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Brock Mayes redeems himself at Fremont;
Muntz gets 305 victory; McGrath takes trucks
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net
FREMONT, Ohio - Last week Brock Mayes
was challenging for the lead at
Fremont Speedway late in the race when he
had to avoid a lapped car and slid
off the track. He redeemed himself this
Saturday, as he set fast time, won
his heat race and made a daring move in
lapped traffic with five laps to go
and went on to claim the 410 sprint
feature on Burns Iron and Metal Night.
The "M's" were wild at Fremont
Speedway on Mother's Day weekend, as Josh
Muntz claimed his 2nd career victory in
the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305
Sprints, and defending track champion Jim
McGrath scored his fourth career
victory in the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.
Mayes hunted down Mike Linder who had
lead the first 24 laps of the 30-lap
A-main. Entering turn three on the 25th
lap, Mayes went to the bottom while
Linder went to the high side as they
split a lapped machine, with Mayes
rocketing off the corner for the lead.
"We pulled in tonight and Daniel
(Smith) that helps me said I want to sweep
everything. We set fast time, won the
heat and the feature... he owes me
some sort of drink," said Mayes in the
Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his
J&F Construction, Mansfield Cement, Kin
Brothers Heating and Cooling backed
#11b.
Muntz looked in control of the 25-lap
305 sprint feature but when he hit
lapped traffic with eight laps to go,
Nate Dussel began to close. A caution
on lap 19 gave Muntz a clear track and he
pulled away for the win.
"I was getting real worried. I was
trying something on the top...I couldn't
get around them up there. That caution
was awesome. We went back to the
bottom and I didn't think anyone had
anything for me on the bottom," said
Muntz beside his Wal-Mart, Wow Epoxy
Floors, Muntz Equipment Rebuild #M28 in
the Engine Pro Victory Lane.
McGrath took the lead on a lap two
restart and survived a wild last lap as a
truck blew its motor right in front of
him and laid down oil, causing him to
slip and slide to the win in the 20-lap
dirt truck feature.
"We've run good all year, but just
couldn't find that little something
extra.We found it tonight, but it wasn't
easy, there was oil all over the
last two turns and it was nail-biting
time," said McGrath beside his J&F
Miller Farms, Winesburg Barbecue, B&K
Auto Service backed #5 truck.
Pole-sitter Mike Linder grabbed a huge
lead a the drop of the green of the
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint A-main,
with David Harrison, Craig Keel,
Cole Duncan and Brandon Martin in tow.
Linder hit lapped traffic by lap 7,
as Harrison settled into second while
Keel and Duncan battled it out for
third. The only yellow would fly on lap
eight, and on the restart, once
again Linder pulled away.
At the half way mark, Linder was
encountering lapped traffic again, with
Harrison still in second, while sixth
starting Mayes had moved into fourth
and a lap later moved around Keel for
third. Mayes dispatched Harrison a lap
later and was beginning to close on
Linder who was having difficulties
getting around a lapped machine. Mayes
hounded Linder for the next seven
laps before making his winning move.
Behind Mayes at the checkered was
Linder, Duncan who really came alive the
last five laps, Keel and Martin.
"We were a little too much on the
right rear the first 10 laps and I
couldn't get the wing back quick enough.
Sometimes I get a little
impatient...I thought I might have waited
too long to go tonight. But once I
got the wing in the trunk we got going,"
said Mayes, who thanks his father,
Jim for all he has done for his racing
career.
"This year I've got one motor and one
car, so we have to be smart. I knew we
were good here last week, so we came back
from Eldora to race here because I
knew we had a good shot at the win. I
wanted to get the confidence going for
the team and for me," added Mayes.
The start of the 305 sprint feature
got off to a rough start, as defending
champion Stuart Brubaker turned over on
the second lap. Muntz quickly built
a sizeable lead after the green came back
out, while Jimmy Colvin, Nate
Dussel, Dustin Dinan and Bill Kraylek
battled behind. Dussel would move into
second on lap 12 while Colvin battled
Dinan and Todd Heuerman for third.
Dussel began reeling Muntz in by lap 17
while Colvin, Heuerman and Dinan
raced hard for second. The car on the
move was John Ivy who was up to sixth
from his 12th starting spot by lap 14.
Just as Muntz hit lapped traffic on
lap 19 and Dussel began to set him up
for the pass, Heuerman looped it out in
turn one to bring out the caution.
