Casey Wins In Return Visit To Shawano Speedway
By Bert Lehman

Shawano, WI (June 26, 2004) - New London’s Terry Casey made his return to the Shawano Speedway a successful one, as he came out on top in the WISSOTA Late Model feature. Wade Schutt was victorious in the IMCA Modified feature, while Rod Snellenberger debuted a new car and won the IMCA Stock Car feature. Justin Ritchie once again won the Limited Late Model feature.

Starting in the front row, Terry Casey jumped out to the quick lead over Greg Dhein, Doug Blashe, Tim Buhler and A.J. Diemel in the 20-lap WISSOTA Late Model feature. Diemel began charging toward the front, passing Buhler on the next lap for fourth place. Casey began to pull away from the rest of the pack, as Troy Springborn joined the top five on lap three. Dhein then faded, dropping out of the top five, with Blashe, Diemel and Springborn all in a pack jockeying for position. 

Diemel came out ahead in the battle for the second spot, with Springborn following him. Diemel would put some distance between himself and Springborn as he tried to chase down Casey. With five laps remaining, and Casey still firmly in the lead, Sprinborn was able to apply a little pressure on Diemel, only to have Diemel pull away slightly. Nick Anvelink also joined the top five at this time. There was no catching Casey, as he went on to win his first feature of the season at the Shawano Speedway. Diemel, Springborn, Buhler and Anvelink followed him across the line.

In the IMCA Modified feature, Tom Schaal jumped out to the early lead with Mike Knapp, Brad Rohloff, Jerry Wilinski and Eddie Muenster following. Schaal and Knapp battled for the next couple laps, with Schaal running the high side. Three cautions early in the race slowed the action, with Schaal slowing and retiring to the pits during the last caution. Wade Schutt inherited the lead on the restart, with Mike Wedelstadt, Wilinski, Muenster and Rohloff in pursuit.

Schutt and Wedelstadt distanced themselves from the rest of the field, leaving Muenster and Rohloff to engage in a side-by-side battle for the third spot. Muenster, running the low groove, held off Rohloff for several laps, but Rohloff was finally able to make the pass with a couple laps to go. By that time, Schutt was in control of the race, with a comfortable lead over Wedelstadt. That’s the way it ended, with Schutt winning his third feature of the year.

B.J. Giese was the early leader over Brian Bruechert, Jeff Brehmer, Cory Lemirande and Kevin Lamberies in the IMCA Stock Car feature. Lemirande was on the move in the early laps, following Bruechert past Giese on the fourth lap, putting Bruechert in the lead and Lemirande in second. These two then raced side-by-side before a caution came out. Rod Snellenberger vaulted to the lead on the restart, with Bruechert, Lemirande, Shannon Volkman and Jeremy Christians following.

Bruechert fought back, pulling alongside Snellenberger, attempting to gain the lead back. Snellenberger was too strong, as he maintained the lead. This left Bruechert to try and fend off the hard charging Christians. This battled went until the last lap. Christians was able to make the pass stick, putting him in second place, only to have Bruechert reclaim the spot on the last lap. When the checkered flag fell, it was Snellenberger winning his third feature of the season. He was followed by Bruechert, Christians, Volkman and Jason Czarapata.

Bob Schmidt assumed the lead early in the Limited Late Model feature over Chad Hohn, Jeff Curtin, Justin Ritchie and Bud Lynn. Schmidt had a few car lengths lead when the first caution flag flew. Schmidt continued to lead on the restart, but was receiving heavy pressure from Ritchie and Curtin. Racing down the backstretch, Curtin pulled to the inside of Schmidt, while Ritchie pulled to the outside of Schmidt making it three-wide entering turn three. Schmidt wound up spinning, creating a huge pile-up involving several cars.

Curtin was put to the rear, while Ritchie inherited the lead on the restart and never looked back, as he went on to win his fifth feature of the year. Jesse Peebles, Lynn, Jensen and Luke Uttecht followed him across the line. 

Racing action will continue next Saturday night, with the action starting at 6:30 p.m. For more information about the Shawano Speedway, visit www.shawanospeedway.com.  

RACING SUMMARY
WISSOTA LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Terry Casey, 2)A.J. Diemel, 3)Troy Springborn, 4)Tim Buhler, 5)Nick Anvelink, 6)M.J. McBride, 7)Doug Blashe, 8)Gordie Seegert, 9)Greg Dhein, 10)M.J. Hintz.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Casey, 2)Diemel, 3)Terry Anvelink. 
SECOND HEAT: 1)Springborn, 2)N. Anvelink, 3)Dhein. 

IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE: 1)Wade Schutt, 2)Mike Wedelstadt, 3)Brad Rohloff, 4)Eddie Muenster, 5)Jerry Wilinski, 6)Julie McDermid, 7)Craig Bartz, 8)Greg Stelse, 9)Jim Hanson, 10)Eric Scribner. FIRST CONSI: 1)Hanson, 2)Brad Moeller. S
ECOND CONSI: 1)Scribner, 2)Mark Kowaleski. 
THIRD CONSI: 1)Matt McDermid, 2)Jerry Muenster. 

FIRST HEAT: 1)Schutt, 2)Wilinski, 3)Mike Knapp. 
SECOND HEAT: 1)Lance Arneson, 2)E. Muenster, 3)McDermid. 
THIRD HEAT: 1)Wedelstadt, 2)Tom Schaal, 3)Shannon Ninham. 
FOURTH HEAT: 1)Stelse, 2)Craig Bartz, 3)Rohloff. 

IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE: 1)Rod Snellenberger, 2)Brian Bruechert, 3)Jeremy Christians, 4)Shannon Volkman, 5)Jason Czarapata, 6)Larry Karcz, 7)Cory Lemirande, 8)Kyle Frederick, 9)Jeff Brehmer, 10)Dan Michonski. 
FIRST HEAT: 1)Kevin Lamberies, 2)B.J. Giese, 3)Czarapata. 
SECOND HEAT: 1)Christians, 2)Karcz, 3)Brehmer. 

LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Justin Ritchie, 2)Jesse Peebles, 3)Bud Lynn, 4)Brian Jensen, 5)Luke Uttecht, 6)Jeff Curtin, 7)Tony Wudstrack, 8)Jeff Deutscher, 9)Gary Janke, 10)Dan Thompson. 
FIRST HEAT: 1)Wudstrack, 2)Janke, 3)Lynn. 
SECOND HEAT: 1)Ritchie, 2)Curtin, 3)Chad Hohn.