By Todd Tappel
FREMONT, Ohio (Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011) – Paige Polyak took her 305 sprint car up against the NRA 360 Sprint Invaders and scored one of the most popular victories in Fremont Speedway history on JLH Construction Night.
A stellar field of 50 cars signed in for the 360 vs. 305 Challenge and Polyak, 17 years of age from Tiffin, had to pass Butch Schroeder and then hold off a late race charge by Kyle Sauder. It marked her third career feature win at “The Track That Action Built,” as she is the only female sprint driver to earn a victory.
Stated Polyak next to her Meggitt Sandblasting and Powder Coating/Burns Petroleum sponsored car, “This is the biggest win of my racing career. I knew I just had to hit my marks when Sauder was under me. I knew if I spun the tires, he would get me.”
In the make-up Kistler Racing Products Fremont Attica Sprint Title (FAST) feature for the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 sprints from the Aug. 6 rain-out, rookie Brad Haudenschild led the first half of the race before being passed by Cole Duncan, only to return the favor five laps later. Haudenschild was then never seriously challenged in the family-owned R&B Enterprises, R&S Lines sponsored car.
In the Engine Pro Victory Lane, Haudenschild quipped, “The yellow flags worked well because we weren’t very good in lapped traffic. We trashed a car during Ohio Sprint Speedweek and we’ve struggled since.”
Mike Linder looked in familiar form in the regularly-scheduled 410 main. Linder passed Jody Keegan on lap five and was never threatened the remainder of the race in the Linders Speed Equipment, Vision Quest sponsored ride.
“My mom passed away a couple of weeks ago and this win is for her. My crew has been working so hard this year and not getting the results, now we finally got one,” said Linder of his 12th career Fremont victory.
In the NRA Sprint Invaders 25-lapper, Butch Schroeder used his pole position to take the early lead over Polyak, Gregg Dalman and Dallas Hewitt. Once the race settled in, the top three pulled away from the rest of the field and had a spirited battle for the lead. Dalman would pass Polyak for second while both were within striking distance of Schroeder. Polyak was building momentum on the cushion and swept past both Schroeder and Dalman at the completion of lap 14.
Meanwhile, Kyle Sauder had worked his way to fourth, after starting 10th , and Caleb Griffith moved into the top five. Sauder made quick work of Dalman for third just prior to Schroeder catching a wheel and rolling over on his side in turn one.
On the lap 20 restart, Polyak had two lapped cars between herself and Sauder with Dalman, Griffith, and J.R. Stewart (started 21st) rounding out the top five. Polyak pulled away but a final caution on lap 24 would bunch the field one last time. With no lapped traffic this time, Sauder made a strong bid in turns 3 and 4 on the last lap but Polyak held her ground to finish ahead of Sauder, Dalman, Griffith, and Stewart.
In the FAST make-up feature, Haudenschild held command the first 15 laps before Cole Duncan shot past. Behind the lead pair early were Bryan Sebetto, Mike Linder, and Dean Jacobs. Jacobs would get past Linder on lap nine and then pass Sebetto briefly on lap 15. Sebetto would grab third back just as Duncan was making his pass for the lead. Haudenschild regained the top spot on lap 20 with Duncan remaining in striking distance. Duncan’s great run would end abruptly with two laps remaining when his engine expired. The final two lap dash would see Haudenschild maintain his advantage over Sebetto, Jacobs, Byron Reed, and Linder.
Once Mike Linder grabbed the lead from Jody Keegan on lap five of the 410 feature, it was over as Linder completely dominated the event. At a caution on lap seven, Linder’s lead was over Keegan, Dean Jacobs, Brian Smith, and Brandon Martin. Caleb Helms would supplant Smith in the fifth spot briefly before Smith came back.
A lap 12 red for a rough Byron Reed flip saw the running order Linder, Keegan, Jacobs, Martin, and Helms. Jacobs made quick work of Keegan for second on the restart and Martin would follow into third while Smith regained fifth. With five to go, Jacobs spun in turn two and was moved to the tail. Linder then held of Martin with Craig Mintz and Brad Bowman charging hard in the closing laps to take third and fourth over Smith.
