Keegan wins #57
at Fremont
Sabo claims second
truck win
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Aug. 7, 2004) - A few
weeks ago, Mark Keegan had victory in
sight and slipped off the fourth turn and had to settle for second.
That was
in the back of his mind as the laps ticked off Saturday at Fremont
Speedway.
He cautiously slid around turns three and four and took the checkered
flag,
his 57th career win at "The Track That Action Built."
"I had that one won a couple of weeks ago and I screwed up. I wasn't
going
to let that happen again. I was very careful the last few laps. I knew
John
Ivy was in second but I didn't see him, so I knew if I was careful
I could
hang on," said Keegan. "I'll tell you, racing with all these guys is
a lot
of fun. This is some of the toughest competition in the country. That's
why
a lot of guys won't come here... this place is tough."
At the drop of the green for the 30-lap Auto Value Bumper-To-Bumper
A-main,
Jason Dukes took the lead with Matt Lucius in tow. The first caution
flew on
lap 6 for a Bobby Clark and Troy Vaccaro spin. On the restart, Dukes
lead
over Todd Heller and Keegan, up from his 13th starting position. Dukes
led
until the side panel of his front wing flew off on lap 8, bringing
out the
caution for the debris and sending him to the tail. That put Heller
on the
point with Keegan and John Ivy, in a brand new Eagle chassis in third.
Keegan, aboard the Edward Jones Financial Services, PowerFlow Exhaust
Systems #X, powered around Heller at the halfway point and went on
to the
victory. Ivy, Heller, Mike Linder, Brandon Martin, David Harrison,
Craig
Mintz, up from 20th, Troy Vaccaro, Bobby Clark and Alvin Roepke rounded
out
the top 10.
The 305 sprint feature was a dandy, with Fremont's Paul Weaver taking
advantage of Bryan Sebetto's problems in lapped traffic to take the
lead
with two laps to go and going on to claim his fourth feature win of
the
season.
"We changed the motor and the car the last couple of weeks and it has
been
fast," said Weaver beside his Diet Pepsi, Strawberry Hill Convenience
Store
#1w. "I saw Bryan get bottled up in lapped traffic and I knew If I
was
patient I could get to him."
Dustin Keegan led the field to the green, with Mark Lang and Barry Cole
in
tow. By lap 4, Sebetto had moved into second from his eighth starting
spot,
with Weaver up to fourth from his seventh starting spot. Weaver moved
around
Lang for third the next go-round, with Sebetto taking the lead from
Keegan
on lap six. Weaver took second from Keegan on lap nine and watched
Sebetto
build a sizeable lead. However, with five laps to go, Sebetto got held
up in
lapped traffic, allowing Weaver to close. As the two went into turns
three
and four with two laps to go, Sebetto tried to get around a lapped
machine
on the bottom, and Weaver executed his winning move around the high
side.
At the checkered it was Weaver, Sebetto, Brian Smith (up from 10th),
Andy
Shammo (up from 16th), Scott Miller, Bryan Scott (up from 15th), Ryan
Lowe,
Dustin Keegan, Chad Laux and Roger Shammo (up from 18th).
Steve Sabo hadn't visited victory lane since the opening night of the
season. He found his winning style Saturday to claim his 19th career
Fremont
victory in the Coors Light Dirt Truck division.
"This division is just so tough. I have to thank Crown Battery, Smith
Automotive and my crew, including my wife Linda and the guys with Bobby
Davis' team. We all have a lot of fun together," said Sabo.
Behind Sabo at the finish were Art Ball, Dan Roepke, Brian Arnold, Dwight
Waltermeier, Joe Hartlaub, Bobby Davis, Steve Endicott, Andy Maynard
and Jim
McGrath (up from the tail).
Fremont Speedway will be back in action on Saturday, Aug. 14 for Fremont
Fence Night featuring the 410 springs, 305 sprints and two feature
events
for the Coors Light Dirt Trucks. The trucks will be split into two
complete
fields based on the odds and evens in the point standings, with all
the
trucks running in an A-main event.
410 QUALIFYING (Track Record 11.732 - Lee Jacobs, May 3, 2003)
1. John Ivy (20) 12.11; 2. David Harrison (10) 12.27; 3. Mike Linder
(3L)
12.31; 4. Alvin Roepke (99) 12.38; 5. Todd Heller (14H) 12.40; 6. Jon
Finsel
(F1) 12.42; 7. Matt Lucius (1A) 12.49; 8. Jason Dukes (K) 12.50; 9.
Andrew
Palker (57X) 12.52; 10. Brandon Martin (11M) 12.55; 11. Bobby Clark
(8C)
12.57; 12. Caleb Griffith (12) 12.59; 13. Mark Keegan (X) 12.65; 14.
