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It was a warm and muggy night as the Shawano Speedway welcomed two new member to the Hall of Fame. With 100’s of friends and family in attendance, JJ Smith and Chuck Buckbee were welcomed to the Hall of Fame during a ceremony at intermission. A great crowd was on hand to witness the ceremony and was given the added treat of some fantastic racing action.

The IMCA Stock cars got the show started with everyone seeing if Travis Van Straten’s streak of feature wins would extend to 10 or would Dan Michonski end his streak of 3 runner up finishes. Fans would have to wait to the very last lap to find out as Van Straten and Michonski quickly moved to the front of the pack and fought it out man to man. Lap after lap, the lead changed hands a few times during the laps but Van Straten always seemed to have slight lead at the line. In the end, both streaks would continue with Van Straten picking up his tenth win in a row. Michonski finished second with Dustin Loberger third, Gary Kasperek grabbed fourth and Mike Schmidt took home fifth after starting 14th.

The IMCA Sport Mods began with Tyler Thiex leading the pack to the line. Brandon Nygaard would grab the lead on lap one and pace the field for the first few laps until Thiex took the spot on lap four. The lead was short lived as Jordan Barkholtz took the top spot on lap six and would show the way until lap 11 when Wyatt Block made his move to the front. Block and Barkholtz would battle for a few laps before Block would break away and cruise to an easy win with Barkholtz holding second, Jason Jach made his way forward grabbing third while Thiex and Nygaard rounded out the top five.

The Late Model division rolled out for the third feature of the night with Jeremy Kazynski and Aaron Wickersheim leading the field. However, Brett Swedberg, starting outside row 2, would split the front line on the start grabbing the lead on lap one. Swedberg would fend off an early challenge by Jared Siefert. While those two battled it out, Mike Mullen and Nick Anvelink were slicing through the field. On lap 8 Mullen grabbed second and began his battle with Swedberg. Anvelink would move into fourth and the field seemed to spread out. Meanwhile, Troy Springborn found a line that really agreed with his car and he began to rapidly move forward. Springborn, having started nineteenth grabbed fourth from Anvelink late in the race while Swedberg rolled to an impressive win. Mullen, Siefert, Springborn and Anvelink completed the top five.
Shawn Frelich led the opening laps of the IMCA Modifieds feature event only to have Kevin Feck grab the spot on lap five. Feck using the high groove to perfection continued his lead until the car of Jerry WIlinski took advantage of a bobble and took over the top spot. Marcus Yarie would grab second on the same lap. Wilinski and Yarie would lead the field running in each other tires track for the last half of the race. On lap 19, Yarie decided he had enough following and stormed to the lead. Yarie would hold on the final two laps to pick up the win with Wilinski grabbing second. Mitch Stankowski completed a strong run with a third place finish while Mike Mullen, pulling double duty, finished fourth. Matt Oreskovich would round out the top five.
The 4 Cylinders completed the night with their feature event. Aaron Milavitz took the top spot for the first four laps only to have Jasper Drengler grab the lead on lap five. Drengler would never give up the top spot as he drove to his second feature win in two weeks. Grant Kastning grabbed the runner up spot on lap 8, however, that was as far as he was going to get. Calvin Stueck grabbed third and Milavitz was fourth.
Racing returns to the Speedway Tuesday night as the World of Outlaw Late Models compete in the 50 lap Sun Drop Shootout.

IMCA STOCK CARS
Heat 1 Kasperek, Steve Stewart, Van Straten
Heat 2 Michonski, Jeremie Hedrick, Luke Uttecht
IMCA Sport Mods
Heat 1 Lucas Lamberies, Barkholtz, Jake Solin
Heat 2 Jach, Block, Brock Saunders
Late Models
Heat 1 Mullen, Michael Stangl, Kazynski
Heat 2 Swedberg, Ron Berna, Doug Blashe
Heat 3 Tom Naeyaert, Anvelink, Siefert
IMCA Mods
Heat 1 Mullen, Yarie, Eddie Muenster
Heat 2 Mark Weisnicht, Wilinski, Stankowski
4 Cylinders
Heat 1 Drengler, Hollie Welch, Lucas Hacker
Heat 2 Milavitz, Kastning, Dalton Nelson

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