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Greg Wilson finds Engine Pro Victory Lane
at Fremont; Sebetto takes 305 cash; Sabo claims truck victory
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Contact Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio - Greg Wilson is
accustomed to winning. But rain-outs and bad
luck have kept the two-time O'Reilly All
Star champion out of the winner's
circle so far in 2008. It took some good
luck and a trip back to Fremont
Speedway to change all of that Saturday,
May 17.
The Benton Ridge, Ohio driver led all
30 laps to claim his first win of the
season on Roots Poultry Night at "The
Track That Action Built."
"I almost forgot how to get here,"
said Wilson in the Engine Pro Victory
Lane. "The track was different
tonight...a little tight. If the guys
(promoters Andy James and Rich Farmer)
just back off a little this will be
an awesome surface."
"Boy did we need this. The guys have
been working so hard in the shop to
turn this thing around. I'm so happy for
them and for Veryl and Sabrina
Warnimont (car owners). This is a big
confidence boosters heading into next
weekend," said Wilson aboard his All Star
Plumbing, Heating and Air
Conditioning backed sprinter. "Lance
(Dewease) and all the All Stars have
been hard to beat all year. When they
come here next Saturday, they will
have their hands full...this is a tough
place and the competition is so
strong here."
Fremont's Bryan "Flipper" Sebetto
fought off challenges by Stuart Brubaker
to claim his 10th career Fremont victory
in the Fremont Federal Credit Union
305 Sprints.
"This is the first time I've won in
the family car. My dad and I put this
deal together and this is very special,"
said Sebetto beside his Schiets
Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki; Legendz Sports
Bar, American Auto Sales backed
sprinter. "Scott Gressman built us a heck
of a motor and you needed all of
it tonight."
"I love this type of track...when it
gets cowboy up," added Sebetto from the
Engine Pro Victory Lane.
Steve Sabo battled Art Ball side by
side the first eight laps of the Fremont
Fence Dirt Truck's feature, then held off
challenges by Jim McGrath to claim
his 26th career Fremont win.
"It was a matter of being patient
around traffic. Art raced me clean and
that's all you can ask," said Sabo beside
his Progressive Iron & Metal, Sabo
Race Cars and Trucks backed truck."I want
to thank my wife (Linda) and my
daughter and Dave Gibbs and everyone who
helps on this truck."
At the drop of the green for the
30-lap Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint
feature, Wilson put the hamer down and
built up a lead as rookie Mike
Dussel, Brian Smith, Jody Keegan and Chad
Blonde raced hard in tow.
Following a pair of yellows early on,
Wilson once again built up a big lead
on the fast and tight track, with the
battle heating up for second between
Dussell and Chad Blonde.
Disaster struck on lap 14, as Blonde
flipped hard in turn 4 ending his great
run. He was okay, but done for the night.
Wilson now had a pair of lapped
machines between himself and Dussel on the
restart. Byron Reed would use this to his
advantage, getting around Dussel.
At the halfway mark it was Wilson, Reed,
Dussel, David Harrison and Smith.
The final stoppage of the feature
would come on lap 18 when Dean Jacobs got
upside down in turn 3. He was fine, but
his charge to the front was over.
As the laps ticked away, Reed would
close in on Wilson, but ran out of laps,
settling for second. Dussell continued
his impressive early season success,
finishing third, with Harrison and
Brandon Martin rounding out the top five.
In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature,
Sebetto used the high line to take the
early lead, with Brubaker followin his
tire tracks. As that duo pulled away,
Chad Wilson, rookie Jimmy Colvin and Coty
Runion fought hard for third.
Sebetto hit lapped traffic by the 10th
circuit, with the only yellow flying
a lap later. Sebetto and Brubaker
continued to be the class of the field,
building up a straight-away advantage
over the rest of the field. Colvin
would get around Wilson a lap later to
move into third, bringing along
Runion.
Sebetto would hit lapped traffic again
on the 17th lap, with Brubaker,
Colvin, Runion and Dustin Dinan in tow.
Sebetto could not shake Brubaker,
but would take the checkered flag by a
car length. Brubaker, Colvin, Dinan
and Runion would round out the top five.
In the 20-lap dirt truck main, the
front row starters Ball and Sabo would
literally race door to door the first
eight laps. Disaster struck for Ball
as he made contact with a lapped truck.
While he led at the yellow, his left
rear tire would go flat, ending his run.
Sabo couldn't breath easy though, as
opening night winner Jim McGrath raced
under him for several laps, but ran out
of steam at the end. Sabo would take
the checkered over McGrath, a fast
closing Chester Fitch, Cory Ward and Bob
Dible.
