10/8/2022
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Courtney wraps up All Star title with 1st Fremont win to open Jim & Joanne Ford Classic
By Brian Liskai (Fremont, OH) -- Tyler Courtney essentially wrapped up the 2022 Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 title with his first ever Fremont Speedway win Friday, Oct. 7 to open the 15th Annual Jim and Joanne Ford Classic on Custom Metal Works Night.
Courtney, from Indianapolis, Indiana, led all 35 laps for his eighth All Star win of 2022 and the 16th series win of his career. By taking a green flag in qualifying on Saturday, Oct. 8, “Sunshine” will score his second straight All Star title. His win aboard the Clauson/Marshall Racing #7BC Friday was worth $6,000 and came on the series’ 132nd appearance at “The Track That Action Built.”
PHOTO CREDIT: All Star Circuit Champions photo
“I just kept moving the wing back and trying to get traction. Track stayed better tonight…better than it normally does and early in the night we were a little too tight but we didn’t want to free it up because this place just gets slicker as the night goes on. So just trying to stay a step ahead of it is tough. I think before this year and speedweek one of our best finishes here was like eighth or ninth so to come in here at speedweek and run two top fives and then show up here on finale weekend and get a win is just awesome. That’s a lot about my guys and how hard they work. In the off-season and throughout the year they keep making our program better,” said Courtney beside his Nos Energy Drink/ZMAX/Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts backed machine.
“We have Lauren here from Nos Energy Drink. Without her we don’t get to go up and down the road. My brother is home with his wife and new daughter and I’m going there Monday to spend the week with them….my first niece and their first daughter so it’s going to be a cool experience to share with them,” added Courtney.
Second place finisher Justin Peck came on strong the last half of the race.
“We got the fuel load burned down and got the wing back. I told my guys I was going to have to move around and if I can find a line that works I have a shot at the win. I really couldn’t find one…found a little bit of one there when we caught traffic but it seemed to go away pretty fast. Yesterday I said I wanted to finish two steps forward tonight and it was one so hopefully tomorrow we get that other step,” said Peck beside his Coastal Race Parts/Big Spring Car Wash/High Performance Lubricants/HP Engines/RPM Chassis/Speed Toys backed #13.
For Henry, since joining the Rich Farmer team, he has scored a pair of podium finishes at Fremont.
“The past two races we’ve been in this I’ve just been trying to learn. The first week was really good and the second week was mediocre. Tonight we were decent but not as good as Tyler and Justin. I’m really proud of my guys, Rich and Sheldon and Zack and everyone involved with this 29X car and thankful for everyone that has stuck with me through all this the past few weeks,” said Sabo beside his NAPA Auto Parts/Valvoline Oil/Level Utilities/Limo Scene Limo Services/Kiser Sound backed machine.
Courtney built a sizeable lead until entering heavy lapped traffic on lap 10. That allowed Cap Henry and Cale Thomas to close. The feature’s only caution flew on lap 20 and gave Courtney the clear track he needed as he pulled away to a nearly three second lead while Henry, Thomas and Justin Peck waged a great battle for second.
Thomas took second on the restart with Henry and Peck right on his bumper. Henry regained the runner-up spot on lap 23 but Peck took it away two laps later.
Courtney found lapped traffic again with four laps to go but was able to negotiate through for the win over Peck, Henry, Cole Duncan and Zeth Sabo who scored his first All Star top five finish.
The Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks ran two feature events, with the field split odds and evens in the track’s points.
In the first 15-lap feature Fremont’s 2022 track champion Jamie Miller took the lead from Shawn Valenti on lap four and drove to his sixth truck win of the season and the 37th overall win of his career at the track. Valenti, Dan Hennig, Brad Stuckey and Kent Brewer rounded out the top five.
“I like it when the track has this much bite in it. I struggle on slick tracks so this was perfect,” said Miller beside his Fostoria Mod Shop backed #4m.
In the second feature, Jeff Babcock and Dave Gumby Jr. battled side by side the first six laps before Gumby suffered mechanical issues. Babcock drove away to the win and after a tremendous battle for second, Chester Fitch secured the position with Brad Mitten, Keith Sorg and Dustin Keegan rounding out the top five.
“That was a lot of fun racing with Dave. Thanks to all the fans for coming out and I hope everyone has some beer and a good time this weekend,” said Babcock of his Roelle Racing backed #25.
