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Anvelink, Springborn Win WISSOTA & FasTrak Features At Shawano
By: Bert Lehman
Shawano, Wis.(July 15, 2006) - On an extremely warm night, Nick Anvelink won
the WISSOTA Late Model feature at Shawano Speedway, while Mike Wedelstadt won
the IMCA Modified feature. The IMCA Stock Car feature went to Junior Karcz,
and the IMCA Sport Mod feature went to Mike Czarapata. Troy Springborn again
won the Fastrak Crate Late Model feature.
In the WISSOTA Late Model feature, Doug Blashe jumped out to the quick lead
over Greg Stelse, Ryan Huettl, Mark Mitchell and Nick Anvelink. Stelse fell
out of the top five two laps later, as Pete Parker joined the top five. Huettl
grabbed the top spot on lap four, and pulled out to a slight lead. A few laps
later, Anvelink worked his way by Mitchell and then Blashe to take control of
the runner-up spot. A caution on lap nine slowed the action, bunching up the
field.
Huettl continued to lead on the restart, but was receiving heavy pressure from
Anvelink, while Mitchell, Blashe and Tom Naeyaert chased after the top two
cars. Anvelink made the pass for the lead with eight laps remaining in the
race. Once in the lead, Anvelink began to pull away from Huettl, who had a
good cushion on the third place car of Mitchell. Naeyaert eventually got by
Blashe late in the race, but it was all Anvelink at the end. He was followed
by Huettl, Mitchell, Naeyaert and Blashe.
The IMCA Modified feature got off to a very rough start, with an accident
involving at least nine cars on the first lap. When the race was finally
started, Paul Parker grabbed the early lead over Jeremy Hodkiewicz, John
Peters, Jeremy Hanson and Mike Wedelstadt. It stayed that way until lap three,
when Hanson and Wedelstadt got by Hodkiewicz and Peters, with Parker still
leading. Hanson then spun coming out of corner four, bringing out the caution.
Wedelstadt, Scott Mullen and Jeremie Hedrick all got by Parker on the restart.
Hedrick, while running second, got too high in corner one and tagged the wall,
forcing him to the pits with a flat tire. This left the battle for the lead
between Wedelstadt and Mullen, with Parker, Eric Scribner and David Werbelow
following. Over the final laps, Mullen was able to pull up to Wedelstadt's
rear bumper, but could not make the pass, as Wedelstadt went on to the
victory. He was followed by Mullen, Werbelow, Scribner and Wade Schutt. Craig
Bartz won the Australian Pursuit race.
An accident on the second lap involving point leader Rod Snellenberger slowed
the IMCA Stock Car feature. Snellenberger's car was damaged in the front, and
he was able to continue, but he wasn't a factor the rest of the race. When the
race was restarted, Dan Michonski took the lead over Greg Gutt, Jason
Czarapata, Greg Gretz and Junior Karcz. Michonski held the lead for two laps,
when Czarapata grabbed the top spot, leaving Michonski in a side-by-side
battle with Karcz.
Karcz eventually took the second spot from Michonski, while Brian Bruechert
and Kevin Lamberies swapped the fourth and fifth spots over the next several
laps. Karcz wasn't content on running second, as he made the pass for the top
spot midway through the race. It stayed that way until two laps remained, when
the final caution of the race came out. Czarapata was able to take the lead on
the restart, but Karcz battled back, reclaiming the lead on the last lap and
going on to the victory. He was followed by Czarapata, Michonski, Lamberies
and Kyle Frederick.
In the Fastrak Crate Late Model feature, Joel Bennett took the early lead over
Bob Schmidt, Malcom Spiegel, Troy Springborn and Gary Janke. Two cautions on
lap three slowed the action. Bennett continued to lead on the restart, with
Schmidt, Janke, Springborn and A.J. Miller following. Bennett led through lap
seven, when Springborn made his way by Bennett for the top spot. Bennett held
the second spot until Janke got by him with three laps remaining, while Mike
Kunschke and Schmidt battled for the fourth spot. It was all Springborn, as he
went won his second feature in a row, and fourth of the season. He was
followed by Janke, Bennett, Kunschke and Schmidt.
