By Brian Liskai
Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019
Contact: Brian Liskai - liskai2x@roadrunner.com

FREMONT, Ohio - Fresh off his 7th Xfinity NASCAR Series win, Norman, Oklahoma's Christopher Bell climbed in his newly purchased sprint car and dominated the second half of the 12th Annual Jim and Joanne Ford Classic at Fremont Speedway to claim the $10,000 prize Saturday, Sept. 21 on Kear's Speed Shop Night.

Bell lapped up to sixth place in the 40-lap feature aboard his Mobile 1, JBC machine to earn his fourth career victory at "The Track That Action Built."

"What an awesome deal to put this together in a week and come to what I consider my home sprint car track and win this big race in front of a huge crowd...wow! Chad Boat and I decided to do this over the week and to get a win in the first night in my own car is unbelievable. The curb was very tricky but it reminded me of the old Fremont when I lived in Tiffin with Rick Ferkel and we came here," said Bell in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.

Bell, who started 13th, took the lead on a restart on lap 18 from 2019 Fremont track champion Buddy Kofoid. Once in the lead, Bell blasted away at the thick ledge around the track which resulted from a shower prior to hot laps earlier in the evening. Bell built up a lead over seven seconds or three quarters of a track as he easily disposed of lapped cars.

A late race move had Travis Philo going in second while Nate Dussel rounded out the podium for the event sanctioned by the FAST 410 Sprint Series.

"Hats off to Christopher and that team. When he passed me it didn't take long and I couldn't even see him. I'm proud of our team, my dad, Keith...everyone. We really got going toward the end of the season and have a lot to build on for next year," said Philo beside his Interior Supply/Control Design Solutions/Columbus Equipment Company/Banshee Graphics/Tire Slick backed #5T.

"I couldn't be more proud of this team. We are essentially a 305 team running with the big boys. We far exceeded all my expectations coming into this season. Other than the All Star race we ran consistently in the top five all year long," said Dussel of his Industrial Movers/Northwest Installation/All Davis Carpet & Laminate/Berrier Fabrication/Real Geese Decoys/Wurtec/Speedway's Bar and Grill/Tackle Box 2 backed #1.

Fremont, Ohio's Jamie Miller took the lead on lap 10 and drove away for his third win of the season in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 sprint feature. It was his 23rd career win at the track.

"I knew we were good. When we caught up to Johnny (Ivy) and he got hung up. I was able to move around and pretty much run where I wanted to. I wanted to stay up top and keep my momentum up. When we had that yellow and I saw all those lapped cars going around me to get in line...I figured we were pretty good," said Miller of his Phil Rister Racing/Pen Monster.com/Sonic Hauling/Brad's Barbecue/Napa of Attica/Avon by Angie/Griff's Engines/Color Street by Jamie Hennig/Reedtown Tavern/Fostoria Mod Shop/York Carpet Outlet/Crown Batter/Branham Builders/Imprint Logo backed #26.

Fremont Speedway's 2019 track champion Shawn Valenti put an exclamation point on the end of a fantastic season in the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks, claiming his ninth feature win of the season in dominating fashion. It was Valenti's 55th career win at the track, placing him sixth on the all-time win list.

"It's pretty amazing...my whole Fremont career has been pretty awesome. Thanks to the Babcocks for putting me in this thing," said Valenti beside his A Plus Auto Center/Best Performance Motorsports/Craig Miller Trucking/Gressman Powersports/KS Sales & Service backed #7B.

Kofoid, fresh off his first ever midget win in his first ever midget race Friday in Illinois, and Cody Bova brought the field to green for the 40-lap Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint feature but a tangle involving Duane Zablocki and Paige Polyak necessitated a complete restart. When the green flew Kofoid bolted into the lead over Friday night's winner Tim Shaffer, Bova, Philo, Brad Lamberson and Parker Price-Miller.

Kofoid set a blistering pace, moving out to a 3.8 second lead by lap three while Philo grabbed second over Shaffer and Bova. By the sixth circuit Kofoid was into heavy lapped traffic but still maintained an over three second lead over Philo, Shaffer, Dussel, Price-Miller and 13th starter Bell. Lapped machines allowed Philo to close to within 1.9 seconds by lap 13 but when Price-Miller stopped to bring out the caution on lap 14, Philo, Dussel, Shaffer and Bell were ready to pounce.

With a clear track, Kofoid rocketed away on the restart but a bobble on the turn two cushion on lap 17 allowed Bell to grab the lead but it was nullified when Brandon Long spun, putting Kofoid back to the point. On the restart Bell was not to be denied as he slid in front of Kofoid to take the lead with Philo, Shaffer, Dussel, FAST point leader Cole Duncan, Byron Reed and 18th starter Chad Kemenah giving chase.

Just past the half-way point Reed and Kemenah tangled to bring out the final caution of the race. When the green flew Bell checked out, building a six second lead with 10 laps to go. Shaffer and Philo got around Kofoid when he bobbled once again on the cushion with Philo moving into second on lap 28 with Kofoid rallying to third a few laps later.

Bell kept picking off lapped cars, taking the checkers with the sixth place car in his sights. Philo, Dussel, Kofoid and Duncan rounded out the top five.

Fremont's 2019 305 sprint track champion John Ivy jumped into the lead at the drop of the green for the 25 lap feature from his outside front row starting spot with Brandon Moore, Miller, Matt Foos, Seth Schneider, Jimmy McGrath, Steve Rando, Paul Weaver and Alvin Roepke in tow. Ivy quickly built an over two second lead with just three laps scored and hit the back of the field by lap six as Miller moved into second.

Miller quickly close don Ivy and took the lead on lap 10. Once clear of several lapped cars by lap 13, Miller pulled away from Ivy who had his hands full from Foos. The only caution flew on lap 14 for debris but that didn't slow Miller down as he pulled away on the restart, quickly building a two second advantage over Ivy, Foos, Rando and Schneider.

Miller drove away to the $1,000 win over Ivy, Foos, Rando and Weaver.

Cautions plagued the early going of 20 lap dirt truck feature with Brad Mitten leading the first circuit before eighth starter Valenti assumed control on just the second lap. Once the final caution flew on lap 11, Valenti was able to shake loose from the field and drove to the win as Miller came on strong late in the race to earn a runner-up finish with Kent Brewer charging from 22nd to third with Mitten and Ben Clapp rounding out the top five.

Throughout the night Kear's Speed Shop in Tiffin, Ohio, celebrated their 50th anniversary by handing out over $10,000 of products to all the race teams.

The Board of Directors of Fremont Speedway would like to thank all the fans, race teams, marketing partners, push truck and wrecker operators and track employees for all their support and help in their first year at the help of "The Track That Action Built." Plans are already underway for the 2020 season, the 69th anniversary year for the speedway.

For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter https://twitter.com/FremontSpeedway.

For more information on the FAST 410 Sprint Car Series go to www.fastondirt.com
Fremont Speedway
Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019
12th Annual Jim & Joanne Ford Classic
Kear's Speed Shop Night
[*] indicates starting position

410 Sprints - Fort Ball Pizza Palace

Qualifying
1.3C-Cale Conley, 12.804; 2.02-Brandon Long, 12.985; 3.71P-Parker Price-Miller, 13.034; 4.19-Paige Polyak, 13.052; 5.5T-Travis Philo, 13.074; 6.27K-Brad Lamberson, 13.090; 7.9X-Ricky Peterson, 13.238; 8.G1-Tim Shaffer, 13.247; 9.20B-Cody Bova, 13.248; 10.11N-Buddy Kofoid, 13.260; 11.1-Nate Dussel, 13.323; 12.22-Cole Duncan, 13.326; 13.2L-Landon Lalonde, 13.344; 14.22s-Brandon Spithaler, 13.380; 15.5-Jordan Harble, 13.391; 16.97-Max Stambaugh, 13.418; 17.1st-Gary Taylor, 13.435; 18.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.439; 19.16-DJ Foos, 13.478; 20.7-Shawn Valenti, 13.488; 21.81-Lee Jacobs, 13.517; 22.09-Craig Mintz, 13.537; 23.5R-Byron Reed, 13.560; 24.13-Brandon Matus, 13.619; 25.21-Christopher Bell, 13.646; 26.22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.665; 27.23J-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.686; 28.23-Stuart Brubaker, 13.759; 29.14-Chad Wilson, 13.828; 30.J4-John Garvin, 13.871; 31.4-Cap Henry, 13.938; 32.k4-Chad Kemenah, 13.938; 33.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 13.971; 34.33-Brent Matus, 14.235; 35.68G-Tyler Gunn, 14.443;

Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 20B-Cody Bova[2] ; 2. 2L-Landon Lalonde[1] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[3] ; 4. 21-Christopher Bell[7] ; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs[6] ; 6. 3C-Cale Conley[4] ; 7. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[9] ; 8. 14-Chad Wilson[8] ; 9. 1st-Gary Taylor[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[2] ; 2. 22s-Brandon Spithaler[1] ; 3. 27K-Brad Lamberson[3] ; 4. 02-Brandon Long[4] ; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[5] ; 6. 09-Craig Mintz[6] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[7] ; 8. 33-Brent Matus[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[2] ; 2. 5-Jordan Harble[1] ; 3. 71P-Parker Price-Miller[4] ; 4. 5R-Byron Reed[6] ; 5. 4-Cap Henry[8] ; 6. 16-DJ Foos[5] ; 7. 23J-Hunter Schuerenberg[7] ; 8. 68G-Tyler Gunn[9] ; 9. 9X-Ricky Peterson[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 22-Cole Duncan[2] ; 2. 97-Max Stambaugh[1] ; 3. G1-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 4. 19-Paige Polyak[4] ; 5. k4-Chad Kemenah[8] ; 6. 7-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 7. 13-Brandon Matus[6] ; 8. 23-Stuart Brubaker[7]

B-Main 1 (10 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 81-Lee Jacobs[1] ; 2. 4-Cap Henry[2] ; 3. 16-DJ Foos[4] ; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn[8] ; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[5] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[7] ; 7. 23J-Hunter Schuerenberg[6] ; 8. 3C-Cale Conley[3] ; 9. 1st-Gary Taylor[9]

B-Main 2 (10 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. k4-Chad Kemenah[2] ; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[3] ; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1] ; 4. 7-Shawn Valenti[4] ; 5. 22B-Ryan Broughton[5] ; 6. 33-Brent Matus[7] ; 7. 23-Stuart Brubaker[8] ; 8. 9X-Ricky Peterson[9] ; 9. 13-Brandon Matus[6]

