FREMONT, Ohio – The Fremont Speedway Hall of Fame will hold its 11th induction ceremony on June 8, with eight new members joining the hallowed halls.
The ceremonies will be held rain or shine in the historical grandstands at Fremont Speedway in the Sandusky County Fairgrounds, beginning at 2 p.m.
Those planning to attend need to purchase a ticket – ticket gates open at 1 p.m. – which also includes the evening’s racing following the hall of fame induction.
Those being inducted into the Fremont Speedway Hall of Fame are:
John Wisbon – John began racing in 1987 after buying a sprint car from hall of fame member Joe Keegan. He was named the Fremont Speedway rookie of the year in 1987, finishing sixth in the track’s points. In 1988 John finished third in the track’s points in a season that saw him record 20 top 10 finishes in 34 A-main starts. John got his first feature win in 1989 at Butler Speedway in Michigan and he finished fourth in Fremont and Attica Raceway Park’s point standings.
In 1990 he once again finished third in Fremont’s points. John won Ray Bowman Chevy-Olds Invitational race at Attica in 1991 and finished ninth in Fremont’s points. In 1993 John scored two feature wins at Buckeye Speedway (what is now Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio). John also recorded a pair of top 10 finishes during Ohio Sprint Speedweek including a best seventh place finish at Fremont Speedway. He retired from racing in 2005.
Bruce Berryman – Bruce started racing late models in 1975 and was Fremont Speedway’s rookie of the year. He recorded four feature wins in the late model division at Fremont Speedway and won the track’s 1978 championship. After retiring from driving in 1988 he would later purchase a 305 sprint car and later a 410 sprint car for his son Doug to drive. From 2000 to 2007, Bruce and Doug racked up some 15 feature wins, including winning two 305 feature on the same night at Fremont Speedway (a make-up feature and the night’s regular feature).
One of the things Bruce is most remembered for, however, is giving future racers a start in go-karts. Racers like Paul Weaver, John Ivy and Phil Gressman all drove go-karts for Bruce. When Skunk Hollow began a kids kart division it was Bruce who built most of the karts.
Dave Marko – Dave raced a late model from 1979 to 1988 and scored over 100 feature wins in that time span including 13 at Fremont Speedway. He won the late model track championship at Eldora Speedway five years straight and also recorded a championship at Oakshade Raceway in Wauseon, Ohio.
Dave nearly scored a Fremont Speedway title in 1983, coming up just two points short of Ken Clark despite missing six races that year at the track. Dave scored some of late model racing’s biggest events, including the Johnny Appleseed Classic at Mansfield Speedway.
Jerry “Dude” Creeger – Jerry was Fremont Speedway’s 1982 Sportsman Six-Cylinder champion and also earned the track’s Herbie Robinson Sportsman of the Year award that season. Jerry was the 1983 Herbie Robinson Award for Outstanding Personality and Attitude at Fremont and received a certificate of appreciation and dedication from the track in 1985.
Jerry scored nine feature wins in two divisions at Fremont Speedway and also scored wins at Oakshade Raceway (Wauseon), McCutchenville Speedway, Attica Raceway Park, Coshocton Speedway, East Bay Raceway (Florida) and Millstream Speedway (Findlay). Jerry drove his first late model in 1997 and recently drove a limited late model at Fremont in 2018 after 25 years.
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