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Hirt Wins Second In A Row And Claims Bounty
By Scott Owen
Shawano,WI,8/5/06--Justin Hirt picked up his second win in as many weeks in
the Fastrak Crate Late Model feature. The win also earned Hirt a two
hundred fifty dollar bonus as well. Terry Anvelink got around Doug
Blashe to pick up his third Wissota Late Model win of the year. "Modzilla"
Jeremie Hedrick held off Eric Scribner in the IMCA Modified class to win his
third feature. In the IMCA Stock car division Jason Czarapata outdueled
Brian Bruechert to win his second feature. Brian Besaw borrowed his
brother's IMCA Sport Mod and went on to win his first feature, and Brad Bricco
won the pursuit race.
Justin Hirt used his pole starting position to grab the lead at the start of
the Fastrak Crate Late Model feature. Behind Hirt, Jeff Curtin and Mike
Kunschke began to work their way through traffic towards the front.
Kunschke started in the tenth spot and had moved up to third by lap
three. Curtin joined the top five on lap four. Kunschke passed Bob
Schmidt for second on lap six. Out front, Hirt continued to show the
way. The battle was now on for third as Schmidt tried to hold off Curtin
and Joel Bennett. A caution on lap eleven bunched the field back
up. On the restart Schmidt got back around Kunschke to take back
second. Then on lap fourteen Curtin used an inside move to pass both
Kunscke and Schmidt and move into second. The yellow flag came out again
on lap seventeen to erase the lead that Hirt had built up. When the
green came back out Curtin was right on the back bumper of Hirt. As the
race wound down Hirt put some distance between himself and Curtin and held on
to win the race. Curtin had to settle for second. Kunscke crossed
the line in the third spot. Joey Braatz and Gary Janke raced their way
around Scmidt to finish fourth and fifth. With the win Hirt also claimed
the bounty by beating Curtin and Troy Springborn.
In the Wissota Late Model feature Doug "The Blaze" Blashe jumped
into the lead on the start. Blashe was trailed by Gordie Seegert Jr. for
the first four laps. On lap five Terry Anvelink used the highside to
pass Seegert for second and began to run down Blashe. On lap eight
Anvelink used the highside of track again to make the pass on Blashe to take
over the lead. Anvelink set sail and began to pull away. Nick
Anvelink used the outside line to pass Seegert for third place on lap
thirteen. Terry Anvelink worked through lapped traffic and cruised to
victory. Blashe held on for second. Nick Anvelink finished third,
Seegert fourth, and Ron Berna rounded out the top five.
Russ Huxford led the opening lap of the IMCA Modified feature before John
Peters took over the lead on lap two. On lap four Bill Lemmens passed
Peters to take the lead. A caution on lap six regrouped the field.
On the restart Jeremie Hedrick and Eric Scribner, who both started deep in the
field, got around Lemmens to take over first and second. Hedrick and
Scribner pulled away from the rest of the field as the race ran on. In
the closing laps Lance Arneson was the man on the move, going from sixth to
third on lap thirteen. As the checkered flag flew it was Hedrick getting
the win, Scribner second, Arneson third, Lemmens fourth, and David Werbelow
fifth. After the race, in the claim area, Travis Spaulding claimed the
engine of Lemmens. Lemmens choose to swap engines.
In IMCA Stock car action DJ Zegers grabbed the lead on lap one. He was
quickly challenged for the lead by Kyle Frederick and Brian Bruechert.
Bruechert and Zegers went door to door for the lead on lap five.
Bruechert was able to make the pass. On the next lap Jason Czarapata got
past Zegers for second. The trio of Bruchert, Czarapata, and Frederick
continued to battle for the lead through lap ten. On lap eleven Greg
Gretz made it a foursome out front. As the white flag flew, it was down
to Bruechert and Czarapata for the win. Entering turn three Bruechert
ran down low, with Czarapata running up top. Coming off of turn four the
pair was still side by side for the lead. As they crossed the start
finish line it was Czarapata winning by a fender. Gretz finished third
in the race, Frederick fourth, Dan Michonski fifth. There was a claim
after the race also. Kevin Lamberies claimed the engine of Brian
Bruechert. Bruechert choose to swap engines.
Former ministock pilot, Brian Besaw, led every lap of the IMCA Sportmod
feature to pick up his first feature win. Brad Bricco pressured Besaw
the entire way, but was never able to make a pass for the top spot.
Shawn Wagner finished third in the race. Mike Czarapata grabbed fourth,
Tracy Wassenberg was fifth.
