Danny Dietrich runs down Cap Henry for $10,000 Rick Ferkel Classic win at Fremont Speedway
Sunday Speedweek visit to Wayne County Speedway canceled
FREMONT, Ohio (June 10, 2023) – “Double-D” Danny Dietrich finds his way to the Buckeye State each and every year for Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket, and after a slow start to the 41st edition with a tenth-place score in the Speedweek opener at Attica Raceway Park one night ago, the Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, native is back in Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory lane, earning Fremont Speedway’s Rick Ferkel Classic title for a $10,000 score.
In dramatic fashion, much like Attica’s conclusion with Zeb Wise and Tyler Courtney, Double-D earned the Rick Ferkel Classic payday with a final lap, final corner takeover, driving by race-long leader, Cap Henry, with a diamond move off of turn four. Dietrich and Henry would ultimately drag race to the finish with Dietrich crossing the line ahead of Henry by .054 seconds.
The Fremont Speedway All Star victory, a first-ever for the two-time Williams Grove Speedway track champion, bumps Dietrich’s career total to 20, four of which accomplished in the great state of Ohio.
“My car owner was probably mad at me for coming out here instead of racing for $7,000 at Lincoln Speedway tonight, but $10,000 sounds a little bit better,” Danny Dietrich, ace of Gary Kauffman’s Weikert’s Livestock, Sandoe’s Fruit Market, Pace Performance, #1 Cochran Expressway, Big Cove Whitetail Trophy Hunts, Drop Of Ink Tattoo, Self Made Racing, No. 48 sprint car, said. “I remember losing one this way to Cole Duncan, so heading into turn three on that last lap, all I could replay in my head was that move by Cole, so I just tried to do what he did.
“Just hats off to everyone back home who allows us to come out here and do this,” Dietrich added. “We have so many people to thank, and I know they are at home watching, but we certainly couldn’t do any of this without our supporters, and of course, the fans.”
As noted, Henry led the first 39 and a half circuits before finishing second in the Fremont Speedway main event, followed by Tyler Courtney, Zeb Wise, and Buddy Kofoid.
“We just got beat fair and square,” Cap Henry mentioned. “I hate leading a race early. We were definitely hanging in those last five laps or so…just trying to hang on. But, we’re up here standing in second after a bad start last night at Attica. We’ll take this and move forward.”
ON DECK:
Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket will continue with a $10,000-to-win visit to Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio, on Monday, June 12. Sunday’s Wayne County Speedway event has been canceled.
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Contingency Awards/Results: Fremont Speedway | June 10, 2023:
Rick Ferkel Classic | $10,000-to-win
Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket | N2
Kistler Racing Products Pill Draw | Entries: 41
Macri Concrete/Nunzi’s Advertising Hot Laps: Zeb Wise | 12.878
Hercules Tires Fast Qualifier: Stuart Brubaker | 12.527
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #1 Winner: Cole Macedo
Competition Suspension Inc Heat #2 Winner: Tyler Courtney
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #3 Winner: Logan Forler
Kistler Racing Products Heat #4 Winner: Scotty Thiel
Mobil 1 Heat #5 Winner: Buddy Kofoid
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash Winner: Zeb Wise
Classic Ink USA Screenprinting and Embroidery B-Main Winner: Brandon Spithaler
Rayce Rudeen Foundation Contingency Award: Conner Morrell
Tezos A-Main Winner: Danny Dietrich
Tezos A-Main Hard Charger: Brandon Spithaler (+9)
Carquest Perseverance Award: Sye Lynch
Tezos A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 48-Danny Dietrich[6]; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[2]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 4. 26-Zeb Wise[1]; 5. 55-Michael Kofoid[8]; 6. 4-Chris Windom[12]; 7. 09-Craig Mintz[7]; 8. 29M-Cole Macedo[3]; 9. 97-JJ Hickle[17]; 10. 32-Bryce Lucius[15]; 11. 99-Skylar Gee[13]; 12. 22-Brandon Spithaler[21]; 13. 2L-Logan Forler[5]; 14. 5-Byron Reed[22]; 15. 101-Cody Maroske[11]; 16. 2-Ricky Peterson[16]; 17. 70-Scotty Thiel[9]; 18. 81-Lee Jacobs[19]; 19. 29-Sye Lynch[20]; 20. 7N-Darin Naida[24]; 21. (DNF) 45-Tim Shaffer[25]; 22. (DNF) 1-Nate Dussel[18]; 23. (DNF) 5T-Travis Philo[23]; 24. (DNF) 35-Stuart Brubaker[10]; 25. (DNF) 49X-Cale Thomas[14] LAP LEADERS: Cap Henry (1-39), Danny Dietrich (40)
