Dussel Extends FAST 305 Points Lead After Earning Feature Win
By Brian Liskai – Fremont Speedway Public Relations
(Fremont, OH) The JLH General Contractors Fremont/Attica Sprint Title (F.A.S.T.) 305 Championship Series put on a tremendous show on a JLH General Contractors FAST points night. Jason Keckler led early but rookie T.J. Michael raced him hard the first eight laps before taking over the top spot on lap 9. Michael could not shake Keckler and a closing Nate Dussel and on a restart on lap 13, Dussel would take the lead. Michael would not give up and continually raced under Dussel and would lead lap 15 but the caution would fly. On the restart Dussel shot back into the lead but a caution and another restart would see Michael regain the top spot. Another caution and another restart would find Dussel back into the lead. Once the race got going, Dussel would pull away for his fourth win of the season at Fremont and the 11th of his career at the track.
“I could see I needed to get around him (Michael) on top cause I could see the top was starting to go away in just a matter of laps. I got lucky and got around him and got to the bottom. He did a hell of a job for his first year in a sprint car. It took everything I had to get around him,” said Dussel in the Engine Pro Victory Lane beside his Berrier Fabrication/Kylynn Manufacturing/Gressman Powersports/Dussel Welding/Conrad Transport backed #1. “This is the first time my big sponsor, Kylynn and Tommy and Dawn Dussel and my buddy Kevin who says he comes all the time and I don’t win got to see this.”
Keckler and Alvin Roepke would bring the 305 sprint field to the green for their A-main with Keckler gaining the advantage with third starter Michael taking second with Roepke, Dustin Dinan, Paul Weaver, Dussel and Bobby Clark in pursuit. Dinan’s motor would expire on lap three, bringing out the caution. On the restart Michael would race under Keckler as they battled for the lead. The pair raced side by side over the next five laps before Michel took the top spot on lap 9.
Meanwhile Dussel had worked his way to third with Roepke, Weaver, Clark and John Ivy giving chase. Michael would pull away slightly as Keckler now had his hands full with Dussel. Dussel would move into second on lap 12 as the caution would fly for a Bobby Clark spin. On the restart Dussel would drive to Michael’s outside to grab the top spot, but Michael would not give up, racing to his inside each of the next three laps. Michael would lead lap 15 by a nose, but the caution would fly for a Matt Merrill incident. A lap and another caution for Seth Schneider. A lap and another yellow for Tyler Gunn.
When the green came back out Dussel drove around Michael for the lead and immediately went to the bottom groove. That move would break Michael’s momentum and Dussel drove to the checkers over Michael, Roepke, Keckler and Jordan Ryan.
Night #6: JLH General Contractors F.A.S.T. 305 Championship Series
Fremont Speedway – 6/8/13 – 305 Sprints (21 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 8M-T.J Michael[1] ; 2. 8I-John Ivy[4] ; 3. 4K-Bobby Clark[7] ; 4. 1W-Paul Weaver[5] ; 5. 10-Josh Harrison[2] ; 6. 48-Mike Burkin[3] ; 7. 26-Al Liskai[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 68G-Tyler Gunn[2] ; 2. 25-Jason Keckler[6] ; 3. 10S-Roger Shammo[1] ; 4. OO-Alvin Roepke[7] ; 5. 5R-Jordan Ryan[5] ; 6. 1M-Mike Moore[3] ; 7. 7P-Brandon Moore[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[1] ; 2. 6-Dustin Dinan[2] ; 3. 22D-Dan Hammond[7] ; 4. 36-Seth Schneider[5] ; 5. 8J-Jess Stiger[3] ; 6. 13D-Jeremy Duposki[4] ; 7. 39M-Matt Merrill[6]
A-Main (25 Laps)
1. 1-Nate Dussel[7]; 2. 8M-T.J Michael[3]; 3. OO-Alvin Roepke[2]; 4. 25-Jason Keckler[1]; 5. 5R-Jordan Ryan[14]; 6. 8I-John Ivy[8]; 7. 1W-Paul Weaver[6]; 8. 4K-Bobby Clark[5]; 9. 22D-Dan Hammond[11]; 10. 68G-Tyler Gunn[9]; 11. 48-Mike Burkin[16]; 12. 10S-Roger Shammo[12]; 13. 8J-Jess Stiger[15]; 14. 36-Seth Schneider[10]; 15. 13D-Jeremy Duposki[18]; 16. 10-Josh Harrison[13]; 17. 1M-Mike Moore[17]; 18. 7P-Brandon Moore[20]; 19. 26-Al Liskai[19]; 20. 39M-Matt Merrill[21]; 21. 6-Dustin Dinan[4]
Hard Charger: 5R-Jordan Ryan[+9]