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Shaffer blasts through field for Fremont
win; Kraylek scores 305 win; Ball wins 70th feature
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net
FREMONT, Ohio - If the early season
results are any indication, Tim Shaffer
will be a force to be reckoned with
throughout 2009. The Aliquippa, Pa.
driver took the lead on lap 9 and stormed
through the field at Fremont
Speedway Saturday, lapping up to 9th
place to score the win on Pepsi Night
to open The Track That Action Built's
58th season.
"Brian (Kemenah) had this thing
awesome. Between the both of us we seem to
communicate really great and this is a
lot of fun. CH Motorsports gave us
some backing and this J&J Chassis has
been awesome. Kistler (Engines) has
done a great job...everyone has done
their job and it's been a lot of fun,"
said Shaffer in the Engine Pro Victory
Lane.
"It was a great race track...hats off
to the guys for opening night...they
did a beautiful job," added Shaffer of
his second career feature win at
Fremont in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410
Sprints..
Over the past couple of years it has
been the youth movement in the Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints. But, it
was a veteran who showed them the
way in the 25-lap feature, as Bill
Kraylek, 49, of Fostoria, used his
traditional bottom groove to score his
7th career win.
"We rebuilt the motor this winter and
it has been awesome. I wasn't moving
off that bottom and I had the breaks
glowing and it got hot on my back,"
said Kraylek beside his Jack's Carryout,
Dyer's Home Improvement backed #71.
Another veteran, 70-year-old Art Ball,
showed he still has a lot of racing
left in him as well. He powered to his
70th career Fremont victory - the
most in the track's history - in the 20
lap Fremont Fence Dirt Truck
feature. It was Ball's second win of the
season as he also scored the
victory Friday at Attica Raceway Park.
"We usually end the year winning races
and struggle at the beginning. I
guess I must have remembered how to do
this early," said Ball beside his
Kear's Speed Shop, Tin Lizzy Collision,
All In One Home Improvement backed
#01.
"I go to Florida in the winter and
Keith Pierce and the whole crew work hard
on this thing," added Ball from the
Engine Pro Victory Lane.
In the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, Phil
Gressman bolted into the early lead
with Mark Keegan challenging while Rob
Chaney stayed on their bumper. A
yellow on lap two bunched the field up
and now Chaney was on the move on the
restart, getting around Keegan and
pressuring Gressman. Meanwhile, Shaffer,
who started 7th in the field, had worked
his way to third by lap six and
joined the tremendous battle for the lead
with Gressman and Chaney two laps
later.Shaffer made the move of the night
on lap 9, splitting Chaney and
Gressman in turns one and two to take the
lead.
Following a lap 10 caution, the race
would go green the rest of the way as
Shaffer set a blistering pace. The battle
for second was a good one between
Gressman, Chaney and Greg Wilson. Shaffer
hit lapped traffic at the half-way
mark as Chaney moved into second. The car
now on the move was fast qualifier
Dale Blaney, who moved into fourth on lap
15. While Shaffer picked his way
through traffic, Chaney, Gressman and
Blaney staged a wicked battle for
second. Blaney would move into third on
lap 19 and into the second spot two
laps later. Shaffer got hung up a tad in
traffic, and Blaney closed, but it
was too little too late as Shaffer took
the win. Blaney, Chaney, Brock Mayes
and Gressman would round out the top
five.
Blaney and Shaffer will be battling
all season for the O'Reilly All Star
Circuit of Champions title, and Shaffer
is ready.
"He better get used to it...I think
we'll be coming at him this season,"
said Shaffer.
In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, Zack
Kramer jumped into the early lead
with Bill Kraylek, Todd Heuerman and Nate
Dussel in tow. Kraylek would drive
under Kramer a lap later for the lead,
but Kramer, Heuerman and Dussel would
dog him the entire feature. The second
and final yellow would fly on lap 10
with Kraylek leading over Kramer, Dussel,
Heuerman, Stuart Brubaker and
Dustin Dinan.Kraylek could not shake the
youngsters, but the veteran stayed
smooth on the bottom and they could not
rattle his nerves. On lap 15, Dussel
would drive around Kramer into second,
but Dussel would slide off the track
three laps later, moving Kramer back to
second and Heuerman third.
