Lamberies Scores First Win Of The Year
Shawano,WI 6/06/15—Nick Anvelink won his third straight feature, Eddie Muenster won for the second week in a row, and Travis VanStraten won his fourth consecutive feature. Brad Wedde made a second trip to victory lane. While Lucas Lamberies made his first victory lane appearance.
Tim Rothe used his pole starting position to grab the lead at the start of the Late Model feature. The early stage of the race was plagued by caution flags, but on each restart Rothe was able to fend off Jeff Curtin. By lap 4 Nick Anvelink had advanced from 8th to third on the track and joined Curtin in pressuring Rothe for the lead. A caution after lap 10 again bunched the field together. Jeff Curtin was able to muscle his way to the lead on lap 11. Anvelink also passed Rothe to take 2nd. Curtin would hold the lead until lap 14 when Anvlink then asserted himself as the front runner. Anvelink quickly pulled away from the rest of the field as the race stayed green. In the end it was Anvelink winning his fourth feature of the year. Curtin crossed the line in a season best second. Rothe took third. Justin Hirt finished 4th after starting 10th in his first visit to the track this summer.
The IMCA Modified feature saw an early three car tussle for the top spot between Kevin Feck, John Berna, and Eddie Muenster. On lap 2 Muenster took the top spot by himself while Feck and Berna battled for second. By lap five Jerry Wilinski broke into the top four after passing Tony Wedelstadt. A caution on lap 10 for debris slowed the pace. As the race went green again Muenster was perfect on the restart and virtually unchallenged, while Wilinski went to work on Berna to gain the second spot. Wilinski set his sights on Muenster but could not track him down as Muenster won his 2nd race in a row. Berna finished in third. Marcus Yarie took fourth.
Rookie Cody Gagnon led the opening lap of the IMCA Stock Car feature before being passed by Luke Uttecht on lap 2. Uttecht would only stay out front for one lap though as Mike Schmidt grabbed the lead on lap 3. Schmidt’s time out front would only be for a lap also as Travis VanStraten took the lead away on lap 4. On lap 7 Gary Kasperek passed Schmidt to take second with VanStraten pulling away in first. Lap 10 saw Brandon Czarapata put a move on Kasperek to take away the second spot. The top three positions would remain unchanged for the duration of the race. It was the 5th win of the year for VanStraten.
Lucas Lamberies led every lap of the IMCA Sport Mod feature to pick up his first feature win of the year. Jordan Bart prevailed over Jason Jach in the battle for the second finishing position. Rookie Kyle Raddant finished a career best fourth.
Lucas Hacker went from 7th to first at the start of the Mighty Four feature and would lead the opening 3 laps of the race before Brad Wedde took the lead on lap 4. Wedde, Calvin Stueck, and Hacker raced nose to tail for the top spot. Aaron Milavitz crashed the party on lap 9 passing Hacker to move into third. Hacker was forced to pit lane to change a tire on lap 10. Milavitz, meanwhile had a tire go flat on lap 10 causing a spin and he forced from the race also. This left a 2 lap shootout to decide the race. Wedde was able to hold off his cousin, Stueck, for his second win of the year.
Dave Stoffer and Brian Welch each won their division in Spectator Eliminator action.
Racing will continue next Saturday night with the “Havoc on the Half Mile” late model special. Time trials for late models will start at 6:00. Racing will start at 6:30 with a full program of racing along with the $2000 to win late model feature. More information is available is available online at www.shawanospeedway.net.
Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1)Nick Anvelink, 2)Jeff Curtin, 3)Tim Rothe, 4)Justin Hirt, 5)Joe Reuter, 6)Tom Naeyaert, 7)Brett Swedberg, 8)Mitch McGrath, 9)Ron Berna, 10)Doug Blashe.
Heat 1: 1)Reuter, 2)Chris Oertel, 3)McGrath.
Heat 2: 1)Rothe, 2)Hirt, 3)Curtin.
Heat 3: 1)Swedberg, 2)Jared Siefert, 3)Anvelink.
IMCA Modified Feature: 1)Eddie Muenster, 2)Jerry Wilinski, 3)John Berna, 4)Marcus Yarie, 5)Tony Wedelstadt, 6)Cody Hudson, 7)Kevin Feck, 8)Matt Oreskovich, 9)Mitch Stankowski, 10)Mark Weisnicht.
Last Chance Quaifier: 1)John Peters, 2)Jesse Peebles, 3)Art Siefert.
Heat 1: 1)Yarie, 2)Hudson, 3)Berna.
Heat 2: 1)Stankowski, 2)Jamie Schmidt, 3)Wedelstadt.
Heat 3: 1)Oreskovich, 2)Weisnicht, 3)Jerry Muenster.
Heat 4: 1)Wilinski, 2)Eddie Muenster, 3)Feck.
IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Travis VanStraten, 2)Brandon Czarapata, 3)Gary Kasperek, 4)Mike Schmidt, 5)Rod Snellenberger, 6)Dustin Loberger, 7)Scott Stewart, 8)Dan Michonski, 9)Luke Uttecht, 10)Tom Riehl.
Heat 1: 1)Snellenberger, 2)Stewart, 3)Uttecht.
Heat 2: 1)Kasperek, 2)Czarapata, 3)Riehl.
Heat 3: 1)Schmidt, 2)VanStraten, 3)Vern Stedjee.
IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1)Lucas Lamberies, 2)Jordan Bartz, 3)Jason Jach, 4)Kyle Raddant, 5)Brianna Ambroziak, 6)Logan Fleischman, 7)Don Woller, 8)Tyler Thiex, 9)Greg Magsam, 10)Lloyd Allen.
Heat 1: 1)Lamberies, 2)Wyatt Block, 3)Ambroziak.
Heat 2: 1)Tracy Wassenberg, 2)Jach, 3)Fleischman.
Mighty Four Feature: 1)Brad Wedde, 2)Calvin Stueck, 3)Dalton Nelson, 4)Carl King, 5)Grant Kastning, 6)Forrest Kerneen, 7)Lucas Hacker, 8)Lewis Jepson, 9)James Bohm, 10)Cody Reed.
Heat 1: 1)Stueck, 2)Kastning, 3)Aaron Milavitz.
Heat 2: 1)Hacker, 2)Wedde, 3)Nelson.
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