Chaney holds off Blaney to win Chuck Kear Memorial

      FREMONT, Ohio (July31, 2004) - Rob Chaney pulled a bonzai move into turn
three on the last lap to get around the lapped machine of Eric Rankin, as
Dale Blaney tried to slingshot around the outside of both of them. As the
large crowd got to their feet, Chaney held off Blaney, who did a 360 spin,
to win the $5,000 Chuck Kear Memorial presented by Pepsi at Fremont Speedway
Saturday.

Chaney, who started the evening by setting quick time, took the lead from
Rankin on lap 23, and received constant pressure from Blaney who took second
on lap 26. As the field entered lapped traffic on lap 29, Blaney pulled
right on the rear bumper of Chaney. As Chaney and Blaney exited turn four on
lap 41, Troy Vaccaro spun in front of them, nearly making contact with
Blaney. The caution gave Chaney a clear track, and he built a four car
length advantage until getting into lapped traffic with just three laps
remaining, setting up the dramatic finish.

"Rankin got a little sideways in turn two on the last lap and messed my line
up a little. I knew I had to drive it into three hard because the bottom was
a little slick...if I could get back to the top I knew I could hold Dale
off," said Chaney. "We've been on a roll the past month. I have to thank
Stan Courtad and the entire crew. Stan gives us everything we need to win
with and I'm glad I can finally start giving him the results he deserves."

Rankin led the field to green in the 50-lap feature, but the red flew when
Shane Helms got upside down in turn three. Rankin again took the lead on the
restart, with Caleb Griffith and Craig Mintz in the chance. The caution flew
on lap three for a Jody Keegan spin, and again, Rankin took the lead on the
restart. The red flew again on lap five for an Andrew Palker flip in turn
two. On the restart, Blaney and Brandon Martin got together, with Martin's
front end collapsing, with Jody Keegan colliding with Martin and getting on
his side.

On the restart, Rankin held the lead, but was receiving serious challenges
by Griffith and Mintz. The caution flew again on lap nine for a spinning Lee
Jacobs. On the restart, Rankin held the point with Mintz now second, Chaney
up to third, Todd Heller fourth and Griffith slipping back to fifth. The
caution flew again on lap 14 for a Troy Vaccaro spin. Again on the restart,
Rankin held the lead over Mintz, Chaney and now Blaney. Chaney moved around
Mintz on lap 18 and started to put pressure on Rankin. Rankin and Chaney
raced side by side for for several laps before Chaney took the lead on lap
23 with a low move out of turn two. Rankin and Blaney then battled for
several laps for second, with Blaney taking the position on lap 26. The man
on the move was Byron Reed, moving into fifth from his 20th starting
position.

Chaney and Blaney entered lapped traffic on lap 29, when Vaccaro did his
spin right in front the leaders. Chaney set sail on the restart, setting up
the dramatic last lap race to the checkered.

Behind Chaney and Blaney at the checkered was Mintz, Reed, Bobby Clark, John
Ivy, Mark Keegan, Todd Heller, David Harrison and Giffith.

The 305 sprints were split into two complete fields based on odds and evens
in the point standings. Each group ran a 25-lap feature. Fremont's Paul
Weaver took the lead from Mark Lang on lap 10 and went on to score his third
feature win of the season in the Valleyview Health Care Center main. Jamie
Miller was second with Bryan Sebetto third.

"The car was pretty good...I should have made some changes on the red. We've
been up and down here the past month. So hopefully we can get on a roll
now," said Weaver beside his Strawberry Hill Farm Market sprinter.

In the Steinle Family Dealerships A-main for the second half of the 305s
program, Scott Miller, who started 12th, took the lead on lap 19 from Joe
Laugherty and held on for his third feature win of the season over Laugherty
and Bryan Scott who finished third after starting17th.

"I have to thank Shirley Kear. She put together a great giveaway package
(worth over $21,000) for everyone tonight. She's been helping racers for as
long as I can remember," said Miller beside his JD Automotive sprinter. "I
have to thank my crew, they gave me a perfect race car tonight. I've run 410
sprints and now the 305s and I'll tell you this division is one of the
toughest I've seen."

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Aug. 7 with Auto
Value/Bumper to Bumper Night featuring the 410 winged super sprints, 305
sprints and the Coors Light Dirt Trucks.
 