The 15th Annual Jim and Joanne Ford Classic wraps up Saturday, Oct. 8 with the Tezos All Stars battling for $10,000 to win. The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints will be split into odds and evens in points to run a pair of feature events. Gates will open at 3 p.m. and racing has been moved up to 6 p.m.
For more information go to www.fremontohspeedway.com or on Facebook at www.facebook/FremontSpeedway or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FremontSpeedway.
About Custom Metal Works - http://custommetal-inc.com/
Custom Metal Works out of Norwalk, Ohio, is a family owned and operated business offering a wide variety of services throughout Ohio. Founded in 1981, Custom Metal Works has grown in size and capability which allows them to serve a large customer base for services like truck and trailer repair, agricultural support, truck and trailer liners, sandblasting and painting and machine shop services. Hands-on development with the customer assures the best possible results. The foundation of our successful business still holds today that, large or small, all projects receive the same attention to detail.
Fremont Speedway
Friday, Oct 07, 2022
Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions
Entries 38
C&R Racing Hot Laps:
Dixie Vodka Fast Qualifier: Justin Peck | 12.666
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat 1 Winner: Cap Henry
Competition Suspension Inc Heat 2 Winner: Cale Thomas
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat 3 Winner: Zeth Sabo
Mobil 1 Heat 4 Winner: DJ Foos
Elliott's Custom Trailers Dash Winner: Cap Henry
Classic Ink USA B-main Winner: Greg Wilson
Rayce Rudeen Foundation First Non-Transfer: Tim Shaffer
Mobil 1 A-main Winner: Tyler Courtney
Hercules Tires A-Main Hard Charger: Hunter Schuerenberg (+13)
Qualifying
Group (A)
- 11-Cole Duncan, 12.826; 2. 29X-Cap Henry, 12.891; 3. 20B-Cody Bova, 12.909; 4. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.148; 5. 86-Mike Lutz Jr., 13.226; 6. O9-Craig Mintz, 13.293; 7. 4-Chris Andrews, 13.370; 8. 22M-Dan McCarron, 13.642; 9. 11J-David Kalb Jr., 13.907; 10. 6J-Jonah Aumend, 14.023
Group (B)
- 13-Justin Peck, 12.666; 2. 49X-Cale Thomas, 12.763; 3. 99-Skylar Gee, 12.866; 4. 19-Chris Windom, 12.922; 5. 26-Zeb Wise, 12.922; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 13.182; 7. 71H-Max Stambaugh, 13.262; 8. 11N-Ayrton Olsen, 13.641; 9. 88N-Frank Neill, 13.731; 10. 4T-Josh Turner, 14.015
Group (C)
- 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 12.935; 2. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 12.965; 3. 29-Zeth Sabo, 13.054; 4. 5-Byron Reed, 13.073; 5. 1-Nate Dussel, 13.141; 6. 97-Greg Wilson, 13.151; 7. 91-Kyle Reinhardt, 13.157; 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.221; 9. 9-Ricky Peterson, 13.394
Group (D)
- 18-Cole Macedo, 13.022; 2. 16-DJ Foos, 13.100; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.212; 4. 28M-Conner Morrell, 13.225; 5. 14H-Zane DeVault, 13.238; 6. 47BC-Emerson Axsom, 13.248; 7. 12-Shawn Valenti, 13.523; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms, 14.192; 9. 45-Tim Shaffer, NT
Heat 1 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
