Mike Linder makes
it a clean weekend sweep taking checkered at Fremont
Rookie Coty Runion
wins 305
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (June 18, 2005) - After finishing second five times in
2004, Mike Linder has shed his bridesmaid outfit. The Fremont driver picked
up his second 410 sprint feature win of the weekend Saturday, backing up
Friday night's victory at Attica Raceway Park with a win on Baumann Auto
Group Night at Fremont Speedway.
"I used to sell fuel at Attica and watch guys like Mark Keegan and
Frankie Kerr win. I'd think 'there's no way I could ever do that.' This
is just a dream come true to win 410 sprint races, especially at Fremont,"
said Linder, who claimed his second victory of the year at "The Track That
Action Built."
Elmore's Alvin Roepke jumped into the lead of the 410 sprint feature
from his pole starting spot, only to see David Harrison charge around the
high side for the point on lap two.Roepke, using the low groove, shot around
Harrison for the lead on lap 6. Roepke continued to lead while Linder moved
into second from his fifth starting spot on lap 12.Linder used lapped traffic
to shoot around Roepke for the lead on lap 13, with the caution flying
the next lap. With 16 laps to go the running order was Linder, Roepke,
Mark Keegan and Lee Jacobs.
Linder bolted back into the lead on the restart, with Keegan getting
around Roepke for second. As the leaders hit lapped traffic with seven
laps to go, Keegan closed on Linder. Keegan slipped off the high side of
turns three and four, losing two spots, allowing Linder to cruise to the
win.
"I have to thank my car owner Andy James and all our sponsors, Engler
Printing, Linder Speed Equipment, Vision Quest, Beaverdam Contracting....and
tonight's race sponsor the Baumann Auto Group for putting an extra $200
up to win," said Linder, the current point leader at Fremont. "These other
racers better pay attention...these J&J chassis are flying."
Behind Linder at the checkered were Jacobs, Keegan, John Ivy, Harrison,
Roepke, Brian Smith, Brandon Martin, Byron Reed and Todd Heller.
Tiffin's Coty Runion, a 16-year-old rookie, scored his first career
win, leading all 25 laps of the 305 sprint feature.
Former go-karter Coty Runion looked like a seasoned veteran on his way
to victory lane. He benefitted from yellow flags when he was about to get
into lapped traffic, and showed patience and maturity with a couple laps
to go on a restart to hold off Andy Shammo for the win.
"I can't believe we did this already....I dreamed of this my whole
life," said Runion. "I have to thank my mom and dad and everyone who helps
on this."
Behind Runion at the stand were Shammo, Bobby Foster, Bill Kraylek
(up from 17th), Paul Weaver, Bryan Scott, Barry Cole, Chris Andrews, Brad
Bowman, and Ryan Lowe.
In the Coors Light Dirt Trucks, Fremont's Bobby Davis scored his first
win of the season, but it wasn't easy, as defending track champion Steve
Sabo hounded him the entire way, running right on his rear bumper.
"Stevie taught me how the run the bottom here. I knew if I didn't slip
up off the bottom or get on the berm I'd be alright," said Davis beside
his Crown Battery, Smith Automotive sponsored truck.
Behind Davis and Sabo were Ron Kepling, Ralph Willey, Jim Welty, Dwight
Waltermeier, Bob Dible, Paul Dymond, Jim McGrath and Eric DeVanna.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, June 25 for the Mid-Seasn
Championship sponsored by Burger King and Snyder's Floor Covering, who
are helping kick in an extra $4,500 to the purse. Gates open at 4:30 p.m.
with racing at 7:30 p.m.
Fremont Federal Credit Union 410 Qualifying (Track Record 11.732 -
Lee Jacobs, May 3, 2003)
1. F1-Jon Finsel, 12.58; 2. 14H-Todd Heller, 12.61; 3. 5I-John Ivy,
12.69; 4. K-Jason Dukes, 12.70; 5. M20-Mike Brecht, 12.73; 6. 3L-Mike Linder,
12.81; 7. 16-Lee Jacobs, 12.84; 8. X-Mark Keegan, 12.85; 9. 1A-Matt Lucius,
12.90; 10. 10-David Harrison, 12.98; 11. 99-Alvin Roepke, 12.98; 12. 55-Brian
Smith, 12.99; 13. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.99; 14. 57X-Andrew Palker, 13.08; 15.
