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Reed breaks into victory lane at Fremont;
Clark, Ward score weekend double-dip
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Contact: Brian Liskai
419-271-3299
liskai2x@cros.net
FREMONT, Ohio - Byron Reed's 410
sprint car has been fast all year. However,
the Monclova, Ohio driver felt his game
was not matching the quality of his
machine. It all came together for him
Saturday at Fremont Speedway, as he
recorded his first win of 2008 on
McDonald's Night.
Reed, the defending Fort Ball Pizza
Palace 410 Sprint champion at "The Track
That Action Built," took the lead from
Brook Mayes on lap 10 and went on to
his 14th career victory at the historic
speedway.
"Everyone has said I've been
struggling...it really hasn't been that way.
The car has been a top five car every
night. I feel I just haven't been on
my game. Tonight everything worked
perfect," said Reed in the Engine Pro
Victory Lane beside his Reebar
Die-casting, JEI Chassis, ProShock backed #5.
Fremont's Bobby Clark and Sandusky's
Cory Ward made it a double-dip weekend
in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305
Sprints and Fremont Fence Dirt
Trucks respectively. Both drivers won
Friday night at Attica Raceway Park
and backed that up with wins at Fremont.
Clark drove to the high side of Bill
Kraylek for the lead on lap 13 and
survived a three yellow flags trying to
get the last two laps in for the
win.
"My motor kept loading up with fuel on
those last couple of restarts...I was
just praying it wouldn't stumble on the
green flag. I got boxed in early in
the race and couldn't get to the high
side of the track. Once I got out of
traffic I knew I'd be good. I have to
thank my crew...they make driving this
thing so easy," said Clark in the Engine
Pro Victory Lane beside his Jenny's
Copper Penny, Abdoo Wrecking, Williams &
Son Masonry backed #40.
Ward drove under Dan Henning on lap 9
to take the lead and also survived a
restart with two laps remaining to claim
his second win of the season at
Fremont.
"This thing is just on a rail. Thanks
to my dad, my grandpa and my uncle for
all the work they do during the week.
That's two weeks in a row we had
restarts with two laps to go....it gets a
little nerve-racking," said Ward
in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his
Budweiser, Blue Chip Machine,
Excuses Lounge backed #18w.
Brock Mayes in the Stan Cortad owned
9x grabbed the early led in the 30-lap
410 sprint feature with Chris Andrews,
John Ivy and Mike Linder in tow.
Fifth-starting Reed moved into third by
lap three and began putting pressure
on Andrews for the runner-up position.
Reed, who was running the high line
in turns one and two and the bottom in
turns three and four, drove into
second on lap eight and began chasing
down Mayes. Reed would drive into the
lead on lap 10.
Reed would hit heavy lapped traffic on
lap 12 with Mayes, Andrews,
fast-qualifier Paul McMahan and Linder
closing. Disaster nearly struck the
leader on lap 14 when Cole Duncan spun
right in front of him. Reed avoided
the youngster and would have a lapped
machine between himself and Mayes on
the restart.
Reed would pull away with Mayes and
McMahan battling side by side for
several laps for the runner-up position,
with Linder right on their rear
bumper. Linder's run would come to an end
on lap 17 when he made contact
with the front stretch wall, breaking
rear suspension parts.
Once again on the restart Reed would
pull away with Mayes, McMahan, Ivy and
Mark Keegan waging a great battling for
second. The final yellow would fly
on lap 22 for a Caleb Griffith spin, and
Reed's bottom groove off of four
gave him another excellent restart.
McMahan would drive around Mayes for
second on lap 24.
Reed would take the checkers for his
14th career victory at Fremont Speedway
over McMahan, Mayes, Keegan and Ivy.
Pole-sitter Bill Kraylek would take
the lead when Ronald McDonald himself
dropped the green in the 305 sprint main
with rookie Jake Trevino, Mark
Pridemore, Cap Henry and Chad Wilson in
tow. Kraylek and Trevino would race
side-by-side for several laps before the
veteran would begin to pull away.
Clark was the car on the move, driving
from his sixth-starting spot to third
by lap three. However, Henry would not
make it easy and battled him hard
over the next couple of laps before the
pair would then encounter Trevino
while keeping Kraylek in their sights.
Kraylek survived three early yellows
in the first seven laps.
Clark would move past Trevino on lap
11 to grab the second spot and a lap
later drove around Kraylek for the lead.
Henry would take third on lap 13,
bringing Todd Heuerman into fourth and
Trevino back to fifth. Clark would
encounter lapped traffic by lap 16, but
sliced his way through to hold a
comfortable lead over Kraylek, Henry,
Heuerman and 12th-starter Kevin Lee.
Heuerman began pressuring Henry for the
third spot by lap 18 as the pair
raced the next four laps side-by-side.
