FREMONT, Ohio — Cale Thomas lost his sprint car ride recently. He drove his family car a few races then teamed up with Jay Kiser Racing two weeks ago and immediately the team contended for wins.
A crash battling for the lead at Attica Raceway Park the first night and a third place run at Fremont Speedway the following night earned the Fairland, Indiana driver another weekend with the team.
It paid off on Saturday night with his first ever 410 sprint win at Fremont Speedway.
Thomas had to battle heavy lapped traffic, a determined Cap Henry and last week’s winner Travis Philo for the win the final two laps. The podium finishes for Henry and Philo keeps the battle for the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group very close.
Only one caution fell in the 30-lap Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint feature. Behind Thomas was Henry, Philo, Friday’s winner Stuart Brubaker and Nate Dussel.
“This place has been my….I’m good here I just can’t seem to get it done,” said Thomas. “Jay gave me a great race car. Honestly we had the same car we did last week when I ran well last night and we weren’t any good. So Jay wanted to try something even after that seventh to second run in the heat and obviously it worked.
“We’ve been fast. A good benchmark for that is Cap (Henry). We’ve been competitive with Cap every time.”
Paul Weaver swept the weekend in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints.Â
Cory McCaughey has contended for wins in the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks all season, recording three runner-up finishes and not finishing out of the top-five until Friday when a mechanical failure sidelined him in the feature. He put all that behind him Saturday, leading all 20 laps for his first win of the year and eighth of his career at Fremont.Â
Feature Finish (30 Laps)
1. 23-Cale Thomas[2] ; 2. 33w-Cap Henry[1] ; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[3] ; 4. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5] ; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[9] ; 6. 5-Byron Reed[4] ; 7. 15C-Chris Andrews[17] ; 8. 21-Larry Kingseed[13] ; 9. 3V-Chris Verda[15] ; 10. 22M-Dan McCarron[14] ; 11. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[10] ; 12. 32-Bryce Lucius[21] ; 13. 99-Skylar Gee[8] ; 14. 4-Josh Turner[12] ; 15. 8M-TJ Michael[7] ; 16. 88-Jimmy McCune[22] ; 17. 2+-Brian Smith[18] ; 18. 55-Jake Swanson[16] ; 19. 15k-Creed Kemenah[19] ; 20. 97-Zeth Sabo[6] ; 21. 7N-Darin Naida[11] ; 22. 83x-Nate Reeser[20]