By Brian Liskai
FREMONT, Ohio – On the opening lap of the Bill Hahn Memorial late model race Tuesday, Oct. 24 at Fremont Speedway, Rusty Schlenk was involved in tangle and had to go to the work area to replace a tire. The McClure, Ohio driver – a three time national UMP champion – methodically worked his way from the back, took the lead on lap 19 and held off Ryan Missler for his third career Fremont Speedway victory.
It was the 16th overall win in 2023 for Schlenk and worth $2027.
“This win goes to my crew. They got the tire changed and got me back out there. I love racing at Fremont and I hope we get more opportunities to be back here in 2024. On that last caution (with three laps to go) I looked at the tire tracks and saw someone was ripping up top and I knew it had to be Missler (Ryan). I moved up there and it paid off,” said Schlenk beside his Velocita Fire suits, Buckeye Concrete Coatings, Terry Henricks Chrysler, Tom Finch Auto, VP Fuel, Dominator Race Products, Forbes Construction, All Star Performance, Mullins Engines, Willy’s Carbs backed No. 91.
Ryan Missler, Rob Anderzack, BJ Gregory and Ryan Markham rounded out the top five. Anderzack lead laps 1-18 with Schlenk leading 19-27.
In the Art Ball Showdown pitting the stock cars against the Fremont Speedway Dirt Trucks, the early portions of the race were a free-for-all with Shawn Valenti leading the opening lap before Kyle Moore took over to lead laps two and three before getting sideways in front of the field seven competitors. Keith Sorg then inherited the lead and with Jamie Miller driving into the top spot on lap 10. Miller, who had three truck wins and three 305 sprint wins at “The Track That Action Built” in 2023, looked like he would get career win #45 but a caution on the last lap set up a one-lap shoot out.
Oregon, Ohio’s Craig Dippman was able to wedge his way under Miller on the restart and held on for his first career Fremont Speedway win. The stock driver also clinched the Art Ball Cup for his win and his finish earlier at Oakshade Raceway. Miller, Sorg, Kolin Schlit and Moore rounded out the top five.
“The track was very technical tonight. He (Miller) gave me just enough room to get under him and we were able to hold on. This was a very cool deal and thanks to the tracks, Cory McCaughey and everyone who put this deal together. The stocks and trucks are very even,” said Dippman beside his Martin Dynamics Shocks, Dave Dickens Motors, Dippman Motorsports backed No. 99.
In a pair of Australian Pursuits run in memory of Lin Potter, Ryan Missler and BJ Gregory cashed the over $800 checks. In the “Call Out” match race, Kolin Schlit took the prize and in the “Buy Back” feature, Scott Hammer collected the money.
