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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Contact: Brian Liskai
Liskai2x@cros.net

FREMONT, Ohio – Despite some mechanical woes over the past few races and some bad racing luck, Dale Blaney has remained confident. That was evident Wednesday at Fremont Speedway for night #6 of the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions’ 30th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek.

Prior to the night’s racing on JLH General Contractor’s Night, Blaney was calm and confident in the pit area, joking with fellow competitors, and letting them know he was taking ALL the money at “The Track That Action Built.”

“It was a great night…got a good qualifying lap and that just set the tone for it,” said Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance #2. “I’ll tell you what…to beat those two guys (Tim Shaffer and Kyle Larson) here…especially Larson. He’s unbelievable and we’re going to be watching him race on Sundays for a lot of years. It’s pretty neat to race with him right now. And to beat Shaffer…I saw that #83 on the board and I knew he was good. He gets up on the wheel for these races. We have a good time racing. Boy he shoved it in there in four. I thought I was okay…I was kind of getting held up there just a little bit…the 45 car kind of took my line a little bit. I don’t know if I was playing a little too cautious, but I got in there a little easier than I should of and he (Shaffer) got a run and boy I had to get between him and the curb and the curb was tall and I just caught it good. He could have just used me up but he raced me clean.”

Blaney, a three time UNOH All Star champion and four time Ohio Sprint Speedweek titlist, passed race-long leader Kyle Larson in heavy lapped traffic with just seven laps to go and then held off a valiant last lap effort from defending speedweek champion Tim Shaffer to score his fifth UNOH All Star win of the year. It was Blaney’s 10th career All Star win at Fremont, tying him with Jack Hewitt for the most all time series’ win at “The Track That Action Built.”

“It’s pretty cool to tie Jack. There’s no other place I really like to come to. This is one of my favorite places to come race. It’s a racing town and the fans are always great here. To win here is special and the fans have always treated me right,” said Blaney

Blaney’s 15th career win at Fremont Speedway, tightens the UNOH All Stars point standings for the national title as Shaffer came into the event with a narrow 12 point lead. The Ohio Sprint Speedweek points battle is also close as Stevie Shaffer and Blaney narrow the gap to leader Stevie Smith.

For Shaffer, the second place run just continues to show how his Aaron Call/Janet Holbrook Motorsports team continues to grow and gel.

“I was trying my damnest…that was a hell of a race. You get Larson out front…that kid is awesome; he’s got a lot of talent. To stay up front at this track…it’s tough, the track changes and you have to move around a lot. When I got to third I thought I might have a shot at this. I kind of slid Larson down there earlier and it worked so I tried it just to see how close I could get to Dale and I tried it and got next to him and thought I needed to save that for later. I just came up a little short. What a heck of a race…that was a lot of fun,” said Shaffer beside his Kistler Engines, VRP Shocks backed #83.

“I can’t wait to race tomorrow… I just love racing every night. We have a great team with Janet and Aaron giving us great tools to work with. The J&J chassis and VRP shocks and Kistler Engines…it’s just starting to come together and it’s a lot of fun,” added Shaffer.

For Larson, who has won two Ohio Speedweek features in his first ever appearance in the event, third place was a bit disappointing.

“The cushion got tougher and tougher to run. I figured the Low Rider (Blaney) would be down on the bottom in one and two...it really got slick down there and you had to make sure you hit your marks. I didn’t want to take a chance of missing the bottom like I did when he got by me. I don’t know what happened there after that yellow…I just kept messing up and let him get close to me. I felt like I was getting through traffic good so I really didn’t want to see that yellow (only caution was on lap 25) I wanted it to go 40 laps nonstop. We will take two wins and almost a third last night and a third tonight…it’s not bad,” said Larson of his Abreu Vineyards/Stadelhoffer Construction/Butlerbuilt Seats backed #1k.

Bradner, Ohio’s Nate Dussel would lead all 25 laps of the non-stop Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature to easily earn his first win of the season at Fremont Speedway. It was his 7th career win.

“It’s about damn time. These guys hit it on the nose tonight. It’s been so frustrating this last month and a half. This racing deal is supposed to be for fun and we just haven’t had too much fun lately. This makes all those days in the shop worth it,” said Dussel beside his Berrier Fabrication/, Gressman Powersports/Kylynn Manufacturing/Dussel Welding backed #1. “Thank God I have a great motor that Scott Gressman puts under me. I could go up there and smack the cushion and just put my foot in it and it would save it. I can’t thank my crew enough…they do this for nothing and they are working their tails off.”

Woodville, Ohio’s Daniel Roepke Jr. powered into the lead on lap five and only a few cautions would slow his march to his second straight victory at Fremont in the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.

“We could really stick this thing on the bottom. When that last caution came out (on lap 18 of the 20 lap feature) I was kind of getting a little worried…I could hear some guys creeping up behind me. We really have something figured out here. I’m not really sure what we changed but it’s really working,” said Roepke in the Engine Pro Victory Lane. “I want to thank JLH General Contractor for the extra $100 bucks tonight, the Village Inn, Perkins Tree Service, Johnny’s Electric…they gave us some funds this year to help keep us going.

Larson and Blaney would lead the field to the green of the 40-lap feature with Larson blasting into the lead with Blaney, Shane Stewart, Sam Hafertepe, Shaffer, Stevie Smith, Lee Jacobs and Greg Wilson in pursuit. Larson set a blistering pace on the fast track, catching the rear of the field by lap seven. Looking like a seasoned veteran, Larson patiently worked his way through the heavy traffic and by lap 12 had some clear track and opened up a sizeable lead over Blaney, Stewart, Shaffer, Hafertepe, Smith and Craig Mintz.

