Gibsonburg’s Mintz, Brubaker honored at banquet

By: 
Brian Liskai

Fremont Speedway will put a wrap to the 70th anniversary season by handing out point fund money and awards at an informal gathering Sunday, Nov. 28 at the Flower Building in the Sandusky County Fairgrounds.
Race teams finishing in the top 10 in points in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints, Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints and Burmeister Dirt Trucks can attend any time between 1-5 p.m.
The All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products 410 Attica Fremont Championship Series (AFCS) Presented by the Baumann Auto Group and the NAPA of Bryan 305 AFCS Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales will also hand out their 2021 awards.
Rookie of the year and other special awards will also take place and sandwiches and light snacks will be provided and teams may bring their own beverages.
In the 410 Sprints, Helena native and Gibsonburg High School graduate Stuart Brubaker finished fourth and Gibsonburg’s Craig Mintz finished tenth.
 
Fortball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints
Champion – D.J. Foos, Fremont, The track’s 2012 305 champion and the 2019 and 2021 champion of the Attica Fremont Championship Series, steered the legendary Burmeister Racing machine to an incredible season.  Of the 15 winged 410 A-mains at the track he recorded six victories running his career total to 23 at the track. He recorded three wins in a row from June 25 through July 31. With the exception of an 18th place finish against the All Stars on June 12, Foos never finished out of the top 10 all season at Fremont. Besides his wins, he posted three runner-up efforts and a pair of thirds meaning he finished on the podium in 11 of the 15 A-mains in 2021. His average A-main finishing position was fourth.
2nd - Cole Macedo, Lemmore, Calf. – The 2020 Fremont Speedway rookie of the year had a break-out year with a new Ray Brooks Racing team, competing in 14 of the 15 A-mains in 2021, missing only the All Star speedweek event in June. He recorded four wins in 2021 including beating the All Stars to wrap up the season for the Jim and Joanne Ford Classic win. Other than a 23rd place finish on Aug. 14, Macedo never finished worse than  eighth all season, scoring  11 top fives out of the 14 A-mains. His average A-main finishing position was fifth.
3rd – Nate Dussel, Bradner,. Fremont’s 2020 410 track champion and 2016 and 2017 305 champion competed in all 15 A-mains in 2021. He scored three wins (May 22, Aug. 7 and Aug. 14) to run his career total at the track to 28. He recorded nine top five finishes and 12 top 10 runs. His average A-main finishing position was sixth.
4th – Stuart Brubaker, Gibsonburg,. Fremont’s 2008, 2010 and 2011 305 champion and Fremont’s 2012 410 rookie of the year competed in 14 of the 15 A-mains in 2021, missing only the season finale. He posted three top five finishes including a season best second in the make-up event for April 24 and recorded nine top five finishes. His average A-main finishing position was ninth.
5th – Kyle Capodice, Sandusky. – Fremont’s 2021 410 rookie of the year really showed improvement throughout the season since moving from the 305 sprint ranks. He competed in 13 of the 15 A-mains, missing only the June 12, and Aug. 14 events.  Capodice posted a pair of top five finishes including a season best third on Sept. 11. His average A-main finishing position was 12th.
6th – Brian Smith, Fremont. Fremont’s 2004 305 track champion competed in 12 of the 15 A-mains in 2021. He recorded seven top 10 finishes including a season best fifth on the make-up from the April 24 event.  His average feature finishing position was 10th.
7th – Chris Andrews, Sandusky. Andrews competed in 10 of the 15 A-mains in 2021, posting seven top 10 finishes including a season best fourth on May 15. His average A-main finishing position was ninth.
8th – John Ivy, Fremont. Ivy, Fremont’s 2001, 2002 and 2004 410 champion, 1994, 2013, 2018  and 2019 305 champion and 2013 dirt truck champion, competed in  12 of the 15 A-mains in 2021. Ivy, who is tied for fifth on the track’s all-time win list, recorded four top 10 finishes including a season best sixth on Sept. 25. His average A-main finishing position was 14th.
 9th – Landon LaLonde, South Amherst, Ohio.  LaLonde competed in 9 of the 15 A-mains in 2021, recording four top 10 finishes including a season-best 7th on June 26. His average A-main finishing position was 13th.
10th – Craig Mintz, Gibsonburg.  Fremont’s 2010, 2012 and 2018 track champion competed in only seven of the 15 A-mains in 2021 but never finished out of the top seven. He recorded five top five finishes including a season best 2nd on July 10. His average A-main finishing position was fourth.
 
 

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