A hardy crowd of fans turned out to see 132 competitors duke it out on the venerable Shawano Speedway half-mile Saturday.
Troy Springborn (Late Models), Brian Mullen (IMCA Modifieds), Kevin Bethke (IMCA Sport Modifieds) and Grant Kastning (Mighty Fours) each won their first feature of the year at Shawano, while Travis VanStraten won his second IMCA Stock Cars feature in a row.
A caution after lap 13 of the IMCA Stock Cars feature did Brandon Czarapata no favors, as it allowed VanStraten to restart on his back bumper. When the race went back to green, Czarapata and VanStraten raced door to door for the lead. VanStraten finally pulled ahead for the lead on lap 17.
Czarapata tried multiple lines to get past VanStraten, but could not muster a pass for the lead. Entering turn three on the final lap, there was contact in the three-wide battle for third. Mike Schmidt and Aaron Stolp spun in front of the rest of the field causing a huge pile-up at the end of the back straightaway. Schmidt and Josh Mroczkowski were transported to the hospital. Per social media, both drivers were OK.