But, just three laps later, Larson encountered traffic again, this time they were racing side by side in front of him. However, Blaney could not close as Stewart, Shaffer and Smith waged a terrific battle for third. Cap Henry and Jared Ridge would stop exiting turn four on lap 25 for the only caution. On the restart Larson had a lapped car separating him from Blaney who had two lapped machines between himself and Shaffer. On the restart Chris Andrews got upside down to bring out the red.

On the restart Larson used the clean air and the lapped cars to open up a lead again, but not for long as Blaney quickly disposed of the traffic. Larson handed Blaney the break he needed on lap 28 when the leader slid off the top of turn two. Meanwhile Shaffer got around Stewart and was closing on the top two cars.

Larson and Blaney raced into heavy lapped traffic on lap 31 with Shaffer closing, and after completing the 32nd lap, Blaney would dive under Larson in turns one and two and drive off the bottom into the lead. Larson would stay to Blaney’s outside and Shaffer joined the fun a lap later. With five to go, Blaney, Larson and Shaffer were within a car length of each other for the lead while Stewart, Smith and Wilson gave chase.

Shaffer would take second on lap 36 and quickly raced to Blaney’s inside. Blaney and Shaffer would battle side by the side to the white flag with Larson falling back slightly. As they raced into three and four toward the checkered, Shaffer blasted to Blaney’s inside and slid up, the two nearly banging wheels as they had a drag race to the finish with Blaney winning by half a car. Blaney, Larson, Stewart, Smith and Wilson would round out the top five.

“I hate to lead races early, especially with him (Larson) behind you. He watched me the other night at Wayne County…well he really didn’t watch me long, he just drove by me, but I watched him a little bit. He was really good on the bottom early in one and two and then he kind of stayed up top and after he run off the cliff there in two, I thought he’d move down a little bit but he didn’t. We just took advantage of him…we were running second and traffic just went our way,” said Blaney of his winning strategy.

Dussel and Dustin Dinan would bring the field to the green in the 25 lap 305 sprint feature, but before a lap could be recorded, third starting D.J.Foos would spin in turn four. On the second attempt, Dussel would grab the lead over John Ivy, Dinan, Jamie Miller, Alvin Roepke, Caleb Griffith, Steve Rando and Jimmy Colvin. Dinan would bobble on lap three, allowing Roepke, Griffith, Miller and Colvin to get by.

Dussel would catch the rear of the field on lap eight, but Ivy could not close as Roepke had his hands full with Griffith and Miller. The top five would continue to stay that way as they sliced and diced through lapped traffic. Griffith would finally steal third from Roepke on lap 16.

With five laps to go, Dussel held a commanding lead, with his only problem an occasional slip up against the cushion in turn four. But, Dussel would drive away for the win, with Ivy, Griffith, Roepke and Miller rounding out the top five.

Curt Kinks and Dustin Keegan would bring the dirt truck field to the green for the 20 lap affair, but Inks would spin before a lap could be completed. On the second start, Kent Brewer would grab the lead over Keegan, Art Ball, John Ivy and Roepke. Keegan would soon fade with mechanical issues as Ball, Ivy and a rapidly closing Roepke pursued Brewer. Ball and Roepke would drive under Brewer on lap three with Ivy grabbing third a lap later. Roepke would drive under Ball for the lead on lap five and pulled away as Ball had his hands full with Ivy and Jimmy McGrath Jr.

As Roepke continued to pull away, Ivy would steal second from Ball on lap eight with McGrath trying to hold off Cory Ward and Brian Sorg. The caution would fly on lap 12 for a Brewer spin with the running order Roepke, Ivy, Ball, McGrath and Ward. On the restart, Ball would take second back from Ivy as Roepke again pulled away.

The caution flew again on lap 17 when Bob Dible’s machine briefly caught fire under the hood. A lap and another caution, this time for Keith Sorg. On the restart, Roepke could not pull away from Ball and Ivy as Ward and McGrath in pursuit. As they raced to the white flag, Roepke now had to deal with Ivy and Ball as the three waged a terrific battle. But, Roepke would hold steady for the win over Ivy, Ball, McGrath Jr. and Ward.

Fremont Speedway will host the 30th Annual Ohio Sprint Speedweek finale on Saturday, June 30, paying the winner of the 50-lap feature $10,000. The dirt trucks and 305 sprints will be in action as well.

For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com

Fremont Speedway - 6/27/2012
JLH Construction Night

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints (40 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Callie's Performance

1. 2-Dale Blaney , 13.095; 2. 1K-Kyle Larson, 13.253; 3. 55X-Dave Blaney, 13.273; 4. 45-Paul McMahan, 13.317; 5. 29-Shane Stewart, 13.363; 6. 89G-David Gravel, 13.364; 7. O-Lee Jacobs, 13.391; 8. 40-Caleb Helms, 13.402; 9. 12-Jared Ridge, 13.431; 10. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. , 13.450; 11. 19-Stevie Smith, 13.453; 12. 83-Tim Shaffer, 13.463; 13. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.518; 14. W20-Greg Wilson, 13.523; 15. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.523; 16. 16-Chris Andrews, 13.537; 17. 55-Brad Bowman, 13.579; 18. 14-Tony Stewart, 13.595; 19. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.643; 20. 97-Dean Jacobs, 13.692; 21. 54-Cap Henry, 13.732; 22. 45L-Brian Lay, 13.733; 23. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.735; 24. 24H-Bryan Sebetto, 13.764; 25. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.797; 26. 4K-Kody Kinser, 13.815; 27. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 13.873; 28. 3-Pete Miller III , 13.876; 29. 53-Phil Gressman, 13.890; 30. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.909; 31. 60-Jody Keegan, 13.936; 32. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.960; 33. 71AU-Ryan Davis, 13.971; 34. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 13.998; 35. 2+-Brian Smith, 14.066; 36. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 14.071; 37. 5T-Travis Philo, 14.161; 38. 4-Danny Smith, 14.240; 39. 2M-Dallas Hewitt, 14.258; 40. 14W-Chad Wilson, 14.328

Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 54-Cap Henry[1] ; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[3] ; 3. 29-Shane Stewart[5] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney [6] ; 5. 55-Brad Bowman[2] ; 6. 53-Phil Gressman[8] ; 7. 12-Jared Ridge[4] ; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[10] ; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7] ; 10. 71AU-Ryan Davis[9]

Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 14-Tony Stewart[2] ; 2. W20-Greg Wilson[3] ; 3. 1K-Kyle Larson[6] ; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [4] ; 5. 4K-Kody Kinser[7] ; 6. D4-Danny Holtgraver[9] ; 7. 4-Danny Smith[10] ; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[8] ; 9. 89G-David Gravel[5] ; 10. 45L-Brian Lay[1]

Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 5R-Byron Reed[2] ; 2. 3L-Mike Linder[1] ; 3. 19-Stevie Smith[4] ; 4. 14H-Todd Heller[3] ; 5. O-Lee Jacobs[5] ; 6. 55X-Dave Blaney[6] ; 7. 1S-Logan Schuchart[7] ; 8. 60-Jody Keegan[8] ; 9. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[10] ; 10. 2+-Brian Smith[9]

Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[1] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[4] ; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs[2] ; 4. 16-Chris Andrews[3] ; 5. 22-Cole Duncan[8] ; 6. 40-Caleb Helms[5] ; 7. 3-Pete Miller III [7] ; 8. 46AU-Stuart Williams[9] ; 9. 14W-Chad Wilson[10] ; 10. 45-Paul McMahan[6]

Dash - R & R (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature

1. 1K-Kyle Larson[2] ; 2. 2-Dale Blaney [3] ; 3. 29-Shane Stewart[1] ; 4. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [5] ; 5. 19-Stevie Smith[4] ; 6. O-Lee Jacobs[6]

B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 55X-Dave Blaney[1] ; 2. 45-Paul McMahan[2] ; 3. 89G-David Gravel[3] ; 4. 12-Jared Ridge[5] ; 5. 40-Caleb Helms[4] ; 6. 53-Phil Gressman[10] ; 7. 45L-Brian Lay[6] ; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7] ; 9. 1S-Logan Schuchart[8] ; 10. D4-Danny Holtgraver[14] ; 11. 60-Jody Keegan[12] ; 12. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[11] ; 13. 5T-Travis Philo[17] ; 14. 3-Pete Miller III [9] ; 15. 46AU-Stuart Williams[16] ; 16. 2M-Dallas Hewitt[19] ; 17. 14W-Chad Wilson[20] ; 18. 71AU-Ryan Davis[13] ; 19. 4-Danny Smith[18] ; 20. 2+-Brian Smith[15]

A-Main - (40 Laps)

1. 2-Dale Blaney [2]; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[7]; 3. 1K-Kyle Larson[1]; 4. 29-Shane Stewart[3]; 5. 19-Stevie Smith[5]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson[9]; 7. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr. [4]; 8. O9-Craig Mintz[8]; 9. 55X-Dave Blaney[11]; 10. 5R-Byron Reed[18]; 11. 45-Paul McMahan[12]; 12. O-Lee Jacobs[6]; 13. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[22]; 14. 89G-David Gravel[13]; 15. 97-Dean Jacobs[19]; 16. 14-Tony Stewart[17]; 17. 22-Cole Duncan[24]; 18. 3L-Mike Linder[21]; 19. 55-Brad Bowman[16]; 20. 54-Cap Henry[20]; 21. 14H-Todd Heller[10]; 22. 16-Chris Andrews[15]; 23. 12-Jared Ridge[14]; 24. 4K-Kody Kinser[23]

Hard Charger: 24H-Bryan Sebetto[+9]

Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints (21 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 7 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 5-Dustin Dinan[3] ; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[2] ; 3. 9-Jimmy Colvin[4] ; 4. 25-Jason Keckler[1] ; 5. 10-Josh Harrison[7] ; 6. 10S-Roger Shammo[6] ; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan[5]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 7 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 40-Caleb Griffith[1] ; 2. 1-Nate Dussel[4] ; 3. OO-Alvin Roepke[6] ; 4. 10X-Dustin Stroup[3] ; 5. 67M-Matt Ferrell[5] ; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn[7] ; 7. 27-Paige Polyak[2]

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 7 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 4M-Jamie Miller[3] ; 2. 4X-John Ivy[1] ; 3. 11F-D.J. Foos[7] ; 4. 5R-Jordan Ryan[4] ; 5. 36-Seth Schneider[2] ; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond[6] ; 7. 8J-Jess Stiger[5]

A-Main - (25 Laps)

1. 1-Nate Dussel[1]; 2. 4X-John Ivy[5]; 3. 40-Caleb Griffith[6]; 4. OO-Alvin Roepke[7]; 5. 4M-Jamie Miller[4]; 6. 25-Jason Keckler[10]; 7. 27-Paige Polyak[20]; 8. 9-Jimmy Colvin[8]; 9. 19R-Steve Rando[9]; 10. 11F-D.J. Foos[3]; 11. 5-Dustin Dinan[2]; 12. 5R-Jordan Ryan[12]; 13. 10X-Dustin Stroup[11]; 14. 36-Seth Schneider[15]; 15. 22D-Dan Hammond[18]; 16. 8J-Jess Stiger[21]; 17. 10S-Roger Shammo[16]; 18. 10-Josh Harrison[13]; 19. 68G-Tyler Gunn[17]; 20. 67M-Matt Ferrell[14]; 21. 36X-Dustin Keegan[19]