Henry's night would end as he slipped
off the high side of turns one and two
on lap 23 and stopped. That would set up
a couple of restart opportunities
with two laps remaining. Fortunately for
Clark he had a lapped machine
between himself and Kraylek. When the
race finally went the final two laps
Clark went on to score his 20th career
victory at Fremont Speedway over
Kraylek, Lee, Heuerman and Dustin Dinan.
Dan Henning grabbed the early lead in
the 20-lap truck feature with Loren
Schowochow, Art Ball, Steve Sabo and Andy
Maynard running in his tire
tracks. Trouble would strike Schowchow on
lap four when his truck quit
running, which collected Ball.
On the restart, Henning continued to
lead, with Ward getting an awesome
restart to drive around Steve Sabo and
Dave Brewer into second on lap five.
Henning and Ward raced side-by-side over
the next three laps before Ward
drove under Henning for the lead on lap
nine.
While Ward pulled away, the battle for
second through sixth place was
exciting and changed nearly every lap.
The final caution would fly on lap
18. Ward would get a great restart, but
Henning stumbled badly, losing three
spots. At the checkers it was Ward
picking up his 10th career Fremont
victory over a closing Jim McGrath,
Henning coming back for third, Brewer
and Sabo rounding out the top five.
Fremont Speedway will be back in
action Saturday, June 14 for Crown Battery
Night with the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410
Sprints, Fremont Federal Credit
Union 305 Sprints and Fremont Fence Dirt
Trucks in action. Gates open at 4
p.m. with the mud-slinging action
underway at 7 p.m.
For more information log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com
The Fremont Speedway (06-07-08)
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. O-Paul McMahan, 12.48; 2. 20X-Brian
Smith, 12.65; 3. X-Mark Keegan,
12.66; 4. 48S-Andy Shammo, 12.66; 5.
10-David Harrison, 12.70; 6. 60-Jody
Keegan, 12.71; 7. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.71;
8. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.80; 9.
55-John Ivy, 12.82; 10. 312-Mike Linder,
12.84; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews,
12.88; 12. 9X-Brock Mayes, 12.88; 13.
6-Mike Dussell (R), 12.96; 14. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro, 12.96; 15. 11M-Brandon Martin,
12.96; 16. 83-Phil Gressman, 12.97;
17. 1W-Paul Weaver, 13.00; 18. O9-Craig
Mintz, 13.04; 19. 5B-Chad Blonde,
13.06; 20. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.08; 21.
4M-Jamie Miller, 13.10; 22. 10S-Roger
Shammo, 13.12; 23. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.13;
24. 63AU-Roddy Ballbowen, 13.14;
25. 91-Aaron Middaugh, 13.20; 26.
14H-Todd Heller, 13.23; 27. 12-Caleb
Griffith, 13.28; 28. D7-Tony Beaber,
13.29; 29. 99-Andy James, 13.33; 30.
27-Scott Euler, 13.44; 31. 1R-Brian Lay
(R), 13.46; 32. 5T-Travis Philo,
13.67; 33. 11-Josh Harrison, 14.13; 34.
51M-Roger Campbell Jr., 14.20
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 6-Mike Dussell (R);
3. 4M-Jamie Miller; 4. 55-John
Ivy; 5. O-Paul McMahan; 6. 11-Josh
Harrison; 7. 99-Andy James; 8. 10-David
Harrison; 9. 91-Aaron Middaugh
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. O9-Craig Mintz; 2. 312-Mike Linder; 3.
60-Jody Keegan; 4. 10S-Roger
Shammo; 5. 20X-Brian Smith; 6. 7T-Troy
Vaccaro; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8.
51M-Roger Campbell Jr.; 9. 27-Scott Euler
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 22-Cole Duncan; 2. 5B-Chad Blonde; 3.
12-Caleb Griffith; 4. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 5. W20-Greg Wilson; 6.
11M-Brandon Martin; 7. X-Mark Keegan; 8.
1R-Brian Lay (R)
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 16-Lee Jacobs; 2. 9X-Brock Mayes; 3.
5R-Byron Reed; 4. 83-Phil Gressman;
5. 48S-Andy Shammo; 6. 63AU-Roddy
Ballbowen; 7. D7-Tony Beaber; 8. 5T-Travis
Philo
B-main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. O-Paul McMahan; 2. W20-Greg Wilson; 3.
X-Mark Keegan; 4. 10-David
Harrison; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin; 6.
20X-Brian Smith; 7. 48S-Andy Shammo; 8.
7T-Troy Vaccaro; 9. 5T-Travis Philo; 10.
14H-Todd Heller; 11. 51M-Roger
Campbell Jr.; 12. 27-Scott Euler; 13.
1R-Brian Lay (R); 14. 63AU-Roddy
Ballbowen; 15. D7-Tony Beaber; 16.
11-Josh Harrison; 17. 99-Andy James; 18.
