2007 News
Andy Shammo takes $2,500 Burns Iron & Metal 305 Sprint Invitational at Fremont; Arnold gets 3rd truck victory

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007) - Andy Shammo added his name to the 
list of winners of the Burns Iron & Metal 305 Sprint Invitational Sunday at 
Fremont Speedway, taking home the $2,500 prize.

Tiffin's Brian Arnold picked up his third victory of the season in the 
Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.

Shammo, who recently wrapped up his second straight track championship in 
the 305 sprints at Attica Raceway Park, passed early leader Cap Henry on lap 
17 and held off a late race charge from Bryan Sebetto to claim his fifth 
feature win of the season at "The Track That Action Built." It marks 
Shammo's 13th career win at the Sandusky County Fairgrounds' speedplant, as 
he leads the 2007 point standings in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 
Sprints with two races remaining.

"To be listed n the same group as Bobby Foster, Roger Shammo, Scott Miller, 
Bryan Scott and Paul Weaver...this was a race I really wanted to win," said 
Shammo beside his Lamar and Yvonne Burkin owned sprinter in the Engine Pro 
Victory Lane.

"I have to thank my dad and my cousins who work on this thing and Dennis 
Level and Guy Meyers at Level Performance...this engine is awesome," Shammo 
continued beside his KS Sales and Service, Herman Kinn Funeral Home, Fort 
Ball Pizza Palace backed #48.

For Arnold, the defending Fremont Speedway track champion in the dirt 
trucks, it was his second straight feature victory and 10th of his career.

"We've got this truck hooked up right now. We closed the year out winning 
all the races late in the year last year and we're trying to do it again," 
said Arnold beside his Burns Electric, Make-A-Wish Foundation backed truck.

The evening began with a celebration, as the dirt trucks lined the front 
stretch to pay tribute to Fremont Speedway Promoters Jim and Joanne Ford and 
their family. The Fords recently announced they were ending their promotion 
of "The Track That Action Built" following the 2007 season. The dirt truck 
division began in 2000 when the Fords took over as Fremont Speedway's 
promoters. The festivities included a proclamation by Fremont Mayor Terry 
Overmyer declaring Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007 as "Jim Ford Day" in the City of 
Fremont.

A special collection was also taken up on this Labor Day weekend for the 
Muscular Dystrophy Association, with race fans donating $1,237.

The 30-lap 305 sprint feature saw Brad Bowman jump into the lead from his 
pole starting position with Cap Henry, Duane Zablocki, Craig Kays and Shammo 
in tow. Cap Henry would rive under Bowman for hte lead on lap three, with 
the yellow flying for a Kevin Lee and Dustin Keegan spin. Henry would 
continue to lead on the restart, with Shammo moving into second on lap 4. 
The yellow would fly again on lap 7 for a multi-car pile-up involving six 
cars.

Henry would ride the bottom groove to continue his lead, while Shammo 
patiently followed. Bowman would continue to run in third with quick 
qualifier Bryan Sebetto and Coty Runion battling hard behind. Shammo showed 
his experience on the 17-year-old Henry as they raced into lapped traffic on 
lap 16. Shammo and Henry would race side by side the next 2 circuits before 
Shammo would drive around the outside of Henry exiting turn 2 for the lead. 
Henry would fight under Shammo in lapped traffic before the yellow would fly 
on lap 20 for a Todd Heuerman spin.

Shammo would now power away from the field on the restart with Henry, 
Sebetto, Bowman and Dustin Dinan battling hard behind. Sebetto would drive 
around Henry into the runner-up spot on lap 24 and would move right onto 
Shammo's rear bumper when the final caution flew on lap 26 for Chad Gullett.

Shammo would not budge from the bottom groove on the restart and was able to 
pull away from Sebetto who rode the outside rim. Shammo would easily take 
the checkered with Sebetto, Henry, Dinan and a late-charging Bobby Clark (up 
from his 14th starting spot) rounding out the top five.

"I felt comfortable with the clear track on that last yellow until I rode 
around and saw Bryan Sebetto right behind me on the scoreboard. It seemed 
appropriate though...we've run in the top two spots all season long," said 
Shammo. "We haven't decided yet if we're going to move to the 410 sprints 
next season...that's something we'll discuss this winter. Right now we want 
to win the track championship here."

In the 20-lap dirt truck feature, Andy Maynard jumped into the early lead 
with Dwight Waltermeier, Eric DeVanna, Bob Dible and Steve Sabo in tow. 
Maynard continued to lead with Dible on the charge as he moved into second 
on lap four. Dible would grab the top spot on lap five only to see Maynard 
regain the lead a lap latter as the battle became three wide exiting turn 
four for hte lead with Brian Arnold getting into the mix.

Arnold, who started 7th, would drive into the lead on lap 7, but he couldn't 
shake Dible and Waltermeier, as Maynard dropped back. The only yellow flag 
would fly on lap 16 for a stalled Rich Farmer with Arnold leading over Dible 
and current point leader Cory Ward. Arnold would pull away for the win with 
Ward grabbing second at the checkers followed by Dible, Sabo and Waltermier.