Hard Charger: 27-Paige Polyak[+13]

Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks (18 Trucks)
[#]-Starting Position

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[5] ; 2. 4X-Brian Sorg[6] ; 3. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[9] ; 4. 9-Curt Inks[1] ; 5. D1-Dustin Keegan[7] ; 6. 23M-Brad Mitten[2] ; 7. 8-Steve Endicott[8] ; 8. 95-Keith Sorg[3]

Heat 2 - (8 Laps - Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 17-Bob Dible[1] ; 2. 94-John Ivy[3] ; 3. O1-Art Ball[2] ; 4. 18W-Cory Ward[7] ; 5. 8KB-Kent Brewer[9] ; 6. 16-Steve Sabo[8] ; 7. 5-Jim McGrath Sr.[4] ; 8. 115-Ben Good[6] ; 9. 14-Scott Beard[5]

A-Main - (20 Laps)

1. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[7]; 2. 94-John Ivy[6]; 3. O1-Art Ball[5]; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[4]; 5. 18W-Cory Ward[8]; 6. 5-Jim McGrath Sr.[14]; 7. 4X-Brian Sorg[9]; 8. 23M-Brad Mitten[11]; 9. 16-Steve Sabo[12]; 10. 8-Steve Endicott[13]; 11. 17-Bob Dible[10]; 12. 9-Curt Inks[1]; 13. 115-Ben Good[16]; 14. 95-Keith Sorg[15]; 15. 8KB-Kent Brewer[3]; 16. D1-Dustin Keegan[2]

Hard Charger: 5-Jim McGrath Sr.[+8]

©2012 - Results Provided by: Computer Man Inc. Fremont, OH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Contact: Brian Liskai

Liskai2x@cros.net

FREMONT, Ohio – Back in the 1960s and early 1970s, sprint cars mainly competed without the use of the wing bolted on the rollcage. And Fremont Speedway, which is celebrating its 61st season of racing, was no different. But, over the past three decades, sprint cars have mainly utilized the aerodynamics of the those top foils. That changes Saturday, May 12 at “The Track That Action Built.”

The Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series is gearing up for a historical tour of the Buckeye State that will kick off at Fremont Speedway on Root’s Poultry Night. In the storied history of Ohio auto racing, which began in 1897, there has never been a touring non wing sprint car series devoted to the state. The BOSS tour is excited to set the stage at one of the oldest and premiere facilities on the schedule, explained BOSS President Aaron Fry.

The traditional style BOSS sprint cars made their debut in 2011 with 2 events. Ione, California native Justin Grant scored the win at K-C Raceway aboard the Hery Motorsports #40. In October, 30 cars from 8 states competed at Wayne County Speedway where Russiaville, Indiana driver Dustin Smith scored a popular win piloting the #37 Lee's Hydraulics entry. The question now is when will the Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series have it's first winner from the Buckeye State?

Drivers from 5 states have expressed interest in the Fremont opener which is being co-sanctioned with the Lane Automotive Michigan Traditional Sprint Series. Fans will delight in "Root's Poultry Night" which will also include the Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title) winged sprint car series and the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks. A full field of BOSS and MTS points runners will be on hand, gunning for the $2,000 winners share and to battle the best of the local non wing racers. Several 305 sprint teams have also expressed an interest in taking the wing off and the BOSS series is proud to announce that Kear's Speed Shop in Tiffin, Ohio has come on board to sponsor a $100 bonus to the highest finishing steel block motor in the main event.

In addition to the $100 cash steel block bonus, drivers will also be competing for a $50 cash Hard Charger of the race award sponsored by Letemgrow.org. This award will go to the driver advancing the most positions in the A-Main event. A "Hard Luck" Award $50 gift certificate is also being awarded by BOSS officials courtesy of Saldana Race Products and SBI Fuel Systems. 2Grafic Distributions will provide framed photos of the A-Main and B-Main winners.

Once again, Hoosier Racing Tire and American Racer have come on board to sponsor driver bonuses to the highest A-Main finisher on all four of their brand of tire. The Hoosier tire bonus will be a certificate for a free right rear tire and the American Racer bonus will be a $100 certificate toward the purchase of any American Racer Tire. The BOSS series has an open tire rule, but drivers are limited to using the same right rear in their heat race and the A-Main event.

In other BOSS news, several new sponsors have come on board to help with the 2012 season and the points fund. BOSS would like to welcome All Pro Cylinder Heads, Kears Speed Shop, 2Grafic Distributions, Pro Shocks, SBI Fuel Systems, Saldana Race Products, Cleanway Carpet Cleaning, E.A. Home Supply, Hoosier Race Tire, American Racer, Ham Signs, Letemgrow.org, French Grimes Race Systems, ProStar Web Design and Indy Race Parts to the tour. In addition, the BOSS series would like to welcome Rick Lane and Rick Rarer as the official photographers of the series.

For the Fremont Speedway event, gates will open at 4 pm with racing action underway at 7 pm. Drivers are reminded that Schoenfeld Mufflers are required at Fremont along with Raceceivers. Fremont also uses transponders to help accurately score and time the racing events. There are no membership fees or sign-up fees to race with BOSS. This event will go by pill draw for heat race line-ups. Drivers who plan to attend this, or any BOSS events should contact the series to be included in promotional materials. Driver Signups and Pill Draw will be done at the BOSS tent which will open at 4 pm on raceday. Fremont Speedway will be paying in checks for this event.

The complete payout is as follows: 1) $2000 2) $800 3) $600 4) $500 5) $450 6) $400 7) $375 8) $350 9) $325 10) $300 11) $280 12) $260 13) $250 14) $240 15) $225 16) $225 17) $225 18) $225 19) $225 20) $225. All cars who make an honest attempt at competing will be guaranteed $100 tow money, including all B-Main non transfers.

