From Brian Liskai
Fremont, OH — (May 25, 2013) — Sometimes you just need to go back to the basics.
Fremont, Ohio driver Bryan Sebetto and his Hammer Racing team did just that recently and it paid off Saturday. Sebetto used a lapped car as a pick and drove around Dale Blaney with four laps to go and went on to score his fourth career University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions victory at Fremont Speedway. All of Sebetto’s All Star victories have come at his home track.
“Early in the race we just couldn’t get any laps going…all those guys kept screwing around and bringing out all these cautions. I was a little better than he (Blaney) was but I wasn’t good enough to pass him in clean air…I needed lapped traffic. I was glad we got a long green flag run and got into lapped traffic. It’s good to be second in lapped traffic because you can go where he doesn’t said Sebetto in the Engine Pro Victory Lane on Kear’s Speed Shop Night.
“This season has been awful. I can’t believe Randy and Lisa Hammer haven’t fired me as bad as I’ve been driving and as bad as we’ve been running. This just proves how much they are behind me. We got so far off on set-up stuff when we switched to these Hoosiers and me and Randy and Aaron and Guhn and Timmy just sat around talked and figured we just need to go back to what we know…back to what we were doing last year and fine tune it from there and that’s what we did and this thing’s been a rocket ship ever since,” continued Sebetto beside his Hammer Pallets, Gressman Powersports, Crown Battery, JLH General Contractor, Maxim Chassis, R3 Nutrition, Meggit Powdercoating, OC Shocks backed #24h.
“Just to turn our season around, it doesn’t matter if this was a $1,000 to win or $20,000. We needed this win to boost my confidence, our team’s confidence and to turn our season around,” concluded Sebetto.
In the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints, Castalia, Ohio’s Jordan Ryan drove under Seth Schneider and Dustin Dinan with 8 laps to go and then survived a late race caution to earn his first ever Fremont Speedway victory.
“I was thinking about going to the top and I was like ‘no I’m too good down on the bottom.’ My dad told me to run where it feels good,” said Ryan beside his Griff’s Engines, Kistler Racing Products, Village Pizza House, Frosty Frog, Walton’s Cutting Crew, J&J Automotive backed #5. “I hated seeing that caution (with three laps to go). I knew Dustin (Dinan) would be there. I put it on the bottom in turn one and it stuck.”
John Ivy continued his hot ways in the AAA Ohio Auto Club Dirt Trucks, picking up his fourth feature win of the season in the division. It was Ivy’s sixth overall victory of the year at Fremont as he also owns 2 wins in the 305 sprints. Ivy now has 42 career victories at Fremont, just 2 wins away from tying Wayne Maffett Sr. for 7th on the track’s all-time win list.
“To beat Art Ball like that…me and him race side by side like that. I remember watching him ever since I was knee high to a grasshopper. To drive by him that means we’re doing something right,” said Ivy beside his Level Performance, Diversified Machine & Welding, Sonny’s Machine Shop backed #00. “Charlie and the boys have this thing really good. It’s not spitting out drive shafts or anything so we’re doing good.”
Sebetto and Brady Bacon would bring the field to the green in the 30-lap feature with Bacon grabbing the top spot over Sebetto, Dale Blaney, Tim Shaffer and Caleb Helms. Bacon would pull away as Sebetto and Blaney battled for second with Shaffer trying to hold off Byron Reed. Blaney would pull into second on lap five.
Bacon would catch the back of the pack on lap seven and Blaney closed. Bacon would slip off the high side of turn three on lap eight, allowing Blaney to drive under and into the lead as the caution flew for debris. This would breed a rash of cautions.
On the restart Blaney would lead as Bacon was locked in a battle with Sebetto for second while Shaffer, Reed, Jody Keegan, Helms, Brian Lay, Cap Henry and Craig Mintz gave chase. Dan Kuriger would bring out the caution with a broken front end on lap 9. Another lap before the caution would fly for a Rob Chaney spin. Then on the restart Helms would loop his mount. On the ensuing restart Blaney would lead as Sebetto drove into second while Bacon, Shaffer, Reed, Keegan and Lay gave chase. D.J. Foos would tumble in turn two on lap 11, necessitating an open red for fuel.
When the green flew again, Sebetto drove to Blaney’s outside to challenge as Bacon and Shaffer were locked in a tremendous battle while Keegan, Henry, Lay and Danny Holtgraver were in pursuit. Henry would spin on lap 12 and Keegan would get upside down on the restart. On the ensuing restart, Paige Polyak would get sideways in turn three and collected Justin Henderson.
