Zeb Wise On Top In Fremont For $10K Jim & Joanne Ford Classic Finale All Star Sprint Win

Story By: TYLER ALTMEYER / ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS – FREMONT, OH – With an $80,000 team title on the line next Saturday night at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, leaving Fremont Speedway in Fremont, Ohio, with a Jim & Joanne Ford Classic finale title would be the ultimate momentum kick, and that’s exactly what Zeb Wise and Rudeen Racing did, eventually cashing in for not only their eighth All Star victory of the season, but a $10,000 payday in the process.

Wise, ace of the Rayce Rudeen Foundation/Sundollar Restoration No. 26 sprint car, earned his $10,000 Jim & Joanne Ford Classic title from the outside-pole position, slipping back to third at the initial start before making his charge to the front. The Angola, Indiana, native used traffic to get himself to second on lap 15, then getting by team championship rival and race-long leader, Tyler Courtney, with a move around the top on lap 20. The next ten circuits would see Wise stretch his advantage to almost three seconds, that until caution flags waved on lap 31.

By that point, Kyle Reinhardt, Fremont Speedway’s Friday night winner aboard the Bryan Grove Racing No. 45, had already made his way to the second spot, utilizing some mid-race chaos to get around Tyler Courtney and Kerry Madsen. The Neptune City, New Jersey, native did everything he could to get to Wise in the final few circuits, but all was too late. Even one final caution on lap 39 proved unworthy.

Reinhardt raced home second, followed by Madsen, Parker Price-Miller, and Cole Duncan.

“I actually didn’t want to see that last caution come out because I wasn’t sure what to do after that. I was never in clean air by myself all race, so I really wasn’t sure,” Wise expressed. “Man, I say this every single interview, but all of this is because of the guys standing behind me. They really make my job easy out there. We had our Ford motor in tonight too, so hats off to them and all of their support.”

Officially, Zeb Wise and Rudeen Racing are on top of the current All Star team standings, holding down the fort by four markers over Tyler Courtney and Clauson Marshall Racing; the closest team race of Tony Stewart’s ownership tenure.

The Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will continue their 2023 schedule with a visit to the “World’s Greatest Dirt Track,” Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, on Saturday, September 23. Although Port Royal Speedway’s Tuscarora 50 rain date takes place following the Series’ visit to Eldora, the All Star season championship will be determined at The Big E.

Contingency Awards/Results: Fremont Speedway | September 16, 2023:
Jim & Joanne Ford Classic Finale | $10,000-to-win
Kistler Racing Products Pill Draw | Entries: 42
Macri Concrete/Nunzi’s Advertising Hot Laps: Kerry Madsen | 12.512
Hercules Tires Fast Qualifier: Zeb Wise | 12.158
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat #1 Winner: Sye Lynch
Competition Suspension Inc Heat #2 Winner: Kyle Reinhardt
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat #3 Winner: Cole Duncan
Kistler Racing Products Heat #4 Winner: Skylar Gee
Mobil 1 Heat #5 Winner: Bryce Lucius
Classic Ink USA B-Main Winner: Dale Blaney
Rayce Rudeen Foundation Contingency Award: Lee Jacobs
Elliott’s Custom Trailers and Carts Dash Winner: Tyler Courtney
Tezos A-Main Winner: Zeb Wise
Tezos A-Main Hard Charger: Tim Shaffer (+8)
Carquest Perseverance Award: Byron Reed

Tezos A Feature (40 Laps): 1. 26-Zeb Wise[2]; 2. 45-Kyle Reinhardt[5]; 3. 55-Kerry Madsen[4]; 4. 9P-Parker Price Miller[7]; 5. 22-Cole Duncan[3]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee[10]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 8. 33W-Cap Henry[12]; 9. 4-Chris Windom[11]; 10. 49X-Tim Shaffer[18]; 11. 23-Cale Thomas[8]; 12. 29X-Zeth Sabo[15]; 13. 70-Kraig Kinser[17]; 14. 50YR-JJ Hickle[13]; 15. 42-Sye Lynch[9]; 16. 5T-Travis Philo[24]; 17. 16-DJ Foos[14]; 18. 32B-Dale Blaney[21]; 19. 29-Carl Bowser[25]; 20. 97-Max Stambaugh[20]; 21. (DNF) 15C-Chris Andrews[16]; 22. (DNF) 5-Byron Reed[23]; 23. (DNF) 32-Bryce Lucius[6]; 24. (DNF) 28M-Conner Morrell[19]; 25. (DNF) 35-Stuart Brubaker[22] LAP LEADERS: Tyler Courtney (1-19), Zeb Wise (20-40)

Classic Ink USA B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 32B-Dale Blaney[2]; 2. 35-Stuart Brubaker[3]; 3. 5-Byron Reed[9]; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[4]; 5. 81-Lee Jacobs[8]; 6. 61-Tyler Shullick[13]; 7. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[5]; 8. 40-Justin Clark[10]; 9. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[11]; 10. X-Mike Keegan[17]; 11. 8M-TJ Michael[14]; 12. 6-Jimmie Ward Jr[15]; 13. (DNF) 15K-Creed Kemenah[1]; 14. (DNF) 29-Carl Bowser[12]; 15. (DNF) 2+-Brian Smith[16]; 16. (DNF) 1-Nate Dussel[7]; 17. (DNS) 09-Craig Mintz