Greg Magsom led the first lap of the IMCA Sport Mod feature, before Mike
Czarapata took the lead on the second lap. Shawn Wagner worked his way up to
second midway through the race, with Tracy Wassenberg, Jamie Diestler and
Craig Hoffman rounding out the top five. Wagner and Wassenberg swapped the
second spot a couple times, but when the checkered flag waved, it was
Czarapata across the line first, with Wagner, Wassenberg, Hoffman and Diestler
following.
For more information about the Shawano Speedway, visit www.shawanospeedway.net.
Racing action will continue next week, with the action getting underway at 6
p.m. On July 29, Shawano Speedway will be giving away an IMCA Sport Mod. Fans
still have time to buy their raffle tickets for the Sport Mod. Also on July
29, Shawano Speedway will honor WISSOTA Late Model driver Pete Parker on his
induction into the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.
RACING SUMMARY
WISSOTA LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Nick Anvelink, 2)Ryan Huettl, 3)Mark
Mitchell, 4)Tom Naeyaert, 5)Doug Blashe, 6)Greg Stelse, 7)Ron Berna, 8)Tim
Buhler, 9)Chris Ortel, 10)M.J. McBride, 11)Justin Ritchie, 12)Rod
Snellenberger, 13)Troy Springborn, 14)Cody Grosskruetz, 15)Craig Bartz,
16)Jesse Peebles, 17)Pete Parker, 18)M.J. Hintz
FIRST HEAT: 1)Mitchell, 2)Parker, 3)Anvelink, 4)Stelse, 5)Buhler, 6)Naeyaert,
7)Hintz, 8)Snellenberger, 9)Ritchie.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Berna, 2)Blashe, 3)Springborn, 4)Huettl, 5)Grosskruetz,
6)McBride, 7)Ortel, 8)Bartz, 9)Peebles.
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE: 1)Mike Wedelstadt, 2)Scott Mullen, 3)David
Werbelow, 4Eric Scribner), 5)Wade Schutt, 6)Brad Rohloff, 7)Paul Parker,
8)Travis Spaulding, 9)Jerry Muenster, 10)Paul Thorpe.
FIRST CONSI: 1)Larry Zirbel, 2)Tom Schaal.
SECOND CONSI: 1)Russ Rienwald, 2)Schutt.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Wedelstadt, 2)Spaulding, 3)Parker.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Scribner, 2)Jeremy Hanson, 3)Muenster.
THIRD HEAT: 1)Craig Bartz, 2)Jeremie Hedrick, 3)John Peters.
FOURTH HEAT: 1)Mullen, 2)Jeremy Hodkiewicz, 3)Jarrod Anvelink.
IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE: 1)Junior Karcz, 2)Jason Czarapata, 3)Dan
Michonski, 4)Kevin Lamberies, 5)Kyle Frederick, 6)Chas Van Ooyen, 7)Mike
Asenbrener, 8)Jeff Brehmer, 9)Kurt Olson, 10)Greg Gutt.
CONSI: 1)Van Ooyen, 2)Brehmer.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Rod Snellenberger, 2)Lamberies, 3)Darren Otto.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Karcz, 2)Czarapata, 3)Asenbrener.
THIRD HEAT: 1)Brian Bruechert, 2)Greg Gretz, 3)Michonski.
FASTRAK CRATE LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Troy Springborn, 2)Gary Janke,
3)Joel Bennett, 4)Mike Kunschke, 5)Bob Schmidt, 6)A.J. Miller, 7)Jeff
Wickersheim, 8)Aaron Wickersheim, 9)Jeff Deutcher, 10)Malcom Spiegel.
FIRST HEAT: 1)J. Wickersheim, 2)Spiegel, 3)Deutcher.
SECOND HEAT:
1)Springborn, 2)Miller, 3)Janke.
IMCA SPORT MOD FEATURE: 1)Mike Czarapata, 2)Shawn Wagner, 3)Tracy
Wassenberg, 4)Craig Hoffman, 5)Jeff Diestler, 6)Brad Bricco, 7)Jordan Rienke,
8)Greg Magsom, 9)Tom Schmidt, 10)Andrew Theis.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Hoffman, 2)Wassenberg, 3)Wagner.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Czarapata, 2)Bricco, 3)Diestler.
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