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Shaffer wins thrilling Ohio Sprint
Speedweek finale at Fremont; Brubaker gets non-wing 305 victory
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@cros.net
FREMONT, Ohio - Tim Shaffer worked his
way through the field like a
precision surgeon from his 14th starting
spot, and took the lead with just
four laps to go in the finale of the 27th
Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek at
Fremont Speedway Saturday and went on to
score the $10,000 victory.
A huge crowd witnessed six cars
battling for the lead throughout the 40-lap
feature event with the lead changing hand
five times on Budweiser Night with
the O'Reilly All Star Circuit of
Champions Sprints.Shaffer ducked under
Brock Mayes exiting turn four on the 36th
lap to grab the lead and then
pulled away on a lap 37 restart for the
victory, his eighth of 2009.
The win was Shaffer's second of
Speedweek, as he also took the checkered
flag last Sunday at Millstream Speedway.
It was the 89th appearance of the
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions at
Fremont Speedway.
While Shaffer, who had to win the
B-main to earn his spot in the feature,
took home the big check, Stevie Smith's
third place finish gave him the 2009
Ohio Sprint Speedweek championship.
"This place always puts a great race
on. I'm so happy to be a part of this
team. Brian (Kemenah, crew chief), Janet
(Holbrook, owner) and Aaron (Call,
owner)...this whole team...they did a
great job all week...it's a tough
week," said Shaffer beside his Kistler
Racing Engines, J&J Chassis backed
#83.
"I let them down last night and I was
determined not to do that tonight. You
had to be aggressive but patient tonight.
I never thought we'd get up
through there. We got a great start and
the lapped cars helped me
tonight...they hurt me last night so
that's part of racing. We're building a
great team," added Shaffer in the Engine
Pro Victory Lane on his third win
of the season at "The Track That Action
Built."
For Mayes, it was another
disappointing Speedweek finale, even though he
would come home second.
"I'm just upset...three years in a row
I've run second at this $10,000 to
win speedweek show. If I had a few more
cars in my shop a couple of those
guys would have been helped off the
track. There's no sense for lapped cars
to be shown my wing three or four times.
I get as many cars as Shaffer has
in the shop I'll be pushing around like
he does sometimes," said Mayes
beside his J&F Construction, Kinn
Brothers Heating and Cooling, Mansfield
Cement backed #11B.
"Daniel, Keith and Davey and my dad
are behind us. What you see is what we
got. Every now and then we pick up a
little something. Just a little heart
broken, a little disgusted, a little
upset right now. We've been running
good here all year. I thought we had 'em.
I didn't make the right decision I
guess," added Mayes.
Smith battled his way through the pack
from his 11th starting spot to take
third.
"Tim Shaffer did a nice job and he
earned it...he started back there too. I
just didn't get the job done. I'm real
proud of these guys. We won the
points... it's a shame they couldn't have
had a little purse for that. After
seeing all these cars this week, I was
pretty amazed. The fans were really a
big support for the Ohio Sprint Speedweek
and they had a lot of race cars. I
think it's something that could really be
built up and I'd like to still be
a part of it...but we need some sort of
point fund for it," said Smith
beside his Zemco Race Products backed #1,
who was heading to compete in the
Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek.
Chad Blonde led the field to the green
to start the feature with Mayes
falling in line while Duane Zablocki ran
third and Craig Mintz fourth.
Shaffer had moved up seven spots to the
seventh position by lap four.Blonde
set a blistering pace aboard the Hammer
Pallets entry and caught the tail
end of the field by lap nine, but he
could not get around the back markers,
which allowed Mayes and Mintz to close.
Mayes would race right on Blonde's
tail over the next four laps, which
allowed Mintz, who was the only driver
in the top five to run the high side, to
move into second on lap 13. Blonde
and Mintz would race side-by-side the
next four laps while Shaffer had moved
into fourth spot.
While the leaders still had
difficulties with the tail end of the field,
Mayes made a daring move on lap 18 to
move from third to the lead. But, it
was short-lived, as Mintz would
sling-shot around him to the point a lap
later before the caution would fly for a
Daron Clayton spin. Mintz would
pull away on the restart while Mayes had
his hands full with Shaffer and now
a closing Stevie Smith.
Mintz would encounter lapped traffic
on lap 25 allowing Mayes, Shaffer and
Smith to close. Mayes would use a lapped
machine as a pick to drive around
Mintz into the lead on lap 27 and pulled
away slightly as Mintz, Shaffer and
Smith duked it out for second. Shaffer
would drive under Mintz into the
runner-up position on lap 32, but Mintz
would fight back to his outside lap
after lap.
Lapped traffic, which had a few laps
earlier helped Mayes take the lead, was
now his enemy, as Shaffer used a it to
his advantage. Shaffer used a
terrific move on the low side of turn
four to pass Mayes for the lead on lap
36. The second and final caution of the
race would fly on lap 37 as David
Harrison and Dale Blaney got together.