With a clean track ahead, Muntz went on
to the win with Dussel, Dinan, Ivy
and Steve Rando rounding out the top
five.
"I saw Nate on the bottom once...I
thought we're going to have to cowboy it
up and get this thing moving and then
that caution came out and I knew we'd
be alright on the bottom," said Muntz.
"We've been getting better and better
every week."
The dirt truck feature also got off to
a rough start as Cory Ward got on his
lid on the second lap. When the green
came back out, Loren Schwochow jumped
into the lead while sixth starting
McGrath slid into second, Brian Sorg
third and last week's winner Steve
Endicott in fourth. McGrath would drive
to the outside of Schwochow for the lead
on the third lap while a tremendous
battle ensued for second between
Schwochow, Endicott, Bob Dible, Art Ball
and Steve Sabo. Endicott would grab
second on lap 8 while Dible would move
into third a lap later. McGrath could
only maintain about a two-truck length
advantage as Endicott, Dible and Ball
raced hard for second.
McGrath found the middle of the track
to his liking and he went on to score
the win while Endicott, Ball, Dible and
Steve Sabo would round out the top
five.
Fremont Speedway will be back in
action Saturday, May 16 for Roots Poultry
Night with the 410 and 305 sprints and
dirt trucks in action. It is another
Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont
Attica Sprint Title) Championship
Series night for the 410 sprints as well.
For more information log onto
www.fremonohspeedway.com.
Fremont Speedway - 5/9/2009
Burns Iron & Metal Night
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints
Qualifying -
1. 11B-Brock Mayes, 12.71; 2. 11M-Brandon
Martin, 12.80; 3. 53-Cole Duncan,
12.96; 4. 20X-Craig Keel, 12.99;
5. 3J-Kevin Lee[12], 13.01; 6. 2+-Brian
Smith,
13.05; 7. 10-David Harrison, 13.05; 8.
312-Mike Linder, 13.06; 9. X-Mark
Keegan, 13.10; 10. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.15;
11. 48S-Andy Shammo, 13.17; 12.
60-Jody Keegan, 13.18; 13. 25-Lee Jacobs,
13.20; 14. O4-Cap Henry, 13.22;
15. 1X-Matt Linder, 13.24; 16. 27-Scott
Euler, 13.32; 17. 16-Bryan Sebetto,
13.34; 18. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.35; 19.
15C-Chris Andrews, 13.55; 20. 98-Bruce
Robenalt, 13.57; 21. 9Z-Duane Zablocki,
13.68; 22. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.76;
23. 61-Chad Gullett, 13.90; 24. 23-Jamie
Miller, 13.96; 25. 48-Mike Burkin,
14.23
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 11B-Brock Mayes; 2. 25-Lee Jacobs; 3.
5R-Byron Reed; 4. 20X-Craig Keel;
5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 7. 27-Scott Euler; 8. 14H-Todd
Heller; 9. 48-Mike Burkin
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps
- Top 5 Transfer)
1. O4-Cap Henry; 2. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 3.
312-Mike Linder; 4. 11M-Brandon
Martin; 5. 48S-Andy Shammo;
6. 3J-Kevin Lee[5]; 7. 61-Chad Gullett; 8.
98-Bruce
Robenalt
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. O9-Craig Mintz; 2. 60-Jody Keegan; 3.
X-Mark Keegan; 4. 1X-Matt Linder;
5. 53-Cole Duncan; 6. 2+-Brian Smith; 7.
23-Jamie Miller; 8. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki
B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 3J-Kevin
Lee[1]; 2. 2+-Brian Smith; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews; 4. 14H-Todd
Heller; 5. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 6. 23-Jamie
Miller; 7. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 8.
48-Mike Burkin; 9. 61-Chad Gullett; 10.
27-Scott Euler
A-Main - (30 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. 11B-Brock Mayes[6]; 2. 312-Mike
Linder[1]; 3. 53-Cole Duncan[4]; 4.
20X-Craig Keel[3]; 5. 11M-Brandon
Martin[5]; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[8]; 7.
10-David Harrison[2]; 8. 5R-Byron
Reed[10]; 9. 48S-Andy Shammo[11]; 10.
O9-Craig Mintz[17]; 11. 25-Lee
Jacobs[13]; 12. 15C-Chris Andrews[18]; 13.
