 CAMARGO, IL (5-20-08) – The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions is preparing to make a return to Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio this Saturday, May 24th. Many of the drivers on the All Star tour got their start on the 1/3 mile clay oval located inside the Sandusky County Fairgrounds in Northwest Ohio. All Star legends Frankie Kerr, Rick Ferkel, Al Liskai, and Jim Linder called Fremont home over the years. Four time All Star champion Chad Kemenah got his start at Fremont Speedway as well. Current defending two time All Star Champion Greg Wilson, two time All Star Champion Dale Blaney, Brock Mayes, and Brandon Martin have been turning laps at Fremont for several years with great success.
All Star drivers such as Randy Hannagan, Brian Ellenberger, Paul McMahan, and Brian Paulus have visited Fremont on several occasions over the years and always look forward to taking on the weekly regulars to battle for the $5000 winner's share of the purse. Tough Ohio locals such as Mike Linder, John Ivy, Paul Weaver, Byron Reed, and Mark Keegan can give any traveling series fits when they invade Fremont and they will try to steal the All Star loot this weekend. Reed nearly took home the All Star win when the series visited Attica Raceway Park in April, but an o-ring in the fuel line cost him a shot at victory. Lance Dewease, who won the Attica event, will make his first visit to the tight bullring as he rolls into town with the season points lead in his back pocket.
One thing is certain; the All Stars have always put on an exciting show at Fremont Speedway and this will be no exception as new track promoters Andy James and Rich Farmer have been experimenting with the track surface to make it racy and fast. The first three weeks of local competition have seen the track take on a notably different characteristic than in years past – the track is wet and tacky. Look for the track record to be in jeopardy this Saturday night.
The All Star series was off this past weekend, but the All Star drivers didn’t take a break. Friday night at Attica Raceway Park, Brock Mayes finished 2nd and Dale Blaney was 3rd behind winner Paul Weaver. Greg Wilson took the opportunity to tune up at Fremont Speedway on Saturday as he picked up the victory. Tim Hunter won the 410 sprint feature at Lakeville Speedway as well.
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Stat Pack - Fremont Speedway (Fremont, Ohio)
84 Total ASCoC races and 37 different winners
Most ASCoC Wins – Jack Hewitt (10)
Other Previous ASCoC winners – Frankie Kerr (7), Dave Blaney (7), John Ivy (4), Rick Ferkel (4), Kevin Huntley (4), Dale Blaney (5), Fred Linder (3), Kelly Kinser (3), Lee Osbourne (3), Chad Kemenah (3), Rocky Hodges (2), Rickey Hood (2), Steve Kinser (2), Mark Keegan (2), Doug Wolfgang (2), Mike Wagner, Randy Kinser, Butch Schroeder, Keith Kauffman, Greg Wilson, Joe Gaerte, Jac Haudenschild, Sammy Swindell, Joey Saldana, Danny Smith, Jason Johnson, Todd Kane, Rodney Duncan, Kenny Jacobs, Shane Stewart, Johnny Beaber, Ron Semelka, Tom Basinger, Dean Jacobs, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Mike Lutz
Most Recent ASCoC Winner – Dale Blaney - 6/28/07
UPDATED DRIVER POINTS: 5-10-08
1 30c Lance Dewease 1562
2 2 Dale Blaney 1397
3 1x Randy Hannagan 1384
4 28 Brian Paulus 1384
5 0 Paul McMahan 1342
6 w20 Greg Wilson 1340
7 20e Brian Ellenberger 1321
8 11m Brandon Martin 1251
9 11b Brock Mayes 1168
10 56r Ryan Myers 1147
11 6f Bob Felmlee 1034
12 16 Lee Stark 1025
13 22 Greg Hodnett 935
14 51 Fred Rahmer 844
15 71m Paul May 842
16 15s Sam Hafertepe Jr. 828
17 25 Chad Layton 774
18 39 TJ Stutts 683
19 8h Dustin Morgan 631
20 4n Neil Shepherd 622
21 4 Danny Smith 572
22 24h Rob Chaney 490
23 83 Phil Gressman 473
24 7m Geoff Dodge 445
25 10 Tim Kaeding 383
26 O9 Craig Mintz 369
27 7k Dean Jacobs 337
28 2L Ed Lynch Jr. 332
29 81 Craig Folmar 230
30 5 Byron Reed 153
31 5b Chad Blonde 148
32 15c Chris Andrews 115
33 X Mark Keegan 115
34 2h Tim Hunter 115
35 11n Ed Neumeister 115
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The All Stars are one of the premier sprint car sanctioning bodies in the USA. It is owned by Illinois businessman, and now in their 30th year of operation, the All Stars take pride in their reputation of providing highly competitive, fair, exciting racing for outlaw sprint cars with many different winners in a year. About 400 drivers participate in All Star races yearly in front of an average of 5,000 spectators per event. Currently 40+ races are scheduled in numerous states, such as Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee, Nebraska, West Virginia, and Kansas. 
Ohio Sprint Speedweek proves to be one of the most competitive weeks in racing during the 2010 All Star season. Tough battles happened in the 2010 Ohio Sprint Speedweek season, as it included nine straight nights of racing action in the buckeye state, it challenged the best of the best, but young David Gravel- DDR Motorsports was crowned the 2010 champion.