For more information on the BOSS series, please log onto the series website at http://www.buckeyesprints.com or call (740) 703-3768. The BOSS series is looking for sponsors interested in helping with the bonus programs at each event. Sponsorship packages start as low as $50 to be a part of the much appreciated bonus awards.

More information on Fremont Speedway can be found on their website at http://www.fremontohspeedway.com

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PORT ROYAL, PA (4-28-12) By Brian Liskai - Confidence. Simply put, it s important in any sport, but particularly in sprint car racing. And when Greg Hodnett of Thomasville, Pa. walks through the gates at Port Royal Speedway, he exudes confidence. He led 29 of the 30 laps of the Weikert s Livestock University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions Bob Weikert Memorial Saturday to take home $10,000 plus $2,900 in lap money.

I m very fortunate to have a team that has always run well here. We had a little racing luck tonight several guys didn t transfer from their heat and that put us in the dash and we were able to capitalize and start up front in the feature. I don t know what it is, but this place just fits my driving style. I ve been good here since the first time I raced here with the All Stars in 1998, said Hodnett beside his Trone Outdoor, Eagle Steel, Macri Concrete, H&H Excavating, Apple Chevrolet, Eagle Evergreens, Brickers backed #39.

It was Hodnett s second consecutive win of the Bob Weikert Memorial and his third win of 2012 at Port Royal. He now has 27 career victories at Port Royal. Hodnett now has six wins in 2012. The UNOH All Star victory is Hodnett s 15th career win with the series.

The UNOH All Star drivers fared well at the Juniata County oval, taking four of the top seven finishing positions against the Pennsylvania Posse.

Watertown, Connecticut s David Gravel and Hodnett started on the pole and flew the UNOH All Star colors high throughout the event after leading the first lap, as did third place starter Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania s Danny Holtgraver.

After Gravel led the first circuit of the race, Hodnett pulled a slider in the first corner to take the lead and began to pull away. Hodnett s pace was halted before three laps could be completed however when fifth starter Stevie Smith looped his car exiting turn two and got hit hard by Blaine Heimbach. The red flag unfurled for the crash that saw Heimbach s #12 turn over. There were no injuries, but both drivers were done for the night.

Hodnett restarted in control and flew away the final 28 non-stop laps.

Holtgraver blasted into second on lap 11 after a spirited battle with Gravel, and for a short time, was able to close on Hodnett as he worked lapped traffic. But, Hodnett s experience at the oval was just too much, as he was able to extend his lead over the last half of the event, taking the checkered with nearly a half track advantage. Holtgraver, competing at Port Royal for the first time in his career, would finish second followed by Gravel. The top three finishers would receive a jacket from the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum.

Fourth went to Sam Hafertepe Jr. with All Star regular Paul McMahan finishing fifth. All Star East Region point leader Daryn Pittman would come home sixth with three time series champion and current national points leader Dale Blaney seventh followed by Aaron Ott, Mark Smith and Fred Rahmer.

I caught him (Hodnett) once in traffic, but once he got clear he was gone. I m happy as hell to hold on to second having never seen this place before.It s a fun track very fast. I can t wait to come back here, said Holtgraver beside his Kargo Quality Cars, Alternative Power Source, Mel Bagley Auto Service, BKW Transport backed machine.

Gravel too expressed how impressed he was with Hodnett s performance. I don t know what they did between the dash and feature we beat him pretty good in the dash. What ever it was, he was gone. We will take third and continue to work hard. I know we have some wins coming our way, said Gravel beside his Musco Fuel, P&M Transportation, JRC Transportation, Model Craft backed #89G.

Heat races for the 38-car field worth $100 each in honor of late journalist Jerry Reigle as sponsored by hoseheads.com went to Tim Shaffer, Chad Layton, Brian Montieth and Doug Esh.

Jac Haudenschild set fast time over the stellar field with a fast lap of
15.693 seconds, just off of the track record of 15.652. Haudenschild pocketed $200 for his efforts.

Gravel won the dash to earn the pole for the feature and set a new six-lap track record with a time of 1:40.595.

Rahmer set a new 12-lap track record by scoring the B Main with a time of 3:30.028.
Mike Erdley, who suffered motor ills in warm-ups and scratched for the night, and Nate Snyder each received $100 as the highest drivers in Port Royal points who failed to qualify for the event. The awards were sponsored by Crankwerkz of Newville and Guisewite Moving Services of Paxtonville.

Port Royal Speedway thanks the following sponsors of the 2012 Bob Weikert

Memorial: Weikerts Livestock, Fairfield PA; Virginia Cattle Compay, Moorefield WV; Hickory Bridge Farms, Orrtanna PA; Folkens Brothers Hauling, Lester IA; Roadcap Livestock, Quicksburg VA; Highland Farms, Gettysburg PA; Scott's Body Shop, Gettysburg PA; South Branch Livestock Exchange, Moorefield WV; Craig Livestock Market, Shippensburg PA; Nicholas Packing, Loganton PA; Joel Stein Show horses, Fairfield PA; Weiss Transport, Adrian MN; Upper Marsh Creek, Orrtanna PA; Miller & Associates Real Estate LLC, Gettysburg PA; Virginia Livestock Inc, Front Royal VA; Greencastle Livestock Market, Greencastle PA; Stan's Beverage, Carlisle PA; Antelope Springs Ranch, Blackwell TX; Steven K Bierly Trucking, Mill Hall PA; Mike Vis, Valley Springs, SD; Seth Snyder, Gettysburg PA; Omaha Commodities, Omaha NE; JB Cattle LLC, Biglerville PA; Hy Plains Feedyard, Montezuma KS; Heritage Cattle Company, Garden City KS; JAB Livestock Hauling LLC, Jersey Shore PA; JW Trueth Inc., Baltimore, MD; M&R Livestock Hauling, Gettysburg, PA; Stone Ridge Manor, Gettysburg PA; Flying W Express Inc., Fairfield PA; Todd Grim, East Berlin PA; Holtapp Trucking, Pomeroy IA; S & B Livestock, Herndon PA; Puckett and Associates, Nathalie VA; Crankwerkz, Newville PA; hoseheads.com, Drums PA; Guisewite Moving Services, Paxtonville PA; National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, Knoxville IA.