While the cars idled around the
track, Mintz, who was in the fourth spot,
would see his great run end as an
oil fire brought on his mount would bring
out the red.
With a clean track ahead, Shaffer
would pull away for the victory, with
Mayes, Smith, Blonde and Brad Sweet
rounding out the top five.
The fans were treated to a very
exciting feature for the Fremont Federal
Credit Union 305 Sprints, as they
competed for the first time this season
without their wings. Defending track
champion Stuart Brubaker slipped under
Shawn Valenti in turn two on the last lap
to grab the lead and his third
career victory at Fremont.
"This is awesome. I told these guys
before this feature...they said what do
you want us to do. I said let's do
something, but I'm not worried about it.
This thing took off like a rocket ship,"
said Brubaker beside his Advanced
Industrial Services, Brubaker Auction
Services backed #35 in the Engine Pro
Victory Lane.
"I didn't like this non-wing stuff at
first. This car was so unstable I
didn't know what it was going to do. Then
in the feature it was awesome.
This is totally different ball game. I
probably won't have a good night next
Friday when we put the wing back on...it
will take me 25 laps to get used to
that. This is for these fans out here...
I knew I could pass that guy on the
last lap...that was just awesome," added
Brubaker.
Roger Shammo grabbed the early lead in
the 25-lap main with Bobby Clark,
D.J. Foos and Paul Weaver in tow. The
field had some troubles on lap four,
as four straight cautions kept the field
close, one involving Shammo and
Weaver.Once the race resumed, Foos would
grab the top spot with Jimmy Colvin
in Second, Clark third, Valenti fourth
and Brubaker fifth.
Valenti would drive under Foos for the
lead on lap 9, but Foos would not
give up, racing him hard to the outside.
Following a lap 12 caution, Valenti
and Foos would resume their side-by-side
battle while Colvin and Brubaker
ran right on their rear bumpers.
Brubaker, using the low groove, would grab
second on lap 17, but it looked like
Valenti was on a rail up front.
However, a caution on lap 22 for Colvin
bunched up the field for a three lap
dash to the finish.
As the white flag flew, Valenti got
into turn one a little two hard and the
car washed up the race track, allowing
Brubaker to drive under him for the
lead and the win. Valenti would recover
to come home second, with Nate
Dussel, Todd Heuerman (from the tail
after an early race spin) and Foos
rounding out the top five.
Fremont Speedway will be back in
action Saturday, July 4 for the Burkett
Family Night's Salute to Our Military Men
and Women...America's Heroes
paying the 410 feature winner $4,000. The
Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks and the
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
will also be in action. The day
begins with games, food, fun and
entertainment for the entire family at the
fairgrounds at 10 a.m.
For more information log onto
www.fremontohspeedway.com
Fremont Speedway - 6/27/2009
Budweiser Night
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions
Qualifying -
1. 1-Stevie Smith, 12.701; 2. 11B-Brock
Mayes, 12.793; 3. 1X-Randy Hannagan,
12.994; 4. 56R-Ryan Myers, 12.998; 5.
3C-Cale Conley, 13.049; 6. X-Mark
Keegan, 13.084; 7. 83-Tim Shaffer,
13.095; 8. 7K-Rob Chaney, 13.101; 9.
2L-Ed Lynch Jr., 13.123; 10. 20X-Craig
Mintz, 13.138; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki,
13.150; 12. 24H-Chad Blonde, 13.175; 13.
59-Lee Jacobs, 13.187; 14. 10-David
Harrison, 13.190; 15. 16-Bryan Sebetto,
13.219; 16. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild,
13.228; 17. 91E-Brad Sweet, 13.240; 18.
53-John Ivy, 13.240; 19. 92-Daron
Clayton, 13.251; 20. 5R-Byron Reed,
13.255; 21. O-Brandon Wimmer, 13.258;
22. 2-Dale Blaney, 13.263; 23. 22-Cole
Duncan, 13.292; 24. 3J-Kevin Lee[5],
13.293; 25. 312-Mike Linder, 13.303; 26.
14H-Todd Heller, 13.312; 27.
89G-David Gravel, 13.315; 28. 2+-Brian
Smith, 13.337; 29. O4-Cap Henry,
13.340; 30. 60-Jody Keegan, 13.375; 31.
W20-Greg Wilson, 13.391; 32. 2H-Tim
Hunter, 13.424; 33. 25-Kenny Jacobs,
13.428; 34. 35-Jamie Miller, 13.439;
35. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.443; 36.
45AU-Steve Lines, 13.444; 37. 97-Dean
Jacobs, 13.476; 38. 48S-Andy Shammo,
13.516; 39. 6R-Ryan Bunton, 13.573; 40.
