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Shawano,WI,9/3/16—Five track champions were crowned during Fabiano Brothers Distributing night at the Shawano Speedway as part of the Shawano County Fair. Brett Swedberg, Jordan Barkholtz, and Grant Kastning each one their first Shawano Speedway track championships. While Travis VanStraten won his third consecutive title and Marcus Yarie won his second crown. In feature race action Ron Berna won his third Late Model feature of the year. Mitch Stankowski secured his first IMCA Modified win of the year. VanStraten won number eleven in the IMCA Stock Car class. Kyle Raddant scored win number three in IMCA Sport Mod action. While, Brad Wedde brought home his fourth Mighty Four feature.

Ten-time track champion, Ron Berna led the entire Late Model feature in a race that ran green to checkered for twenty-five laps. Over the first half of the race Berna was challenged by Joel Bennett and Jeff Curtin. On lap ten Nick Anvelink moved to second with a pass on Jeff Curtin. By this point of the race Berna had already built up a straight away lead. As the race continued on, Anvelink was able to chip away at the lead lap after lap. Berna would not be denied victory though as Anvelink had to settle for second. Brett Swedberg finished third and secured his first Shawano Speedway track championship. Jared Siefert and Curtin rounded out the top five.
Chris Engels and Shawn Frelich raced door to door at the start of the IMCA Modified feature. Engels held the lead on lap one, but Frelich took over on lap two. As the lead duo continued to race side by side for the lead, Mitch Stankowski moved to third. On lap ten, Engels held the advantage over Frelich and led the lap. On lap eleven though, Stankowski made a charge to the inside of Engels in turn three and took the lead away. Frelich, Engels, and Marcus Yarie raced three wide for second behind Stankowski. On lap thirteen Yarie moved to second, but he his car came to a stop on the next lap bringing out a caution and ending Yarie’s night. As the race resumed Stankowski continued to lead the way followed by Frelich, Engels, Matt Oreskovich, and Lance Arneson. Arneson steadily began working his way through traffic and got up to second on lap seventeen. Arneson tried to muster a pass for the lead, but Stankowski was up to the challenge and made his way to victory lane. Frelich, Engels, and Mark Weisnicht completed the top five. Though Yarie did not finish the race, he was crowned as the track champion.
BJ Giese took control of the IMCA Stock Car feature at the start of the race. Giese led the first nine laps of the race. He was pursued early on by Harley Simon. Travis VanStraten passed Simon for second on lap seven. VanStraten got underneath Giese on lap ten to make the pass for the lead. As VanStraten began to pull away, Giese and Mike Schmidt battled for the second spot. Schmidt got ahead of Giese on lap fifteen to take the second position. VanStraten cruised to victory, putting an exclamation mark on his third straight track championship. Schmidt, Giese, Shawn Wagner, and Simon finished second through fifth.
Brock Saunders led the opening four laps of the IMCA Sport Mod feature, as Kevin Bethke made his way to the second position. Bethke got underneath Saunders to take the lead away on lap 5. On lap 6, Kyle Raddant took to the outside of the track and put the pass on Bethke for the lead. Bethke kept pace with Raddant though, as the two battled side by side for the lead with Bethke running the innermost line on the track. On lap ten Bethke in fact held the lead by a bumper. Raddant though continued to run the high groove and put his mount back out in front. Raddant was able to fend off Bethke for the duration of the race to pick up the win. Lucas Lamberies, Saunders, and Jordan Bartz completed the top five. Jordan Barkholtz finished sixth in the race securing his first career track championship.
Mike Brehmer led laps one and two of the Mighty Four feature before Brad Wedde took over the top spot. Wedde would lead the rest of the race for the victory. Wedde was followed across the line by Josh Slewinski, Calvin Stueck, Hollie Welch, and Dalton Nelson. Grant Kastning finished tenth in the race and accumulated enough points to be the tack champion.
Thank you to Bob Reiter and Bobby Reiter Jr. for their hard work and dedication in preparing the racetrack each week. The two have announced they are stepping down after this season. Thanks to all for a great year. This brings racing to a close for the 2016 season at the Shawano Speedway. Racing will resume next spring.
Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1)Ron Berna, 2)Nick Anvelink, 3)Brett Swedberg, 4)Jared Siefert, 5)Jeff Curtin, 6)Justin Hirt, 7)Tom Naeyaert, 8)Joel Bennett, 9)Troy Springborn, 10)Michael Stangl.
Heat 1: 1)Curtin, 2)Naeyaert, 3)Anvelink.
Heat 2: 1)Berna, 2)Swedberg, 3)Doug Blashe.

IMCA Modified Feature: 1)Mitch Stankowski, 2)Lance Arneson, 3)Shawn Frelich, 4)Chris Engels, 5)Mark Weisnicht, 6)Beetle Bailey, 7)Jerry Muenster, 8)Matt Oreskovich, 9)Eddie Muenster, 10)Adam Clark.
Heat 1: 1)Oreskovich, 2)Engels, 3)Marcus Yarie.
Heat 2: 1)Frelich, 2)Stankowski, 3)Eddie Muenster.

IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1)Travis VanStraten, 2)Mike Schmidt, 3)BJ Giese, 4)Shawn Wagner, 5)Harley Simon, 6)Dan Michonski, 7)Tom Riehl, 8)Trent Nolan, 9)Nate Michonski, 10)Chris Loewenhagen.
IMCA Stock Car Last Chance Qualifier 1: 1)Asa Doxtator, 2)Aaron Karcz, 3)Kurt Schwalbach.
IMCA Stock Car Last Chance Qualifier 2: 1)Kurt Olson, 2)Devin Snellenberger, 3)Bret Koehler.
Heat 1: 1)Simon, 2)Wagner, 3)Riehl.
Heat 2: 1)VanStraten, 2)Giese, 3)Nolan.
Heat 3: 1)Nate Michonski, 2)Junior Karcz, 3)Vern Stedjee.

IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1)Kyle Raddant, 2)Kevin Bethke, 3)Lucas Lamberies, 4)Brock Saunders, 5)Jordan Bartz, 6)Jordan Barkholtz, 7)Jason Jach, 8)Jason Ebert, 9)Tyler Thiex, 10)Jordan Reinke.
Heat 1: 1)Lamberies, 2)Bartz, 3)Raddant.
Heat 2: 1)Bethke, 2)Wyatt Block, 3)Barkholtz.
Heat 3: 1)Ryan Besaw, 2)Jach, 3)Saunders.

Mighty Four Feature: 1)Brad Wedde, 2)Josh Slewinski, 3)Calvin Stueck, 4)Hollie Welch, 5)Dalton Nelson, 6)Brad Nelson, 7)Mike Brehmer, 8)Brayden Goeser, 9)Jason Hopinka, 10)Grant Kastning.
Heat 1: 1)Stueck, 2)Wedde, 3)Travis Welch.
Heat 2: 1)Hollie Welch, 2)Brehmer, 3)Brad Nelson.

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