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Shawano,WI,5/28/16—Sporting a big smile and a Clintonville Trucker football shirt, sixteen year old Jason Ebert posed in victory lane after scoring his first career feature in only his second night of racing at the Shawano Speedway. Ebert, who won the IMCA Sport Mod feature was joined in victory lane by Tom Naeyeart, Jerry Wilinski, Travis VanStraten, and Hollie Welch. Naeyaert and Welch each won their first feature of the year in the Late Model and Mighty divisions. VanStraten won his fourth IMCA Stock Car feature. While Wilinski scored win number two in the IMCA Modified class.

Pole-sitter Derek Jahnke led the opening lap of the Late Model feature before succumbing to the pressures of Ron Berna. Initially Berna put some distance between himself and the rest of the field. Tom Naeyaert moved past Jahnke and into second place on lap three. By lap five Naeyaert began to apply pressure to Berna for the lead. For the next two laps Naeyaert began to work to the inside of Berna as the pair dueled for the lead. Exiting turn two on lap eight Naeyaert pulled ahead of Berna to make the pass for the lead. With Naeyaert continuing to lead, Nick Anvelink had worked his way past Jared Siefert and Berna to move to second on lap seventeen. As the laps wound down, Anvelink was able to close the gap on Naeyaert, but Naeyaert would not be denied his first victory of the year. Anvelink finished second, followed by Troy Springborn, Ron Berna, and Jared Siefert.
Shawn Frelich kicked of the IMCA Modified feature by leading the first four laps of the race. Ninth place starter Jerry Wilinski took control of the race on lap five. Behind Wilinski, Clint Forstner and Lance Arneson locked horns in a battle for second place. Arneson was eventually able to dispense with Forstner and move into second on lap fourteen. By this point in the race though Wilinski had built a near straightaway lead and was able to cruise to victory. Behind Wilinski, it was Arneson, Mitch Stankowski, Forstner, and Chris Engels completing the top five.
In IMCA Stock Car action, Harley Simon led the opening two laps before Rod Snellenberger took the lead following a lap three restart. Snellenberger’s time in front would be short though as Travis VanStraten took the lead on lap four. As VanStraten distanced himself from the rest of the field, Dan Michonski joined Snellenberger in the battle for second. The two former track champions raced door to door lap after lap. Meanwhile behind them Gary Kasperek and Mike Schmidt raced side by side for a number of laps in the battle for fourth. VanStraten cruised to victory. Michonski edged Snellenberger by a fender for second place. While Kasperek beat Schmidt to the line for fourth.
The IMCA Sport Mod feature saw Brianna Ambroziak and Brandon Nygaard battle for the lead at the drop of the green flag. The pair raced side by side for the first two laps of the race before Ambroziak began to pull away just a bit from the rest of the field. While Ambroziak led, Nygaard began to feel some heat from Jason Ebert for second. Ebert cleared Nygaard on lap eight to move to second. On lap ten Ambroziak lost the handle on the car in turn four and spun, bringing out the caution flag and handing the lead to young Jason Ebert. Though it was only his second night of racing at Shawano, Ebert looked like a seasoned veteran holding the lead for the duration of the race. Kyle Raddant made a three wide pass to move to second place and pestered Ebert for the lead as the race wound down. Ebert held Raddant at bay though to win his first career feature. Nygaard finished third, Jordan Barkholtz was fourth, and Wyatt Block took fifth in the race.
Travis Welch led the first four laps of the Mighty Four feature before Calvin Stueck battled past on lap five. While Stueck led, Hollie Welch moved into second on lap nine. With Stueck seemingly in control Hollie Welch made up a ton of ground on the last lap, as rain began to fall on the track, and raced past Stueck to score the win. Stueck had to settle for second, Travis Welch finished third, Brad Wedde fourth, and Grant Kastning took fifth.
Racing will continue next Saturday night with Ladies Night at the track sponsored by Charlies County Market of Shawano. The 500 ladies will get in free. Racing begins at 6:30. Spectator Eliminators will also be back on the docket as the rain forced their cancellation this week. More Information can be found online at www.shawanocountyfair.net.

Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1)Tom Naeyaert, 2)Nick Anvelink, 3)Troy Springborn, 4)Ron Berna, 5)Jared Siefert, 6)Michael Stangl, 7)Derek Jahnke, 8)Jeremy Kazynski, 9)Doug Blashe, 10)Tony Habeck.
Heat 1: 1)Naeyaert, 2)Blashe, 3)Jeff Curtin.
Heat 2: 1)Berna, 2)Springborn, 3)Siefert.

IMCA Modified Feature: 1)Jerry Wilinski, 2)Lance Arneson, 3)Mitch Stankowski, 4)Clint Forstner, 5)Chris Engels, 6)Marcus Yarie, 7)Eddie Muenster, 8)Jeremie Hedrick, 9)Mark Weisnicht, 10)Matt Oreskovich.
Heat 1: 1)Wilinski, 2)Feck, 3)Hedrick.
Heat 2: 1)Frelich, 2)Muenster, 3)Forstner.

IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Travis VanStraten, 2)Dan Michonski, 3)Rod Snellenberger, 4)Gary Kasperek, 5)Mike Schmidt, 6)Harley Simon, 7)Vern Stedjee, 8)Tom Riehl, 9)Joe White, 10)Eric Zwirschitz.
Heat 1: 1)Luke Uttecht, 2)VanStraten, 3)Riehl.
Heat 2: 1)Simon, 2)Trent Nolan, 3)Snellenberger.

IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1)Jason Ebert, 2)Kyle Raddant, 3)Brandon Nygard, 4)Jordan Barkholtz, 5)Wyatt Block, 6)Kevin Bethke, 7)Jordan Bartz, 8)Jason Jach, 9)Ryan Besaw, 10)Brekken Kleinschmidt.
Heat 1: 1)Brock Saunders, 2)Brianna Ambroziak, 3)Bethke.
Heat 2: 1)Block, 2)Ebert, 3)Nygaard.

Mighty Four Feature: 1)Hollie Welch, 2)Calvin Stueck, 3)Travis Welch, 4)Brad Wedde, 5)Grant Kastning, 6)Aaron Milavitz, 7)Kasey Gross, 8)Lucas Hacker, 9)Jason Hopinka, 10)Tony Hokenstad.
Heat 1: 1)Hopinka, 2)Travis Welch, 3)Josh Slewinski.
Heat 2: 1)Stueck, 2)Hollie Welch, 3)Gross.

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