63-Chad Kemenah, 13.601; 41. 10H-Brad
Haudenschild, 13.696; 42. 7AU-Roddy
Bellbowen, 14.142; 43. 27-Scott Euler,
16.171
Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 91E-Brad Sweet; 2. O-Brandon Wimmer;
3. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.; 4. 1-Stevie
Smith; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs; 6. 59-Lee
Jacobs; 7. 3C-Cale Conley; 8. 312-Mike
Linder; 9. 25-Kenny Jacobs; 10. 10H-Brad
Haudenschild; 11. O4-Cap Henry
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (10 Laps
- Top 5 Transfer)
1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 53-John Ivy; 3.
20X-Craig Mintz; 4. 11B-Brock Mayes; 5.
10-David Harrison; 6. X-Mark Keegan; 7.
14H-Todd Heller; 8. 60-Jody Keegan;
9. 35-Jamie Miller; 10. 48S-Andy Shammo;
11. 7AU-Roddy Bellbowen
Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 92-Daron Clayton; 2. 22-Cole Duncan;
3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 1X-Randy
Hannagan; 5. 11M-Brandon Martin; 6.
83-Tim Shaffer; 7. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 8.
89G-David Gravel; 9. W20-Greg Wilson; 10.
6R-Ryan Bunton; 11. 27-Scott Euler
Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 3J-Kevin
Lee[1]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed; 3. 63-Chad Kemenah; 4. 24H-Chad Blonde;
5. 2+-Brian Smith; 6. 45AU-Steve Lines;
7. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 8.
2H-Tim Hunter; 9. 7K-Rob Chaney; 10.
56R-Ryan Myers
Dash - (6 Laps)
1. 91E-Brad Sweet; 2. 1X-Randy Hannagan;
3. 1-Stevie Smith; 4. 11B-Brock
Mayes; 5. 92-Daron Clayton
B-Main - (15 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)
1. 83-Tim Shaffer; 2. 3C-Cale Conley; 3.
X-Mark Keegan; 4. 59-Lee Jacobs; 5.
7K-Rob Chaney; 6. 56R-Ryan Myers; 7.
16-Bryan Sebetto; 8. 89G-David Gravel;
9. O4-Cap Henry; 10. W20-Greg Wilson; 11.
14H-Todd Heller; 12. 35-Jamie
Miller; 13. 45AU-Steve Lines; 14.
7AU-Roddy Bellbowen; 15. 27-Scott Euler;
16. 48S-Andy Shammo; 17. 60-Jody Keegan;
18. 25-Kenny Jacobs; 19. 10H-Brad
Haudenschild; 20. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild;
21. 6R-Ryan Bunton
A-Main - (40 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. 83-Tim Shaffer[14]; 2. 11B-Brock
Mayes[3]; 3. 1-Stevie Smith[11]; 4.
24H-Chad Blonde[1]; 5. 91E-Brad Sweet[8];
6. 1X-Randy Hannagan[5]; 7.
5R-Byron Reed[16]; 8. O-Brandon
Wimmer[17]; 9. 59-Lee Jacobs[15]; 10.
97-Dean Jacobs[23]; 11. 63-Chad
Kemenah[24]; 12. 11M-Brandon Martin[22]; 13.
22-Cole Duncan[19]; 14. 10-David
Harrison[7]; 15. 3C-Cale Conley[12]; 16.
2+-Brian Smith[21]; 17. 53-John Ivy[9];
18. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[2]; 19.
92-Daron Clayton[10];
20. 3J-Kevin Lee[20]; 21. 20X-Craig Mintz[4];
22.
2-Dale Blaney[18]; 23. X-Mark Keegan[13];
24. 2L-Ed Lynch Jr.[6]
Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305
Sprints (non-Wing)
Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 11F-D.J. Foos; 3.
1-Nate Dussel; 4. 40-Bobby Clark; 5.
1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 6. 83X-Nate Reeser;
7. 30-Adam Ollom
Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps)
1. 10S-Roger Shammo; 2. 28-Shawn Valenti;
3. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 4. 35-Stuart
Brubaker; 5. 10X-Dustin Stroup; 6.
99X-Tim Buchanan; 7. 24X-Tom Nichols
Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 2-Tim Kern; 3.
31-Chuck Wilson; 4. 3B-Tim Bottles; 5.
M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 18-Todd Heuerman; 7.
14-Chad Wilson
A-Main - (25 Laps) [#]-Starting
Position
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7]; 2. 28-Shawn
Valenti[8]; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[10]; 4.
18-Todd Heuerman[18]; 5. 11F-D.J.
Foos[6]; 6. 31-Chuck Wilson[9]; 7.
40-Bobby Clark[3]; 8. 10X-Dustin
Stroup[14]; 9. 71-Bill Kraylek[12]; 10.
10S-Roger Shammo[2]; 11. 99X-Tim
Buchanan[15]; 12. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[11];
13. 2-Tim Kern[1]; 14. 3B-Tim
Bottles[21]; 15. 9-Jimmy Colvin[5]; 16.
83X-Nate Reeser[16]; 17. 30-Adam
Ollom[17]; 18. 1W-Paul Weaver[4]; 19.
14-Chad Wilson[19]; 20. 24X-Tom
Nichols[20]
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