Each time on the restart Sebetto would charge to Blaney’s outside but could not make the pass for the lead while Bacon and Shaffer continued to battle hard for third.
Chris Andrews would spin on lap 14 for the final caution of the event as Shaffer pitted with a flat tire. When the green came back out, Blaney and Sebetto continued their war for the top spot as Danny Holtgraver moved into third with Lay, Bacon, Mintz, Caleb Griffith and Stuart Brubaker (up from his 21st starting spot in pursuit.
Blaney pulled away slightly as Sebetto stayed in striking distance as they drove away from Holtgraver. With eight laps to go, Blaney hit lapped traffic and Sebetto closed. With four laps to go, Blaney was having trouble getting around a lapped car that was in his bottom groove, and Sebetto drove around the outside to take the lead. Meanwhile Mintz was on the move and took fourth, bringing Griffith to sixth from his 13th starting spot.
Sebetto would use the extreme high line to drive around lapped machines, but as he took the white flag Blaney closed. As they raced through turns three and four the final time, Blaney dove under Sebetto, but Sebetto, a former Fremont track champion, kept his momentum and drove to his 23rd career Fremont win.
Blaney, Holtgraver, Mintz and Griffith would round out the top five, with Lay, Reed, who came from the tail after going pit side early with a broken suspension part, Bacon, Brubaker and Henry would complete the top 10.
“I was in the right spot. I just need to clear a couple of lapped cars. It was my fault for not being able to drive around the. I didn’t get patient and I was kind of on the wrong part of the race track a few times and just lost speed and he got by me,” said Blaney beside his Ti22 Performance backed #2. “He was hitting the right spots.”
For Holtgraver, the third place run continues his hot streak of late as he posted an All Star win last weekend.
“We were a little tight there at the beginning and Brian (Kemenah, crew chief) made a couple of adjustments under the red and it was a world of difference. I could drive it where ever I needed to go. Car was awesome at the end and I think we would have had something for them. I was at the wrong place at the wrong time in lapped traffic but we’ll take a third. We’ve needed this big time. We’ve been up and down and up and down and finally we’re getting something going,” said Holtgraver beside his B&R Motorsports, Berlin Natural Bakery, Canton Erectors, Classic Ink, DKW Transport, Kistler Engines backed #45.
In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, Seth Schneider and T.J. Michael would bring the field to the green with Michael gaining the upper hand. Michael would race into lapped traffic by lap six with Schneider, Dinan, Ryan, Paul Weaver and Nate Dussel in pursuit. Michael would spin on lap eight trying to negotiate traffic, handing the lead to Schneider.
On the restart Schneider would lead over Dinan, Ryan, Weaver, Dussel and Ivy. With 10 laps in, Eric Duposki and Nate Reeser would spin. On the restart, Schneider would lead Dinan, Ryan, Weaver, Dussel and Ivy again. Duposki would spin again on lap 12. This time on the restart, Ryan would drive into second but Dinan would regain the spot a lap later. Dinan would drive to the outside of Schneider for the lead on lap 15 as Ryan made it a three car battle. On lap 17, Ryan would drive into the lead.
Ryan would drive into lapped traffic with six laps to go as Dinan applied pressure with Dussel racing into third bringing Ivy to fourth. Just as Dussel moved into second on lap 22, Reeser would spin setting up a three lap dash to the finish. Ryan hit his marks perfectly on the restart as Dussel and Dinan battled for second. Dinan would regain second on the white flag lap and drove to Ryan’s outside but couldn’t execute the pass. Ryan would take the checkered over Dinan, Dussel, Ivy and Jimmy Colvin.
The UNOH All Stars will be back in action Sunday at Fremont Speedway in a big 50-lap, $10,000 to win event on Budweiser Night.
Go to www.allstarsprint.com for more information.
