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Casey Flies To WISSOTA Late Model Win At Shawano Speedway
By Bert Lehman
Shawano, WI (Aug. 21, 2004) - With only a few weeks of racing left at the
Shawano Speedway, Terry Casey won his second WISSOTA Late Model feature of the
year. Craig Bartz won his first IMCA Modified feature of the year, while Brian
Bruechert won his third IMCA Stock Car feature. Rocky Miller won his first
Limited Late Model feature of the year.
Terry Casey jumped out to the lead over Terry Anvelink, Todd Flannery, M.J.
Hintz and Mark Mitchell in the WISSSOTA Late Model feature. Tom Naeyaert
joined the top five on the second lap, as Hintz began challenging Flannery for
third. Hintz grabbed third place on the fourth lap, and pulled alongside
Anvelink a couple laps later, while Naeyaert also took the fourth spot from
Flannery. With Casey firmly in the lead, the first and only caution came out
on lap eight for a tangle between Flannery and A.J. Diemel.
Casey kept the lead on the restart, but Troy Springborn charged to second, and
began putting heavy pressure on Casey, with Anvelink, Hintz and Naeyaert
following. Springborn grabbed the lead on the next lap, and held it for four
more laps before his car slowed and pulled into the pits. This gave the lead
back to Casey. The best action was taking place behind Casey as Naeyaert and
Ron Berna were on the move. Naeyaert had moved up to third, only to have Berna
get by him. Berna also got by Anvelink and settled for second behind Casey,
with Anvelink, Naeyaert and Gordie Seegert rounding out the top five.
In the IMCA Modified feature, Jeremie Hedrick jumped out to the early lead
over Ron Figlinski, Paul Thorpe, Julie McDermid and Brad Rohloff. Rohloff
quickly moved up to third place, as Craig Bartz came charging through the
field and joined the top five. Hedrick was running the high groove, fending
off the challenges of Rohloff and Bartz, when the caution came out. Point
leader Wade Schutt pitted with a flat tire at this time.
Hedrick continued to lead on the restart, but Bartz was right on Hedrick’s
rear bumper. It took only one lap for Bartz to grab the top spot, leaving
Hedrick to battle with Rohloff and McDermid. Hedrick eventually fell out of
the top five. Rohloff, McDermid and Mike Wedelstadt were racing in a pack
fighting for the second spot, but there was no denying Bartz, as he went on to
win his first feature of the year, ahead of Rohloff, Wedelstadt, McDermid and
Eddie Muenster.
John Wolf led the first two laps of the IMCA Stock Car feature before Brian
Bruechert took over the top spot, with B.J. Giese, Jason Czarapata and Jeff
Brehmer rounding out the top five. Wolf’s car came to a stop in corners
three and four with a broken front A-frame on lap six. When the race resumed,
Jason Czarapata passed Bruechert for the lead, with Giese, Jeremy Christians
and Rod Snellenberger following. Giese faded a bit, while Bruechert stayed
right with Czarapata over the next several laps.
With six laps remaining, Bruechert regained the lead from Czarapata, before
the final caution flag flew. Bruechert continued to lead on the restart, with
Snellenberger pulling alongside him. Czarapata was still in the mix, still
right on Bruechert’s rear bumper. Those three battled for the final laps,
with Bruechert coming out on top over Czarapata, Snellenberger, Kevin
Lamberies and Dan Michonski.
In the Limited Late Model feature, Rocky Miller jumped out to the quick lead
over Brian Jensen, Bob Schmidt, Jesse Peebles and Larry Drefahl. It stayed
that way for the next couple laps, when Schmidt grabbed the second spot from
Jensen. Jensen began to fall back, as Miller began to pull away from the rest
of the field.
By the time half the race was over, Tony Wudstrack and Jeff Curtin moved into
the top five. Justin Ritchie joined the top five a couple laps later.
Wudstrack began to gain a bit on Schmidt for second, but there was no stopping
Miller, as he went on to win his first feature win of the year.
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)Ron Berna, 3)Terry Anvelink,
4)Tom Naeyaert, 5)Gordie Seegert, 6)M.J. Hintz, 7)Tim Buhler, 8)Doug Blashe,
9)Randy Markwardt, 10)Nick Anvelink. FIRST HEAT: 1)Casey, 2)Berna, 3)A.J.
Diemel. SECOND HEAT: 1)Buhler, 2)Todd Flannery, 3)T. Anvelink. THIRD HEAT:
1)Troy Springborn, 2)M.J. McBride, 3)Seegert.
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE: 1)Craig Bartz, 2)Brad Rohloff, 3)Mike Wedelstadt,
4)Julie McDermid, 5)Eddie Muenster, 6)Wade Schutt, 7)Lance Arneson, 8)Dave
Diemel, 9)Jerry Wilinski, 10)Ron Figlinski. FIRST CONSI: 1)Tom Haferkorn,
2)Eric Scribner. SECOND CONSI: 1)Diemel, 2)Dennis Young. FIRST HEAT:
1)McDermid, 2)Bartz, 3)Wilinski. SECOND HEAT: 1)Schutt, 2)E. Muenster,
3)Jeremie Hedrick. THIRD HEAT: 1)Rohloff, 2)Wedelstadt, 3)Paul Thorpe. FOURTH
HEAT: 1)Jerry Muenster, 2)Figlinski, 3)Kyle Oerdirk.
IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE: 1)Brian Bruechert, 2)Jason Czarapata, 3)Rod
Snellenberger, 4)Kevin Lamberies, 5)Dan Michonski, 6)Jeremy Christians, 7)B.J.
Giese, 8)Jeff Brehmer, 9)Tyler Rasmussen, 10)Mike Ashenbrenner. FIRST HEAT:
1)Snellenberger, 2)Rasmussen, 3)Christians. SECOND HEAT: 1)Bruechert, 2)Dan
Michonski, 3)Czarapata.
LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Rocky Miller, 2)Bob Schmidt, 3)Jeff Curtin,
4)Tony Wudstrack, 5)Justin Ritchie, 6)Jesse Peebles, 7)Luke Uttecht, 8)Larry
Drefahl, 9)Brian Jensen, 10)Dave Lytie. FIRST HEAT: 1)Wudstrack, 2)Drefahl,
3)Peebles. SECOND HEAT: 1)Ritchie, 2)Curtin, 3)Miller.
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