Port Royal Speedway - 4/28/2012
UNOH Night

All Star Circuit of Champions (38 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 5-Jac Haudenschild, 15.693; 2. 19-Stevie Smith, 15.705; 3. 45-Paul McMahon, 15.725; 4. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 15.763; 5. 1-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 15.775; 6. 89G-David Gravel, 15.879; 7. 51-Fred Rahmer, 15.909; 8. 39-Greg Hodnett, 15.912; 9. 12-Blane Heimbach, 15.942; 10. 2-Dale Blaney, 15.943; 11. O-Rick Lafferty, 15.960; 12. 27-Daryn Pittman , 15.971; 13. M1-Mark Smith, 15.987; 14. 7-Chad Layton, 15.993; 15. 77-Aaron Ott, 16.003; 16.
20S-Derek Sell, 16.005; 17. 54-Cap Henry, 16.011; 18. 30C-Lance Dewease, 16.040; 19. 21-Brian Montieth, 16.062; 20. 29-Justin Henderson, 16.087; 21. 83-Tim Shaffer, 16.155; 22. 747-Davey Sammons, 16.215; 23. 1Z-Jessica Zemken, 16.219; 24. 30-Doug Esh, 16.225; 25. 55-Mike Wagner, 16.253; 26. 3W-Sheldon Haudenschild, 16.303; 27. 3-Pete Miller III, 16.350; 28. 24-Cliff Brian , 16.352; 29. 2T-T.J. Stutts, 16.398; 30. 56-Nate Snyder, 16.427; 31. 8R-Mike Ruttkamp, 16.432; 32. 44-Joey Hershey, 16.622; 33. 5C-Dylan Cisney, 16.633; 34. 8H-Keith Kaufman, 16.730; 35. O7-Mark Coldren , 16.797; 36. 5G-Curt Michael, 16.862; 37. 33-Brian Ehrenzeller, 17.583; 38. 11-Mike Erdley, 99.999

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the
A-feature)

1. 83-Tim Shaffer[1] ; 2. 12-Blane Heimbach[4] ; 3. 1-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[5] ; 4. M1-Mark Smith[3] ; 5. 2T-T.J. Stutts[8] ; 6. 55-Mike Wagner[7] ; 7. 5-Jac Haudenschild[6] ; 8. 33-Brian Ehrenzeller[10] ; 9. 5C-Dylan Cisney[9] ; 10. 54-Cap Henry[2]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 7-Chad Layton[3] ; 2. 30C-Lance Dewease[2] ; 3. 2-Dale Baney[4] ; 4. 19-Stevie Smith[6] ; 5. 89G-David Gravel[5] ; 6. 747-Davey Sammons[1] ; 7. 8H-Keith Kaufman[9] ; 8. 3W-Sheldon Haudenschild[7] ; 9. 56-Nate Snyder[8] ; 10. 11-Mike Erdley[10]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the
A-feature)

1. 21-Brian Montieth[2] ; 2. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[1] ; 3. O-Rick Lafferty[4] ; 4. 77-Aaron Ott[3] ; 5. 45-Paul McMahon[6] ; 6. 51-Fred Rahmer[5] ; 7. 3-Pete Miller III[7] ; 8. 8R-Mike Ruttkamp[8] ; 9. O7-Mark Coldren [9]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 30-Doug Esh[1] ; 2. 29-Justin Henderson[2] ; 3. 27-Daryn Pittman [4] ; 4. 39-Greg Hodnett[5] ; 5. D4-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 6. 20S-Derek Sell[3] ; 7. 24-Cliff Brian [7] ; 8. 5G-Curt Michael[9] ; 9. 44-Joey Hershey[8]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature 1. 89G-David Gravel[1] ; 2. 39-Greg Hodnett[2] ; 3. D4-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 4. 45-Paul McMahon[6] ; 5. 19-Stevie Smith[5] ; 6. 1-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[4]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 51-Fred Rahmer[2] ; 2. 5-Jac Haudenschild[1] ; 3. 54-Cap Henry[4] ; 4. 55-Mike Wagner[6] ; 5. 747-Davey Sammons[5] ; 6. 20S-Derek Sell[3] ; 7. 3-Pete Miller III[8] ; 8. 24-Cliff Brian [9] ; 9. 3W-Sheldon Haudenschild[7] ; 10. 8H-Keith Kaufman[14] ; 11. O7-Mark Coldren [15] ; 12. 44-Joey Hershey[12] ; 13. 8R-Mike Ruttkamp[11] ; 14. 56-Nate Snyder[10] ; 15. 33-Brian Ehrenzeller[17] ; 16. 5C-Dylan Cisney[13] ; 17. 5G-Curt Michael[16] ; 18. 11-Mike Erdley[18]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps) 1. 39-Greg Hodnett[2]; 2. D4-Danny Holtgraver[3]; 3. 89G-David Gravel[1]; 4. 1-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[6]; 5. 45-Paul McMahon[4]; 6. 27-Daryn Pittman [10]; 7. 2-Dale Blaney[8]; 8. 77-Aaron Ott[15]; 9. M1-Mark Smith[13]; 10. 51-Fred Rahmer[12]; 11. 7-Chad Layton[14]; 12. 83-Tim Shaffer[20]; 13. 54-Cap Henry[16]; 14. 30C-Lance Dewease[17]; 15. O-Rick Lafferty[9]; 16. 55-Mike Wagner[23]; 17. 29-Justin Henderson[19]; 18. 21-Brian Montieth[18]; 19. 30-Doug Esh[22]; 20. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[21]; 21. 2T-T.J. Stutts[24]; 22. 5-Jac Haudenschild[11]; 23. 19-Stevie Smith[5]; 24. 12-Blane Heimbach[7] Hard Charger: 83-Tim Shaffer[+8]

