By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio – Cale Thomas started the 2024 racing season with a win on opening night at Fremont Speedway presented by Gill Construction. But some bad luck, a few mechanical issues and the tough competition has prevented the Fairland, Indiana driver from getting back to the Beaverdam Fleet Services Victory Lane at “The Track That Action Built.”
That changed Saturday, July 27 as the driver of the Jay Kiser Racing 410 sprint car held off a late race challenge from Kalib Henry to score his second win of 2024 at Fremont Speedway on S&S Hauling and Excavating/Sandusky Bay Remodeling/Commercial Glazing Systems Night. Thomas led all 30 laps of the Fort Ball Pizza Palace feature to pocket the $4,000 pay check for his third career Fremont victory. Thomas hasn’t finished out of the top 10 all season long at Fremont and now has six overall victories in the 2024 racing season.
The win also pads Thomas’ lead in the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group. Behind Thomas at the checkers were Kalib Henry, Trey Jacobs, Nate Dussel and Tyler Street rounding out the top five.
“I was glad to get some clean air there (during a red with 10 laps to go) and put 10 consistent laps there. I definitely didn’t want to make a mistake and him (Henry) pounce on me. I just used all my fundamentals on this tricky slick curb and keep them behind me. I got really tight off of two and smoked the right front and right rear and I was already getting tight. I just stayed focused,” said Thomas beside his Spanky’s Pizza, Shelluke’s Bar, Automatic Fire Protection, Ohio Refrigeration, Ohio Heating, Engler Machine, BH 41, TMH Holdings, Berryman Racing Shocks, Keizer Wheels backed #23.
Sandusky, Ohio’s Bryan Sebetto took advantage of several restarts to take the lead on lap nine of the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature and drove to his third win of the year at Fremont. Brenden Torok led the first seven laps of the feature that saw numerous cautions including one for himself that then handed the lead to Logan Riehl. Fifth starter Sebetto took the lead on lap nine and drove to his 28th career win at Fremont over Jimmy McGrath, Dustin Stroup, Riehl and Blayne Keckler. The victory is the sixth overall win of 2024 for Sebetto.
Jamie Miller came into the night with a big lead in the NAPA of Bryan Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales points, but mechanical issues sidelined him in the feature allowing McGrath and Stroup to narrow the gap.
“I tried the top side and just wasn’t right for me and on those restarts I knew the leaders had to slow down to hit the curb right and I could drive it in really hard across the bottom. This Riehl Custom Chassis and Level engine is stout. Thanks to everyone who helps with this thing,” said Sebetto beside his Sandusky Bay Remodeling, JLH General Contractor, Sandusky Bay RV Rentals, KH Suspension, Race Ready Apparel, NAPA of Fremont, Clay Keim, Depot Pizza, CA Kustoms, Commercial Glazing Systems backed #01.
In a caution-filled 20 lap Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature, Ottawa Lake, Michigan’s Steven Miller held off several challenges from Shawn Valenti to score his first career Fremont Speedway win. Valenti, Brad Stuckey, Kent Brewer and Cody Laird rounded out the top five.
“We’ve been real fast here this year. I’ve been able to qualify really well…worst I’ve qualified is fifth. I’ve run great heats…the worst I’ve finished is second. I get to the feature and bam something breaks. Finally it all came together. I have to thank my father Ron Miller and Dave Dickens who built the motor and my girlfriend Mary,” said Miller.
Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, Aug. 3 with the 410 sprints, non-wing sprints and dirt trucks in action.
All events at Fremont Speedway Presented by Gill Construction in 2024 will be streamed on DirtVision. Keep up to date with Fremont Speedway by going to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FremontSpeedway or follow on My Race Pass at www.myracepass.com
About Gill Construction – https://kgcpc.com
Owned and operated by Ray Brooks, and headquartered in nearby Port Clinton, Ohio, Gill Construction specializes in an array of land and water services, utilizing over five decades of experience to build an extensive repertoire which includes site excavation, site utilities, demolition, trenching, and marina service. Gill Construction boasts a dynamic, diverse, and experienced workforce, guaranteed to perform and complete any task with the utmost customer satisfaction.