- 29X-Cap Henry [1]; 2. 20B-Cody Bova [2]; 3. 5T-Travis Philo [3]; 4. 11-Cole Duncan [4]; 5. 22M-Dan McCarron [8]; 6. O9-Craig Mintz [6]; 7. 4-Chris Andrews [7]; 8. 86-Mike Lutz Jr. [5]; 9. 11J-David Kalb Jr. [9]; 10. 6J-Jonah Aumend [10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
- 49X-Cale Thomas [1]; 2. 99-Skylar Gee [2]; 3. 13-Justin Peck [4]; 4. 26-Zeb Wise [5]; 5. 19-Chris Windom [3]; 6. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [6]; 7. 71H-Max Stambaugh [7]; 8. 88N-Frank Neill [9]; 9. 11N-Ayrton Olsen [8]; 10. 4T-Josh Turner [10]
Heat 3 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
- 29-Zeth Sabo [2]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [4]; 3. 3J-Trey Jacobs [1]; 4. 5-Byron Reed [3]; 5. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [7]; 6. 97-Greg Wilson [6]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog [8]; 8. 1-Nate Dussel [5]; 9. 9-Ricky Peterson [9]
Heat 4 (8 Laps) - Top 5 Transfer
- 16-DJ Foos [1]; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker [2]; 3. 18-Cole Macedo [4]; 4. 47BC-Emerson Axsom [6]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell [3]; 6. 14H-Zane DeVault [5]; 7. 45-Tim Shaffer [9]; 8. 12-Shawn Valenti [7]; 9. 75-Jerry Dahms [8]
Dash (6 Laps)
- 29X-Cap Henry [1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney [2]; 3. 49X-Cale Thomas [3]; 4. 18-Cole Macedo [5]; 5. 13-Justin Peck [6]; 6. 11-Cole Duncan [8]; 7. 29-Zeth Sabo [7]; 8. 16-DJ Foos [4]
B-main (12 Laps) - Top 4 Transfer
- 97-Greg Wilson [2]; 2. 1-Nate Dussel [1]; 3. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [3]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog [6]; 5. 45-Tim Shaffer [9]; 6. 71H-Max Stambaugh [7]; 7. 9-Ricky Peterson [13]; 8. 14H-Zane DeVault [4]; 9. 11J-David Kalb Jr. [15]; 10. O9-Craig Mintz [5]; 11. 12-Shawn Valenti [11]; 12. 4-Chris Andrews [8]; 13. 11N-Ayrton Olsen [14]; 14. 88N-Frank Neill [12]; 15. 4T-Josh Turner [17]; 16. 75-Jerry Dahms [16]; 17. 86-Mike Lutz Jr. [10]; 18. 6J-Jonah Aumend [18]
A-main (35 Laps)
- 7BC-Tyler Courtney [2]; 2. 13-Justin Peck [5]; 3. 29X-Cap Henry [1]; 4. 11-Cole Duncan [6]; 5. 29-Zeth Sabo [7]; 6. 16-DJ Foos [8]; 7. 49X-Cale Thomas [3]; 8. 19-Chris Windom [17]; 9. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg [22]; 10. 5T-Travis Philo [13]; 11. 97-Greg Wilson [21]; 12. 91-Kyle Reinhardt [18]; 13. 18-Cole Macedo [4]; 14. 17B-Bill Balog [23]; 15. 1-Nate Dussel [24]; 16. 20B-Cody Bova [10]; 17. 3J-Trey Jacobs [12]; 18. 35-Stuart Brubaker [11]; 19. 5-Byron Reed [15]; 20. 4-Chris Andrews [25]; 21. 47BC-Emerson Axsom [16]; 22. 22M-Dan McCarron [20]; 23. 28M-Conner Morrell [19]; 24. 99-Skylar Gee [9]; 25. 26-Zeb Wise [14]
Dirt Trucks - Burmeister Trophy
A-Main 1 - (15 Laps)
- 4M-Jamie Miller[4] ; 2. 7b-Shawn Valenti[1] ; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig [9] ; 4. 5s-Bradley Stuckey[8] ; 5. 8KB-Kent Brewer[5] ; 6. 6-Butch Latte[7] ; 7. 19-Tony Burns[10] ; 8. 67-Ben Clapp[3] ; 9. 7X-Dana Frey[6] ; 10. 20-Troy Hahn[13] ; 11. 65R-Jeremy Ernsberger[12] ; 12. 11H-Jim Holcomb[2] ; 13. 25X-Chuck Roelle[11]
A-Main 2 - (15 Laps)
- 25-Jeff Babcock[4] ; 2. 101-Chester Fitch[10] ; 3. 23m-Brad Mitten[6] ; 4. 4s-Keith Sorg[1] ; 5. 17x-Dustin Keegan[3] ; 6. 28-Cody Laird[5] ; 7. 14T-Cody Truman[9] ; 8. 32-John Ivy[12] ; 9. 8S-Brandon Stuckey[7] ; 10. 73-Troy Aikman[13] ; 11. 57MS-Mason Stull[8] ; 12. P51-Dave Gumby Jr.[2] ; 13. 33A-Brian Arnold[11]
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
