Brock Mayes gets redemption at Fremont; Clark takes 305 sprints; Hennig tames trucks

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FREMONT, Ohio - Brock Mayes and his pit crew got a good night's sleep after
Saturday's racing at Fremont Speedway. They had stayed up all night on
Friday, building a new car after he destroyed his 410 sprint while leading
at Attica Raceway Park. It was worth it as Mayes won his 7th career feature
on McDonald's Night at "The Track That Action Built."

"My crew hasn't been to sleep yet since Friday morning at work. They stayed
up all night building a new car with stuff we had left over in the shop.
Kear's - Micki and Mark - met us there for the new car and I left there at
one...this feels awesome," said Mayes in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside
his J&F Construction, Mansfield Cement, Kinn Brothers Heating and Cooling
backed #11b.

"This was more of a wallet and a pride thing. I told Daniel (Smith, crew
chief) we aren't going two nights in a row starting on the pole and not win,
so I'll see ya later," added Mayes of his second win of the season a Fremont
on night #8 of the Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica Sprint Title
Series.

Fremont's Bobby Clark won his 22nd career feature by taking the Fremont
Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature. The win moves him into a tie for
18th on the track's all-time win list. It was a very special night for
Clark, who also piloted the Hammer Racing #81 in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace
410 Sprints. The car was decked out in a paint job similar to that raced by
his idol, the late Harold McGilton. McGilton who was part of the first
induction class into the Fremont Speedway Hall of Fame during ceremonies
earlier in the evening.

"Sittin' there today (at the hall of fame ceremonies)...that's a real
important thing. And it's great that you guys got that thing started. A lot
of those people need that recognition and there's a lot more out there.
Maybe some day I'll make that list," said Clark in the Engine Pro Victory
Lane beside his Al Davis Carpeting, Fremont Fence, Jenny's Copper Penny, B&L
Plumbing, Erlin Trader backed #40.

"I appreciate the Hammers for letting me drive that car...that was a real
nice thing for me," continued Clark. "This one is for Harold tonight," added
Clark.

Castalia, Ohio's Dan Hennig had to hold off a late race charge by Jim
McGrath and Jimmie McGrath Jr. to record his second career Fremont victory
in the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks.

"I hated them restarts...I wanted the whole thing to go green. I felt like I
had a good enough lead on everyone. I didn't want anyone bunching up on me.
This pays after Attica last night. I started on the outside of the front row
and I finished 10th because I spun out on my own," said Hennig in the Engine
Pro Victory Lane beside his Reidy's Auto World, Level Performance, APD
Carburetors, York Fabrication backed truck.

"I have to thank my whole family. They help me with this. They take time out
to be here... I love all you guys," Hennig added.

At the drop of the green in the 410 sprint feature, Mayes jumped into a
commanding lead while Kevin Lee, Jody Keegan, Byron Reed and Clark trailed.
Keegan would move into second on lap three and Reed would gain the third
spot on lap four. Mayes was setting a blistering pace, encountering lapped
traffic by the 10th circuit while Jody Keegan, Reed and Kenny Jacobs waged a
torrid battle for second.

As Mayes picked his way through traffic - which has cost him two wins in
2009 - Reed would gain the second spot on lap 16 while Keegan and Jacobs
battled for third. Mayes would get a clean track when the yellow flew on lap
22, and he had four lapped machines between himself and Reed. On the
restart, Reed quickly disposed of the lapped cars as did Jacobs, but the
action would grind to a half for Clark who tangled with Phil Gressman and
ended up on his side in turn two.

On the restart, Reed dove under Mayes, but a Duane Zablocki spin would again
slow the action. With five laps remaining, Mayes put his wing back and set
sail, as Reed tried to stay close and hold off Jacobs. At the checkered, it
was Mayes, Reed, Jacobs, Craig Mintz and Keegan rounding out the top five.

"I've raced with Byron a lot and he's pulled me aside and taught me a lot
over the years...he's my favorite driver. The track was fast from top to
bottom and I wasn't sure where I was better. The lapped cars were keeping up
good..it was a challenge there. I rolled the wing back and said let'r eat
and figured I'm going to win it," added Mayes.

After an ill-fated attempt to start the 305 sprint feature which cost pole
sitter Jake Trevino as he got on his side, while third place starter Todd
Heuerman also was collected. The new line-up put Clark, who was originally
scheduled to start fourth, to the outside of the front row.

Clark would jump into the lead at the drop of the green as Jimmy Colvin,
John Ivy, Paul Weaver and Dustin Dinan battled behind for second. The race
would go the distance under green, and Clark had the field in
command...until he hit very heavy lapped traffic on lap 13. That allowed Ivy
and Weaver to close.

