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Kalib Henry sweeps opening night of Jim Ford Classic weekend

By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio – Kalib Henry was unstoppable at Fremont Speedway presented by Gill Construction Friday, Sept. 13. The Sacramento, Calif. Driver started the 17th Annual Jim Ford Classic weekend out by winning the June Ohio Sprint Speedweek $10,000 feature that had been halted due to rain with 32 laps remaining. He followed up by claiming the regular Ti-22 Performance FAST On Dirt feature on Kistler Engines Night.

In the make-up feature Henry took the lead from Tim Shaffer on lap 25, survived contact with a lapped car with just two laps to go to earn the win over Cale Thomas, Shaffer, Cap Henry and Zeth Sabo. It was his fourth win of the year at “The Track That Action Built.”

“That’s two weeks in a row I had to kind of get aggressive with a lapper. Really did not mean to do that but when you’re racing for the win and the lapped cars are there…he was kind of all over the place and I needed to get by him. I knew it was going to be a demanding race track. I just needed to hit my marks and wait for a mistake and get a run. Kevin (Osmolski, crew chief) gave me a bad ass race car. Thank you Doc and Rebecca for everything,” said Henry beside his Running Boxer Farms, Harris Distributing Company, Valvoline, Triple J Towing, K1, Berryman Racing Shocks, Chalkstix backed #101.

In the night’s regular 30-lap feature Henry jumped into the lead at the drop of the green from his outside front row starting spot. He built a sizeable lead until Chris Andrews moved into second on lap five and began closing. Andrews stayed right with Henry and actually drove to his inside on a couple of restarts following cautions. But, Henry was just to smooth and drove to his fifth win of the year at Fremont and the night’s sweep. Andrews, Cap Henry, Thomas and Shaffer rounded out the top five.

“Hats off to the track crew….they gave us a hell of a track all night. I love these big curbs especially when there’s two lanes and you can race hard on it. That was a lot of fun. Last week Cap was on the front row and you can’t spot a guy that good that spot. I started on the front row next to him and I just needed to get out front and I knew we had a chance. Kevin has given me such a great race car and I’m excited for tomorrow. This is a race we circled on our calendar heavily all year,” said Henry.

The Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks ran double features. In the first Kent Brewer drove to his first win of the year, the eighth of his career at the track over Shawn Valenti, Steve Miller (from 19th), Keith Sorg and Dave Golembiewski.

“This is a brand new truck top to bottom and she’s a good one. I have to thank all the friends and family that helped me put this here,” said Brewer beside his Injector Experts, Kent’s Transmissions, B&S Farms backed #8KB.

In the second feature Cody Laird led the first three laps before Valenti took control. Brewer pressured Valenti several laps before experiencing mechanical issues with just two laps to go. Valenti drove to his sixth truck win of the year at Fremont over Sorg, Laird, Golembiewski and Todd Warnick. It is Valenti’s 80th career win at the track, putting him just one behind Paul Weaver atop the all-time win list.

“Looks like Kent will be something to contend with this year. Thanks to all my guys and all the sponsors for providing me the chance to do this,” said Valenti beside his Craig Miller Trucking, Conrad Transportation, Dave Story Equipment, A Plus Auto Center, Concrete Material Supply, S&S Hauling and Excavating backed #7B.

Fremont Speedway will host the biggest paying event in the history of the track Saturday, Sept. 14 for the Jim Ford Classic. The 410 sprint winner will take home $20,000! The 305 sprints will also run two feature events.

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 Kistler Engines – www.kistlerengines.com
Kistler Engines was established in 1993 and builds lightweight, high performance racing engines with a commitment to quality. The dedicated Kistler team prides itself in high tech, innovative designs, producing highly competitive engines for sprint cars (410 c.i., 360 c.i. and 305 c.i.), as well as, late models and midgets. Kistler Engines has also earned a great reputation for service among professional race teams due to their quick turnaround time on engine rebuilds. Kistlers uses of state-of-the art equipment, the highest standard quality parts and invests in constant research and development. Customers powered by Kistler engines have set numerous quick times, track records and have also won on the local level as well as on national traveling series.

Fremont Speedway
Friday, Sept. 13, 2024

FAST On Dirt Make-up from June
A Feature 35 Laps

1. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 2. 23-Cale Thomas[6]; 3. 49X-Tim Shaffer[1]; 4. 33W-Cap Henry[5]; 5. 29-Zeth Sabo[7]; 6. 22-Cole Duncan[15]; 7. 9-Trey Jacobs[13]; 8. 5T-Travis Philo[10]; 9. 19-TJ Michael[19]; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[12]; 11. 7N-Darin Naida[17]; 12. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[24]; 13. 47-Todd King[16]; 14. 1-Nate Dussel[23]; 15. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[11]; 16. 14-Sean Rayhall[8]; 17. 28M-Conner Morrell[3]; 18. 5AU-Brock Hallett[2]; 19. 15K-Creed Kemenah[9]; 20. 29M-Logan McCandless[14]; 21. 32-Bryce Lucius[22]; 22. 60-Jordyn Charge[20]; 23. 17-Dylan Norris[21]; 24. 2-Ricky Peterson[18]

