Cap Henry captures 410 sprint racing trifecta with Speedway victory
Cap Henry completed the trifecta of 410 sprint racing in Ohio on Saturday.
The Republic driver got his sixth feature win of the year at Fremont Speedway on Fremont Federal Credit Union Night to wrap up his first track title, along with a track championship he earned at Attica Raceway Park and the title of the Attica Fremont Championship Series this year.
Henry, who has 11 feature wins this season, scored his 18th career Fremont win. He entered the race one point out of first in the point standings of the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprints.
Point leader Travis Philo led the first four laps of the feature before getting over the cushion in turn four and ending up on his side. Henry inherited the lead and survived several late-race cautions for the win.
Seven-time Fremont Speedway track champion Byron Reed stormed to a second-place finish in his final sprint car race as he is retiring after 34 years of racing. TJ Michael, Dan McCarron and 20th starter DJ Foos rounded out the top five.
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"I’m just so proud of my guys," Henry said. "That was a nerve-racking race. Everything that could have gone wrong inside that thing did. The temp gauge was pegged, the steering kept messing up under the cautions, I was so nervous.
"My guys, all the families involved and all the sponsors, I’m so thankful. I’ve come close to a track championship here so many times and for whatever reason the Fremont championship was just always hard."
He finished second to Reed one year.
"It’s so cool to see him go out like this," Henry said.
Fremont's Paul Weaver took the lead from John Ivy on lap five and held off a late-race challenge from Dustin Dinan to score his seventh Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature win of the year and secure his fifth Speedway division track championship. It was Weaver’s 78th career win at the track to lead all competitors in the track’s history.
Dinan, Bryan Sebetto, Kody Brewer and Ivy rounded out the top five.
“When I saw Dustin on the bottom I knew I had to move down because it was faster down there," Weaver said. "I have to keep winning because there’s a group of young guys right there to catch me."
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Fremont’s Keith Sorg nursed his truck to a second straight win in the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Trucks, despite a broken right front suspension. It was his seventh career win at the track with Art Howey, Cory McCaughey, Chuck Roelle and Dustin Keegan rounding out the top five.
“It was worth all the time, effort and money to build this new truck during the winter,” Sorg said.
McCaughey’s third-place finish earned him his first-ever Speedway division championship.
"These kind of things don’t come easy, you have to focus," McCaughey said. "In 21 years, I’ve finished second in points so many times. Finally, we did it."
Speedway is set to host on Oct. 6, a Friday, the dirt trucks/street stock showdown with the super late models joining the racing card.
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