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Hometown Hero Harrison Nets First All Star Victory FREMONT, Ohio - (6-26-08) by Brian Liskai David Harrison had to not only defeat 51 O'Reilly All Star
Circuit of Champion Sprint drivers, but Mother Nature as well at Fremont
Speedway Thursday night. The Burgoon, Ohio driver led all 40 laps under
threatening skies to score his first All Star win during the third leg of
the University of Northwest Ohio Sprint Speedweek on Budweiser Night.
The night began with over a two hour rain delay. Fremont Speedway and All
Star officials pushed the show along as thunderstorms were continued to
threaten the area, even making adjustments to the order of events to ensure
the big crowd got their money's worth.
Harrison, the night's second quick qualifier, started to the outside of the
front row and jumped into the lead at the drop of the green. He benefitted
from yellow flags when he was mired in heavy lapped traffic, and picked his
way through the backmarkers with precision skill to hold off Randy Hannagan
for second win of the season at "The Track That Action Built."
"Bill, Jamie and the crew had the car perfect. I could drive it around he
entire track and pick my spots in traffic," said Harrison beside his Crown
Battery, MCS Trucking, Genzman Racing, Blaster Racing #10.
"I want to dedicate this win to my father-in-law, Alex Burkett who we lost
a couple of weeks ago. To get my first All Star win in front of my home
crowd and during Speedweek...it just doesn't get any better than this,"
continued Harrison from the Engine Pro Victory Lane.
The early rains created a fast track, and Harrison was in lapped traffic by
the sixth circuit with Dean Jacobs, Hannagan, Byron Reed and Danny Smith in
tow. Jacobs spun on lap 7, but kept motoring, losing only two position. The
action came to a halt on lap 7 for a Phil Gressman flip. Harrison had two
lapped machines between himself and Hannagan with Reed, Jacobs and Smith
following.
When the green flew again, Harrison continued his blistering pace, hitting
traffic again by the 17th lap. The yellow would fly on lap 19 for a spinning
Blake Feese with Harrison only having one lapped car between himself and
Hannagan, who had to win for a chance at claiming the $50,000 bonus for any
driver winning four of the Speedweek shows.
Harrison would again get a tremendous restart while Hannagan was having fits
with traffic. Reed, Jacobs, Brock Mayes and Lee Jacobs were having a great
battle for the third position. Harrison would find the backmarkers again by
lap 25 as Hannagan began to close. But once around the lapped cars, Harrison
would pull away, leaving Hannagan to again struggle in traffic.
At the checkered flag, Harrison scored his eighth career victory at Fremont
by four car lengths over Hannagan, Reed, Mayes and Dean Jacobs.
"We have turned our whole season around during Speedweek," said Hannagan
beside his Pocket Shot, Gaerte Engines, Stage 8 Fasteners backed #1x. "We
just struggled in lapped traffic for some reason tonight. But hey, we have a
shot at the Speedweek championship (he has a win, a pair of second place
runs for the week) and we are as consistent as we've been in quite some
time."
Reed said the fast surface and continuous side-by-side racing for 40 laps
took its toll on him.
"I got tired at the end and was missing my marks....we had a second place
car and I just let is slip away. This has been a tiring three days of travel
and racing," said Reed beside his Reebar Diecasting backed #5.
Because of the rain delay and the lateness of the evening, the A-main for
the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints was postponed until July 5 when
it will be made up along with the regular program.
Fremont Speedway will host "A Salute to our Military Men & Women: America's
Heroes" on Saturday, July 5. The Fortball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints will vie
for $3,500 for the 40-lap feature with the 305 sprints competing for $1,000
to win in addition to their make-up feature. The Fremont Fence Dirt Trucks
will battle for $500 to win.
Prior to the night's racing, all branches of the military will have
displays, games and fun at the fairgrounds beginning at noon with live
entertainment, food and fun. The night will include fireworks and salutes to
the brave men and women of the military.
For more information log onto www.fremontohspeedway.com
Fremont Speedway (6-26-08)
Budweiser Night
O'Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions
Qualifying - Kistler Engines
1. 45S-Tim Shaffer, 12.145; 2. 10-Dave Harrison, 12.150; 3. 4-Danny Smith,
12.198; 4. 5B-Chad Blonde, 12.202; 5. 55J-Dean Jacobs, 12.217; 6. 1X-Randy
Hannagan, 12.248; 7. 5R-Byron Reed, 12.262; 8. 30C-Lance Dewease, 12.282; 9.
16J-Lee Jacobs, 12.282; 10. 83-Phil Gressman, 12.313; 11. 27-Scott Euler,
12.320; 12. 2-Dale Blaney, 12.323; 13. 11B-Brock Mayes, 12.330; 14. 7K-Blake
Feese, 12.337; 15. 15C-Chris Andrews, 12.367; 16. 11M-Brandon Martin,
12.378; 17. O-Jeremy Campbell, 12.385; 18. 60-Jody Keegan, 12.404; 19.
24H-Rob Chaney, 12.407; 20. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.429; 21. 6-Mike Dussell,
12.444; 22. 20E-Brian Ellenberger, 12.467; 23. O9-Craig Mintz, 12.473; 24.
