Lamberies Wins Challenge,Parker Wins By Inches,VanStraten And Slewinski Repeat
Shawano,WI,7/5/14—Highway 22 Shell night at the races proved to be a historic night with Lucas Lamberies becoming the first racer this season to succeed in the Challenge. Electing to start last on the grid and win the race. It was Lamberies’s first win on the year. Paul Parker and Matt Oreskovich also won their first races of the year. While Travis Vanstraten made it four in a row and Josh Slewinski came from last to win his second straight.
Outside pole sitter Michael Stangl led the first three laps of the Late Model feature. Paul Parker took the lead after a restart on lap four, while Doug Blashe moved into the second position. On lap nine with Parker still leading, Nick Anvelink passed Justin Hirt to move into third. After a lap thirteen restart Anvelink passed Blashe to take second. The race stayed green the rest of the way. As the laps ticked off Parker continued to lead with Anvelink right on his back bumper looking for a way around. As the race for the lead was taking place Blashe and Troy Springborn locked horns in a battle for third. As the white flag waived Anvelink took to the inside of Parker and the pair raced side by side down the back straight away and into turn three. They crossed under the flag stand still side by side with Parker winning by the slimmest of margins. Blashe held off Springborn to take third.
Mark Weisnicht battled his nephew Chad Olson on the opening laps of the IMCA Modified feature. Eddie Muenster passed Olson for second on lap four, with Weisnicht still leading. Weisnicht led the first twelve laps of the race before Matt Oreskovich wrestled the lead from Weisnicht on lap thirteen. Oreskovich held off Weisnicht and Eddie Muenster to win his first feature of the year. Muenster passed Weisnicht on the final lap to finish second.
Nate Michonski led the first three laps of the IMCA Stock Car feature before being overtaken by eighth place starter Travis VanStraten on lap four. VanStraten would lead the rest of the way to win his fourth feature race in a row. Michonski held off Mike Schmidt to finish in second. Shawn Wagner took the Challenge and finished in eighth after starting in last.
In the IMCA Sport Mod feature Clintonville teenager Lucas Lamberies took the Challenge electing to start In last place. Lamberies didn’t take long getting to the front of the field though, and took the top spot from early race leader Brandon Nygaard on lap 5. Lamberies looked like he would run away with the race while Jordan Bartz, and Jason Jach tried to run him down. A lap thirteen caution wiped away the Lamberies lead. On the restart though Lamberies quickly began to pull away again, but Bartz did not give up. She quickly reeled the leader back in on the ensuing laps. The pair of second year racers battled it out over the final laps with Lamberies prevailing in the end. Bartz raced to a solid second place finish. Jach took third in the race. Lamberies took home an extra $250 for winning the Challenge. He is the first driver this year to win the Challenge in any class.
In Mighy Four action Grant Kastning led the opening lap before giving way to Tanner Westphal. Westphal then led the race until Scott Blanke made a pass for the lead on lap nine. Meanwhile seventeenth place starter Josh Slewinski had worked his way through the field to take second on the lap ten. On lap eleven Slewinski overtook Blanke for the lead and went on to win his second feature in a row.
Matt Congos put an end to Brian Welch’s undefeated streak to win the four and six cylinder Spectator Eliminators. While Dave Stoffer beat Mike Sortino to take the V8 finale.
Racing will continue next Saturday night with a 6:30 start time. It is the fourth annual Racing For A Reason night. More information is available online at www.shawanospeedway.net
Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1)Paul Parker, 2)Nick Anvelink, 3)Doug Blashe, 4)Troy Springborn, 5)Justin Hirt, 6)Joe Reuter, 7)Joel Bennett, 8)Tom Naeyaert, 9)Kurt Moeller, 10)Cody Grosskreutz.
Heat 1: 1)Parker, 2)Brett Swedberg, 3)Jeremy Kazynski.
Heat 2: 1)Grosskreatuz, 2)Blashe, 3)Anvelink.
Heat 3: 1)Hirt, 2)Reuter, 3)Springborn.
IMCA Modified Feature: 1)Matt Oreskovich, 2)Eddie Muenster, 3)Mark Weisnicht, 4)Marcus Yarie, 5)Jerry Wilinski, 6)Tom Schaal, 7)Cody Hudson, 8)John Berna, 9)Craig Bartz, 10)Chad Olson.
Heat 1: 1)Olson, 2)Oreskovich, 3)Wilinski.
Heat 2: 1)Schaal, 2)Muenster, 3)Hudson.
IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Travis VanStraten, 2)Nate Michonski, 3)Mike Schmidt, 4)Harley Simon, 5)Kyle Frederick, 6)Trent Nolan, 7)Luke Uttecht, 8)Shawn Wagner, 9)Tom Riehl, 10)Joe Schwister.
Heat 1: 1)Michonski, 2)Uttecht, 3)Schmidt.
Heat 2: 1)Chris Loewenhagen, 2)VanStraten, 3)Nolan.
IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1)Lucas Lamberies, 2)Jordan Bartz, 3)Jason Jach, 4)Don Woller, 5)Austin Carter, 6)Jake Solin, 7)Tristin Peebles, 8)Jake Hashbarger, 9)Nick Furman, 10)Wyatt Block.
Heat 1: 1)Jach, 2)Lamberies, 3)Furman.
Heat 2: 1)Block, 2)Bartz, 3)Brandon Nygaard.
Mighty Four Feature: 1)Joshua Slewinski, 2)Scott Blanke, 3)Tanner Westphal, 4)Grant Kastning, 5)Calvin Chapin, 6)Jeff Behm, 7)Dalton Nelson, 8)Lucas Hacker, 9)Hollie Welch, 10)Bronson Huntington.
Heat 1: 1)Blanke, 2)Chapin, 3)Matt Hatterman.
Heat 2: 1)Kastning, 2)Westphal, 3)Wedde.
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