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Shawano,WI 7/04/15—It seemed as though it would only be a matter of time before Jared Siefert broke into victory lane in a late model and Saturday night was the time. Meanwhile Jamie Schmidt was impressive on his way to victory lane in the IMCA Modified class. Travis VanStraten continued to dominate the IMCA Stock Car division with his 7th straight and 8th overall feature win. Wyatt Block won his second straight IMCA Sport Mod feature and Hollie Welch scored her first career feature win in the Mighty Fours. Each feature winner took home trophies thanks to the Kim Parsons Memorial Trophy Tour.

The Late Model feature saw Tim Rothe rocket from the outside of row one to the lead on the opening lap. An incident on lap two collected Travis Jellum and Nick Anvelink eliminating them both from the feature. Jared Siefert got inside of Rothe on lap 3 and the duo raced door panel to door panel for the lead for a lap before Siefert powered to the top spot on lap 4. Rothe continued to give chase with Brett Swedberg glued to his bumper. Tom Naeyeart got two for the price of one as he raced from fourth to second on lap 7 as Siefert continued to lead. Yellow flew after lap 9 bunching the field up. Swedberg had a good restart on lap 10 and passed Naeyaert to move to second behind Siefert with Mike Mullen also passing Naeyaert to take third. Siefert, Swedberg, and Mullen began to separate themselves from the rest of the pack while Naeyaert, Troy Springborn, and Ron Berna battled for fourth and fifth. On lap 18 Mullen moved underneath Swedberg to move to second on the track. Swedberg passed Mullen back the next lap though. On lap 24 Seifert got a bit loose exiting turn 2 but somehow gathered the car back in as Swedberg and Mullen made it a 3 car battle for the lead. As the trio exited turn 4 Swedberg got a good run on Siefert, but it was Siefert the first car to take the checkered. It was the first win career late model feature win for the former multi time IMCA Modified track champion. Mullen had a great 3rd place showing in his first night behind the wheel of a late model after starting the race in 12th.
Jamie Schmidt passed Shawn Frelich on lap 2 of the IMCA Modified feature and would lead the rest of the race on his way to victory. Schmidt held off Cody Hudson in the first half of the race and Mark Weisnicht in the second half of the race to secure his first win of the year at the track. Weisnicht finished in second, Hudson took third, and Eddie Muenster crossed the line in fourth.
Former IMCA Modified track champion Jeremie Hedrick led the first 2 laps of the IMCA Stock Car feature before being overtaken by Travis VanStraten on lap 3. Hedrick continued to run in second until lap 7 when Scott Stewart passed Hedrick to take second. Stewart would hold second until lap 12 when Dan Michonski passed him. With VanStraten holding a big lead, Michonski set out to erase that advantage. Lap after lap Michonski closed the gap on VanStraten. With 2 laps to go, the lead for VanStraten was down to a car length. Michonski got a fender to the inside of VanStraten exiting turn two, but VanStraten was quicker down the back stretch of the track. Michonski was right on the bumper of VanStraten as the white flag waved. VanStraten would hold on to win the race. Michonski finished a strong second after starting the race in 15th. Dustin Loberger and Justin Jacobsen rounded out the top four.
Pole sitter Brandon NyGaard led the first 2 laps of the IMCA Sport Mod feature before Wyatt Block made an inside pass to grab the lead. By lap 5 Lucas Lamberies passed NyGaard and began to challenge Block for the lead. Tracy Wassenberg joined the top 3 on lap 5 also. Though Lamberies was able to stay within a couple car lengths of Block for the duration of the race it was Block scoring his second win in a row after winning his first Shawano Speedway feature last week. Wassenberg held off a hard charging Jason Jach to finish third.
Hollie Welch led the entire Mighty Four feature to obtain the first feature win of her racing career. Calvin Stueck crossed the line in second. Lucas Hacker finished third.
Dave Stoffer and Brian Welch picked up wins in Spectator Eliminator action.
Racing will continue next Saturday night with the tracks 5th annual Racing For a Reason night to raise money in support of the fight against childhood cancer. Hot laps start at 6:00. Racing starts at 6:30. More information is available online at www.shawanospeedway.net.
Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1)Jared Siefert, 2)Brett Swedberg, 3)Mike Mullen, 4)Troy Springborn, 5)Tom Naeyaert, 6)Ron Berna, 7)Joe Reuter, 8)Doug Blashe, 9)Michael Stangl, 10)Derek Jahnke.
Heat 1: 1)Swedberg, 2)Blashe, 3)Naeyaert.
Heat 2: 1)Rose, 2)Rothe, 3)Springborn.

IMCA Modified Feature: 1)Jamie Schmidt, 2)Mark Weisnicht, 3)Cody Hudson, 4)Eddie Muenster, 5)Jerry Wilinski, 6)Marcus Yarie, 7)Brian Joski, 8)Mike Bailey, 9)Cole Petit, 10)Shawn Frelich.
Heat 1: 1)Frelich, 2)Muenster, 3)Hudson.
Heat 2: 1)Schmidt, 2)Oreskovich, 3)Siefert.

IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Travis VanStraten, 2)Dan Michonski, 3)Dustin Loberger, 4)Justin Jacobsen, 5)Steven Stewart, 6)Scott Stewart, 7)Mike Schmidt, 8)Harley Simon, 9)Trent Nolan, 10)Vern Stedjee.
Heat 1: 1)VanStraten, 2)Loberger, 3)Lowenhagen.
Heat 2: 1)Hedrick, 2)Jacobsen, 3)Schmidt.

IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1)Wyatt Block, 2)Lucas Lamberies, 3)Tracy Wassenberg, 4)Jason Jach, 5)Jordan Bartz, 6)Kyle Raddant, 7)Brandon NyGaard, 8)Brianna Ambroziak, 9)Les Yaeger, 10)Jake Hashbarger.
Heat 1: 1)(Jach, 2)Bartz, 3)Wassenberg.
Heat 2: 1)Lamberies, 2)Block, 3)NyGaard.

Mighty Four Feature: 1)Hollie Welch, 2)Calvin Stueck, 3)Lucas Hacker, 4)Carl King, 5)Brad Wedde, 6)Forrest Kerneen, 7)Dustin Urban, 8)Dalton Nelson, 9)Jasper Drengler, 10)Chris Hidde.
Heat 1: 1)Hacker, 2)Wedde, 3)Kerneen.
Heat 2: 1)Welch, 2)Stueck, 3)DeWilde.

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