23-Jon Trudeau, 13.09; 16. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.11; 17. OH-Tim Hunter,
13.15; 18. 8C-Bobby Clark, 13.16; 19. 21-Rodney Morgan, 13.22; 20. 8S-Craig
Mintz, 13.35; 21. 6-Mike Dussell, 13.41; 22. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 13.47; 23.
40-Shane Helms, 13.71; 24. 27-Scott Euler, 13.93; 25. 1R-Josh Keegan, 14.16;
410 SUPER SPRINTS - 25 Cars
Heat 1 (Top 5 to A):
1. 11M-Brandon Martin; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs; 3. 5R-Byron Reed; 4. K-Jason
Dukes; 5. 10-David Harrison; 6. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 7. 21-Rodney Morgan; 8.
1R-Josh Keegan; 9. F1-Jon Finsel;
Heat 2 (Top 5 to A):
1. 57X-Andrew Palker; 2. 99-Alvin Roepke; 3. X-Mark Keegan; 4. 8S-Craig
Mintz; 5. 14H-Todd Heller; 6. M20-Mike Brecht; 7. 40-Shane Helms; 8. OH-Tim
Hunter;
Heat 3 (Top 5 to A):
1. 8C-Bobby Clark; 2. 5I-John Ivy; 3. 3L-Mike Linder; 4. 55-Brian Smith;
5. 6-Mike Dussell; 6. 23-Jon Trudeau; 7. 1A-Matt Lucius; 8. 27-Scott Euler;
B - Main (Top 5 to A):
1. M20-Mike Brecht; 2. 1A-Matt Lucius; 3. 23-Jon Trudeau; 4. OH-Tim
Hunter; 5. 27-Scott Euler; 6. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 7. 1R-Josh Keegan; 8. 21-Rodney
Morgan; 9. 40-Shane Helms;
A - Main (30 Laps) [Starting Position]:
1. 3L-Mike Linder[5]; 2. 16-Lee Jacobs[4]; 3. X-Mark Keegan[3]; 4.
5I-John Ivy[7]; 5. 10-David Harrison[2]; 6. 99-Alvin Roepke[1]; 7. 55-Brian
Smith[11]; 8. 11M-Brandon Martin[15]; 9. 5R-Byron Reed[12]; 10. 14H-Todd
Heller[8]; 11. K-Jason Dukes[6]; 12. 8S-Craig Mintz[18]; 13. 8C-Bobby Clark[17];
14. M20-Mike Brecht[9]; 15. 27-Scott Euler[20]; 16. 57X-Andrew Palker[13];
17. 1A-Matt Lucius[10]; 18. 6-Mike Dussell[19]; 19. OH-Tim Hunter[16];
20. 23-Jon Trudeau[14]; 305 SPRINTS - 33 Cars
Fremont Federal Credit Union Heat 1 (Top 4 to A):
1. 3J-Bobby Foster; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo; 3. 10-Roger Shammo; 4. 55-Brad
Bowman; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 5D-Willie Keegan; 7. 23-Vern Menkoff; 8.
34-Mark Whaley; 9. O7-Scott Mominee;
Riverside Machine & Tool Heat 2 (Top 4 to A):
1. 37Z-Bryan Scott; 2. 8K-Barry Cole; 3. 49-Coty Runion; 4. 39-Matt
Merrill; 5. 27-Jeremy Durst; 6. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 7. 12-Brett Lane; 8.
157-Mark Wilkins;
Foster Auto Body Heat 3 (Top 4 to A):
1. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 4. 15C-Chris
Andrews; 5. 2-Jerrid Potter; 6. 17X-Daniel Smith; 7. 95-Jason Hill; 8.
1DG-Bob Jones;
Real Geese Heat 4 (Top 4 to A):
1. 15-A.J. Sleek; 2. 5-Dustin Dinan; 3. O2-Kevin Lee; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki;
5. 22D-Dan Hammond; 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 9H-Josh Hill; 8. 65-Mark Lang;
COMPUTER MAN 305 DASH: 1. 3J-Bobby Foster; 2. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 3. 37Z-Bryan
Scott; 4. 15-A.J. Sleek; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki;
1st B - Main (Top 2 to A):
1. 71-Bill Kraylek; 2. 27-Jeremy Durst; 3. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 4. 5D-Willie
Keegan; 5. 23-Vern Menkoff; 6. 34-Mark Whaley; 7. O7-Scott Mominee; 8.