Now the car on the move was defending
track champion Brubaker, who moved
around Heuerman into third on lap 20 and
pressured Kramer for the runner-up
spot. At the checkered flag, Kraylek won
by a car length with Kramer,
Brubaker, Heuerman and Dussel rounding
out the top five.
"A lot of people kind of wrote me off
over the past few years, but it looks
like I can still show these kids a thing
or two," added Kraylek in the
Engine Pro Victory Lane.
The 20-lap truck feature was a
barn-burner, with five trucks racing
side-by-side for the lead in the opening
laps. Steve Endicott was the lead,
but defending track champion Jim McGrath
raced to his outside while Cory
Ward and Art Ball ran right on their rear
bumpers. As Endicott continued to
lead, Ward would hold second for a lap,
then it was Ball, with McGrath into
third. Ball would drive under Endicott
for the lead on lap 11, with McGrath
pressuring Endicott for second. With five
laps to go, Ball had opened up a
comfortable lead, but Endicott had his
hands full with McGrath and now a
closing Brian Sorg. McGrath would exit
the track a lap later with a flat
tire.
Ball would take the checkered flag
over Endicott, Sorg, Bob Dible and Loren
Schwochow.
Fremont Speedway will be back in
action Saturday, April 25 on Fort Ball
Pizza Palace Night with the 410 sprints,
305 sprints and dirt trucks. Go to
www.fremontohspeedway.com for more
information.
Fremont Speedway - 4/18/2009
Pepsi Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints
Qualifying -
1. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.27; 2. 3J-Kevin Lee, 12.40;
3. 2+-Brian Smith, 12.40; 4. 16-Brian Sebetto, 12.44; 5. 20X-Craig Keel, 12.44;
6. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.44; 7. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.45; 8. 11B-Brock Mayes, 12.46;
9. 53-Cole Duncan, 12.46; 10. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.5; 11. 7K-Rob Chaney, 12.5; 12.
X-Mark Keegan, 12.51; 13. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.51; 14. 9X-Phil Gressman, 12.55;
15. 3C-Cale Conley, 12.55; 16. 48S-Andy Shammo, 12.57; 17. 10-David Harrison,
12.59; 18. 28-Lee Jacobs, 12.64; 19. O-Brandon Wimmer, 12.65; 20. O9-Craig
Mintz, 12.65; 21. 312-Mike Linder, 12.66; 22. 23-Jamie Miller, 12.68; 23.
11M-Brandon Martin, 12.71; 24. O4-Cap Henry, 12.84; 25. 14H-Todd Heller, 12.86;
26. 60-Jody Keegan, 12.9; 27. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.99; 28. 48-Mike Burkin, 13.1;
29. 23R-Ben Rutan, 13.12; 30. 47-Caleb Helms, 13.41; 31. 15C-Chris Andrews, NT
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 10-David Harrison; 2. 2-Dale Blaney; 3. 312-Mike Linder; 4. 53-Cole Duncan;
5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 14H-Todd Heller; 7. 20X-Craig Keel; 8. 23R-Ben Rutan
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Prodcuts (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 28-Lee Jacobs; 2. 9X-Phil Gressman; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer; 4. 23-Jamie Miller;
5. 3J-Kevin Lee; 6. 60-Jody Keegan; 7. 5R-Byron
Reed; 8. 47-Caleb Helms
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. O-Brandon Wimmer; 2. 11M-Brandon Martin; 3. 7K-Rob Chaney; 4. W20-Greg
Wilson; 5. 3C-Cale Conley; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews; 7. 2+-Brian Smith; 8. 5T-Travis
Philo
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. O9-Craig Mintz; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. X-Mark Keegan; 4. 48S-Andy Shammo; 5.
16-Brian Sebetto; 6. O4-Cap Henry; 7. 48-Mike Burkin
B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 3J-Kevin Lee; 2. 20X-Craig Keel; 3.
2+-Brian Smith; 4. 5R-Byron Reed; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 16-Brian Sebetto; 7.
