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Diemel Doubles Up Late Model Wins At Shawano Speedway
By: Bert Lehman
Shawano, WI (May 5, 2007) - On a cold and windy night, Shawano Speedway
continued its racing season, with A.J. Diemel heating up the track, winning
both the WISSOTA Late Model and Fastrak Crate Late Model features. Julie
McDermid won the IMCA Modified feature, with Rod Snellenberger winning the
IMCA Stock Car feature. Eugene Gregorich continued his dominance in the IMCA
Sport Mod feature, winning his third in a row.
A.J. Diemel used his pole position starting spot to jump out to the quick lead
over Tim Buhler, Terry Anvelink, Nick Anvelink and Doug Blashe in the WISSOTA
Late Model feature. Over the next few laps, Diemel began to pull away from the
field with both Anvelinks getting by Buhler. Once in second place, Nick
Anvelink set his sights on Diemel, but Diemel had already built up a good
lead.
Just past the midway point of the race, the most contested position was for
fifth place, with Pete Parker and Justin Ritchie battling side-by-side. Parker
won that battle, and passed Buhler a couple laps later for fourth. Ritchie
also worked his way by Buhler a lap later. There was no denying Diemel, as he
lapped half the field in the cautionless race, to take his first victory of
the season. He was followed by Nick Anvelink, Terry Anvelink, Parker and
Ritchie.
In the IMCA Modified feature, Dave Diemel led the first lap, before Julie
McDermid took the lead. This left Diemel in second, with Jerry Wilinski , Brad
Rohloff and Dave Werbelow following. With McDermid starting to build a small
lead, Wilinski began pressuring Diemel for second, while Werbelow passed
Rohoff for fourth. As the race approached the midway point, Bill Lemmens’
car dropped oil in turn four, and McDermid spun in that oil, bringing out a
caution. McDermid was given her spot back.
When the race was restarted, McDermid continued to lead over Wilinski, Eddie
Muenster, Lance Arneson and Diemel. Muenster got by Wilinski on the next lap
and set his sights on McDermid. As the laps began to wind down, Muenster was
able to gain on McDermid. Muenster caught McDermid, but was never able to
pressure for the lead. McDermid claimed the win, with Muenster, Arneson, Mike
Wedelstadt and Diemel following.
Kurt Olson grabbed the early lead over Chas Van Ooyen, Rod Snellenberger,
Junior Karcz and Mike Asenbrener in the IMCA Stock Car feature. Snellenberger
moved to second on the second lap, and took the lead one lap later. Dustin
Loberger also joined the top five at this time. Snellenberger had built
himself a small lead, when the caution came out on lap 10.
Several cautions plagued the race over the next few laps, while Greg Gretz and
Shawn Wagner moved into the top five. When the race was restarted for the
final time, Snellenberger held the lead, with Gretz in pursuit. Snellenberger
was up to the challenge, crossing the line ahead of Gretz, Olson, Wagner and
Loberger.
In the Fastrak Crate Late Model feature, it was Justin Hirt taking the lead
over Bob Schmidt, Joel Bennett, Jeff Wickershiem and Craig Bartz. Bartz was on
the move, moving up to third two laps later, while Hirt built a small lead,
and A.J. Diemel joining the top five. Diemel was charging through the field,
moving to second on the third lap, and was gaining on Hirt. Diemel then took
the lead on lap nine, only to have that taken away because of a caution.
Hirt continued to lead on the restart, with Bartz getting by Diemel. Diemel
reclaimed the second spot on the next lap, and grabbed the lead two laps
later. Troy Springborn worked his way by Bartz, and then Hirt to move into
second. There was no catching Diemel, as he won his third straight feature in
the division. He was followed by Springborn, Bartz, Hirt and Cody Grosskreutz.
