Seymour, August 7- Racing returned to Seymour Raceway Park for the first time in almost a month due to rain outs and the fair, and for a change, the day was perfect for racing in Northeastern Wisconsin.
Kelsey Coatings and 1st Choice Auto Sales were the title sponsors for the night including the Kids Club Coin Toss at intermission.
The Street Stocks opened feature action with 23 cars taking the green flag with Logan Schmeck leading the way with Trevor Van Straten, Lexii Ashcraft, Matt Warner and Harley Diedrick behind. The leaders stayed bunched behind Schmeck until the lone caution of the race appeared on lap 8. Schmeck had Ashcraft, Warner, Van Straten, point leader Jeff Jungwirth and Allan Schlueter lined up behind for the restart.
Jungwirth went to work on the pack after the restart and by lap 11 had taken over the lead. He was able to pull away a bit over the last half of the race and picked up his second feature win of the season. Warner passed Schmeck for the runner up spot with a pair of laps left but could not challenge Jungwirth. Ashcraft took fourth with Schlueter in fifth and Mike Carter coming through to round out the top six.
The IMCA Sport Mods were up next and after an opening lap incident caused complete restart, the race went non stop. JR Hansen took the initial lead with Chase Randerson, Kevin Bethke, Chris Budzban, Jason Vandenberg and Travis Arenz behind. Bethke used the inside line to take the lead on lap 4 and was able to open a slight lead as Arenz and point leader, Lucas Lamberies, worked to the front. By lap 11, Arenz was in second and started to work on the lead Bethke had. Lamberies moved into third and layed chase as well. The gap slowly closed and on lap 18, Arenz was able to take over the point and open a lead of his own running to his second feature win of the season. Lamberies took second on lap 20 but ran out of laps and finished second. With three laps left, Budzban was able to move by Bethke to secure third with Vandenberg and Scott Besaw rounding out the top six.
The Coor’s Light IMCA Stock Cars put a strong 21 cars field on the grids with Steve Hiles taking the lead for the first 2 circuits when the caution bunched the pack. On the restart, Rod Snellenberger powered into the top spot with Travis Van Straten, Aaron Stolp, Kyle Frederick, Jeremy Wiitala and Travis Springstroh behind. Van Straten was able to used the inside line to perfection and stole the lead from Snellenberger on lap 8, and started to pull away from the battle for second. The field spread out with Van Straten opening a large gap ahead of Snellenberger. Frederick, Stolp and Springstroh followed. The field stayed the same until debris on the track caused the second caution with 4 laps left. VanStraten was up to the challenge and held the lead to collect his third feature win of the season. Snellenberger ran to his best finish so far taking second , holding off Frederick. Springstroh ended up in the top four with Chas Van Ooyen, making a solid run after restarting in the back after the lap 2 caution, to finish fifth and Stolp rounded out the top six spots.
SUMMARY
COORS LIGHT IMCA STOCK CARS
30 Lap Feature l. Travis Van Straten, Hortonville 2. Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski 3. Kyle Frederick, Oconto 4. Travis Springstroh, Freedom 5, Chas Van Ooyen, Freedom 6. Aaron Stolp, Milwaukee
8 Lap Consy First l. Chase Parker, Hortonville 2. Bryan Techmeier 3. Aaron Karcz
Second l. Harley Simon, Seymour 2. Larry Karcz, Jr 3. Barry Van Straten, Shiocton
8 Lap Heats First l. Snellenberger 2. Van Ooyen
Second l. Jamie Van Ooyen, Appleton 2. Bill Kelsey, Luxemburg
Third l. Steve Hiles, Hortonville 2. Jeremy Wiitala, Green Bay
IMCA SPORT MODS
25 Lap Feature l. Travis Arenz, Sheboygan 2. Lucas Lamberies, Clintonville 3. Chris Budzban, Luxemburg 4. Kevin Bethke, Neenah 5. Jason Vandenberg, Kimberly 6. Scott Besaw, Omrow
8 Lap Heats First l. Arenz, 2. Budzban
Second l. Bethke 2. JR Hansen
STREET STOCKS
20 Lap Feature l. Jeff Jungwirth, Oshkosh 2. Matt Warner, Green Bay 3. Logasn Schmeck 4. Lexii Ashcraft, Oshkosh 5. Allan Schlueter, Oconto 6. Mike Carter
8 Lap Heats First l. Harley Diedrick, Freedom 2. Jungwirth
Second l.Ian Waino 2. Schlueter
Third l. Paul Ambrosius, Seymour 2. Dylan Stedjee, Shawano