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Diemel Returns To Victory Lane, Parker Wins First At Shawano
By: Bert Lehman
Shawano, WI (July 22, 2006) - A.J. Diemel returned to Shawano Speedway and
found himself in victory lane in the WISSOTA Late Model feature. Paul Parker
won his first IMCA Modified feature at the track, while Junior Karcz won his
third IMCA Stock Car feature this year. Bob Besaw won the IMCA Sport Mod
feature, with Joel Bennett winning a shortened Fastrack Late Model feature.
Troy Springborn jumped out to the quick lead over Craig Bartz, A.J. Diemel,
M.J. McBride and Pete Parker in the WISSOTA Late Model feature. Diemel quickly
moved into the second spot on the next lap, while Jeremie Hedrick also joined
the top five. McBride and Hedrick moved past Bartz a couple of laps later,
while Diemel began to reel in Springborn. Diemel grabbed the lead on lap
eight, before the first caution flag flew. Hedrick and Springborn retired from
the race at this time.
Diemel continued to lead on the restart with Nick Anvelink, McBride, Mark
Mitchell and Bartz following. Mitchell worked his way by McBride two laps
later, with Terry Anvelink also joining the top five. Diemel began to pull
away over the next few laps when Nick Anvelink spun, bringing out another
caution. Diemel continued to lead on the restart with McBride moving to
second, Mitchell in third, followed by Tim Buhler and Chris Ortel. Buhler
moved to third on the next lap, with Ortel and Terry Anvelink following. There
was no denying Diemel as he went on to win his second feature of the year at
the Speedway. He was followed by McBride, Buhler, Ortel and Terry Anvelink.
A couple of early cautions slowed the action in the IMCA Modified feature.
When the action got going, Paul Parker jumped into the lead over Jerry
Wilinski, John Peters, Dave Diemel and Jeremie Hedrick. Parker pulled out to a
slight lead when a couple more cautions plagued the race. With half the laps
in the books, the race was restarted. Parker maintained his lead, with Hedrick
moving to second and Eric Scribner joining the top five. Hedrick’s car then
came to a stop one lap later with a flat right front tire bringing out the
final caution.
On the restart, Parker continued to lead, with Peters, Wilinski, Scribner and
Dave Diemel following. Peters tried a couple time to challenge for the lead,
but could not accomplish that feat. Scribner moved up to third with a couple
laps remaining, while Hedrick worked his way back up to fifth on the last lap.
It was Parker crossing the line first, claiming his first feature win at the
Speedway. He was followed by Peters, Scribner, Wilinski and Hedrick.
In the IMCA Stock Car feature, Brian Ambrosious took the quick lead over Chas
Van Ooyen, Greg Gretz, Dave Zegers and Mike Asenbrener. Junior Karcz joined
the top five two laps later, and set his sights for the leader. With
Ambrosious still leading, Karcz battled Van Ooyen for the second spot. Van
Ooyen held him off for a couple laps, but relinquished the position to Karcz
midway through the race.
Once in second, Karcz pulled up to Ambrosious’ rear bumper and following him
closely for several laps. With three laps remaining, Karcz made his move and
took over the top spot. Karcz led the rest of the way, winning his third
straight feature. He was followed by Ambrosious, Gretz, Van Ooyen and Brian
Bruechert.
Jamie Diestler led the first two laps of the IMCA Sport Mod feature, with Bob
Besaw, Craig Hoffman, Aaron Holiday and Tom Schmidt following. Besaw took the
lead on the third lap, and immediately began pulling away from the rest of the
field. As the race continued, Tracy Wassenberg worked his way into the top
five, as did Brad Bricco. Besaw led the rest of the way, to win his second
feature of the year. He was followed by Diestler, Wassenberg, Hoffman and
Bricco.
The Fastrak Late Model feature was shortened to five laps due to several
cautions and the curfew. Joel Bennett grabbed the lead on the fourth lap, and
was awarded the win. He was followed by Jeff Wickersheim, Aaron Wickersheim,
Joey Braatz and Gary Janke.
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. This Saturday, Shawano Speedway will be giving away an IMCA Sport Mod.
Also this week, 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)A.J. Diemel, 2)M.J. McBride, 3)Tim Buhler,
4)Chris Ortel, 5)Terry Anvelink, 6)Mark Mitchell, 7)Pete Parker, 8)Ron Berna,
9)Rod Snellenberger, 10)Justin Ritchie, 11)Jeff Curtin, 12)Robbie Maas,
13)Ryan Huettl, 14)Tom Naeyaert, 15)Cody Grosskruetz, 16)Doug Blashe, 17)Craig
Bartz, 18)Nick Anvelink, 19)Troy Springborn, 20)Jeremie Hedrick, 21)Jesse
Peebles, 22)Randy Theys.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Springborn, 2)T. Anvelink, 3)Hedrick, 4)Ortel, 5)Huettl,
6)Ritchie, 7)Curtin, 8)Maas.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Diemel, 2)McBride, 3)Buhler, 4)Mitchell, 5)Snellenberger,
6)Naeyaert, 7)Blashe.