Fremont Speedway – 5/25/2013
Kear’s Speed Shop Night
UNOH All Star Sprints (32 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Qualifying – Kistler Engines
1. 83-Tim Shaffer, 12.344; 2. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.361; 3. 57X-Andrew Palker, 12.366; 4. 60K-Jody Keegan, 12.380; 5. 3G-Shane Stewart, 12.421; 6. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.446; 7. 99-Brady Bacon, 12.512; 8. 24H-Bryan Sebetto, 12.512; 9. 40-Caleb Helms, 12.538; 10. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.549; 11. 45-Danny Holtgraver, 12.550; 12. 45L-Brian Lay, 12.578; 13. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 12.589; 14. 27P-Paige Polyak, 12.626; 15. 40DD-Caleb Griffith, 12.635; 16. 29-Rob Chaney, 12.657; 17. 54-Cap Henry, 12.713; 18. O8-Dan Kuriger, 12.724; 19. 16-Chris Andrews, 12.733; 20. 9-Dean Jacobs, 12.741; 21. 5K-Adam Kekich, 12.802; 22. O-Justin Henderson, 12.824; 23. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.848; 24. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr., 12.871; 25. 53-D.J. Foos, 12.872; 26. 46AU-Stuart Williams, 12.885; 27. 83M-Broc Martin, 12.889; 28. 9X-Brandon Martin, 12.894; 29. 80-Trey Gustin, 13.142; 30. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.158; 31. 22T-Miranda Throckmorton, 13.339; 32. 50B-Mike Burns, 14.004
Heat 1 – Kear’s Speed Shop (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 54-Cap Henry[2] ; 2. 5K-Adam Kekich[1] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[6] ; 4. 40-Caleb Helms[4] ; 5. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3] ; 6. 3G-Shane Stewart[5] ; 7. 53-D.J. Foos[7] ; 8. 80-Trey Gustin[8]
Heat 2 – All Pro Aluminum Heads (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O-Justin Henderson[1] ; 2. 5R-Byron Reed[4] ; 3. O8-Dan Kuriger[2] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[5] ; 5. 27P-Paige Polyak[3] ; 6. O9-Craig Mintz[6] ; 7. 46AU-Stuart Williams[7] ; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[8]
Heat 3 – Dragon Race Fuels (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1] ; 2. 16-Chris Andrews[2] ; 3. 99-Brady Bacon[5] ; 4. 83M-Broc Martin[7] ; 5. 45-Danny Holtgraver[4] ; 6. 57X-Andrew Palker[6] ; 7. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[3] ; 8. 22T-Miranda Throckmorton[8]
Heat 4 – Kinsler Fuel Injection (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 9-Dean Jacobs[2] ; 2. 60K-Jody Keegan[6] ; 3. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[5] ; 4. 29-Rob Chaney[3] ; 5. 45L-Brian Lay[4] ; 6. 9X-Brandon Martin[7] ; 7. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[1] ; 8. 50B-Mike Burns[8]
Dash – Outerwears Performance Products (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 6 starting positions of A-feature
1. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[3] ; 2. 99-Brady Bacon[4] ; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer[5] ; 4. 2-Dale Blaney[6] ; 5. 60K-Jody Keegan[2] ; 6. 40-Caleb Helms[1]
B-Main – MSD Ignitions (12 Laps – Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. O9-Craig Mintz[1] ; 2. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[4] ; 3. 53-D.J. Foos[6] ; 4. 46AU-Stuart Williams[7] ; 5. 9X-Brandon Martin[8] ; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[10] ; 7. 94-Jack Sodeman Jr.[5] ; 8. 80-Trey Gustin[9] ; 9. 22T-Miranda Throckmorton[11] ; 10. 50B-Mike Burns[12] ; 11. 3G-Shane Stewart[3] ; 12. 57X-Andrew Palker[2]
A-Main – (30 Laps)
1. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[1]; 2. 2-Dale Blaney[4]; 3. 45-Danny Holtgraver[8]; 4. O9-Craig Mintz[11]; 5. 40DD-Caleb Griffith[13]; 6. 45L-Brian Lay[9]; 7. 5R-Byron Reed[7]; 8. 99-Brady Bacon[2]; 9. 35-Stuart Brubaker[21]; 10. 54-Cap Henry[15]; 11. 83M-Broc Martin[24]; 12. 83-Tim Shaffer[3]; 13. 46AU-Stuart Williams[23]; 14. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[10]; 15. 40-Caleb Helms[6]; 16. 5K-Adam Kekich[19]; 17. 16-Chris Andrews[17]; 18. 60K-Jody Keegan[5]; 19. 27P-Paige Polyak[12]; 20. O-Justin Henderson[20]; 21. 53-D.J. Foos[22]; 22. 29-Rob Chaney[14]; 23. O8-Dan Kuriger[16]; 24. 9-Dean Jacobs[18]
Hard Charger: 83M-Broc Martin[+13]
Fremont Federal Credit Untion 305 Sprints (22 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 8I-John Ivy[1] ; 2. 6-Dustin Dinan[3] ; 3. OO-Alvin Roepke[7] ; 4. 36-Seth Schneider[5] ; 5. 25-Jason Keckler[8] ; 6. 83X-Nate Reeser[6] ; 7. 10-Josh Harrison[4] ; 8. 8J-Jess Stiger[2]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1] ; 2. 10S-Roger Shammo[4] ; 3. 13D-Jeremy Duposki[2] ; 4. 4X-Zach Kramer[6] ; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron[7] ; 6. 1M-Mike Moore[3] ; 7. 7P-Brandon Moore[5]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 8 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 5R-Jordan Ryan[1] ; 2. 8M-T.J Michael[4] ; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[7] ; 4. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6] ; 5. 9-Jimmy Colvin[3] ; 6. 22D-Dan Hammond[5] ; 7. 34-Eric Duposki[2]
A-Main – (25 Laps)
1. 5R-Jordan Ryan[5]; 2. 6-Dustin Dinan[3]; 3. 1-Nate Dussel[7]; 4. 8I-John Ivy[8]; 5. 9-Jimmy Colvin[15]; 6. 1W-Paul Weaver[6]; 7. 4X-Zach Kramer[12]; 8. 36-Seth Schneider[1]; 9. 68G-Tyler Gunn[9]; 10. 13D-Jeremy Duposki[10]; 11. 22D-Dan Hammond[18]; 12. 8M-T.J Michael[2]; 13. OO-Alvin Roepke[4]; 14. 10S-Roger Shammo[11]; 15. 10-Josh Harrison[19]; 16. 22M-Dan McCarron[14]; 17. 8J-Jess Stiger[22]; 18. 1M-Mike Moore[17]; 19. 7P-Brandon Moore[20]; 20. 83X-Nate Reeser[16]; 21. 25-Jason Keckler[13]; 22. 34-Eric Duposki[21]
Hard Charger: 9-Jimmy Colvin[+10]
AAA Auto Club Dirt Trucks (26 Trucks)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. OO-John Ivy[4] ; 2. 7B-Shawn Valenti[3] ; 3. 95-Keith Sorg[1] ; 4. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[7] ; 5. 115-Ben Good[9] ; 6. 85S-Bradley Stuckey[8] ; 7. 37-Eric Devanna[2] ; 8. 14-Scott Beard[5]
Heat 2 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[5] ; 2. P51-Willie Keegan[3] ; 3. 16-Steve Sabo[4] ; 4. O1-Art Ball[6] ; 5. 2-Matt Foos[9] ; 6. 36M-Cory McCaughey[7] ; 7. 99X-Gene Potridge[1] ; 8. 6-Linda Sabo[2] ; 9. 7-Dana Frey[8]
Heat 3 – (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. D1-Dustin Keegan[2] ; 2. O-Andy Keegan[1] ; 3. 23M-Brad Mitten[6] ; 4. 18-Jeff Ward[3] ; 5. 45-Brian Melnek[4] ; 6. 18W-Cory Ward[8] ; 7. 5-Jim McGrath[7] ; 8. 8KB-Kent Brewer[5]
B-Main – Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 18W-Cory Ward[3] ; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer[9] ; 3. 36M-Cory McCaughey[2] ; 4. 37-Eric Devanna[4] ; 5. 5-Jim McGrath[6] ; 6. 7-Dana Frey[10] ; 7. 99X-Gene Potridge[5] ; 8. 85S-Bradley Stuckey[1] ; 9. 6-Linda Sabo[8] ; 10. 14-Scott Beard[7]
A-Main – (20 Laps)
1. OO-John Ivy[7]; 2. O1-Art Ball[2]; 3. 7B-Shawn Valenti[5]; 4. 16-Steve Sabo[1]; 5. 2-Matt Foos[14]; 6. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[8]; 7. 18-Jeff Ward[10]; 8. 37-Eric Devanna[19]; 9. 45-Brian Melnek[15]; 10. 18W-Cory Ward[16]; 11. P51-Willie Keegan[11]; 12. 36M-Cory McCaughey[18]; 13. D1-Dustin Keegan[6]; 14. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr.[4]; 15. 95-Keith Sorg[9]; 16. 8KB-Kent Brewer[17]; 17. 23M-Brad Mitten[3]; 18. O-Andy Keegan[12]; 19. 115-Ben Good[13]; 20. 7-Dana Frey[20]
Hard Charger: 37-Eric Devanna[+11]