Classic Ink USA B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Spithaler[4]; 2. 5-Byron Reed[1]; 3. 5T-Travis Philo[3]; 4. 7N-Darin Naida[2]; 5. 28M-Conner Morrell[9]; 6. 15C-Chris Andrews[5]; 7. 23-Zeth Sabo[6]; 8. 9-Trey Jacobs[11]; 9. 45-Tim Shaffer[8]; 10. 8M-TJ Michael[7]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson[10]; 12. 22C-Cole Duncan[19]; 13. 4S-Tyler Street[13]; 14. 5K-Adam Kekich[15]; 15. 71M-Caden Englehart[14]; 16. 55B-Jake Swanson[12]; 17. 25-Chris Myers[21]; 18. 3V-Chris Verda[16]; 19. 2+-Brian Smith[17]; 20. 75-Jerry Dahms[20]; 21. 6J-Jonah Aumend[18]
Elliotts Custom Trailers and Carts Dash (6 Laps): 1. 26-Zeb Wise[2]; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[1]; 3. 29M-Cole Macedo[4]; 4. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[6]; 5. 2L-Logan Forler[5]; 6. 48-Danny Dietrich[9]; 7. 09-Craig Mintz[7]; 8. 55-Michael Kofoid[10]; 9. 70-Scotty Thiel[3]; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[8]
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 29M-Cole Macedo[2]; 2. 09-Craig Mintz[1]; 3. 4-Chris Windom[3]; 4. 1-Nate Dussel[6]; 5. 5-Byron Reed[4]; 6. W20-Greg Wilson[7]; 7. 7N-Darin Naida[5]; 8. 22C-Cole Duncan[9]; 9. 25-Chris Myers[8]
CSI Shocks Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 2. 101-Cody Maroske[2]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker[4]; 4. 97-JJ Hickle[5]; 5. 5T-Travis Philo[3]; 6. 9-Trey Jacobs[7]; 7. 4S-Tyler Street[6]; 8. 3V-Chris Verda[8]
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2L-Logan Forler[1]; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[4]; 3. 99-Skylar Gee[2]; 4. 29-Sye Lynch[5]; 5. 23-Zeth Sabo[8]; 6. 28M-Conner Morrell[3]; 7. 5K-Adam Kekich[6]; 8. (DNF) 2+-Brian Smith[7]
Kistler Racing Products Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 70-Scotty Thiel[1]; 2. 26-Zeb Wise[4]; 3. 32-Bryce Lucius[6]; 4. 2-Ricky Peterson[2]; 5. 22-Brandon Spithaler[5]; 6. 8M-TJ Michael[3]; 7. 71M-Caden Englehart[7]; 8. 6J-Jonah Aumend[8]
Mobil 1 Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 55-Michael Kofoid[6]; 2. 48-Danny Dietrich[4]; 3. 49X-Cale Thomas[2]; 4. 81-Lee Jacobs[7]; 5. 15C-Chris Andrews[3]; 6. 45-Tim Shaffer[5]; 7. 55B-Jake Swanson[1]; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[8]
Hercules Tire Qualifying: 1. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:12.528[10]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.597[13]; 3. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:12.606[29]; 4. 5-Byron Reed, 00:12.615[1]; 5. 48-Danny Dietrich, 00:12.703[41]; 6. 71M-Caden Englehart, 00:12.743[27]; 7. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:12.743[4]; 8. 101-Cody Maroske, 00:12.745[15]; 9. 70-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.782[30]; 10. 29M-Cole Macedo, 00:12.792[7]; 11. 4-Chris Windom, 00:12.793[8]; 12. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:12.854[18]; 13. 7N-Darin Naida, 00:12.913[5]; 14. 55B-Jake Swanson, 00:12.919[39]; 15. 2L-Logan Forler, 00:12.924[24]; 16. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:12.929[21]; 17. 49X-Cale Thomas, 00:12.941[40]; 18. 2-Ricky Peterson, 00:12.949[32]; 19. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:12.950[14]; 20. 8M-TJ Michael, 00:12.954[26]; 21. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 00:12.976[33]; 22. 97-JJ Hickle, 00:12.978[11]; 23. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:12.988[37]; 24. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:12.993[31]; 25. 45-Tim Shaffer, 00:13.014[35]; 26. 55-Michael Kofoid, 00:13.022[34]; 27. 4S-Tyler Street, 00:13.035[17]; 28. 1-Nate Dussel, 00:13.068[2]; 29. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:13.102[25]; 30. W20-Greg Wilson, 00:13.108[3]; 31. 25-Chris Myers, 00:13.111[9]; 32. 9-Trey Jacobs, 00:13.264[12]; 33. 81-Lee Jacobs, 00:13.275[36]; 34. 29-Sye Lynch, 00:13.303[23]; 35. 3V-Chris Verda, 00:13.310[16]; 36. 5K-Adam Kekich, 00:13.383[20]; 37. 2+-Brian Smith, 00:13.398[22]; 38. 6J-Jonah Aumend, 00:13.403[28]; 39. 22C-Cole Duncan, 00:13.458[6]; 40. 75-Jerry Dahms, 00:14.006[38]; 41. 23-Zeth Sabo, 00:26.306[19]
2023 Ohio Sprint Speedweek presented by Cometic Gasket Standings (As of 6/10):
Zeb Wise – 292
Tyler Courtney – 290
Danny Dietrich – 280
Craig Mintz – 278
Buddy Kofoid – 278
Cole Macedo – 274
Chris Windom – 270
Cap Henry – 258
Bryce Lucius – 250
Byron Reed – 248
2023 All Star Circuit of Champions DRIVER Standings (As of 6/10):
Tyler Courtney – 2008
Chris Windom – 1888
Zeb Wise – 1862
Tim Shaffer – 1818
JJ Hickle – 1758
Scotty Thiel – 1706
Hunter Schuerenberg – 1592
Conner Morrell – 1578
Sye Lynch – 1424
Parker Price-Miller – 1202
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