60-Jody Keegan[12]; 14. O4-Cap Henry[14];
15. X-Mark Keegan[9]; 16. 3J-Kevin
Lee[7];
17. 16-Bryan Sebetto[16]; 18. 14H-Todd Heller[20]; 19. 98-Bruce
Robenalt[19]; 20. 1X-Matt Linder[15]
Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305
Sprints
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. M28-Josh Muntz;
3. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 4. 51-Brad
Bowman; 5. 10X-Dustin Stroup; 6. 11F-D.J.
Foos; 7. 39-Matt Merrill; 8.
2P-Jerrid Potter; 9. 36X-Dustin Keegan;
10. 61L-Adam Thacker
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps
- Top 5 Transfer)
1. 19R-Steve Rando; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3.
71-Bill Kraylek; 4. 1-Nate Dussel;
5. 2-Tim Kern;
6. 3J-Kevin Lee[6]; 7. 14-Chad Wilson; 8. 49-Coty Runion; 9.
3X-Josh Burdette; 10. 3B-Tim Bottles
Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 2. 94-John Ivy; 3.
41-Dustin Dinan; 4. 1W-Paul
Weaver; 5. 28-Shawn Valenti; 6. 15-A. J.
Sleek; 7. 80-Jake Trevino; 8.
22D-Dan Hammond; 9. 31-Chuck Wilson
B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 11F-D.J. Foos;
2. 3J-Kevin Lee[3]; 3. 80-Jake Trevino; 4.
14-Chad Wilson; 5.
49-Coty Runion; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond; 7.
3X-Josh Burdette; 8. 36X-Dustin
Keegan; 9. 31-Chuck Wilson; 10. 3B-Tim
Bottles; 11. 2P-Jerrid Potter; 12.
15-A. J. Sleek; 13. 39-Matt Merrill; 14.
61L-Adam Thacker
A-Main - (25 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. M28-Josh Muntz[1]; 2. 1-Nate
Dussel[4]; 3. 41-Dustin Dinan[6]; 4. 94-John
Ivy[12]; 5. 19R-Steve Rando[5]; 6.
40-Bobby Clark[8]; 7. 9-Jimmy Colvin[2];
8. 1W-Paul Weaver[7]; 9. 71-Bill
Kraylek[3]; 10. 3J-Kevin Lee[17]; 11.
28-Shawn Valenti[15]; 12. 51-Brad
Bowman[11]; 13. 11F-D.J. Foos[16]; 14.
14-Chad Wilson[19]; 15. 10X-Dustin
Stroup[13]; 16. 18-Todd Heuerman[9]; 17.
49-Coty Runion[20]; 18. 2-Tim Kern[14];
19. 80-Jake Trevino[18]; 20.
35-Stuart Brubaker[10]
Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - (7 Laps - Top 10 Transfer)
1. 18W-Cory Ward; 2. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath
Jr.; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig; 4. 17-Bob
Dible; 5. 92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 6-Linda
Sabo; 7. 52-Will Tezak; 8. 23M-Brad
Mitten; 9. 30-Dave Gibbs; 10. 8K-Kent
Brewer
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (7 Laps
- Top 10 Transfer)
1. O1-Art Ball; 2. 8-Steve Endicott; 3.
5-Jim Mcgrath; 4. 16-Steve Sabo; 5.
4S-Brian Sorg; 6. P51-Paul Brown Jr.; 7.
4J-Jeremy Lozano; 8. 40-Corey
Tappel; 9. 71-Craig Holland
A-Main - (20 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. 5-Jim Mcgrath[6]; 2. 8-Steve
Endicott[8]; 3. O1-Art Ball[7]; 4. 17-Bob
Dible[5]; 5. 16-Steve Sabo[9]; 6.
92-Loren Schwochow[2]; 7. 4S-Brian
Sorg[4]; 8. 32H-Dan Hennig[11]; 9.
P51-Paul Brown Jr.[12]; 10. 6-Linda
Sabo[1]; 11. 52-Will Tezak[13]; 12.
23M-Brad Mitten[15]; 13. 30-Dave
Gibbs[17]; 14. 8K-Kent Brewer[19]; 15.
40-Corey Tappel[16]; 16. 18W-Cory
Ward[3]; 17. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr.[10]
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