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Anvelink, Bartz, Bruechert, Springborn, & Besaw Find Victory Lane At Shawano Opener
by Bert Lehman
April 15, 2006 (Shawano, Wis.): Great weather and a new season helped bring a
jam-packed grandstand, and 126 cars to the pits at the Shawano Speedway
Saturday night. Terry Anvelink won the WISSOTA Late Model feature, while Craig
Bartz won the IMCA Modified feature. The IMCA Stock Car feature was won by
Brian Bruechert, and the Limited Late Model feature was won by Troy Springborn.
Robert Besaw won the first ever IMCA Sport Mod feature.
M.J. McBride jumped out to the quick lead over Randy Markwardt, Tom Naeyaert,
Justin Ritchie and Terry Anvelink in the WISSOTA Late Model feature. Over the
first four laps, McBride built himself a slight lead, with Anvelink moving to
third. On the fifth lap, Naeyaert’s car came to a rest in the ditch area in
coming out of turn two, bringing out the only caution of the race.
Flashing back 15 years, long-time veterans McBride and Anvelink duked it out
over the next couple laps, with Anvelink eventually taking the lead with a
high-side pass. Also at this time, A.J. Diemel made his way to the top five.
Diemel overtook Markwardt on the seventh lap, and disposed of McBride two laps
later to take over second place. With Anvelink firmly in control of the race,
Diemel tried to cut into the lead, while Nick Anvelink was making his way
through the top five. With the white flag waving, Nick Anvelink pulled
alongside McBride. When the checkered flag dropped, it was Terry Anvelink
taking the win, followed by Diemel, Nick Anvelink, McBride and Ron Berna.
Brian Mullen grabbed the early lead in the IMCA Modified feature, a race that
included some of the best drivers from Northeastern and Southern Wisconsin.
Craig Bartz, Eric Van Iten, Benji LaCrosse and Eddie Muenster were all in
pursuit of Bartz. Mullen began applying pressure on Bartz when the caution
came out when Lance Arneson blew is motor entering corner one.
On the restart, Bartz, Mullen and LaCrosse battled three-wide for the lead,
for almost a complete. Bartz was able to win that fight, maintaining his lead,
with LaCrosse moving into second place. Mullen didn’t stay in third place
for long, reclaiming the runner-up spot on the next lap, with Brad Rohloff and
Jared Siefert running in fourth and fifth. Over the next several laps, Bartz
pulled out to a slight lead, leaving Mullen and LaCrosse to battle for second
place. A couple of cautions plagued the race late, but it was all Bartz at the
end, as he claimed the feature over Mullen, LaCrosse, Siefert and Ed Stuela.
In the IMCA Stock Car feature, Dan Michonski took the early lead over Chas Van
Ooyen, Brian Bruechert, Jason Czarapata and Kevin Lamberies. Bruechert moved
to second on the next lap, before pulling alongside Michonski one lap later
and taking over the top spot. With Bruechert in the lead, Michonski, Rod
Snellenberger and Czarapata raced in a pack for the second spot.
Snellenberger eventually grabbed the second spot, with Czarapata settling into
third, and Michonski falling to fourth, while Larry Karcz moved up to fifth.
As the race progressed, Bruechert continued to pace the field, and eventually
took the win. He was followed by Snellenberger, Czarapata, Michonski and Karcz.
Troy Springborn started on the pole and quickly jumped into the lead when the
green flag waved at the beginning of the Limited Late Model feature. Joey
Braatz and A.J. Miller battled side-by-side for the second spot with Bob
Schmidt and Mike Kunschke following. Miller eventually moved to second, with
Aaron Wickersheim moving to third halfway through the race. The only caution
then slowed the race.
Springborn continued to dominate on the restart, with Wickersheim, Miller,
Kunschke and Gary Janke following. Jeff Curtin joined the top five over the
next several laps, but nobody was going to catch Springborn, as he won the
race. He was followed by Wickersheim, Curtin, Janke and Miller.