The IMCA Sportmod class also ran their pursuit race. By lap three it was
down to a three car shootout. On lap four Wassenberg passed Craig
Hoffman to eliminate him from the race. On lap four it was down to
Bricco and Wassenberg. Wassenberg pulled off on lap five, giving the win
to Bricco.
Racing continues this Saturday, the green flag drops at six
o'clock.
For more information about the track visit www.shawanospeedway.net.
RACING SUMMARY
FASTRAK CRATE LATE MODEL
FEATURE: 1)Justin Hirt,Tigerton 2)Jeff Curtin,Shawano 3)Mike Kunschke,Shawano
4)Joey Braatz,Shawano 5)Gary Janke,New London 6)Bob Schmidt,Leopolis 7)Joel
Bennett,Hortonville 8)AJ Miller,Bear Creek 9)Aaron Wickersheim,White Lake
10)Matt Rindt,Shawano
FIRST HEAT: 1)Hirt 2)Jeff Wickersheim,White Lake 3)Bennett
SECOND HEAT: 1)Schmidt 2)Troy Springborn,Shawano 3)Braatz
WISSOTA LATE MODEL
FEATURE: 1)Terry Anvelink,Navarino 2)Doug Blashe,Marion 3)Nick
Anvelink,Navarino 4)Gordie Seegert Jr.,Oostburg 5)Ron Berna,Green Bay 6)Tom
Naeyaert,Shawano 7)Justin Ritchie,New London 8)AJ Diemel,Navarino 9)Troy
Springborn,Shawano 10)Mark Mitchell,Bonduel
FIRST HEAT: 1)Terry Anvelink 2)Seegert 3)Berna
SECOND HEAT: 1)Blashe 2)Tim Buhler,Glenbeulah 3)Naeyaert
THIRD HEAT: 1)Diemel 2)MJ McBride,Shawano 3)Nick Anvelink
IMCA MODIFIED
FEATURE: 1)Jeremie Hedrick,Clintonville 2)Eric Scribner,Forest Junction
3)Lance Arneson,Krakow 4)Bill Lemmens,Green Bay 5)David Werbelow,Shawano
6)Jerry Muenster,Green Bay 7)Russ Huxford,Suamico 8)Craig Bartz,Shawano 9)John
Peters, Nichols 10)Travis Spaulding,Greenville
FIRST CONSI: 1)Matt McDermid,Oconto Falls 2) Tom Schaal,Gillett 3)David
Diemel,Nichols
SECOND CONSI: 1)Bartz 2)John Berna,Seymour 3)Jim Hanson,Oconto
HEAT ONE: 1)Peters 2)Huxford 3)Shawn Frelich,Kaukauna
HEAT TWO: 1)Brad Rohloff,Pulaski 2)Arneson 3)Lemmens
HEAT THREE: 1)Hedrick 2)Werbelow 3)Paul Parker,Kaukauna
HEAT FOUR: 1)Scribner 2)Jeremy Hodkiewicz,Green Bay 3)Muenster
IMCA STOCK CAR
FEATURE: 1)Jason Czarapata,Pulaski 2)Brian Bruecher,Kewaunee 3)Greg
Gretz,Kewaunee 4)Kyle Frederick,Gillett 5)Dan Michonski,Leopolis 6)Chas
VanOoyen,Appleton 7)Brandon Czarapata,Kaukauna 8)DJ Zegers,Hortonville 9)Scott
Stewart,Oconto 10)Mike Asenbrener,Tilleda
CONSI: 1)Asenbrener 2)Kevin Lamberies,Shawano 3)Brian Ambrosius,Pulaski
HEAT ONE: 1)Frederick 2)Jason Czarapata 3)Les Slater,Bowler
HEAT TWO: 1)Michonski 2)VanOoyen 3)Stewart
HEAT THREE: 1)Brandon Czarapata 2)Bruechert 3)Junior Karcz
IMCA SPORTMOD
FEATURE: 1)Brian Besaw,Appleton 2)Brad Bricco,Shawano 3)Shawn Wagner,Hoffa
Park 4)Mike Czarapata,Pulaski 5)Tracy Wassenberg 6)Cory Marquardt,Lena
7)Greg Magsam,Gillett 8)Marcus Yarie,Wausau 9)Tom Schmidt,Seymour 10)Chuck
Grall,Pulaski
PURSUIT RACE: 1)Bricco 2)Wassenberg 3)Craig Hoffman,New London 4)Jamie
Diestler,Antigo 5)Marquardt
HEAT ONE: 1)Hoffman 2)Czarapata 3)Diestler
HEAT TWO: 1)Besaw 2)Bricco 3)Wassenberg
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