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Night #17: Rob Chaney Picks Up FAST Win at Attica Raceway Park |
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 ATTICA, OH (7-30-10) by Bryan Autullo - FAST Public Relations
With the All Star series Thundering Through the Plains out West, a large car count was not expected for Night #17 of the Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title presented by SRP Pistons/Engine Pro, but 31 fire-breathing 410 sprints were in attendance at Attica Raceway Park. A combination of great weather and the World of Outlaws Late Models running in conjuction with the FAST 410 sprints brought out a capacity crowd to see some excellent racing action throughout the night.
The heat races provided some great entertainment with Attica's pill draw system putting several of the fastest cars in the backs of their heat races. Dean Jacobs, Byron Reed, Craig Mintz, and Bryan Sebetto were a few of the drivers forced to start worse than 5th yet managed to make it to the front and into the re-draw (Top 3) in their heat races. Heats were won by Brian Smith, Dale Blaney, Brandon Martin, and Mark Keegan.
Travis Philo had the B-main all but locked up when he jumped Ed Neumeister's right rear tire going into turn 2 with just a few laps left while trying to put Neumeister a lap down. Philo broke his rear end handing the lead and win to Cole Duncan.
Brandon Martin and Sheldon Haudenschild paced the A-main to the green flag with Martin taking the initial lead over Haudenschild, Rob Chaney and Mark Keegan. While Martin worked the low side of the slicked off track surface while Chaney got around Haudenschild to take second on lap 2 of the 30 lapper. Chaney would then get around Martin to take over the lead on lap four. Martin did not let Chaney get away and raced him hard as Mark Keegan, Haudenschild, Craig Mintz, Dale Blaney and Chris Andrews all waged their own battles behind the leaders. Keegan began to give Martin fits racing for second as Chaney rode the rim out front.
As the leader was catching the back of the field, the caution flew for Duane Zablocki who spun in turn 2. On the restart, Chaney and Martin raced side by side while Mintz rocketed around Keegan into third. Mintz pulled to Martin’s outside to grab second at the mid-point of the race and was setting his sights on Chaney. Martin never lifted making it a three car battle for the top spot.
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FRIDAY, JULY 30th
NIGHT #17: Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title
 Attica Raceway Park
More Info & Directions @ www.atticaracewaypark.com
Times: Gates: 5:00 PM • Racing: 7:45 PM
Ticket Prices: Adults: $14, Seniors: $12, Ages 11-15: $10, Ages 10 & Under: FREE, Pits: $25
SATURDAY, JULY 31st
NIGHT #18: Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title
  Fremont Speedway
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Times: Gates: 4:00 PM • Racing: 7:00 PM
Ticket Prices: Adults: $13, Seniors: $10, Ages 11-15: $6, Ages 10 & Under: FREE, Pits: $25
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F.A.S.T. Week Eight In Pictures |
Rick Sherer will lend his skillful eye for racing photography again this season during the sophomore campaign of the Kistler Racing Products Fremont/ Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.). Check back each week as Rick shares a set of pictures that will sum up the week of racing for the local stars at Attica Raceway Park and Fremont Speedway.
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Kistler Racing Products FAST Championship Series
Night #15: Attica Raceway Park
2010 Cub Cadet FAST Rookie of the Year presented by KS Sales & Service contender Cody White (26) burns off some oil during hot lap sessions for the Kistler Racing Products FAST Championship Series presented by SRP Pistons & Engine Pro.
Todd Heller (14H) spilts the pair of fives of Jamie Miller (5M) and Byron Reed (5R) during FAST Championship Series action at "Ohio's Finest Racing" speedplant. Heller finds himself tied for 10th in Kistler Cup Points after a steady weekend.
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The Heat Is On For The Top-10 In FAST Kistler Cup Points |
MAUMEE, OH (7-27-10) by Scott Porter - FAST Public Relations
The long, hot summer stretch of the Kistler Racing Products Fremont/ Attica Sprint Title (FAST) Championship Series presented by SRP Pistons & Engine Pro continues on as many point battles intensify in the race for the Kistler Cup. The unfortunate loss of several notable teams from weekly competition has lead to gains for other teams competing for the Northern Ohio sprint car championship. While the faces in the top-10 have looked familiar for the past few weeks, many of the positional battles have tightened with just six more events remaining for FAST in 2010.
