“Havoc on the Half Mile” lived up to its name Saturday, as all feature races at Shawano Speedway were marred by caution flags.
Jake Redetzke made his drive from Eau Claire worthwhile in taking home the $2,000 winner’s share in the Late Model feature. Redetzke, who started in seventh place, took the lead on lap five.
Jason Czarapata took home $1,000 and his first feature win of the year at the speedway in the IMCA Modified race.
Also, Travis VanStraten won his sixth straight and seventh IMCA Stock Car feature of the season. Wyatt Block and Matt Brehmer raced to their first wins at Shawano Speedway in the IMCA Sport Mod and Mighty Four features, respectively.
Late Model
Ron Berna drew the pole position of the Late Model feature and took the lead on the opening lap. Redetzke had moved from his seventh place starting position to fourth by lap two.
Lap three saw Troy Springborn go to the outside to challenge Berna for the lead. Lap four had Berna leading Springborn, Jake Redetzke, Tom Naeyaert, Paul Parker and Nick Anvelink. Exiting turn four on lap five, Redetzke made it three wide for the lead with Berna and Springborn. Redetzke beat the field into turn number one to take over the top spot and quickly began to put distance between himself and second running Springborn.
Yellow flew on lap 19 as lapped traffic got together on the front stretch of the race track in front of Springborn. Springborn was collected in the incident, eliminating him from the race. Lap 20 saw Anvelink go three wide with Naeyaert and Berna to move into the second position.
Redetzke continued to set the pace, though, as Anvelink tried to stay within striking distance. Redetzke was able to keep Anvelink at bay for the duration of the race and score the victory.
IMCA Modified
Brian Joski started outside row one of the IMCA Modified feature and put his machine in the lead on lap one. Pole-sitter Jimmy Bartelt Sr. pulled into second behind Joski. A lap four caution slowed the pace and bunched the field back up. Eddie Muenster raced around Bartelt to move to second on lap five and went to work trying to hunt down Joski. By lap 10, Jason Czarapata had raced to third behind Joski and Muenster. On lap 11, Czarapata used the inside line to pass Joski for the lead. Mechanical woes for Eddie Muenster on lap 12 brought out a caution and forced Muenster to the pits. In the end it was Czarapata claiming his first win of the year at Shawano Speedway. Jerry Wilinski took second in front of Matt Oreskovich and Joski.
IMCA Stock Car
Gary Kasperek snagged the lead on the opening lap of the IMCA Stock Car feature and led until lap three when Travis VanStraten took to the inside of Kasperek in turn one to take the lead away. VanStraten led the rest of the way fending off the challenges of Mike Schmidt and Shawn Wagner to win his seventh feature through eight nights of racing this season. Wagner finished second in front of Schmidt.
IMCA Sport Mod
The IMCA Sport Mod feature was cut short to only four laps due to numerous cautions. Brandon Nygaard led the opening lap before being passed by Wyatt Block on a lap two restart. Block went on to win his first of the season at the speedway. Jordan Bartz finished the race in second. Nygaard took third.
Mighty Four
Aaron Milavitz led the opening laps of the Mighty Four feature before giving way to Matt Brehmer and Brad Wedde. Brehmer and Wedde each took turns leading the feature before Brehmer took the lead for good on lap nine. It was the first win for Brehmer at Shawano Speedway. Wedde took second. Aaron Milavitz finished third.
Race Summary
Shawano Speedway, June 27
Late Model Feature: 1. Jake Redetzke, 2. Nick Anvelink, 3. Tom Naeyaert, 4. David Fieber, 5. Mitch McGrath, 6. Doug Blashe, 7. Aaron Holiday, 8. Cody Welch, 9. Michael Stangl, 10. Kevin Rogers.
Heat 1: 1. Blashe, 2. Troy Springborn, 3. Justin Ritchie.
Heat 2: 1. Redetzke, 2. Brett Swedberg, 3. Paul Parker.
Heat 3: 1. Anvelink, 2. Ron Berna, 3. McGrath.
IMCA Modified Feature: 1. Jason Czarapata, 2. Jerry Wilinski, 3. Matt Oreskovich, 4. Brian Joski, 5. Jerry Muenster, 6. Mitch Stankowski, 7. Eric Scribner, 8. Jimmy Bartelt Sr., 9. Lance Arneson, 10. Kevin Feck.
Heat 1: 1. Marcus Yarie, 2. Jesse Peebles, 3. Eddie Muenster.
Heat 2: 1. Czarapata, 2. Bartelt, 3. Oreskovich.
Heat 3: 1. Wilinski, 2. Scribner, 3. Joski.
IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. Travis VanStraten, 2. Shawn Wagner, 3. Mike Schmidt, 4. Dustin Loberger, 5. Steven Stewart, 6. Scott Stewart, 7. Jeremy Wiitala, 8. Tom Riehl, 9. Scott VanProoyen, 10. Brandon Gagnon.
Heat 1: 1. Loberger, 2. Gary Kasperek, 3. Riehl.
Heat 2: 1. Steven Stewart, 2. VanProoyen, 3. Scott Stewart.
Heat 3: 1. Wagner, 2. Schmidt, 3. Dan Michonski.
IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1. Wyatt Block, 2. Jordan Bartz, 3. Brandon Nygaard, 4. Tracy Wassenberg, 5. Jake Solin, 6. Lucas Lamberies, 7. Kevin Bethke, 8. Brianna Ambroziak, 9. Lloyd Allen, 10. Les Yaeger.
Heat 1: 1. Brock Saunders, 2. Kyle Raddant, 3. Nygaard.
Heat 2: 1. Lamberies, 2. Block, 3. Jason Jach.
Heat 3: 1. Bartz, 2. Wassenberg, 3. Allen.
Mighty Four Feature: 1. Matt Brehmer, 2. Brad Wedde, 3. Aaron Milavitz, 4. Brian Johnson, 5. Carl King, 6. Dalton Nelson, 7. Lucas Hacker, 8. Hollie Welch, 9. Matt DeWilde, 10. Dustin Urban.
Heat 1: 1. Milavitz, 2. Calvin Stueck, 3. Grant Kastning.
Heat 2: 1. Wedde, 2. Welch, 3. Nelson.
