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Shawano,WI,8/06/16—Though they have raced together for over twenty years, Ron and John Berna had never won features on the same night, until now. Ron Berna won his second Late Model feature of the year, while brother John won his first IMCA Modified feature of the year. Travis VanStraten won his eighth IMCA Stock Car feature, Jordan Bartz won her first IMCA Sport Mod feature of the year, while Josh Slewinski scored his third Mighty Four victory this season. All of the winners were presented with trophies by the family of former racer Bud Lynn, who passed away during the 2004 race season.
After starting on the pole of the Late Model feature, Joe Reuter grabbed the lead on the opening lap. Ron Berna got past Troy Springborn on lap two to move to second. Reuter continued to lead the race working the outside of the track as Berna began to chip away at the lead. Springborn dropped off the pace and pulled pitside on lap seven bringing out a caution. Reuter continued to lead Berna around the track as the race went back to green. Reuter’s car got loose exiting turn four on lap eleven allowing Berna to sneak past and into the lead. Brett Swedberg got by Reuter also to move to second on the track. Reuter soon began to feel the pressure from his father-in-law Tim Buhler in the battle for third. By lap twenty Berna held about a six car length advantage over Swedberg, while Buhler ran third with Reuter fourth. At the end this is how they would finish with Doug Blashe completing the top five.

Shawn Frelich led lap one of the IMCA Modified feature before giving way to John Berna on lap two. A caution came out as Marcus Yarie dropped out of the race on lap three. As the race went back to green Matt Oreskovich was able to put the pass on Berna to lead lap four. Berna came right back to take lead from Oreskovich on lap five. A restart on lap eleven bunched the field back up. Jerry Wilinski began to battle with Frelich for second as Berna tip-toed away from the rest of the field. Mark Weisnicht and Jerry Muenster completed the top four on lap fifteen. Over the final five laps of the race Berna was able to fend off Wilinski for the win followed by Weisnicht, Muenster, and Konnor Wilinski.
Rod Snellenberger started the IMCA Stock Car feature in fourth, but was in the lead by the conclusion of lap one. Travis VanStraten quickly raced to second as Dan Michonski moved to third. Snellenberger, VanStraten, and Michonski ran nose to tail on lap four, five, and six. On lap seven VanStraten made a move underneath Snellenberger entering turn one. The duo ran the entire lap door to door with VanStraten holding the lead at the line by the slimmest of margins. Over the ensuing laps VanStraten began to pull away though. Michonski worked past Snellenberger late in the race for second, but the win would go to VanStraten. Snellenberger took third, Shawn Wagner pulled off a late race pass for fourth, while Joe White finished fifth.
Rookie second-generation racer Bryce Clements led the first seven laps of the IMCA Sport Mod feature before a caution came out. On lap eight Kyle Raddant got underneath Clements and took the lead away. Jordan Bartz passed Clements for second on the following lap as Jordan Barkholtz also joined the top four. Bartz set her sights on Raddant and began to close the gap. Bartz took to the outside of Raddant on lap fourteen and made it stick as she took the lead from Raddant. Barkholtz also passed Clements on lap fourteen to take third. Over the final six laps it was all Jordan Bartz as she scored the win. Barkholtz was able to pass Raddant for second. Raddant held on for third place. Jason Ebert and Jason Jach completed the top five.
Aaron Milavitz led the first six laps of the Mighty Four feature before giving way to Josh Slewinski. Slewinski led the rest of the race for the win. Grant Kastning finished second, Tanner Westphal third, Milavitz fourth, and Lucas Hacker fifth.
Racing will continue next Saturday night with the Kids Backpack Night at the track. All kids eleven and under will have a chance to win a backpack full of school supplies. Racing begins at 6:30. Spectator Eliminators will return to action. More Information can be found online at www.shawanocountyfair.net.

Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1)Ron Berna, 2)Brett Swedberg, 3)Tim Buhler, 4)Joe Reuter, 5)Doug Blashe, 6)Justin Schmidt, 7)Josh Moesch, 8)Derek Jahnke, 9)Michael Stangl, 10)Tony Habeck.
Heat 1: 1)Reuter, 2)Berna, 3)Schmidt.
Heat 2: 1)Buhler, 2)Swedberg, 3)Moesch.

IMCA Modified Feature: 1)John Berna, 2)Jerry Wilinski, 3)Mark Weisnicht, 4)Jerry Muenster, 5)Konnor Wilinski, 6)Clint Forstner, 7)Shawn Frelich, 8)Brian Joski, 9)Beetle Bailey, 10)Paul Thorpe.
Heat 1: 1)Jerry Wilinski, 2)Konnor Wilinski, 3)Weisnicht.
Heat 2: 1)Frelich, 2)Berna, 3)Eddie Muenster.

IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Travis VanStraten, 2)Dan Michonski, 3)Rod Snellenberger, 4)Shawn Wagner, 5)Joe White, 6)Tom Riehl, 7)Scott VanProoyen, 8)Vern Stedjee, 9)Tyler Wilson, 10)Kurt Olson.
Heat 1: 1)VanStraten, 2)Snellenberger, 3)Harley Simon.
Heat 2: 1)White, 2)Michonski, 3)Riehl.

IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1)Jordan Bartz, 2)Jordan Barkholtz, 3)Kyle Raddant, 4)Jason Ebert, 5)Jason Jach, 6)Brandon Nygaard, 7)Brianna Ambroziak, 8)Logan Fleischman, 9)Bryce Clements, 10)Brekken Kleinschmidt.
Heat 1: 1)Clements, 2)Jach, 3)Bartz.
Heat 2: 1)Raddant, 2)Fleischman, 3)Nygaard.

Mighty Four Feature: 1)Josh Slewinski, 2)Grant Kastning, 3)Tanner Westphal, 4)Aaron Milavitz, 5)Lucas Hacker, 6)Travis Welch, 7)Dalton Nelson, 8)Mitchell Fairbank, 9)John Kastning, 10)Matthew Cutsforth.
Heat 1: 1)Hollie Welch, 2)Grant Kastning, 3)Nelson.
Heat 2: 1)Slewinski, 2)Brad Wedde, 3)Milavitz.

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