Monclova, Ohio's Byron Reed is at the top of the standings and his dominance at Attica Raceway Park and consistency at Fremont Speedway have put a 166-point strangle-hold on his quest for the series' sophomore title. With a win on Friday night at Attica and a 6th place run at Fremont the following night, "The Monclova Missile" continues to lead all competitors with an average finish of 4th-place. Match that with series leading 5 victory lane visits and failing to finish inside the Top-5 only 3-times (all at Fremont), it’s easy to see why Reed has led the FAST Kistler Cup Point Standings since week two.
While Reed’s lead may seem too enormous for Mark Keegan to overcome, the veteran of the two clay ovals in Northern Ohio knows a lot can change in racing when things have to be settled at speeds over 100-mph. Reed may have won Friday night, but the driver of the Midwest Transportation backed #X JEI was right behind him finishing in 2nd place. Keegan followed that up with a 10th place finish at Fremont after charging from a 18th starting position to keep Reed on his radar. A few more trips to victory lane like on June 11th at Attica would help Keegan close the gap on Reed, but capitalizing on any possible wrong moves by the B&S Racing crew seems like the only opportunity for Keegan to add a FAST Championship to his racing resume.
Inaugural FAST Champion Craig Mintz finds himself in 3rd place and still looking for his first feature win of the season after collecting four checkered flags last year. The Bobby’s Truck and Bus Repair, Real-Geese.com, DGGI #20X Maxim has been a constant figure inside the Top-10 when the dust settles and he backed that up with a 7th place run at Attica and a 9th at Fremont. The pair of Top-10s has helped the Gibsonburg, Ohio native inch to just 45-points behind Keegan.
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Night #16: Sebetto Nets Fremont FAST Win; Kramer Wins Wild FAST 305 Feature |
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FREMONT, OH (7-24-10) by Bryan Autullo - FAST Public Relations
With many teams rebuilding after Ohio Speedweek and the Kings Royal, and others preparing for trips West to Thunder Through the Plains and the Knoxville Nationals, only twenty 410 sprints were on hand at Fremont Speedway for Night #16 of the Kistler Racing Products FAST Series schedule. Heavy rains on Thursday made for difficult track preparation leaving the surface "challenging" for the drivers. Bryan Sebetto found out early in the night that the track could bite you as he flipped during hotlaps, but the Burmeister team was able to rebuild and make it out for qualifying before the 410 session ended.
Brian Lay and Todd Heller were the lucky pill pullers after the top 2 finisers in each heat race would redraw for their A-main starting positions to make up the first three rows. Lay grabbed the initial lead with Sebetto, Todd Heller, Lee Jacobs, Chris Andrews, Phil Gressman and Dean Jacobs falling in behind. Sebetto got around Lay to take the lead on the next lap and ran up on the cushion as he caught the back of the field by lap five. With lapped traffic to navigate, Sebetto was holding off Lay and Lee Jacobs who was suddenly the fastest car on the track. With 10 laps complete, Sebetto, Lay and Jacobs were in a battle for the lead.
Jacobs was on the move and was diving low into turn 1 to attempt the pass for the lead, but the track jumped up and bit him as he caught the inside berm and flipped, landing on the nose of the car and breaking the front end and ending his night.
On the restart, Sebetto was leading Lay, fast-qualifier Dean Jacobs, and Australian driver Steven Lines (who started ninth) and was rocketing towards the front. Dean Jacobs dove under Lay on lap 16 to take the second spot and a lap later the red would fly for Jody Keegan who caught a rut in turn 4. On the restart, Sebetto tempted the track running as hard as he could to hold off Jacobs in second as Lay slipped up the track allowing Lines and Gressman to get by. Gressman took over the third spot on lap 17, but it didn't stick as Lines managed to drive back around him on the following lap.
Sebetto pulled way out front leaving Jacobs behind battling with Lines and Gressman. Fatigue was obviously setting in for Sebetto who was having trouble navigating the challenging track. He managed to hold on and make it through the lapped traffic to net his 12th career victory in a sprint car. Dean Jacobs, Lines, Gressman and Lay rounded out the Top 5. Sebetto's last win came at Fremont when the All Stars visited in May.