Brad Bricco grabbed the early lead in the IMCA Sport Mod feature, and
immediately began to build himself a big lead. Eugene Gregorich, who won the
last two weeks, started mid-pack, worked his way through the field and was in
second place by the end of lap four. Gregorich wasn’t gaining much on Bricco,
when a caution came out on lap eight. Bricco led the next several laps despite
a couple cautions. He was ruled the cause of one of those cautions, and put to
the back. Once the race was restarted, Gregorich cruised to the win over Mike
Czarapata, Eric Arneson, Matt Oreskovich and Travis Cain.
Racing action continues next Saturday, with racing getting underway at 6 p.m.
For more information about Shawano Speedway, visit www.shawanospeedway.net.
RACING SUMMARY
WISSOTA LATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)A.J. Diemel, 2)Nick Anvelink, 3)Terry
Anvelink, 4)Pete Parker, 5)Justin Ritchie, 6)Gordie Seegert, 7)Tim Buhler,
8)Doug Blashe, 9)Chris Oertel, 10)Randy Markwardt.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Blashe, 2)Seegert, 3)T. Anvelink.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Diemel, 2)Ritchie, 3)Buhler.
THIRD HEAT: 1)N. Anvelink, 2)Markwardt, 3)Parker.
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE: 1)Julie McDermid, 2)Eddie Muenster, 3)Lance
Arneson, 4)Mike Wedelstadt, 5)Dave Diemel, 6)Jerry Wilinski, 7)Brad Rohloff,
8)Jared Siefert, 9)Travis Spaulding, 10)Brandon Czarapata.
FIRST CONSI: 1)Wedelstast, 2)Jerry Muenster.
SECOND CONSI: 1)Kyle Meyers, 2)Jamie Schmidt.
FIRST HEAT: 1)McDermid, 2)Wilinski, 3)Siefert.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Rohloff, 2)Jason Czarapata, 3)Diemel.
THIRD HEAT: 1)Dave Werbelow, 2)Arneson, 3)Brandon Czarapata.
FOURTH HEAT: 1)M.J. Hintz, 2)Travis Spaulding, 3)Joe Haferkorn.
IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE: 1)Rod Snellenberger, 2)Greg Gretz, 3)Kurt
Olson, 4)Shawn Wagner, 5)Dustin Loberger, 6)Darren Otto, 7)Mike Asenbrener,
8)Scott Stewart, 9)Dan Michonski, 10)Jeff Brehmer.
CONSI: 1)Jeff Brehmer, 2)Gene Johnson.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Gretz, 2)Greg Gutt, 3)Dustin Loberger.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Chas Van Ooyen, 2)Wagner, 3)Junior Karcz.
THIRD HEAT: 1)Dan Michonski, 2)Snellenberger, 3)Olson.
FASTRAK CRATE MODEL FEATURE: 1)A.J. Diemel, 2)Troy Springborn, 3)Craig
Bartz, 4)Justin Hirt, 5)Cody Grosskreutz, 6)Aaron Wickersheim, 7)Todd Jensema,
8)Bob Schmidt, 9)Mike Stangl, 10)Joel Bennett.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Hirt, 2)Bartz, 3)Grosskreutz.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Jeff Curtin, 2)Springborn, 3)Joel Bennett.
THIRD HEAT: 1)Diemel, 2)Jeff Wickersheim, 3)Schmidt.
IMCA SPORT MOD FEATURE: 1)Eugene Gregorich, 2)Mike Czarapata, 3)Eric
Arneson, 4)Matt Oreskovich, 5)Travis Cain, 6)Steven Stewart, 7)Tim Jorgenson,
8)Marcus Yarie, 9)Jamie Diestler, 10)Chad Wield.
FIRST HEAT: 1)Craig Hoffman, 2)Yarie, 3)Cain.
SECOND HEAT: 1)Oreskovich, 2)Brad Bricco, 3)Arneson.
THIRD HEAT: 1)Tracy Wassenberg, 2)Dave Faucher, 3)Gregorich.
CONSI: 1)Tim Jorgenson, 2)Dave Stoffer.
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