A-Main 1 (0 Laps)
1. 21-Christopher Bell[13] ; 2. 5T-Travis Philo[5] ; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[7] ; 4. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[1] ; 5. 22-Cole Duncan[8] ; 6. G1-Tim Shaffer[3] ; 7. 16-DJ Foos[21] ; 8. 81-Lee Jacobs[17] ; 9. k4-Chad Kemenah[18] ; 10. 97-Max Stambaugh[12] ; 11. 4-Cap Henry[19] ; 12. 27K-Brad Lamberson[4] ; 13. 20B-Cody Bova[2] ; 14. 2L-Landon Lalonde[9] ; 15. 02-Brandon Long[14] ; 16. 5-Jordan Harble[11] ; 17. 5R-Byron Reed[15] ; 18. 09-Craig Mintz[20] ; 19. 22s-Brandon Spithaler[10] ; 20. 71P-Parker Price-Miller[6] ; 21. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[22] ; 22. 19-Paige Polyak[16]

Hard Charger: 16-DJ Foos +14

305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union

Qualifying
1.26-Jamie Miller, 13.477; 2.1W-Paul Weaver, 13.572; 3.8C-Matt Foos, 13.617; 4.77I-John Ivy, 13.640; 5.7M-Brandon Moore, 13.690; 6.19R-Steve Rando, 13.770; 7.99-Alvin Roepke, 13.771; 8.X-Mike Keegan, 13.816; 9.2-Ricky Peterson, 13.827; 10.36-Seth Schneider, 13.833; 11.5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr, 13.943; 12.4*-Tyler Street, 13.979; 13.10-Josh Harrison, 13.993; 14.25-Jason Keckler, 13.994; 15.3V-Chris Verda, 14.072; 16.12-Kyle Capodice, 14.076; 17.8-Bobby Clark, 14.138; 18.3X-Brandon Riehl, 14.143; 19.1H-Zeth Sabo, 14.145; 20.21-Larry Kingseed JR, 14.162; 21.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 14.309; 22.9-Logan Riehl, 14.378; 23.09-Justin Adams, 14.439;

Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 3. 77I-John Ivy[3] ; 4. 99-Alvin Roepke[2] ; 5. 12-Kyle Capodice[6] ; 6. 9-Logan Riehl[8] ; 7. 1H-Zeth Sabo[7] ; 8. 10-Josh Harrison[5]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[1] ; 2. X-Mike Keegan[2] ; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore[3] ; 4. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 5. 25-Jason Keckler[5] ; 6. 09-Justin Adams[8] ; 7. 8-Bobby Clark[6] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[7]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 4*-Tyler Street[1] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[3] ; 3. 8C-Matt Foos[4] ; 4. 2-Ricky Peterson[2] ; 5. 3X-Brandon Riehl[6] ; 6. X15-Kasey Ziebold[7] ; 7. 3V-Chris Verda[5]

A-Main 1 - (20 Laps)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 2. 77I-John Ivy[2] ; 3. 8C-Matt Foos[3] ; 4. 19R-Steve Rando[9] ; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[11] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[5] ; 7. 99-Alvin Roepke[10] ; 8. 12-Kyle Capodice[13] ; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 10. 2-Ricky Peterson[12] ; 11. 25-Jason Keckler[14] ; 12. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[6] ; 13. 1H-Zeth Sabo[19] ; 14. X-Mike Keegan[8] ; 15. 4*-Tyler Street[7] ; 16. 3V-Chris Verda[21] ; 17. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[23] ; 18. 3X-Brandon Riehl[15] ; 19. 09-Justin Adams[17] ; 20. 9-Logan Riehl[16] ; 21. X15-Kasey Ziebold[18] ; 22. 8-Bobby Clark[20] ; 23. 10-Josh Harrison[22]

Hard Charger: 1W-Paul Weaver +6

Dirt Trucks - Burmeister Trophy

Heat 1 (8 Laps)
1. 23m-Brad Mitten[4] ; 2. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[3] ; 3. 17x-Dustin Keegan[2] ; 4. 0-Andy Keegan[8] ; 5. 9-Curt Inks[1] ; 6. 25-Bryce Black[6] ; 7. 83-Noah Wagner[5] ; 8. 8KB-Kent Brewer[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps)
1. 33-Jeff Ward[1] ; 2. 67-Ben Clapp[3] ; 3. 16-Jim Holcomb[6] ; 4. 0H-Derek Halka[2] ; 5. 75-Adam Dible[4] ; 6. 99-Gene Potridge[7] ; 7. 20-Caleb Shearn[8] ; 8. 65R-Jeremy Ernsberger[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps)
1. 1-John Brooks[2] ; 2. 7B-Shawn Valenti[1] ; 3. 5JR-Jamie Miller[3] ; 4. 5-Jim Mcgrath[7] ; 5. 4s-Keith Sorg[6] ; 6. 14T-Cody Truman[4] ; 7. 7X-Mike Hashman[5]

A-Main 1 (20 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[8] ; 2. 5JR-Jamie Miller[11] ; 3. 8KB-Kent Brewer[22] ; 4. 23m-Brad Mitten[2] ; 5. 67-Ben Clapp[3] ; 6. 33-Jeff Ward[9] ; 7. 17x-Dustin Keegan[4] ; 8. 83-Noah Wagner[19] ; 9. 99-Gene Potridge[17] ; 10. 7X-Mike Hashman[21] ; 11. 0H-Derek Halka[10] ; 12. 25-Bryce Black[16] ; 13. 4s-Keith Sorg[15] ; 14. 20-Caleb Shearn[20] ; 15. 1-John Brooks[7] ; 16. 14T-Cody Truman[18] ; 17. 0-Andy Keegan[1] ; 18. 9-Curt Inks[13] ; 19. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[12] ; 20. 16-Jim Holcomb[5] ; 21. 75-Adam Dible[14] ; 22. 5-Jim Mcgrath[6] ; 23. 65R-Jeremy Ernsberger[23]

Hard Charger: 8KB-Kent Brewer +19

Friday, Sept. 20, 2019
Contact: Brian Liskai - liskai2x@roadrunner.com

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - When leader Caleb Griffith got into the back stretch wall and flipped with eight laps to go, Tim Shaffer was there to capitalize and went on to score the opening night win at Fremont Speedway for the 12th Annual Jim and Joanne Ford Classic.

The lap prior, Griffith made a fantastic move in turn two to regain the lead from Shaffer as they battled in heavy lapped traffic. But, flying down the back stretch Griffith got into the guard rail and flipped violently into turn three. He walked away uninjured, with Shaffer taking the lead. Shaffer, a four time and defending Ford Classic winner, drove away the final eight laps for his 19th career victory at "The Track That Action Built" on All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Night featuring the FAST 410 Sprint Series.

"Cody Jacobs and I have a lot of time together and I want to keep it that way. He knows what to fix if I come in and look at him wrong. We work great together. Ron Gorby and his guys...hats off to them. They maintenance the car and got it ready for us and here we are," said Shaffer beside his Howard Johnsons of Lima/Indy Race Parts/Fast Signs backed #G1.

"Cody gave me a great car where I could run the bottom. The cushion up top was ferocious...to run that thing for 30 laps...if he (Griffith) could do it he deserved to win that thing. Back in the day I'd be up there too. We worked on getting our car good on the bottom or middle so we could move around and I think that's what happened in lapped traffic. He (Griffith) was pretty much committed to running up there and it probably shook him up a little bit when we got by him," added Shaffer in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.

Fremont's Paul Weaver dominated the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 sprint feature for his fourth victory of the season at Fremont. The $1,000 pay day was his 51st career win at the track, placing him eighth on the all-time win list.

"I thought a couple of lapped cars were trying to wreck me. I guess you're just paranoid when you're leading," said Weaver beside his B&B Drain Service/Hampshire Racing Engines/Adkins Motorsports/M&L Excavating/Schiets Motorsports/Miller Rigging/Weaver Performance Center backed #1W.

Fostoria, Ohio's Shawn Valenti bobbled on the last corner of the last lap in the dirt truck feature but was able to hold off Kent Brewer for his eighth feature win of the year. It was Valenti's 54th career win at the track, tying him with hall of famer Herbie Robinson for sixth on the track's all-time win list.

"To be able to climb the ladder and be tied with Herbie and be up there with the greats is pretty amazing. That last lap I threw it in there too hard and it took off up the race track and it was wide open after that and jumped the cushion and held on. That caution with three to go...I got over the cushion and Kent (Brewer) got under me. It's not every day you get a do-over in racing. We caught a break there. Thanks to the Babcocks for everything they do for me and Best Performance Motorsports, Craig Miller Trucking, Gressman Powersports and A Plus Auto Center said Valenti.

Kelsey Ivy and Brandon Long brought the field to green for the 30-lap Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint A-main but it was third starter Griffith who shot into the lead. Griffith pulled away as Ivy held second over Long, Shaffer, Travis Philo and Cale Conley.

Griffith's lead was 2.7 second by lap five as Ivy maintained second over Shaffer, Philo, Conley, Long and Byron Reed. It was near disaster for Griffith as he prepared to race into lapped traffic as DJ Foos and Stuart Brubaker tangled right in front of him but he avoided the incident. On the restart Griffith again pulled away as Shaffer took second with Ivy trying to hold off Philo and Conley for third.

Nate Dussel stopped on the track with 10 laps scored to bring out the caution. Griffith again rocketed away on the restart over Shaffer and Ivy as Reed, Conley and Philo battled for fourth. Ivy was forced to retire from the fray on lap 13 with front hub issues as the caution flew. Again when the green flew so did Griffith, opening a 1.4 second lead with 12 laps to go over Shaffer who had his hands full with Reed.

Heavy lapped traffic awaited the leaders with 10 laps to go and Shaffer used it to drive into the lead as they crossed the line to complete lap 22. Griffith drove back to the front exiting turn two but disaster struck as he prepared to enter turn three. With Shaffer no in the lead he was able to pull away from Reed as Conley and Philo battled for third.

Shaffer took the checkers with room to spare over Reed, Conley, Philo and Long.

Weaver and last week's winner Alvin Roepke brought the field to green for the 25 lap 305 A-main with Weaver gaining the advantage over Roepke, Mike Keegan, Valenti and Matt Foos. Zeth Sabo stopped with seven laps in just as Weaver was finding the back of the pack.

On the restart Bobby Clark stopped but when the green came back out Weaver checked out and held a two second lead over Roepke by lap 12. Meanwhile Valenti, Foos and Keegan were entertaining as they battled for third. With eight laps to go Weaver's lead was 3.8 seconds but he encountered heavy lapped traffic.

Weaver made great moves to slice through traffic and never lost a tick to Roepke. In fact, with five laps to go Weaver had put three lappers between himself and Roepke as Valenti and Foos continued to battle hard for third.

Weaver lapped up to 11th place as he took the checkers over Roepke, Valenti, Foos and Ricky Peterson.

