Canada's Skylar Gee takes Fremont, Attica race sweep
Skylar Gee cleaned up on the race track.
The Alberta, Canada, native swept through the opening weekend for the Kistler Racing Products/All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Attica Fremont Championship Series. He took the lead Saturday with just six laps to go to score the win at Fremont Speedway on Autokiniton Night.
After a win Friday at Attica Raceway Park, Gee started seventh on the grid for the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints and took the lead from race-long leader Stuart Brubaker in heavy lapped traffic on Lap 24. A caution with just two laps to go didn't deter Gee as he pulled away for his first ever Fremont victory, worth $4,000.
“What a race track," he said. "I got to give it to the track crew. We were a little bit skeptical when they reworked it but the surface was great. We were good all night long again. The driver messed up qualifying but made up for it in the heat race.
"I just tried to stay patient there early on and stay in the hunt and see what the race track was going to do. I wasn’t very good at first and was kind of stuck behind the 32 (Bryce Lucius) and couldn’t make anything work."
Brubaker was second, his top finish early in the season. Byron Reed was third, followed by rookie Lucius and Chris Andrews.
"I slowed down and made sure I hit the bottom off of four and really made up some ground,” Gee said. "I have to thank my dad, everyone who supports us. This is a blast right now."
Paul Weaver dominated the Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature. He won the last three Napa of Bryan AFCS titles.
He built a nearly five-second advantage when a caution flew with just two laps to go. It didn’t faze Weaver, the defending and four-time Fremont track champion, as he drove to his 72nd career win at Speedway.
He's third on the track’s all-time win list.
“It helps to start up front," Weaver said. "We had some mechanical issues last week but got it all sorted out and this thing was just so good on the bottom."
Dustin Stroup continued his early season success with a runner-up finish, followed by 11th starter Bryan Sebetto, Jamie Miller and Mike Keegan.
Jamie Miller took the lead in the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck feature from Dustin Keegan on Lap 2 and held off several late race challenges from Cory McCaughey to score his 40th career victory at Fremont, tying him for 11th on the all-time win list with Harold McGilton.
“To hear my name mentioned with Harold, I was a snot-nosed kid running around here when he was winning and taking it all in," Miller said. "That’s so hard to imagine."
McCaughey was second, followed by Dan Hennig, Dave Gumby and Curt Inks.
“They found a few things wrong after last weekend and got them sorted out and we had a pretty good hot rod," Miller said.
Fremont is host Saturday to AFCS 410 and 305 sprints, along with dirt trucks.
This article originally appeared on Fremont News-Messenger: Skylar Gee holds off Stuart Brubaker for 410 race win at Fremont