Lee
Jacobs (16) 12.68; 15. Troy Vaccaro (7T) 12.69; 16. Scott Euler (27)
12.75;
17. Shane Helms (40) 13.01; 18. Bill Shaw (48B) 13.50; 19. Lary Riehl
(55)
13.79; 20. Andy James (72) 13.91; 21. Craig Mintz (8S) NT
410 SUPER SPRINTS - 21 Cars
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A): 1.Mark Keegan(X); 2.John Ivy(20); 3.Brandon
Martin(11M); 4.Alvin Roepke(99); 5.Lary Riehl(55); 6.Matt Lucius(1A);
7.Scott Euler(27)
Heat 2 (Top 5 to A): 1.Lee Jacobs(16); 2.Shane Helms(40); 3.Bobby Clark(8C);
4.David Harrison(10); 5.Todd Heller(14H); 6.Jason Dukes(K); 7.Andy
James(72)
Heat 3 (Top 5 to A): 1.Andrew Palker(57X); 2.Craig Mintz(8S); 3.Mike
Linder(3L); 4.Caleb Griffith(12); 5.Troy Vaccaro(7T); 6.Jon Finsel(F1);
7.Bill Shaw(48B)
A - Main (30 Laps): 1.Mark Keegan(X)(start-13); 2.John Ivy(20)(start-8);
3.Todd Heller(14H)(start-4); 4.Mike Linder(3L)(start-6); 5.Brandon
Martin(11M)(start-10); 6.David Harrison(10)(start-7); 7.Craig
Mintz(8S)(start-21); 8.Troy Vaccaro(7T)(start-15); 9.Bobby
Clark(8C)(start-11); 10.Alvin Roepke(99)(start-5); 11.Andrew
Palker(57X)(start-9); 12.Jason Dukes(K)(start-1); 13.Andy
James(72)(start-20); 14.Caleb Griffith(12)(start-12); 15.Shane
Helms(40)(start-17); 16.Matt Lucius(1A)(start-2); 17.Lary
Riehl(55)(start-19); 18.Bill Shaw(48B)(start-18); 19.Lee
Jacobs(16)(start-14); 20.Jon Finsel(F1)(start-3);
305 SPRINTS - 42 Cars
Fremont Federal Credit Union Heat 1 (Top 4 to A): 1.Mark Lang(65);
2.Brian
Sebetto(72); 3.Jeff Daugherty(1M); 4.Chad Laux(7L); 5.Bill Kraylek(71);
6.Jason Hill(25); 7.Matt Merrill(39); 8.Jarrod Potter(28); 9.Willie
Keegan(17); 10.Brad Bowman(TA2); 11.Brandon Riehl(81)
Riverside Machine & Tool Heat 2 (Top 4 to A): 1.Jamie Miller(4M);
2.Ryan
Lowe(66L); 3.Matt Ferrell(67M); 4.Kevin Lee(O2); 5.Chris Lang(29);
6.Stuart
Brubaker(17B); 7.Phil Burroughs(77); 8.Dan Hammond(22D); 9.Chris
Andrews(15C); 10.John Patynko(7P)
Foster Auto Body Heat 3 (Top 4 to A): 1.Brian Smith(20X); 2.Ed Psurney(5M);
3.Dustin Keegan(17X); 4.Bryan Scott(92); 5.Craig Kays(9); 6.Scott
Kraylek(21); 7.Joe Laugherty(21J); 8.Scott Mominee(O7); 9.Mark
Pridemore(25P); 10.Joe Ervin(71J)
Borer Glass & Mirror Heat 4 (Top 4 to A): 1.Paul Weaver(1W); 2.Scott
Miller(3J); 3.Barry Cole(8K); 4.Andy Shammo(48S); 5.Josh Hill(9H);
6.Roger
Shammo(10); 7.Rusty McNamee(34M); 8.Mark Whaley(34); 9.Andrea Weaver(18W);
10.Paul Hemrick Jr.(44)
COMPUTER MAN 305 DASH: 1.Paul Weaver(1W); 2.Brian Smith(20X); 3.Mark
Lang(65); 4.Jamie Miller(4M)
1st - Main (Top 2 to A): 1.Bill Kraylek(71); 2.Jason Hill(25);
3.Matt
Merrill(39); 4.Chris Lang(29); 5.Bobby Foster(91); 6.Stuart Brubaker(17B);
7.Chris Andrews(15C); 8.Brad Bowman(TA2); 9.Phil Burroughs(77); 10.Dan
Hammond(22D); 11.Brandon Riehl(81); 12.John Patynko(7P); 13.Jarrod
Potter(28); 14.Willie Keegan(17)
2nd B - Main (Top 2 to A): 1.Roger Shammo(10); 2.Scott Kraylek(21);
3.Josh
Hill(9H); 4.Craig Kays(9); 5.Joe Laugherty(21J); 6.Scott Mominee(O7);
7.Mark
