FREMONT, Ohio — Cap Henry put an exclamation point on his second championship of All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group, leading all 30 laps for a $5,000 payday at Fremont Speedway on Saturday.
The previous night the Republic, Ohio driver scored his second Attica Raceway Park 410 sprint title as he now closes the gap to possibly win the Fremont Speedway division championship. Henry survived a late-race caution on Baumann Auto Group Night to earn his fifth victory of the season at Fremont, his 10th overall feature win of the season. It is his 17th career Fremont win.
“Honestly this is incredible. I couldn’t have imagined this when Jeff (Ward) and Gary (Griffith) agreed to hire us in the offseason,” Henry said. “You always want to win races and that’s what motivates me. We had a really good 2020 (won Attica and AFCS championships) and I just wanted to prove we could do that again. Zack and Gary and Chris and Chad and Jeff…so proud of everyone involved in this.
“To come out here and win this many races….it takes a really good team and I’m so proud of my guys. I’m so proud of our families. The wives and girlfriends give up something so that we can do this.”
John Ivy, a former 410, 305 and dirt truck champion at Fremont, has been knocking on the door as of late for a feature win. Ivy led all 25 laps of the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint A-main to claim his 61st career win at the track. It wasn’t easy as Kasey Ziebold pressure Ivy in lapped traffic until a caution flew with just two laps to go. Ivy sits fifth on the track’s all-time win list.
“It’s been a couple of years since we won here,” Ivy said. “This takes a whole bunch of weight off our backs. I still think I can do it but we haven’t showed that the last few years so we figured we would take a step back and see if we could at least be competitive again and have some fun.
“We’ve been slowly picking away at it and getting consistent. Charlie has come on board and Andy has been doing a great job and my brother and Ronnie. They haven’t given up on me so I can’t give up on them.”
Paul Weaver seemed to have the NAPA of Bryan Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by Jason Dietsch Trailer Sales locked up with 10 laps to go as he was running third. But, Weaver had a tire going down and his top wing collapsed but the Fremont, Ohio driver was able to hold on for a 20th place finish and edged Jamie Miller by a mere six points for his fourth straight AFCS championship.
“The bolts fell out of the wing. I knew I had a tire going down but I didn’t know about the wing,” Weaver said. “The harder I ran to try and keep air in the tire, the worst it got. This helps pay the bills at the end of the year. I have to thank Daniel and my wife, Bob Hampshire, Steve Brown and all my sponsors. If it wasn’t for all of them I couldn’t do this.”Â
Miller survived a last lap mechanical issue with his dirt truck to claim his third Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck A-main of 2023. Miller now has 43 career wins at Fremont.
“The thing broke on the last lap,” Miller said. “I lost all my brakes and it didn’t want to turn….don’t know how I could win.”