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Shawano,WI,5/07/16—Twigs Beverage night at the Shawano Speedway saw “The Gambler” Lucas Hacker score his first career feature win. Former track champions Jerry Wilinsk, Dan Michonski, and Lucas Lamberies each scored their first wins of the season. While Nick Anvelink secured win number two of the young season.
Pole sitter Jeff Curtin grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the Late Model feature and instantly began to separate himself from the rest of the field. Over the first three laps it was Derek Jahnke in the second spot, but on lap four Mark Rose passed Jahnke to take second. With Curtin continuing to pull away, Dave Fieber passed Rose for second on lap eight. By lap eleven, tenth place starter Nick Anvelink was up to third. Anvelink only stayed there for two lap though as he raced his way to second on lap thirteen. With Curtin holding about a half straight away lead, Anvelink went to work trying to erase that advantage. Over each of the next seven laps Anvelink chipped away at the lead like a skilled sculptor. On lap twenty, Anvelink raced to the inside of Curtin and grabbed the lead as the pair exited turn four. Anvelink led the rest of the caution free race to secure his second win of the year along with two second place finishes. Curtin finished second. Fieber and Rose crossed the finish line in third and fourth, though both drivers were disqualified following post-race inspections. Troy Springborn crossed the finish line in fifth.

Second row starter Chucky Forstner led the first two laps of the IMCA Modified feature before Jeremie Hedrick asserted himself as the leader of the race with an outside pass. Hedrick led through lap twelve when the caution flag flew. On the ensuing lap, Jerry Wilinski took the lead from Hedrick with an inside pass in turn three. Lance Arneson and Marcus Yarie joined Wilinski and Hedrick in the top four on lap fifteen. On lap sixteen, Yarie went three wide with Arneson and Hedrick to grab second. Yarie pressured Wilinski the rest of the way, but Wilinski would not be denied the victory. Yarie finished second, Arneson third, Forstner fourth, and Hedrick fifth.
The driver known as Zeb, Gary Kasperek grabbed the lead on the opening lap of the IMCA Stock Car feature from Luke Uttecht. By lap four Dan Michonski raced his way to second and set a course for the leader. With Kasperek continuing to lead, Michonski inched ever closer lap after lap. Michonski went to the outside of Kasperek on lap eight to take the lead away. Also on lap eight, Travis VanStraten raced his way to third after a three wide battle with Vern Stedjee Luke Uttecht. Over the last half of the race the driver from the suburbs of Leopolis solidified his lead and would go on to win his first feature of the year. Behind Michonski, Kasperek brought home his season best so far with a second place finish. Travis VanStraten took third in the race. Uttecht and Jerry Winkler rounded out the top five after racing three wide for many laps with the likes of Stedjee, Trent Nolan, Harley Simon, Mike Schmidt, Rod Snellenberger, and Scott VanProoyen.
The IMCA Sport Mod feature saw Tyler Thiex lead the first three laps of the race before spinning in turns three and four handing the lead to Brock Saunders. On the restart Saunders was immediately pressured by Jordan Bartz. On lap eight, Lucas Lamberies passed Bartz to take second with Saunders still leading. Lamberies moved to the inside of Saunders on lap eleven and took the lead away heading out of turn two. As Lamberies led, Saunders began to feel the heat from Wyatt Block for second. Block made the move into second on lap sixteen. A lap seventeen caution bunched the field up and setup a three lap dash to the finish. Lamberies was able to hold off Block and Saunders over the remainder of the race to score his first feature win of the year. Kevin Bethke and Jordan Barkholtz completed the top five.
Lucas Hacker led wire to wire to win a caution free Mighty Four feature. It was his first career feature after coming close many times. Josh Slewinski, Grant Kastning, Brad Wedde, and Hollie Welch finished the race in second through fifth.
Jasper Drengler and Dave Stoffer scored wins in Spectator Eliminator action.
Racing will continue next Saturday night with a 6:30 start time. More Information can be found online at www.shawanocountyfair.net.
Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1)Nick Anvelink, 2)Jeff Curtin, 3)Troy Springborn, 4)Brett Swedberg, 5)Ron Berna, 6)Jared Siefert, 7)Tom Naeyaert, 8)Doug Blashe, 9)Derek Jahnke, 10)Jeremy Kazynski.
Heat 1: 1)Berna, 2)Springborn, 3)Anvelink.
Heat 2: 1)Mark Rose, 2)Dave Fieber, 3)Siefert.

IMCA Modified Feature: 1)Jerry Wilinski, 2)Marcus Yarie, 3)Lance Arneson, 4)Clint Forstner, 5)Jeremie Hedrick, 6)Chris Engels, 7)Mark Weisnicht, 8)Brian Joski, 9)Matt Oreskovich, 10)Tyler Wilson.
Heat 1: 1)Yarie, 2)Arneson, 3) Engels.
Heat 2: 1)Wilinski, 2)Forstner, 3)Kevin Feck.

IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Dan Michonski, 2)Gary Kasperek, 3)Travis VanStraten, 4)Luke Uttecht, 5)Jerry Winkler, 6)Trent Nolan, 7)Harley Simon, 8)Vern Stedjee, 9)Mike Schmidt, 10)Scott VanProoyen.
Heat 1: 1)Rod Snellenberger, 2)Uttecht, 3)VanStraten.
Heat 2: 1)Stedjee, 2)Kasperek, 3)Schmidt.
Heat 3: 1)Michonski, 2)Simon, 3)Winkler.

IMCA Sport Modified Feature: 1)Lucas Lamberies, 2)Wyatt Block, 3)Brock Saunders, 4)Kevin Bethke, 5)Jordan Barkholtz, 6)Jordan Bartz, 7)Jason Jach, 8)Kyle Raddant, 9)Tyler Thiex, 10)Brekken Kleinschmidt.
Heat 1: 1)Brandon Nygaard, 2)Barkholtz, 3)Saunders.
Heat 2: 1)Hunter Parsons, 2)Raddant, 3)Bethke.
Heat 3: 1)Jach, 2)Block, 3)Thiex
Mighty Four Feature: 1)Lucas Hacker, 2)Josh Slewinski, 3)Grant Kastning, 4)Brad Wedde, 5)Hollie Welch, 6)Dalton Nelson, 7)Dylan Pingel, 8)Kasey Gross, 9)Aaron Milavitz, 10)Brandon Wetsphal.
Heat 1: Hacker, 2)Westphal, 3)Pingel.
Heat 2: 1)Slewinski, 2)Kastning, 3)Welch.

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