Dustin Keegan and Dan Hennig brought the field to green for the 20 lap Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature with Hennig grabbing the lead over Jeff Ward, Keegan and Valenti. Hennig maintained the lead until the caution flew on lap five for Jamie Miller. On the restart Valenti drove around Hennig to take the lead with Ward, John Brooks, Keegan and Kent Brewer battling hard for third. Brooks was able to drive into second on lap eight with Brewer moving into third.

As Valenti maintained the lead, Brooks and Brewer ran side by side over the next seven laps with Brewer finally taking the spot before Ben Clapp brought out the caution with six laps to go. Following a caution on the restart, when the green flew again, Valenti had his hands full with Brewer as the pair raced side by side. When Valenti got over the cushion in turn two on lap 17, it looked like Brewer would drive to his second win. But, a multi-truck crash brought a halt to the action and put Valenti back in front.

Valenti was able to hold off Brewer but on the last corner of the last lap again bobbled on the cushion but Brewer couldn't capitalize. Valenti took the checkers over Brewer, Brooks, Ward and Cory McCaughey.

Fremont Speedway will wrap up the 2019 season with the 12th Annual Jim and Joanne Ford Classic featuring a $10,000 to win 40-lap feature for the FAST 410 Sprint Car Series on Kear's Speed Shop Night. Kear's will also hand out nearly $10,000 worth of products to celebrate their 50th anniversary. The 305 sprints and dirt trucks will battle for $1,000 to win their respective features.

Those unable to take in the action in person can watch it all live on PPV at www.speedshifttv.com.

For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter https://twitter.com/FremontSpeedway.

For more information on the FAST 410 Sprint Car Series go to www.fastondirt.com

About All Pro Heads – www.allproheads.com

All Pro Heads is based in Johnstown, Ohio and is owned by Bob and Suzie Williams.

All Pro is the industry leader in small block Chevy aluminum cylinder heads, catering

to the hard car racer always looking for the perfect design for a specific application.

Whether it's sprints, super late models,drag racing, off-road, marine or road racing, you can count on All Pro.

Fremont Speedway
Friday, Sept. 20, 2019
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads
Jim Ford Night #1 FAST Series
[*] Starting position

410 Sprints - Fort Ball Pizza Palace

Qualifying
1.5T-Travis Philo, 12.680; 2.33W-Caleb Griffith, 12.871; 3.02-Brandon Long, 12.946; 4.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 12.969; 5.066-Trey Jacobs, 12.982; 6.1-Nate Dussel, 13.021; 7.27K-Brad Lamberson, 13.054; 8.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.066; 9.G1-Tim Shaffer, 13.067; 10.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.068; 11.1st-Gary Taylor, 13.072; 12.81-Lee Jacobs, 13.083; 13.22M-Dan McCarron, 13.141; 14.3C-Cale Conley, 13.148; 15.13-Brandon Matus, 13.150; 16.5r-Byron Reed, 13.187; 17.9X-Ricky Peterson, 13.215; 18.97-Max Stambaugh, 13.219; 19.k4-Chad Kemenah, 13.265; 20.23-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.283; 21.18J-RJ Jacobs, 13.285; 22.22B-Ryan Broughton, 13.319; 23.22s-Brandon Spithaler, 13.335; 24.16-DJ Foos, 13.360; 25.14-Chad Wilson, 13.361; 26.22-Cole Duncan, 13.386; 27.J4-John Garvin, 13.400; 28.8M-TJ Michael, 13.499; 29.2L-Landon LaLonde, 13.508; 30.19-Paige Polyak, 13.551; 31.5-Jordan Harble, 13.552; 32.4-Cap Henry, 13.606; 33.3-Jac Haudenschild, 14.050; 34.33-Brent Matus, 14.216;

Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 22M-Dan McCarron[1] ; 2. G1-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[4] ; 4. 066-Trey Jacobs[3] ; 5. 9X-Ricky Peterson[5] ; 6. 18J-RJ Jacobs[6] ; 7. 14-Chad Wilson[7] ; 8. 3-Jac Haudenschild[9] ; 9. 2L-Landon LaLonde[8]

Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 3C-Cale Conley[1] ; 2. 68G-Tyler Gunn[2] ; 3. 33W-Caleb Griffith[4] ; 4. 1-Nate Dussel[3] ; 5. 22-Cole Duncan[7] ; 6. 97-Max Stambaugh[5] ; 7. 19-Paige Polyak[8] ; 8. 22B-Ryan Broughton[6] ; 9. 33-Brent Matus[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1st-Gary Taylor[2] ; 2. 13-Brandon Matus[1] ; 3. 02-Brandon Long[4] ; 4. k4-Chad Kemenah[5] ; 5. 22s-Brandon Spithaler[6] ; 6. J4-John Garvin[7] ; 7. 5-Jordan Harble[8] ; 8. 27K-Brad Lamberson[3]

Heat 4 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 5r-Byron Reed[1] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[2] ; 3. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[4] ; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 5. 23-Hunter Schuerenberg[5] ; 6. 16-DJ Foos[6] ; 7. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 8. 4-Cap Henry[8]

B-Main 1 (10 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 9X-Ricky Peterson[1] ; 2. 22s-Brandon Spithaler[2] ; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild[7] ; 4. 18J-RJ Jacobs[3] ; 5. J4-John Garvin[4] ; 6. 5-Jordan Harble[6] ; 7. 14-Chad Wilson[5] ; 8. 2L-Landon LaLonde[9] ; 9. 27K-Brad Lamberson[8]

B-Main 2 (10 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 22-Cole Duncan[1] ; 2. 16-DJ Foos[4] ; 3. 23-Hunter Schuerenberg[2] ; 4. 4-Cap Henry[8] ; 5. 97-Max Stambaugh[3] ; 6. 19-Paige Polyak[5] ; 7. 8M-TJ Michael[6] ; 8. 22B-Ryan Broughton[7] ; 9. 33-Brent Matus[9]

A-Main 1 (30 Laps)
1. G1-Tim Shaffer[9] ; 2. 5r-Byron Reed[8] ; 3. 3C-Cale Conley[6] ; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[4] ; 5. 02-Brandon Long[2] ; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[10] ; 7. 22M-Dan McCarron[5] ; 8. 9X-Ricky Peterson[17] ; 9. 13-Brandon Matus[11] ; 10. 22s-Brandon Spithaler[19] ; 11. k4-Chad Kemenah[15] ; 12. 22-Cole Duncan[18] ; 13. 81-Lee Jacobs[12] ; 14. 33W-Caleb Griffith[3] ; 15. 066-Trey Jacobs[13] ; 16. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[1] ; 17. 23-Hunter Schuerenberg[22] ; 18. 3-Jac Haudenschild[21] ; 19. 35-Stuart Brubaker[16] ; 20. 1-Nate Dussel[14] ; 21. 16-DJ Foos[20] ; 22. 1st-Gary Taylor[7]
Hard Charger: 9x-Ricky Peterson +9

305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union

Qualifying
1.X-Mike Keegan, 13.345; 2.99-Alvin Roepke, 13.350; 3.8C-Matt Foos, 13.386; 4.12-Kyle Capodice, 13.456; 5.5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr, 13.473; 6.1W-Paul Weaver, 13.520; 7.7-Shawn Valenti, 13.563; 8.46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.566; 9.3V-Chris Verda, 13.625; 10.97-Kyle Peters, 13.634; 11.2-Ricky Peterson, 13.639; 12.25-Jason Keckler, 13.647; 13.77I-John Ivy, 13.647; 14.7M-Brandon Moore, 13.660; 15.4*-Tyler Street, 13.664; 16.8-Bobby Clark, 13.671; 17.5M-Mike Moore, 13.690; 18.26-Jamie Miller, 13.717; 19.3X-Brandon Riehl, 13.793; 20.19R-Steve Rando, 13.794; 21.36-Seth Schneider, 13.813; 22.75-Jerry Dahms, 13.894; 23.9-Logan Riehl, 13.934; 24.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 13.972; 25.1H-Zeth Sabo, 14.032; 26.09-Justin Adams, 14.112; 27.21-Larry Kingseed, 14.559;

Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 7-Shawn Valenti[2] ; 2. X-Mike Keegan[4] ; 3. 77I-John Ivy[5] ; 4. 12-Kyle Capodice[3] ; 5. 97-Kyle Peters[1] ; 6. 8-Bobby Clark[6] ; 7. 1H-Zeth Sabo[9] ; 8. 3X-Brandon Riehl[7] ; 9. 75-Jerry Dahms[8]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 46AU-Stuart Williams[2] ; 2. 2-Ricky Peterson[1] ; 3. 99-Alvin Roepke[4] ; 4. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[3] ; 5. 7M-Brandon Moore[5] ; 6. 19R-Steve Rando[7] ; 7. 5M-Mike Moore[6] ; 8. 09-Justin Adams[9] ; 9. 9-Logan Riehl[8]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 25-Jason Keckler[1] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 3. 8C-Matt Foos[4] ; 4. 36-Seth Schneider[7] ; 5. 4*-Tyler Street[5] ; 6. 26-Jamie Miller[6] ; 7. 3V-Chris Verda[2] ; 8. X15-Kasey Ziebold[8] ; 9. 21-Larry Kingseed[9]

B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 19R-Steve Rando[2] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[3] ; 3. 8-Bobby Clark[1] ; 4. 1H-Zeth Sabo[4] ; 5. 3X-Brandon Riehl[7] ; 6. 9-Logan Riehl[11] ; 7. 09-Justin Adams[8] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed[12] ; 9. 75-Jerry Dahms[10] ; 10. 5M-Mike Moore[5] ; 11. 3V-Chris Verda[6] ; 12. X15-Kasey Ziebold[9]

A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1] ; 2. 99-Alvin Roepke[2] ; 3. 7-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 4. 8C-Matt Foos[3] ; 5. 2-Ricky Peterson[8] ; 6. X-Mike Keegan[4] ; 7. 7M-Brandon Moore[14] ; 8. 12-Kyle Capodice[10] ; 9. 26-Jamie Miller[17] ; 10. 77I-John Ivy[9] ; 11. 19R-Steve Rando[16] ; 12. 4*-Tyler Street[15] ; 13. 97-Kyle Peters[13] ; 14. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[11] ; 15. 36-Seth Schneider[12] ; 16. 1H-Zeth Sabo[19] ; 17. 25-Jason Keckler[7] ; 18. 46AU-Stuart Williams[6] ; 19. 8-Bobby Clark[18] ; 20. 3X-Brandon Riehl[20]
Hard Charger: 26-Jamie Miller +8

