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SNELLENBERGER SNAGS IMCA WIN NO. 229 AT SEYMOUR
Posted on: Saturday May 31, 2025
Pulaski’s “Hot Rod” Snellenberger picked up career win No. 229 in the IMCA stock car class at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour May 30. (danlewisphoto.net)
SNELLENBERGER SNAGS IMCA CAREER WIN NO. 229 AT SEYMOUR
(submitted by Joe Orsini)
(SEYMOUR, WI) May 30 – 140 drivers braved mother nature as late afternoon sprinkles provided for a fast track all night long. With Kay Distributing Presenting White Claw night each feature event had a hard charger award for the driver gaining the most spots. That hard charger would take home a case of White Claw in addition to their share of the purse.
The Professional Plating IMCA Modified A Main had Cody Hokenstad hold off the pack on the opening lap from his pole position starting spot. The field bunched almost immediately as the Big D’s Nuts yellow flag flew with just a single lap in the books. Dan Roedl wrestled away the top spot on lap three. While Roedl looked to walk away from the pack The Hitman, Johnny Whitman, was slicing through the field. Whitman’s 08 machine worked the low side to 3rd on lap 6 and two laps later hustled around the high side to 2nd. At the halfway mark Roedl continued to pace the race but lap 11 saw Whitman hug the infield tires on the low line to grab the lead. Whitman held on to capture his second feature win of the year at the track and also laid claim to the hard charger award. Roedl finished 2nd, Jayden Schmidt 3rd, Adam Abbey 4th, and Benji LaCrosse completed the top 5.
The start of the Monroe Truck Equipment\K&E Sales IMCA Stock Car feature event saw the lead change three times over the opening three circuits. Ryan Lujeck paced the opening lap but quickly surrendered the top spot to Jesse Krahn on lap 2. Defending division track champ, Hot Rod Snellenberger, threw his familiar 10 car under Krahn to lock up the lead on lap three. Snellenberger still set the pace at the halfway mark with Chase Parker powering his way to the runner up position. A late caution with two laps remaining reset the field but Snellenberger was able to hang on for the feature win. Brett Wenzel nipped Parker for 2nd, Parker settled for a hard fought 3rd, Krahn was 4th, and Brandon Schmitt closed out the top 5. Trent Nolan nabbed the hard charger award moving from 18th at the start to finish 9th at the checkers.
Max Oreskovich’s bid to win back to back features came up just short as Ryan Schmidt used a green, white, checker finish to wrestle away the win in the Trailer Express IMCA Northern Sport Mod feature. Oreskovich came home 2nd, Kaden Besaw 3rd, Jared Spaulding 4th, and JJ Vanderloop was 5th. Spaulding also captured the hard charger award in the caution marred event.
The Vetting Customs Rigs and Rides Unified Dirt Street Stock feature started with Derek Schrauth rocketing to the lead on the opening lap from his 6th place starting spot. Opening night winner, Trey Van Straten, slid his 20T machine into the lead on lap 2. Van Straten held off a furious charge from Paul Diefenthaler to pocket his second feature win of the year. Diefenthaler was 2nd, Schrauth 3rd, Josh McDonald 4th, and Tony Everard 5th. Shannon Guelette was the hard charger, moving up 11 spots from 20th to 9th.
The Midwest Equipment Dock and Lift Service IMCA Sport Compact A-main event saw Ricky Kaufert grab the early lead but surrendered it to Brett Deprez on lap 7. Deprez held the point until a late race restart had Thomas Schulte squeeze by to capture the win. In a twist of fate Schulte had borrowed the 54S car from Deprez while his familiar 69 car was awaiting frame repair from a heat race crash the prior week. Deprez settled for 2nd, Cody Booth 3rd, Brian Watzka Jr. 4th, and Kaufert rounded out the top five. Cody Booth was the hard charger in the final event of the night.
Outagamie Speedway powered by Klink Equipment & Elite Coatings is back in action next Friday night, June 7th with a 6:30 start time. The Monroe Truck Equipment\K&E Sales IMCA Stock Cars will battle for $1000 to win and the Seubert Calf Ranches Late Models will be on hand.