Clark would cut his way through the traffic as Ivy, Weaver and Kevin Lee
staged a wicked battle for second. At the finish it was Clark over Ivy, Lee,
Weaver, and Colvin.

"That double duty stuff is hard on someone like me whose work-out routine
isn't the greatest. But the car was just great and I could drive it
anywhere," said Clark.

Hennig would grab the lead in the 20-lap Fremont Fence Dirt Truck main, with
Jimmy McGrath Jr., Jim McGrath, Cory Ward, Art Ball and Steve Endicott right
on his rear deck lid. The first yellow would fly on lap five with Hennig
leading over McGrath Sr., Ward, Ball and McGrath Jr. Three laps and another
yellow, which would take Hennig out of any rhythm. On the restarts he just
couldn't shake the McGraths, Ward or Ball.

The final caution would fly on lap 13 for Word who spun while battling for
second. On the restart McGrath Sr. would drive to the outside of Hennig who
kept his cool and stayed in his bottom groove. McGrath Sr. would lose the
handle on his truck, falling back, as McGrath Jr., Ball and a closing Bob
Dible closed in.

Hennig would streak under the checkered while McGrath Jr. took second, Ball,
Dible and Kent Brewer rounding out the top five.

Earlier in the afternoon, a large crowd turned out for the inaugural Fremont
Speedway Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. Being enshrined in the hall were
Johnny Auxter, Art Ball, Rollie Beale, the late Harold Billow, George Fosco,
the late Alvin Franks, the late Jimmie Ford, Darl Harrison, Gug Keegan, Jim
Linder, "Irish" Jim McCune, the late Harold "Mac" McGilton, the late Gene
Notestine, the late Herbie Robinson, the late Dorothy Shilling, the late
Wendell Smith and Paul Strasser.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, June 13 for Crown Battery
Night with the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints, Fremont Federal Credit
Union 305 Sprints and the Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks in action.

For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com

Fremont Speedway - 6/6/2009
McDonalds Night

Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints
Qualifying -
1. 81-Bobby Clark, 12.940; 2. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.950; 3. 5R-Byron Reed,
13.000; 4. O4-Cap Henry, 13.020; 5. 60-Jody Keegan, 13.070; 6. 25-Kenny
Jacobs, 13.080; 7. 3J-Kevin Lee, 13.100; 8. 11B-Brock Mayes, 13.110; 9.
53-John Ivy, 13.130; 10. 98-Bruce Robenalt, 13.130; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews,
13.160; 12. 9X-Phil Gressman, 13.210; 13. X-Mark Keegan, 13.230; 14.
12-Caleb Griffith, 13.250; 15. 16-Bryan Sebetto, 13.250; 16. 11M-Brandon
Martin, 13.270; 17. 47-Caleb Helms, 13.270; 18. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.300;
19. 2+-Brian Smith, 13.310; 20. 48S-Andy Shammo, 13.320; 21. 4M-Jamie
Miller, 13.370; 22. 97-Dean Jacobs, 13.430; 23. 1X-Matt Linder, 13.440; 24.
312-Mike Linder, 13.480; 25. 10-David Harrison, 13.510; 26. 14H-Todd Heller,
13.760

Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 11M-Brandon Martin; 2. X-Mark Keegan; 3. 3J-Kevin Lee; 4. O4-Cap Henry;
5. 81-Bobby Clark; 6. 97-Dean Jacobs; 7. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 8. 10-David
Harrison; 9. 2+-Brian Smith

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 12-Caleb Griffith; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 60-Jody
Keegan; 5. 48S-Andy Shammo; 6. 1X-Matt Linder; 7. 14H-Todd Heller; 8.
47-Caleb Helms; 9. O9-Craig Mintz

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 9X-Phil Gressman; 2. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 3. 9Z-Duane Zablocki; 4. 5R-Byron
Reed; 5. 53-John Ivy; 6. 25-Kenny Jacobs; 7. 4M-Jamie Miller; 8. 312-Mike
Linder

B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. O9-Craig Mintz; 2. 25-Kenny Jacobs; 3. 47-Caleb Helms; 4. 4M-Jamie
Miller; 5. 2+-Brian Smith; 6. 97-Dean Jacobs; 7. 10-David Harrison; 8.
1X-Matt Linder; 9. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 10. 14H-Todd Heller

