FREMONT, Ohio – It was the biggest event in the history of the FAST series took place Saturday, Aug. 12. The teams of the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads FAST 410 Championship Series presented by Ohio Logistics and the JLH General Contractor FAST 305 Championship Series presented by Engine Pro were part of over 140 sprint cars to compete in the inaugural Great Lakes Dirt Nationals presented by Lowes.
New Castle, Indiana’s Caleb Armstrong bested a field of 63 winged 410ci sprints to collect not only the $15,000 top prize, but a guaranteed starting spot in the $100,000-to-win Sprint Car World Championships April 27-28 at Mansfield Motor Speedway. Also locking into the rich April event were second and third place finishers, Hermitage, Pennsylvania ’s Adam Kekich and Morrisdale , Pennsylvania ’s Jimmy Seger.
The opening laps of the 410 feature saw a couple of multi-car crashes. When the race began Seger jumped out to a commanding lead only to see that erased when Caleb Helms stopped with four laps scored. On the ensuing restart, Seger was penalized for not getting under power at the cone, giving the lead to Armstrong who cruised away for the win. Kekich used the track’s middle lane to get around Seger for second.
“It’s pretty cool being locked into that race for $100,000, and to come out here and win this $15,000,” Armstrong said. “I feel like it was kind of handed to me, but it’s just a tough race track to pass on. I just got to thank the fans for staying out here real late. It’s fun, and these guys are doing an awesome job. What they’re trying to do for the sport is just amazing.”
Qualifying
1.55-Mike Wagner, 14.415; 2.M1-Mark Smith, 14.478; 3.11N-Craig Mintz, 14.612; 4.7W-Logan Wagner, 14.630; 5.14-Coleman Gulick, 14.636; 6.91-Cale Thomas, 14.688; 7.17-Caleb Helms, 14.692; 8.4-Danny Smith, 14.697; 9.20N-Hunter Schuerenberg, 14.723; 10.7CA-Caleb Armstrong, 14.776; 11.2-Jimmy Seger, 14.778; 12.16-Chris Andrews, 14.803; 13.22B-Ryan Broughton, 14.819; 14.83-Rob Chaney, 14.833; 15.5R-Byron Reed, 14.843; 16.7K-Cale Conley, 14.844; 17.3Z-Brock Zearfoss, 14.847; 18.23-DJ Foos, 14.865; 19.16M-Danny Mumaw, 14.874; 20.38K-Brad Haudenschild, 14.884; 21.5K-Adam Kekich, 14.890; 22.7V-Shawn Valenti, 14.901; 23.4C-Cap Henry, 14.923; 24.68G-Tyler Gunn, 14.932; 25.7-Troy Kingan, 14.945; 26.6-Bill Rose, 14.956; 27.59S-Ryan Smith, 14.968; 28.98-Joe Trenca, 14.972; 29.4H-Tracy Hines, 14.982; 30.5T-Travis Philo, 15.015; 31.64-Scotty Thiel, 15.046; 32.7C-Phil Gressman, 15.054; 33.35R-Ronnie Blair, 15.055; 34.8-Dean Jacobs, 15.069; 35.57X-Andrew Palker, 15.078; 36.45-Trevor Baker, 15.094; 37.24-Ryan Ruhl, 15.104; 38.84-Brandon Hanks, 15.105; 39.60-Jody Keegan, 15.117; 40.9Z-Duane Zablocki, 15.124; 41.97-Broc Martin, 15.128; 42.9-Jordan Ryan, 15.132; 43.22D-Josh Davis, 15.171; 44.5-Dylan Cisney, 15.207; 45.60c-Kory Crabtree, 15.228; 46.8J-Jess Stiger, 15.233; 47.4AU-Chris Ferrill, 15.268; 48.4X-Jimmy Stinson, 15.300; 49.22M-Dan McCarron, 15.345; 50.5H-Mitch Harble, 15.366; 51.3J-Trey Jacobs, 15.389; 52.56R-Ryan Myers, 15.403; 53.35-Stuart Brubaker, 15.410; 54.59-Bryan Nuckles, 15.419; 55.45L-Brian Lay, 15.467; 56.27-Cody Gallogly, 15.508; 57.33D-Tyler Dunn, 15.598; 58.7DK-Dylan Kingan, 15.603; 59.5X-Justin Peck, 15.626; 60.78-Todd Kane, 15.755; 61.83X-Nate Reeser, 15.799; 62.4K-Kris Davis, 15.959; 63.14D-Daryl Daugherty, 16.788;
Heat 1, Group A – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 7CA-Caleb Armstrong[1] ; 2. 4-Danny Smith[3] ; 3. 59S-Ryan Smith[8] ; 4. 55-Mike Wagner[4] ; 5. 8J-Jess Stiger[10] ; 6. 16M-Danny Mumaw[6] ; 7. 14D-Daryl Daugherty[11] ; 8. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[2] ; 9. 22B-Ryan Broughton[5] ; 10. 38K-Brad Haudenschild[7] ; 11. 97-Broc Martin[9]
