 62-Dave
Severs; 9. 56-Alex Wiechman
Heat 2 (7 laps)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 88-Dave Brewer;
3. 18W-Cory Ward; 4. 30-Dave Gibbs;
5. 4X-Brian Sorg; 6. 23M-Brad Mitten; 7.
14-Scott Beard; 8. P51-Paul Brown
Jr.; 9. 20-Andy Maynard
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath[1]; 2. 17-Bob Dible[8];
3. 18W-Cory Ward[2]; 4. 88-Dave
Brewer[3]; 5. 39-Dwight Waltermier[7]; 6.
O1-Art Ball[12]; 7. 6-Steve
Sabo[11]; 8. 23M-Brad Mitten[4]; 9.
20-Andy Maynard[18]; 10. 30-Dave
Gibbs[5]; 11. 8-Steve Endicott[6]; 12.
56-Alex Wiechman[17]; 13. 91-Rick
Potts[13]; 14. 62-Dave Severs[15]; 15.
4X-Brian Sorg[10]; 16. 92-Loren
Schwochow[9]; 17. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[16];
18. 14-Scott Beard[14]
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