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Dean Jacobs grabs
Fremont All Star loot; Paul Weaver, Bob Dible pick up wins
By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, May 6, 2006) - Dean Jacobs used to be a young,
cowboy'm up, high side driver. But he has learned through his years of
racing, that some times you need to adapt your skills to suit the track
conditions and competition. That paid off for him Saturday, as he took
advantage of early leader Greg Wilson's troubles to score the All Star
Circuit of Champions feature at Fremont Speedway.
"I know I've been critical of this place in the past, but as I get older
I appreciate the history of Fremont and how difficult it is to win here,"
said Jacobs beside his Ray Pullin's #29 on his first ever victory at "The
Track That Action Built." "To come back from Australia and win in only
our second night out with this team is awesome."
"I have to dedicate this to my dad...we lost him this winter and it's
hard to come to the track knowing he's not here. We also had a buddy lose
a son in a car wreck last week. We have both their names on the car," added
Jacobs whose car carries the Waverly Quik Lube sponsorship.
The 40-lap feature on Pepsi Night began with current All Star point
leader Greg Wilson jumping into the lead from his pole starting spot, with
Jacobs, Kelley Kinser and Caleb Griffith in tow. The first of only two
cautions in the feature flew on lap 5 for debris. On the restart, Wilson
rocketed off the bottom of the turns to take a commanding lead. By lap
11, he led over Jacobs, Kinser, Chad Blonde, Griffith, Brock Mayes and
Butch Schroeder who had started 17th.
The final caution would prove costly to Wilson. Jamie Miller spun in
turn three in front of Wilson who went off the high side of the track to
avoid the stopped machine, ending up spinning into the soft walls. Wilson
was able to continue, but back in 24th starting spot.
The running order was now Jacobs, Kinser, Blonde, Mayes, Danny Smith,
Griffith, Kevin Huntley up from 14th, Byron Reed and Schoeder. The leaders
hit lapped traffic on lap 28, allowing Kinser to close on Jacobs. Trying
to get as low on the track as possible, Jacobs flirted with the berm along
the edge several times during the final five laps, getting his left front
off the ground exiting turn two.
When Jacobs took the white, Kinser was right on his rear bumper. Jacobs,
who hails from Wooster, Ohio, was smooth the final four turns and went
on to the win over Kinser, Mayes, Blonde, Reed, Smith, Dale Blaney, Huntley,
Griffith and Rob Chaney.
"I tried to rattle Dean's cage a couple of times by showing him my nose,
but he did what a good racer is supposed to do...stay your line. We gave
this Crone Lumber car a good run and we'll take second," said Kinser from
Bloomington, Ind.
"This is where a lot of us started...so to come here and be on the front
stretch at the end of the night is very special," said Mayes, who began
his career in the 305 sprints at Fremont. "We have a lot of confidence
right now."
In the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 sprint feature, it looked like
Bryan Sebetto had the victory in hand. But defending Fremont track champion
Paul Weaver utilized the only clear path on the race track - the top rim
- to rocket around Sebetto with three laps remaining to pick up his first
win of the season at Fremont and his 14th career victory.
"I was committed to running the bottom...that looked like the place
to be. After running around down there a few laps I thought 'this is boring'
so I moved to the high side and the car just took off. The harder I ran
it in the better it got," said Weaver beside his Level Performance sponsored
#1w.
In the Coors Light Dirt Truck feature, Fostoria's Bob Dible held off
Steve Sabo's challenges the last 10 laps of the 20-lap feature to claim
his second career Fremont victory.
"I wasn't getting off that bottom for nothin'...if I was going to get
beat they were going to have to drive around me," said Dible beside his
Bob's Machine sponsored #17. "It was a lot of fun racing with Steve Sabo...he
raced me very clean which shows how talented he is."
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, May 13 for Brubaker
Auction Night featuring the Fort Ball Pizza 410 sprints, Fremont Federal
Credit Union 305 sprints and the Coors Light Dirt Trucks. For more information
on "The Track That Action Built" schedule, log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com
The "New" Fremont Speedway
All Star Circuit of Champions
Saturday, May 6, 2006
Qualifying
1. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.795; 2. 4K-Kelly Kinser, 12.907; 3. 4-Danny Smith,
12.935; 4. 29-Dean Jacobs, 12.981; 5. 2G-Caleb Griffith, 13.013; 6. W20-Greg
Wilson, 13.025; 7. 5B-Chad Blonde, 13.042; 8. X-Mark Keegan, 13.063; 9.
10-David Harrison, 13.085; 10. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.094; 11. 53-John Ivy,
13.122; 12. 2H-Tim Hunter, 13.135; 13. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.137; 14. 1H-Kyle
Cummins, 13.137; 15. 12M-James Mosher, 13.142; 16. 9X-Rob Chaney, 13.158;
17. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.160; 18. 70-Kevin Huntley, 13.205; 19. 71M-Paul
May, 13.209; 20. 4N-Niel Shepard, 13.215; 21. 7K-Butch Schroeder, 13.304;
22. 8S-Craig Mintz, 13.335; 23. 7B-Jamie Miller, 13.342; 24. 16-Lee Jacobs,
13.357; 25. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.360; 26. 8C-Bobby Clark, 13.383; 27.
