By Joe Verdegan
Denmark’s Cole Czarneski pulled a true ‘double’ at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour Friday as Czarneski picked up feature wins in both the IMCA modified and stock car divisions, respectively.
Clintonville’s Max Oreskovich wrestled the lead away from Cole Slezewski on lap one and survived a handful of caution flags to win the IMCA modified feature at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour Friday.
The win for the second generation driver was worth $1,050.
In the 20 lap stock car contest Czarneski started inside row four and lurked within the top five for much of the early going of the contest. Czarneski whistled past leader Austin Jansen for the lead on lap 10. One round later Jansen wound up rolling over his mount in turn three. Jansen emerged unhurt but was done for the night.
Czarneski kept the lead and went on to score the win. Trailing Czarneski at the checkers were Rod Snellenberger, Brett Wenzel, Jared Siefert and Josh Mroczkowski.
With little time remaining to celebrate his stock car win, A few parade laps were necessary before the start of the IMCA modified feature to allow Czarneski to quickly jump from one car to another in the infield.
Czarneski started eighth on the grid and was able to dodge a major melee that occurred on lap nine. Hometown driver Konner Wilinski locked horns with Wausau’s Marcus Yarie while scrapping for the lead. The result was a major pileup which took out a number of competitors – among them some heavy hitters – Brian Mullen, Wilinski, Jayden Schmidt, Jeff Bodendorfer and Kevin Feck. Yarie was charged with the caution and after a long delay for a cleanup Yarie dropped out of the contest.
Czarneski inherited the lead when racing resumed and maintained the top spot for the second half of the race. Czarneski was able to dodge a couple of lapped cars in the waning laps to score his second main event of the night. Beaver Dam’s Skylar Woods took second, followed by Johnny Whitman, Jason Czarapata and Justin Ritchie.
Oreskovich started on the pole position of the sportmod feature and snatched the lead away from fellow front row starter Slezewski after the first circuit. Oreskovich proved to be strong on several restarts as Elijah Koenig, Colton See and Bernie Miller all took turns scrapping for the runner up spot and the Clintonville ace was able to keep all challengers at bay for the balance of the contest.
See settled for runner up money at the pay window. Miller, Ryan Schmidt and Cory Kemkes finished third through fifth, respectively.
New Franken’s Derek Moede jumped into the lead at the drop of the green and never surrendered the top spot en route to winning the 20 lap street stock feature. The event, which went wire-to-wire without a yellow, saw Moede win by a full straightaway margin over second place finisher Paul Diefenthaler. Josh McDonald, James Fletcher and Devin Yaeger rounded out the top five finishers.
Kaukauna’s Ben Schulte won the caution free IMCA sport compact feature while a pair of Milwaukee Area Vintage heats went to Campbellsport’s Butch Hafeman and Ringle’s Jeremy Allard.
The program was halted after the second IMCA modified heat as pesky rain showers brought out the red flag on the entire program. Track crews worked diligently to get the track back into shape along with dozens of drivers who chipped in to help pack the track.
Action resumes next Friday, August 16. The late models return to action, joining the track’s other weekly classes. Action begins at 6:30 p.m. You can check outagamiespeedway.com for additional information.