Prior to the night’s races – which was the conclusion of the event that began Oct. 6 but the feature events were postponed due to rain – Fremont Speedway Hall of Famer Art Ball, who passed away last week, was able to take one more lap around the track which was lined with fans and race teams.
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Fremont Speedway
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023
Stocks/ Dirt Trucks – Burmeister Trophy
Qualifying
1.21D-Kyle Moore, 16.716; 2.7-Josh Robertson, 16.848; 3.55K-Kolin Schilt, 17.130; 4.17J-Jarrod Klay, 17.242; 5.4x-Keith Sorg, 17.247; 6.99-Craig Dippman, 17.342; 7.8-Adam Lance, 17.376; 8.P51-Dave Gumby Jr., 17.387; 9.4gm-Gabe Mueller, 17.538; 10.32H-Dan Hennig , 17.545; 11.4M-Jamie Miller, 17.549; 12.OO-Adam Noonan, 17.579; 13.7b-Shawn Valenti, 17.623; 14.4G-Justin Gamber, 17.679; 15.O6-Jake Rendel, 17.681; 16.22T-Tony Anderson, 17.820; 17.44X-Jim Holcomb, 17.879; 18.76B-Scott Barnhart, 17.920; 19.26-Kyle Lagrou, 17.975; 20.96-Drew Smith, 18.012; 21.8S-Scott Hammer, 18.046; 22.8BS-Brandon Stuckey, 18.249; 23.67-Ben Clapp, 18.261; 24.14-Ronnie Bloomfield, 18.300; 25.83-Butch Latte, 18.315; 26.O7d-Dan Dippman, 18.361; 27.88-Zeth Sabo, 18.406; 28.28-Cody Laird, 18.423; 29.X-Andy Keegan, 18.429; 30.B18-Dan Shaffer, 18.434; 31.101-Chester Fitch, 18.452; 32.7X-Dana Frey, 18.496; 33.17x-Dustin Keegan, 18.517; 34.165R-Derrick Roseman, 18.591; 35.21B-Chris Bleikamp, 18.592; 36.34-Keith Whaley, 18.657; 37.15Y-John Young, 18.663; 38.99p-Eric Potridge, 18.692; 39.9-Dylan Burt, 18.894; 40.19-Brian Peterson, 18.984; 41.18s-Randy Swiecicki, 18.994; 42.20s-Cody Truman, 19.407; 43.20-Anthony Parker, 19.872; 44.44m-Julie Tulich, 20.000; 45.16-Brain Ringger, 20.398; 46.51-Brandon Moore, 21.823; 47.3-AJ McCall, 22.086; 48.21-Tony Burns, 99.040; 49.55-DJ Mestrey, 99.080; 50.3b-Kaydin Bailey, 99.110; 51.88ace-Jessie Houton, 99.700; 52.24-Shaun Warner, 99.800; 53.72ace-Jason Hilton, 99.900;
Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps)
1. 7b-Shawn Valenti[3] ; 2. 17x-Dustin Keegan[1] ; 3. OO-Adam Noonan[4] ; 4. 8BS-Brandon Stuckey[2] ; 5. 34-Keith Whaley[5] ; 6. 44m-Julie Tulich[6] ; 7. 21-Tony Burns[7]
Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps)
1. 99-Craig Dippman[4] ; 2. 22T-Tony Anderson[3] ; 3. 7X-Dana Frey[6] ; 4. 21B-Chris Bleikamp[7] ; 5. X-Andy Keegan[1] ; 6. 15Y-John Young[8] ; 7. 16-Brain Ringger[9] ; 8. 26-Kyle Lagrou[2] ; 9. 101-Chester Fitch[5]
Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps)
1. 8-Adam Lance[3] ; 2. 4gm-Gabe Mueller[2] ; 3. 83-Butch Latte[6] ; 4. 8S-Scott Hammer[5] ; 5. 44X-Jim Holcomb[1] ; 6. 99p-Eric Potridge[8] ; 7. 88ace-Jessie Houton[9] ; 8. 88-Zeth Sabo[7] ; 9. 7-Josh Robertson[4]
Heat 4, Group D – (8 Laps)
