Jacobs Slices His Way To First Feature Win Of 2004 At The Hill
Saturday, June 26, 2004
By Dan Lewis

(Thunderhill Raceway - Sturgeon Bay, WI)  Thunderhill Raceway resembled an asphalt track on Saturday night after the competition was over.  The smooth, glossy surface held throughout the night of a record turnout of IMCA Mods.  In the Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, Jeremy Jacobs sliced his way to his first 2004 win.  Repeat feature winners included T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car defending track champion Shawn Kilgore, May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock Keith Kickbusch, AmericInn Street Stock Aaron Thornton along with defending champ, Sport Four Ken Malcore.  Sonny’s Pizzeria sponsored the Fan Photo Night with nearly one quarter of the field parking on the midway pre-race to sign autographs and hand out photos to early-arriving race fans.

In the Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, Algoma’s Jeremy Jacobs survived an opening lap spin in the front row and subsequent restart, and carefully maneuvered his way past early race leader Randie Back.  Back led the first four circuits before giving up the race lead to Jacobs.  Jacobs was quickly followed by Benji LaCrosse and Todd Dart.  Experienced dry slick drivers were able to find the bite necessary to move up through the pack.  Jacobs had that task mastered as he took home his first feature win of the season.  A very consistent LaCrosse finished second, followed by Dart, Back and rookie driver James Tebon.  Consi winners included Scott Boyea of Abrams and Frog Station’s Dan Ratajczak.  Heat winners were Dean Maurer, Mike Cole, Darrell Massart and Sean Jerovetz. 

T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car Corey Haen, Sturgeon Bay, got a great start off of the front row, leading the first six laps of the 18-lap feature race, but it was a persistent Mike Wietor that found the outside groove and  passed Haen.  Wietor looked to be the man to beat and it was Shawn Kilgore that took it to task.  Kilgore got by Wietor and raced on to his third feature win of the year.  Wietor finished second, his best showing of 2004.  Patience was the key for Craig Paque, finishing third while Bernie Reinhardt and Pat Davister rounded out the top five.  Earlier heat winners were Charlie Kroll, Haen, and Tony Bouche.

In the May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock feature event, Denmark’s Tom Brumlic was looking like he was going to repeat last week’s performance by leading nearly two thirds of the event, but it was a hard-charging Keith Kickbusch, of Kewaunee, that took control of the race with only three laps to go.  Kickbusch sliced his way to the front from his fourth row starting spot, passing Marcus and Derek Moede in the process.  At the checkers, it was Kickbusch, Brumlic and then Eddie Anschutz crossing the line followed by Marcus Moede and Wayne Moore.  Brumlic and Anschutz won earlier heat events.

The fifth row starting spot proved to be just the ticket for the AmericInn Street Stock feature event winner Maplewood’s Aaron Thornton.  Thornton was just one of four repeat winners on Saturday night.  Front-row starter Todd Polster, Baileys Harbor, was strong out of the starting blocks, leading the way for ten laps.  Darren Otto shadowed Polster for much of the race until falling victim to Thornton after a mid-race caution and restart.  Thornton took the 23-car field to the finish along with Polster and Otto.  Fourth and fifth went to James Anderson and John Sternard.  Earlier heat winners were Polster, Von Eytcheson, and Thornton.

In the Sport 4 division, Algoma’s Ken Malcore was in winning form, taking his front-row starting mount to his third feature win in the last four weeks.  Brussels’ Chad Williams won the heat race.

Budweiser IMCA Modified, T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car, May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock, AmericInn Street Stock divisions along with the Sport-4 class compete weekly on Saturday nights, with competition getting underway at 6 p.m.

Next week’s event is the Budweiser- Flanigan Distributing Night at Thunderhill Raceway!

A special night of racing has been slated for Wednesday night, August 11 when the Forest County Potawatomi-sponsored 2nd Annual Dirt Late Model ShootOut opens the Door County Fair.   Thunderhill Raceway is located at John Miles Park, the site of the Door County Fairgrounds, just off Highways 42/57, and west on County Trunk T.   For more information call 920-743-7052 or 920-746-0387, the track phone number.   The track’s website is www.racethunderhill.com. 

