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Shawano,WI 7/18/15—Hot temperatures and hot action greeted race fans. Mitch McGrath made a late race pass to win the late model feature. Jesse Peebles scored his first IMCA Modified victory of the season. Travis VanStraten kept his win streak going, winning his ninth in a row. TracyWassenberg scored his third IMCA Sport Mod win of the season. Jasper Drengler won his second Mighty Four feature of the year.
Brett Swedberg started outside of row one in the late model feature and powered into the lead on the start. Swedberg looked to be in control and on his way to victory before making contact with Jared Siefert, who had spun, on lap 17. Swedberg would get his spot back, but Tom Naeyeart would pass him as the race went back to green on lap 18. With Naeyaert leading the race Mitch McGrath then began applying pressure for the lead. Caution on lap 23 would set up a two lap dash to the finish of the race. On the restart Mcgrath went to the outside of Naeyaert and took the lead away heading down the back stretch on lap 24. McGrath would go on to pick up his first late model feature win at the Shawano Speedway. Naeyeart finished in second, Ron Berna finished third, Nick Anvelink took fourth, and Taylor Scheffler rounded out the top five.

Jesse Peebles started on the pole of the IMCA modified feature and survived numerous restarts and challenges from John Berna on his way to victory lane. The race was shortened to 15 laps due to the cautions. Jerry Wilinski finished the race third and Marcus Yarie finished fourth after the pair of them both started keeping the field.
Trent Nolan led the opening lap of the IMCA Stock Car feature before being overtaken by Dan Michonski on lap two. Michonski was soon pressured for the lead by Travis VanStraten. With Michonski still leading on lap seven, a caution flag flew bunching the field back up. On lap eight VanStraten took to the inside of Michonski and made a pass for the lead. VanStraten led the rest of the race picking up his 9th win in a row and 10th overall. Michonski fended off Mike Schmidt to finish second.
Wyatt Block raced his way from sixth and into the lead on the opening lap of the IMCA Sport Mod feature. With Block still in control of the race, Tracy Wassenberg moved in to second on lap 10. Block continued to lead the way until lap 18 when Wassenberg moved inside of Block in turns three and four to take over the lead. Wassenberg would win the race, Block finished second, while Lucas Lamberies took third.
Jasper Drengler lead for the duration of the Mighty Four feature en route to victory. Calvin Stueck finished second and Grant Kastning finished in the third position.
Racing will continue next Saturday night with the tracks annual Hall of Fame night. Chuck Buckbee and JJ Smith will be honored. More information can be found online at www.shawanospeedway.net.
Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1)Mitch McGrath, 2)Tom Naeyaert, 3)Ron Berna, 4)Nick Anvelink, 5)Taylor Scheffler, 6)Joe Reuter, 7)Jeff Curtin, 8)Michael Stangl, 9)Mark Rose, 10)Jeremy Kazynski.
Heat 1: 1)Anvelink, 2)Rose, 3)Scheffler.
Heat 2: 1)Brett Swedberg, 2)Stangl, 3)Doug Blashe.

IMCA Modified Feature: 1)Jesse Peebles, 2)John Berna, 3)Jerry Wilinski, 4)Marcus Yarie, 5)Mitch Stankowski, 6)Beetle Bailey, 7)Eddie Muenster, 8)Art Siefert, 9)Matt Oreskovich, 10)Mike Fillion.
Heat 1: 1)Peebles, 2)Brian Joski, 3)Cody Hudson.
Heat 2: 1)Bailey, 2)Berna, 3)Stankowski.

IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Travis VanStraten, 2)Dan Michonski, 3)Mike Schmidt, 4)Scott Stewart, 5)Justin Jacobsen, 6)Gary Kasperek, 7)Tom Riehl, 8)Harley Simon, 9)Vern Stedjee, 10)Chris Loewenhagen.
Heat 1: 1)Dustin Loberger, 2)Michonski, 3)VanStraten.
Heat 2: 1)Stewart, 2)Riehl, 3)Schmidt.

IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1)Tracy Wassenberg, 2)Wyatt Block, 3)Lucas Lamberies, 4)Jason Jach, 5)Jordan Bartz, 6)Brianna Ambroziak, 7)Jake Solin, 8)Tyler Thiex, 9)Jordan Barkholtz, 10)Brandon Nygaard.
Heat 1: 1)Block, 2)Lamberies, 3)Brock Saunders.
Heat 2: 1)Jach, 2)Wassenberg, 3)Greg Magsam.

Mighty Four Feature: 1)Jasper Drengler, 2)Calvin Stueck, 3)Grant Kastning, 4)Brad Wedde, 5)Dalton Nelson, 6)Holli Welch, 7)Carl King, 8)Travis welch, 9)Dustin Urban, 10)Heidi Meverden.
Heat 1: 1)Lucas Hacker, 2)Drengler, 3)Wedde.
Heat 2: 1)Stueck, 2)Welch, 3)Nelson.

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