Clintonville’s Lucas Lamberies led every lap of the IMCA Sport Mod feature at Shawano Speedway on Saturday, earning his first win of the year.
Prior to the feature win, Lamberies won the first of two heat races in the division, followed by Wyatt Block and Brianna Ambroziak. Tracy Wassenberg won the other heat race.
Lamberies then led each lap to win the feature and gain on Wassenberg and Block in the division point standings. He trailed Wassenberg by 13 points entering the race; updated standings were not available before press time.
Late Model
Tim Rothe started on the pole and took an early lead in the Late Model feature. The early stage of the race was plagued by caution flags, but on each restart Rothe was able to fend off Jeff Curtin. Within four laps, Nick Anvelink had advanced from eighth to third on the track and joined Curtin in pressuring Rothe for the lead. A caution after lap 10 again bunched the field together. Curtin was able to muscle his way to the lead on lap 11. Anvelink also passed Rothe to take second. Curtin held the lead until lap 14, when Anvlink took the point.
Anvelink quickly pulled away from the rest of the field as the race stayed green. In the end it was Anvelink winning his fourth feature of the year. Curtin crossed the line in a season-best second. Rothe took third. Justin Hirt finished fourth, after starting 10th in his first visit to the track this summer.
IMCA Modified
The IMCA Modified feature had an early three-car tussle for the top spot among Kevin Feck, John Berna and Eddie Muenster. On the second lap, Muenster took the top spot while Feck and Berna battled for second. By lap five Jerry Wilinski broke into the top four after passing Tony Wedelstadt. A caution on lap 10 for debris, slowed the pace. As the race went green again, Muenster reclaimed the lead on the restart, while Wilinski went to work on Berna to gain the second spot. Wilinski set his sights on Muenster but could not track him down as Muenster won his second race in a row. Berna finished in third and Marcus Yarie took fourth.
IMCA Stock Car
Rookie Cody Gagnon led the opening lap of the IMCA Stock Car feature before being passed by Luke Uttecht on the second lap. Uttecht remained in front for one lap before Mike Schmidt grabbed the lead a lap later. Schmidt’s time in front also was limited to one lap as Travis VanStraten took the lead on lap four.
Gary Kasperek passed Schmidt three laps later to take second, with VanStraten pulling away in first. Brandon Czarapata put a move on Kasperek to take away the second spot and the first three positions remained unchanged for the duration of the race. It was the fifth win of the year for VanStraten.
Mighty Four
Lucas Hacker went from seventh to first at the start of the Mighty Four feature and led the opening three laps of the race before Brad Wedde took the lead on lap four. Wedde, Calvin Stueck, and Hacker raced close for the top spot, then Aaron Milavitz entered the fray on lap nine by passing Hacker to move into third. Hacker was forced to pit lane to change a tire on lap 10. Milavitz, meanwhile had a tire go flat on lap 10 causing a spin and he forced from the race also. This left a two-lap shootout to decide the race. Wedde was able to hold off his cousin, Stueck, for his second win of the year.
Spectator Eliminator
Dave Stoffer and Brian Welch each won their division in Spectator Eliminator action.
This week
Racing will continue Saturday night with the “Havoc on the Half Mile” Late Model special. Time trials for Late Models will start at 6 p.m. Racing will start at 6:30 p.m. with a full program of racing along with the $2,000-to-win Late Model feature.
More information is available is available online at www.shawanospeedway.net.