410 Sprints - Winged 38 Entries
A Feature 30 Laps

1. 101-Kalib Henry[2]; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews[3]; 3. 33W-Cap Henry[1]; 4. 23-Cale Thomas[7]; 5. 49X-Tim Shaffer[12]; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4]; 7. 9-Trey Jacobs[11]; 8. 19-TJ Michael[18]; 9. 4D-Zane DeVault[5]; 10. 5E-Bobby Elliott[14]; 11. 7M-Brandon Moore[9]; 12. 1-Nate Dussel[21]; 13. 47-Todd King[19]; 14. 5T-Travis Philo[24]; 15. 12-Luke Griffith[20]; 16. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[8]; 17. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[16]; 18. 01-Bryan Sebetto[15]; 19. 13-Van Gurley Jr[23]; 20. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[13]; 21. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[22]; 22. 27-Jamie Miller[6]; 23. 22-Cole Duncan[17]; 24. (DNS) 14-Sean Rayhall

B Feature 12 Laps

1. 1-Nate Dussel[2]; 2. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[1]; 3. 13-Van Gurley Jr[6]; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[3]; 5. 29-Zeth Sabo[7]; 6. 5-Kody Brewer[8]; 7. 4-Josh Turner[5]; 8. 38-Leyton Wagner[4]; 9. 2+-Brian Smith[16]; 10. 16-DJ Foos[14]; 11. 98-Robert Robenalt[18]; 12. W20-Greg Wilson[15]; 13. 09-Craig Mintz[10]; 14. X-Mike Keegan[9]; 15. 7N-Darin Naida[11]; 16. 9H-Lance Heinberger[13]; 17. (DNS) 3V-Chris Verda; 18. (DNS) 22M-Dan McCarron

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 27-Jamie Miller[2]; 2. 7M-Brandon Moore[1]; 3. 15C-Chris Andrews[4]; 4. 5E-Bobby Elliott[3]; 5. 19-TJ Michael[5]; 6. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[6]; 7. 4-Josh Turner[8]; 8. X-Mike Keegan[7]; 9. 9H-Lance Heinberger[9]; 10. (DNS) 22M-Dan McCarron

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1]; 2. 14-Sean Rayhall[2]; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[5]; 4. 01-Bryan Sebetto[3]; 5. 4D-Zane DeVault[4]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[6]; 7. 13-Van Gurley Jr[8]; 8. 09-Craig Mintz[7]; 9. 16-DJ Foos[9]

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 23-Cale Thomas[2]; 2. 9-Trey Jacobs[1]; 3. 33W-Cap Henry[4]; 4. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[5]; 5. 47-Todd King[3]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[7]; 7. 29-Zeth Sabo[6]; 8. 7N-Darin Naida[9]; 9. W20-Greg Wilson[8]; 10. 98-Robert Robenalt[10]

Heat 4 8 Laps

1. 101-Kalib Henry[1]; 2. 49X-Tim Shaffer[2]; 3. 22S-Brandon Spithaler[4]; 4. 22-Cole Duncan[5]; 5. 12-Luke Griffith[3]; 6. 38-Leyton Wagner[7]; 7. 5-Kody Brewer[6]; 8. 3V-Chris Verda[8]; 9. 2+-Brian Smith[9]

Qualifying 1

1. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:12.749[12]; 2. 4D-Zane DeVault, 00:12.809[6]; 3. 7M-Brandon Moore, 00:12.917[1]; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:12.933[8]; 5. 27-Jamie Miller, 00:12.940[10]; 6. 14-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.011[18]; 7. 5E-Bobby Elliott, 00:13.019[14]; 8. 01-Bryan Sebetto, 00:13.029[15]; 9. 19-TJ Michael, 00:13.051[9]; 10. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:13.066[19]; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki, 00:13.116[16]; 12. 1-Nate Dussel, 00:13.131[17]; 13. X-Mike Keegan, 00:13.139[4]; 14. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:13.268[11]; 15. 4-Josh Turner, 00:13.312[2]; 16. 13-Van Gurley Jr, 00:13.673[5]; 17. 9H-Lance Heinberger, 00:13.780[3]; 18. 16-DJ Foos, 00:13.780[13]; 19. 22M-Dan McCarron, 00:13.780[7]

Qualifying 2

1. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:12.638[9]; 2. 22S-Brandon Spithaler, 00:12.656[12]; 3. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:12.667[1]; 4. 101-Kalib Henry, 00:12.789[19]; 5. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:12.807[7]; 6. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 00:12.880[16]; 7. 47-Todd King, 00:12.992[15]; 8. 12-Luke Griffith, 00:13.042[17]; 9. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:13.068[5]; 10. 22-Cole Duncan, 00:13.111[18]; 11. 29-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.167[11]; 12. 5-Kody Brewer, 00:13.205[14]; 13. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:13.310[6]; 14. 38-Leyton Wagner, 00:13.385[10]; 15. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.476[13]; 16. 3V-Chris Verda, 00:13.543[2]; 17. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:13.589[4]; 18. 2+-Brian Smith, 00:13.660[3]; 19. 98-Robert Robenalt, 00:14.818[8]

