The Scoop
CRUNCHING NUMBERS FOUR CYLINDER STYLE
Posted on: Tuesday April 11, 2023
Chilton’s Shaun Bangart in victory lane at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek. Bangart leads the all time Wisconsin IMCA sport compact racers with 17 career wins. (danlewisphoto.net)
When it comes to tracking four-cylinder dominance on northeastern Wisconsin dirt tracks in recent years one really comes up with a “mixed bag” of sorts when you start crunching the numbers.
A handful of tracks like Outagamie Speedway in Seymour and 141 Speedway in Francis Creek have been IMCA sanctioned with the sport compact class for the past several seasons.
Different monikers have been given to the class by each track. They’ve been called “Murder Hornets,” Four Bangers, Sport Compacts, Sizzlin’ 4s, Baby Bombers Four Cylinders and so on and so forth.
Often these guys and gals wait around to run their feature races at the end of the program.
A review last year of all time winners in 2022 revealed Nathan Lisowe of Luxemburg scored 11 feature wins at area ovals leading the way.
When it comes to all time IMCA sanctioned winners in Wisconsin, Chilton’s Shaun Bangart leads the way with 17 sanctioned wins. The current tie for second is between another Chilton racer Mitch Meier and Pulaski’s Matthew Brehmer with 12 sanctioned victories. Both Meier and Bangart have moved up to the bigger, full-sized racers to compete in.
Black Creek’s Jake Peters in 141 Speedway’s victory lane. (danlewisphoto.net)
2022 4-cylinder feature winners (stats include the following tracks: 141, Seymour, Chilton, Luxemburg, Shawano & Sturgeon Bay)
Nathan Lisowe 11
Brian Watzka Jr. 7
Tanner Westphal 5
Scott Schlafke 5
Lucas Hacker 4
Thomas Schulte 4
James Riske 4
Adam Broehm 3
Calvin Stueck 2
Brad Wedde 2
Matt Kaye 2
Matt Brehmer 2
Shaun Bangart 2
Kegan Van Ooyen 2
Roman Blank 2
Justin Finlan 2
Jay Orr 2
Jake Peters 1
Austin Pingel 1
Jeremy Czarapata 1
James Reese 1
Cody Booth 1
Ben Schulte 1
Matthew Mann 1
Bailey Tate 1
Nathan Michonski 1
Mitch Paulson 1
All Time IMCA sanctioned Sport Compact feature winners in Wisconsin
Shaun Bangart, Chilton, 17
Matthew Brehmer, Pulaski, 12
Mitch Meier, Chilton, 12
Past IMCA Sport Compact Champions
141 Speedway, Francis Creek, Wis.
2015-Scott Johnson
2016-Mitch Meier, Chilton
2017-Mitch Meier, Chilton
2018-Shaun Bangart, Chilton
2019 Mike Zitzer, Sheboygan
2020 Ethan Beattie, Little Chute
2021 Alvin TeStrote, Hilbert
Luxemburg, Wis., Speedway
2017-Nick Everard, Green Bay
2018-T.J. Everard, Green Bay
Oshkosh, Wis., SpeedZone Raceway
2017-Jordan Klemmer
Outagamie Speedway, Seymour, Wis.
2017-Mitch Meier
2018-Al Cotttrell
2019-Ben Schulte
2020-Jake Peters
2021-Tony Everard
2022-Thomas Schulte