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Anvelink Rerurns To Victory Lane, Curtin Continues Dominance
By Scott Owen
Shawano,WI,8/6--Repeat winners were the order of the evening saturday night at
the Shawano Speedway. Nick Anvelink, Brad Rohloff, Brian Bruechert, and
Jeff Curtin picked up feature wins in their respective divisions.
The beginning of the WISSOTA late model feature was plagued by caution
flags. Tom Naeyaert used his outside front row starting position to take
the early lead in the race. Nick Anvelink quickly began pressuring
Naeyaert for the lead. Anvelink was able to use the outside line to get
by Naeyaert. Anvelink and Naeyaert quickly began to pull away from the
rest of the field. Behind the front two cars Randy Markwardt, Pete
Parker, and Gordie Seegert Jr. began working their way towards the
front. Seegert was involved in one of the early cautions and had to
restart at the tail of the field. In the end Anvelink was able to work
through lapped traffic and hang on for the win, his fifth of the year at the
track. Naeyaert crossed the line in second in front of Markwardt,
Seegert, and Parker.
In IMCA modifed action Ron Figlinski was the early leader of the race before
being passed Mike Wedalstadt, Brad Rohloff, and Eddie Muenster. Those three
dirvers swapped the lead back and forth for a number of laps before Rohloff
finally took the lead for good. Muenster and Wedalstadt continued
battling. Muenster eventually prevailed in that battle to finish in the
second spot. Wedalstadt took third, Jamie schmidt finished in fourth,
Figlinski held on for the fifth spot. After the race Schmidt's engine
was claimed by Jeremie Hedrick. The claim was accepted. The win
was Rohloff's second of the year.
Once again the IMCA stock car division put on a whale of a show. Les
Slater started on the pole and led for the first three laps of the
event. At that point Kurt Olson Took the lead, but he would only hold it
for two laps before Junior Karcz got by. Brian Bruechert also got by
Olson and began a side by side battle with Karcz. Olson had to go to the
pits after making contact with the backstretch wall. As Karcz and
Bruechert continued to battle Dan Michonski, Jason Czarapata, and Kyle
Frederick joined the leaders. In the end Bruechert got out front and
took his third win of the year. He was followed closely across the
finish line by Czarapata, Karcz, Frederick, and Michonski.
Jesse Peebles used the outside line to grab the lead at the start of the
limited late model feature. Peebles contied to work the high line of the
track, while Jeff Curtin ran the lowside. Curtin made the pass for the
lead on lap eight. Peebles was then pressured by Matt Rindt, Mike
Kunschke, and Aaron Wickersheim. A restart on lap thirtenn bunched the
field back up. Peebles was able to pull even with Curtin, but Curtin
continued to stick to the inside of the track a pull away for his eigth
feature win on the year. Peebles would finish second, Kunschke third,
Wickersheim fourth, and Rindt fifth.
Racing action continues Saturday night, with the action starting at 6:30 p.m.
For more information about the Shawano Speedway, visit www.shawanospeedway.net.
RACING SUMMARY
WISSOTA late model
Feature: 1,Nick Anvelink,Navarino; 2,Tom Naeyaert,Shawano; 3,Randy
Markwardt,Sheboygan; 4,Gordie Seegert Jr., Oostburg; 5,Pete Parker,Kaukauna;
6,Chris Carlson,Greenfield; 7,Ron Berna,Green Bay; 8,Tim Buhler,Greenbush;
9,Troy Springborn,Shawano; 10,Gary Nelson,Schiocton
Heat winners: 1,Berna; 2,Buhler, 3;Anvelink
IMCA modified
Feature: 1,Brad Rohloff,Pulaski; 2,Eddie Muenster,Green Bay; 3,Mike
Wedalstadt,Freemont; 4,Jamie Schmidt,Seymour; 5,Ron Figlinski,Nichols; 6,Lance
Arneson,Krakow; 7,Jeremie Hedrick,Belle Plaine; 8,Wade Schutt,Shawano; 9,Jerry
Wilinski,Seymour; 10,Jerry Muenster,Green Bay
Consi winners: 1,Hedrick; 2,David Diemel,Nichols
Heat winners: 1,Schmidt; 2,John Peters,Nichols; 3,Rohloff;
4,Figlinski
IMCA stock car
Feature: 1,Brian Bruechert,Kewaunee; 2,Jason Czarapata,Pulaski; 3,Larry
Karcz Jr.,Pulaski; 4,Kyle Frederick,Gillett; 5,Dan Michonski,Leopolis; 6,B.J.
Giese,Bowler; 7,Les Slater,Bowler; 8,Jeff Brehmer,Pulaski; 9,Mike
Asenbrenner,Tilleda; 10,Chas VanOoyen,Appleton
Consi winner: 1,Rod Snellenberger,Pulaski
Heat winners: 1,Czarapata; 2,Karcz; 3,Steve Kastning,Bonduel
Limited late model
Feature: 1,Jeff Curtin,Shawano; 2,Jesse Peebles,Red River; 3,Mike
Kunschke,Shawano; 4,Aaron Wickersheim,White Lake; 5,Matt Rindt,Shawano; 6,Luke
Uttecht,Birnamwood; 7,Joey Braatz,Shawano; 8,R.A."Bob"
Schmidt,Marion; 9,Nate Yonker,Little Chute; 10,Jeff Wickersheim,White
Lake
Heat winners: 1,Peebles; 2,Curtin
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