FREMONT, Ohio — Cap Henry wrote his name in the Fremont Speedway record books Saturday night, winning the 17th annual Jim Ford Classic.
Henry’s third win of the season at “The Track That Action Built” was worth $20,000. He also added another $10,000 in bonus money by leading all 40 laps.
Henry, the track’s 2023 Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint track champion, won his eighth feature of 2024 and his 21st career win at the track.
Winning the Jim Ford Classic adds to his incredible list of accomplishments in 2024 including taking the Ohio Sprint Speedweek title and the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series title.
“I knew I had to get a good jump at the start. Kalib (Henry) has been so good here this year. Zack and Chad and Chris and Jeff and Gary have worked their tails off all year and gave me a perfect car tonight. I was able to maneuver in traffic. Gary Griff built this engine for us to run Eldora and Knoxville….it’s a damn good engine. We’ve run second in this race so many times and to finally get a Jim Ford Classic win is very special,” said Henry
“We were really good but Cap was just better tonight,” said Kalib Henry. “Second sucks….I really wanted that race, but it was a good weekend and we will give it a shot next Saturday to wrap up the track championship. Thanks to Doc and Rebecca and all the guys who make this possible.”
Craig Mintz rallied from a crash the previous evening to finish third with Trey Jacobs and Stuart Brubaker rounding out the top five.
The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprints competed in two 20-lap features. In the first current Fremont division point leader Jamie Miller took the lead from Seth Schneider on lap six and drove to his fourth win of the season at Fremont over Dustin Stroup, Dustin Dinan, Jimmy McGrath and Logan Riehl.
The win is Miller’s 10th overall win of 2024 in 305 sprint car competition to go with three dirt truck wins and a non-wing sprint car victory. It was also Miller’s 52nd career win at Fremont.
The finish:
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 33W-Cap Henry[2]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry[1]; 3. 09-Craig Mintz[6]; 4. 9-Trey Jacobs[3]; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5]; 6. 23-Cale Thomas[20]; 7. 7N-Darin Naida[8]; 8. 19-TJ Michael[15]; 9. 4D-Zane DeVault[14]; 10. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[4]; 11. 01-Bryan Sebetto[12]; 12. 16-DJ Foos[19]; 13. 70-Henry Malcuit[9]; 14. 5-Kody Brewer[22]; 15. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[11]; 16. 15C-Chris Andrews[10]; 17. 5T-Travis Philo[7]; 18. 14-Sean Rayhall[23]; 19. 7M-Brandon Moore[16]; 20. 2+-Brian Smith[24]; 21. 27-Jamie Miller[21]; 22. 47-Todd King[17]; 23. X-Mike Keegan[13]; 24. 19H-Joel Myers Jr[18]