Professional Plating Inc IMCA Modified 20 Lap Feature:
1. 08-Johnny Whitman[9]; 2. 33X-Dan Roedl[5]; 3. 24-Jayden Schmidt[10]; 4. 33A-Adam Abbey[4]; 5. 54-Benji LaCrosse[12]; 6. 20B-Brandon Schmitt[11]; 7. 0-Cody Hokenstad[1]; 8. 97-Tanner Janke[6]; 9. 56C-Jason Czarapata[17]; 10. 72M-Brian Mullen[8]
Heat1:
1. 33X-Dan Roedl[5]; 2. 20B-Brandon Schmitt[9]; 3. 54-Benji LaCrosse[10]; 4. 72M-Brian Mullen[6]; 5. 11S-Trevor Spaulding[1]
Heat 2:
1. 12-Jordan Bartz[4]; 2. 08-Johnny Whitman[6]; 3. 0-Cody Hokenstad[2]; 4. 97-Tanner Janke[5]; 5. 16-Geoff Jeche[8]
Heat 3:
1. 37J-John Schultz[2]; 2. 24-Jayden Schmidt[6]; 3. 6-Konnor Wilinski[5]; 4. 33A-Adam Abbey[4]; 5. 30W-Daniel Wilcox[3]
LCQ:
1. 32X-Skyler Woods[1]; 2. 56C-Jason Czarapata[3]; 3. 18-Matt Klenz[2]; 4. 27-Derek Janke[5]; 5. 27F-Sean Falk[6]
Monroe Truck Equipment\K&E Sales IMCA Stock Cars 20 Lap Feature:
1. 10-Rod Snellenberger[5]; 2. 0-Brett Wenzel[9]; 3. 525-Chase Parker[7]; 4. 55K-Jesse Krahn[4]; 5. 20-Brandon Schmitt[12]; 6. 24-Austin Jansen[8]; 7. 33X-Michael Czarapata[13]; 8. 81X-Josh Mroczkowski[15]; 9. 25-Trent Nolan[18]; 10. 26V-Kegan Van Ooyen[]
Heat 1:
1. 55K-Jesse Krahn[6]; 2. 74-Eric Arneson[8]; 3. 24-Austin Jansen[7]; 4. 33X-Michael Czarapata[5]
Heat 2:
1. 10-Rod Snellenberger[6]; 2. 17-Mike Klenz[8]; 3. 26V-Kegan Van Ooyen[5]; 4. 9-Jerry Wilinski[3]
Heat 3:
1. 14JB-Ryan Lujeck[1]; 2. 20-Brandon Schmitt[9]; 3. 50F-Kyle Frederick[6]; 4. 81X-Josh Mroczkowski[7]
Heat 4:
1. 525-Chase Parker[6]; 2. 0-Brett Wenzel[7]; 3. 59-Jerry Leary[2]; 4. 2T-Travis VanStraten[5]
LCQ 1:
1. 07W-Matt Warner[2]; 2. 51X-Buddy Naparalla[3]
LCQ 2:
1. 25-Trent Nolan[1]; 2. 18-Daniel Sell Jr[3]
Trailer Express IMCA Northern Sport Mod 20 Lap Feature:
1. 464-Ryan Schmidt[11]; 2. 75-Max Oreskovich[6]; 3. 10K-Kaden Besaw[9]; 4. 22S-Jared Spaulding[16]; 5. 72-JJ Vanderloop[5]; 6. 5Y-John Young[18]; 7. 48-Brad Keith[3]; 8. 12S-Taylor Sorenson[17]; 9. 33W-Owen Wilcox[14]; 10. 26H-Taylor Haufschildt[20]
Heat 1:
1. 72-JJ Vanderloop[6]; 2. 464-Ryan Schmidt[8]; 3. 4E4-Dylan Schmidt[7]; 4. 48-Brad Keith[4]; 5. X15-Braxton Ambrosius[5]
Heat 2:
1. 19-Tanner Pari[2]; 2. 10K-Kaden Besaw[7]; 3. 75-Max Oreskovich[6]; 4. 10R-Robert Wittkopf[9]; 5. 33W-Owen Wilcox[8]
Heat 3:
1. 30M-Logan Mahoney[2]; 2. 33H-Barrett Hummelmeier[4]; 3. 07-Cory Kemkes[7]; 4. 36C-Cole Slezewski[6]; 5. 10B-Grant Besaw[3]
LCQ
1. 22S-Jared Spaulding[2]; 2. 12S-Taylor Sorenson[3]; 3. 5Y-John Young[10]; 4. 23K-Chris Kuchta[9]; 5. 26H-Taylor Haufschildt[12]
Vetting Customs Rigs and Rides Unified Dirt Street Stock 20 Lap Feature:
1. 20T-Trey Van Straten[8]; 2. 35X-Paul Diefenthaler[9]; 3. 5S-Derek Schrauth[6]; 4. 6-Josh McDonald[14]; 5. 8-Tony Everard[5]; 6. 914-Tyler Nettekoven[3]; 7. 83-Roman Blank[12]; 8. 30Z-Cory Lemirande[11]; 9. 121-Shanon Guelette[20]; 10. 8A-Paul Ambrosius[7
Heat 1:
1. 6M-Mitch Meyerhofer[2]; 2. 20T-Trey Van Straten[5]; 3. 30Z-Cory Lemirande[6]; 4. 16Z-Ryan Zimmerman[1]; 5. 10-Jacob Ambrosious[4]
Heat 2:
1. 914-Tyler Nettekoven[2]; 2. 5S-Derek Schrauth[4]; 3. 83-Roman Blank[6]; 4. 35X-Paul Diefenthaler[5]; 5. 6-Josh McDonald[3]
Heat 3:
1. 15-Ben Schulte[2]; 2. 8-Tony Everard[3]; 3. 7-David Hoerning[5]; 4. 8A-Paul Ambrosius[4]; 5. 5-Todd Berzowski[6]
Midwest Equipment Dock and Lift Service IMCA Sport Compact 20 Lap Feature:
1. 54S-Thomas Schulte[8]; 2. 54D-Brett Deprez[5]; 3. 3B-Cody Booth[11]; 4. 17-Brian Watzka Jr[12]; 5. 3K-Ricky Kaufert[1]; 6. 22T-Tucker Pari[14]; 7. 88-TJ Everard[9]; 8. 125-David Cox[13]; 9. 111-Kyle Jorgenson[3]; 10. 00A-Al Cottrell[10]
Heat 1:
1. 54S-Thomas Schulte[5]; 2. 6-Clint Hattermann[2]; 3. 54D-Brett Deprez[3]; 4. 00A-Al Cottrell[6]; 5. 125-David Cox[4]
Heat 2:
1. 111-Kyle Jorgenson[2]; 2. 17-Brian Watzka Jr[8]; 3. 22-Clint Malueg[4]; 4. 3B-Cody Booth[6]; 5. 22T-Tucker Pari[5]
Heat 3:
1. 88-TJ Everard[5]; 2. 3K-Ricky Kaufert[1]; 3. 8A-Morgan LaPlant[3]; 4. 13V-Nate Van Ooyen[2]; 5. 33V-Roland Vandehei III[7]