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Blashe Finds Victory Lane, Wassenberg Wins Second Straight At Shawano Speedway
By: Bert Lehman
Shawano, WI (May 20, 2006) - A couple of rain showers, and a long rain delay
couldn’t put a damper on the racing program at Shawano Speedway. Doug Blashe
won his first WISSOTA Late Model feature of the year, while Matt McDermid won
a hard fought IMCA Modified feature, his first feature win at Shawano
Speedway. Kyle Frederick won the IMCA Stock Car feature. Jeff Curtin won the
Limited Late Model feature, while Tracy Wassenberg won his second straight
IMCA Sport Mod feature.
Doug Blashe opened up a quick lead over Randy Markwardt, Jeff Curtin, Justin
Ritchie and Tom Naeyaert in the WISSOTA Late Model feature. With most of the
cars running the "cushion" on the tacky track, the top five remained
the same over the first 14 laps of the race, with all the passing taking place
back in the field. By the 14th lap, Ritchie had caught Curtin and was right on
his rear bumper. A.J. Diemel joined the top five fun on the next lap before a
caution flag flew for a stalled car in turn one.
When the race was restarted, Blashe maintained his lead, with Curtin, Diemel,
Ron Berna and Ritchie following. Diemel grabbed the runner-up spot on the next
lap, with Berna and Ritchie following. Diemel made a last ditch effort to get
by Blashe on the last lap, pulling alongside him as they headed for the
checkered flag. Blashe and Diemel crossed the finish line at virtually the
same time, with Blashe being awarded the victory. He was followed by Diemel,
Berna, Tim Buhler and Ritchie.
Matt McDermid jumped out to the early lead over Ron Besaw, Eric Scribner,
Scott Mullen, and Brad Rohloff in the IMCA Modified feature. Scribner fell to
fifth on the next lap, while McDermid began to pull away from the field. A
caution on lap six slowed the action. Rohloff moved up to the second spot on
the restart, before another caution came out two laps later.
When the race was restarted, McDermid continued to lead, with Rohloff right on
his rear bumper, while Jeremie Hedrick, Mullen and Benji LaCrosse rounded out
the top five. Scribner rejoined the top five on the next lap, while Rohloff
began putting heavy pressure on McDermid for the lead. McDermid was able to
hold of the challenges, and crossed the finish line first. Following McDermid
across the finish line was Rohloff, Hedrick, Mullen and Scribner.
In the IMCA Stock Car feature, Mike Brehmer grabbed the early lead over Kyle
Frederick, Jason Czarapata, Brian Ambrosious and Brian Bruechert. Brehmer held
the lead for four laps, when Frederick made the pass for the top spot.
Czarapata headed for the pits on the next lap, leaving Dan Michonski,
Bruechert, Rod Snellenberger and Brehmer to chase after Frederick.
While Frederick led the race, Michonski and Bruechert battled side-by-side for
three laps for the second spot. Bruechert finally secured that position with
three laps remaining. In the end, it was Frederick winning, with Bruechert,
Snellenberger, Michonski and Asa Doxtator following.
A.J. Miller led the first three laps of the Limited Late Model feature, before
Jeff Curtin took the lead. Joey Braatz followed Curtin past Miller, with Mike
Kunschke and Troy Springborn rounding out the top five. Once in the lead,
Curtin began to build a comfortable lead, while Braatz and Kunschke battle for
the second spot.
Over the final five laps of the race, Kunschke and Springborn swapped the
third position each lap before Kunschke secured it and then passed Braatz for
second. Curtin went on to the victory over Kunschke, Braatz, Springborn and
Gary Janke.
Craig Hoffman led the first four laps of the IMCA Sport Mod feature, when a
caution came out when several cars got together in turn one. In the incident,
Shawn Wagner’s car landed on its roof. Wagner was not injured. Hoffman led
the first two laps after the restart, before giving up the lead to Tracy
Wassenberg. Wassenberg led the rest of the way, winning his second straight
feature. He was followed by Chad Nelson, Hoffman, Brad Bricko and Greg Magsom.
Racing action will continue at Shawano Speedway next Saturday. Racing actions
starts at 6:00 p.m. For more information about Shawano Speedway, visit www.shawanospeedway.net.
RACING SUMMARY
WISSOTA LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Doug Blashe, 2)A.J. Diemel, 3)Ron Berna,
4)Tim Buhler, 5)Justin Ritchie, 6)Pete Parker, 7)Jeff Curtin, 8)Troy
Springborn, 9)Gordie Seegert, 10)Terry Anvelink. FIRST HEAT: 1)Parker, 2)Tom
Naeyaert, 3)Blashe. SECOND HEAT: 1)Seegert, 2)Diemel, 3)Berna. THIRD HEAT:
1)M.J. McBride, 2)Buhler, 3)Randy Markwardt.
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE: 1)Matt McDermid, 2)Brad Rohloff, 3)Jeremie
Hedrick, 4)Scott Mullen, 5)Eric Scribner, 6)Craig Bartz, 7)Benji LaCrosse,
8)Jarrod Anvelink, 9)Lance Arneson, 10)Ron Besaw. FIRST CONSI: 1)Eddie
Muenster, 2)Dave Werbelow. SECOND CONSI: 1)Kevin Ferfecki, 2)Ryan Besaw. THIRD
CONSI: 1)Anvelink, 2)Tom Schaal. FIRST HEAT: 1)Brandon Czarapata, 2)Bartz,
3)Travis Spaulding. SECOND HEAT: 1)McDermid, 2)Scribner, 3)Hedrick. THIRD
HEAT: 1)R. Besaw, 2)Rohloff, 3)Arneson. FOURTH HEAT: 1)LaCrosse, 2)Mullen,
3)Jamie Schmidt.
IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE: 1)Kyle Frederick, 2)Brian Bruechert, 3)Rod
Snellenberger, 4)Dan Michonski, 5)Asa Doxtator, 6)Tony Schlei, 7)Mike Brehmer,
8)B.J. Giese, 9)Steve Kastning, 10)Brian Ambrosious. FIRST CONSI: 1)Kurt
Olson, 2)Jeff Brehmer. SECOND CONSI: 1)Giese, 2)Kastning. FIRST HEAT: 1), 2),
3). SECOND HEAT: 1), 2), 3). THIRD HEAT: 1), 2), 3).
LIMITED LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Jeff Curtin, 2)Mike Kunschke, 3)Joey
Braatz, 4)Troy Springborn, 5)Gary Janke, 6)Aaron Wickersheim, 7)Jeff
Wickersheim, 8)A.J. Miller, 9)Chad Hohn, 10)Nate Yonker. FIRST HEAT: 1)Yonker,
2)Braatz, 3)Miller. SECOND HEAT: 1)Janke, 2)Hohn, 3)J. Wickersheim.
IMCA SPORT MOD FEATURE: 1)Tracy Wassenberg, 2)Chad Nelson, 3)Craig
Hoffman, 4)Brad Bricko, 5)Greg Magsom, 6)Aaron Holiday, 7)Tom Schmidt, 8)Joe
Reuter, 9)Charles Grall, 10)Jamie Diesler. FIRST HEAT: 1)Reuter, 2)Mike
Czarapata, 3)Shawn Wagner. SECOND HEAT: 1)Wassenberg, 2)Nelson, 3)Robert Besaw.
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