In the two school bus races - one pitting professional CDL bus drivers and 
the other members of race teams - Valerie Langenfelder, a bus driver for the 
Clyde-Green Springs School District, picked up the win as did dirt truck 
driver Rich Farmer.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Sept. 8 for Miller Lite 
Night featuring a $5,000 to win feature for the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 
Sprints. The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints and Fremont Fence Dirt 
Trucks will also be in action.

For more information call the track office at 419-862-2206 or log onto 
www.fremontohspeedway.com

The "New" Fremont Speedway (9-2-07)
Burns Iron and Metal 305 Invitational
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints

Qualifying - Dr. Raplh W. Peters - Sponsor
1. 29-Bryan Sebetto, 13.92; 2. O1-Jamie Miller, 13.97; 3. 49-Coty Runion, 
14.08; 4. 48S-Andy Shammo, 14.08; 5. 18-Todd Heuerman, 14.13; 6. 9-Craig 
Kays, 14.19; 7. O4-Cap Henry, 14.27; 8. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 14.31; 9. 
66L-Brad Bowman, 14.32; 10. 29L-Chris Lang, 14.32; 11. 3J-Kevin Lee, 14.32; 
12. M28-Josh Muntz, 14.34; 13. 5-Dustin Dinan, 14.41; 14. 53-Bobby Foster, 
14.45; 15. 40-Bobby Clark, 14.45; 16. 39M-Matt Merrill, 14.49; 17. 22D-Dan 
Hammond, 14.56; 18. 19R-Steve Rando, 14.58; 19. 72C-John Bartlome, 14.60; 
20. 67M-Matt Ferrell, 14.63; 21. 31-Chad Gullett, 14.63; 22. 36X-Dustin 
Keegan, 14.67; 23. 71-Bill Kraylek, 14.67; 24. 82-Travis Hoffbauer, 14.72; 
25. 10-Brad Haudenschild, 14.73; 26. 4T-Jim Taddeo, 14.82; 27. 35-Stuart 
Brubaker, 14.83; 28. O2-Mike Burkin, 14.85; 29. 55S-Benny Bowman, 14.90; 30. 
12-Brett Lane, 15.03; 31. 25P-Mark Pridemore, 15.04; 32. 65-Mark Lang, 
15.20; 33. 34-Mark Whaley, 15.25; 34. 7-Jarrid Potter, 15.28; 35. O7-Scott 
Mominee, 15.29; 36. 11-Shawn Colvin, 15.45; 37. 311-Aaron Moloney, 15.49; 
38. 18C-Jason Crispen, 15.69; 39. 5X-Chuck Dagg, 15.88; 40. 2-Brian Neeb, 
15.94; 41. 1A-Matt Lucius, 16.01; 42. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh, 16.10; 43. 
27K-Ryan Kirkendall, 16.32; 44. 13-Junior Felver, ; 45. 23-Willie Keegan

Heat 1 - Riverside Machine & Tool (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 29-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 31-Chad Gullett; 3. 66L-Brad Bowman; 4. 22D-Dan 
Hammond; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan; 6. 18-Todd Heuerman; 7. 55S-Benny Bowman; 8. 
10-Brad Haudenschild; 9. 34-Mark Whaley; 10. 1A-Matt Lucius; 11. 311-Aaron 
Moloney; 12. 23-Willie Keegan

Heat 2 -  R & R Auto Wrecking (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. O1-Jamie Miller; 2. 19R-Steve Rando; 3. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 4. 29L-Chris 
Lang; 5. 9-Craig Kays; 6. 53-Bobby Foster; 7. 12-Brett Lane; 8. 7-Jarrid 
Potter; 9. 18C-Jason Crispen; 10. 4T-Jim Taddeo; 11. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh

Heat 3 -  Gressman Powersports (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 72C-John Bartlome; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3. O4-Cap Henry; 4. 49-Coty Runion; 
5. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 6. 25P-Mark Pridemore; 7. 3J-Kevin Lee; 8. O7-Scott 
Mominee; 9. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall; 10. 5X-Chuck Dagg; 11. 71-Bill Kraylek

Heat 4 -  Borer Mirror & Glass (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 48S-Andy Shammo; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 3. 82-Travis Hoffbauer; 4. 
39M-Matt Merrill; 5. 11-Shawn Colvin; 6. O2-Mike Burkin; 7. 67M-Matt 
Ferrell; 8. 2-Brian Neeb; 9. M28-Josh Muntz; 10. 13-Junior Felver; 11. 
65-Mark Lang

Australian Pursuit (10 laps)
1. 49-Coty Runion; 2. 31-Chad Gullett; X. 48S-Andy Shammo; 4. 1A-Matt 
Lucius; 5. O4-Cap Henry; 6. 3J-Kevin Lee; 7. 36X-Dustin Keegan; 8. 5-Dustin 
Dinan; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 10. 71-Bill Kraylek