 RACE SUMMARY
 
 20 lap Budweiser IMCA Modified Feature - Jeremy Jacobs, Algoma; Benji 
LaCrosse, Luxemburg; Todd Dart, Algoma; Randie Back, Green Bay; James Tebon, Algoma; 
Jared Siefert,Green Bay; Mike Cole, Baileys Harbor; Dan Ratajczak, Frog 
Station; Randy LeMieux Jr., Sturgeon Bay; Darrell Massart, Brussels.

 12 lap semi-features - 1) Scott Boyea, Abrams; Bill LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay; 
Eric VanIten, Green Bay; Brian Dancz, Luxemburg, Rick Johnson, Gills Rock. 2) 
Ratajczak, George Henkel, Sturgeon Bay; R.M. Van Pay, Green Bay; Clyde Skenado
re, Oneida; Rick LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay.
 
 10 lap heats 1) Dean Maurer, DePere; Jacobs; 2) Cole; Siefert; 3) Massart; 
Tebon; 4) Sean Jerovetz; Back.

 20 lap T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car feature - Shawn Kilgore, Kewaunee; 
Mike Wietor, Green Bay; Craig Paque, Algoma; Bernie Reinhardt, Sturgeon Bay; Pat 
Davister, Luxemburg; Dave Davister, Luxemburg; Corey Haen, Sturgeon Bay; Matt 
Junio, Casco; Dave Bouche, Algoma; Tony Bouche, Algoma.

 10 lap heats 1) Charlie Kroll, Algoma; Ryan LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay; 2) Haen; 
Jamie Suchocki, Kewaunee; 3) Tony Bouche; Kilgore.

 15 lap May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock feature - Keith Kickbush, 
Kewaunee; Tom Brumlic, Denmark; Ed Anschutz, Algoma; Marcus Moede, Casco; Wayne 
Moore, Sturgeon Bay; Dave DeGrave, Luxemburg; Evan Madden, Algoma; Derek Moede, 
Casco; Roger LaViolette, Sturgeon Bay; Kevin Laughlin.

 10 lap heats 1) Brumlic; Dwayne Mertens, Luxemburg; 2) Anschutz; Derek Moede.

 15 lap AmericInn Street Stock feature - Aaron Thornton, Maplewood; Todd 
Polster, Baileys Harbor; Darren Otto, Pulaski; James Anderson, Sturgeon Bay; John 
Sternard, Sturgeon Bay; Brian Ambrosius, Pulaski; James Iverson, Sturgeon Bay; 
Von Eytcheson, Forestville; Scott Reinhardt, Sturgeon Bay; Mike King Jr., 
Little Chute.

 10 lap heats 1) Polsten; Otto; 2) Eytcheson; Dennis Weidner, Sturgeon Bay; 
3) Thornton; Thom Terrien, Green Bay.

 10 lap Sport Four feature - Ken Malcore, Algoma; Tom Zastrow; Tim Jorgenson; 
Charlie Gross; James VanDenBogart; Green Bay.

 8 lap heat 1) Chad Williams, Brussels; Zastrow.

'04 THUNDERHILL RACEWAY POINTS   6/26/04
STREET STOCKS    Point
Rank/Car#   Name        Total
1   54  Benji   LaCrosse    242
2   66  Jared   Siefert 229
3   73  Dan Ratajczak   228
4   90  Jeremy  Jacobs  227
5   3d  Todd    Dart    209
6   37  Sean    Jerovetz    208
7   18  Randy   LeMieux Jr. 203
8   19  George  Henkel  198
9   38  Randie  Back    197
10  22c Mike    Cole    195
11   8m Jay Matthias    194
12  2   Darrell Massart 189
13  21  James   Tebon   179
14   4T Tim VanDeHei    174
15  3L  Bill    LeMieux 157
16  22L Doug    Maurer  156
17  76  Kevin   Sternard    148
18  10  Chris   Derenne 146
19  43  Tony    Herbst  144
20  34  Jerry   Wenzel  143
21  O7  Scott   Boyea   128
22  8J  Rick    Johnson 127
23  98  Scott   Derenne 106
24  OOrm    R.M.    VanPay  102
25  13  Jeff    Dubois  95
26  OOL Rick    LeMieux 90
27  84  Dave    Zeitler 75
28  36  Clyde   Skenadore   72
29  32  Lucas   Engels  44
30  65  Dean    Maurer  33
31  7   Rob Waechter    31
32  34  Chad    Wilcox  16
33  99  Eric    VanIten 16
34  36d Brian   Dancz   15
35  67  Ronnie  Plog Jr.    13
36  11  Eugene  Gregorich   11
37  11  Mark    Berglund    11
38  82  Don Padgett 11