 “I am freaking whooped. I’ll tell you what, everyone was so fast even the lapped cars were just as fast…it was hard to get through traffic. And then to drive through all the bumps and stuff. I saw the five to go and I’m falling out of the seat and I counted down and I knew the one to go was coming and I saw the camera lights were flashing so I knew someone had to be close. So I’m yelling at myself that whole last lap ‘don’t give up, don’t give up, don’t give up,” said Sebetto in the Engine Pro Victory Lane.
“My hats off to Rich Farmer (promoter) and the whole track crew. I know the track is rough, but with all the rain we’ve gotten here they did absolutely the best job they possibly could. I have to thank all the Burmeisters who work on this…we’ve had a really rough year. I got upside in hot laps earlier tonight because the driver’s an idiot. I have to thank all the sponsors, Kistler Engines, Stephen Mapus Tools, Party Light Candles, JLH Construction, Burns Petroleum, Schiets Motorsports, Kistler Racing Products and R&R Auto Wrecking,” added Sebetto.
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Night #15: Reed Wins 5th FAST Feature at Attica; Rain Postpones FAST 305 A-Main To August 6th |
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ATTICA, OH (7-23-10) by Bryan Autullo - FAST Public Relations
As tornado sirens roared all around Northern OH and ominous black clouds passed north of the track over Lake Erie, 25 of the Kistler Racing Products FAST 410 sprints signed in at Attica Raceway Park for night #15 of the 22 race schedule. Scorching summer heat and wind didn't stop the Attica track prep crew from doing a phenomenal job preparing the track surface for battle. As temperaures soared to 98 degrees at the start of the night, new meaning was brought to the term "hot laps" but the track held up nicely throughout the night. There were also 29 of the FAST305 sprints on hand for Night #7 of the 10 race series for the support division. However, the rains came just prior to the start of the FAST305 A-main and the final event of the evening was postponed.
The A-main lined up with FAST points leader Byron Reed to the outside of pole sitter Mark Keegan, who trailed Reed by 152 points going into the event. Keegan, with 56 wins at Attica in his career, looked to be the favorite. Reed, with 26 wins himself at Attica, would not let Keegan run away without a fight. When the green flag waved, second row starter Todd Heller got the jump on Reed as Keegan pulled out front. Heller looked as if he was going to run Keegan down, but the first 7 laps of the event were plagued with cautions.
Reed and Heller raced side by side behind the leader for several laps while Brandon Wimmer stalked them both. Heller managed to get by Keegan on a lap 5 restart with a slider going into turn 2, but the lead was short-lived as Heller slipped off the backstretch allowing Keegan to re-gain the lead.
Bryan Sebetto was the next to make a charge toward the front as he got past Reed and reeled in Keegan. Sebetto gave Keegan everything he had for several laps while Reed camped out in the 3rd spot holding off Wimmer and not letting Sebetto out of his sight. Reed would finally get past Sebetto to take over the 2nd spot at the midway point of the 30 lap race.
Keegan continued to run out front looking like he was on his way to win #57, but Reed had other plans. With 10 laps to go, Reed passed Keegan as the caution came out for a Bruce White spin a lap later. On the restart, Reed led Keegan, Wimmer, Sebetto, and Gressman to the line. Tornado sirens turned to air raid sirens as the "Monclova Missile" launched an assault on the rest of the field. Reed pulled out front and was unchallenged as Keegan, Wimmer, Sebetto, and Gressman raced in a pack for the runner up spot. Sebetto slipped back as Dean Jacobs moved into the Top 5.
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Get Out To The Track & Support Those Who Go FAST! |
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FRIDAY, JULY 23rd
NIGHT #15: Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title
NIGHT #7: F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series
 Attica Raceway Park
More Info & Directions @ www.atticaracewaypark.com
Times: Gates: 5:00 PM • Racing: 7:45 PM
Ticket Prices: Adults: $14, Seniors: $12, Ages 11-15: $10, Ages 10 & Under: FREE, Pits: $25
SATURDAY, JULY 24th
NIGHT #16: Kistler Racing Products Fremont/Attica Sprint Title
NIGHT #8: F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series
Fremont Speedway
More Info & Directions @ www.fremontohspeedway.com
Times: Gates: 4:00 PM • Racing: 7:00 PM
Ticket Prices: Adults: $13, Seniors: $10, Ages 11-15: $6, Ages 10 & Under: FREE, Pits: $25
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