FREMONT, Ohio — A few weeks ago, Craig Mintz destroyed a car at Fremont Speedway Fueled by the FriendShip Kitchen.
His team went to work and built a new car and it paid off Saturday, Aug. 8 on Fremont Federal Credit Union/S&S Hauling and Excavating Night.
Mintz, a four-time Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint Fremont track champion, took the lead on lap 21 from DJ Foos who had led form the drop of the green in the 30-lap affair.
Foos didn’t give up, racing side by side with Mintz for the next hand full of laps. Mintz was able to weave through lapped traffic to earn his 20th career victory at “The Track That Action Built.” His brother-in-law Nate Dussel charged from 16th to finish second with Foos, Cap Henry and Bryce Lucius rounding out the top five.
Henry’s fourth-place finish expands his lead in the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group. Henry is trying to secure his third straight and fifth series title.
“This says a lot about my guys, Chris, my dad, Heather, Cruz, Chase….busted their butts to get us a race car together. Paul Kistler rebuilt us an engine so we came here with a fresh race car and fresh bullet but we didn’t know what to do and what the car was going to do. It was pretty good tonight,” said Mintz.
Foos led the first 11 laps of the 25-lap Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint A-main before sixth starter Bryan Sebetto took over in heavy lapped traffic. Sebetto drove away for his sixth win of the season at Fremont and his 10th overall of 2026. Foos, Steve Rando, Seth Schneider and Jamie Miller rounded out the top five.
Sebetto’s 34th career win at Fremont puts him into a tie for 15th on the all-time win list with hall of famer Al Franks. The win also boosts his lead in the Real Geese Decoys/Real Capz Attica Fremont Championship Series.
Dave “Gumby” Golembiewski took the lead from Kent Brewer on lap six and then battled with five time and defending track champion Shawn Valenti the last seven laps of the 20 lap Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature to secure his sixth career Fremont win. Valenti, Dustin Keegan, Keith Sorg and Steve Miller rounded out the top five in a very entertaining race.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 09-Craig Mintz[3]; 2. 1-Nate Dussel[16]; 3. 3-DJ Foos[2]; 4. 33W-Cap Henry[10]; 5. 32-Bryce Lucius[5]; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews[1]; 7. 16-Gauge Garcia[6]; 8. 49X-Zeth Sabo[8]; 9. 3J-John Jerich[7]; 10. 38-Leyton Wagner[20]; 11. 19-TJ Michael[14]; 12. 00-Thomas Meseraull[13]; 13. 5-Kody Brewer[19]; 14. 7M-Brandon Moore[17]; 15. 10BR-Jason Blonde[22]; 16. 35-Stuart Brubaker[11]; 17. X-Mike Keegan[15]; 18. 22M-Dan McCarron[18]; 19. 2+-Brian Smith[21]; 20. 75-Jerry Dahms[24]; 21. 5T-Travis Philo[12]; 22. 101-Kalib Henry[4]; 23. 3TJ-Trey Jacobs[9]; 24. 16E-Caleb Erwin[23]
