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Shaffer 2-for-2 in new ride, takes
Fremont loot; first time winners in 305 sprints, Zablocki and Hoffbauer; Sabo
takes trucks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Contact: Brian Liskai
419-271-3299
FREMONT, Ohio - Since leaving his
World of Outlaws ride two weeks ago, Tim
Shaffer is having fun again behind the
wheel of a 410 sprint car. The
Pennsylvania driver took over the duties
of the Aaron Call #83 this week and
is two-for-two after winning at Fremont
Speedway Saturday, July 5. The Steel
City Outlaw won the All Star Circuit of
Champions race Friday in Indiana as
well.
"After being out on the road these
past years and then losing my ride....it
was a little upsetting. Then I got in
Bryan Grove's car for Speedweek and
now Aaron Call and Brian Kemenah gave me
a chance in this car and it's fun
racing again. I'm back to my roots and
I'm just having a blast," said
Shaffer in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.
Shaffer earned $3,500 for the Fort
Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints' 40-lap
feature on a night that was dedicated to
the men and women who have served
and are serving in the military.
The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305
Sprints had a busy night, with a
make-up feature from June 26 to be run
along with the regular night's
feature event. Earning their first career
visits to the Engine Pro Victory
Lane were McCutchenville's Travis
Hoffbauer in the make-up event, and
Tiffin's Duane Zablocki in the $1,000 win
Coors Light feature.
Hoffbauer grabbed the lead on lap 11
and held off Matt Ferrill for the
make-up feature win as Ohio Governor Ted
Strickland looked on.
"This is the greatest moment of my
life," said 17-year-old Hoffbauer beside
his Hoffbauer Construction, Mountain Main
Trading Post backed #82. "I saw
that 01 (Bryan Sebetto) under me (on lap
17) and I thought I'd better gas'er
up."
Zablocki led all 25 laps of the
night's regular 305 sprint feature, but had
to contend with a hard-charging Stuart
Brubaker and lapped traffic the final
five laps.
"We finally got a good starting spot
and that helped. But my crew has been
working their tails off and this weekend
we turned things around," said
Zablocki beside his Zablocki
Construction, Jeff Haymon Excavating, Burns
Electric backed car after taking second
Friday at Attica Raceway Park as
well. "Lapped traffic was not much fun
tonight for me."
In the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks,
Steve Sabo inherited the lead on the third
lap and held off challenges from Cory
Ward, Jim McGrath and Dwight
Waltermeier in a tremendous battle
throughout the feature for his 27th
career win at "The Track That Action
Built. Sabo now sits 12th on Fremont
Speedway's all-time career feature win
list.
"Dave Gibbs, Dave Severs, my wife, my
daughter...everyone has been working
hard on this truck to get it better and
we're getting there," said Sabo
beside his Progressive Iron and Metal,
Sabo Race Cars and Trucks backed #16.
Prior to the racing action, fans were
treated to a day of fun and games at
the historic Sandusky County Fairgrounds,
thanks to all the branches of the
armed services. The night included
tributes by fans who purchased laps in
memory or in support of military
personnel both past and present, with the
proceeds going to veterans services.
Also, the 50-50 raffle saw over $2,500
raised for the Jeremy Shock Foundation in
honor of the Green Springs, Ohio
soldier who was killed in Iraq. The funds
will help with the installation of
lights at ball fields in Shock's
hometown. Fans were also treated to a
fireworks display thanks to support from
Wendt Key Team Realty, York
Fabrication, CA Kustoms, Heinz USA, the
Eagles Aerie, VFW, American Legion,
Kmart, Crown Battery, Ludwig Propane,
Fremont Federal Credit Union, Wendy's
Restaurant, KF Ventures, Sweet Home Cafe,
American Auto Sales, Baker
Bonningson Auctioneers, the City of
Fremont, and the Baumann Auto Group.
At the start of the 410 sprint
feature, David Harrison looked to make it two
big wins in a row, jumping into a
commanding lead with Craig Mintz, Shaffer,
Lee Jacobs and Dale Blaney in tow. As
Harrison hit lapped traffic on lap 7,
Mintz and Shaffer closed, setting up a
great three car battle for the lead.
Disaster struck for Harrison on lap 9, as
he got into the back of John Ivy
while trying to put him a lap down,
sending Ivy flipping into turn three and
Harrison to the pits with front end
suspension damage.
