Mission accomplished for Karl after 1st win

Frank, Hacker, Teske, Frederick also win features
By: 
Scott J. Owen
Special to NEW Media

Andy Karl survived a caution-plagued IMCA Modified feature race to score his first-ever feature win at Shawano Speedway on Aug. 20.

Todd Frank notched his first Late Model win of the year. Lucas Hacker took home the extra money after winning the Mighty 4 feature, with it being his fourth win of the year. Jeffery Teske came from 12th to win his sixth IMCA Sport Mod feature of the year, while Kyle Frederick was dominant in winning his third IMCA Stock Car feature.

The IMCA Northern Sport Modified feature hit the track with third generation racer J.J. Vanderloop leading lap one. Vanderloop quickly began to pull away from the rest of the field as Mike Springborn ran second on the grid. As Vanderloop clicked off laps in the lead, Bryce Clements, Teske and Cory Kemkes began working their way forward in the field.

By lap 10 of the race, Clements had worked to second, while Teske moved to fourth. A caution after lap 13 bunched the field back up.

Vanderloop continued to lead, but Clements was able to stay with him. Teske went to the inside of Springborn for third on lap 14.

Another caution flag came out after lap 17. Teske used the outside line on the restart to snag the lead from Vanderloop. Teske led the rest of the way for the win. Clements passed Vanderloop as well for second. Vanderloop, Kemkes, and J.J.’s brother, Jerry Vanderloop, completed the top five.

The Mighty 4 division was the second feature of the night. “The Gambler” Hacker took the lead at the drop of the green flag and led wire to wire for the win.

“Lightning” Lexi Michonski battled Bailey Tate and Austin Pingel to finish second. Pingel came home third in the race. Tate took fourth, and Michigan racer Garrett Greenfield finished fifth in his first trip to the track.

Former rookie of the year Adam Jacobson took the lead at the start of a caution-filled IMCA Modified feature. Karl took to the inside of Jacobson on lap three to take the lead. Karl survived and used multiple restarts to maintain his advantage at the front of the field.

J.J. Anderson applied pressure to Karl before mechanical woes ended his night. Late in the race, Karl held off Jayden Schmidt for the win. When the checkered flew it was Karl with the win.

Schmidt advanced 13 spots for second. Lucas Lamberies finished third. The ageless Jerry Muenster took fourth, and Marcus Yarie advanced 11 spots to take fifth.

The point leader entering the night, Konnor Wilinski, dropped out of the race early. By finishing sixth in the race, Jordan Bartz took over the point lead in the division.

Todd Frank outdueled his son Gunner Frank to take the lead at the start of the Late Model feature. The father and son raced hard lap after lap as Todd continued to hold the top spot at the start finish line. Try as he may, Gunner Frank could not catch his dad.

Todd Frank scored the win followed by Gunner. Joel Bennett and Kyle Raddant battled for third, with Bennett eventually taking the position. Raddant finished fourth and Ron Berna took fifth.

In IMCA Stock Car action, Tyler Wendt led lap one before giving way to Mitch Stankowski on lap two. Kyle Frederick passed Stankowski for the lead on lap five.

Frederick pulled away for the win. Stankowski, Jeff Kropp, Wendt and Vern Stedjee rounded out the top five.

Racing will continue Aug. 27, with only two nights remain in the 2022 racing season. More information can be found online at www.shawanospeedway.net.