91-Aaron Middaugh
A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 5R-Byron Reed[5]; 2. O-Paul
McMahan[7]; 3. 9X-Brock Mayes[1]; 4. X-Mark
Keegan[8]; 5. 55-John Ivy[4]; 6. W20-Greg
Wilson[10]; 7. 15C-Chris
Andrews[2]; 8. 10-David Harrison[9]; 9.
6-Mike Dussell (R)[11]; 10. 22-Cole
Duncan[19]; 11. 60-Jody Keegan[6]; 12.
16-Lee Jacobs[16]; 13. 12-Caleb
Griffith[20]; 14. 5B-Chad Blonde[15]; 15.
83-Phil Gressman[12]; 16. 4M-Jamie
Miller[17]; 17. 10S-Roger Shammo[18]; 18.
1W-Paul Weaver[13]; 19. 312-Mike
Linder[3]; 20. O9-Craig Mintz[14]
Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 4
transfer to A-Main)
1. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 2. 10-Brad
Haudenschild; 3. 14-Chad Wilson; 4.
3X-Brad Keckler; 5. 8K-Zack Kramer (R);
6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 22D-Dan
Hammond; 8. O1-Rich Farmer
Heat 2 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 49-Coty Runion;
3. 3J-Kevin Lee;
4. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki; 5. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R); 6.
23-Willie Keegan; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan;
8. 24-Josh Mcafee
Heat 3 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 2. 18-Todd
Heuerman; 3. 80-Jake Trevino (R); 4.
35-Stuart Brubaker; 5. 1-Nate Dussel (R);
6. 11F-D.J. Foos (R); 7. 28-Shaun
Valenti (R); 8. 66L-Brad Bowman
Heat 4 (8 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. O4-Cap Henry; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3.
5-Dustin Dinan; 4. X-Dustin Stroup
(R); 5. 39-Matt Merrill; 6. 83X-Nate
Reeser; 7. 24X-Tom Nichols
B Main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to
A-Main)
1. 8K-Zack Kramer (R); 2. 1-Nate Dussel
(R); 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R); 4.
11F-D.J. Foos (R); 5. 19R-Steve Rando; 6.
39-Matt Merrill; 7. 66L-Brad
Bowman; 8. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 9. 22D-Dan
Hammond; 10. 28-Shaun Valenti (R);
11. 83X-Nate Reeser; 12. 24X-Tom Nichols;
13. 24-Josh Mcafee; 14. 23-Willie
Keegan
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 40-Bobby Clark[6]; 2. 71-Bill
Kraylek[1]; 3.
3J-Kevin Lee[12]; 4.
18-Todd
Heuerman[10]; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan[11]; 6.
9Z-Duane Zablocki[14]; 7. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[15]; 8. 14-Chad Wilson[5]; 9.
11F-D.J. Foos (R)[20]; 10. 1-Nate
Dussel (R)[18]; 11. 8K-Zack Kramer
(R)[17]; 12. 10-Brad Haudenschild[9]; 13.
49-Coty Runion[8]; 14. X-Dustin Stroup
(R)[16]; 15. 9-Jimmy Colvin (R)[19];
16. O4-Cap Henry[4]; 17. 80-Jake Trevino
(R)[2]; 18. 25P-Mark Pridemore[3];
19. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[7]; 20. 3X-Brad
Keckler[13]
Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (7 laps)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 5JR-Jim McGrath Jr.;
3. O1-Art Ball; 4. 16-Steve Sabo;
5. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 6. 18W-Cory
Ward; 7. 30-Dave Gibbs; 8. 2R-Ron
Kepling; 9. 6-Linda Sabo; 10. 45-Joe
Ridley
Heat 2 (7 laps)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 32H-Dan Hennig;
3. 20-Andy Maynard; 4. 88-Dave
Brewer; 5. 5-Jim McGrath; 6. 92-Loren
Schwochow; 7. 23M-Brad Mitten; 8.
34K-George Miller; 9. 91-Rick Potts; 10.
8K-Kent Brewer
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 18W-Cory Ward[7]; 2. 5-Jim
McGrath[12]; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig[2]; 4. 88-Dave
Brewer[8]; 5. 16-Steve Sabo[4]; 6. 17-Bob
Dible[10]; 7. 30-Dave Gibbs[13];
8. O1-Art Ball[3]; 9. 2R-Ron Kepling[15];
10. 23M-Brad Mitten[14]; 11.
6-Linda Sabo[17]; 12. 45-Joe Ridley[19];
13. 39-Dwight Waltermier[9]; 14.
8-Steve Endicott[5]; 15. 20-Andy
Maynard[6]; 16. 34K-George Miller[16]; 17.
92-Loren Schwochow[1]; 18. 91-Rick
Potts[18]; 19. 5JR-Jim McGrath Jr.[11]
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