Dirt Trucks - Burmeister Trophy

Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 8KB-Kent Brewer[1] ; 2. 23m-Brad Mitten[2] ; 3. 36M-Cory McCaughey[4] ; 4. 67-Ben Clapp[7] ; 5. 16-Jim Holcomb[10] ; 6. 4s-Keith Sorg[8] ; 7. 32-Kevin Phillips[9] ; 8. 65R-Jeremy Ernsberger[6] ; 9. 0H-Derek Halka[5] ; 10. 5-Blake Smith[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 1-John Brooks[3] ; 2. 83-Noah Wagner[1] ; 3. 26-John Ivy[2] ; 4. 32H-Dan Hennig[9] ; 5. 9-Curt Inks[6] ; 6. 7X-Dana Frey[8] ; 7. 25-Bryce Black[7] ; 8. 14T-Cody Truman[4] ; 9. 1X-Brad Keckler[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[3] ; 2. 33-Jeff Ward[1] ; 3. 5JR-Jamie Miller[8] ; 4. 17x-Dustin Keegan[2] ; 5. 0-Andy Keegan[5] ; 6. 99-Gene Potridge[6] ; 7. 5s-Brandon Stuckey[9] ; 8. 75-Adam Dible[7] ; 9. 11-Austin Gibson[4]

B-Main 1 (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 4s-Keith Sorg[1] ; 2. 32-Kevin Phillips[4] ; 3. 7X-Dana Frey[2] ; 4. 1X-Brad Keckler[11] ; 5. 99-Gene Potridge[3] ; 6. 14T-Cody Truman[8] ; 7. 5s-Brandon Stuckey[6] ; 8. 75-Adam Dible[9] ; 9. 5-Blake Smith[13] ; 10. 11-Austin Gibson[12] ; 11. 65R-Jeremy Ernsberger[7] ; 12. 25-Bryce Black[5] ; 13. 0H-Derek Halka[10]

A-Main 1 (20 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[3] ; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer[10] ; 3. 1-John Brooks[7] ; 4. 33-Jeff Ward[4] ; 5. 36M-Cory McCaughey[8] ; 6. 23m-Brad Mitten[11] ; 7. 5JR-Jamie Miller[12] ; 8. 16-Jim Holcomb[13] ; 9. 4s-Keith Sorg[16] ; 10. 9-Curt Inks[14] ; 11. 67-Ben Clapp[6] ; 12. 17x-Dustin Keegan[1] ; 13. 26-John Ivy[5] ; 14. 1X-Brad Keckler[19] ; 15. 32-Kevin Phillips[17] ; 16. 7X-Dana Frey[18] ; 17. 99-Gene Potridge[20] ; 18. 32H-Dan Hennig[2] ; 19. 0-Andy Keegan[15] ; 20. 83-Noah Wagner[9]
Hard Charger: 8KB-Kent Brewer +8

Saturday, July 27, 2019
Contact: Brian Liskai - liskai2x@roadrunner.com

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio - DJ Foos drove his Burmeister Racing 410 sprint into the lead with 12 laps to go and pulled away for the win with the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series Presented by the Baumann Auto Group Saturday, July 27 at Fremont Speedway.

Foos, a former 305 Fremont track champion, scored his second win of the year at "The Track That Action Built" on Baumann Auto Group Night, taking home $4,200 thanks to Spanky's Pizza of Carey, the Baumann Auto Group and A Plus Auto Center of Fostoria. Foos dominated on the tricky track, winning by over 2.5 seconds for his 13th career victory at the track.

Foos' win in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint division also will tighten up the AFCS points significantly with just two point races left for the $10,000 championship. Foos came into the night third in the AFCS standings. Leader Buddy Kofoid came back from an opening lap tangle to score a 7th place finish while Cap Henry, who started the night second in the standings, finished fourth.

"Hats off to these guys (speedway committee) for trying to do stuff...we all didn't become good race car drivers and crew chiefs over night. We have to bare with them and give them some time. This race track is really not my deal. I could do turns one and two all day but three and four...whew...that thing was a hand full. Mikey (Sommers) had the car pretty good and I can't thank everyone enough who stands behind me," said Foos beside his Jet Express/CR Juices/Crown Battery/Greer Automotive/Burmeister Trophy/KS Sales & Service/Kistler Engines/Kistler Racing Products/NAPA Auto Parts/Dave Story Equipment/Minor Customs backed #16.

A tremendous three car battle involving John Ivy, Paul Weaver and Tyler Street dominated the first half of the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints. Weaver, a former track champion, took the lead on lap nine and held off Street at the checkers for his second win of the season at Fremont worth $1,200 thanks to the Baumann Auto Group and A Plus Auto Center.

Weaver's 49th career win at the track, also tightens up the standings in the KS Sales and Service AFCS Presented Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales with two point races remaining. Weaver came into the night third in the standings with leader Jamie Miller finishing seventh and runner-up John Ivy finishing fourth.

"I got old reliable back out. Last couple of weeks I had some bad luck going on," said Weaver referring to a chassis change. "I didn't have any good set-up for this type of track but my engine builder had some pixie dust he sprinkled on it and it worked. I want to thank my wife, Daryl Schiets, Pam and Steve Brown, M&L Excavating, Dave Rice and Bob Hampshire, Miller Rigging and Adkins Motorsports."

The 20 lap feature for the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks featured three wide racing around the speedway for the lead for the first half involving Keith Sorg, Kent Brewer and Shawn Valenti. Valenti took the lead by a bumper on lap seven but Brewer and Sorg battled him hard over the next hand full of laps. Valenti and Brewer then raced side by side for several laps until Valenti was able to pull away slightly until the last lap when Brewer mounted a last ditch challenge that fell just short. Valenti scored his third win of the season and 49th of his career to tie Weaver for seventh on the track's all-time win list.

"That was a hell of a race. Kent and Keith raced clean and hard and that's what it's all about. It was $1,100 to win to night to I had to get up on the wheel. Thanks to the Baumann Auto Group and all they do for us racers and my sponsor A Plus Auto Center for putting extra money in the purse for all the divisions tonight," Valenti said.

"I have to thank the Babcocks for everything they have done for me throughout my whole career and Craig Miller Trucking and Speedway's Bar and Grill, Gressman Powersports, Best Performance Motorsports," added Valenti.

Brian Lay and Lee Jacobs brought the field to green for the 30-lap 410 sprint feature. The second row of Buddy Kofoid and Travis Philo made contact and Kofoid spun in front of the pack, collecting Craig Mintz, Stuart Brubaker and Nate Dussel with Mintz and Brubaker flipping. Everyone was okay but Mintz and Brubaker were done for the night. Kofoid and Dussel made repairs and rejoined at the tail.

When the green flew again Jacobs bolted into the lead over Lay, Foos, Philo, Cale Conley, Ricky Peterson, Caleb Griffith, Cap Henry and Jack Haudenschild. Haudenschild spun with two laps scored and two laps later jumped the big cushion in turn four to end his night.

Jacobs pulled away from Lay on the restart with 26 laps to go with Foos, Peterson, Philo, Conley and Henry in tow. Foos took second on lap 10 just before Conley stopped two circuits later after battling with Philo and Henry for fifth. This time on the restart Foos stayed glued to Jacobs' rear bumper while Lay, Henry and Peterson battled for third.

Foos was able to drive around Jacobs into the lead with a daring move on the tricky turn four cushion on lap 18. With 10 laps to go Foos had opened a second and half lead over Jacobs while Lay and Henry were entertaining the crowed in their quest for third.

Foos hit his marks and drove away to the win as Lay got around Jacobs on the last lap for second with Henry and Caleb Griffith rounding out the top five.

John Ivy and Jason Keckler paced the field for the 25-lap 305 A-main but Bobby Clark stopped to bring about a complete restart. When the green flew Ivy bolted into the lead with Tyler Street applying pressure with Keckler, Weaver and Chris Verda in tow. Ivy, Street and Weaver traded the top spot all around the speedway and only a caution on lap four slowed the action. Weaver finally took the lead from Ivy on lap nine but Ivy and Street continued to apply pressure.

With 10 laps to go the action ground to a halt when Tyler Gunn stopped on the speedway. On the ensuing restart Street took a look to the outside of Weaver but couldn't complete the pass. The car on the move was 13th starter Steve Rando who charged into third with eight laps to go. Weaver was able to build a 1.4 second lead with five laps remaining but lapped traffic allowed Street to close to within a half second at the white flag.

Coming to the checkers Street made a daring move above the cushion and fell just .3 second short as Weaver earned the win. Rando, Ivy and 12th starter Jimmy McGrath Jr. rounded out the top five.

Only three cautions halted the incredible action in the 20-lap dirt truck main that featured Sorg leading by a bumper the first three laps with Brewer leading lap four, Sorg back in charge on lap five, Brewer back to the point on lap six and Valenti taking over on lap seven. Valenti and Brewer would then put on a masterful battle over the rest of the race.

Brewer made one last ditch shot at the win coming to the checkers but Valenti held him off by half a truck length for the $1,100 win. Sorg, Dustin Keegan and Jim Holcomb rounded out the top five.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Aug. 3 on Pub 400 Night with the 410 and 305 sprints and dirt trucks. The dirt trucks will also run their rained-out feature from May.

For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter https://twitter.com/FremontSpeedway.

About the Baumann Auto Group – www.baumannautogroup.com

In an era of continuous change, the Baumann Auto Group is celebrating 62 years of successfully serving the community. Buck Baumann is proud to continue his father Al’s vision with the same tradition of trust and family atmosphere in the seven dealerships that are in Fremont, Tiffin, Port Clinton and Genoa. Baumann Won’t Be Beat is more than a slogan, we don't compromise honesty and ethics, we proudly employ high quality people and we care about our loyal customers.

The Baumann Auto Group has an exceptional sales and service team. So not only can you purchase your new vehicle from Baumann's, but they will keep it running smoothly with continued service maintenance. If you should have an unfortunate accident, Baumann’s body shop is a well-known "direct repair" facility for numerous insurance companies, performing collision repairs on all makes and models.