Fremont Speedway will be off the next two weeks for the Sandusky County Fair, but will return to action on Sunday, Sept. 4 for the 11th annual 305 Sprint Invitational on Hoys Bar & Grill Night. It is one of the highest paying 305 sprint races in the country. The late models and dirt trucks (double features for trucks) will also be in action.
For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com
Fremont Speedway – 8/13/2011
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints (26 Cars) Mark-up from 8/6/2011 Burger King Night[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 51-Brad Bowman, 12.84; 2. 312-Mike Linder, 13.18; 3. 45L-Brian Lay, 13.30; 4. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.31; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs, 13.36; 6. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.37; 7. 16-Bryan Sebetto, 13.38; 8. 1X-Matt Linder, 13.41; 9. 10-Brad Haudenschild, 13.43; 10. 53-Phil Gressman, 13.43; 11. 92-Sam Ashworth, 13.44; 12. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.44; 13. 2+-Brian Smith, 13.45; 14. 83M-Broc Martin, 13.48; 15. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.56; 16. 45-Kevin Lee, 13.60; 17. 60-Jody Keegan, 13.64; 18. 51C-Roger Campbell, 13.65; 19. 312X-Chris Andrews, 13.70; 20. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.71; 21. 25-Chris Myers, 13.76; 22. 48-Mike Burkin, 13.88; 23. 9W-Lance Webb, 13.99; 24. 5M-Max Stambaugh, 14.14; 25. 10X-Chris Plascak, 15.46; 26. 27-Scott Euler, 99.00
Heat 1 – Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 45-Kevin Lee[1] ; 2. 53-Phil Gressman[3] ; 3. 2+-Brian Smith[2] ; 4. 16-Bryan Sebetto[4] ; 5. 48-Mike Burkin[8] ; 6. 312X-Chris Andrews[7] ; 7. 51-Brad Bowman[6] ; 8. 10X-Chris Plascak[9] ; 9. 5R-Byron Reed[5]
Heat 2 – Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 60-Jody Keegan[1] ; 2. 83M-Broc Martin[2] ; 3. 312-Mike Linder[6] ; 4. 97-Dean Jacobs[5] ; 5. 1X-Matt Linder[4] ; 6. 92-Sam Ashworth[3] ; 7. 27-Scott Euler[9] ; 8. 14H-Todd Heller[7] ; 9. 9W-Lance Webb[8]
Heat 3 – Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O9-Craig Mintz[3] ; 2. 22-Cole Duncan[5] ; 3. 51C-Roger Campbell[1] ; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[2] ; 5. 10-Brad Haudenschild[4] ; 6. 5M-Max Stambaugh[8] ; 7. 45L-Brian Lay[6] ; 8. 25-Chris Myers[7]
B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 51-Brad Bowman[1] ; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[3] ; 3. 92-Sam Ashworth[4] ; 4. 14H-Todd Heller[6] ; 5. 25-Chris Myers[7] ; 6. 5M-Max Stambaugh[9] ; 7. 27-Scott Euler[11] ; 8. 9W-Lance Webb[8] ; 9. 10X-Chris Plascak[10] ; 10. 45L-Brian Lay[2] ; 11. 312X-Chris Andrews[5]
