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Seegert, Muenster Find Victory Lane At Shawano
By: Bert Lehman
Shawano, WI (July 2, 2005) - It was a beautiful night for racing at the
Shawano Speedway Saturday night. Gordie Seegert won his first WISSOTA Late
Model feature of the year. Eddie Muenster and Kevin Lamberies each won their
first features of the year in the IMCA Modified and IMCA Stock Car divisions.
Jeff Curtin once again won the Limited Late Model feature, his fifth of the
year.
Gordie Seegert used his pole position starting spot to jump out to the early
lead over Doug Blashe, Mark Mitchell, Chris Carlson and Pete Parker in the
WISSOTA Late Model feature. Mitchell grabbed the second spot on the next lap,
while Carlson pulled alongside Blashe, and A.J. Diemel joined the top five.
Blashe held off Carlson, but eventually fell to fourth a couple laps later
when Diemel passed Carlson and Blashe. With Seegert pulling away from the
field, Diemel was gaining on Mitchell, and grabbed the second spot just before
a caution came out with half the race in the books.
Seegert continued to lead on the restart, with Diemel moving to second, Terry
Casey to third, with Mitchell and Parker following. With seven laps remaining,
Troy Springborn passed Parker for the fifth spot. Another caution came out
with five laps remaining. The race was restarted, and two more laps were
completed when a couple cars mid-pack got together, resulting in M.J.
McBride’s car hitting the turn four guardrail almost head-on. McBride was
not injured, but the race was called in order to fix the guardrail. Seegert
took home the win, with Diemel, Casey, Springborn and Terry Anvelink
following.
In the IMCA Modified feature, Dave Diemel led the first lap before the caution
flag flew. On the restart, Eddie Muenster pulled alongside Diemel, with Jerry
Muenster closely following. Both Muensters disposed of Diemel on the next lap,
and pulled out to a slight lead over the next few laps. Mike Wedelstadt was
also working his way through the field, claiming the third spot six laps into
the race. Craig Bartz passed Diemel for fourth two laps later.
During the middle part of the race, Jerry Muenster was applying heavy pressure
on his son, Eddie, for the lead. Each time, the younger Muenster would fend
off the challenge. While those two battled, Bartz moved into the third spot,
passing Wedelstadt. Over the course of the rest of the race, Jerry Muenster
tried passing on the high-side and the low-side, but just couldn’t make the
pass stick. He would have to settle for second, as Eddie Muenster won his
first feature of the year. Bartz, Lance Arneson and Jeremy Hanson wound out
top five.
B.J. Giese grabbed the early lead over Mike Brehmer, Kevin Lamberies, Kurt
Olson and Dan Michonski in the IMCA Stock Car feature. Brehmer quickly fell
out of the top five, while the other top five drivers moved up a position.
Lamberies grabbed the lead on the third lap, while Michonski moved up to
third, with Chas Van Ooyen and Olson following.
As the race continued, Lamberies began to pull away from the rest of the
field, while Giese and Michonski were in a dogfight for the second spot. Giese
was able to fend off Michonski’s challenges. The battle for the fifth spot
was also hotly contested between Kyle Frederick, Brian Bruechert and Rod
Snellenberger. In the end it was all Lamberies, as he won his first feature of
the season. Giese, Michonski, Snellenberger and Bruechert followed him across
the line. After the race, Lamberies’ engine was claimed by Brian Karcz.
Aaron Wickersheim led the first lap of the Limited Late Model feature, before
Jeff Curtin took over the top spot on the next lap. This left Wickersheim to
battle with Luke Uttecht. Uttecht took control of the second spot a couple
laps later. Jesse Peebles moved into the third spot on the next lap. As the
race progressed, Curtin built himself a huge lead. Peebles began to reel in
Uttecht, and took the second spot with two laps remaining. It was all Curtin,
as he won his fifth feature of the year. He was followed by Peebles, Uttecht,
Mike Kunschke and Wickersheim. Racing action continues next Saturday night,
with the action starting at 6:30 p.m. There will also be a Beat Mother Nature
night of racing on Thursday, July 21. This night of racing will include the
regular Shawano Speedway divisions. Track points will not be awarded, but
national points will be awarded.
RACING SUMMARY
WISSOTA LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Gordie Seegert, 2)A.J. Diemel, 3)Terry Casey,
4)Troy Springborn, 5)Terry Anvelink, 6)Pete Parker, 7)Nick Anvelink, 8)Tim
Buhler, 9)Ron Berna, 10)Doug Blashe. CONSI: 1)Buhler, 2)Springborn, 3)Tom
Naeyaert. FIRST HEAT: 1)Diemel, 2)Seegert, 3)Parker. SECOND HEAT: 1)Berna,
2)M.J. McBride, 3)Chris Carlson. THIRD HEAT: 1)Casey, 2)Blashe, 3)Randy
Markwardt.
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE: 1)Eddie Muenster, 2)Jerry Muenster, 3)Craig Bartz,
4)Lance Arneson, 5)Jeremy Hanson, 6)Mike Wedelstadt, 7)Dave Diemel, 8)Eric
Scribner, 9)Jeremie Hedrick, 10)Jerry Wilinski. FIRST CONSI: 1)Brad Rohloff,
2)Norm Walbruck. SECOND CONSI: 1)Hedrick, 2)Tom Haferkorn. THIRD CONSI: 1)Tom
Schaal, 2)Shannon Volkman. FIRST HEAT: 1)Arneson, 2)John Berna, 3)Wilinski.
SECOND HEAT: 1)J. Muenster, 2)Nick Holtgen, 3)Matt McDermid. THIRD HEAT:
1)Bartz, 2)E. Muenster, 3)Jeremy Hodkiewecz. FOURTH HEAT: 1)Diemel,
2)Wedelstadt, 3)Wade Schutt. FIFTH HEAT: 1)Scribner, 2)Hanson, 3)Jamie
Schmidt.
IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE: 1)Kevin Lamberies, 2)B.J. Giese, 3)Dan Michonski,
4)Rod Snellenberger, 5)Brian Bruechert, 6)Chas Van Ooyen, 7)Kyle Frederick,
8)Jason Czarapata, 9)Jeff Brehmer, 10)Brian Karcz. FIRST HEAT:
1)Snellenberger, 2)Giese, 3)Brehmer. SECOND HEAT: 1)Czarapata, 2)Michonski,
3)Lamberies.
LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Jeff Curtin, 2)Jesse Peebles, 3)Luke Uttecht,
4)Mike Kunschke, 5)Aaron Wickersheim. FIRST HEAT: 1)Curtin, 2)Uttecht, 3)Matt
Rindt. SECOND HEAT: 1)Kunschke, 2)Bob Schmidt, 3)Wickersheim.
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