Fremont Speedway
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Baumann Auto Group Night
[*] indicates starting position

410 Sprints - Fort Ball Pizza Palace

Qualifying
1.5T-Travis Philo, 13.222; 2.11N-Buddy Kofoid, 13.293; 3.81-Lee Jacobs, 13.329; 4.3-Jac Haudenschild, 13.375; 5.23-Bryan Sebetto, 13.393; 6.46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.450; 7.45-Brian Lay, 13.487; 8.3C-Cale Conley, 13.505; 9.5-Byron Reed, 13.578; 10.16-DJ Foos, 13.593; 11.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 13.692; 12.9X-Ricky Peterson, 13.701; 13.2+-Brian Smith, 13.702; 14.09-Craig Mintz, 13.703; 15.33W-Caleb Griffith, 13.713; 16.14-Chad Wilson, 13.855; 17.4-Cap Henry, 13.938; 18.35-Stuart Brubaker, 14.010; 19.96AU-Bruce White, 14.263; 20.1-Nate Dussel, 26.999;

Heat 1 (10 Laps)
1. 16-DJ Foos[1] ; 2. 45-Brian Lay[2] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[4] ; 4. 3-Jac Haudenschild[3] ; 5. 2+-Brian Smith[5] ; 6. 96AU-Bruce White[7] ; 7. 14-Chad Wilson[6]

Heat 2 (10 Laps)
1. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[4] ; 2. 3C-Cale Conley[2] ; 3. 4-Cap Henry[6] ; 4. 09-Craig Mintz[5] ; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[1] ; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[7] ; 7. 23-Bryan Sebetto[3]

Heat 3 (10 Laps)
1. 9X-Ricky Peterson[1] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[4] ; 3. 33W-Caleb Griffith[5] ; 4. 5-Byron Reed[2] ; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[6] ; 6. 46AU-Stuart Williams[3]

A-Main 1 (30 Laps)
1. 16-DJ Foos[5] ; 2. 45-Brian Lay[1] ; 3. 81-Lee Jacobs[2] ; 4. 4-Cap Henry[8] ; 5. 33W-Caleb Griffith[9] ; 6. 5-Byron Reed[12] ; 7. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[3] ; 8. 9X-Ricky Peterson[6] ; 9. 1-Nate Dussel[17] ; 10. 5T-Travis Philo[4] ; 11. 3C-Cale Conley[7] ; 12. 2+-Brian Smith[13] ; 13. 14-Chad Wilson[19] ; 14. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[14] ; 15. 96AU-Bruce White[16] ; 16. 23-Bryan Sebetto[20] ; 17. 3-Jac Haudenschild[10] ; 18. 46AU-Stuart Williams[18] ; 19. 09-Craig Mintz[11] ; 20. 35-Stuart Brubaker[15]

305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union

Qualifying
1.26-Jamie Miller, 13.961; 2.4*-Tyler Street, 14.006; 3.5Jr-Jimmy Jr, 14.122; 4.1W-Paul Weaver, 14.130; 5.X-Mike Keegan, 14.235; 6.3X-Brandon Riehl, 14.273; 7.25-Jason Keckler, 14.274; 8.77I-John Ivy, 14.288; 9.99-Alvin Roepke, 14.292; 10.36-Seth Schneider, 14.302; 11.29-Tyler Gunn, 14.312; 12.3V-Chris Verda, 14.332; 13.7M-Brandon Moore, 14.349; 14.1H-Zeth Sabo, 14.355; 15.21-Larry Kingseed JR, 14.374; 16.19R-Steve Rando, 14.398; 17.47-Matt Lucius, 14.473; 18.11G-Luke Griffith, 14.480; 19.7-Shawn Valenti, 14.515; 20.75-Jerry Dahms, 14.560; 21.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 14.619; 22.Z10-Kevin Mingus, 14.697; 23.8-Bobby Clark, 14.783;

Heat 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 36-Seth Schneider[1] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 4. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 5. 19R-Steve Rando[6] ; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[5] ; 7. 7-Shawn Valenti[7] ; 8. Z10-Kevin Mingus[8]

Heat 2 - (10 Laps)
1. 77I-John Ivy[2] ; 2. 29-Tyler Gunn[1] ; 3. 4*-Tyler Street[4] ; 4. X-Mike Keegan[3] ; 5. 1H-Zeth Sabo[5] ; 6. 8-Bobby Clark[8] ; 7. 47-Matt Lucius[6] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[7]

Heat 3 - (10 Laps)
1. 3V-Chris Verda[1] ; 2. 99-Alvin Roepke[2] ; 3. 11G-Luke Griffith[6] ; 4. 5Jr-Jimmy Jr[4] ; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[5] ; 6. 3X-Brandon Riehl[3] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[7]

B-Main 1 - (12 Laps)
1. 8-Bobby Clark[2] ; 2. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 3. 7-Shawn Valenti[4] ; 4. 47-Matt Lucius[5] ; 5. 3X-Brandon Riehl[3] ; 6. 75-Jerry Dahms[8] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[6] ; 8. Z10-Kevin Mingus[7]

A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 2. 4*-Tyler Street[4] ; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[13] ; 4. 77I-John Ivy[1] ; 5. 5Jr-Jimmy Jr[12] ; 6. 99-Alvin Roepke[8] ; 7. 26-Jamie Miller[10] ; 8. 7-Shawn Valenti[18] ; 9. 11G-Luke Griffith[9] ; 10. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 11. 8-Bobby Clark[16] ; 12. 1H-Zeth Sabo[14] ; 13. 7M-Brandon Moore[17] ; 14. X-Mike Keegan[11] ; 15. 3V-Chris Verda[6] ; 16. 47-Matt Lucius[19] ; 17. 36-Seth Schneider[5] ; 18. 29-Tyler Gunn[7] ; 19. 3X-Brandon Riehl[20] ; 20. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[15]

Dirt Trucks - Burmeister Trophy

Heat 1 (10 Laps)
1. 37-Eric DeVanna[1] ; 2. 4s-Keith Sorg[6] ; 3. 16-Jim Holcomb[8] ; 4. 32-Kevin Phillips[5] ; 5. 88-Dan Roepke[7] ; 6. P51-Paul Brown JR[4] ; 7. 32H-Dan Hennig[3] ; 8. 75-Adam Dible[2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps)
1. 8KB-Kent Brewer[4] ; 2. 33-Jeff Ward[1] ; 3. 2-Steve Endicott[3] ; 4. 1X-Brad Keckler[2] ; 5. 04-Jeff Hites[8] ; 6. 25-Bryce Black[7] ; 7. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[5] ; 8. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[6]

Heat 3 (10 Laps)
1. 17x-Dustin Keegan[3] ; 2. 23m-Brad Mitten[5] ; 3. 7B-Shawn Valenti[6] ; 4. 5-Jim Mcgrath[7] ; 5. 67-Ben Clapp[4] ; 6. 1-John Brooks[2] ; 7. 14T-Cody Truman[1]

Heat 4 (10 Laps)
1. 911-Mark Kachnmeister[3] ; 2. 5s-Brad Stuckey[4] ; 3. 83-Noah Wagner[2] ; 4. 115-Ben Good[6] ; 5. 26-Kyle Lagrou[5] ; 6. 7X-Dana Frey[7] ; 7. 11-Austin Gibson[1]

B-Main 1 (12 Laps)
1. 1-John Brooks[7] ; 2. 88-Dan Roepke[1] ; 3. 67-Ben Clapp[3] ; 4. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[14] ; 5. 26-Kyle Lagrou[4] ; 6. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[10] ; 7. 32H-Dan Hennig[9] ; 8. P51-Paul Brown JR[5] ; 9. 14T-Cody Truman[11] ; 10. 25-Bryce Black[6] ; 11. 11-Austin Gibson[12] ; 12. 04-Jeff Hites[2] ; 13. 7X-Dana Frey[8] ; 14. 75-Adam Dible[13]

A-Main 1 (20 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[8] ; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer[3] ; 3. 4s-Keith Sorg[2] ; 4. 17x-Dustin Keegan[7] ; 5. 16-Jim Holcomb[6] ; 6. 33-Jeff Ward[5] ; 7. 23m-Brad Mitten[4] ; 8. 37-Eric DeVanna[10] ; 9. 5s-Brad Stuckey[12] ; 10. 1-John Brooks[17] ; 11. 911-Mark Kachnmeister[1] ; 12. 88-Dan Roepke[18] ; 13. 32-Kevin Phillips[13] ; 14. 2-Steve Endicott[11] ; 15. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[20] ; 16. 115-Ben Good[16] ; 17. 67-Ben Clapp[19] ; 18. 1X-Brad Keckler[14] ; 19. 5-Jim Mcgrath[15] ; 20. 83-Noah Wagner[9]

Saturday, June 8, 2019
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@roadrunner.com

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Oh. - DJ Foos thought coming into the weekend he needed at least a pair of top three finishes to gain some momentum going into Ohio Sprint Speedweek. He did much better than that.

The Fremont, Ohio driver led all 30 laps of the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint feature Saturday at Fremont Speedway on Vision Quest Night to sweep the weekend for the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Sprint Championship (AFCS) Presented by the Baumann Auto Group. Like Friday's win at Attica Raceway Park, Saturday's victory was worth $4,000 thanks to Spanky's Pizza of Carey.

"This is pretty awesome. Back in the day in 305s me, my dad and brother were pretty good but we never swept a weekend. To do this with the Burmeister crew is pretty awesome. We want to dedicate the win to John Wisbon and his family. I know John drove for them a long time ago and hopefully I'm making him proud up there," Foos said of the late driver who was inducted into the Fremont Speedway Hall of Fame earlier in the afternoon.

Foos' 12th career Fremont victory wasn't easy though, as a bobble on the cushion in turns three and four with three laps to go nearly allowed Tim Shaffer to get by. "I kind of got off the back side there. The cushion was getting on the back side of the banking and I was trying to cheat it cause there was a nice little rut to follow through. On that last yellow I saw Shaffer was in third...I knew that wasn't going to last long so I knew I needed to step it up a bit. I had trouble getting around some last cars and I'm sure he made it exciting," Foos said.

"I love Fremont. This is where I grew up watching every weekend as a little kid. To come here now and win with an amazing crowd, great staff and great team...it doesn't get any better than this. Also congrats to Rich Farmer (former Fremont promoter) who got inducted into the hall of fame today. If it wasn't for him I'd have never been in a sprint car," said Foos beside his Jet Express/CR Juices/Crown Battery/Greer Automotive/Burmeister Trophy/KS Sales & Service/Kistler Engines/Kistler Racing Products/NAPA Auto Parts/Dave Story Equipment/Minor Customs backed machine.

Ivy, who celebrated his 50th birthday earlier in the week, battled with fellow veteran Alvin Roepke throughout the 25 non-stop laps of the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature and drove to his 57th career win at "The Track That Action Built." Ivy, who owns 8 track championships at Fremont combined in the 305 sprints, 410 sprints and dirt trucks, now is one shy of tying Jim Linder for fourth on the track's all-time win list.

"You forget to breath some times when you get going and I screwed up a couple of times going into turn one there and thought I was going to give it away. I had to settle down. I grew up watching Jim Linder race and he does our shocks for us now. We stunk the place up last night at Attica but we put our heads together today at the shop and the boys worked their butts off today and made my job a whole lot easier," said Ivy in the Engine Pro Victory Lane of his L&R Farms/C&N Supply/Rohr Lawn care/Sonny's Welding & Machine/Welty Financial/Atkinson Farms/Story Equipment backed #77i.