Mechanicsburg, PA (4-27-12) By Brian Liskai There's a new Pennsylvania Posse member in town and his name is Logan Schuchart. The high school senior scored his first career victory at the historic Williams Grove Speedway Friday and his first career win against the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions.

Schuchart, whose car is owned by his hall of fame grandfather Bobby Allen, held off Danny Dietrich to score the $5,000 Lawrence Chevrolet sprint car win. With that first win under his belt, Schuchart, 19, only has 42 more All Star wins to record to catch Allen who is ninth on the series all-time win list with 43 victories.

With the victory, Schuchart, who hails from Hanover, Pa., moves the Pennsylvania Posse's win streak against the travelling All Stars to 25-0 at Williams Grove.

Dietrich, who won the track s season opener in March, would stay within striking distance of Schuchart after the youngster took the lead on lap 3, but the youngster never altered, running smooth and straight along the inside line of the fast half-mile.

I could hear Danny back there, he had to be close I heard a motor behind me, said Schuchart beside his Shark Racing, Rick Fogle and Sons Custom Pole Buildings, Speedway 94, Don Ott Engines, Bealing Homes, C& B Mushrooms backed #1s. Then, when we got that caution with two to go there was water splashed up on the track in three and four and they threw a bunch of loose dirt on it and I had to change my line. But, the car was very darn good and it stuck.

Congrats to Logan on his first win. He was great on the bottom. I couldn t run down there we were just way too tight, said Dietrich beside his Sandoe s Fruit Market, APM Building.com, Route 30 Seafood, Kendall Motor Oil, Alwine Farms, Whisler s Dry Cleaning backed machine. All night it took two to four laps before our car would rotate through the corners and that probably cost us the raced tonight.

We have a first, second, fourth and seventh at the Grove this season and probably had two other top five runs but had rockers break. It s been a great season so far, added Dietrich.

UNOH All Star regular Paul McMahan would lead the field which saw 47 competitors sign in for the night to the green and took the early lead.

Schuchart, who started outside the front row, would use an inside move off turn two to grab the lead with two laps recorded.

Veteran Donnie Krietz and Dietrich were moving through the top five and as McMahan slid back with steering woes. Schuchart continued to run a smooth race as Krietz and Dietrich closed and raced each other hard for second.

Even in lapped traffic Schuchart maintained the lead, driving like a seasoned veteran one mistake and Dietrich was there to pounce.

The only caution of the feature flew with two laps to go as Steve Buckwalter stopped on the inside of the front stretch after flames erupted from under the hood.

That yellow was the last thing I wanted to see, said Schuchart.
I thought he might crack under pressure there. I ve been there. When you are trying to get that first win and you know you have someone fast behind you I had hoped to rattle his chains and get him thinking too much. But, he held his composure and hit his marks. He did an awesome job on that restart, said Dietrich.

But, Schuchart was up to the challenge on the restart and was able to hold on for the win over Dietrich, Kreitz, Greg Hodnett and Daryn Pittman.

Stevie Smith, McMahan, Dale Blaney, Tim Shaffer and Brian Montieth completed the top 10.

Williams Grove Speedway - 4/27/2012
All Star Circuit of Champions (47 Cars)

[#]-Starting Position

Qualifying - Kistler Engines

1. 27-Daryn Pittman, 16.623; 2. 19-Stevie Smith, 16.761; 3. 45-Paul McMahon, 16.897; 4. 69K-Donnie Kreitz Jr., 16.991; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 17.001; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich, 17.058; 7. 2-Dale Blaney, 17.061; 8. 21-Brian Monteith, 17.077; 9. 39-Greg Hodnett, 17.090; 10. 35-Justin Henderson, 17.146; 11. 1-Sam Hafertepe Jr., 17.163; 12. 17B-Steve Buckwalter, 17.184; 13. 20S-Derek Sell, 17.209; 14. 5-Jac Haudenschild, 17.219; 15. D4-Danny Holtgraver, 17.220; 16. 89G-David Gravel, 17.245; 17. 7-Chad Layton, 17.262; 18. 14-Kevin Nouse, 17.270; 19. 5G-Curt Michael, 17.305; 20. 83-Tim Shaffer, 17.335; 21. 69-Ryan Smith, 17.341; 22. 87-Alan Krimes, 17.366; 23.
O-Rick Lafferty, 17.383; 24. 51-Fred Rahmer, 17.396; 25. 17-Brian Leppo, 17.401; 26. 19M-Brent Marks, 17.415; 27. 30C-Lance Dewease, 17.436; 28. 54-Cap Henry, 17.446; 29. M1-Mark Smith, 17.447; 30. 75-Nicole Bower, 17.477; 31. 15-Adam Wilt, 17.487; 32. 11-Mike Erdley, 17.492; 33. 16-Gerarg McIntyre, 17.494; 34. 8R-Michael Ruttkamp, 17.512; 35. 3-Pete Miller III, 17.515; 36. 1Z-Jessica Zemken, 17.569; 37. 77-Aaron Ott, 17.583; 38.11C-Cory Haas, 17.620; 39. O7-Mark Coldren, 17.646; 40. 2B-Ryan Bohlke, 17.652; 41. 3W-Sheldon Haudesnchild, 17.660; 42. 30-Doug Esh , 17.702; 43. 59-Jim Siegel, 17.718; 44. 747-Davey Sammons, 17.755; 45. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr., 17.996; 46. 44-Frank Cozze, 18.118; 47. 12W-Troy Fraker, 18.341

