By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (Monday, July 17, 2006) - A full day of fun and racing is planned at Fremont Speedway Saturday, July 22, as the big guns of the National Sprint Tour come to battle the always tough Fremont stars.
 
Prior to the race, from 2-4 p.m., many drivers will be on hand at an autograph signing session at the 4-H building in the Sandusky County Fairgrounds. At 3 p.m. a special charity auction conducted by Brubaker Auctions, Vicki Brubaker, Realtor/auctioneer, will take place with lots of racing items on the auction block. Proceeds will go to the "Cookie" Coles double lung transplant fund. There will be die-cast cars, autographed race car items including t-shirts, hats, flags, prints, driver's donated parts and lots more.
 
Besides the big purse - $10,000 to win - Callies Performance Products of Fostoria, Ohio is sponsoring the $300 Fast Time Award.
 
Earlier this year former World of Outlaws champion and multi-time Knoxville Raceway champion and current NST point leader Danny "The Dude" Lasoski from Dover, Mo., claimed the NST win at "The Track That Action Built." However, "The King," Steve Kinser has gotten hot lately, picking up two NST wins in the past week. You can't count out Paul McMahan who wheels the Tony Stewart owned #20, or Clovis, California's Jason Myers, Washington's Jason Solwold, Oklahoma's Shane Stewart, Tennessee's Jason Sides, San Jose, California hot shoe Tim Kaeding or Pennsylvania's Brian Paulus.
 
They will have their hands full with the likes of three-time Fremont feature winner and current point leader Mike Linder; the "Monclova Missile" Byron Reed; Lee "The Snowman" Jacobs, John "Poison" Ivy, Phil "The Gas Man" Gressman; "Super" Dave Harrison; Mark Keegan (58 career Fremont feature wins) and the other tough weekly racers.
 
To better accommodate race fans, Fremont Speedway has added more general admission seating arrangements for the Short Track Shoot-Out National Sprint Tour presented by Budweiser. 
  
Reserved seating will still be available in the top four rows of Section A in the covered grandstands (closest to turn 1); the top seven rows of the covered grandstands in Section B (middle); and the top 10 rows of Section C in the covered grandstands (closest to flag stand). The bottom six rows in Section A and the bottom three rows in Section B of the covered grandstands will be general admission seating. 
  
In the open bleachers, the top three rows (Sections D, E & F, closest to the flag stand) will be reserved seating, as will the top two rows closer to turn four (sections G, H & I). The rest of the open bleachers will be general admission. 
  
All reserve seats are $30 each (add $2 process fee if using Visa or MasterCard) and may be obtained by calling the track office at 419-862-2206. To sit in a reserve section you must purchase a reserve ticket regardless of age. 
  
General admission tickets - available on July 22 - are $30 for adults; $10 for children 11-16; and $2 for children 10 and under (children's ticket prices have been lowered). 
  
A seating chart is available by logging onto www.fremontohspeedway.com.
 
The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 sprints will also be in action Saturday.
 
Gates will open Saturday at 3:30 p.m. with racing slated to begin at 8 p.m.
Also all the Cookie Cole stuff with Vicki L. Brubaker - Realtor / Auctioneer