Fremont Speedway will be back in
action Saturday, May 24, as the O'Reilly
All Star Circuit of Champions bring their
touring group to town for the
first of three appearances in 2008, for a
$5,000 to win payday. The 305
sprints and dirt trucks will also be in
action.
For more information log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com
The Fremont Speedway (05-17-08)
Roots Poultry Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super
Sprints
Qualifying
1. 10-David Harrison, 12.97; 2. 2M-Dustin
Daggett, 13.11; 3. X-Mark Keegan,
13.12; 4. 24H-Rob Chaney, 13.22; 5.
59-Kenny Jacobs, 13.25; 6. 5R-Byron
Reed, 13.26; 7. 5B-Chad Blonde, 13.26; 8.
11M-Brandon Martin, 13.29; 9.
20X-Brian Smith, 13.29; 10. 60-Jody
Keegan, 13.33; 11. 22-Cole Duncan,
13.34; 12. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.37; 13.
97S-Aaron Shaffer, 13.39; 14.
312-Mike Linder, 13.44; 15. 6-Mike
Dussell (R), 13.46; 16. 1W-Paul Weaver,
13.47; 17. 55-John Ivy, 13.48; 18.
7K-Dean Jacobs, 13.48; 19. 2-Dale Blaney,
13.50; 20. 10S-Roger Shammo, 13.51; 21.
92V-Matthew Reed, 13.55; 22.
9X-Kevin Huntley, 13.61; 23. 27-Scott
Euler, 13.64; 24. 48S-Andy Shammo,
13.65; 25. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.73; 26.
O4-Cap Henry, 13.74; 27. 14H-Todd
Heller, 13.76; 28. 11B-Brock Mayes,
13.78; 29. 8S-Craig Mintz, 13.90; 30.
83-Phil Gressman, 13.91; 31. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro, 13.98; 32. 11-Josh Harrison,
14.01; 33. 5T-Travis Philo, 14.12; 34.
15C-Chris Andrews, 14.18; 35. 1-Doug
Berryman, 14.19; 36. 16S-Lee Stark,
14.27; 37. D7-Tony Beaber, 14.28; 38.
61-Chad Gullett, 14.66
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 92V-Matthew Reed; 2. 55-John Ivy; 3.
10-David Harrison; 4. 20X-Brian
Smith; 5. 59-Kenny Jacobs; 6. 97S-Aaron
Shaffer; 7. 8S-Craig Mintz; 8.
16-Lee Jacobs; 9. D7-Tony Beaber
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 7K-Dean Jacobs; 2. 9X-Kevin Huntley;
3. 60-Jody Keegan; 4. 5R-Byron Reed;
5. 83-Phil Gressman; 6. 312-Mike Linder;
7. 2M-Dustin Daggett; 8. O4-Cap
Henry; 9. 15C-Chris Andrews; 10. 61-Chad
Gullett
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 6-Mike Dussell (R);
3. 5B-Chad Blonde; 4. 27-Scott
Euler; 5. 22-Cole Duncan; 6. X-Mark
Keegan; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro; 9. 1-Doug Berryman
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 10S-Roger Shammo;
3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 24H-Rob
Chaney; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin; 6. 1W-Paul
Weaver; 7. 11B-Brock Mayes; 8.
16S-Lee Stark; 9. 11-Josh Harrison
C-main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to
B-main)
1. 15C-Chris Andrews; 2. 1-Doug Berryman;
3. 16S-Lee Stark; 4. D7-Tony
Beaber; 5. 61-Chad Gullett
B-main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 2M-Dustin Daggett;
3. 11M-Brandon Martin; 4. 59-Kenny
Jacobs; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver; 6. 11B-Brock
Mayes; 7. 22-Cole Duncan; 8. 16-Lee
Jacobs; 9. 97S-Aaron Shaffer; 10.
8S-Craig Mintz; 11. 83-Phil Gressman; 12.
7T-Troy Vaccaro; 13. 14H-Todd Heller; 14.
5T-Travis Philo; 15. 11-Josh
Harrison; 16. 1-Doug Berryman; 17.
312-Mike Linder; 18. 15C-Chris Andrews
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. W20-Greg Wilson[2]; 2. 5R-Byron
Reed[6]; 3. 6-Mike Dussell (R)[1]; 4.
10-David Harrison[8]; 5. 11M-Brandon
Martin[12]; 6. X-Mark Keegan[10]; 7.
55-John Ivy[13]; 8. 20X-Brian Smith[4];
9. 92V-Matthew Reed[17]; 10.
10S-Roger Shammo[16]; 11. 9X-Kevin
Huntley[18]; 12. 48S-Andy Shammo[20]; 13.
