FREMONT, Ohio — While everyone else went to the bottom of the track, Cap Henry decided to go to the top at Fremont Speedway Saturday night and it paid off.
Henry drove to the 410 sprint win to open the season at “The Track That Action Built,” his seventh career victory at the speedway on Union Trades Night.
“Nate (Dussel) and Justin (Peck) were driving away from me…I’m not a points racer and I just wanted to win so it was time to move and see if we could figure something else up. I have to talk to my new crew chief Zack. He was giving me hand signals and I don’t have a clue what they mean,” Henry said.
The cautions fell perfectly for Henry, keeping him out of lapped traffic.
“I got nervous there that last run when we were catching traffic. I knew I could maintain what I was doing but I didn’t know what I could do when I got to traffic,” he added.
Last year Tyler Street scored his first ever sprint car win. He wasted little time in 2019 adding to that total, claiming his first ever Fremont Speedway win in the Fremont Federal Credit Union Sprints. It wasn’t easy for Street, who nearly slid off the high side of the track in turn three with two laps to go.
“I over drove it and hit a rut in turn three and I really thought I was going over the banking and into the wall. I knew I was going to hear it from dad afterwards so I calmed myself down and finish off these last couple of laps. This is one of my favorite tracks and I’m glad to finally get a win here. I want to thank my mom and dad, Hannah and everyone who works on this car. My family came tonight so it was awesome,” said Street.
Shawn Valenti picked up where he left off last season – winning features in the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks. Valenti took the lead at the half way point of the feature and drove to his 47th career Fremont win, placing him in a tie for seventh on the track’s all-time win list.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 4H-Cap Henry[3] ; 2. 81-Lee Jacobs[8] ; 3. 5X-Justin Peck[1] ; 4. 71P-Parker Price-Miller[6] ; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[2] ; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[12] ; 7. G1-Hunter Schuerenberg[5] ; 8. 11N-Buddy Kofoid[4] ; 9. 45-Brian Lay[9] ; 10. 16-DJ Foos[14] ; 11. 5-Byron Reed[10] ; 12. 25M-Chris Andrews[7] ; 13. 22B-Ryan Broughton[15] ; 14. 33-Caleb Griffith[18] ; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker[17] ; 16. 20I-Kelsey Ivy[20] ; 17. 14-Chad Wilson[16] ; 18. A79-Brandon Wimmer[13] ; 19. 23-Max Stambaugh[19] ; 20. 83M-Broc Martin[11]