C-Main (8 laps, top 2 transfer to B-main)
1. 1A-Matt Lucius; 2. 7-Jarrid Potter; 3. 23-Willie Keegan; 4. 311-Aaron 
Moloney; 5. 2-Brian Neeb; 6. 18C-Jason Crispen; 7. 5X-Chuck Dagg; 8. 
13-Junior Felver; 9. 27K-Ryan Kirkendall; 10. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh; 11. 
O7-Scott Mominee

B-Main (10 laps, top 4 transfer to A-Main)
1. 18-Todd Heuerman; 2. 3J-Kevin Lee; 3. 53-Bobby Foster; 4. 10-Brad 
Haudenschild; 5. 71-Bill Kraylek; 6. O2-Mike Burkin; 7. M28-Josh Muntz; 8. 
67M-Matt Ferrell; 9. 34-Mark Whaley; 10. 4T-Jim Taddeo; 11. 25P-Mark 
Pridemore; 12. 65-Mark Lang; 13. 1A-Matt Lucius; 14. 55S-Benny Bowman; 15. 
12-Brett Lane; 16. 7-Jarrid Potter

A-main (30 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 48S-Andy Shammo[5]; 2. 29-Bryan Sebetto[8]; 3. O4-Cap Henry[3]; 4. 
5-Dustin Dinan[12]; 5. 40-Bobby Clark[14]; 6. 66L-Brad Bowman[1]; 7. 9-Craig 
Kays[4]; 8. 49-Coty Runion[6]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[23]; 10. 39M-Matt 
Merrill[15]; 11. 10-Brad Haudenschild[22]; 12. 53-Bobby Foster[13]; 13. 
19R-Steve Rando[17]; 14. 72C-John Bartlome[18]; 15. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[2]; 
16. 82-Travis Hoffbauer[21]; 17. 36X-Dustin Keegan[20]; 18. 31-Chad 
Gullett[19]; 19. 18-Todd Heuerman[9]; 20. O1-Jamie Miller[7]; 21. 22D-Dan 
Hammond[16]; 22. 29L-Chris Lang[10]; 23. 11-Shawn Colvin[24]; 24. 3J-Kevin 
Lee[11]
 

Fremont Fence & Guardrail Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 5-Jim McGrath; 2. 33-Brian Arnold; 3. 53-Rich Farmer; 4. O-Jim Keegan; 5. 
92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 55B-Bill Bruen; 7. D4-Donald Fitch; 8. 34-Aaron 
Schatzinger; 9. 6-Linda Sabo; 10. O7-Roger Inks; 11. 30-Dave Gibbs

Heat 2 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 17-Bob Dible; 2. 28-Shawn Valenti; 3. 16-Steve Sabo; 4. 39-Dwight 
Waltermier; 5. 56-Alex Wiechman; 6. 23M-Brad Mitten; 7. 2-Bob Sinkevitch 
Jr.; 8. X-Tim Keegan; 9. 8K-Zack Kramer; 10. 8-Steve Endicott

Heat 3 (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 3R-Chuck Roelle; 2. 18W-Cory Ward; 3. 20-Andy Maynard; 4. 37-Eric 
Devanna; 5. 29-Dan Hennig; 6. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 7. 83B-Dave Brewer; 8. 
O1-Art Ball; 9. 62-David Severs; 10. 5W-Ralph Willey

B2-main (8 laps, top 5 transfer to A-Main)
1. 8H-Art Howey Jr.; 2. 55B-Bill Bruen; 3. 83B-Dave Brewer; 4. 8-Steve 
Endicott; 5. O1-Art Ball; 6. 34-Aaron Schatzinger; 7. 23M-Brad Mitten; 8. 
8K-Zack Kramer; 9. 6-Linda Sabo; 10. D4-Donald Fitch; 11. 2-Bob Sinkevitch 
Jr.; 12. 62-David Severs; 13. O7-Roger Inks

A-main (20 laps) Starting Position [#]
1. 33-Brian Arnold[7]; 2. 18W-Cory Ward[10]; 3. 17-Bob Dible[6]; 4. 16-Steve 
Sabo[3]; 5. 39-Dwight Waltermier[4]; 6. 3R-Chuck Roelle[5]; 7. 20-Andy 
Maynard[2]; 8. O1-Art Ball[20]; 9. 5-Jim McGrath[9]; 10. O-Jim Keegan[12]; 
11. 37-Eric Devanna[1]; 12. 56-Alex Wiechman[14]; 13. 8-Steve Endicott[19]; 
14. 55B-Bill Bruen[17]; 15. 53-Rich Farmer[11]; 16. 83B-Dave Brewer[18]; 17. 
92-Loren Schwochow[13]; 18. 8H-Art Howey Jr.[16]; 19. 29-Dan Hennig[15]; 20. 
28-Shawn Valenti[8]
 

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