27-Scott Euler[19]; 14. 60-Jody
Keegan[3]; 15. 24H-Rob Chaney[7]; 16.
7K-Dean Jacobs[14]; 17. 5B-Chad
Blonde[5]; 18. 2M-Dustin Daggett[9]; 19.
59-Kenny Jacobs[11]; 20. 2-Dale
Blaney[15]
Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 66L-Brad
Bowman; 3. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 4.
39-Matt Merrill; 5. 80-Jake Travino (R);
6. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 7. 8K-Zack
Kramer (R); 8. 24X-Tom Nichols; 9.
M28-Josh Muntz; 10. 29-Chris Lang
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 40-Bobby Clark; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan; 3.
65-Mark Lang; 4.
3J-Kevin Lee; 5.
X-Dustin Stroup (R); 6. 18I-Mark Irwin;
7. 22D-Dan Hammond; 8. 61L-Adam
Thacker (R); 9. 28-Shaun Valenti (R); 10.
26-Zack Moore
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 25P-Mark
Pridemore; 3. 14-Chad Wilson; 4. 55-Benny
Bowman; 5. 1-Nate Dussel (R); 6. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki; 7. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 8.
3X-Brad Keckler; 9. 72C-John Bartlome
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 23-Willie Keegan; 2. 9-Jimmy Colvin
(R); 3. 49-Coty Runion; 4. 19R-Steve
Rando; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman; 6. 13-Junior
Felver; 7. 47-Jimmy Sebetto (R); 8.
71-Bill Kraylek; 9. 83X-Nate Reeser
B1 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to
A-main)
1. X-Dustin Stroup (R); 2. 80-Jake
Travino (R); 3. 18I-Mark Irwin; 4.
36X-Dustin Keegan; 5. 22D-Dan Hammond; 6.
24X-Tom Nichols; 7. 28-Shaun
Valenti (R); 8. 29-Chris Lang; 9.
61L-Adam Thacker (R); 10. 26-Zack Moore
B2 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 1-Nate Dussel
(R); 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 11F-D.J.
Foos (R); 5. 13-Junior Felver; 6. 3X-Brad
Keckler; 7. 72C-John Bartlome; 8.
47-Jimmy Sebetto (R); 9. 71-Bill Kraylek
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto[2]; 2. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[4]; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R)[6];
4. 5-Dustin Dinan[7]; 5. 49-Coty
Runion[8]; 6. 40-Bobby Clark[12]; 7.
14-Chad Wilson[1];
8. 3J-Kevin Lee[14];
9. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[11]; 10.
66L-Brad Bowman[9]; 11. 25P-Mark
Pridemore[3]; 12. 23-Willie Keegan[5]; 13.
19R-Steve Rando[16]; 14. 39-Matt
Merrill[13]; 15. X-Dustin Stroup (R)[17];
16. 55-Benny Bowman[15]; 17. 80-Jake
Travino (R)[19]; 18. 18-Todd
Heuerman[18]; 19. 65-Mark Lang[10]; 20.
1-Nate Dussel (R)[20]
Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (7 laps)
1. 33-Brian Arnold; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3.
88-Dave Brewer; 4. O1-Art Ball; 5.
101-Chest Fitch; 6. 2R-Ron Kepling; 7.
92-Loren Schwochow
Heat 2 (7 laps)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 20-Andy Maynard; 3.
8-Steve Endicott; 4. 5-Jim Mcgrath;
5. 91-Rick Potts; 6. 34K-George Miller
Heat 3 (7 laps)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. 5JR-Jim
Mcgrath Jr.; 3. 16-Steve Sabo; 4.
23M-Brad Mitten; 5. 4X-Brian Sorg; 6.
6-Linda Sabo; 7. 32H-Dan Hennig
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 16-Steve Sabo[2]; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath[4];
3. 101-Chest Fitch[13]; 4.
18W-Cory Ward[6]; 5. 17-Bob Dible[12]; 6.
88-Dave Brewer[10]; 7. 30-Dave
Gibbs[21]; 8. 2R-Ron Kepling[16]; 9.
20-Andy Maynard[3]; 10. 23M-Brad
Mitten[8]; 11. 91-Rick Potts[14]; 12.
5JR-Jim Mcgrath Jr.[9]; 13. 6-Linda
Sabo[18]; 14. 92-Loren Schwochow[19]; 15.
33-Brian Arnold[5]; 16. O1-Art
Ball[1]; 17. 32H-Dan Hennig[20]; 18.
4X-Brian Sorg[15]; 19. 8-Steve
Endicott[7]; 20. 39-Dwight
Waltermier[11]; 21. 34K-George Miller[17]
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