Fremont, Ohio - Zeth Sabo has been so close to a lot of wins in 2026, While the Tiffin, Ohio driver scored a pair of wins during Ohio Sprint Speedweek, he hasn't won at his home track of Fremont Speedway Presented by the FriendShip Kitchen. That all changed Saturday, Sept. 12 on Baumann Auto Group/Construction Equipment and Supply Night.
Sabo, who switched race teams about a month ago, moving to the Rudzik Excavating team, took the lead from Chris Andrews after a torrid battle midway through the 30-lap affair and survived two late race cautions to score his third career Fremont win.
After TJ Michael led the opening lap in the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint A-main, Andrews took over for laps 2-16 with Sabo taking charge on lap 17 and Andrews going back by on lap 18. Sabo retook the lead on lap 19 and began to pull away. Meanwhile Cap Henry, who wrapped up his third straight Fremont track title, drove into second on lap 23. But Sabo had a fantastic restart following a caution with six laps to go and drove away to the win over Henry, Andrews, Michael and Craig Mintz.
"I can't thank the Rudzik guys enough for the opportunity to drive this thing. Kevin had the car perfect. I was kind of searching around and under a caution Kevin told me to go up top and it worked out. We've been so close so many times this year and to finally get a win here going into a big Jim Ford weekend with the All Stars is huge," said Sabo beside his Rudzik Excavating, AL Drivelines, Centerline Boring, Smith Titanium backed #49x.
Henry completed the trifecta in 2026, wrapping up the Attica Raceway Park, Fremont Speedway and All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group title. The AFCS title is the fifth for Henry and his fourth in a row for the 2026 Ohio Sprint Speedweek champion.
"I took it easy early in that race knowing I couldn't risk losing the championship. Winning all three titles and a speedweek championship this year is a testament to the hard work of my guys, Jeff, Zack, Gary and Chris and all the great sponsors who make this possible. Now that we are done point racing it's time to go get the Jim Ford Classic," said Henry beside his Jeff Ward Demolition, Premier Planning Services, Elliott's Custom Trailers and Carts, The Tony Elliott Foundation, Primal Tee Shop, Innovative Excavating, Mobil 1, King Racing Products, Blue Stripe Equipment Rentals, SCS Gearbox, Power Cool Manufacturing, Kistler Racing Products, Griff's Engines, Callie's Performance Products, Factory 41, Ballistic Designs backed #33W.
Like Henry, Bryan Sebetto also won the Attica and Fremont track titles and the Real Geese Decoys/Real Capz AFCS titles. He also won his eighth Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature of the year at Fremont after a spirited battle with Jamie Miller.
Daniel Hoffman led the first two laps of the 25-lap 305 feature but spun, handing the lead to Miller who surrendered the lead to Sebetto on lap four. Miller drove back to the front the following lap and he and Sebetto ran side by side until getting into lapped traffic on lap 13 when Sebetto drove into the lead. Miller, who is the only driver to beat Sebetto at Fremont in 2026, retook the lead on lap 19. A caution with just four laps to go gave Sebetto the chance to pounce and he took advantage, driving back to the point the final three laps for his 13th overall win of 2026 over Miller, 12th starter Paul Weaver, Dustin Dinan and Seth Schneider.
The victory is Sebetto's 36th career win at Fremont, putting him into a tie with his car owner Bobby Clark and Byron Reed for 13th on the track's all-time win list.
"This goes to show how hard my guys work. Tony works six days a week in the shop. I can't thank everyone at Bobby Clark Racing enough for making me and my wife part of their family. We have so much fun doing this and to win two track championships and the AFCS is amazing," said Sebetto beside his Coastal Cabinet and Flooring, Fremont Fence, Shelluke's Bar, Level Performance, Level Utilities, Nagy Equipment, Dockside Barbershop, Riehl Custom Fabrication, Cutting Edge Counter Tops, Schade Builder Supply, BSE Fabrication, Overwatch Precision, BRS, Race Ready Apparel, Recker Team Howard Hanna Real Estate #8.