About S&S Hauling & Excavating
S & S Hauling LLC is a reputable hauling company based in Fremont, Ohio, offering various transportation services to meet multiple needs. Specializing in efficient and reliable hauling solutions, the company serves both residential and commercial clients with professionalism and expertise. For more information, call 419-307-1645.
About Sandusky Bay Remodeling - https://www.sanduskybayremodeling.com
Sandusky Bay Remodeling specializes in high-quality renovation and remodeling services. Their focus is on transforming kitchens and bathrooms to meet the unique needs and style preferences of their clients. Whether you want to update your kitchen with modern appliances and new cabinetry, or create a spa-like oasis in your bathroom, Sandusky Bay Remodeling has the expertise and experience to bring your vision to life.
About Commercial Glazing Systems
Commercial Glazing Systems is an architectural aluminum and glass shop located in Fremont, Ohio. They specialize in aluminum store fronts and curtain walls, for more information call 419-332-3344 or look up their work on Facebook
Fremont Speedway
Saturday, July 27, 2024
410 Sprints – Fort Ball Pizza Palace
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 23-Cale Thomas[1]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry[6]; 3. 9-Trey Jacobs[3]; 4. 1-Nate Dussel[2]; 5. 4S-Tyler Street[10]; 6. 33W-Cap Henry[7]; 7. 5-Kody Brewer[8]; 8. 29-Zeth Sabo[4]; 9. 19-TJ Michael[11]; 10. 14-Sean Rayhall[9]; 11. 22M-Dan McCarron[13]; 12. X-Mike Keegan[14]; 13. 2+-Brian Smith[15]; 14. 26W-Cody White[20]; 15. 7M-Brandon Moore[16]; 16. 16-DJ Foos[5]; 17. 35-Stuart Brubaker[12]; 18. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[18]; 19. 15C-Chris Andrews[17]; 20. 98-Robert Robenalt[19]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Nate Dussel[1]; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[3]; 3. 5-Kody Brewer[2]; 4. 4S-Tyler Street[4]; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron[5]; 6. 7M-Brandon Moore[6]; 7. 98-Robert Robenalt[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16-DJ Foos[2]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 3. 9-Trey Jacobs[3]; 4. 19-TJ Michael[5]; 5. X-Mike Keegan[1]; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews[6]; 7. 26W-Cody White[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Cale Thomas[2]; 2. 29-Zeth Sabo[3]; 3. 14-Sean Rayhall[5]; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4]; 5. 2+-Brian Smith[1]; 6. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[6]
Qualifying 1: 1. 4S-Tyler Street, 00:12.535[2]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:12.563[18]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:12.580[20]; 4. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:12.601[17]; 5. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:12.620[6]; 6. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:12.656[4]; 7. 5-Kody Brewer, 00:12.682[7]; 8. 16-DJ Foos, 00:12.696[1]; 9. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:12.731[8]; 10. 