Henry moves on to race win at Speedway
To succeed in racing, you need to have a short memory.
Had a bad night? Put it behind you and move to the next race.
Cap Henry put a missed feature Friday at Attica in the rearview mirror to lead all 30 laps of the Fort Ball Pizza Palace 410 Sprint A-main Saturday at Fremont Speedway.
Henry, who claimed the Fremont Speedway 410 sprint crown, the Attica Fremont Championship Series title and the Attica Raceway Park title last year, survived a late-race caution to earn his 19th career victory at Fremont and score the $4,000 payday.
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Henry held off a charging Travis Philo, DJ Foos, last week’s winner Cale Thomas and Friday night’s Attica winner Skylar Gee for the win.
"I never doubted Zack (Myers) and my guys," Henry said. "We’ve either been really fast or we shouldn’t be at the race track. It’s either we win it or don’t show up. Zack went through this thing front to back today. He never gives up.
"We really got lucky there at the end with the cautions. I had ripped off all the tear-offs that thing by like Lap 10, and I was just hanging on."
Thomas’ fourth-place run keeps him atop the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series standings.
The Fremont Federal Credit Union 305 Sprint feature came down to the last lap. A caution necessitated a green-white-checkered finish and in the final corners leader John Ivy and Friday night’s Attica winner Tyler Shullick raced side by side and banged wheels.
Ivy held off Shullick for his 62nd career Fremont victory. Shullick, Jamie Miller, Bryan Sebetto and Seth Schneider rounded out the top five.
Ivy, who is tied for fourth on Fremont’s all-time win list, put himself in contention for the title of the NAPA of Bryan AFCS.
"I saw Tyler stick his nose down there and I thought, 'Well, I have to try something,'" Ivy said. "I knew Tyler wouldn’t take me out; he’s a good racer and he will win his fair share. I just have to get as many as I can now, I’m not getting any younger."
Heavy rains caused next week's purse for the Burmeister Trophy Dirt Truck race to double. Speedway is host Saturday to Family Fun Night, with dirt trucks, 305 sprints and the USAC D2 Midgets.
This article originally appeared on Fremont News-Messenger: Fremont Speedway racing