31-Chuck Wilson, 13.433; 28. 1R-Phil Gressman, 13.435; 29. 55-Brian Smith,
13.435; 30. 1A-Mark Aldrich, 13.560; 31. F1-Jon Finsel, 13.560; 32. 63-Barry
Ruble, 13.590; 33. 99-Alvin Roepke, 13.643; 34. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.651;
35. 2X-Ryan Coniam, 13.657; 36. 97S-Aaron Shaffer, 13.696; 37. O-Ben Rutan,
13.697; 38. 10S-Roger Shammo, 13.758
Heat 1 (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 7K-Butch Schroeder; 2. 14H-Todd Heller; 3. 2-Dale Blaney; 4. 2G-Caleb
Griffith; 5. 55-Brian Smith; 6. 10-David Harrison; 7. O-Ben Rutan; 8. 11M-Brandon
Martin; 9. 5R-Byron Reed; 10. 99-Alvin Roepke
Heat 2 (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8S-Craig Mintz; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. W20-Greg Wilson; 4. 70-Kevin
Huntley; 5. 4K-Kelly Kinser; 6. 1H-Kyle Cummins; 7. 3L-Mike Linder; 8.
8C-Bobby Clark; 9. 10S-Roger Shammo; 10. 1A-Mark Aldrich
Heat 3 (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5B-Chad Blonde; 2. 71M-Paul May; 3. 4-Danny Smith; 4. 7B-Jamie Miller;
5. 31-Chuck Wilson; 6. 2X-Ryan Coniam; 7. 12M-James Mosher; 8. F1-Jon Finsel
Heat 4 (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 29-Dean Jacobs; 2. 9X-Rob Chaney; 3. X-Mark Keegan; 4. 16-Lee Jacobs;
5. 2H-Tim Hunter; 6. 1R-Phil Gressman; 7. 4N-Niel Shepard; 8. 97S-Aaron
Shaffer; 9. 63-Barry Ruble
Dash (4 laps)
1. 4-Danny Smith; 2. 5B-Chad Blonde; 3. 2-Dale Blaney; 4. 11B-Brock
Mayes; 5. X-Mark Keegan; 6. W20-Greg Wilson
B-main (15 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. 3L-Mike Linder; 3. 11M-Brandon Martin; 4. 4N-Niel
Shepard; 5. 10S-Roger Shammo; 6. 99-Alvin Roepke; 7. 63-Barry Ruble; 8.
53-John Ivy; 9. 10-David Harrison; 10. 8C-Bobby Clark; 11. 1A-Mark Aldrich;
12. F1-Jon Finsel; 13. 2X-Ryan Coniam; 14. O-Ben Rutan; 15. 12M-James Mosher;
16. 1R-Phil Gressman; 17. 97S-Aaron Shaffer; 18. 1H-Kyle Cummins
A-main (40 laps) Starting Position []
1. 29-Dean Jacobs[3]; 2. 4K-Kelly Kinser[5]; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes[9];
4. 5B-Chad Blonde[7]; 5. 5R-Byron Reed[11]; 6. 4-Danny Smith[4]; 7. 2-Dale
Blaney[6]; 8. 70-Kevin Huntley[14]; 9. 2G-Caleb Griffith[2]; 10. 9X-Rob
Chaney[12]; 11. 2H-Tim Hunter[10]; 12. 7K-Butch Schroeder[17]; 13. 11M-Brandon
Martin[21]; 14. 16-Lee Jacobs[20]; 15. W20-Greg Wilson[1]; 16. 14H-Todd
Heller[13]; 17. 71M-Paul May[15]; 18. 31-Chuck Wilson[22]; 19. 8S-Craig
Mintz[18]; 20. 7B-Jamie Miller[19]; 21. 4N-Niel Shepard[16]; 22. 55-Brian
Smith[23]; 23. X-Mark Keegan[8]; 24. 3L-Mike Linder[24]
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 15-A.J. Sleek; 2. 34-Mark Whaley; 3. 48S-Andy Shammo; 4. 27-Jeremy
Durst; 5. 55S-Benny Bowman; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 7. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 8.
21-Scott Kraylek; 9. 65-Mark Lang; 10. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath; 11. 31-Chad Gullett
Heat 2 - R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 39-Matt Merrill; 3. 5D-Willie Keegan; 4. O2-Kevin
Lee; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 17X-Dustin Keegan; 7. 18C-Jason Crispen;
8. 77-Bryan Lehmann; 9. 5-Dustin Dinan
Heat 3 - Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews; 3. 19R-Steve Rando; 4.