A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. 10-Brad Haudenschild[1]; 2. 16-Bryan Sebetto[3]; 3. 97-Dean Jacobs[5]; 4. 5R-Byron Reed[9]; 5. 312-Mike Linder[6]; 6. O9-Craig Mintz[11]; 7. 2+-Brian Smith[12]; 8. 51-Brad Bowman[7]; 9. 14H-Todd Heller[16]; 10. 45-Kevin Lee[15]; 11. 48-Mike Burkin[19]; 12. 5M-Max Stambaugh[18]; 13. 45L-Brian Lay[8]; 14. 22-Cole Duncan[4]; 15. 60-Jody Keegan[20]; 16. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[14]; 17. 1X-Matt Linder[2]; 18. 83M-Broc Martin[13]; 19. 53-Phil Gressman[10]; 20. 51C-Roger Campbell[17]
Hard Charger: 48-Mike Burkin[+8]
JLH Construction Night – Regular Scheduled Show
Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints (24 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 51-Brad Bowman, 12.58; 2. 45-Kevin Lee, 12.79; 3. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.82; 4. 9X-Brandon Martin, 12.84; 5. 10-Brad Haudenschild, 12.89; 6. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.93; 7. 312-Mike Linder, 12.94; 8. 97-Dean Jacobs, 12.97; 9. 7-Erik Williams, 13.01; 10. 2+-Brian Smith, 13.03; 11. 60-Jody Keegan, 13.04; 12. 83M-Broc Martin, 13.04; 13. 45L-Brian Lay, 13.12; 14. 312X-Chris Andrews, 13.13; 15. 22-Cole Duncan, 13.17; 16. 16-Bryan Sebetto, 13.23; 17. 53-Phil Gressman, 13.32; 18. 1X-Matt Linder, 13.35; 19. 5R-Byron Reed, 13.42; 20. 14H-Todd Heller, 13.42; 21. O-Mike Dussel, 13.48; 22. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 13.87; 23. 3T-Johnny Beaber, 14.49; 24. 51C-Roger Campbell, 99.00
Heat 1 – Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 16-Bryan Sebetto[1] ; 2. 2+-Brian Smith[3] ; 3. 45L-Brian Lay[2] ; 4. 312-Mike Linder[4] ; 5. 9X-Brandon Martin[5] ; 6. 5R-Byron Reed[7] ; 7. 51-Brad Bowman[6]
Heat 2 – Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 53-Phil Gressman[1] ; 2. 97-Dean Jacobs[4] ; 3. 312X-Chris Andrews[2] ; 4. 45-Kevin Lee[6] ; 5. 60-Jody Keegan[3] ; 6. 10-Brad Haudenschild[5] ; 7. 14H-Todd Heller[7] ; 8. 3T-Johnny Beaber[8]
Heat 3 – Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1X-Matt Linder[1] ; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[6] ; 3. 40-Caleb Helms[5] ; 4. 51C-Roger Campbell[8] ; 5. 83M-Broc Martin[3] ; 6. O-Mike Dussel[7] ; 7. 7-Erik Williams[4]
A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. 312-Mike Linder[4]; 2. 9X-Brandon Martin[6]; 3. O9-Craig Mintz[7]; 4. 51-Brad Bowman[9]; 5. 2+-Brian Smith[2]; 6. 53-Phil Gressman[16]; 7. 14H-Todd Heller[19]; 8. 40-Caleb Helms[5]; 9. 83M-Broc Martin[12]; 10. 10-Brad Haudenschild[10]; 11. 60-Jody Keegan[1]; 12. 45L-Brian Lay[13]; 13. 97-Dean Jacobs[3]; 14. 1X-Matt Linder[17]; 15. O-Mike Dussel[20]; 16. 51C-Roger Campbell[22]; 17. 7-Erik Williams[11]; 18. 5R-Byron Reed[18]; 19. 45-Kevin Lee[8]; 20. 312X-Chris Andrews[14]; 21. 3T-Johnny Beaber[21]; 22. 16-Bryan Sebetto[15]
Hard Charger: 14H-Todd Heller[+12]
Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints \NRA 360 Challenge (50 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 – Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 27P-Paige Polyak[2] ; 2. 34-Luke Hall[5] ; 3. 11-Tim Allison[3] ; 4. 27-Beau Stewart[8] ; 5. 6S-Jr Stewart[7] ; 6. 22R-Ben Rutan[6] ; 7. 94-John Ivy[4] ; 8. 10-Josh Harrison[10] ; 9. 8J-Jess Stiger[9] ; 10. 77S-Jim Sipe[1]
