VanStraten Outduels Czarapata As Stock Cars Take Center Stage
Shawano,WI 6/20/15—Travis VanStraten passed Brandon Czarapata with two laps remaining to win his 6th feature of the year and take home the $750 top prize. Nick Anvelink won his 4th straight and 5th late model feature of the season. Jerry Wilinski scored his 2nd IMCA Modified feature, Lucas Lamberies won his 2nd straight IMCA Sport Modified, and Grant Kastning also won his 2nd Might Four feature.
Mark Rose led the opening lap of the Late Model feature before Jared Siefert asserted himself as the leader. In only his second night at the track in a late model the former IMCA Modified track champion quickly pulled away from the rest of the pack while Brett Swedberg and Troy Springborn gave chase. Meanwhile 12th place starter Nick Anvelink began to work his way through traffic. The first caution of the race waved after lap thirteen wiping away the huge lead that Siefert had built up. As the race went back to green it was Siefert leading Springborn, Swedberg, and Anvelink. Anvelink then passed both Swedberg and Springborn in turns three and four to grab second. With Siefert still leading Anvelink set his sights on the leader. On lap seventeen Anvelink went to the outside of Siefert and took the lead by a fender at the start finish line. Anvelink quickly pulled away from Siefert and went on to win the race. Siefert finished second, Springborn took third, Swedberg finished fourth.
One day after turning 58 years old Art Siefert celebrated his birthday by taking the lead on the opening lap of the IMCA Modified feature. Siefert immediately began to receive pressure from Joel Seegert. Jamie Schmidt raced his way to second on lap 4. The following lap saw Schmidt make contact with Seifert bringing out a caution. Siefert would get his spot back, while Schmidt would be sent to the tail of the field. As the race went back to green on lap 5 Jerry Wilinski made the pass on Siefert to take the lead. Wilinski would lead the rest of the race for the win. Siefert held off John Peters to finish second equaling his son Jared’s effort. Marcus Yarie passed Seegert in the late stages of the race to finish fourth.
Josh Mroczkowski led laps one and two of the IMCA Stock car feature before Mike Schmidt took the lead on lap three. Rod Snellenberger, Brandon Czarapata, Travis VanStraten and Shawn Wagner quickly joined the lead duo in a six car battle at the front of the field. On lap four Czarapata went three wide with Schmidt and Mroczkowski and took the lead. By lap six it was Czarapata out front trailed by Snellenberger and VanStraten. As the race ran on the top three cars raced in a tight pack with VanStraten running door to door with Snellenberger for numerous laps right on the back bumper of Czarapata. A caution on lap thirteen bunched the field up. Czarapata got a good restart and held the lead. On lap seventeen Snellenberger pulled into the pits eliminating him from competition. Mike Schmidt joined Czarapata and VanStraten in the top three. On lap eighteen VanStraten moved to the inside of Czarapata and the pair raced side by side for two laps with Cazarapata holding the lead each lap by a fender. On lap twenty four VanStraten again went under Czarapata and this time nudged ahead of Czarapata by a fender as the pair took the white flag. Entering turn one VanStraten drove in deeper than Czarapata and slid up the track into the high groove. VanStraten held off Czarapata through turns three and four to win the race. Mike Schmidt took third, Shawn Wagner fourth, Dustin Loberger finished fifth and took home the hard charger award after starting 18th.
The IMCA Sport Mod feature saw Greg Magsam lead the first three laps before being overtaken by Lucas Lamberies. Lamberies fought off challenges first from Wyatt Block, then from Brock Saunders to win the race. Saunders would finish second. Jake Solin took third. Jason Jach finished fourth after starting fourteenth.
Grant Kastning took the lead from Aaron Milavitz on lap three of the Mighty Four feature and held off Lukas Hacker to win the race. Brad Wedde crossed the line in third.
Racing will continue next Saturday night with the “Havoc on the Half Mile” late model special. Time trials for late models will start at 5:30. Racing will start at 6:00 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)Jared Siefert, 3)Troy Springborn, 4)Brett Swedberg, 5)Ron Berna, 6)Doug Blashe, 7)Mark Rose, 8)Justin Hirt, 9)Rob Krull, 10)Joe Reuter.
Heat 1: 1)Springborn, 2)Rose, 3)Jeff Curtin.
Heat 2: 1)Siefert, 2)Anvelink, 3)Blashe.
Heat 3: 1)Swedberg, 2)Berna, 3)Krull.
IMCA Modified Feature: 1)Jerry Wilinski, 2)Art Siefert, 3)John Peters, 4)Marcus Yarie, 5)Joel Seegert, 6)Mark Weisnicht, 7)Eric Arneson, 8)Chris Engels, 9)Kevin Feck, 10)Jerry Muenster.
Heat 1: 1)Seifert, 2)Matt Oreskovich, 3)Yarie.
Heat 2: 1)Peters, 2)Jason Czarapata, 3)Jerry Muenster.
Heat 3: 1)Jamie Schmidt, 2)Feck, 3)Wilinski.
IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Travis VanStraten, 2)Brandon Czarapata, 3)Mike Schmidt, 4)Shawn Wagner, 5)Dustin Loberger, 6)Gregory Gutt, 7)Steven Stewart, 8)Gary Kasperek, 9)Luke Uttecht, 10)Harley Simon.
Heat 1: 1)Wagner, 2)Schmidt, 3)Simon.
Heat 2: 1)Czarapata, 2)Lowenhagen, 3)Josh Mroczkowski.
Heat 3: 1)Snellenberger, 2)Scott Stewart, 3)VanStraten.
IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1)Lucas Lamberies, 2)Brock Saunders, 3)Jake Solin, 4)Jason Jach, 5)Kyle Raddant, 6)Jordan Bartz, 7)Greg Magsam, 8)Les Yaeger, 9)Weston Frenche, 10)Lloyd Allen.
Heat 1: 1)Lamberies, 2)Brianna Ambroziak, 3)Brandon NyGaard.
Heat 2: 1)Raddant, 2)Magsam, 3)Solin.
Mighty Four Feature: 1)Grant Kastning, 2)Lukas Hacker, 3)Brad Wedde, 4)Calvin Stueck, 5)AaronMilavitz, 6)Hollie Welch, 7)Josh Slewinski, 8)Dalton Nelson, 9)Carl King, 10)Matt DeWilde.
Heat 1: 1)Milavitz, 2)Stueck, 3)James Bohm.
Heat 2: 1)Welch, 2)Hacker, 3)Kastning.
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