Computer Man C Feature (6 Laps): 1. 2+-Brian Smith[2]; 2. 4T-Josh Turner[3]; 3. X-Mike Keegan[6]; 4. 75-Jerry Dahms[5]; 5. 98-Robert Robenalt[4]; 6. 90-Jeffrey Neubert[7]; 7. (DNS) 12-Brian Lay

Elliotts Custom Trailers and Carts Dash (6 Laps): 1. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[1]; 2. 26-Zeb Wise[2]; 3. 22-Cole Duncan[4]; 4. 55-Kerry Madsen[8]; 5. 45-Kyle Reinhardt[5]; 6. 32-Bryce Lucius[6]; 7. 9P-Parker Price Miller[10]; 8. 23-Cale Thomas[3]; 9. 42-Sye Lynch[7]; 10. 99-Skylar Gee[9]

Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Sye Lynch[2]; 2. 26-Zeb Wise[4]; 3. 50YR-JJ Hickle[1]; 4. 15C-Chris Andrews[3]; 5. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5]; 6. 81-Lee Jacobs[6]; 7. 61-Tyler Shullick[9]; 8. 12-Brian Lay[7]; 9. (DNF) X-Mike Keegan[8]

CSI Shocks Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 45-Kyle Reinhardt[1]; 2. 33W-Cap Henry[2]; 3. 23-Cale Thomas[4]; 4. 49X-Tim Shaffer[3]; 5. 32B-Dale Blaney[5]; 6. 40-Justin Clark[6]; 7. 6-Jimmie Ward Jr[8]; 8. 98-Robert Robenalt[7]; 9. 90-Jeffrey Neubert[9]

All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Cole Duncan[2]; 2. 9P-Parker Price Miller[4]; 3. 16-DJ Foos[1]; 4. 97-Max Stambaugh[5]; 5. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek[7]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel[3]; 7. 29-Carl Bowser[6]; 8. 75-Jerry Dahms[8]

Kistler Racing Products Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Skylar Gee[3]; 2. 4-Chris Windom[1]; 3. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 4. 28M-Conner Morrell[5]; 5. 15K-Creed Kemenah[2]; 6. 09-Craig Mintz[6]; 7. 8M-TJ Michael[7]; 8. 2+-Brian Smith[8]

Mobil 1 Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 32-Bryce Lucius[2]; 2. 55-Kerry Madsen[4]; 3. 29X-Zeth Sabo[3]; 4. 70-Kraig Kinser[1]; 5. 5T-Travis Philo[6]; 6. 5-Byron Reed[7]; 7. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[5]; 8. 4T-Josh Turner[8]

Hercules Tire Qualifying: 1. 26-Zeb Wise, 00:12.158[3]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 00:12.193[31]; 3. 50YR-JJ Hickle, 00:12.312[1]; 4. 4-Chris Windom, 00:12.360[29]; 5. 23-Cale Thomas, 00:12.361[14]; 6. 45-Kyle Reinhardt, 00:12.361[16]; 7. 55-Kerry Madsen, 00:12.366[35]; 8. 9P-Parker Price Miller, 00:12.375[20]; 9. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 00:12.379[27]; 10. 42-Sye Lynch, 00:12.433[5]; 11. 15C-Chris Andrews, 00:12.456[4]; 12. 70-Kraig Kinser, 00:12.466[38]; 13. 16-DJ Foos, 00:12.478[23]; 14. 33W-Cap Henry, 00:12.507[18]; 15. 32-Bryce Lucius, 00:12.520[40]; 16. 49X-Tim Shaffer, 00:12.526[17]; 17. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:12.543[33]; 18. 29X-Zeth Sabo, 00:12.575[39]; 19. 22-Cole Duncan, 00:12.587[26]; 20. 28M-Conner Morrell, 00:12.587[32]; 21. 32B-Dale Blaney, 00:12.600[15]; 22. 09-Craig Mintz, 00:12.626[30]; 23. 1-Nate Dussel, 00:12.648[22]; 24. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 00:12.650[37]; 25. 97-Max Stambaugh, 00:12.657[19]; 26. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 00:12.670[7]; 27. 81-Lee Jacobs, 00:12.699[9]; 28. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:12.715[41]; 29. 29-Carl Bowser, 00:12.746[25]; 30. 11N-Kasey Jedrzejek, 00:12.774[21]; 31. 12-Brian Lay, 00:12.789[2]; 32. 5-Byron Reed, 00:12.806[36]; 33. X-Mike Keegan, 00:12.859[8]; 34. 61-Tyler Shullick, 00:12.882[6]; 35. 8M-TJ Michael, 00:12.934[34]; 36. 2+-Brian Smith, 00:13.035[28]; 37. 40-Justin Clark, 00:13.137[11]; 38. 4T-Josh Turner, 00:13.516[42]; 39. 98-Robert Robenalt, 00:13.867[10]; 40. 6-Jimmie Ward Jr, 00:14.111[12]; 41. 90-Jeffrey Neubert, 00:59.999[13]; 42. 75-Jerry Dahms, 00:59.999[24]