Racing Results from the Speedways over the weekend.
OUTAGAMIE SPEEDWAY- Friday, June 18
IMCA MODIFIED – Tyler Wilson- Little Suamico
IMCA STOCK CAR- Rod Snellenberger- Pulaski
UNIFIED DIRT STREET STOCK- Jesse Krahn- Beaver Dam
IMCA SPORT COMPACT- Kyle Jorgenson- Oneida
SHAWANO SPEEDWAY- Saturday, June 19 – Hall of Fame Night
Last week it was the future in the spotlight, this week it was the past as two new members were inducted into the Hall of Fame. George Giesen and Ed Bertram were honored for their past accomplishments at the Speedway and in Racing. With friends and family along with numerous current and former drivers who have benefited from the new Hall of Famers contributions to the racing world in attendance, the two were honored in a ceremony at intermission.
The IMCA Modifieds hit the track with numerous drivers who got their start in go-carts at the GSR Raceway run by Bertram. It didn’t take long until the yellow slowed the action with Jeff Bodendorfer leading the way. Green flew again it was Bodendorfer building a lead as Lance Arneson ran second and Konnor Wilinski third. Bodendorfer would build a lead of nearly 1 second. Arneson would begin to make his way forward and grab the top spot for lap 17 but Bodendorfer fought right
back the next lap. As the White flag flew Arneson made one more charge to no avail. Bodendorfer grabbed the win with Arneson second, Wilinski third, and Jason Czarapata fourth.
The IMCA Stock Cars rolled trackside with a pair of veteran drivers on the front row with Hot Rod Snellenberger and Darren Otto leading the way. Snellenberger showed he still knows his way around the ½ mile as he began to get away. Trent Nolan would have other plans and begin to track down the Snellenberger car. Nolan would get to the outside of the Snellenberger car, but not be able to make the pass. At the halfway point, Trent Nolan would lead Rod Snellenberger and Brandon
Czarapata in the second row and last week’s feature winner Dylan Stedjee in fourth. Nolan would fire to a nice lead on the restart with Czarapata moving to second. Travis Van Straten would move to third with Snellenberger falling back to fourth. Debris would cause the yellow to fly with six laps to go. Nolan would maintain his advantage with five laps to go. Czarapata moved to the high side looking for away around Nolan but would not find the traction needed to complete the pass. As, Czarapata focused on the leader, Travis Van Straten began to work on Czarapata. Nolan would hang on for the win with Van
Straten grabbing second, and Czarapata third.
The Late Model division took their turn trying to tame the ½ mile and it would be Rocket Ron Berna grabbing the advantage in the early going. Berna looked like he would make it a boring race but Brett Swedberg was cutting into the advantage. Swedberg carrying the famous Blatz side panel in honor of Bertram, would catch Berna in corners 1 and 2 and power to the outside of Berna for the lead. A late caution would give the field one more shot at Swedberg but he would power to the win joining the likes of Schoenicke, Theilke, Peterson and Blashe with the Blatz car in Victory lane. Troy Springborn would get past
Berna for second with Joe Reuter fourth.
Jake Carpenter would grab the lead from the drop of the green flag in the IMCA Sport Mod feature event and build a large advantage. Jayden Schmidt was working forward with Tyler Sobiesczyk and Matthew Radtke. While the perennial front runners were battling it would Carpenter continued to hold the top spot. Schmidt would set his sights on Carpenter as he moved to second. Caution eliminated the hard work of Carpenter and moved the field to his rear bumper. Carpenter looked
like he would survive the restart but Schmidt kept him close. With laps winding down, Schmidt made his move and grabbed another win. Carpenter settled in second, with Sobiesczyk third and Radtke fourth.
Lucas Hacker led the Mighty 4’s Green to Checkered to pick up another feature win. While Hacker led every lap, Jason Stueck and Brad Wedde kept him on his toes. Stueck and Wedde would pressure Hacker lap after lap but with no success. Stueck grabbed second with Wedde third.
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