FREMONT, OH (9-17-10) By Brian Liskai- Can anyone beat Tim Shaffer?

That is the question the sprint car world is asking. Since July 31, the Aliquippa, Pa. driver has won every race he has competed in except a two – a third with the World of Outlaws in Missouri and a DNF at the Front Row Challenge. Friday on All Pro Cylinder Heads night, the opening night of the two-day Jim Ford Classic at Fremont Speedway, “The Steel City Outlaw” scored his 14th victory of 2010 with the O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions and his 19th win overall of the season. Since winning the Knoxville Nationals, Shaffer has remained unbeaten, winning his last three features in a row.

Shaffer, who now has 33 career All Star wins to move into 14th on the series’ all-time victory list, just one win behind Rickey Hood and four away from Steve Kinser, took the lead on lap 19 and never looked back. The victory locks up the 2010 All Star championship, Shaffer’s second in a row.

“It’s just been a great couple of months. We’ve got an incredible team. The CH Motorsports, J&J, Kistler Engines, VRP Shocks…everybody that works on this team at home and on the road…it’s just been a blast,” said Shaffer beside his Aaron Call, Janet Holbrook owned machine.

“It’s amazing…when you can have a group of people come together like we have here…it’s everybody doing their job and giving me a great car to drive and I’m having a lot of fun doing it,” continued Shaffer beside his JRC Transportation, Technique Roofing, Kistler Racing Products backed #83. “We’re running with confidence…we’ve got a great car and great people behind us.”

To give some incentive for someone to defeat Shaffer, Fremont Speedway Promoter Rich Farmer with help from John Horn of JLH General Contractor has put up a $2,500 bounty on Shaffer if one of the drivers who finished in the top 20 in points at Fremont Speedway can win Saturday’s $10,000 to win feature event.

In the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, pole sitter Kyle Sauder jumped into the lead at the drop of the green with Brandon Martin, Phil Gressman, Shaffer and Bill Rose in tow. Sauder would pull away slightly, but a caution for a Brad Haudenschild spin on lap seven would bunch up the field. On the restart, Shaffer would move around Gressman and challenge Martin for second as Sauder again pulled away. The car on the move was Byron Reed who had moved from his 16thstarting spot to sixth. But, a flat left front tire would stop his charge on lap 10, as he stopped on the front stretch to bring out the caution.

Again on the restart Sauder would pull away with Martin battling with Shaffer for second while Kevin Lee made a great move to blast from eighth to fourth in one lap. Sauder stayed about four car lengths ahead of Martin and Shaffer until lap 16 when Shaffer would take second. Sauder would hit lapped traffic on lap 18, allowing Shaffer to close. Shaffer made a daring move in turn three as Sauder got caught up in lapped traffic. Shaffer dove to the bottom and passed two lapped machines and Sauder for the lead exiting turn four.

Shaffer would pull away as Sauder ran comfortably in second with Martin battling Gressman, Lee and Bill Rose for third. With eight laps remaining, Gressman would take third. The car on the move now was Dale Blaney who started 18th and had moved into sixth with three laps remaining. The running order with three to go was Shaffer, Sauder, Gressman, Rose, David Gravel and Blaney. Shaffer would cruise to his 7th career Fremont win over Sauder, Gressman, Rose and Blaney.

“It doesn’t matter if it pays $150,000 or $20 we come to win every night and we know everyone is going to give us their best shot,” said Shaffer.

Sauder was excited about his runner-up finish.

MSD Ignitions Heat 1 - Heat 1 (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)

1. 16-Bryan Sebetto; 2. 9X-Brandon Martin; 3. 7K-Kyle Sauder; 4. 14H-Todd Heller; 5. 97-Dean Jacobs; 6. 40-Mark Imler; 7. 26-Ryan French; 8. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 9. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 10. 9Z-Duane Zablocki

Kear’s Speed Shop Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)

1. 5R-Byron Reed; 2. 89G-David Gravel; 3. 22-Cole Duncan; 4. 6-Bill Rose; 5. 312-Mike Linder; 6. 20X-Craig Mintz; 7. 7C-Tim Hunter; 8. 47-Caleb Helms; 9. 27-Scott Euler; 10. 60-Jody Keegan

All Pro Cylinder Heads Heat 3 -  (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)

1. X-Mark Keegan; 2. 24H-Lee Jacobs; 3. 53-Phil Gressman; 4. W20-Greg Wilson; 5. 1X-Matt Linder; 6. O-Brandon Wimmer; 7. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 8. D4-Danny Holtgraver; 9. 11N-Ed Neumeister

Outerwears Performance Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)

1. 2-Dale Blaney; 2. 28V-Shawn Valenti; 3. 83-Tim Shaffer; 4. O4-Cap Henry; 5. 2+-Brian Smith; 6. 3J-Kevin Lee; 7. 4M-Jamie Miller; 8. 26W-Cody White; 9. 12-Jarred Ridge

University of Northwestern Ohio B-Main -  (12 Laps - Top 4 Transfer)

1. 20X-Craig Mintz; 2. 10-Brad Haudenschild; 3. D4-Danny Holtgraver; 4. 3J-Kevin Lee; 5. 4M-Jamie Miller; 6. 7C-Tim Hunter; 7. O-Brandon Wimmer; 8. 6F-Bob Felmlee; 9. 47-Caleb Helms; 10. 40-Mark Imler; 11. 27-Scott Euler; 12. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild; 13. 26W-Cody White; 14. 11N-Ed Neumeister; 15. 26-Ryan French

A-Main -  (30 Laps) [#]-Starting Position

1. 83-Tim Shaffer[4]; 2. 7K-Kyle Sauder[1]; 3. 53-Phil Gressman[3]; 4. 6-Bill Rose[5]; 5. 2-Dale Blaney[18]; 6. 89G-David Gravel[9]; 7. 3J-Kevin Lee[14]; 8. 20X-Craig Mintz[11]; 9. 28V-Shawn Valenti[8]; 10. W20-Greg Wilson[10]; 11. D4-Danny Holtgraver[13]; 12. 97-Dean Jacobs[23]; 13. O4-Cap Henry[6]; 14. 1X-Matt Linder[7]; 15. 24H-Lee Jacobs[17]; 16. 5R-Byron Reed[16]; 17. 16-Bryan Sebetto[15]; 18. 22-Cole Duncan[20]; 19. X-Mark Keegan[21]; 20. 312-Mike Linder[24]; 21. 10-Brad Haudenschild[12]; 22. 14H-Todd Heller[19]; 23. 9X-Brandon Martin[2]; 24. 2+-Brian Smith[22]