1-Nate Dussel, 00:12.737[5]; 11. X-Mike Keegan, 00:12.750[12]; 12. 2+-Brian Smith, 00:12.914[10]; 13. 22M-Dan McCarron, 00:12.948[13]; 14. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.066[16]; 15. 14-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.113[3]; 16. 7M-Brandon Moore, 00:13.346[9]; 17. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:13.355[11]; 18. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:13.362[15]; 19. 98-Robert Robenalt, 00:14.894[14]; 20. 26W-Cody White, 00:26.067[19]
305 Sprints – Fremont Federal Credit Union
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 01-Bryan Sebetto[5]; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[3]; 3. 12X-Dustin Stroup[4]; 4. 9R-Logan Riehl[2]; 5. 3X-Blayne Keckler[7]; 6. 19R-Steve Rando[8]; 7. 28-Shawn Valenti[10]; 8. X15-Kasey Ziebold[14]; 9. 49I-John Ivy[17]; 10. 8K-Zack Kramer[11]; 11. 0-Bradley Bateson[20]; 12. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[16]; 13. 26-Lee Sommers[12]; 14. 18-Ben Watson[19]; 15. 78-Austin Black[13]; 16. 12-Dylan Watson[18]; 17. 36-Seth Schneider[9]; 18. 26M-Jamie Miller[6]; 19. 11TS-Tate Schiets[15]; 20. 2-Brendan Torok[1]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[2]; 2. 49I-John Ivy[10]; 3. 12-Dylan Watson[3]; 4. 18-Ben Watson[4]; 5. 0-Bradley Bateson[1]; 6. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[9]; 7. 51M-Haldon Miller[6]; 8. 3M-Logan Mongeau[8]; 9. 18R-Brian Razum[12]; 10. 1-Keith Whaley[11]; 11. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[13]; 12. 8-Jim Leaser[5]; 13. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[7]; 14. 98-Dave Hoppes[14]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Brendan Torok[1]; 2. 9R-Logan Riehl[3]; 3. 01-Bryan Sebetto[4]; 4. 28-Shawn Valenti[2]; 5. 78-Austin Black[7]; 6. 5DD-Dustin Dinan[5]; 7. 8-Jim Leaser[9]; 8. 3M-Logan Mongeau[8]; 9. 1-Keith Whaley[10]; 10. 10TS-Tyler Schiets[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12X-Dustin Stroup[1]; 2. 3X-Blayne Keckler[4]; 3. 26M-Jamie Miller[5]; 4. 8K-Zack Kramer[2]; 5. X15-Kasey Ziebold[3]; 6. 12-Dylan Watson[7]; 7. 51M-Haldon Miller[6]; 8. 2S-Jackson Sebetto[9]; 9. 18R-Brian Razum[8]; 10. 98-Dave Hoppes[10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[3]; 2. 19R-Steve Rando[1]; 3. 36-Seth Schneider[4]; 4. 26-Lee Sommers[7]; 5. 11TS-Tate Schiets[9]; 6. 18-Ben Watson[6]; 7. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr[8]; 8. 49I-John Ivy[5]; 9. (DNS) 0-Bradley Bateson; 10. (DNS) 11-Brayden Harrison
Qualifying 1: 1. 01-Bryan Sebetto, 00:13.552[26]; 2. 3X-Blayne Keckler, 00:13.619[8]; 3. 36-Seth Schneider, 00:13.631[5]; 4. 9R-Logan Riehl, 00:13.695[10]; 5. X15-Kasey Ziebold, 00:13.757[1]; 6. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath, 00:13.763[16]; 7. 28-Shawn Valenti, 00:13.776[18]; 8. 8K-Zack Kramer, 00:13.785[15]; 9. 0-Bradley Bateson, 00:13.817[4]; 10. 2-Brendan Torok, 00:13.829[11]; 11. 12X-Dustin Stroup, 00:13.849[23]; 12. 19R-Steve Rando, 00:13.916[29]; 13. 5DD-Dustin Dinan, 00:13.928[28]; 14. 26M-Jamie Miller, 00:13.943[25]; 15. 