Shawn Valenti held off several challenges from Keith Sorg before scoring his third Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature win of the season. After Steve Miller led the first four laps, Valenti took over with Sorg hounding him the rest of the 16 laps including several restarts. Valenti scored his 94th career Fremont win to remain atop the all-time win list over Sorg, Jamie Miller, Kent Brewer and Art Howey Jr.
Valenti also wrapped up his sixth career Fremont dirt truck track championship.
"Keith raced me hard and clean and actually showed me where I needed to run in three and four. It's amazing what this Jeff Babcock team has done over the past eight to ten years," said Valenti beside his Craig Miller Trucking, Conrad Transportation, Dave Story Equipment, A Plus Auto Center, Smolders Speed Concepts, Ready Mix Concrete, Holman Drilling, Kuzma Industries, S&S Hauling and Excavating backed #7B.
Fremont Speedway Presented by the FriendShip Kitchen will host the Napa Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Valvoline for the Jim Ford Classic Friday and Saturday, Sept. 18 and 19.
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Fremont Speedway Presented by the FriendShip Kitchen
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026
410 Sprints - Fort Ball Pizza Palace
A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 49X-Zeth Sabo[3]; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[6]; 3. 15K-Creed Kemenah[5]; 4. 19-TJ Michael[1]; 5. 09-Craig Mintz[7]; 6. 25R-Jordan Ryan[9]; 7. 101-Kalib Henry[13]; 8. 15C-Chris Andrews[2]; 9. 11N-Darin Naida[22]; 10. 09X-Graham Huffman[8]; 11. 47-Dusty Larson[21]; 12. X-Mike Keegan[17]; 13. 16-Gauge Garcia[12]; 14. 7M-Brandon Moore[14]; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker[11]; 16. 5-Kody Brewer[10]; 17. 3-DJ Foos[4]; 18. 12-Jimmy McGrath Jr[15]; 19. 75-Jerry Dahms[19]; 20. 3J-Trey Jacobs[16]; 21. 2+-Brian Smith[18]; 22. 19M-Bodey McClintock[20]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 09X-Graham Huffman[1]; 2. 19-TJ Michael[2]; 3. 15K-Creed Kemenah[4]; 4. 15C-Chris Andrews[3]; 5. 11N-Darin Naida[8]; 6. X-Mike Keegan[6]; 7. 3J-Trey Jacobs[5]; 8. 47-Dusty Larson[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25R-Jordan Ryan[1]; 2. 49X-Zeth Sabo[3]; 3. 3-DJ Foos[4]; 4. 101-Kalib Henry[6]; 5. 16-Gauge Garcia[2]; 6. 12-Jimmy McGrath Jr[5]; 7. 75-Jerry Dahms[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33W-Cap Henry[4]; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[1]; 3. 09-Craig Mintz[3]; 4. 5-Kody Brewer[2]; 5. 7M-Brandon Moore[5]; 6. 2+-Brian Smith[6]; 7. 19M-Bodey McClintock[7]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 12.368[19]; 2. 3-DJ Foos, 12.490[4]; 3. 33W-Cap Henry, 12.503[7]; 4. 15C-Chris Andrews, 12.575[22]; 5. 49X-Zeth Sabo, 12.616[21]; 6. 09-Craig Mintz, 12.658[16]; 7. 19-TJ Michael, 12.756[8]; 8. 16-Gauge Garcia, 12.769[3]; 9. 5-Kody Brewer, 12.794[1]; 10. 