18-Todd Hierman; 5. 62C-Bob Dawson; 6. 14-Chad Wilson; 7. 9-Craig Kays;
8. 23-Vern Menkhoff; 9. 83D-Noah Wagner; 10. 32-Bill Chambers
Heat 4 - Computer Man Inc. (8 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver; 2. 3J-Bobby Foster; 3. 49-Coty Runion; 4. O7-Scott
Mominee; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. 55-Brad Bowman; 7. 3X-Greg Summit; 8. 29-Chris
Lang; 9. 157-Mark Wilkens; 10. 12-Brett Lane
B1 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 55S-Benny Bowman; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 3. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 4. 21-Scott
Kraylek; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 65-Mark Lang; 7. 17X-Dustin Keegan; 8.
5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath; 9. 18C-Jason Crispen; 10. 31-Chad Gullett; 11. 77-Bryan
Lehmann
B2 Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 55-Brad Bowman; 2. 71-Bill Kraylek; 3. 62C-Bob Dawson; 4. 9-Craig
Kays; 5. 14-Chad Wilson; 6. 3X-Greg Summit; 7. 23-Vern Menkhoff; 8. 29-Chris
Lang; 9. 32-Bill Chambers; 10. 12-Brett Lane; 11. 83D-Noah Wagner; 12.
157-Mark Wilkens
A-main (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[10]; 2. O1-Bryan Sebetto[1]; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews[4];
4. 48S-Andy Shammo[3]; 5. 3J-Bobby Foster[6]; 6. 15-A.J. Sleek[9]; 7. 19R-Steve
Rando[2]; 8. 39-Matt Merrill[7]; 9. 27-Jeremy Durst[13]; 10. 5D-Willie
Keegan[8]; 11. 55-Brad Bowman[18]; 12. 71-Bill Kraylek[20]; 13. 18-Todd
Hierman[15]; 14. 35-Stuart Brubaker[19]; 15. 34-Mark Whaley[5]; 16. O2-Kevin
Lee[14]; 17. 49-Coty Runion[12]; 18. 25P-Mark Pridemore[11]; 19. O7-Scott
Mominee[16]; 20. 55S-Benny Bowman[17]
Coors Light Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 10J-Jim Welty; 2. 98-Craig Hoffman; 3. 16-Steve Sabo; 4. 30-Dave
Gibbs; 5. 4X-Brian Sorg; 6. 6-Linda Sabo; 7. 18-Jim Ward; 8. 62-Dave Severs;
9. 81-Todd Wickman; 10. 21R-Ryan Bloom; 11. 9-John Brookes; 12. 55B-Bill
Bruen
Heat 2 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 33-Brian Arnold; 2. 17-Bob Dible; 3. 20-Darren Dukeshire; 4. 37-Eric
Devanna; 5. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 6. 12-Kyle Dukeshire; 7. 8-Steve Endicott;
8. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 9. 7-Greg Hill; 10. 92B-Jim Brewer; 11. 92-Loren Schwochow
Heat 3 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 53-Dan Roepke; 2. 40-Bobby Davis; 3. 34-Aaron Schatzinger; 4. 69-Mark
Warnick; 5. 21-Fred Guiher; 6. 5W-Ralph Willey; 7. 52-Tim Schatzinger;
8. X-Jason Focht; 9. 14-Scott Beard; 10. 29-Ron Bordner; 11. 7B-Dave Bryant
Heat 4 (7 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 39-Dwight Waltermier; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti; 4. 18W-Cory
Ward; 5. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 6. 2R-Ron Kepling; 7. 7C-Codey Renfro; 8. 19-Jimmy
Sebetto; 9. 78-Dave Brewer; 10. 12A-Jamie Adams; 11. 22-Todd Keegan
B1-Main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-main)
1. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 2. 5-Jim Mcgrath; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg; 4. 12-Kyle
Dukeshire; 5. 62-Dave Severs; 6. 92B-Jim Brewer; 7. 6-Linda Sabo; 8. 18-Jim
Ward; 9. 8-Steve Endicott
B2-main (10 laps, top 2 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5W-Ralph Willey; 2. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 3. 29-Ron Bordner; 4. 2R-Ron
Kepling; 5. 19-Jimmy Sebetto; 6. 22-Todd Keegan; 7. 7C-Codey Renfro; 8.
X-Jason Focht; 9. 21-Fred Guiher; 10. 52-Tim Schatzinger; 11. 78-Dave Brewer;
12. 12A-Jamie Adams; 13. 7B-Dave Bryant
A-main (20 laps) Starting Position []
1. 17-Bob Dible[3]; 2. 16-Steve Sabo[6]; 3. 33-Brian Arnold[9]; 4.
37-Eric Devanna[14]; 5. O1-Art Ball[7]; 6. 34-Aaron Schatzinger[8]; 7.
5-Jim Mcgrath[19]; 8. 40-Bobby Davis[12]; 9. 20-Darren Dukeshire[2]; 10.
10J-Jim Welty[10]; 11. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[17]; 12. 5W-Ralph Willey[18]; 13.
98-Craig Hoffman[1]; 14. 3R-Chuck Roelle[20]; 15. 28-Shawn Valenti[5];
16. 53-Dan Roepke[4]; 17. 30-Dave Gibbs[13]; 18. 39-Dwight Waltermier[11];
19. 18W-Cory Ward[16]; 20. 69-Mark Warnick[15] |