Makes a Late Race Pass to Notch First Late Model Feature
Shawano,WI 7/11/15—A big crowd turned out in support of the Shawano Speedway’s fifth edition of Racing for a Reason. For the second week in a row a new name joined the Late Model win list. It didn’t take long for Mike Mullen to get comfortable behind the wheel of a late model. In only his second late model appearance at the track Mullen picked up his first career late model feature win. Jamie Schmidt made it 2 in a row in the IMCA Modified class. Travis VanStraten ran his win streak to 8 in a row in the IMCA Stock Cars. Lucas Lamberies won his 3rd of the year in the IMCA Sport Mods. Calvin Stueck scored his 3rd feature of the season.
Michael Stangl took the lead on the opening lap of the Late Model feature, while Mark Rose and Tom Naeyaert quickly moved to second and third on the track. Naeyaert and Mike Mullen passed Rose in pursuit of Stangl on lap 4. Stangl continued to pace the race until a caution flew after lap 10. On lap 11 Naeyaert, Mullen, and Troy Springborn all snuck past Stangl. The yellow flag again flew after lap 12. On the restart, Springborn pulled even with Naeyaert entering turn one and took the lead from Naeyaert entering turn three. With Springborn continuing to lead the race, Naeyaert and Mullen battled for second. Mullen was able to pass Naeyaert on lap 19 and set his sights on Springborn. Springborn’s car slid up to the wall entering turn one on 23 allowing Mullen to power to the inside of Springborn and take the lead heading down the back stretch. Mullen held off Springborn the rest of the way to secure his first career Late Model feature. Springborn, Naeyaert, Nick Anvelink, and Ron Berna rounded out the top five.
Jamie Schmidt was dominant in winning last week’s IMCA Modified feature and he backed it up this week. Schmidt went three wide through turns three and four and raced from 6th to the lead on the opening lap and led the entire 20 lap race for his second straight win. Jerry Wilinski moved from tenth to finish second. Marcus Yarie started fifteenth and finished third. Lance Arneson crossed the line in fourth, but was found lite on the scale after the race moving Eddie Muenster to fourth and Kevin Feck to fifth in the finishing order.
The IMCA Stock Car feature was led on lap one by Luke Uttecht before Steven Stewart grabbed the lead on lap 2. Stewart held the top spot until Travis VanStraten overtook him on lap 4. VanStraten quickly built up a big lead en route to his 8th win in a row and 9th feature overall this season. Dan Michonski, Shawn Wagner, Dustin Loberger, and Mike Schmidt finished second through fifth.
Jason Jach led the first six laps of the IMCA Sport Mod feature, but was passed by Lucas Lamberies on lap 7 of the race. Tracy Wassenberg passed Jach on lap 10 to take second. Lamberies would hold off Wassenberg for the win. Jordan Bartz passed Jach to finish third. Jach took fourth. Brock Saunders rounded out the top five.
In Mighty Four action last week’s winner Hollie Welch led the first 5 laps before losing a tire. Brad Wedde took the lead on the restart on lap 6, but he would only hold the lead for one lap when Calvin Stueck took the lead on lap 7. On lap 8 Lucas Hacker passed Wedde to move to second on the track. Hacker mounted a late race charge, but Stueck held on to win the race. Hacker, Grant Kastning, Wedde, and Carl King made up the rest of the top five.
Racing continues next Saturday night with Lady Spectator Eliminators joining the program. Racing starts at 6:30. More information can be found at www.shawanospeedway.net.
Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1)Mike Mullen, 2)Troy Springborn, 3)Tom Naeyaert, 4)Nick Anvelink, 5)Ron Berna, 6)Doug Blashe, 7)Jared Siefert, 8)Mark Rose, 9)Robbie Bunkleman, 10)Joe Reuter.
Heat 1: 1)Berna, 2)Reuter, 3)Mullen.
Heat 2: 1)Rose, 2)Michael Stangl, 3)Anvelink.
IMCA Modified Feature: 1)Jamie Schmidt, 2)Jerry Wilinski, 3)Marcus Yarie, 4)Eddie Muenster, 5)Kevin Feck, 6)Mark Weisnicht, 7)Cody Hudson, 8)Mitch Stankowski, 9)Jerry Muenster, 10)John Berna.
Heat 1: 1)Brian Joski, 2)Jimmy Bartelt Sr., 3)Clint Forstner.
Heat 2: 1)Jesse Peebles, 2)Matt Oreskovich, 3)Shawn Frelich.
IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Travis VanStraten, 2)Dan Michonski, 3)Shawn Wagner, 4)Dustin Loberger, 5)Mike Schmidgt, 6)Steven Stewart, 7)Scott Stewart, 8)Kyle Frederick, 9)Tom Riehl, 10)Luke Uttecht.
Heat 1: 1)Loberger, 2)VanStraten, 3)Clint Malueg.
Heat 2: 1)Scott Stewart, 2)Michonski, 3)Steven Stewart.
Heat 3: 1)Wagner, 2)Schmidt, 3)Riehl.
IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1)Lucas Lamberies, 2)Tracy Wassenberg, 3)Jordan Bartz, 4)Jason Jach, 5)Brock Saunders, 6)Kyle Raddant, 7)Jake Solin, 8)Jarred VanLaanen, 9)Brekken Kleinschmidt, 10)Brandon Nygaard.
Heat 1: 1)Jach, 2)Lamberies, 3)Raddant.
Heat 2: 1)Saunders, 2)Wassenberg, 3)Bartz
Mighty Four Feature: 1)Calvin Stueck, 2)Lucas Hacker, 3)Grant Kastning, 4)Brad Wedde, 5)Dalton Nelson, 6)Carl King, 7)Aaron Milavitz, 8)Travis Welch, 9)Dustin Urban, 10)Cody Bierman.
Heat 1: 1)Hollie Welch, 2)Wedde, 3)Hacker.
Heat 2: 1)Stueck, 2)Kastning, 3)Nelson.
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