Heat 2 – Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 82-Mike Miller[1] ; 2. 35B-Ron Blair[7] ; 3. 56R-Ryan Myers[2] ; 4. 17-Jared Horstman[5] ; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[8] ; 6. 7C-Tim Hunter[6] ; 7. 8B-Zack Kramer[4] ; 8. 5-Dustin Dinan[10] ; 9. 1W-Paul Weaver[9] ; 10. 80-Jake Trevino[3]
Heat 3 – Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. B20-Butch Schroeder[8] ; 2. 39-Matt Merrill[1] ; 3. 1X-Lee Jacobs[6] ; 4. 36X-Dustin Keegan[10] ; 5. 8K-Bobby Clark[2] ; 6. 36-Seth Schneider[3] ; 7. 4M-Jamie Miller[7] ; 8. 5R-Jordan Ryan[5] ; 9. 6D-Ryan Dickey[9]
Heat 4 – Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 2H-Dallas Hewitt[2] ; 2. 40-Caleb Griffith[6] ; 3. 35S-Stuart Brubaker[3] ; 4. 11F-D.J. Foos[1] ; 5. 3T-Tony Beaber[10] ; 6. 48-Mike Burkin[8] ; 7. 22D-Dennis Yoakam[4] ; 8. M28-Josh Muntz[9] ; 9. 22DH-Dan Hammond[5] ; 10. OO-Alvin Roepke[7]
Heat 5 – Heat 5 (8 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 49T-Gregg Dalman[1] ; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder[9] ; 3. 25-Jason Keckler[2] ; 4. 18-Todd Heureman[6] ; 5. 49-Shawn Dancer[10] ; 6. 5M-Max Stambaugh[8] ; 7. 9-Jimmy Colvin[5] ; 8. 10S-Roger Shammo[7] ; 9. 10J-Jarrod Delong[3] ; 10. 72C-Ross Moore[4]
B-Main #1 – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6S-Jr Stewart[1] ; 2. 8K-Bobby Clark[2] ; 3. 48-Mike Burkin[5] ; 4. 4M-Jamie Miller[7] ; 5. 5-Dustin Dinan[9] ; 6. 49-Shawn Dancer[3] ; 7. M28-Josh Muntz[8] ; 8. 8J-Jess Stiger[11] ; 9. 6D-Ryan Dickey[10] ; 10. 94-John Ivy[6] ; 11. 72C-Ross Moore[13] ; 12. 7C-Tim Hunter[4]
B-Main #2 – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 2 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 3T-Tony Beaber[2] ; 2. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 3. 5M-Max Stambaugh[5] ; 4. 1W-Paul Weaver[11] ; 5. 22R-Ben Rutan[3] ; 6. 22D-Dennis Yoakam[7] ; 7. 36-Seth Schneider[4] ; 8. 8B-Zack Kramer[6] ; 9. 10-Josh Harrison[8] ; 10. OO-Alvin Roepke[14] ; 11. 10S-Roger Shammo[10] ; 12. 22DH-Dan Hammond[12] ; 13. 5R-Jordan Ryan[9] ; 14. 77S-Jim Sipe[13]
A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 27P-Paige Polyak[3]; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder[10]; 3. 49T-Gregg Dalman[5]; 4. 40-Caleb Griffith[9]; 5. 6S-Jr Stewart[21]; 6. 2H-Dallas Hewitt[4]; 7. 35B-Ron Blair[7]; 8. 3T-Tony Beaber[22]; 9. 17-Jared Horstman[17]; 10. 34-Luke Hall[6]; 11. 18-Todd Heureman[20]; 12. 27-Beau Stewart[16]; 13. B20-Butch Schroeder[1]; 14. 82-Mike Miller[2]; 15. 1X-Lee Jacobs[13]; 16. 56R-Ryan Myers[12]; 17. 1-Nate Dussel[24]; 18. 39-Matt Merrill[8]; 19. 11-Tim Allison[11]; 20. 35S-Stuart Brubaker[14]; 21. 36X-Dustin Keegan[18]; 22. 8K-Bobby Clark[23]; 23. 25-Jason Keckler[15]; 24. 11F-D.J. Foos[19]
Hard Charger: 6S-Jr Stewart[+16]
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