14H-Todd Heller; 8. 15C-Chris Andrews; 9. 5T-Travis Philo; 10. 23R-Ben Rutan;
11. 48-Mike Burkin; 12. 47-Caleb Helms; 13. O4-Cap Henry; 14. 3C-Cale Conley
A-Main - (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[7]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[8]; 3. 7K-Rob Chaney[3]; 4. 11B-Brock
Mayes[5]; 5. 9X-Phil Gressman[1]; 6. 5R-Byron Reed[12]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson[6];
8. O-Brandon Wimmer[16]; 9. 11M-Brandon Martin[20]; 10. O9-Craig Mintz[17]; 11.
28-Lee Jacobs[15]; 12. 10-David Harrison[14]; 13. 2+-Brian Smith[10];
14. 3J-Kevin Lee[9]; 15. 20X-Craig Keel[11];
16. 48S-Andy Shammo[13]; 17. 312-Mike Linder[18]; 18. 53-Cole Duncan[4]; 19.
23-Jamie Miller[19]; 20. X-Mark Keegan[2]
Fremont Fence - 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 8K-Zack Kramer; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 4. 14-Chad Wilson; 5.
13-Junior Felver; 6. 10X-Dustin Stroup; 7. 7C-Jim Peterman; 8. 24X-Tom Nichols
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Prodcuts (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 51-Brad Bowman; 2. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 3. 1-Nate Dussel; 4. 19R-Steve Rando;
5. 22D-Dan Hammond; 6. M28-Josh Muntz; 7. 39-Matt Merrill; 8. 31-Chuck Wilson
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 3. 49-Cody Runion; 4. 10-Brad
Haudenschild; 5. 2-Tim Kern; 6. 61L-Adam Thacker; 7. 47-Josh Burdette; 8. 3B-Tim
Bottles
Heat 4 - (8 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 41-Dustin Dinan; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver; 3. 11F-D.J. Foos; 4. 80-Jake Trevino; 5.
28-Shawn Valenti; 6. 40-Bobby Clark; 7. 82-Travis Hoffbauer
B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 40-Bobby Clark; 2. 13-Junior Felver; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti; 4. 10X-Dustin
Stroup; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 47-Josh Burdette; 7. 31-Chuck Wilson; 8. 61L-Adam
Thacker; 9. 2-Tim Kern; 10. 24X-Tom Nichols; 11. 3B-Tim Bottles; 12. 39-Matt
Merrill; 13. 22D-Dan Hammond
A-Main - (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 71-Bill Kraylek[1]; 2. 8K-Zack Kramer[2]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[11]; 4.
18-Todd Heuerman[6]; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[3]; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver[8]; 7. 40-Bobby
Clark[17]; 8. 36X-Dustin Keegan[5]; 9. 51-Brad Bowman[9]; 10. 19R-Steve
Rando[14]; 11. 41-Dustin Dinan[7]; 12. 11F-D.J. Foos[4]; 13. 9-Jimmy Colvin[12];
14. 28-Shawn Valenti[19]; 15. 14-Chad Wilson[13]; 16. 10-Brad Haudenschild[15];
17. 80-Jake Trevino[16]; 18. 13-Junior Felver[18]; 19. 10X-Dustin Stroup[20];
20. 49-Cody Runion[10]
Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - (7 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 8-Steve Endicott; 3. 92-Loren Schwochow; 4. 23M-Brad
Mitten; 5. 34K-Kevin Miller; 6. 74-Cody Karr
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Prodcuts (7 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)
1. O1-Art Ball; 2. 5-Jim McGrath; 3. 17-Bob Dible; 4. 6-Linda Sabo; 5. 16-Steve
Sabo; 6. 40-Corey Tappel; 7. 4S-Keith Sorg
Heat 3 - (7 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)
1. 4X-Brian Sorg; 2. 8K-Kent Brewer; 3. 30-Dave Gibbs; 4. 52-Will Tezak; 5.
4J-Jeremy Lozano
A-Main - (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. O1-Art Ball[5]; 2. 8-Steve Endicott[2]; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg[8]; 4. 17-Bob
Dible[7]; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow[6]; 6. 8K-Kent Brewer[3]; 7. 52-Will Tezak[12];
8. 30-Dave Gibbs[9]; 9. 5-Jim McGrath[1]; 10. 6-Linda Sabo[11]; 11. 40-Corey
Tappel[17]; 12. 34K-Kevin Miller[13]; 13. 4S-Keith Sorg[16]; 14. 18W-Cory
Ward[4]; 15. 16-Steve Sabo[14]; 16. 23M-Brad Mitten[10]; 17. 4J-Jeremy
Lozano[15]
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