Heat 1 - Kears Speed Shop (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the
A-feature)

1. 7-Chad Layton[2] ; 2. 69-Ryan Smith[1] ; 3. 39-Greg Hodnett[4] ; 4. 27-Daryn Pittman[6] ; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[5] ; 6. M1-Mark Smith[8] ; 7. 20S-Derek Sell[3] ; 8. 17-Brian Leppo[7] ; 9. 16-Gerarg McIntyre[9] ; 10. 77-Aaron Ott[10] ; 11. 3W-Sheldon Haudesnchild[11] ; 12. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.[12]

Heat 2 - All Pro Aluminum Heads (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 87-Alan Krimes[1] ; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[5] ; 3. 14-Kevin Nouse[2] ; 4. 19-Stevie Smith[6] ; 5. 19M-Brent Marks[7] ; 6. 11C-Cory Haas[10] ; 7. 30-Doug Esh [11] ; 8. 8R-Michael Ruttkamp[9] ; 9. 44-Frank Cozze[12] ; 10. 75-Nicole Bower[8] ; 11. 5-Jac Haudenschild[3] ; 12. 35-Justin Henderson[4]

Heat 3 - Dragon Race Fuel (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the
A-feature)

1. O-Rick Lafferty[1] ; 2. 5G-Curt Michael[2] ; 3. 2-Dale Blaney[5] ; 4. 45-Paul McMahon[6] ; 5. 30C-Lance Dewease[7] ; 6. D4-Danny Holtgraver[3] ; 7. 15-Adam Wilt[8] ; 8. 1-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[4] ; 9. 59-Jim Siegel[11] ; 10. 3-Pete Miller III[9] ; 11. O7-Mark Coldren[10] ; 12. 12W-Troy Fraker[12]

Heat 4 - Kinsler Fuel Injection (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)

1. 89G-David Gravel[3] ; 2. 83-Tim Shaffer[2] ; 3. 69K-Donnie Kreitz Jr.[6] ; 4. 51-Fred Rahmer[1] ; 5. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[4] ; 6. 54-Cap Henry[7] ; 7. 2B-Ryan Bohlke[10] ; 8. 11-Mike Erdley[8] ; 9. 747-Davey Sammons[11] ; 10. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[9] ; 11. 21-Brian Monteith[5]

Dash - Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature 1. 45-Paul McMahon[1] ; 2. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3] ; 3. 48-Danny Dietrich[2] ; 4. 27-Daryn Pittman[4] ; 5. 69K-Donnie Kreitz Jr.[6] ; 6. 19-Stevie Smith[5]

C-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 2 finishers transfer to the B-feature)

1. 2B-Ryan Bohlke[2] ; 2. 30-Doug Esh [4] ; 3. 59-Jim Siegel[5] ; 4.
O7-Mark Coldren[1] ; 5. 44-Frank Cozze[8] ; 6. 3W-Sheldon Haudesnchild[3] ; 7. 747-Davey Sammons[6] ; 8. 12W-Troy Fraker[9] ; 9. 38N-Nick Schlauch Jr.[7]

B-Main - MSD Ignition (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 21-Brian Monteith[1] ; 2. 35-Justin Henderson[2] ; 3. 20S-Derek Sell[4] ; 4. D4-Danny Holtgraver[6] ; 5. 1-Sam Hafertepe Jr.[3] ; 6. 17-Brian Leppo[7] ; 7. M1-Mark Smith[9] ; 8. 54-Cap Henry[8] ; 9. 11-Mike Erdley[12] ; 10. 15-Adam Wilt[11] ; 11. 3-Pete Miller III[15] ; 12. 1Z-Jessica Zemken[16] ; 13. 30-Doug Esh [20] ; 14. 16-Gerarg McIntyre[13] ; 15. 8R-Michael Ruttkamp[14] ; 16. 11C-Cory Haas[18] ; 17. 2B-Ryan Bohlke[19] ; 18. 75-Nicole Bower[10] ; 19. 77-Aaron Ott[17] ; 20. 5-Jac Haudenschild[5]

A-Main - University of Northwestern Ohio (30 Laps) 1. 1S-Logan Schuchart[2]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[3]; 3. 69K-Donnie Kreitz Jr.[5]; 4. 39-Greg Hodnett[8]; 5. 27-Daryn Pittman[4]; 6. 19-Stevie Smith[6]; 7. 45-Paul McMahon[1]; 8. 2-Dale Blaney[7]; 9. 83-Tim Shaffer[18]; 10. 21-Brian Monteith[11]; 11. 87-Alan Krimes[20]; 12. 89G-David Gravel[10]; 13. 14-Kevin Nouse[16]; 14. D4-Danny Holtgraver[14]; 15. 51-Fred Rahmer[22]; 16. 30C-Lance Dewease[24]; 17. 69-Ryan Smith[19]; 18. 35-Justin Henderson[12]; 19. 7-Chad Layton[15]; 20. 19M-Brent Marks[23]; 21. O-Rick Lafferty[21]; 22. 5G-Curt Michael[17]; 23. 20S-Derek Sell[13]; 24. 17B-Steve Buckwalter[9] Hard Charger: 83-Tim Shaffer[+9]