RACE SUMMARY
IMCA MODIFIEDS
Feature – Cole Czarneski, Denmark; Skylar Woods, Beaver Dam; Johnny Whitman, Suamico; Jason Czarapata, Pulaski; Justin Ritchie, New London; Dan Roedl, Beaver Dam; Bruce Troesh, West Bend; Shawn Frelich, Kaukauna; Adam Abbey, Marion; Mike Carter, Greenleaf; Brad Moeller, New London; Paul Thorpe, New London; Dylan Moeller, New London; Daniel Wilcox, Oconto Falls; Marcus Yarie, Wausau; Kevin Feck, Wausau; Konnor Wilinski, Seymour; Jeff Bodendorfer, Waterford; Jayden Schmidt, Seymour; Brian Mullen, Seymour; Chris Pigeon, Allouez
HEATS 1) Derek Janke; Konnor Wilinski 2) Pigeon; Daniel Wilcox 3) Jason Czarapata; Yarie
IMCA STOCK CARS
Feature – Cole Czarneski, Denmark; Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski; Brett Wenzel, Manitowoc; Jared Siefert, Luxemburg; Josh Mroczkowski, Krakow; Ryan Lujeck, Oshkosh; Kegan Van Ooyen, Freedom; Chase Parker, Hortonville; Jesse Krahn, Beaver Dam; Jerry Wilinski, Seymour; Kevin Moeller, Freedom; Kyle Stedjee, Shiocton; Jerry Leary, Suamico; Junior Karcz, Pulaski; Aaron Karcz, Pulaski; Jacob Rupert, Van Dyne; Ericka Van Ooyen, Freedom; Kyle Frederick, Gillett; Patrick Farley Jr, Green Bay; Bob Czarapata, Krakow; Austin Jansen, Green Bay; Logan Leary, Suamico
Heats 1) Jerry Leary; Junior Karcz 2) Jansen; Mroczkowski 3) Bob Czarapata; Lujeck
IMCA NORTHERN SPORTMODS
Feature – Max Oreskovich, Clintonville; Colton See, Chilton; Bernie Miller, Hatley; Ryan Schmidt, Hortonville; Cory Kemkes, Appleton; Elijah Koenig, Fox Lake; J.J. Vander Loop, Freedom; Taylor Sorenson, Pulaski; Jared Spaulding, Greenville; Ryan Brown, Eagle River; Barrett Hummelmeier, Beaver Dam; Skyelin Krohlow, Suamico; Evan Call, Aniwa; Briar Hass, Neenah; Bryce Clements, Suring; Dylan Schmidt, Hortonville; Mac Miller, Green Bay; Cole Slezewski, Pulaski; Jerry Vander Loop, Freedom; Shane Bahr, Greenville; Vincent Engel, Neenah; Owen Wilcox, Oconto Falls; Jordan Endries, Kaukauna
Heats 1) Sorenson; Kemkes 2) Ryan Schmidt; Oreskovich 3) J.J. Vander Loop; Bahr
UNIFIED STREET STOCKS
Feature – Derek Moede, New Franken; Paul Diefenthaler, Manitowoc; Josh McDonald, Cleveland; James Fletcher, Beaver Dam; Devin Yaeger, Menasha; Trey Van Straten, Hortonville; Brooke Diefenthaler, Manitowoc; Todd Berzowski, Pulaski; Michael Czarapata, Pulaski; Beau Schroeder, Pulaski; Mitch Meyerhofer, Sherwood; Tyler Nettekoven, Appleton; Matt McDonald, Manitowoc; Ford Malvitz, Sturgeon Bay; Nick Berzowski, Pulaski; Travis Stratton, Oshkosh; Eli Kaye, Brussels; Trevor Spaulding, Greenville; Tony Everard, Green Bay; Nick Allard, Three Lakes
Heats 1) Paul Diefenthaler; Fletcher 2) Moede; Brooke Diefenthaler 3) Josh McDonald; Schroeder
IMCA SPORT COMPACTS
Feature – Ben Schulte, Kaukauna; Al Cottrell, Oshkosh; Roland Van De Hei III, Oconto; Brett Deprez, Green Bay; Cody Booth, Oshkosh; Nick Everard, Green Bay; Logan Boehlein, Black Creek; Todd Boehnlein, Black Creek; Dan Thomson, Neenah; T.J. Everard, Green Bay; Nate Van Ooyen, Freedom; Bo White, Seymour; Ainsley Busch, Shawano; Isaiah McDowell, Shawano; David Cox, Seymour; Thomas Schulte, Kaukauna; Gracie Smits, De Pere; Ben Case, Larson; Tucker Pari, Clintonville; Trevor Van De Hei, Seymour
Heats 1) Cox; Trevor Van De Hei, 2) Nick Everard; Cottrell 3) Todd Boehlein; Thomas Schulte
MILWAUKEE VINTAGE MODIFIEDS
Heats 1) Butch Hafeman, Campbellsport; Jeff Allard, Oak Creek 2) Jeremy Allard, Ringle; Brian Titel, Sheboygan
