4/26/2014
Kears Speed Shop
Caleb Griffith Wins Fremont FAST 410 Feature
Caleb Griffith had to be not only a talented 410 sprint car driver but a very smart one too Saturday night at Fremont Speedway. The Sandusky , Ohio Driver lost the lead to Craig Mintz, then retook it with nine laps to go, then lost it on the white flag lap to Byron Reed before regaining it on the final lap to score the win on Adkins Sanitation and Fence Night.
The victory will tighten up the point battle in the Kistler Racing Products FAST (Fremont Attica Sprint Title) Championship standings after three events. The season-long winner will take home $10,000.
“To have Craig Mintz pass you…Craig’s running the bottom and that’s their deal for sure. To pass him back I was like “whoa we got this deal going pretty good.’ Then I saw Byron (Reed) was third on the caution (with seven laps to go) and I thought he must be rolling pretty good. Then coming to the two or three to go I saw him underneath me…he got an awesome run off the bottom. So I was like ‘better pony up and get her to the curb and get off the corners so I can get down to the bottom and deal the corner getting in there,” said Griffith beside his Al Davis Carpet/McDonald’s Restaurants/JLH General Contractor/Shelluke’s Bar/Crown Battery/Fremont Fence/B&L Plumbing/Griff’s Engines/Erlin Trader/Ballville EZ Shop backed #40DD.
“I set up that last lap in the three and four end. I knew I really had to get off the corner and I had been kind of not pushing it…kind of lollygagging it off the corner because I didn’t want to get into the fence or anything like that. It’s pretty thin out there. I saw him and I knew I had to turn right and get it into the cushion and I did and drove her off,” continued Griffith of his fifth career Fremont win. “I have to thank Al and Bobby Davis, Marilyn, Vic, Barney and Bobby, Box 7 , Kenny Meggit, Rod End Supply and all the sponsors who help out on this thing.”
Qualifying - Fricker’s Restaurant/Callie’s Performance
- O9-Craig Mintz, 12.460; 2. 5T-Travis Philo, 12.497; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.547; 4. 40DD-Caleb
Griffith , 12.556; 5. 24H-Brandon Wimmer, 12.564; 6. 9-Dean Jacobs, 12.618; 7. 33M-Bryan Sebetto,
12.736; 8. 16-Chris Andrews, 12.739; 9. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.746; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.749; 11. 60-
Jody Keegan, 12.835; 12. 45L-Brian Lay, 12.843; 13. 312-Mike Linder, 12.858; 14. 2+-Brian Smith,
12.961; 15. 55-Brad Bowman, 13.031; 16. 53-DJ Foos, 13.051; 17. 6M-Max Stambaugh, 13.244; 18.
14H-Todd Heller, 13.262; 19. O7X-Dain Naida, 13.359; 20. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 13.365; 21. 39M-Matt
Merrill, 13.726
Heat 1 - American Power Sports (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 35-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 2. 40DD-Caleb Griffith [5] ; 3. 33M-Bryan Sebetto[4] ; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[6] ; 5.
312-Mike Linder[2] ; 6. O7X-Dain Naida[7]
Heat 2 - Kistler Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 2+-Brian Smith[2] ; 2. 6M-Max Stambaugh[1] ; 3. 16-Chris Andrews[4] ; 4. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[5] ; 5.
60-Jody Keegan[3] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[6] ; 7. 46AU-Stuart Williams[7]
Heat 3 - Hoosier Racing Tires (8 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 45L-Brian Lay[3] ; 2. 14H-Todd Heller[1] ; 3. 55-Brad Bowman[2] ; 4. 5R-Byron Reed[4] ; 5. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki[6] ; 6. 39M-Matt Merrill[7] ; 7. 9-Dean Jacobs[5]
Dash - Borer Glass & Mirror (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature - 40DD-Caleb Griffith [2] ; 2. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[1] ; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3] ; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[4] ;
- 33M-Bryan Sebetto[5] ; 6. 16-Chris Andrews[6]
A-Main - (30 Laps) - 40DD-Caleb Griffith [1]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[7]; 3. 16-Chris Andrews[6]; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[4]; 5. 45LBrian
Lay[10]; 6. 24H-Brandon Wimmer[2]; 7. 33M-Bryan Sebetto[5]; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8]; 9. 5TTravis
Philo[11]; 10. 312-Mike Linder[13]; 11. 46AU-Stuart Williams[20]; 12. 2+-Brian Smith[14]; 13. 55-
Brad Bowman[15]; 14. 53-DJ Foos[16]; 15. O7X-Dain Naida[19]; 16. 14H-Todd Heller[18]; 17. 9Z-Duane
Zablocki[3]; 18. 9-Dean Jacobs[12]; 19. 60-Jody Keegan[9]; 20. 39M-Matt Merrill[21]; 21. 6M-Max
Stambaugh[17]
Hard Charger: 46AU-Stuart Williams[+9]
Fremont Federal
Submitted By: ANN TUSING