1. 21D-Kyle Moore[4] ; 2. 4G-Justin Gamber[3] ; 3. 28-Cody Laird[1] ; 4. 165R-Derrick Roseman[5] ; 5. 20-Anthony Parker[8] ; 6. O7d-Dan Dippman[2] ; 7. 18s-Randy Swiecicki[7] ; 8. 19-Brian Peterson[6]
Heat 5, Group E – (8 Laps)
1. O6-Jake Rendel[3] ; 2. 96-Drew Smith[2] ; 3. P51-Dave Gumby Jr.[4] ; 4. 67-Ben Clapp[1] ; 5. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield[5] ; 6. 20s-Cody Truman[7] ; 7. 72ace-Jason Hilton[9] ; 8. 24-Shaun Warner[10] ; 9. B18-Dan Shaffer[6]
Heat 6, Group F – (8 Laps)
1. 4x-Keith Sorg[2] ; 2. 4M-Jamie Miller[5] ; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig [1] ; 4. 17J-Jarrod Klay[3] ; 5. 55K-Kolin Schilt[4] ; 6. 76B-Scott Barnhart[6] ; 7. 9-Dylan Burt[7] ; 8. 51-Brandon Moore[8]
B-Main 1 – (10 Laps)
1. 7-Josh Robertson[19] ; 2. 44X-Jim Holcomb[8] ; 3. P51-Dave Gumby Jr.[3] ; 4. 83-Butch Latte[2] ; 5. OO-Adam Noonan[1] ; 6. 8BS-Brandon Stuckey[4] ; 7. 8S-Scott Hammer[5] ; 8. 34-Keith Whaley[7] ; 9. 20s-Cody Truman[12] ; 10. 26-Kyle Lagrou[16] ; 11. 99p-Eric Potridge[11] ; 12. 72ace-Jason Hilton[15] ; 13. 88ace-Jessie Houton[14] ; 14. 67-Ben Clapp[6] ; 15. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield[9] ; 16. 44m-Julie Tulich[10] ; 17. 21-Tony Burns[13] ; 18. 51-Brandon Moore[18] ; 19. 19-Brian Peterson[17]
B-Main 2 – (10 Laps)
1. 32H-Dan Hennig [3] ; 2. 17J-Jarrod Klay[6] ; 3. 55K-Kolin Schilt[9] ; 4. 28-Cody Laird[2] ; 5. 88-Zeth Sabo[16] ; 6. X-Andy Keegan[7] ; 7. 76B-Scott Barnhart[12] ; 8. 165R-Derrick Roseman[5] ; 9. 7X-Dana Frey[1] ; 10. 9-Dylan Burt[15] ; 11. 15Y-John Young[10] ; 12. 16-Brain Ringger[13] ; 13. 20-Anthony Parker[8] ; 14. 21B-Chris Bleikamp[4] ; 15. B18-Dan Shaffer[19]
A-Main 1 – (25 Laps)
1. 99-Craig Dippman[6] ; 2. 4M-Jamie Miller[11] ; 3. 4x-Keith Sorg[4] ; 4. 55K-Kolin Schilt[16] ; 5. 21D-Kyle Moore[3] ; 6. O6-Jake Rendel[2] ; 7. 7b-Shawn Valenti[1] ; 8. 96-Drew Smith[10] ; 9. 44X-Jim Holcomb[14] ; 10. 83-Butch Latte[17] ; 11. 28-Cody Laird[18] ; 12. 88-Zeth Sabo[20] ; 13. 4G-Justin Gamber[9] ; 14. 17J-Jarrod Klay[15] ; 15. 8-Adam Lance[5] ; 16. OO-Adam Noonan[19] ; 17. 4gm-Gabe Mueller[8] ; 18. 7-Josh Robertson[12] ; 19. 17x-Dustin Keegan[7] ; 20. 32H-Dan Hennig [13]
Late Models –
Qualifying
1.91-Rusty Schlenk, 14.423; 2.56-BJ Gregory, 14.827; 3.49-Brian Ruhlman, 14.916; 4.5M-Ryan Markham, 14.930; 5.50-Ryan Missler, 14.935; 6.9R-Curtis Roberts, 15.122; 7.95J-Jerry Bowersock, 15.148; 8.71-Joe Smith, 15.294; 9.57-Travis Stemler, 15.294; 10.74-Jeff Warnick, 15.299; 11.63-Terry Rushlow, 15.319; 12.74Y-Ken Hahn, 15.499; 13.45-Jamie Grochowski, 15.545; 14.23-Brad Wade, 15.570; 15.44s-Collin Shipley, 15.585; 16.71R-Rusty Smith, 15.658; 17.8-Robert Anderzack, 15.686; 18.53-Hillard Miller, 15.720; 19.95-Steve Miller, 15.779; 20.29-Nate Potts, 15.840; 21.87-Jeff Geis, 15.843; 22.101-Chester Fitch, 15.848; 23.22s-Brian Speelman, 15.876; 24.28-Kent