FREMONT, Ohio – D.J. Foos sliced his way through lapped traffic and then survived a late race caution to score his third 410 sprint victory of the season at Fremont Speedway Saturday on Willies Sales & Service Night.
Foos, from Fremont, Ohio, led all 30 laps of the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 sprint car A-main, but it wasn’t an easy victory. Heavy lapped traffic forced him to make daring moves aboard his Burmeister Racing machine to maintain the lead as Nate Dussel closed several times.
A caution with three laps to go put Dussel right on Foos’ rear bumper but the 2019 Attica Fremont Championship Series champion was able to hold off Dussel to score the win, the 20th of his career at Fremont.
“I knew I had to get the jump on the start. I squeezed Nate up a little there on the start…I didn’t mean to. My car was just so good. I didn’t want that last caution because I could move around to get through lapped traffic. We struggled at the beginning of speedweek but my guys worked hard and we found great speed later and it paid off tonight,” said Foos beside his Crown Battery, CR Juices, All in Tent Rentals, Dave Story Equipment, Burmeister Trophy, Sonny’s Signs, Vantage Branding, The Jet Express, BRS, Kistler Engines, Kistler Racing Products-backed No. 16.
The win propelled Foos to the front of the standing of the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products 410 Attica Fremont Championship Series Presented by the Baumann Auto Group.
In other action, Paul Weaver took the lead with just five laps to go in a tremendous Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 sprint car feature that saw him, Dustin Stroup and Alvin Roepke battle hard the last 12 laps.
Weaver went on to take his second win of the year at Fremont and the 61st of his career at “The Track That Action Built,“ putting him fourth on the track’s all-time win list.
The Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature was just as entertaining, as teammates Shawn Valenti and Jeff Babcock tangled on a restart with three laps to go. From there, 12th-starter Jamie Miller drove into the lead with just two laps to go to score his second straight truck feature win.
It was Miller’s 25th career victory at the track.