By Andrew Barman

FREMONT, OHIO (8/12/06)- Earlier this year, it was Fremont Speedway's Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints who had the upper hand against the 360 sprint competition. But on Saturday, the NRA Sprint Invaders got a measure of revenge, dominating the combined 305/360 field on Auto Valu Night.
 
It was the second night of the challenge, as Limaland Motorsports Park hosted the first leg on Friday with Millersburg's Rob Chaney scoring the win for the 360 sprints. With 49 cars in the combined 305/360 class on Saturday at Fremont, the results were the same, as Chaney swept the weekend aboard Ken Meggitt's Diet Pepsi #12, earning a $1,000 bonus on top of the $1,500 for the victory, the 7th of his career at "The Track That Action Built."
 
On the front row of the 25 lap A-Main for the NRA 360 vs. 305 sprint was a pair of Fremonters, Craig Kays
(305) and Bobby Clark driving the Aaron Call owned 83 (360.) At the drop of the green flag 18th starting
Mike Brecht, the current NRA points leader, got into the front stretch wall and flattened his right front tire
sending him into the pits for repairs.
 
Once Brecht rejoined the field, the green flag flew once again and leading the first lap was the 6D of Craig Kays
followed by Clark, Mike Miller, Nick Mulheim, and Tim Allison. On lap 7, while Kayes was checking out from
the field the driver on the move was Chaney. Chaney passed Clark on the outside of turn 4 to take over the 3rd spot and had his sights set on the leaders Kayes and Miller. By lap 10, Chaney desposed of Miller and was side by side with Kayes for the lead, which he took the next lap.
 
Chaney wouldn't look back as he rolled to a impressive win, with Mike Miller finishing second, followed by Clark, Allison and Brian Sebetto (who started 15th in his 305 sprinter).
 
Also on the racing card was the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 sprints. Track point leader and defending Fremont Speedway track champion Mike Linder began the night, setting fast time over the 29 car field.
 
Linder rolled a 8 for the inversion for the feature and put Texan Sam Haerpthe and the Golden Boy Craig Mintz on the front row. When the green flag flew the Texan led the field down into one with Mintz, Bryan Scott, Lee Jacobs, and Phil Gressman in tow. By lap 5, Mintz passed Haerpthe on the outside of turn 2 and started to pull away. The battle heated up for second between Jacobs, Gressman, and Haerpthe.
 
On lap 18, Jacobs closed in on and passed Mintz on the inside of 2, but for naught, when the yellow flag came
out and sent him back to second. With 5 laps to go it was Mintz, Jacobs, Gressman, and Linder duking it out for the lead. As the laps ticked away the top three changed as Jacobs took the lead from Mintz in turn two, bringing Linder along into second. Linder tried his hardest but couldn't catch the Holmesville, Ohio native who went on to win his second straight feature at Fremont. Linder, Mintz, Scott, and Ivy rounded out the top five.
 

The "New" Fremont Speedway (8-12-06)
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Super Sprints
Qualifying
1. 3L-Mike Linder, 13.39; 2. 27-Scott Euler, 13.43; 3. 55-Brian Smith, 13.43; 4. X-Mark Keegan, 13.47; 5. 1R-Phil Gressman, 13.47; 6. 16-Lee Jacobs, 13.53; 7. 99-Alvin Roepke, 13.54; 8. 37Z-Bryan Scott, 13.55; 9. 11M-Brandon Martin, 13.60; 10. 8S-Craig Mintz, 13.67; 11. 1A-Mark Aldrich, 13.69; 12. 15-Sam Haerpthe, 13.70; 13. 10-David Harrison, 13.72; 14. 53-John Ivy, 13.82; 15. 78-Todd Kane, 13.95; 16. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.99; 17. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 14.14; 18. 10S-Roger Shammo, 14.16; 19. 7B-Jamie Miller, 14.17; 20. 12-Caleb Griffith, 14.20; 21. 14H-Todd Heller, 14.38; 22. 11N-Ed Neumeister, 14.45; 23. 91-Aaron Middaugh, 14.49; 24. 40-Shane Helms, 14.51; 25. 48-Mike Burkin, 14.51; 26. 97-Cory Seeling, 14.59; 27. F1-Jon Finsel, 14.77; 28. 43G-Chad Arthur; 29. 53D-Shane Dayney

Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. 8S-Craig Mintz; 3. 10-David Harrison; 4. 99-Alvin Roepke; 5. 3L-Mike Linder; 6. X-Mark Keegan; 7. 48-Mike Burkin; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 2. 53-John Ivy; 3. 1R-Phil Gressman; 4. 12-Caleb Griffith; 5. 37Z-Bryan Scott; 6. 27-Scott Euler; 7. 97-Cory Seeling; 8. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 9. 1A-Mark Aldrich

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 10S-Roger Shammo; 2. 15-Sam Haerpthe; 3. 16-Lee Jacobs; 4. 14H-Todd Heller; 5. 55-Brian Smith; 6. 78-Todd Kane; 7. 11M-Brandon Martin; 8. F1-Jon Finsel; 9. 40-Shane Helms