A-Main - (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 11B-Brock Mayes[1]; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[5]; 3. 25-Kenny Jacobs[8]; 4.
O9-Craig Mintz[7]; 5. 60-Jody Keegan[3]; 6. 16-Bryan Sebetto[14]; 7.
11M-Brandon Martin[15]; 8. 12-Caleb Griffith[13]; 9. X-Mark Keegan[12]; 10.
3J-Kevin Lee[2]; 11. 53-John Ivy[9]; 12. 2+-Brian Smith[18]; 13. 9X-Phil
Gressman[11]; 14. 4M-Jamie Miller[20]; 15. 15C-Chris Andrews[10]; 16.
9Z-Duane Zablocki[17]; 17. 47-Caleb Helms[16]; 18. 81-Bobby Clark[6]; 19.
48S-Andy Shammo[19]; 20. O4-Cap Henry[4]


Fremont Federal Credit Union - 305 Sprints
Heat 1 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 80-Jake Trevino; 2. 40-Bobby Clark; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver; 4. 36X-Dustin
Keegan; 5. M28-Josh Muntz; 6. 1-Nate Dussel; 7. 71-Bill Kraylek; 8. 14-Chad
Wilson; 9. 24X-Tom Nichols

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 9-Jimmy Colvin; 2. 94-John Ivy; 3. 2-Tim Kern; 4. 3J-Kevin Lee; 5.
19R-Steve Rando; 6. 11F-D.J. Foos; 7. 51-Brad Bowman; 8. 35-Stuart Brubaker

Heat 3 - (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 8K-Zack Kramer; 2. 18-Todd Heuerman; 3. 28-Shawn Valenti; 4. 41-Dustin
Dinan; 5. 31-Chuck Wilson; 6. 3B-Ronnie Beale; 7. 22D-Dan Hammond; 8.
30-Adam Ollom

B-Main - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)
1. 1-Nate Dussel; 2. 51-Brad Bowman; 3. 11F-D.J. Foos; 4. 71-Bill Kraylek;
5. 35-Stuart Brubaker; 6. 3B-Ronnie Beale; 7. 14-Chad Wilson; 8. 22D-Dan
Hammond; 9. 24X-Tom Nichols; 10. 30-Adam Ollom; 11. 3X-Josh Burdette

A-Main - (25 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 40-Bobby Clark[4]; 2. 94-John Ivy[6]; 3. 3J-Kevin Lee[7]; 4. 1W-Paul
Weaver[5]; 5. 9-Jimmy Colvin[2]; 6. 28-Shawn Valenti[9]; 7. 41-Dustin
Dinan[8]; 8. 1-Nate Dussel[16]; 9. 19R-Steve Rando[14]; 10. 11F-D.J.
Foos[18]; 11. 71-Bill Kraylek[19]; 12. 80-Jake Trevino[1]; 13. 35-Stuart
Brubaker[20]; 14. 51-Brad Bowman[17]; 15. M28-Josh Muntz[13]; 16. 36X-Dustin
Keegan[12]; 17. 31-Chuck Wilson[15]; 18. 2-Tim Kern[10]; 19. 18-Todd
Heuerman[3]; 20. 8K-Zack Kramer[11]


Fremont Fence Co. Dirt Trucks
Heat 1 - (7 Laps)
1. 8-Steve Endicott; 2. 17-Bob Dible; 3. 52-Will Tezak; 4. 18W-Cory Ward; 5.
71-Craig Holland; 6. 40-Corey Tappel; 7. 21R-Dustin Keegan

Heat 2 - Bell Racing Products (7 Laps)
1. 32H-Dan Hennig; 2. O1-Art Ball; 3. 4X-Brian Sorg; 4. 23M-Brad Mitten; 5.
92-Loren Schwochow; 6. 30-Dave Gibbs; 7. P51-Paul Brown Jr.

Heat 3 - (7 Laps)
1. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr.; 2. 8K-Kent Brewer; 3. 16-Steve Sabo; 4. 5-Jim
Mcgrath; 5. 6-Linda Sabo; 6. 9-Roger Inks

A-Main - (20 Laps) [#]-Starting Position
1. 32H-Dan Hennig[2]; 2. 5JR-Jimmy Mcgrath Jr.[1]; 3. O1-Art Ball[6]; 4.
17-Bob Dible[8]; 5. 8K-Kent Brewer[11]; 6. 16-Steve Sabo[9]; 7. 92-Loren
Schwochow[14]; 8. 8-Steve Endicott[5]; 9. 71-Craig Holland[13]; 10. 18W-Cory
Ward[3]; 11. 52-Will Tezak[10]; 12. 5-Jim Mcgrath[4]; 13. 30-Dave Gibbs[17];
14. 40-Corey Tappel[16]; 15. 6-Linda Sabo[15]; 16. 21R-Dustin Keegan[19];
17. P51-Paul Brown Jr.[20]; 18. 4X-Brian Sorg[7]; 19. 23M-Brad Mitten[12];
20. 9-Roger Inks[18]