Lucas Lamberies may be a rookie in the IMCA Modified division, but the three- time IMCA Sport Mod champion certainly knows his way around the Historic Halfmile. Lamberies showed that the change in division was no obstacle in winning races as he outdueled his good friend Wyatt Block with a last lap pass for the feature win. In other action perennial winners Nick Anvelink (Late Model), Dan Michonski, (IMCA Stock Car), and Jordan Barkholtz (IMCA Sport Mod) all scored there first wins of the season. While Kevin Bice notched his first Mighty Four feature win as well. Friends and family of longtime race enthusiast, Gary Effenberger, honored him with the Gary Effenberger Memorial as racers received extra money and plaques for the top three feature finishers in Gary’s memory. Nick Anvelink may not consider himself much of an artist, but his arts skills were good enough to draw the pole for the Late Model feature. Anvelink would use that to his advantage as he led all 20 laps to score the victory. Ron Berna, Tom Naeyaert, Derek Jahnke, and Troy Springborn rounded out the topfive.
The IMCA Modifed feature saw Wyatt Block battle Brekken Kleinschmidt side by side for the first two laps of the race with Kleinschmidt leading lap 1, while Block led lap 2 by a bumper. Lap saw Block begin to put some distance between himself and the field. With Block leading, the action behind him was hot between Kleinschmidt, Konnor Wilinski, Lucas Lamberies, and Marcus Yarie. Lamberies, Kleinschmidt, and Wilinski exchanged second through fourth numerous times throughout the race as Block looked to be in control. A late race caution flag brought out a restart with only three laps remaining. Over the final two laps Lamberies went to the high side of the track and ran down Block. A
slight bobble by Block in turn four on the final lap gave Lamberies the opening he needed as he pulled even with Block. It would be a drag race to the checkered flag with Lamberies winning by the slightest of margins. Block would have to settle for second. Wilinski, Kleinschmidt, and Eddie Muenster crossedthe line behind the lead pair.
Asa Doxtator led the opening stages of the IMCA Stock Car feature as brothers Dan and Nate Michonski fought for second. Dan Michonski cleared his brother on lap 3 and tracked down Doxtator on lap 4 to take the lead. Michonski led the remainder of the race for the win. Behind Michonski a spirited battle took place between, Jeremy Christians, Trent Nolan, Travis VanStraten, Junior Karcz, and Gary Kasperek. Ultimately Christians (who started the race in tenth), Nolan, Karcz, and Kasperek would complete the top five. Jordan Barkholtz took advantage of last week’s bad luck which put him on the front row of this weeks
IMCA Sport Mod feature. Barkholtz led every lap of the race as he cruised to victory lane. Jason Jach chased Barkholtz the entire night but could not muster a bid for the lead. He would finish in second. Kevin Bethke came from eighth on the grid to finish third. Brock Saunders and Bryce Clements completed the top five. Kameron Jorgenson and Kevin Bice raced side by side for the opening lap of the Mighty Four feature race. Bice pulled ahead to lead lap 2. Bice would not look back en route to his first career feature win at Shawano. Brad Nelson ultimately finished in the second spot. Lucas Hacker, Brad Wedde, and Jason Cornelius finished in third through fifth.
Racing continues next Saturday with a 6:00 start time. More information can be found online at
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Race Summary:
Late Model Feature: 1. 15A-Nick Anvelink, [1]; 2. 66-Ron Berna, [3]; 3. 98N-Tom Naeyaert, [4]; 4. 27J-
Derek Janke, [2]; 5. 81S-Troy Springborn, [7]; 6. 3S-Brett Swedberg, [9]; 7. 7-Joel Bennett, [11]; 8. 20R-
Joe Reuter, [6]; 9. 11-Justin Reed, [12]; 10. 33E-Chris Engels, [10].
Heat 1: 1. Reuter, [1]; 2. Berna, [4]; 3. 87-Adam Janke, [2].
Heat 2: 1. Anvelink, [2]; 2. Naeyaert, [1]; 3. 25S-Jared Siefert, [3].
IMCA Modified Feature: 1. 0L-Lucas Lamberies, [7]; 2. 2JR-Wyatt Block, [1]; 3. 6-Konnor Wilinski, [3]; 4.
103-Brekken Kleinschmidt, [2]; 5. 5M-Eddie Muenster, [13]; 6. 75O-Matt Oreskovich, [4]; 7. 333-Rob
Charapata, [5]; 8. 79M-Jerry Muenster, [15]; 9. 18W-Mark Weisnicht, [11]; 10. 41B-Michael Bailey, [19].
Heat 1: 1. Block, [1]; 2. 9-Jerry Wilinski, [4]; 3. Oreskovich, [3].
Heat 2: 1. 58-Marcus Yarie, [7]; 2. 6-Konnor Wilinski, [2]; 3. 64-Chucky Forstner, [6].
IMCA Stock Car Feature: 1. 1M-Dan Michonski, [4]; 2. 99X-Jeremy Christians, [10]; 3. 25X-Trent Nolan,
[5]; 4. 36-Larry Karcz Jr, [7]; 5. 2K-Gary Kasperek, [17]; 6. 2T-Travis VanStraten, [9]; 7. 40-Aaron Karcz,
[12]; 8. 17S-Harley Simon, [13]; 9. 07-Mike Schmidt, [15]; 10. 3D-Dylan Stedjee, [16].
Heat 1: 1. 16-Asa Doxtator, [1]; 2. Nolan, [4]; 3. 9-Larry Parshen, [2].
Heat 2: 1. 1M-Dan Michonski, [3]; 2. Christians, [10]; 3. 33M-Nate Michonski, [1].
IMCA Sport Mod Feature: 1. 91X-Jordan Barkholtz, [2]; 2. 7X-Jason Jach, [1]; 3. 09B-Kevin Bethke, [8]; 4.
5S-Brock Saunders, [3]; 5. 02C-Bryce Clements, [11]; 6. 12B-Jordan Bartz, [12]; 7. 21-Teagan Wudstrack,
[9]; 8. 27-Tyler Sobiesczyk, [13]; 9. 95S-Sawyer Haese, [4]; 10. 98W-Dustin Wudstrack, [23].
Heat 1: 1. Barkholtz, [2]; 2. 66-Cole Magnin, [6]; 3. Jach, [1].
Heat 2: 1. Bethke, [6]; 2. 1-Matthew Radtke, [4]; 3. Clements, [7].
Heat 3: 1. Bartz, [6]; 2. Saunders, [2]; 3. Haese, [3].
Mighty Four Feature: 1. 88B-Kevin Bice, [4]; 2. 4N-Brad Nelson, [6]; 3. 17H-Lucas Hacker, [7]; 4. 37W-
Brad Wedde, [9]; 5. X55-Jason Cornelius, [3]; 6. 43B-Michael Brehmer, [8]; 7. 22-Clint Malueg, [18]; 8.
118-Kameron Jorgenson, [1]; 9. 131N-Dalton Nelson, [22]; 10. 91-Daniel Buckwheat, [15].
Heat 1: 1. 21-Mark Schoone, [7]; 2. Brehmer, [6]; 3. Cornelius, [2].
Heat 2: 1. Wedde, [6]; 2. 115-DJ Jorgenson, [7]; 3. 118-Kameron Jorgenson, [1].
Heat 3: 1. Bice, [2]; 2. 513W-Joshua Slewinski, [1]; 3. 11X-Jason Stueck, [6].