12-Brett Lane;
2nd B - Main (Top 2 to A):
1. 2-Jerrid Potter; 2. 17X-Daniel Smith; 3. 22D-Dan Hammond; 4. 9H-Josh
Hill; 5. 95-Jason Hill; 6. 1DG-Bob Jones; 7. 65-Mark Lang; 8. 19R-Steve
Rando;
A - Main (25 Laps) [Starting Position]:
1. 49-Coty Runion[3]; 2. 48S-Andy Shammo[8]; 3. 3J-Bobby Foster[12];
4. 71-Bill Kraylek[17]; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[10]; 6. 37Z-Bryan Scott[9]; 7.
8K-Barry Cole[5]; 8. 15C-Chris Andrews[15]; 9. 55-Brad Bowman[13]; 10.
66L-Ryan Lowe[2]; 11. 17X-Daniel Smith[20]; 12. 39-Matt Merrill[14]; 13.
15-A.J. Sleek[7]; 14. 5-Dustin Dinan[1]; 15. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[16]; 16.
2-Jerrid Potter[18]; 17. 27-Jeremy Durst[19]; 18. O2-Kevin Lee[4]; 19.
10-Roger Shammo[6]; 20. 35-Stuart Brubaker[11];
COORS LIGHT DIRT TRUCKS - 38 Trucks
Heat 1 (Top 4 to A):
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 2R-Ron Kepling; 3. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 4. 10A-Andy
Maynard; 5. 37-Eric DeVanna; 6. 83-Kevin Stever; 7. 12-Kyle Dukeshire;
8. 97-Bubba Maglosky; 9. 92B-David Brewer; 10. 33-Brian Arnold;
Heat 2 (Top 4 to A):
1. 29-Ron Bordner; 2. 16-Steve Sabo; 3. 1-Paul Dymond; 4. 10J-Jim Welty;
5. 18W-Cory Ward; 6. 62-David Severs; 7. 7-Craig Holland; 8. 12A-Jaime
Adams; 9. 92-Loren Schwochow; 10. 45-Tim Adams Jr.;
Heat 3 (Top 4 to A):
1. 5-Jim McGrath; 2. 5W-Ralph Willey; 3. 40-Bobby Davis; 4. 8-Steve
Endicott; 5. 21-Fred Guiher; 6. 23M-Brad Mitten; 7. 30-Dave Gibbs; 8. 55B-Bill
Bruen; 9. 3R-Chuck Roelle;
Heat 4 (Top 4 to A):
1. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 2. 53-Dan Roepke; 3. 47-Brian Michael; 4. 98-Craig
Hoffman; 5. 34-Charlie Gingerich; 6. 69-Mark Warnick; 7. 4X-Brian Sorg;
8. 20-Darren Dukeshire;
1st B - Main (Top 2 to A):
1. 37-Eric DeVanna; 2. 62-David Severs; 3. 18W-Cory Ward; 4. 83-Kevin
Stever; 5. 97-Bubba Maglosky; 6. 92B-David Brewer; 7. 92-Loren Schwochow;
8. 12A-Jaime Adams; 9. 12-Kyle Dukeshire; 10. 7-Craig Holland; 11. 33-Brian
Arnold; 12. 45-Tim Adams Jr.;
2nd B - Main (Top 2 to A):
1. 34-Charlie Gingerich; 2. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 3. 30-Dave Gibbs; 4. 20-Darren
Dukeshire; 5. 23M-Brad Mitten; 6. 4X-Brian Sorg; 7. 55B-Bill Bruen;
A - Main (15 Laps) [Starting Position]:
1. 40-Bobby Davis[3]; 2. 16-Steve Sabo[6]; 3. 2R-Ron Kepling[8]; 4.
5W-Ralph Willey[2]; 5. 10J-Jim Welty[14]; 6. 39-Dwight Waltermier[7]; 7.
17-Bob Dible[1]; 8. 1-Paul Dymond[9]; 9. 5-Jim McGrath[10]; 10. 37-Eric
DeVanna[17]; 11. 8-Steve Endicott[15]; 12. 53-Dan Roepke[5]; 13. 8H-Art
Howey Jr.[4]; 14. 29-Ron Bordner[11]; 15. 47-Brian Michael[12]; 16. 34-Charlie
Gingerich[18]; 17. 3R-Chuck Roelle[20]; 18. 62-David Severs[19]; 19. 98-Craig
Hoffman[16]; 20. 10A-Andy Maynard[13]; |