B-main (10 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 27-Scott Euler; 3. 11M-Brandon Martin; 4. 78-Todd Kane; 5. 40-Shane Helms; 6. 97-Cory Seeling; 7. 91-Aaron Middaugh; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 9. F1-Jon Finsel; 10. 48-Mike Burkin; 11. 1A-Mark Aldrich

A-main (30 laps) Starting Position []
1. 16-Lee Jacobs[5]; 2. 3L-Mike Linder[8]; 3. 8S-Craig Mintz[2]; 4. 37Z-Bryan Scott[3]; 5. 53-John Ivy[13]; 6. 1R-Phil Gressman[6]; 7. 10-David Harrison[12]; 8. 55-Brian Smith[7]; 9. 14H-Todd Heller[19]; 10. 99-Alvin Roepke[4]; 11. 5R-Byron Reed[15]; 12. X-Mark Keegan[10]; 13. 27-Scott Euler[9]; 14. 7T-Troy Vaccaro[16]; 15. 11M-Brandon Martin[11]; 16. 15-Sam Haerpthe[1]; 17. 12-Caleb Griffith[18]; 18. 10S-Roger Shammo[17]; 19. 78-Todd Kane[14]; 20. 40-Shane Helms[20]
 

NRA/305 Sprint Challenge
Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 11-Tim Allison; 2. 83-Bobby Clark; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver; 4. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 5. 4U-Rich Baughan; 6. 9-Ken Walters; 7. 7M-Evan Myers; 8. 2-Brian Neeb; 9. 5-Dustin Dinan; 10. 5W-Jeff Williams

Heat 2 -  R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 12-Rob Cheney; 2. 6D-Craig Kays; 3. 39-Matt Merrill; 4. 22DY-Dennis Yoakam; 5. 49-Coty Runion; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 7. 9H-Josh Hill; 8. 71-Bill Kraylek; 9. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 10. 55-Brad Bowman

Heat 3 -  Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 62-Dwain Leiber; 2. 6-Mike Dussell; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews; 4. M20-Mike Brecht; 5. O2-Kevin Lee; 6. 65-Mark Lang; 7. 29-Chris Lang; 8. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 9. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath; 10. 22D-Dan Hammond

Heat 4 -  Computer Man Inc. (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 38M-Nick Mulheim; 2. 34H-Luke Hall; 3. 3J-Bobby Foster; 4. 7B-Jeff Babcock; 5. 48S-Andy Shammo; 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 31-Chad Gullett; 8. 21C-Tom Conrad; 9. 33-Clint Reagle; 10. 18C-Jason Crispen

Heat 5 (8 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 82-Mike Miller; 2. 18-Todd Hierman; 3. O1-Bryan Sebetto; 4. 14-Chad Wilson; 5. 35-Ron Blair; 6. 21-Scott Kraylek; 7. 34W-Mark Whaley; 8. 17X-Dustin Keegan; 9. 27-Stuart Brubaker

B1 Main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-main)
1. 14-Chad Wilson; 2. M20-Mike Brecht; 3. 66L-Ryan Lowe; 4. 49-Coty Runion; 5. 48S-Andy Shammo; 6. 21-Scott Kraylek; 7. 17X-Dustin Keegan; 8. 9-Ken Walters; 9. 31-Chad Gullett; 10. 9H-Josh Hill; 11. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 12. 33-Clint Reagle; 13. 22D-Dan Hammond; 14. 2-Brian Neeb; 15. 65-Mark Lang; 16. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh

B2 Main (10 laps, top 3 transfer to A-Main)
1. 22DY-Dennis Yoakam; 2. O2-Kevin Lee; 3. 35-Ron Blair; 4. 7B-Jeff Babcock; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 6. 19R-Steve Rando; 7. 4U-Rich Baughan; 8. 34W-Mark Whaley; 9. 55-Brad Bowman; 10. 29-Chris Lang; 11. 21C-Tom Conrad; 12. 27-Stuart Brubaker; 13. 7M-Evan Myers; 14. 71-Bill Kraylek; 15. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath; 16. 18C-Jason Crispen

A-main (25 laps) Starting Position []
1. 12-Rob Cheney[6]; 2. 82-Mike Miller[3]; 3. 83-Bobby Clark[2]; 4. 11-Tim Allison[7]; 5. O1-Bryan Sebetto[15]; 6. 6-Mike Dussell[8]; 7. 22DY-Dennis Yoakam[17]; 8. M20-Mike Brecht[18]; 9. 62-Dwain Leiber[5]; 10. 1W-Paul Weaver[11]; 11. 3J-Bobby Foster[14]; 12. 39-Matt Merrill[12]; 13. 66L-Ryan Lowe[20]; 14. O2-Kevin Lee[19]; 15. 34H-Luke Hall[9]; 16. 6D-Craig Kays[1]; 17. 18-Todd Hierman[10]; 18. 14-Chad Wilson[16]; 19. 15C-Chris Andrews[13]; 20. 38M-Nick Mulheim[4]; 21. 49-Coty Runion[22]; 22. 35-Ron Blair[21]