FREMONT, Ohio – It was Miller time once again at Fremont Speedway. “The Track That Action Built” hosted its final race of the season on Friday, with the Oakshade Raceway Street Stocks competing against the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks.
Fremont Speedway’s 2022 dirt truck track champion Jamie Miller drove to his 6th truck win of the season.
Miller took the lead from Adam Lantz on lap 16 of the 25-lap feature and negotiated perfectly through lapped traffic for his 7th overall win of 2022 at Fremont.
It was Miller’s 12th overall win of 2022 having won five other 305 sprint features this year. It is Miller’s 37th career win at Fremont, placing him 12th on the track’s all-time win list.
“What a fantastic year….don’t want it to end,” Miller said. “I just tried not to screw up on the bottom and over drive it. To be among the legends in wins at Fremont is pretty phenomenal. I never would have imagined this when I first started racing.”
Lantz — who was disqualified after post-race inspection — jumped into the early lead of the feature with Shawn Valenti glued to his rear bumper while Dave Gumby and Miller battled for third.
Miller moved into third on lap six and had a spirited battle with Valenti until taking second on lap nine.
Lapped traffic came into play by lap 13 and that allowed Miller to close on Lantz. The pair battled in tight quarters until Miller drove under Lantz to take the lead on lap 16. Lantz continued to hound Miller until the leader made a great move with a lapped car on lap 19 and pulled away for the win.
Valenti was credited with second with Kyle Moore, Gumby and Gabe Mueller rounding out the top five.
The Finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 4M-Jamie Miller[9] ; 2. 7b-Shawn Valenti[2] ; 3. 21D-Kyle Moore[10] ; 4. P51-Dave Gumby Jr.[3] ; 5. 4-Gabe Mueller[5] ; 6. 17J-Jarrod Klay[4] ; 7. 55K-Kolin Schilt[11] ; 8. 8KB-Kent Brewer[14] ; 9. 74D-Craig Dippman[12] ; 10. 4s-Keith Sorg[8] ; 11. 67-Ben Clapp[19] ; 12. 32H-Dan Hennig [15] ; 13. 74T-Tony Anderson[6] ; 14. 8S-Scott Hammer[13] ; 15. 419-Ben Liaeff[22] ; 16. 14B-Ronnie Bloomfield[20] ; 17. 76B-Scott Barnhart[17] ; 18. 201-Donovan Paskan[7] ; 19. 23m-Brad Mitten[18] ; 20. 12S-Cody Stetten[24] ; 21. 9B-Dylan Burt[23] ; 23. 26-Kyle Lagrou[16] ; 23. 101-Chester Fitch[21]