Pridemore(25P); 8.Rusty McNamee(34M); 9.Mark Whaley(34); 10.Andrea
Weaver(18W); 11.Joe Ervin(71J)
A - Main (25 Laps): 1.Paul Weaver(1W)(start-7); 2.Brian
Sebetto(72)(start-6); 3.Brian Smith(20X)(start-8); 4.Andy
Shammo(48S)(start-14); 5.Scott Miller(3J)(start-9); 6.Bryan
Scott(92)(start-15); 7.Ryan Lowe(66L)(start-5); 8.Dustin
Keegan(17X)(start-2); 9.Chad Laux(7L)(start-13); 10.Roger
Shammo(10)(start-16); 11.Mark Lang(65)(start-1); 12.Jeff
Daugherty(1M)(start-10); 13.Barry Cole(8K)(start-3); 14.Matt
Merrill(39)(start-20); 15.Matt Ferrell(67M)(start-4); 16.Ed
Psurney(5M)(start-11); 17.Kevin Lee(O2)(start-12); 18.Jason
Hill(25)(start-19); 19.Scott Kraylek(21)(start-18); 20.Bill
Kraylek(71)(start-17)
COORS LIGHT DIRT TRUCKS - 46 Trucks
Heat 1 (Top 4 to A): 1.Dan Roepke(53); 2.Joe Hartlaub(1); 3.Art Ball(O1);
4.Mark Warnick(69); 5.Fred Guiher(21); 6.Craig Holland(7); 7.Scott
Beard(14); 8.Kenny Workman(65); 9.Todd Keegan(22); 10.Greg Harmon(O7);
11.Linda Sabo(6); 12.Jaime McAdams(34);
Heat 2 (Top 4 to A): 1.Bob Dible(17); 2.Steve Rando(19R); 3.Steve Sabo(16);
4.Bobby Davis(40); 5.JOHN Rhoads(30); 6.Bill Bruen(55B); 7.David Severs(62);
8.Eric Davanna(37); 9.Noah Wagner(44); 10.Gregg Hill(7C); 11.Ryan
Bloom(21R); 12.L.J. Conners(X);
Heat 3 (Top 4 to A): 1.Cory Ward(18W); 2.Brian Michael(47); 3.Steve
Endicott(8); 4.Andy Maynard(10A); 5.Jim Welty(10J); 6.Jim McGrath(5);
7.Rick
Potts(91); 8.Brain Sorg(4X); 9.Tony Sauseda(42X); 10.James Sebetto(19);
Heat 4 (Top 4 to A): 1.Brian Arnold(33); 2.Paul Dymond(38); 3.Dwight
Waltermier(39); 4.Art Howey Jr.(8H); 5.Rex Wright(55W); 6.Leroy Miller(49);
7.Ralph Willey(5W); 8.Jason Foucht(11); 9.Kent Long(82); 10.Paul Brown
Jr.(14B); 11.Buffy Bordner(31)
1st B - Main (Top 2 to A): 1.Noah Wagner(44); 2.JOHN Rhoads(30);
3.Scott
Beard(14); 4.Eric Davanna(37); 5.Linda Sabo(6); 6.Bill Bruen(55B);
7.David
Severs(62); 8.Todd Keegan(22); 9.Greg Harmon(O7); 10.Gregg Hill(7C);
11.Kenny Workman(65); 12.Craig Holland(7); 13.Fred Guiher(21);
2nd B - Main (Top 2 to A): 1.Jim Welty(10J); 2.Jim McGrath(5);
3.Ralph
Willey(5W); 4.Rick Potts(91); 5.Brain Sorg(4X); 6.Buffy Bordner(31);
7.Jason
Foucht(11); 8.Kent Long(82); 9.Rex Wright(55W); 10.Leroy Miller(49);
11.Todd
Wickman(33T); 12.Tony Sauseda(42X); 13.James Sebetto(19);
A - Main (15 Laps): 1.Steve Sabo(16)(start-8); 2.Art Ball(O1)(start-4);
3.Dan Roepke(53)(start-10); 4.Brian Arnold(33)(start-7); 5.Dwight
Waltermier(39)(start-1); 6.Joe Hartlaub(1)(start-3); 7.Bobby
Davis(40)(start-14); 8.Steve Endicott(8)(start-2); 9.Andy
Maynard(10A)(start-15); 10.Jim McGrath(5)(start-20); 11.Brian
Michael(47)(start-6); 12.Art Howey Jr.(8H)(start-16); 13.Jim
Welty(10J)(start-18); 14.Mark Warnick(69)(start-13); 15.Cory
Ward(18W)(start-5); 16.Steve Rando(19R)(start-11); 17.JOHN
Rhoads(30)(start-19); 18.Noah Wagner(44)(start-17); 19.Bob
Dible(17)(start-12); 20.Paul Dymond(38)(start-9)
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