49I-John Ivy, 00:14.000[12]; 16. 10TS-Tyler Schiets, 00:14.066[22]; 17. 51M-Haldon Miller, 00:14.074[14]; 18. 18-Ben Watson, 00:14.081[30]; 19. 78-Austin Black, 00:14.085[13]; 20. 12-Dylan Watson, 00:14.153[24]; 21. 26-Lee Sommers, 00:14.192[3]; 22. 3M-Logan Mongeau, 00:14.249[6]; 23. 18R-Brian Razum, 00:14.308[19]; 24. 88-Jimmy McCune Jr, 00:14.342[21]; 25. 8-Jim Leaser, 00:14.664[2]; 26. 2S-Jackson Sebetto, 00:14.697[9]; 27. 11TS-Tate Schiets, 00:14.870[7]; 28. 1-Keith Whaley, 00:15.004[27]; 29. 98-Dave Hoppes, 00:15.065[20]; 30. 11-Brayden Harrison, 00:15.145[17]
Dirt Trucks – Burmeister Trophy
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 95-Steve Miller[1]; 2. 7B-Shawn Valenti[6]; 3. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[10]; 4. 8KB-Kent Brewer[3]; 5. 28-Cody Laird[11]; 6. 1M-Scott Milligan[7]; 7. 32H-Dan Hennig[24]; 8. 00-Robbie Bohrer[14]; 9. 34-Todd Warnick[17]; 10. 17X-Dustin Keegan[4]; 11. 20-Caleb Shearn[19]; 12. 8S-Brandon Stukey[15]; 13. 19H-Adam Heminger[16]; 14. 9S-Tony Parker[20]; 15. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[21]; 16. 8-Keith Sorg[5]; 17. 9-Curt Inks[2]; 18. P51-Dave Golembiewski[8]; 19. 32-Kevin Phillips[9]; 20. 7X-Dana Frey[12]; 21. 7XP-Cyle Poole[18]; 22. (DNF) 3B-Kaydin Bailey[13]; 23. (DNF) 51-Dave Bankey[22]; 24. (DNS) 4M-Jamie Miller
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4]; 2. 1M-Scott Milligan[1]; 3. 8KB-Kent Brewer[2]; 4. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[3]; 5. 3B-Kaydin Bailey[8]; 6. 19H-Adam Heminger[7]; 7. 20-Caleb Shearn[5]; 8. (DNS) 51-Dave Bankey
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Steve Miller[3]; 2. P51-Dave Golembiewski[5]; 3. 9-Curt Inks[2]; 4. 28-Cody Laird[6]; 5. 00-Robbie Bohrer[7]; 6. 34-Todd Warnick[1]; 7. 9S-Tony Parker[8]; 8. 4M-Jamie Miller[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Keith Sorg[3]; 2. 17X-Dustin Keegan[2]; 3. 32-Kevin Phillips[1]; 4. 7X-Dana Frey[5]; 5. 8S-Brandon Stukey[6]; 6. 7XP-Cyle Poole[8]; 7. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[7]; 8. 32H-Dan Hennig[4]
Qualifying 1: 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti, 00:17.246[1]; 2. 4M-Jamie Miller, 00:17.397[14]; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig, 00:17.583[11]; 4. 5S-Bradley Stuckey, 00:17.662[19]; 5. 95-Steve Miller, 00:17.767[8]; 6. 8-Keith Sorg, 00:17.838[20]; 7. 8KB-Kent Brewer, 00:18.112[23]; 8. 9-Curt Inks, 00:18.115[22]; 9. 17X-Dustin Keegan, 00:18.138[17]; 10. 1M-Scott Milligan, 00:18.246[3]; 11. 34-Todd Warnick, 00:18.267[13]; 12. 32-Kevin Phillips, 00:18.459[10]; 13. 20-Caleb Shearn, 00:18.524[6]; 14. P51-Dave Golembiewski, 00:18.692[21]; 15. 7X-Dana Frey, 00:18.747[18]; 16. 51-Dave Bankey, 00:18.780[2]; 17. 28-Cody Laird, 00:18.831[12]; 18. 8S-Brandon Stukey, 00:18.832[15]; 19. 19H-Adam Heminger, 00:18.899[9]; 20. 00-Robbie Bohrer, 00:18.922[16]; 21. 18S-Randy Swiecicki, 00:19.062[7]; 22. 3B-Kaydin Bailey, 00:19.074[5]; 23. 9S-Tony Parker, 00:19.116[4]; 24. 7XP-Cyle Poole, 00:19.368[24]
- administrator on Jul 28, 2024
- Article Date: 7/28/2024 by Brian Liskai