Mintz was now the point man and he
pulled away from Shaffer, with Jacobs,
Blaney, Brock Mayes and Mike Linder
locked into a great battle behind. By
lap 15, Mintz had caught lapped traffic,
allowing Shaffer to close and race
side-by-side for the lead. A Brandon
Martin spin on lap 17 gave Mintz a
clear track and he once again built his
lead while Jacobs, Blaney and Mike
Linder waged a tremendous battle for
third.
Following a lap 18 caution, Mintz
would quickly catch the rear of the field
by lap 26, again allowing Shaffer to
close, while Blaney moved into third
and began to challenge. On lap 28, Mintz
and Shaffer were side by side with
Blaney right on their rear bumper.
Shaffer would use a lapped machine as a
pick and drive under Mintz for the lead
on lap 29. Shaffer used his
experience to pick his way through
traffic and would take the checkered over
Mintz, Blaney, Mayes and Jacobs.
In the make-up 305 sprint feature,
Matt Ferrell would grab the early lead
with Hoffbauer, Matt Merrill and Coty
Runion in tow. Merrill and Hoffbauer
pulled away from the field and hit lapped
traffic by the ninth circuit.
Hoffbauer used the lapped machines to his
advantage and driver under Ferrell
for the lead on lap 11.
At the half-way mark, the car on the
move was Bryan Sebetto who was up to
third from his ninth starting spot.
Following a lap 15 yellow, Sebetto
quickly dispatched of Ferrell and began
putting the pressure on Hoffbauer.
Sebetto put a flyer on the youngster in
turn three to take the lead on lap
17, only to see the yellow displayed for
a D.J. Foos spin. On the restart,
Sebetto hauled it into turn one to
attempt another pass of Hoffbauer...the
rearend broke, sending him flipping into
turn two.
With a clear track, Hoffbauer held off
Ferrell for the win, with Merrill,
Kevin Lee and rookie Zack Kramer rounding
out the top five.
In the regular 305 sprint feature,
Zablocki grabbed the lead from the drop
of the green, with Cap Henry, Brad
Haudenschild, Dustin Dinan and Bobby
Clark in tow. Dinan, Henry and Clark
would get together on the front stretch
on the second lap, ending Henry and
Clark's run with Dinan being sent
pitside for rough driving.
Zablocki would continue to lead with
pressure being applied by Haudenschild
while Nate Dussel and Stuart Brubaker
waging a great battle for third.
Haudenschild's run would end on lap 7
when he slid off the high side of turn
four. On the restart, Zablocki would pull
away in the lead while Dussel and
Brubaker continued their fight for
second.
Brubaker would move into second on lap
10 and would begin to put pressure on
Zablocki when they hit lapped traffic by
lap 13. Dussel's run would end when
he and Kramer made contact battling for
third. With five laps remaining,
Brubaker began to put pressure on
Zablocki and they ran side by side the
remaining distance.
At the checkered, Zablocki took the
win over Brubaker, Kramer, Chad Wilson
and Kevin Lee rounding out the top five.
In the dirt truck feature, Kent Brewer
grabbed the initial lead, only to be
sidelined with a flat tire. Dan Henning
took the point and spun the next lap
in turn two. Sabo then took the point and
the battle was on. The entire
distance of the race saw a great seven
truck battle up front involving Sabo,
Ward, Andy Maynard, Jim McGrath,
Waltermeier, Danny Roepke and Jim Keegan.
By the ninth lap, Sabo, McGrath, Ward
and Waltermeier were locked in a
tremendous battle up front. At the
halfway mark the running order was Sabo,
McGrath, Ward, Waltermeier, Keegan,
Maynard and Roepke.
Waltermeier would move into second on
lap 14 and challenge Sabo for the
lead. Sabo would gradually pull away for
the win with Waltermeier, Ward,
McGrath and Roepke rounding out the top
five.
Fremont Speedway will be back in
action Saturday, July 12 for Schiets
Motorsports Night. For more information
log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com
The Fremont Speedway (07-05-08)
Coors Light Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 2-Dale Blaney, 11.81; 2. 312-Mike
Linder, 11.97; 3. 6-Mike Dussell (R),
12.09; 4. O-Jeremy Campbell, 12.15; 5.
X-Mark Keegan, 12.18; 6. 11B-Brock
Mayes, 12.19; 7. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.20;
8. 16-Lee Jacobs, 12.20; 9. 10-David
Harrison, 12.21; 10. 83-Tim Shaffer,
12.21; 11. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.24; 12.