410 QUALIFYING (Track Record 11.732 - Lee Jacobs, May 3, 2003)
1. Rob Chaney (9X) 12.29; 2. Brandon Martin (11M) 12.37; 3. John Ivy (20)
12.43; 4. David Harrison (10) 12.45; 5. Andy James (72) 12.45; 6. Bobby
Clark (8C) 12.48; 7. Troy Vaccaro (7T) 12.66; 8. Dale Blaney (72B) 12.71; 9.
Todd Heller (14H) 12.74; 10. Craig Mintz (8S) 12.74; 11. Caleb Griffith (12)
12.79; 12. Alvin Roepke (99) 12.80; 13. Mike Linder (3L) 12.81; 14. Eric
Rankin (39) 12.88; 15. Matt Lucius (1A) 12.88; 16. Mark Keegan (X) 12.92;
17. Andrew Palker (57X) 12.92; 18. Jody Keegan (60) 12.94; 19. Chad Blonde
(5B) 12.95; 20. Shane Helms (40) 13.01; 21. Lee Jacobs (16) 13.02; 22. Jon
Finsel (F1) 13.02; 23. Byron Reed (5R) 13.06; 24. Jason Dukes (K) 13.11; 25.
Jimmy Weller (23) 13.15; 26. Scott Euler (27) 13.25; 27. Jeff Banyas (O7)
13.28; 28. Jeff Williams (5W) 13.32; 29. Jamie Martin (15M) 13.46; 30. Lary
Riehl (55) 13.62; 31. Chad Levingston (74L) 13.73; 32. Butch Beasley (1)
13.75; 33. Rick Boughan (16K) 13.91; 34. Bill Shaw (48B) 14.01; 35. Jerry
Nemire (16N) 14.21; 36. Randy Tusing (41) 14.31

410 SUPER SPRINTS - 36 Cars

Heat 1 (Top 4 to A): 1.Lee Jacobs(16); 2.Andrew Palker(57X); 3.Todd
Heller(14H); 4.Rob Chaney(9X); 5.Jimmy Weller(23); 6.Mike Linder(3L); 7.Rick
Boughan(16K); 8.Jamie Martin(15M); 9.Andy James(72)

Heat 2 (Top 4 to A): 1.Jody Keegan(60); 2.Eric Rankin(39); 3.Jon Finsel(F1);
4.Craig Mintz(8S); 5.Bobby Clark(8C); 6.Brandon Martin(11M); 7.Scott
Euler(27); 8.Bill Shaw(48B); 9.Lary Riehl(55)

Heat 3 (Top 4 to A): 1.Byron Reed(5R); 2.Caleb Griffith(12); 3.Chad
Blonde(5B); 4.Matt Lucius(1A); 5.John Ivy(20); 6.Troy Vaccaro(7T); 7.Jeff
Banyas(O7); 8.Chad Levingston(74L); 9.Jerry Nemire(16N)

Heat 4 (Top 4 to A): 1.Jason Dukes(K); 2.Mark Keegan(X); 3.Shane Helms(40);
4.David Harrison(10); 5.Dale Blaney(72B); 6.Alvin Roepke(99); 7.Jeff
Williams(5W); 8.Randy Tusing(41); 9.Butch Beasley(1)

B - Main  (Top 6 to A): 1.John Ivy(20); 2.Brandon Martin(11M); 3.Dale
Blaney(72B); 4.Bobby Clark(8C); 5.Troy Vaccaro(7T); 6.Jimmy Weller(23);
7.Alvin Roepke(99); 8.Jeff Banyas(O7); 9.Jamie Martin(15M); 10.Jerry
Nemire(16N); 11.Bill Shaw(48B); 12.Butch Beasley(1); 13.Randy Tusing(41);
14.Mike Linder(3L); 15.Rick Boughan(16K); 16.Lary Riehl(55); 17.Jeff
Williams(5W); 18.Chad Levingston(74L); 19.Scott Euler(27); 20.Andy James(72)

A - Main  (50 Laps): 1.Rob Chaney(9X)(start-6); 2.Dale
Blaney(72B)(start-11); 3.Craig Mintz(8S)(start-3); 4.Byron
Reed(5R)(start-20); 5.Bobby Clark(8C)(start-9); 6.John Ivy(20)(start-8);
7.Mark Keegan(X)(start-13); 8.Todd Heller(14H)(start-4); 9.David
Harrison(10)(start-5); 10.Caleb Griffith(12)(start-2); 11.Eric
Rankin(39)(start-1); 12.Lee Jacobs(16)(start-18); 13.Jimmy
Weller(23)(start-22); 14.Chad Blonde(5B)(start-16); 15.Troy
Vaccaro(7T)(start-10); 16.Alvin Roepke(99)(start-24); 17.Jon
Finsel(F1)(start-19); 18.Mike Linder(3L)(start-23); 19.Matt
Lucius(1A)(start-12); 20.Brandon Martin(11M)(start-7); 21.Jody
Keegan(60)(start-15); 22.Andrew Palker(57X)(start-14); 23.Shane
Helms(40)(start-17); 24.Jason Dukes(K)(start-21)