09X-Graham Huffman, 12.831[11]; 11. 25R-Jordan Ryan, 12.868[17]; 12. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 12.885[20]; 13. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 12.891[18]; 14. 12-Jimmy McGrath Jr, 12.956[2]; 15. 7M-Brandon Moore, 12.968[10]; 16. X-Mike Keegan, 13.074[9]; 17. 101-Kalib Henry, 13.090[12]; 18. 2+-Brian Smith, 13.123[6]; 19. 47-Dusty Larson, 13.595[5]; 20. 75-Jerry Dahms, 13.668[13]; 21. 19M-Bodey McClintock, 14.589[14]; 22. (DNS) 11N-Darin Naida
305 Sprints - Fremont Federal Credit Union
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 8-Bryan Sebetto[4]; 2. 26-Jamie Miller[1]; 3. 1W-Paul Weaver[12]; 4. 6-Dustin Dinan[5]; 5. 36-Seth Schneider[8]; 6. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[3]; 7. 19R-Steve Rando[7]; 8. 2-Brenden Torok[6]; 9. 49I-John Ivy[15]; 10. 36JR-JJ Henes[16]; 11. 26S-Lee Sommers[13]; 12. X15-Kasey Ziebold[10]; 13. 39M-Madden Merrill[19]; 14. 8K-Zach Kramer[17]; 15. 28-Shawn Valenti[9]; 16. 3M-Logan Mongeau[11]; 17. 13M-Kael Mowrer[20]; 18. 63-Randy Ruble[18]; 19. 0-Bradley Bateson[14]; 20. 09-Daniel Hoffman[2]
B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 36JR-JJ Henes[1]; 2. 8K-Zach Kramer[2]; 3. 63-Randy Ruble[4]; 4. 39M-Madden Merrill[5]; 5. 13M-Kael Mowrer[3]; 6. 39T-Trevor St Clair[6]; 7. 8M-Brandon Weiker[12]; 8. 24-Andrea Weaver[11]; 9. 55-Brice Sleek[7]; 10. 98-Butch Latte[10]; 11. 37-Keith Whaley[9]; 12. 14R-Trinity Ramsey[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Seth Schneider[1]; 2. 8-Bryan Sebetto[4]; 3. 19R-Steve Rando[2]; 4. 26-Jamie Miller[3]; 5. 49I-John Ivy[6]; 6. 63-Randy Ruble[8]; 7. 8K-Zach Kramer[5]; 8. 39T-Trevor St Clair[7]; 9. 24-Andrea Weaver[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Shawn Valenti[1]; 2. 1W-Paul Weaver[5]; 3. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath[4]; 4. 2-Brenden Torok[3]; 5. 3M-Logan Mongeau[2]; 6. 13M-Kael Mowrer[7]; 7. 37-Keith Whaley[9]; 8. 14R-Trinity Ramseyer[8]; 9. 55-Brice Sleek[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 6-Dustin Dinan[2]; 2. X15-Kasey Ziebold[1]; 3. 09-Daniel Hoffman[4]; 4. 0-Bradley Bateson[6]; 5. 26S-Lee Sommers[5]; 6. 36JR-JJ Henes[3]; 7. 39M-Madden Merrill[7]; 8. 98-Butch Latte[8]; 9. 8M-Brandon Weiker[9]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 8-Bryan Sebetto, 13.550[22]; 2. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath, 13.631[7]; 3. 09-Daniel Hoffman, 13.683[15]; 4. 26-Jamie Miller, 13.802[10]; 5. 2-Brenden Torok, 13.827[13]; 6. 36JR-JJ Henes, 13.831[8]; 7. 19R-Steve Rando, 13.865[4]; 8. 3M-Logan Mongeau, 13.914[9]; 9. 6-Dustin Dinan, 13.937[5]; 10. 36-Seth Schneider, 13.975[6]; 11. 28-Shawn Valenti, 14.010[16]; 12. X15-Kasey Ziebold, 14.013[27]; 13. 8K-Zach Kramer, 14.105[1]; 14. 1W-Paul Weaver, 14.107[23]; 15. 26S-Lee Sommers, 14.108[20]; 16. 49I-John Ivy, 14.152[17]; 17. 55-Brice Sleek, 14.197[11]; 18. 0-Bradley Bateson, 14.197[25]; 19. 39T-Trevor St Clair, 14.279[19]; 20. 13M-Kael Mowrer, 14.284[2]; 21. 39M-Madden Merrill, 14.327[12]; 22. 63-Randy Ruble, 14.414[21]; 23. 14R-Trinity Ramseyer, 14.632[3]; 24. 98-Butch Latte, 14.816[18]; 25. 24-Andrea Weaver, 14.952[24]; 26. 37-Keith Whaley, 15.217[14]; 27. 8M-Brandon Weiker, 15.450[26]
