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Ritchie Outduels McBride To Win Second Straight
Shawano, WI, 9/9/06--Ninety-one racers were on hand for fan appreciation night
at the Shawano Speedway. The weather may have been cold, but the racing
on the track was hot. Justin Ritchie won his second consecutive Wissota
Late Model feature race. Troy Springborn made it four wins in a row in
the Fastrak Crate Late Model division. Eric Scribner picked up his
second straight win also in the modified division. Chas VanOoyen and
Brad Bricco each picked up a feature win as well.
Justin Ritchie started outside the front row in the Wissota Late Model feature
and grabbed the lead at the start of the race. Ritchie was trailed early
on by MJ McBride and Chris Oertel. On lap four lapped traffic broke
Ritchie's momentum and allowed McBride to make the pass for the lead.
McBride continued to lead the race with Ritchie on his tail. Nick
Anvelink broke into the top three on lap twelve with a pass on Tim
Buhler. On lap thirteen Ritchie began to chip away at McBride's
lead. Ritchie was able to drive his Warrior chassis deeper into the
turns than McBride's Mastersbilt chassis. Finally, on lap sixteen
Ritchie pulled even with McBride and was able to take back the top spot.
Ritchie would lead the rest of the race to pick up his second straight feature
at the track, one week after winning his first ever Wissota Late Model feature
at the track. On the final lap Troy Springborn got around McBride to
take second in the race. McBride wound up third. Nick Anvelink
took fourth, Tim Buhler fifth.
The Fastrak Crate Late Model feature was led early on by second generation
driver Joel Bennett. On lap seven Troy Springborn took the lead from
Bennett and went on to run away with the race. Bennett held on to finish
in the second spot. Michael Stangl had a strong debut in the class,
finishing third after starting ninth in the race. Gary Janke and Bob
Schmidt rounded out the top five. For Springborn it was his fourth
straight and eighth win of the season.
The modified A-main was led early on by pole sitter Charlie Wild. Wild
was passed by Eric Scribner on lap three. Scribner fought off many
challenges by Craig "The Tiger" Bartz and Eddie Muenster to pick up
his second straight win and fourth win of the season. Bartz brought home
the second spot. Brian Drexler, who made his first visit to the track in
many years, went from fifth to third on the final lap. Eddie Muenster
finished fourth, his father, Jerry Muenster was fifth.
In the stock car feature race Troy Jerovitz grabbed the lead at the start of
the race. Jerovitz was immediately pressured by Chas VanOoyen.
VanOoyen was able to work his way around Jerovitz on lap four. With
VanOoyen out front, Jerovitz had a battle on his hands for second. Nate
Michonski passed Jerovitz for second on lap twelve of the race. VanOoyen
went on to win, Michonski took second. On the final lap DJ Zegers took
third away from Jerovitz, who had to settle for fourth. Mike Asenbrener
passed Jeff Brehmer on the final lap to take fifth. The win was the
second of the year for VanOoyen.
Sixteen year old Marcus Yarie led the first two laps of the sport mod feature
race before the caution came out. On the restart, Brian Besaw took the
lead from Yarie. Brad Bricco took the lead on lap four. Besaw
slipped back to third behind Jamie Diestler. With Bricco continuing to
lead, Besaw passed Diestler for second on lap six. Bricco went on to win
his fourth feature. Besaw took the second spot. Diestler was
third. Craig Hoffman came from eleventh to finish fourth. Yarie
rounded out the top five.
The Shawano Speedway racing banquet will be Saturday October 28th at the
Woodland in Gresham. Tickets are available at the Speedway ticket office
or by phone by calling 1-866-715-6532. For more information about the
Shawano Speedway visit www.shawanospeedway.net.
RACING SUMMARY
WISSOTA LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Justin Ritchie,NewLondon 2)Troy
Springborn,Shawano 3)MJ McBride,Shawano 4)Nick Anvelink,Navarino 5)Tim
Buhler,Glenbeulah 6)Chris Oertel,Marshfield 7)Terry Anvelink,Navarino 8)Ron
Berna,Green Bay 9)Randy Markwardt,Sheboygan 10)Tom Naeyaert,Shawano 11)Gordie
Seegert Jr.,Oostburg 12)Jeff Curtin,Shawano 13)Jesse Peebles,Square
Butt,Montana 14)Robbie Maas,Bowler 15)Cody Grosskreutz,Clintonville 16)Bobby
Bennett,Greenville 17)Greg Stelse,New London 18)Doug Blashe,Marion 19)Dan
Sexton,Bonduel 20)Greg Haney,Green Bay.
FIRST HEAT: 1)T. Anvelink 2)Oertel 3) Berna.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Ritchie 2)N. Anvelink 3)Springborn.
FASTRAK CRATE LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)Troy Springborn,Shawano 2)Joel
Bennett,Hortonville 3)Michael Stangl,Lindsey 4)Gary Janke,New
London 5)Bob Schmidt,Leopolis 6)Aaron Wickersheim,White Lake 7)Sam
Wickersheim,White Lake 8)Malcolm Spiegel,Mattoon 9)Tom Long,Little Chute 10)AJ
Miller,Bear Creek.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Spiegel 2)S. Wickersheim 3)Long.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Springborn 2)Schmidt 3)Janke.
MODIFIED FEATURE: 1)Eric Scribner,Forest Junction 2)Craig Bartz,Belle
Plaine 3)Brain Drexler,Oshkosh 4)Eddie Muenster,Green Bay 5)Jerry
Muenster,Green Bay 6)Jamie Schmidt,Seymour 7)Jared Anvelink,Navarino
8)Tim VanDeHei,Green Bay 9)Scott Williams.Mattoon 10)Bill Lemmens,Green
Bay.
FIRST CONSI: 1)Tom Haferkorn,Vulcan,MI 2)Ken Fisher,Green Bay 3)Bernie
Miller,Hatley.
SECOND CONSI: 1)Paul Parker,Appleton 2)Williams 3)VanDeHei.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Scribner 2)J. Muenster 3)Kevin Ferfecki,Krakow.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Bartz 2)John Peters,Nichols 3)Chad Wilcox,Lena.
THIRD HEAT: 1)Mike Wedalstadt,Fremont 2)Charlie Wild,Antigo 3)Matt
McDermid,Oconto Falls.
FOURTH HEAT: 1)MJ Hintz,DePere 2)E. Muenster 3)Anvelink.
STOCK CAR FEATURE: 1)Chas VanOoyen,Appleton 2)Nate Michonski,Leopolis
3)DJ Zegers,Hortonville 4)Troy Jerovitz,Green Bay 5)Mike Asenbrener,Tilleda
6)Jeff Brehmer,Pulaski 7)Derrick Bruechert,Kewaunee 8)Kevin Lamberies,Shawano
9)Jr. Karcz,Pulaski 10)Les Slater,Bowler.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Brehmer 2)Zegers 3)Jerovitz.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Karcz 2)Michonski 3)Lamberies.
SPORT MOD FEATURE: 1)Brad Bricco,Shawano 2)Brian Besaw,Appleton 3)Jamie
Diestler,Antigo 4)Craig Hoffman,New London 5)Marcus Yarie,Wausau 6)Tim
Jorgenson,DePere 7)Patrick Wassenberg,Shawano 8)Joe VanOoyen,Appleton
9)Tom Natzke,Tigerton 10)Jason Jach,Seymour.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Yarie 2)Bricco 3)Jach.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Besaw 2)Diestler 3)Brian Raddant,Shawano
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