The first ever IMCA Sport Mod feature at the Shawano Speedway was led early by
Craig Hoffman, with Robert Besaw, Chuck Grall, Mike Czarapata and Shawn Wagner
following. Hoffman led the first four laps, before a caution came out. After
the race was restarted, Hoffman spun by himself in turn four, bringing out
another caution and ending the race because of the curfew. This gave the first
ever IMCA Sport Mod feature win at the Speedway to Robert Besaw. He was
followed by Grall, Wagner, Joe Reuter and Tracy Wassenberg.
Racing action continues next Saturday night, with the action getting underway
at 6:30 p.m. For more information about the Shawano Speedway, visit: www.shawanospeedway.net.
RACING SUMMARY
WISSOTA LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Terry Anvelink, 2)A.J. Diemel, 3)Nick
Anvelink, 4)M.J. McBride, 5)Ron Berna, 6)Troy Springborn, 7)Mark Mitchell,
8)Cody Grosskreutz, 9)Tim Buhler, 10)Justin Ritchie. CONSI: 1)Jeff Curtin,
2)Luke Roffers, 3)Doug Blashe. FIRST HEAT: 1)Diemel, 2)Springborn, 3)Randy
Markwardt. SECOND HEAT: 1)Tom Naeyaert, 2)Ritchie, 3)Rod Snellenberger. THIRD
HEAT: 1)N. Anvelink, 2)Buhler, 3)T. Anvelink.
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE: 1)Craig Bartz, 2)Brian Mullen, 3)Benji LaCrosse,
4)Jared Siefert, 5)Ed Stuela, 6)Eddie Muenster, 7)John Berna, 8)Jerry Wilinski,
9)Jared Anvelink, 10)Jay Schaufnagel. FIRST CONSI: 1)Eddie LeMieux, 2)Dave
Diemel. SECOND CONSI: 1)Schaufnagel, 2)Chad Wilcox. THIRD CONSI: 1)Berna,
2)Dave Werbelow. FIRST HEAT: 1)Bartz, 2)Eric Van Iten, 3)Anvelink. SECOND
HEAT: 1)Eric Scribner, 2)LaCrosse, 3)Wilinski. THIRD HEAT: 1)Mullen,
2)Siefert, 3)Lance Arneson. FOURTH HEAT: 1)Brad Rohloff, 2)Bernie Miller,
3)Mike Mullen. FIFTH HEAT: 1)Stuela, 2)E. Muenster, 3)Billy LeMieux.
IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE: 1)Brian Bruechert, 2)Rod Snellenberger, 3)Jason
Czarapata, 4)Dan Michonski, 5)Larry Karcz, 6)Kevin Lamberies, 7)Chas Van Ooyen,
8)Dave Sagers, 9)Kyle Frederick, 10)Troy Jerovetz. FIRST CONSI: 1)B.J. Giese,
2)Steve Kasting. SECOND CONSI: 1)Bruce Belland, 2)Derrick Bruechert. FIRST
HEAT: 1)Bruechert, 2)Leslie Slater, 3)Karcz. SECOND HEAT: 1)Michonski, 2)Kurt
Olson, 3)Snellenberger. THIRD HEAT: 1)Czarapata, 2)Greg Gretz,
3)Lamberies.
LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Troy Springborn, 2)Aaron Wickersheim,
3)Jeff Curtin, 4)Gary Janke, 5)A.J. Miller, 6)Bob Schmidt, 7)Joel Bennett,
8)Joey Braatz, 9)Chad Hohn, 10)Adam Janke. FIRST HEAT: 1)Springborn,
2)Wickersheim, 3)Hohn. SECOND HEAT: 1)Mike Kunschke, 2)Curtin, 3)Braatz.
IMCA SPORT MOD FEATURE: 1)Robert Besaw, 2)Chuck Grall, 3)Shawn Wagner,
4)Joe Reuter, 5)Tracy Wassenberg, 6)Tom Schmidt, 7)Aaron Holiday, 8)Craig
Hoffman, 9)Mike Czarapata, 10)Mike Hedrick. FIRST HEAT: 1)Wassenberg,
2)Holiday, 3)Reuter. SECOND HEAT: 1)Czarapata, 2)Hoffman, 3)Grall.
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