THIRD HEAT: 1)Bartz, 2)Parker, 3)N. Anvelink, 4)Berna, 5)Grosskruetz, 6)Theys,
7)Peebles.
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE: 1)Paul Parker, 2)John Peters, 3)Eric Scribner,
4)Jerry Wilinski, 5)Jeremie Hedrick, 6)Craig Bartz, 7)Dave Diemel, 8)Jeremy
Hanson, 9)Mike Wedelstadt, 10)Jeremy Hodkiewicz, 11)Jerry Muenster, 12)Travis
Spaulding, 13)Mike Bailey, 14)Kyle Meyers, 15)Brad Rohloff, 16)Bill Lemmens,
17)Jamie Schmidt, 18)Michelle Ploecklmann, 19)Bernie Miller, 20)Matt McDermid.
FIRST CONSI: 1)Muenster, 2)Bailey.
SECOND CONSI: 1)Hodkiewicz, 2)Miller.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Scribner, 2)Schmidt, 3)Parker, 4)Rohloff, 5)Muenster, 6)Mike
Knapp, 7)Ron Besaw, 8)Mike Bailey Jr.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Hanson, 2)Wilinski, 3)Lemmens, 4)Spaulding, 5)Ed Stahula,
6)Nick Holtger, 7)Miller, 8)Clint Schuelke.
THIRD HEAT: 1)Hedrick, 2)Diemel, 3)Wedelstadt, 4)Meyers, 5)Brian Schambeau,
6)Rob Ploecklmann, 7)Bailey, 8)Dave Werbelow.
FOURTH HEAT: 1)Peters, 2)McDermid, 3)Bartz, 4)Ploecklmann, 5)Hodkiewicz,
6)Jarrod Anvelink, 7)Lance Arneson, 8)Bill Martin, 9)Shawn Frelich.
IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE: 1)Junior Karcz, 2)Brian Ambrosious, 3)Greg Gretz,
4)Chas Van Ooyen, 5)Brian Bruechert, 6)Dave Zegers, 7)Kevin Lamberies, 8)Greg
Gutt, 9)Dan Michonski, 10)Brandon Czarapata, 11)Jason Czarapata, 12)Kyle
Frederick, 13)Mike Brehmer, 14)B.J. Giese, 15)Brian Techmier, 16)Jeff Brehmer,
17)Bob Schampers, 18)Rod Snellenberger, 19)Mike Asenbrener, 20)Darren
Otto.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Karcz, 2)Gretz, 3)Zegers, 4)Bruechert, 5)Schampers, 6)Giese,
7)Jacob Silon, 8)Nate Michonski.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Gutt, 2)Snellenberger, 3)Asenbrener, 4)Van Ooyen, 5)Frederick,
6)D. Michonski, 7)M. Brehmer, 8)Shawn Van Ooyen, 9)Gene Johnson.
THIRD HEAT: 1)Otto, 2)Ambrosious, 3)J. Czarapata, 4)Lamberies, 5)J. Brehmer,
6)B. Czarapata, 7)Steve Kasting, 8)Techmier.
FASTRAK LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Joel Bennett, 2)Jeff Wickersheim, 3)Aaron
Wickersheim, 4)Joey Braatz, 5)Gary Janke, 6)Bob Schmidt, 7)Troy Springborn,
8)A.J. Miller, 9)Chad Hohn, 10)Mike Kunschke, 11)Justin Hirt, 12)Tom Long,
13)Matt Rindt, 14)Rocky Miller, 15)Adam Janke, 16)Jeff Curtin, 17)Jeff
Deutcher.
FIRST HEAT: 1)R. Miller, 2)Hohn, 3)Bennett, 4)Rindt, 5)Deutcher, 6)A. Janke,
7)Long, 8)Hirt, 9)Malcom Spiegel.
SECOND HEAT: 1)J. Wickersheim, 2)Curtin, 3)Kunschke, 4)G. Janke, 5)A.J.
Miller, 6)A. Wickersheim, 7)Schmidt, 8)Braatz, 9)Springborn.
IMCA SPORT MOD FEATURE: 1)Bob Besaw, 2)Jamie Diestler, 3)Tracy
Wassenberg, 4)Craig Hoffman, 5)Brad Bricco, 6)Cory Marquardt, 7)Mike Czarapata,
8)Greg Magsom, 9)Joe Van Ooyen, 10)Tom Schmidt, 11)Shawn Wagner, 12)Aaron
Holiday, 13)Charlie Grall, 14)Marcus Yaire.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Diestler, 2)Czarapata, 3)Bricco, 4)Holiday, 5)Schmidt, 6)Yaire,
7)Grall.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Besaw, 2)Hoffman, 3)Wassenberg, 4)Marquardt, 5)Van Ooyen,
6)Magsom, 7)Wagner.
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