5R-Byron Reed, 12.25; 13. 12-Caleb
Griffith, 12.34; 14. 7T-Troy Vaccaro,
12.34; 15. 97-Phil Gressman, 12.34; 16.
22-Cole Duncan, 12.39; 17. 48S-Andy
Shammo, 12.40; 18. 9X-Brandon Martin,
12.41; 19. 24H-Rob Chaney, 12.41; 20.
14H-Todd Heller, 12.42; 21. 20AU-Troy
Little, 12.51; 22. 15C-Chris Andrews,
12.56; 23. 55-John Ivy, 12.57; 24.
60-Jody Keegan, 12.72; 25. 4M-Jamie
Miller, 12.75; 26. 10S-Roger Shammo,
12.80; 27. D7-Tony Beaber, 12.85; 28.
5T-Travis Philo, 12.98; 29. 20X-Brian
Smith, 13.01; 30. 96AU-Bruce White,
13.02; 31. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 13.27; 32.
11-Josh Harrison, 13.37; 33.
27-Scott Euler, 13.75; 34. 69-Scott
Curren, 99.00
Heat 1 (10 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 10-David Harrison; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo;
3. 20AU-Troy Little; 4. 2-Dale
Blaney; 5. 12-Caleb Griffith; 6. X-Mark
Keegan; 7. 20X-Brian Smith; 8.
4M-Jamie Miller; 9. 27-Scott Euler
Heat 2 (10 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 9X-Brandon Martin; 2. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer; 4. 312-Mike
Linder; 5. 11B-Brock Mayes; 6. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro; 7. 10S-Roger Shammo; 8.
96AU-Bruce White
Heat 3 (10 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 24H-Rob Chaney; 2. 55-John Ivy; 3.
97-Phil Gressman; 4. O9-Craig Mintz;
5. 6-Mike Dussell (R); 6. W20-Greg
Wilson; 7. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 8. D7-Tony
Beaber
Heat 4 (10 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 14H-Todd Heller; 2. 60-Jody Keegan; 3.
5R-Byron Reed; 4. 16-Lee Jacobs;
5. O-Jeremy Campbell; 6. 22-Cole Duncan;
7. 11-Josh Harrison
B-main (10 laps, top 6 transfer to
A-Main)
1. O-Jeremy Campbell; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes;
3. 6-Mike Dussell (R); 4. W20-Greg
Wilson; 5. X-Mark Keegan; 6. 20X-Brian
Smith; 7. 4M-Jamie Miller; 8. 22-Cole
Duncan; 9. 27-Scott Euler; 10. 10S-Roger
Shammo; 11. 12-Caleb Griffith; 12.
7T-Troy Vaccaro; 13. D7-Tony Beaber; 14.
11-Josh Harrison; 15. 11N-Ed
Neumeister
A-main (40 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[1]; 2. O9-Craig
Mintz[4]; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[6]; 4.
11B-Brock Mayes[10]; 5. 16-Lee Jacobs[3];
6. 312-Mike Linder[5]; 7. 5R-Byron
Reed[12]; 8. W20-Greg Wilson[11]; 9.
X-Mark Keegan[9]; 10. 6-Mike Dussell
(R)[7]; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews[17]; 12.
97-Phil Gressman[13]; 13. 60-Jody
Keegan[19]; 14. 20X-Brian Smith[22]; 15.
24H-Rob Chaney[16]; 16. 9X-Brandon
Martin[15]; 17. 10-David Harrison[2]; 18.
48S-Andy Shammo[14]; 19. 20AU-Troy
Little[18]; 20. O-Jeremy Campbell[8]; 21.
55-John Ivy[20]; 22. 14H-Todd
Heller[21]
Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints (Regular 7-05-07)
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 8K-Zack Kramer
(R); 3. 19R-Steve Rando; 4.
82-Travis Hoffbauer; 5. 29-Chris Lang; 6.
39-Matt Merrill; 7. 67M-Matt
Ferrell; 8. X-Dustin Stroup (R); 9.
28-Shaun Valenti (R); 10. 596-Zack Ames
(R)
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 2. 40-Bobby Clark;
3. 14-Chad Wilson; 4. 66L-Brad
Bowman; 5. 80-Jake Trevino (R); 6.
49-Coty Runion; 7. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 8.
36X-Dustin Keegan; 9. 18-Todd Heuerman;
10. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R)
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 2. 1-Nate Dussel
(R); 3. 5-Dustin Dinan; 4.