Heat 2, Group B – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 5R-Byron Reed[2] ; 2. 5K-Adam Kekich[1] ; 3. 16-Chris Andrews[3] ; 4. 17-Caleb Helms[4] ; 5. 7V-Shawn Valenti[5] ; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron[9] ; 7. 5H-Mitch Harble[10] ; 8. 4AU-Chris Ferrill[8] ; 9. 59-Bryan Nuckles[11] ; 10. 84-Brandon Hanks[7] ; 11. 4C-Cap Henry[6]
Heat 3, Group C – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[2] ; 2. 11N-Craig Mintz[4] ; 3. 91-Cale Thomas[3] ; 4. 5X-Justin Peck[10] ; 5. 45L-Brian Lay[9] ; 6. 7-Troy Kingan[1] ; 7. 83X-Nate Reeser[11] ; 8. 56R-Ryan Myers[7] ; 9. 22D-Josh Davis [6] ; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8] ; 11. 7C-Phil Gressman[5]
Heat 4, Group D – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 2-Jimmy Seger[1] ; 2. M1-Mark Smith[4] ; 3. 14-Coleman Gulick[2] ; 4. 83-Rob Chaney[5] ; 5. 7W-Logan Wagner[3] ; 6. 4H-Tracy Hines[7] ; 7. 98-Joe Trenca[6] ; 8. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[9] ; 9. 78-Todd Kane[10] ; 10. 60c-Kory Crabtree[8]
Heat 5, Group E – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 5T-Travis Philo[1] ; 2. 6-Bill Rose[2] ; 3. 68G-Tyler Gunn[3] ; 4. 9-Jordan Ryan[7] ; 5. 23-DJ Foos[4] ; 6. 27-Cody Gallogly[9] ; 7. 4X-Jimmy Stinson[8] ; 8. 33D-Tyler Dunn[10] ; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[6] ; 10. 45-Trevor Baker[5]
Heat 6, Group F – (8 Laps, top 3 to A)
1. 8-Dean Jacobs[1] ; 2. 7K-Cale Conley[4] ; 3. 24-Ryan Ruhl[6] ; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel[3] ; 5. 57X-Andrew Palker[5] ; 6. 5-Dylan Cisney[8] ; 7. 3J-Trey Jacobs[9] ; 8. 60-Jody Keegan[7] ; 9. 4K-Kris Davis[10] ; 10. 35R-Ronnie Blair[2]
B-Main 1 – (12 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 55-Mike Wagner[1] ; 2. 23-DJ Foos[6] ; 3. 5X-Justin Peck[2] ; 4. 9-Jordan Ryan[3] ; 5. 45L-Brian Lay[5] ; 6. 8J-Jess Stiger[4] ; 7. 27-Cody Gallogly[9] ; 8. 33D-Tyler Dunn[15] ; 9. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[18] ; 10. 4X-Jimmy Stinson[12] ; 11. 16M-Danny Mumaw[7] ; 12. 84-Brandon Hanks[19] ; 13. 22D-Josh Davis [17] ; 14. 7-Troy Kingan[8] ; 15. 56R-Ryan Myers[14] ; 16. 14D-Daryl Daugherty[10] ; 17. 83X-Nate Reeser[11] ; 18. 20N-Hunter Schuerenberg[13] ; 19. 22B-Ryan Broughton[16]
B-Main 2 – (12 Laps, top 2 to A)
1. 17-Caleb Helms[1] ; 2. 5-Dylan Cisney[9] ; 3. 83-Rob Chaney[2] ; 4. 57X-Andrew Palker[6] ; 5. 7W-Logan Wagner[5] ; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel[3] ; 7. 3J-Trey Jacobs[12] ; 8. 7V-Shawn Valenti[4] ; 9. 22M-Dan McCarron[7] ; 10. 60-Jody Keegan[15] ; 11. 4H-Tracy Hines[8] ; 12. 98-Joe Trenca[11] ; 13. 45-Trevor Baker[19] ; 14. 4AU-Chris Ferrill[13] ; 15. 4K-Kris Davis[18] ; 16. 7DK-Dylan Kingan[14] ; 17. 5H-Mitch Harble[10] ; 18. 59-Bryan Nuckles[16] ; 19. 78-Todd Kane[17] ; 20. 35R-Ronnie Blair[20]
A-Main – (20 Laps)
1. 7CA-Caleb Armstrong[2] ; 2. 5K-Adam Kekich[5] ; 3. 2-Jimmy Seger[1] ; 4. M1-Mark Smith[3] ; 5. 3Z-Brock Zearfoss[12] ; 6. 4-Danny Smith[6] ; 7. 23-DJ Foos[21] ; 8. 5R-Byron Reed[9] ; 9. 7K-Cale Conley[7] ; 10. 5T-Travis Philo[10] ; 11. 59S-Ryan Smith[13] ; 12. 68G-Tyler Gunn[17] ; 13. 8-Dean Jacobs[8] ; 14. 17-Caleb Helms[20] ; 15. 83X-Nate Reeser[23] ; 16. 11N-Craig Mintz[4] ; 17. 16-Chris Andrews[14] ; 18. 14-Coleman Gulick[16] ; 19. 6-Bill Rose[11] ; 20. 24-Ryan Ruhl[18] ; 21. 5-Dylan Cisney[22] ; 22. 91-Cale Thomas[15] ; 23. 55-Mike Wagner[19] ; 24. 45L-Brian Lay[24]