Ivy has climbed his way back into contention for the KS Sales & Service AFCS Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales title with the $1,000 victory.

The 20 lap Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature was a barn-burner involving five drivers - Dustin Keegan, Brad Keckler, Jim Holcomb, John Brooks, Kent Brewer - and when the dust settled Keegan, Fremont's 2017 truck champion and 2018 late model champion, claimed his eighth career victory at the track.

"To race my teammate (Keckler) like that was just unreal. We started seventh and tried a little something and I guessed it worked. I love slick tracks like this. It's been two years since I won in the trucks. I want to thank my dad, my fiancée, Dabby, Denny, Brad, Noah, Gappy, Uncle Hoppy and everyone who helps out," said Keegan beside his LST Excavating/Kevin Walby/ Green Creek Lawn Care/MRE of Ohio/York Fabrication backed #17x.

Prior to the night's racing the 11th Fremont Speedway Hall of Fame induction ceremonies took place. Being enshrined in the hall were John Wisbon, Bruce Berryman, Dave Marko, Jerry "Dude" Creeger, Chuck Kear, Rich Farmer, Floyd Slater and Chuck Keegan.

In the 30-lap 410 A-main Brian Smith and Foos brought the field to green with Foos gaining the upper hand. Foos immediately began to pull away from Smith while a tremendous battle ensued for third involving Travis Philo, fast qualifier Justin Peck, Byron Reed, Shaffer, Stuart Brubaker, Craig Mintz and Nate Dussel.

Foos drove into heavy lapped traffic by the 10th circuit but Smith was unable to close while Philo, Peck and Shaffer continued their torrid battle for third. Shaffer would finally move into third on lap 14. The only caution of the race fell on lap 17 for a Ryan Broughton spin and on the restart Foos drove away from Smith who had his hands full with Shaffer. Shaffer drove into second on lap 19 but Foos held a commanding lead.

With a clear track Foos began to pull away as Shaffer and Smith gave chase. Meanwhile a great battle for fourth was underway involving Peck, Philo, Buddy Kofoid and Mintz. Foos encountered heavy lapped traffic with five laps to go and Shaffer began to close with Smith holding off Kofoid. Foos nearly lost the lead in turns three and four with three laps to go but maintained his composure and kept the lead to the checkers over Shaffer, Smith, Kofoid and Peck.

Paul Weaver and Roepke brought the field to green for the 25 lap 305 sprint feature with Roepke taking the lead as fourth starter Ivy bolted into second. Roepke and Ivy raced nose to tail and side by side over the first nine laps until lapped traffic came into play. That's when Ivy pounced and drove into the lead but Roepke didn't give up and raced under Ivy lap after lap.

In a feature that went green to checkers and completed in just over seven minutes, Ivy was never able to complete shake Roepke as they battled in traffic. Ivy didn't make a mistake though and took the checkers over Roepke, Weaver, Brandon Moore and Kyle Peters.

Keith Sorg and Brad Keckler paced the field for the 20 lap dirt truck feature with Keckler gaining a slight advantage over Sorg, Jim Holcomb, Jimmy McGrath Jr., Steve Endicott and Brad Mitten. Meanwhile Dustin Keegan began his march to the front and was third by lap five. The fist caution flew on lap eight with Keckler leading Holcomb, Keegan, McGrath, Kent Brewer, John Brooks and Endicott. Another caution for debris on lap 11 kept the field close.

On the ensuing restart Keckler held Holcomb at bay while Keegan, Brewer and Brooks battled for third. With six laps to go it was a tremendous three truck battle for the lead with Keckler holding off Holcomb and Keegan. That trio raced each other hard over the next couple of laps before Keegan utilized the bottom lane to take the lead with just four laps to go.

Keegan drove to the close win over Holcomb, brooks, Keckler and Brewer.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, June 15 on Fort Ball Pizza Palace Fan with a Can Night (fans are encouraged to bring canned, non-perishable food items for local food pantries. The Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series (BOSS) non-wing sprints, 305 sprints and dirt trucks will be in action. Also the trucks will run their feature events that were cancelled due to weather on May 26.

For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter at https://twitter.com /FremontSpeedway

About Vision Quest

Located in downtown Elmore, Ohio, Vision Quest provides high quality design and print work for all media including custom screen printing and embroidery work, signs and lettering. Call 419-862-3891.

Fremont Speedway
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Vision Quest Night

[*] Indicates starting position
410 Sprints - Fort Ball Pizza Palace

Qualifying
1.5X-Justin Peck, 13.176; 2.11N-Buddy Kofoid, 13.202; 3.5-Byron Reed, 13.345; 4.16-DJ Foos, 13.352; 5.83M-Broc Martin, 13.353; 6.09-Craig Mintz, 13.353; 7.2+-Brian Smith, 13.354; 8.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.360; 9.5T-Travis Philo, 13.367; 10.45-Brian Lay, 13.408; 11.1-Nate Dussel, 13.453; 12.49X-Tim Shaffer, 13.492; 13.4-Cap Henry, 13.583; 14.14-Chad Wilson, 13.596; 15.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 13.608; 16.22-Cole Duncan, 13.625; 17.12-Kody Swanson, 13.642; 18.22M-Dan McCarron, 13.663; 19.33W-Caleb Griffith, 13.695; 20.20B-Cody Bova, 13.700; 21.5W-Lee Jacobs, 13.732; 22.40-Mark Imler, 13.749; 23.97-Caleb Helms, 13.781; 24.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.783; 25.22B-Ryan Broughton, 14.069; 26.96AU-Bruce White, 14.680; 27.25M-Chris Andrews, 16.182;

Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 2+-Brian Smith[2] ; 2. 16-DJ Foos[3] ; 3. 5X-Justin Peck[4] ; 4. 45-Brian Lay[1] ; 5. 4-Cap Henry[5] ; 6. 33W-Caleb Griffith[7] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[9] ; 8. 40-Mark Imler[8] ; 9. 22-Cole Duncan[6]

Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2] ; 2. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 3. 97-Caleb Helms[8] ; 4. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[4] ; 5. 83M-Broc Martin[3] ; 6. 12-Kody Swanson[6] ; 7. 14-Chad Wilson[5] ; 8. 20B-Cody Bova[7] ; 9. 96AU-Bruce White[9]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 3. 5-Byron Reed[4] ; 4. 09-Craig Mintz[3] ; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron[6] ; 6. 25M-Chris Andrews[9] ; 7. 5W-Lee Jacobs[7] ; 8. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[5] ; 9. 68G-Tyler Gunn[8]

B-Main 1 (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 12-Kody Swanson[2] ; 2. 25M-Chris Andrews[3] ; 3. 33W-Caleb Griffith[1] ; 4. 22B-Ryan Broughton[4] ; 5. 5W-Lee Jacobs[6] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[5] ; 7. 68G-Tyler Gunn[12] ; 8. 20B-Cody Bova[8] ; 9. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[9] ; 10. 40-Mark Imler[7] ; 11. 96AU-Bruce White[11] ; 12. 22-Cole Duncan[10]

A-Main 1 (25 Laps)
1. 16-DJ Foos[2] ; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer[8] ; 3. 2+-Brian Smith[1] ; 4. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[11] ; 5. 5X-Justin Peck[4] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[6] ; 7. 09-Craig Mintz[12] ; 8. 4-Cap Henry[13] ; 9. 1-Nate Dussel[7] ; 10. 5W-Lee Jacobs[20] ; 11. 5-Byron Reed[3] ; 12. 97-Caleb Helms[9] ; 13. 83M-Broc Martin[14] ; 14. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 15. 45-Brian Lay[10] ; 16. 33W-Caleb Griffith[18] ; 17. 12-Kody Swanson[16] ; 18. 22M-Dan McCarron[15] ; 19. 25M-Chris Andrews[17] ; 20. 22B-Ryan Broughton[19]
Hard Charger: 5W-Lee Jacobs +10

305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union

Qualifying
1.77I-John Ivy, 13.884; 2.97-Kyle Peters, 14.191; 3.4*-Tyler Street, 14.218; 4.1H-Zeth Sabo, 14.231; 5.99-Alvin Roepke, 14.270; 6.1W-Paul Weaver, 14.277; 7.12-Kyle Capodice, 14.364; 8.11G-Luke Griffith, 14.376; 9.8-Bobby Clark, 14.401; 10.7M-Brandon Moore, 14.477; 11.7-Shawn Valenti, 14.483; 12.25-Jason Keckler, 14.495; 13.36-Seth Schneider, 14.504; 14.5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr, 14.510; 15.3X-Brandon Riehl, 14.575; 16.09-Justin Adams, 14.622; 17.26-Jamie Miller, 14.681; 18.9R-Dustin Rall, 14.682; 19.21-Larry Kingseed JR, 14.692; 20.47-Matt Lucius, 14.714; 21.28-Tad Peck, 14.773; 22.29-Rich Farmer, 14.863; 23.3V-Chris Verda, 14.979; 24.75-Jerry Dahms, 15.046; 25.X-Mike Keegan, 15.214; 26.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 15.490;

Heat 1 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 77I-John Ivy[4] ; 2. 12-Kyle Capodice[2] ; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 4. 1H-Zeth Sabo[3] ; 5. 09-Justin Adams[6] ; 6. 29-Rich Farmer[8] ; 7. 36-Seth Schneider[5] ; 8. X-Mike Keegan[9] ; 9. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[7]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 7-Shawn Valenti[1] ; 2. 99-Alvin Roepke[3] ; 3. 97-Kyle Peters[4] ; 4. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 5. 26-Jamie Miller[6] ; 6. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr[5] ; 7. 3V-Chris Verda[8] ; 8. 47-Matt Lucius[7] ; 9. X15-Kasey Ziebold[9]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 8-Bobby Clark[2] ; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[1] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[4] ; 5. 9R-Dustin Rall[6] ; 6. 3X-Brandon Riehl[5] ; 7. 28-Tad Peck[7] ; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[8]

B-Main 1 - (10 Laps, top 5 to A)
1. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr[2] ; 3. 29-Rich Farmer[1] ; 4. 3V-Chris Verda[5] ; 5. 3X-Brandon Riehl[3] ; 6. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[10] ; 7. 47-Matt Lucius[8] ; 8. X15-Kasey Ziebold[11] ; 9. 75-Jerry Dahms[9] ; 10. X-Mike Keegan[7] ; 11. 28-Tad Peck[6]