Dirt Trucks 30 Entries

A Feature 1 15 Laps

1. 8KB-Kent Brewer[2]; 2. 7B-Shawn Valenti[6]; 3. 95-Steve Miller[19]; 4. 8-Keith Sorg[5]; 5. P51-Dave Golembiewski[4]; 6. X-Andy Keegan[7]; 7. 32H-Dan Hennig[3]; 8. 28-Cody Laird[15]; 9. 4M-Jamie Miller[1]; 10. 99H-Art Howey Jr[10]; 11. 1M-Scott Milligan[8]; 12. 34-Todd Warnick[12]; 13. 9S-Tony Parker[16]; 14. 51-Dave Bankey[24]; 15. 7X-Dana Frey[23]; 16. 20-Caleb Shearn[20]; 17. 26-Kyle Lagrou[13]; 18. 35-Ron Miller[11]; 19. 4S-Brian Sorg[22]; 20. 19-Cory McCaughey[14]; 21. 00-Robbie Bohrer[21]; 22. 9-Curt Inks[17]; 23. 99-Eric Potridge[18]; 24. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[9]

A Feature 2 15 Laps

1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[9]; 2. 8-Keith Sorg[7]; 3. 28-Cody Laird[3]; 4. P51-Dave Golembiewski[6]; 5. 34-Todd Warnick[12]; 6. 1M-Scott Milligan[11]; 7. 9S-Tony Parker[13]; 8. 20-Caleb Shearn[16]; 9. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[24]; 10. 8KB-Kent Brewer[10]; 11. 99-Eric Potridge[23]; 12. 95-Steve Miller[8]; 13. 99H-Art Howey Jr[1]; 14. X-Andy Keegan[5]; 15. 4M-Jamie Miller[2]; 16. 32H-Dan Hennig[4]; 17. 7X-Dana Frey[15]; 18. 51-Dave Bankey[14]; 19. 9-Curt Inks[22]; 20. 35-Ron Miller[18]; 21. 19-Cory McCaughey[20]; 22. (DNS) 26-Kyle Lagrou; 23. (DNS) 4S-Brian Sorg; 24. (DNS) 00-Robbie Bohrer

B Feature 1 12 Laps

1. 95-Steve Miller[2]; 2. 20-Caleb Shearn[5]; 3. 00-Robbie Bohrer[1]; 4. 4S-Brian Sorg[4]; 5. 7X-Dana Frey[3]; 6. 51-Dave Bankey[6]; 7. 8S-Brandon Stukey[9]; 8. 19H-Adam Heminger[8]; 9. 7XP-Cyle Poole[12]; 10. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[11]; 11. 11-Brandon Goad[10]; 12. 99PJ-Keith Whaley[7]

Qualifying 1 2 Laps

1. 4M-Jamie Miller, 00:17.766[30]; 2. 8KB-Kent Brewer, 00:17.784[1]; 3. 32H-Dan Hennig, 00:17.958[17]; 4. P51-Dave Golembiewski, 00:18.413[3]; 5. 8-Keith Sorg, 00:18.416[26]; 6. 7B-Shawn Valenti, 00:18.427[9]; 7. X-Andy Keegan, 00:18.515[11]; 8. 1M-Scott Milligan, 00:18.526[16]; 9. 5S-Bradley Stuckey, 00:18.543[25]; 10. 99H-Art Howey Jr, 00:18.657[8]; 11. 35-Ron Miller, 00:18.665[20]; 12. 34-Todd Warnick, 00:18.672[29]; 13. 26-Kyle Lagrou, 00:18.766[22]; 14. 19-Cory McCaughey, 00:18.875[15]; 15. 28-Cody Laird, 00:19.102[7]; 16. 9S-Tony Parker, 00:19.123[23]; 17. 9-Curt Inks, 00:19.142[12]; 18. 99-Eric Potridge, 00:19.159[19]; 19. 00-Robbie Bohrer, 00:19.366[4]; 20. 95-Steve Miller, 00:19.401[10]; 21. 7X-Dana Frey, 00:19.401[13]; 22. 4S-Brian Sorg, 00:19.508[27]; 23. 20-Caleb Shearn, 00:19.632[24]; 24. 51-Dave Bankey, 00:19.638[5]; 25. 99PJ-Keith Whaley, 00:19.763[2]; 26. 19H-Adam Heminger, 00:19.801[6]; 27. 8S-Brandon Stukey, 00:19.956[18]; 28. 11-Brandon Goad, 00:19.984[28]; 29. 18S-Randy Swiecicki, 00:20.115[14]; 30. 7XP-Cyle Poole, 00:20.187[21]

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