Jamie Miller takes Attica, Fremont 305 sprint wins on consecutive days
Cap Henry lost his sprint car ride late last season.
The Republic driver didn’t know what the future would hold, but a conversation with Jeff Ward gave him new life in racing. The duo paid off Saturday as Henry started Fremont Speedway's 72nd season with Johnny Auxter Opening Night with the 410 sprint feature win.
Sandusky's Ward put together a team a couple of years ago. Henry, who started seventh on the feature grid, took the lead from Travis Philo with just four laps to go in the non-stop 30-lap A-main and drove to his 13th career win at Fremont.
"Last year, things were really uncertain and Jeff Ward took the time and gave me another opportunity," Henry said. "I’m so grateful to have Zack (Myers, crew chief) on board. Just from the get-go this thing has been really, really good.
"It’s just made racing a lot of fun again. I know every time I get in the car we’re going to be competitive and we’re just working toward the same goal. So many people came on board to make this happen. Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts, the Tony Elliott Foundation, Jeff Ward Demolition, Premier Planning Services, Primal Tees.
"This definitely means a lot."
Fremont’s Jamie Miller started the season off in spectacular style, sweeping the weekend in the 305 sprint division. Miller, who won Friday at Attica Raceway park, held off several challenges from Mike Keegan and a late-race restart to score his 39th career win at Fremont.
Miller is 12th on the track’s all-time win list.
“If you don’t have an RCF Chassis, you might want to order one,” Miller said. "This thing was locked down.”
The Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature saw Jimmy Holcomb, Dave Gumby Jr. and Dustin Keegan racing three wide to the checkers, with Holcomb earning his first ever Fremont win by .025 seconds.
“It was good and hot and I thought if I cook it we’re going to give it a hell of a ride," Holcomb said. "I shouldn’t have made it that close. I over-drove it. We won opening night when we first built this truck three or four years ago and it haunted us ever since.
"I want to thank Steve Sabo the owner, Joe Bradford does a lot of the work. Obviously, my wife. She actually came here tonight. She hasn’t been here for a while. I wish my two boys were here. They’re in the military, so they’re gone from home."
Philo was second in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint feature, followed by TJ Michael, Chris Andrews and Zeth Sabo.
While the final results will show Miller led all 25 laps in the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint A-main, a handful of cautions kept the field close and Keegan hounded the leader the entire way. A restart with just four laps to go wasn’t enough as Miller drove away for the win over Keegan, John Ivy, Paul Weaver and Seth Schneider.
“I saw Mike poking around me on the bottom when I was running the middle," Miller said. "I moved down and the car just took off."
Gumby led the first six laps of the dirt truck A-main before Cory McCaughey took over for a lap and then spun as he and Gumby battled for the lead. Gumby maintained the top spot until heavy lapped traffic came into play and Holcomb took the top spot on Lap 15 by a nose.
Holcomb and Gumby battled side by side with Dustin Keegan joining in the final three circuits. Holcomb edged Gumby and Keegan for the win with Brad Mitten and McCaughey rounding out the top five.
Speedway is host Saturday to Autokiniton Night with the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products 410 Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group going for $4,000 to win. The Napa of Bryan 305 AFCS and the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks will be in action.
This article originally appeared on Fremont News-Messenger: Jamie Miller led entire 305 main, but victory not easy at Speedway