72C-John Bartlome; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6.
65-Mark Lang; 7. 71-Bill Kraylek;
8. 22D-Dan Hammond; 9. 25P-Mark Pridemore
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 3J-Kevin Lee;
2. 13-Junior Felver; 3. O4-Cap Henry; 4. 23-Willie Keegan;
5. 5D-Craig Kays; 6. 24X-Tom Nichols; 7.
24-Josh Mcafee; 8. 61L-Adam Thacker
(R)
B1 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to
A-main)
1. 29-Chris Lang; 2. 49-Coty Runion; 3.
80-Jake Trevino (R); 4. 11F-D.J.
Foos (R); 5. 39-Matt Merrill; 6. 18-Todd
Heuerman; 7. 67M-Matt Ferrell; 8.
X-Dustin Stroup (R); 9. 28-Shaun Valenti
(R); 10. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 11.
9-Jimmy Colvin (R); 12. 596-Zack Ames (R)
B2 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to
A-Main)
1. M28-Josh Muntz; 2. 5D-Craig Kays; 3.
71-Bill Kraylek; 4. 24X-Tom Nichols;
5. 22D-Dan Hammond; 6. 25P-Mark Pridemore;
7. 24-Josh Mcafee; 8. 61L-Adam
Thacker (R); 9. 65-Mark Lang
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1]; 2. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[7]; 3. 8K-Zack Kramer (R)[9];
4. 14-Chad Wilson[10];
5. 3J-Kevin Lee[8];
6. 66L-Brad Bowman[14]; 7.
82-Travis Hoffbauer[13]; 8. 10-Brad
Haudenschild[3]; 9. 19R-Steve Rando[11];
10. 23-Willie Keegan[16]; 11. 13-Junior
Felver[12]; 12. 72C-John
Bartlome[15]; 13. 5D-Craig Kays[20]; 14.
49-Coty Runion[19]; 15. 29-Chris
Lang[17]; 16. 1-Nate Dussel (R)[5]; 17.
O4-Cap Henry[2]; 18. 40-Bobby
Clark[6]; 19. M28-Josh Muntz[18]; 20.
5-Dustin Dinan[4]
Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (7 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. O-Jim Keegan; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3.
8K-Kent Brewer; 4. 62-Dave Severs; 5.
91-Roger Inks; 6. 74-Cody Karr; 7.
88-Dave Brewer; 8. 23M-Brad Mitten; 9.
O1-Art Ball; 10. P51-Paul Brown Jr.
Heat 2 (7 laps, top 5 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 39-Dwight Waltermier;
3. 20-Andy Maynard; 4. 53-Dan
Roepke; 5. 8-Steve Endicott; 6. 2R-Ron
Kepling; 7. 5JR-Jim Mcgrath Jr.; 8.
19-Jimmy Sebetto
Heat 3 (7 laps, top 5 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 16-Steve Sabo; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 3.
32H-Dan Hennig; 4. 56-Alex Wiechman;
5. 30-Dave Gibbs; 6. 4X-Brian Sorg; 7.
45-Rich Sebastian; 8. 93K-Frankie
Karr; 9. 6-Linda Sabo
B-main (10 laps, top 5 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 5JR-Jim Mcgrath Jr.; 2. 88-Dave
Brewer; 3. O1-Art Ball; 4. 45-Brad
MItten; 5. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 6. 2R-Ron
Kepling; 7. 93K-Frankie Karr; 8.
4X-Brian Sorg; 9. 34K-George Miller; 10.
74-Cody Karr
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 16-Steve Sabo[6]; 2. 39-Dwight
Waltermier[8]; 3. 18W-Cory Ward[10]; 4.
5-Jim Mcgrath[9]; 5. 53-Dan Roepke[12];
6. O-Jim Keegan[5]; 7. O1-Art
Ball[18]; 8. 17-Bob Dible[7]; 9. 88-Dave
Brewer[17]; 10. 20-Andy Maynard[3];
11. 56-Alex Wiechman[11]; 12. P51-Paul
Brown Jr.[20]; 13. 45-Brad
Mitten[19]; 14. 32H-Dan Hennig[4]; 15.
8-Steve Endicott[14]; 16. 30-Dave
Gibbs[15]; 17. 91-Roger Inks[13]; 18.
62-Dave Severs[1]; 19. 5JR-Jim Mcgrath
Jr.[16]; 20. 8K-Kent Brewer[2]
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