305 SPRINTS - (Odds in points) 25 Cars
Fremont Federal Credit Union Heat 1 (Top 4 to A): 1.A.J. Sleek(15); 2.Mark
Lang(65); 3.Brian Smith(20X); 4.Jamie Miller(4M); 5.Matt Merrill(39);
6.Stuart Brubaker(17B); 7.Mike Oberdorf(4); 8.Scott Mominee(O7); 9.Mark
Whaley(34)

Riverside Machine & Tool Heat 2 (Top 4 to A): 1.Chris Lang(29); 2.Mike
Riehl(81); 3.Brian Grove(8G); 4.Kevin Lee(O2); 5.Phil Burroughs(18); 6.Dan
Hammond(22D); 7.Joe Ervin(71J); 8.Greg Summit(3X)

Foster Auto Body Heat 3 (Top 4 to A): 1.Paul Weaver(1W); 2.Bill
Kraylek(71); 3.Brian Sebetto(72); 4.Scott Kraylek(21); 5.Josh Hill(9H);
6.Paul Hemrick Jr.(44); 7.Jarrod Potter(28); 8.Bryan Lehman(77)

305 SPRINTS - (Even in points) 26 Cars
Borer Glass Heat 1 (Top 4 to A): 1.Andy Shammo(48S); 2.Roger Shammo(10);
3.Scott Miller(3J); 4.Chad Laux(7L); 5.Jason Hill(25); 6.Justin Stout(7S);
7.John Patynko(7P); 8.Rodney Hurst(97); 9.Brad Bowman(TA2)

Real Geese Heat 2 (Top 4 to A): 1.Craig Kays(9); 2.Bob Dawson(62C); 3.Dustin
Keegan(17X); 4.Chris Andrews(15C); 5.Matt Ferrell(67M); 6.Bryan Scott(92);
7.Mike Young(5M); 8.Jeff Daugherty(1M); 9.Andrea Weaver(18W)

Computer Man Heat 3 (Top 4 to A): 1.Ryan Lowe(66L); 2.Barry Cole(8K);
3.Bobby Foster(91); 4.Joe Laugherty(21J); 5.Willie Keegan(5D); 6.Brian Rusch
Jr.(54); 7.Mark Pridemore(25P); 8.Mike Burkin(48B)

COMPUTER MAN 305 DASH:.1.A.J. Sleek(15); 2.Chris Lang(29); 3.Ryan Lowe
(66L); 4.Paul Weaver(1W); 5.Craig Kays (9); 6.Andy Shammo(48S)

305 A-Main (Odds in points)1.Paul Weaver(1W)(start-10); 2.Jamie
Miller(4M)(start-9); 3.Brian Sebetto(72)(start-11); 4.Brian
Smith(20X)(start-12); 5.Scott Kraylek(21)(start-1); 6.Bill
Kraylek(71)(start-8); 7.Mark Lang(65)(start-3); 8.Mike Riehl(81)(start-7);
9.Brian Grove(8G)(start-4); 10.Kevin Lee(O2)(start-6); 11.Matt
Merrill(39)(start-13); 12.Chris Lang(29)(start-2); 13.Josh
Hill(9H)(start-15); 14.Stuart Brubaker(17B)(start-16); 15.Scott
Mominee(O7)(start-22); 16.Paul Hemrick Jr.(44)(start-18); 17.Mike
Oberdorf(4)(start-19); 18.Dan Hammond(22D)(start-17); 19.Bryan
Lehman(77)(start-24); 20.A.J. Sleek(15)(start-5); 21.Phil
Burroughs(18)(start-14); 22.Joe Ervin(71J)(start-20); 23.Jarrod
Potter(28)(start-21)

305 A-Main (Even in points)1.Scott Miller(3J)(start-12); 2.Joe
Laugherty(21J)(start-2); 3.Bryan Scott(92)(start-17); 4.Andy
Shammo(48S)(start-11); 5.Roger Shammo(10)(start-10); 6.Craig
Kays(9)(start-3); 7.Barry Cole(8K)(start-4); 8.Chris Andrews(15C)(start-1);
9.Matt Ferrell(67M)(start-14); 10.Dustin Keegan(17X)(start-5); 11.Bob
Dawson(62C)(start-6); 12.Justin Stout(7S)(start-16); 13.Mike
Burkin(48B)(start-24); 14.Chad Laux(7L)(start-7); 15.Jason
Hill(25)(start-13); 16.Mark Pridemore(25P)(start-21); 17.Rodney
Hurst(97)(start-22); 18.Brian Rusch Jr.(54)(start-18); 19.Andrea
Weaver(18W)(start-26); 20.Bobby Foster(91)(start-8); 21.Ryan
Lowe(66L)(start-9); 22.Willie Keegan(5D)(start-15); 23.Brad
Bowman(TA2)(start-25); 24.Jeff Daugherty(1M)(start-23); 25.John
Patynko(7P)(start-19); 26.Mike Young(5M)(start-20)