by Scott Owen
Though not a point night, the Shawano Speedway held one more race last Saturday night. Terry Anvelink, David Fieber, Lance Arneson, Dan Michonski, Clint Forstner, and Scott Blanke all prevailed in their respective divisions.
by Bert Lehman
With the 2011 race season winding down, Jason Czarapata continues to be the class of the field in the IMCA Modified division at Shawano Speedway as he won his sixth feature of the year Saturday night. Justin Ritchie won his first WISSOTA Late Model feature of the year, while Dan Michonski won his fourth IMCA Stock Car feature. Dave Fieber continues the lead the FASTRAK Late Model division, winning his third feature of the year. Travis Van Straten won his fourth IMCA Northern SportMod feature.
by Bert Lehman
Paul Parker and Cody Hudson each won their second straight feature events at Shawano Speedway in the WISSOTA Late Model and IMCA Northern SportMod divisions, respectively. Matt Oreskovich won his first-ever IMCA Modified feature at the Speedway. Brandon Czarapata won the IMCA Stock Car feature while, Justin Hirt won the FASTRAK Late Model feature.
by Bert Lehman
Paul Parker edged A.J. Diemel to the line in the WISSOTA Late Model feature to claim his first win of the season at Shawano Speedway. Charlie Wild won his first-ever IMCA Modified feature at the Speedway. Dan Michonski won his third IMCA Stock Car feature of the year, while Cody Hudson won his fourth IMCA Northern SportMod feature. Joel Bennett won his fifth FASTRAK Late Model feature.
by Bert Lehman
There were 29 IMCA Stock Cars on hand at Shawano Speedway to do battle in conjunction with the World of Outlaws Dirt Late Model Series. The IMCA Stock Cars were racing for $1,000-to-win. When the dust settled, it was Rod Snellenberger taking home the cash.
by Kevin Kovac
Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., continued his mid-summer surge, rolling to victory in Wednesday night’s 50-lap World of Outlaws Late Model Series A-Main at Shawano Speedway.
The 41-year-old former series champion overtook Chad Simpson of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, for the lead on lap 26 and cruised to his second straight and seventh overall win of the 2011 season. He matched his single-season career-high win total on the national tour and moved within two triumphs of equaling Scott Bloomquist’s WoO LMS record of nine victories in 2004.
“We’ve just been doing our own little thing and it’s definitely been working,” said Lanigan, whose $10,775 win was his third in four starts over an eight-day span. “Our car’s been awesome.”
WoO LMS points leader Rick Eckert of York, Pa., finished second for the third time in the last four tour A-Mains, ending the race 0.924 of a second behind Lanigan after a lap-48 caution period gave him a chance to make a last-ditch bid. The green-white-checkered finish was necessitated by the misfortune of Simpson, who led laps 1-25 and appeared headed to a career-best WoO LMS finish until his car’s rearend gears broke as he held second place.
Don O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., placed third in Larry Moring’s car after slipping as far back as seventh from the fourth starting spot. He earned the $500 ‘Bonus Bucks’ cash for being the highest-finishing driver who hasn’t won a WoO LMS A-Main and isn’t ranked among the top 12 in the series points standings.
Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., charged forward from the 23rd starting spot to finish fourth after using a provisional to gain entry to the A-Main. A heat-race scrape and flat tire prompted him to park his Rocket car and drive his Capital Race Car in the B- and A-Mains.
