Siefert Proves He’s Up To the Challenge
Shawano,WI,8/9/14—Autism Awareness Night at the historic half mile Shawano Speedway saw Jared Siefert pocket an extra $900 by virtue of winning “The Challenge” in the IMCA Modified feature. Travis VanStraten won his 7th feature of the season and 3rd in a row in the IMCA Stock Car class. Lucas Lamberies won his third IMCA Sport Mod feature. Nick Anvelink also won his 3rd Late Model feature. Jasper Drengler won his 2nd Mighty Four feature.
After an opening lap caution which eliminated last week’s winner Tim Rothe, Josh Moesch grabbed the lead in the Late Model feature. Moesch looked strong for the first five laps before giving way to Tom Naeyeart on lap six. Naeyaert and Nick Anvelink ran the next two laps side by side before Anvelink wrestled the lead from Naeyaert on lap eight. Anvelink led the rest of the race with Naeyaert in pursuit. In the end it was Anvelink winning his third feature of the year. Naeyaert finished a season best second. Ron Berna came home in third.
The IMCA Modified feature started with a battle between Cody Hudson and Jesse Peebles on lap one. Hudson took the lead and held it till lap six when a three wheelin’ Matt Oreskovich raced inside of Hudson for the lead. By this point of the race Jared Siefert, who had started 18th after taking the challenge was up to sixth. A Caution flag flew on lap nine after contact between Jamie Schmidt and Marcus Yarie. While under caution Oreskovich was forced to pull down pit lane with drive line problems. Siefert was up to fourth before the caution. Hudson assumed the lead after Oreskovich’s problems, but was immediately challenged by Siefert on the restart. Siefert took the lead with an inside pass on lap eleven. Siefert led to the end becoming the first IMCA Modified driver to successfully complete “The Challenge” and took home $900 in bonus money on top of his regular race winnings. Hudson finished in 2nd, Eddie Muenster passed Jerry Wilinski on lap 18 and went on to finish third.
Gary Kasperek raced from fifth and into the lead on lap one of the IMCA Stock Car feature. By lap four Kasperek was joined by Tom Riehl and Mike Schmidt in a battle for the lead. On lap five Travis VanStraten joined the party out in front the field. On lap nine VanStraten overtook Kasperek to gain the lead. The following lap Kasperek retired to the pits with problems. As the race ran on, Mike Schmidt tried to catch VanStraten, while challenge taker Shawn Wagner worked through the field and up to third after starting in last. VanStraten cruised to his 7th win. Schmidt and Wagner took 2nd and 3rd respectively.
At the start of the IMCA Sport Mod feature it was Kelsey “Hollywood” Hayes grabbing the lead. Hayes received pressure from Jason Jach immediately. Jach continued to chase Hayes until lap sixteen when Lucas Lamberies shot from third to first to take the lead. Lamberies went on to win his third race of the year. Hayes finished a strong second. Jach took third.
Matt Hattermann led the first two laps of the Mighty Four feature before last week’s feature winner Grant Kastning overtook Hattermann on lap three. Kastning would stay in the lead for two laps before Jasper Drengler ducked underneath Kastning in turn four to take the lead on lap four. Drengler lead the rest of the race to win his second feature of the year. Kastning held on to finish second.
Only three nights of racing remain this season. Next week is back pack give away night at the track. Racing starts at 6:30. More information is available online at www.shawanospeedway.net.
Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1)Nick Anvelink, 2)Tom Naeyaert, 3)Ron Berna, 4)Paul Parker, 5)Brett Swedberg, 6)Doug Blashe, 7)Chris Oertel, 8)Josh Moesch, 9)Aaron Holiday, 10)Kurt Moeller.
Heat 1: 1)Swedberg, 2)Anvelink, 3)Moesch.
Heat 2: 1)Rothe, 2)Holiday, 3)Springborn.
IMCA Modified Feature: 1)Jared Siefert, 2)Cody Hudson, 3)Eddie Muenster, 4)Jerry Wilinski, 5)Jesse Peebles, 6)John Berna, 7)Marcus Yarie, 8)Mike Bailey, 9)Jamie Schmidt, 10)Jerry Muenster.
Heat 1: 1)Hudson, 2)Siefert, 3)Peebles.
Heat 2: 1)Wilinski, 2)Schmidt, 3)Yarie.
IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Travis VanStraten, 2)Mike Schmidt, 3)Shawn Wagner, 4)Tom Riehl, 5)Trent Nolan, 6)Harley Simon, 7)Vern Stedjee, 8)Chris Loewenhagen, 9)Larry Buckwheat, 10)Austin Olson.
Heat 1: 1)Schmidt. 2)Uttecht, 3)Riehl
Heat 2: 1)Wagner, 2)VanStraten, 3)Stedjee.
IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1)Lucas Lamberies, 2)Kelsey Hayes, 3)Jason Jach, 4)Brock Saunders, 5)Jake Solin, 6)Joey Taycher, 7)Jordan Bartz, 8)Derek Schnetzer, 9)Jordan Barkholtz, 10)Karah Peterson.
Heat 1: 1)Block, 2)Lamberies, 3)Wassenberg.
Heat 2: 1)Saunders, 2)Bartz, 3)Jach.
Mighty Four Feature: 1)Jasper Drengler, 2)Grant Kastning, 3)Matt Hattermann, 4)Jeff Behm, 5)Scott Blanke, 6)Chris Hidde, 7)Tanner Westphal, 8)Dalton Nelson, 9)Matt DeWilde, 10)Jacob Walters.
Heat 1: 1)Slewinski, 2)Behm, 3)Welch.
Heat 2: 1)Drengler, 2)Kastning, 3)Blanke.
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