2M-Dustin Daggett, 12.526; 25. 96X-Ian Loudon, 12.528; 26. 16-Lee Stark,
12.530; 27. 48S-Andy Shammo, 12.554; 28. 59-Kenny Jacobs, 12.557; 29. 2H-Tim
Hunter, 12.570; 30. 20X-Brian Smith, 12.570; 31. 4M-Jamie Miller, 12.572;
32. 312-Mike Linder, 12.607; 33. 97-Todd King, 12.634; 34. 5T-Travis Philo,
12.650; 35. 1W-Paul Weaver, 12.650; 36. 55-John Ivy, 12.682; 37. 98-Bruce
Robenalt, 12.714; 38. D7-Tony Beaber, 12.715; 39. 56R-Ryan Myers, 12.745;
40. 7T-Troy Vaccaro, 12.748; 41. 9X-Jesse Hockett, 12.790; 42. 98C-Dan
Shetler, 12.895; 43. 96AU-Bruce White, 12.932; 44. 12-Caleb Griffith,
12.939; 45. 45-Bryan Lay, 12.967; 46. 10S-Roger Shammo, 13.122; 47. 27J-Kody
Jacobs, 13.188; 48. 9-Chad Goff, 13.378; 49. 11-Josh Harrison, 13.733; 50.
20AU-Troy Little, NT
Heat 1 - All Pro Heads
1. 6-Mike Dussell; 2. 11B-Brock Mayes; 3. O-Jeremy Campbell; 4. 55J-Dean
Jacobs; 5. 16J-Lee Jacobs; 6. 45S-Tim Shaffer; 7. 96X-Ian Loudon; 8. 2H-Tim
Hunter; 9. 9X-Jesse Hockett; 10. 97-Todd King; 11. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 12.
45-Bryan Lay; 13. 11-Josh Harrison
Heat 2 - Engler Machine & Tool
1. 20E-Brian Ellenberger; 2. 83-Phil Gressman; 3. 10-Dave Harrison; 4.
1X-Randy Hannagan; 5. 60-Jody Keegan; 6. 7K-Blake Feese; 7. 98C-Dan Shetler;
8. 5T-Travis Philo; 9. 20X-Brian Smith; 10. D7-Tony Beaber; 11. 10S-Roger
Shammo; 12. 16-Lee Stark
Heat 3 - Hoosier Tire
1. O9-Craig Mintz; 2. 24H-Rob Chaney; 3. 4-Danny Smith; 4. 5R-Byron Reed; 5.
15C-Chris Andrews; 6. 96AU-Bruce White; 7. 4M-Jamie Miller; 8. 27-Scott
Euler; 9. 48S-Andy Shammo; 10. 1W-Paul Weaver; 11. 56R-Ryan Myers; 12.
27J-Kody Jacobs
Heat 4 - Hank's Performance Products
1. 2M-Dustin Daggett; 2. W20-Greg Wilson; 3. 11M-Brandon Martin; 4. 5B-Chad
Blonde; 5. 2-Dale Blaney; 6. 30C-Lance Dewease; 7. 55-John Ivy; 8. 312-Mike
Linder; 9. 12-Caleb Griffith; 10. 7T-Troy Vaccaro; 11. 9-Chad Goff; 12.
59-Kenny Jacobs
Dash - O'Reilly Auto Parts
1. 4-Danny Smith; 2. 55J-Dean Jacobs; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 83-Phil
Gressman; 5. 1X-Randy Hannagan; 6. 2-Dale Blaney
C-main - Outerwears Racing Accessories
1. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 2. 9X-Jesse Hockett; 3. D7-Tony Beaber; 4. 98C-Dan
Shetler; 5. 56R-Ryan Myers; 6. 10S-Roger Shammo; 7. 27J-Kody Jacobs; 8.
7T-Troy Vaccaro; 9. 45-Bryan Lay; 10. 9-Chad Goff; 11. 11-Josh Harrison; 12.
12-Caleb Griffith; 13. 96AU-Bruce White
B-main - University of Northwestern Ohio
1. 45S-Tim Shaffer; 2. 30C-Lance Dewease; 3. 7K-Blake Feese; 4. 27-Scott
Euler; 5. 4M-Jamie Miller; 6. 96X-Ian Loudon; 7. 312-Mike Linder; 8.
59-Kenny Jacobs; 9. 9X-Jesse Hockett; 10. 55-John Ivy; 11. 20X-Brian Smith;
12. 5T-Travis Philo; 13. 97-Todd King; 14. 16-Lee Stark; 15. D7-Tony Beaber;
16. 98-Bruce Robenalt; 17. 2H-Tim Hunter; 18. 1W-Paul Weaver
A-main - MSD Ignition Starting Position 1. 10-Dave Harrison[2]; 2. 1X-Randy Hannagan[4]; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[6]; 4.
11B-Brock Mayes[10]; 5. 55J-Dean Jacobs[1]; 6. 16J-Lee Jacobs[7]; 7. 45S-Tim
Shaffer[11]; 8. 11M-Brandon Martin[16]; 9. 2-Dale Blaney[9]; 10. 4-Danny
Smith[3]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson[20]; 12. 5B-Chad Blonde[5]; 13. 30C-Lance
Dewease[12]; 14. 6-Mike Dussell[21]; 15. 20E-Brian Ellenberger[22]; 16.
O-Jeremy Campbell[17]; 17. 60-Jody Keegan[18]; 18. 24H-Rob Chaney[19]; 19.
2M-Dustin Daggett[24]; 20. 15C-Chris Andrews[15]; 21. O9-Craig Mintz[23];
22. 7K-Blake Feese[14]; 23. 27-Scott Euler[13]; 24. 83-Phil Gressman[8] |
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