A-Main 1 - (20 Laps)
1. 77I-John Ivy[4] ; 2. 99-Alvin Roepke[2] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[1] ; 4. 7M-Brandon Moore[8] ; 5. 97-Kyle Peters[3] ; 6. 7-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 7. 12-Kyle Capodice[7] ; 8. 4*-Tyler Street[12] ; 9. 8-Bobby Clark[6] ; 10. 11G-Luke Griffith[11] ; 11. 36-Seth Schneider[16] ; 12. 1H-Zeth Sabo[10] ; 13. 09-Justin Adams[13] ; 14. 25-Jason Keckler[9] ; 15. 26-Jamie Miller[14] ; 16. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr[17] ; 17. 3V-Chris Verda[19] ; 18. 3X-Brandon Riehl[20] ; 19. 29-Rich Farmer[18] ; 20. 9R-Dustin Rall[15]
Hard Charger: 36-Seth Schneider +5

Dirt Trucks - Burmeister Trophy

Heat 1 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 2-Steve Endicott[3] ; 2. 1-John Brooks[7] ; 3. 32-Kevin Phillips[4] ; 4. 83-Noah Wagner[5] ; 5. 11-Austin Gibson[8] ; 6. 14T-Cody Truman[1] ; 7. 911-Mark Kachenmeister[6] ; 8. 5-Jim Mcgrath[2]

Heat 2 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 8KB-Kent Brewer[4] ; 2. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr[6] ; 3. 0-Andy Keegan[5] ; 4. 5s-Brad Stuckey[7] ; 5. 36M-Cory McCaughey[8] ; 6. P51-Paul Brown JR[2] ; 7. 65R-Jeremy Ernsberger[3] ; 8. 20-Caleb Shearn[1]

Heat 3 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 1X-Brad Keckler[3] ; 2. 23m-Brad Mitten[4] ; 3. 115-Ben Good[1] ; 4. 7B-Shawn Valenti[6] ; 5. 33-Jeff Ward[5] ; 6. 26-Kyle Lagrou[2] ; 7. 9-Curt Inks[8] ; 8. 33C-Andrew Carpenter[7]

Heat 4 (8 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 4s-Keith Sorg[2] ; 2. 16-Jim Holcomb[1] ; 3. 17x-Dustin Keegan[3] ; 4. 22-Brandon Leighton[5] ; 5. 37-Eric DeVanna[7] ; 6. 7X-Dana Frey[6] ; 7. 75-Adam Dible[4]

B-Main 1 (10 Laps, top 4 to A)
1. 33-Jeff Ward[3] ; 2. 36M-Cory McCaughey[2] ; 3. 37-Eric DeVanna[4] ; 4. 11-Austin Gibson[1] ; 5. 9-Curt Inks[11] ; 6. 75-Adam Dible[12] ; 7. 33C-Andrew Carpenter[15] ; 8. 7X-Dana Frey[8] ; 9. P51-Paul Brown JR[6] ; 10. 14T-Cody Truman[5] ; 11. 26-Kyle Lagrou[7] ; 12. 911-Mark Kachenmeister[9] ; 13. 65R-Jeremy Ernsberger[10] ; 14. 5-Jim Mcgrath[13] ; 15. 20-Caleb Shearn[14]

A-Main 1 (20 Laps)
1. 17x-Dustin Keegan[7] ; 2. 16-Jim Holcomb[4] ; 3. 1-John Brooks[12] ; 4. 1X-Brad Keckler[2] ; 5. 8KB-Kent Brewer[9] ; 6. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr[3] ; 7. 23m-Brad Mitten[5] ; 8. 33-Jeff Ward[17] ; 9. 2-Steve Endicott[6] ; 10. 4s-Keith Sorg[1] ; 11. 115-Ben Good[8] ; 12. 0-Andy Keegan[11] ; 13. 22-Brandon Leighton[16] ; 14. 5s-Brad Stuckey[14] ; 15. 7B-Shawn Valenti[15] ; 16. 37-Eric DeVanna[19] ; 17. 32-Kevin Phillips[10] ; 18. 83-Noah Wagner[13] ; 19. 36M-Cory McCaughey[18] ; 20. 11-Austin Gibson[20]
Hard Charger: 1-John Brooks +9

Saturday, May 18, 2019
Contact: Brian Liskai
liskai2x@roadrunner.com

FREMONT, Ohio - Michael "Buddy" Kofoid had only raced at Fremont Speedway twice, including Saturday, May 18. But, the 17-year-old Penngrove, California driver looked like a long-time veteran, handling a tricky track surface, passing for the lead late in the 410 sprint feature and holding off a challenger to score his first ever win at "The Track That Action Built" on Kistler Engines Night.

Kofoid, who looked to be heading for his first win in Ohio the previous night at Attica Raceway Park only to suffer a minor issue and finish third, tracked down race long leader Travis Philo with 10 laps to go to take the lead and then held off fast qualifier Justin Peck to score the $4,000 win thanks to Spanky's Pizza of Carey. Kofoid unofficially takes the lead in the point standings in All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series (AFCS) Presented by the Baumann Auto Group.

"That was probably the most physically and mentally tough race I've ever run. I was so determined and I had so much adrenaline and it keeps you going in the seat. My hands are so cramped right now I can barely pull a tear off and pull myself out of my car. Yesterday at Attica we had a lot of speed and probably should have won but had some issues but having that much speed gave me a big momentum boost. I had to sack up and run the rough stuff. I felt like I knew I was making it work in three and four a car width higher than them and a couple of times I tried way to high and almost blew myself into the turn four wall. I figured it out right through the middle above those guys," said an exhausted Kofoid in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.

"I can't thank Ed Neumeister enough for giving me an amazing opportunity for me to fulfill my dream and come out here and race full time. Of course the Linders for all their help and letting me live with them. Also thanks to Gill Construction, CK Plumbing, Linder's Speed Equipment, DMI, AL Driveline, ProShocks...without those guys I wouldn't be standing here," Kofoid added.

Former Fremont Speedway track champion Paul Weaver battled with Luke Griffith throughout the opening half of the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature before grabbing the lead on lap 12 and holding off Jamie Miller for his 48th career victory at the track. Weaver is tied for seventh on the track's all-time win list. The victory puts Weaver in the running for the championship of the KS Sales and Service AFCS presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer sales.

"Running second wasn't bad...your focus was on getting into the lead and you really didn't think about the track. But once you got into the lead then it got really rough. I want to thank Bob Hampshire and Dave Rice for the motor on this deal, my nephew Daniel, Schiets Motorsports, B&B Drain...they just come on board, Russ Adkins come on this year to help out...I can't thank them enough," said Weaver.

While the stat sheet will show Fostoria, Ohio's Shawn Valenti led all 20 laps of the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature it wasn't easy as former track champion Kent Brewer challenged him the entire distance. But, Valenti was able to hold on for the win, his 48th career victory at the track to tie him with Weaver for seventh on the all-time win list. It was his second victory of the year at Fremont and third overall of 2019 in the truck division, having scored the win at Attica the previous week.

"The track was something else tonight but I know these guys are working on it to make it the best they can be and hopefully now we can get the bad weather behind us and get some racing in. The top looks like the smoothest but Kent stuck his nose down there so I had to go down there. I have to thank the Babcocks for everything they do for me, Craig Miller Trucking, Speedways Bar and Grill out of Bradner, Gressman Powersports, Best Performance Motorsports, A Plus Auto Center and everyone who helps out," said Valenti.

At the drop of the Silver Top Bar and Grill Green Flag for the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint 30-lap A-main outside front row starter Travis Philo jumped into the lead but after a lap was completed a three car tangle involving Jac Haudenschild, Byron Reed and Trey Jacobs slowed the pace. On the restart Philo pulled away from Dale Blaney, Justin Peck, Joey Saldana, Nate Dussel and Kofoid. While Kofoid pulled away, Blaney and Peck battled hard for second with Peck taking the spot on lap six and quickly closed on Philo. That left Blaney to battle Saldana for third with Kofoid joining in on that fun by lap 10.

As Philo and Peck ran nose to tail, Saldana took third on lap 11 with Blaney and Kofoid continuing to apply pressure. The leaders raced into lapped traffic just before the half way point when Kofoid used the middle groove to take third from Saldana three laps latter. With 10 laps to go it was now a three car battle for the lead involving Philo, Kofoid and Peck. Kofoid once again used the middle line to grab the lead on lap 21, with Peck taking second a lap later. Peck tried lap after lap to get around Kofoid but to no avail.

Kofoid took the checkers half a car length over Peck with Philo, Saldana and Nate Dussel rounding out the top five.

In the 305 feature outside front row starter Luke Griffith grabbed the early lead over Jimmy McGrath, Weaver and Seth Schneider. Weaver quickly moved into second but Griffith started to pull away as Schneider took third and Jamie Miller and Tyler Street rounding out the top five. Weaver used lapped traffic to reel Griffith in and took the lead on lap 12 just as the caution flew for a Schneider spin. On the restart Miller drove around Griffith into second and stayed within striking distance of Weaver. The veteran Weaver worked his way through the lapped cars and drove to the win over Miller, Griffith, Street and John Ivy.

Valenti, who started outside the front row, quickly took the lead in the dirt truck feature over Keith Sorg, Brewer and Jim Holcomb. Brewer took second on a restart on lap four and hounded Valenti until a caution slowed the pace with four laps to go. In the shoot out Valenti was able to hold off both Brewer and Holcomb for the win with John Brooks and Sorg rounding out the top five.

Fremont Speedway has a big Memorial Day weekend double-header. It begins Saturday, May 25 as the FAST 410 Series invades along with the 305 sprints. General admission is only $10 for adults. The following night, Sunday, May 26, Tony Stewart's Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions Presented by Mobile 1 return to "The Track That Action Built" after a three year absence. The dirt trucks join the card on Sunday.

For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter https://twitter.com/FremontSpeedway.

About Kistler Engines – www.kistlerengines.com

Kistler Engines was established in 1993 and builds lightweight, high performance racing engines with a commitment to quality. At Kistlers we pride ourselves in high tech, innovative designs, producing highly competitive engines for sprint cars (410 c.i., 360 c.i. and 305 c.i.), as well as, late models and midgets. Kistler Engines has also earned a great reputation for our service among professional race teams due to our quick turnaround time on engine rebuilds.

Kistlers uses of state-of-the art equipment, the highest standard quality parts and invest in constant research and development. Customers powered by Kistler engines have set numerous quick times, track records and have also won on the local level as well as on national traveling series such as the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, All Star Circuit of Champions and USAC.

