FREMONT, Ohio — It was déjà vu for D.J. Foos at Fremont Speedway Saturday. On championship night in 2019, the Fremont, Ohio, driver won the feature but fell two points short of claiming the track championship.
Fast-forward to championship night in 2020. Foos and Nate Dussel came into the night tied atop the track’s 410 sprint point standings. Foos took the lead from Dussel with five laps to go and drove to his second feature win of the season but Dussel’s qualifying effort and heat race finish coupled with his second-place feature finish made him the Fremont Speedway track champion by a single point.
“Last year it was two points so I guess we’re getting closer,” Foos said. “Getting points for qualifying and heat races makes this whole deal so tough. Hats off to the Dussel family. They are a good family doing stuff together and we can all look at them and know we can come together as a family and win races and championships. They are very deserving. Nate and I started racing 305s together in 2008…not saying we are rivals but we’ve chased each other up through here. It’s pretty cool for the both of us to be up here.”
“For the most part the lapped cars wanted to make that exciting,” Dussel added. “Man the top was so dominant when they entered the middle and slide to the cushion it was just like sitting and waiting. Congrats to DJ, he put it on us and no one gave him anything. This is a dream come true. My first championship (in 305s) came kind of the same way. I have a ton of respect for DJ and I knew when he got in that 16 it was going to be real tough because they will be consistent. To beat them shows how great of a season we put together.”
Steve Rando dominated the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 A-main, lapping up to the fifth-place car on route to his first win of the season and 12th of his career at the track.
All Paul Weaver had to do was start the A-main Saturday to claim the 2020 Fremont Speedway track title for the 305 sprints. Weaver drove from his seventh starting spot to finish second in the A-main, claiming his third track title. Weaver also won the Attica Raceway Park track title and the NAPA of Bryan Attica Fremont Championship Series Presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales championship in 2020.
Cory McCaughey took the lead with 10 laps to go and drove to his fifth feature win of the season and of his career at Fremont Speedway in the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks. Shawn Valenti drove from 11th to a second-place finish to wrap up his third track title in the division.