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Gene Shawano Jr. Wins WISSOTA Street Stock Feature Event
By Jennifer Jach
August 27, 2004; Antigo, Wisconsin; A cool night greeted fans at the Langlade
County Speedway on Friday night. The nightly sponsor was Oneida
Sales/Budweiser. Terry Casey ran away with the WISSOTA Late Model Feature
while Wade Schutt won the IMCA Modified Feature. Jeremy Christians won the
IMCA Stock Car Main Event. Gene Shawano was the winner of the WISSOTA Street
Stock Feature and J.P. Remington won the Truck Feature. Next Friday night is
the Points Championship night, and out last night of regular racing. The
Indian Summer Classic will be held on Saturday, October 9, 2004. More details
will be available soon.
The WISSOTA Late Model Feature seen Jerry Weigel jump to the lead, Terry Casey
second and Todd Flannery third. The caution flag was shown and on the restart,
Weigel again jumped to the lead, Flannery second, and Gordie Seegert third.
The caution flag again was thrown and on this restart, Casey took over the
lead, Weigel second and Seegert third. Seegert jumped into the second spot
when Weigel spun by himself. Pete Parker would move to the third spot with
Terry Anvelink fourth. When the laps expired, it was Casey taking the win,
Seegert second, and Parker third.
The IMCA Modified Feature seen a caution flag before a lap was even completed.
On the restart, John Peters jumped into the lead, Jerry Marvin second and Jim
Hanson third. Hanson wasted no time taking over the runner-up spot with a pass
on Marvin. Wade Schutt moved past Marvin and then Hanson to take over the
runner-up position. The caution flag would fly again and on this restart,
Schutt took the point, Peters second, and Julie McDermid third. The caution
flag flew again and on this restart, Peters took the point, Schutt second, and
McDermid third. Schutt moved to the inside of Peters and took over the lead,
and McDermid would follow, putting Peters in third.
The caution flag flew for the fourth time and on this restart Schutt took the
point, McDermid second, and Peters third. The race would end under the next
caution because the time limit had expired. The win went to Schutt, McDermid
second and Peters in third.
Shannon Volkman jumped to the early lead of the IMCA Stock Car Feature with
Leslie Slater is a close second and Jeremy Christians third. Christians wasted
no time moving into the second spot with an outside pass on Slater. Dan
Michonski followed, and Slater moved into the fourth spot. Randy Rassmusen
joined in the chase for the lead with an inside pass on Slater, but that would
not last long as Larry Karcz would pass Slater and then Rassmusen to take over
fourth. Christians took the inside line around Volkman for the lead, but
Volkman was able to hold on the outside for the next two laps. Christians
would inch ahead in turn 1 and Volkman would have problems, and have to go to
the pits. When the checkers flew, it was Christians taking the win, Michonski
second and Karcz in third.
Keith Raab grabbed the early lead of the WISSOTA Street Stock Feature with
Gene Shawano second and Scott VanProoyen third. Shawano took the outside line
around Raab for the lead. The caution flag flew and on the restart Shawano
took the point, VanProoyen second and Raab third. Raab took the inside line
around VanProoyen for the second spot as Lee Christjohn took over third with a
pass on Wolfe and then VanProoyen. When the race was concluded it was Shawano
taking the win, Raab second, and Christjohn third.
Mike Devener jumped to the early lead of the Truck Feature, close behind were
Jon Ripley and Harold Harvey. Ripley choose the high line to move past Devener
for the lead, as J.P. Remington took over the third spot with a pass on
Harvey. Mark Arrowood then took fourth from Harvey, and then third from
Remington, and eventually went to the outside of Devener for the second spot.
Remington then put Devener back to the fourth spot with an inside pass. Sean
Thayer made his way into the top four with a pass on Devener, as Arrowood took
over the lead from Ripley. Arrowood would loose control and start to spin,
loosing many positions. The caution flag would fly a few laps later. On the
restart, Remington jumped to the lead, Thayer second, and Chad Fleischman
third. The caution flag would fly a few more times before the time limit on
this race would also expire. The race winner was Remington, with Fleischman
second and Thayer third.
Racing will resume next Friday night. Racing begins at 7:15. The regular show
includes, WISSOTA Late Models, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, WISSOTA Street
Stocks, and the ASCI Trucks. Langlade County Speedway is located on the north
side of Antigo, just off of Highway 45 at the Langlade County Fairgrounds. For
more information please contact the track at (715) 623-3584 or visit the track
website at www.langladespeedway.com.
SUMMARY
WISSOTA Late Models
FEATURE: Terry Casey, Gordie Seegert, Pete Parker, Terry Anvelink, Tim Buhler,
A.J. Diemel, Doug Blashe, M.J. McBride
HEAT 1: McBride, Casey, Anvelink
HEAT 2: Naeyaert, Blashe, Flannery
IMCA Modifieds
FEATURE: Wade Schutt, Julie McDermid, John Peters, Tom Haferkorn, Charlie
Wild, Jeremie Hedrick, Mike Wedelstadt, Scott Williams
HEAT 1: Wedelstadt, Scribner, Jim Hanson
HEAT 2: McDermid, J. Haferkorn, Schutt
HEAT 3: Wild, Jeremy Hanson, Marvin
Consi 1: Williams, Nick Holtger, Ploeckelman
Consi 2: Muenster, Murray, Bailey
IMCA Stock Cars
FEATURE: Jeremy Christians, Dan Michonski, Larry Karcz Jr., B.J. Giese, Randy
Rasmussen, Leslie Slater, Brian Karcz, Asa Doxtator
HEAT 1: Christians, Volkman, Karcz
WISSOTA Street Stocks
FEATURE: Gene Shawano, Keith Raab, Lee Christjohn, Bruce Belland, Scott
VanProoyen, Dan Wanta, Mark Schuenemann, Junior Howard
HEAT 1: Raab, VanProoyen, Kasperek
HEAT 2: Christjohn, Belland, Wolfe
ASCI Trucks
FEATURE: J.P. Remington, Chad Fleischman, Sean Thayer
HEAT 1: Arrowood, Ney, Fleischman
HEAT 2: Remington, Thayer, Ripley
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