Dirt Trucks - Burmeister Trophy
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4]; 2. 4S-Keith Sorg[5]; 3. P51-Jamie Miller[6]; 4. 8KB-Kent Brewer[12]; 5. 88-Art Howey Jr[11]; 6. 17X-Dustin Keegan[3]; 7. 1M-Scott Milligan[7]; 8. 101-Chester Fitch[10]; 9. 4X-Todd Warnick[15]; 10. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[17]; 11. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[13]; 12. 28K-Jackson Keegan[14]; 13. 9-Curt Inks[8]; 14. 95-Steve Miller[1]; 15. 51-Dave Bankey[20]; 16. X-Jeff Babcock[9]; 17. 11H-Jim Holcomb[16]; 18. 19H-Adam Heminger[19]; 19. 35-Dave Golembiewski[2]; 20. (DNS) 67-Ben Clapp
B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11H-Jim Holcomb[4]; 2. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[2]; 3. 67-Ben Clapp[3]; 4. 19H-Adam Heminger[9]; 5. 51-Dave Bankey[10]; 6. 7-Bill Bruen[1]; 7. 45-Collin Burns[8]; 8. 32L-Ryan Lozier[5]; 9. 20-Caleb Shearn[7]; 10. 9B-Paul Brown JR[12]; 11. (DNS) 3-Erik Wolleson; 12. (DNS) 4J-Robert McDole
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. P51-Jamie Miller[4]; 2. 17X-Dustin Keegan[3]; 3. 1M-Scott Milligan[2]; 4. 5S-Bradley Stuckey[6]; 5. 4X-Todd Warnick[7]; 6. 7-Bill Bruen[5]; 7. 20-Caleb Shearn[9]; 8. 3-Erik Wolleson[8]; 9. 67-Ben Clapp[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4S-Keith Sorg[4]; 2. 35-Dave Golembiewski[3]; 3. 8KB-Kent Brewer[6]; 4. 88-Art Howey Jr[1]; 5. X-Jeff Babcock[2]; 6. 18S-Randy Swiecicki[5]; 7. 51-Dave Bankey[9]; 8. 19H-Adam Heminger[8]; 9. 45-Collin Burns[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Steve Miller[2]; 2. 7B-Shawn Valenti[4]; 3. 101-Chester Fitch[1]; 4. 9-Curt Inks[3]; 5. 28K-Jackson Keegan[6]; 6. 9B-Paul Brown JR[9]; 7. 32L-Ryan Lozier[7]; 8. 4J-Robert McDole[8]; 9. 11H-Jim Holcomb[5]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. P51-Jamie Miller, 17.521[9]; 2. 4S-Keith Sorg, 17.620[7]; 3. 7B-Shawn Valenti, 17.634[17]; 4. 17X-Dustin Keegan, 17.942[20]; 5. 35-Dave Golembiewski, 18.160[6]; 6. 9-Curt Inks, 18.236[12]; 7. 1M-Scott Milligan, 18.301[18]; 8. X-Jeff Babcock, 18.421[25]; 9. 95-Steve Miller, 18.560[3]; 10. 67-Ben Clapp, 18.630[21]; 11. 88-Art Howey Jr, 18.643[4]; 12. 101-Chester Fitch, 18.662[13]; 13. 7-Bill Bruen, 18.715[14]; 14. 18S-Randy Swiecicki, 18.764[11]; 15. 11H-Jim Holcomb, 18.796[24]; 16. 5S-Bradley Stuckey, 18.817[19]; 17. 8KB-Kent Brewer, 19.114[16]; 18. 28K-Jackson Keegan, 19.205[1]; 19. 4X-Todd Warnick, 19.338[2]; 20. 45-Collin Burns, 19.348[23]; 21. 32L-Ryan Lozier, 19.427[26]; 22. 3-Erik Wolleson, 19.473[8]; 23. 19H-Adam Heminger, 19.597[22]; 24. 4J-Robert McDole, 19.806[10]; 25. 20-Caleb Shearn, 20.653[5]; 26. 51-Dave Bankey, 21.907[15]; 27. (DNS) 9B-Paul Brown JR