Fremont Speedway
Kistler Engines Night
Saturday, May 18, 2019

410 Sprints - Fort Ball Pizza Palace

Qualifying
1.5X-Justin Peck, 13.424; 2.09-Craig Mintz, 13.515; 3.3-Jac Haudenschild, 13.554; 4.11-Dale Blaney, 13.619; 5.19-Paige Polyak, 13.637; 6.6-Joey Saldana, 13.647; 7.83M-Broc Martin, 13.660; 8.4-Cap Henry, 13.699; 9.5T-Travis Philo, 13.703; 10.1-Nate Dussel, 13.709; 11.99-Skylar Gee, 13.743; 12.81-Lee Jacobs, 13.753; 13.5-Byron Reed, 13.758; 14.16-DJ Foos, 13.808; 15.25M-Chris Andrews, 13.808; 16.11N-Buddy Kofoid, 13.811; 17.3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.820; 18.23X-John Ivy, 13.832; 19.68G-Tyler Gunn, 13.855; 20.35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.926; 21.14-Chad Wilson, 13.950; 22.17B-Bill Balog, 13.995; 23.45-Brian Lay, 14.003; 24.70X-Spencer Bayston, 14.008; 25.97-Caleb Helms, 14.013; 26.23-Max Stambaugh, 14.061; 27.8M-TJ Michael, 14.081; 28.20I-Kelsey Ivy, 14.230; 29.9J-Dean Jacobs, 14.254; 30.W20-Greg Wilson, 14.372; 31.2+-Brian Smith, 14.629; 32.88N-Frank Neil, 14.682; 33.11E-Ed Neumeister, 14.720; 34.22B-Ryan Broughton, 14.792; 35.33W-Caleb Griffith, 99.620;

Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 5-Byron Reed[1] ; 2. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 3. 5X-Justin Peck[4] ; 4. 3J-Trey Jacobs[5] ; 5. 97-Caleb Helms[7] ; 6. 9J-Dean Jacobs[8] ; 7. 14-Chad Wilson[6] ; 8. 11E-Ed Neumeister[9] ; 9. 19-Paige Polyak[3]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 16-DJ Foos[1] ; 2. 1-Nate Dussel[2] ; 3. 6-Joey Saldana[3] ; 4. 09-Craig Mintz[4] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson[8] ; 6. 17B-Bill Balog[6] ; 7. 22B-Ryan Broughton[9] ; 8. 23-Max Stambaugh[7] ; 9. 23X-John Ivy[5]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 99-Skylar Gee[2] ; 2. 25M-Chris Andrews[1] ; 3. 3-Jac Haudenschild[4] ; 4. 83M-Broc Martin[3] ; 5. 68G-Tyler Gunn[5] ; 6. 33W-Caleb Griffith[9] ; 7. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 8. 45-Brian Lay[6] ; 9. 2+-Brian Smith[8]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps)
1. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[1] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[2] ; 3. 11-Dale Blaney[4] ; 4. 70X-Spencer Bayston[6] ; 5. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[7] ; 6. 88N-Frank Neil[8] ; 7. 4-Cap Henry[3] ; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5]

B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 97-Caleb Helms[1] ; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[4] ; 3. 9J-Dean Jacobs[3] ; 4. 22B-Ryan Broughton[6] ; 5. 23-Max Stambaugh[8] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[5] ; 7. 11E-Ed Neumeister[7] ; 8. W20-Greg Wilson[2] ; 9. 23X-John Ivy[10]

B-Main 2 - (10 Laps)
1. 33W-Caleb Griffith[3] ; 2. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[2] ; 3. 4-Cap Henry[6] ; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn[1] ; 5. 8M-TJ Michael[5] ; 6. 45-Brian Lay[7] ; 7. 88N-Frank Neil[4] ; 8. 2+-Brian Smith[9]

A-Main 1 - (30 Laps)
1. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[10] ; 2. 5X-Justin Peck[6] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[2] ; 4. 6-Joey Saldana[3] ; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 6. 11-Dale Blaney[4] ; 7. 33W-Caleb Griffith[16] ; 8. 16-DJ Foos[8] ; 9. 09-Craig Mintz[14] ; 10. 99-Skylar Gee[9] ; 11. 17B-Bill Balog[19] ; 12. 83M-Broc Martin[15] ; 13. 97-Caleb Helms[17] ; 14. 25M-Chris Andrews[11] ; 15. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[18] ; 16. 81-Lee Jacobs[12] ; 17. 3-Jac Haudenschild[5] ; 18. 5-Byron Reed[7] ; 19. 3J-Trey Jacobs[13] ; 20. 70X-Spencer Bayston[20]

Hard Charger: 33W-Caleb Griffith +9

305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union

Qualifying
1.26-Jamie Miller, 14.335; 2.25-Jason Keckler, 14.415; 3.99-Alvin Roepke, 14.503; 4.75-Jerry Dahms, 14.645; 5.4*-Tyler Street, 14.672; 6.1W-Paul Weaver, 14.700; 7.36-Seth Schneider, 14.713; 8.11G-Luke Griffith, 14.840; 9.5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr, 14.864; 10.7-Shawn Valenti, 14.927; 11.7M-Brandon Moore, 14.931; 12.77I-John Ivy, 14.974; 13.21-Larry Kingseed JR, 15.083; 14.9R-Dustin Rall, 15.092; 15.8-Bobby Clark, 15.102; 16.X-Mike Keegan, 15.106; 17.12-Kyle Capodice, 15.127; 18.09-Justin Adams, 15.129; 19.47-Matt Lucius, 15.264; 20.1H-Zeth Sabo, 15.341; 21.3V-Chris Verda, 15.399; 22.3X-Bradon Riehl, 15.473; 23.97-Kyle Peters, 15.689; 24.X15-Kasey Ziebold, 15.716; 25.28-Tad Peck, 15.788; 26.Z10-Kevin Mingus, 99.910;

Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 26-Jamie Miller[4] ; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[2] ; 3. 7-Shawn Valenti[1] ; 4. 75-Jerry Dahms[3] ; 5. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[5] ; 6. 47-Matt Lucius[7] ; 7. X-Mike Keegan[6] ; 8. 3X-Bradon Riehl[8] ; 9. 28-Tad Peck[9]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 7M-Brandon Moore[1] ; 2. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 3. 4*-Tyler Street[3] ; 4. 12-Kyle Capodice[6] ; 5. 25-Jason Keckler[4] ; 6. 97-Kyle Peters[8] ; 7. 9R-Dustin Rall[5] ; 8. 1H-Zeth Sabo[7] ; 9. Z10-Kevin Mingus[9]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[2] ; 2. 77I-John Ivy[1] ; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[3] ; 4. 8-Bobby Clark[5] ; 5. 99-Alvin Roepke[4] ; 6. 3V-Chris Verda[7] ; 7. X15-Kasey Zieboled8] ; 8. 09-Justin Adams[6]

B-Main 1 - (10 Laps)
1. 97-Kyle Peters[2] ; 2. 3V-Chris Verda[3] ; 3. 1H-Zeth Sabo[8] ; 4. Z10-Kevin Mingus[11] ; 5. 47-Matt Lucius[1] ; 6. X-Mike Keegan[4] ; 7. X15-Kasey Ziebold[6] ; 8. 9R-Dustin Rall[5] ; 9. 28-Tad Peck[10] ; 10. 09-Justin Adams[9] ; 11. 3X-Bradon Riehl[7]

A-Main 1 - (25 Laps)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[4] ; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[6] ; 3. 11G-Luke Griffith[2] ; 4. 4*-Tyler Street[5] ; 5. 77I-John Ivy[8] ; 6. 99-Alvin Roepke[15] ; 7. 97-Kyle Peters[16] ; 8. 7M-Brandon Moore[7] ; 9. 8-Bobby Clark[12] ; 10. 7-Shawn Valenti[9] ; 11. 12-Kyle Capodice[11] ; 12. 25-Jason Keckler[14] ; 13. 36-Seth Schneider[3] ; 14. 3V-Chris Verda[17] ; 15. 5Jr-Jimmy McGrath Jr[1] ; 16. 1H-Zeth Sabo[18] ; 17. Z10-Kevin Mingus[19] ; 18. 75-Jerry Dahms[10] ; 19. 21-Larry Kingseed JR[13] ; 20. 47-Matt Lucius[20]

Hard charger: 99-Alvin Roepke +9

Dirt Trucks - Burmeister Trophy

Heat 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 22-Brandon Leighton[1] ; 2. 3X-Brad Keckler[7] ; 3. 9-Curt Inks[4] ; 4. 115-Ben Good[6] ; 5. 8W-Allen White[8] ; 6. 2X-Chris Bitters[2] ; 7. 3-Gaige Slaven[5] ; 8. 5-Jim Mcgrath[3]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps)
1. 16-Jim Holcomb[7] ; 2. 4s-Keith Sorg[6] ; 3. 1-John Brooks[1] ; 4. 23m-Brad Mitten[4] ; 5. 83-Noah Wagner[2] ; 6. 0H-Derek Halka[5] ; 7. 11-Austin Gibson[3] ; 8. 75-Adam Dible[8]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4] ; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer[3] ; 3. 0-Andy Keegan[2] ; 4. 911-Mark Kachnmeister[5] ; 5. 37-Eric DeVanna[7] ; 6. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[1] ; 7. 14T-Cody Truman[8]

Heat 4 - (8 Laps)
1. 2-Steve Endicott[4] ; 2. 5s-Brad Stuckey[3] ; 3. 17x-Dustin Keegan[6] ; 4. P51-Paul Brown JR[1] ; 5. 26-Kyle Lagrou[8] ; 6. 7X-Dana Frey[2] ; 7. 32-Kevin Phillips[5] ; 8. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr[7]

B-Main 1 - (8 Laps)
1. 26-Kyle Lagrou[4] ; 2. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[7] ; 3. 7X-Dana Frey[8] ; 4. 83-Noah Wagner[2] ; 5. 14T-Cody Truman[11] ; 6. 11-Austin Gibson[10] ; 7. 8W-Allen White[1] ; 8. 5-Jim Mcgrath[13] ; 9. 32-Kevin Phillips[12] ; 10. 2X-Chris Bitters[5] ; 11. 0H-Derek Halka[6] ; 12. 37-Eric DeVanna[3]

A-Main 1 - (20 Laps)
1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[2] ; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer[5] ; 3. 16-Jim Holcomb[6] ; 4. 1-John Brooks[12] ; 5. 4s-Keith Sorg[1] ; 6. 23m-Brad Mitten[14] ; 7. 36M-Cory Mccaughey[18] ; 8. 2-Steve Endicott[8] ; 9. 911-Mark Kachnmeister[15] ; 10. 17x-Dustin Keegan[7] ; 11. 3X-Brad Keckler[3] ; 12. 9-Curt Inks[11] ; 13. 7X-Dana Frey[19] ; 14. 115-Ben Good[13] ; 15. 5s-Brad Stuckey[10] ; 16. 83-Noah Wagner[20] ; 17. 22-Brandon Leighton[9] ; 18. 26-Kyle Lagrou[17] ; 19. P51-Paul Brown JR[16] ; 20. 0-Andy Keegan[4]
Hard charger: 36M-Cory McCaughey +11