Brewer, 16.015; 25.25-Ryder Price, 16.075; 26.O3-Jim Gingery, 16.080; 27.41-Randy Pollock, 16.206; 28.06-Jake Rendel, 16.237; 29.11-Austin Gibson, 16.240; 30.22-Brad Eitniear, 16.269; 31.44k-Jarrod Klay, 16.308; 32.15D-Kyle Dukeshire, 16.335; 33.44-Scott Boyd Jr., 16.343; 34.G15-Jacob Gamber, 16.361; 35.P3-Jeff Robertson, 16.409; 36.26-Scott Gonion, 16.647; 37.69R-Douglas Baird, 16.862; 38.14T-Cody Truman, 16.923; 39.17-David Ellis, 17.348; 40.O-Cameron Tusing, 17.429; 41.16-Steve Sabo, 17.509; 42.20-Troy Hahn, 99.730;
Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps)
1. 50-Ryan Missler[1] ; 2. 63-Terry Rushlow[5] ; 3. 53-Hillard Miller[7] ; 4. 91-Rusty Schlenk[4] ; 5. 45-Jamie Grochowski[6] ; 6. 56-BJ Gregory[3] ; 7. O3-Jim Gingery[9] ; 8. 28-Kent Brewer[8] ; 9. 49-Brian Ruhlman[2]
Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps)
1. 57-Travis Stemler[2] ; 2. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[3] ; 3. 5M-Ryan Markham[4] ; 4. 23-Brad Wade[1] ; 5. 71R-Rusty Smith[5] ; 6. 95-Steve Miller[6] ; 7. 101-Chester Fitch[7] ; 8. G15-Jacob Gamber[8] ; 9. P3-Jeff Robertson[9]
Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps)
1. 8-Robert Anderzack[2] ; 2. 74-Jeff Warnick[3] ; 3. 71-Joe Smith[4] ; 4. 87-Jeff Geis[1] ; 5. 11-Austin Gibson[6] ; 6. 15D-Kyle Dukeshire[7] ; 7. 25-Ryder Price[5] ; 8. 16-Steve Sabo[8]
Heat 4, Group D – (8 Laps)
1. 22-Brad Eitniear[5] ; 2. 06-Jake Rendel[1] ; 3. 29-Nate Potts[2] ; 4. 69R-Douglas Baird[7] ; 5. 74Y-Ken Hahn[3] ; 6. 26-Scott Gonion[6] ; 7. O-Cameron Tusing[8]
Heat 5, Group E – (8 Laps)
1. 44s-Collin Shipley[4] ; 2. 22s-Brian Speelman[3] ; 3. 44-Scott Boyd Jr.[5] ; 4. 41-Randy Pollock[2] ; 5. 44k-Jarrod Klay[1] ; 6. 14T-Cody Truman[6] ; 7. 17-David Ellis[7] ; 8. 20-Troy Hahn[8]
B-Main 1 – (10 Laps)
1. 91-Rusty Schlenk[1] ; 2. 74Y-Ken Hahn[4] ; 3. 56-BJ Gregory[5] ; 4. 87-Jeff Geis[2] ; 5. 71R-Rusty Smith[3] ; 6. 28-Kent Brewer[8] ; 7. 101-Chester Fitch[7] ; 8. 16-Steve Sabo[9] ; 9. 14T-Cody Truman[6]
B-Main 2 – (10 Laps)
1. 49-Brian Ruhlman[9] ; 2. 23-Brad Wade[1] ; 3. 95-Steve Miller[4] ; 4. P3-Jeff Robertson[8] ; 5. 69R-Douglas Baird[2] ; 6. 26-Scott Gonion[5] ; 7. G15-Jacob Gamber[7] ; 8. 44k-Jarrod Klay[3] ; 9. 17-David Ellis[6]
A-Main 1 – (27 Laps)
1. 91-Rusty Schlenk [14]; 2. 50-Ryan Missler[8] ; 3. 8-Robert Anderzack[2] ; 4. 56-BJ Gregory[18] ; 5. 5M-Ryan Markham[10] ; 6. 63-Terry Rushlow[4] ; 7. 44s-Collin Shipley[6] ; 8. 29-Nate Potts[12] ; 9. 49-Brian Ruhlman[15] ; 10. 53-Hillard Miller[9] ; 11. 23-Brad Wade[17] ; 12. 22-Brad Eitniear[7] ; 13. 71-Joe Smith[11] ; 14. 87-Jeff Geis[20] ; 15. 44-Scott Boyd Jr.[13] ; 15. 74Y-Ken Hahn[16] ; 16. 95-Steve Miller[19] ; 17. 95J-Jerry Bowersock[5] ; 18. 06-Jake Rendel[1] ; 19. 74-Jeff Warnick[3] ; 20. P3-Jeff Robertson[21] ;