IMCA STOCK CARS Point
Rank/Car#   Name        Total
1   11  Bernie  Reinhardt   230
2    2p Craig   Paque   223
3   52  Troy    Muench  223
4   10J Matt    Junio   219
5   17  Jeff    Vlies   219
6   21  Dave    Bouche  217
7   8   Charlie Kroll   214
8   54  B.J.    Soquet  212
9   76  Mike    Wietor  208
10  90  Shawn   Kilgore 198
11   10K    Tracy   Koontz  189
12  29  Corey   Haen    172
13  77  Chris   Hendricks   169
14  18L Ryan    LeMieux 148
15  97  Jamie   Suchocki    148
16  25  Tony    Bouche  139
17  O5  Dave    Davister    138
18  73  Don Aregoni 138
19  15g Kraig   Gretz   126
20  12  Larry   Ingebretson 123
21  20R Gary    Reinhardt   119
22  6   Rick    Mahlberg    118
23  4T  Shawn   Havel   91
24  71  Mark    Reinhard    89
25  44  Pat Davister    82
26  19  Dave    Hoerning    69
27  2T  Travis  VanStraten  68
28  55  Shawn   Wagner  54
29  34  Brett   Wenzel  47
30  53  Travis  Annoye  43
31  7d  Mark    Derenne 37
32  5f  Mike    Franzke 21
33  53  Craig   Barrett 21
34  53  Brandon Mindak  14

IMCA HOBBYSTOCKS   Point
Rank/Car#   Name        Total
1   71  Ed  Anschutz    247
2   47  Keith   Kickbush    239
3   55  Wayne   Moore   238
4   2   Evan    Madden  231
5   9   Marcus  Moede   230
6   40d Dave    DeGrave 220
7   40  Tom Brumlic 220
8   10  Brandon Peterson    209
9   49  Roger   LaViolette  199
10  88  Dave    Serrahn 185
11  53  Dwayne  Mertens 181
12  12  Carl    Laughlin    173
13  13  Keith   Peterson    165
14  56  Jeff    Lautenbach  165
15  18  Davin   Malvitz 161
16  6   Dave    Lane    155
17  8   Derek   Moede   148
18  15  Maynard Hegnet  133
19  5   Joe Hegnet  79
20  75  Tony    Schlei  62
21  4   Mike    Mueller 32
22  5   Kevin   Laughlin    31
23  20  Casey   Groessl 22
24  31  Jarred  VanLaanen   21

STREET STOCKS   Point
Rank/Car#   Name        Total
1   11v Von Eytcheson   252
2   95  Aaron   Thornton    247
3   51  Jeremy  Wiitala 238
4   11r Scott   Reinhardt   223
5   25  Mike    Pierrard    219
6   12  Kevin   Damrow  214
7   15  Brian   Ambrosius   212
8   21  Mike    King Jr.    212
9   44  Dennis  Weidner 207
10  73  James   Anderson    204
11  76  John    Sternard    196
12  90b Faron   Beilke  191
13  64  Don Polcen  189
14  50  James   Iverson 185
15  29  Scott   Iverson 177
16  27  Darren  Otto    173
17  75  Thom    Terrien 166
18  3p  Todd    Polster 164
19  23  Todd    Wagner  148
20  17s Harley  Simon   94
21  3b  Mark    Brickner    93
22  99  Kevin   Jandrin 82
23  65  Bill    Kelsey  80
24  14  Jamie   Berg    72
25  5   Joe Hegnet  52
26  38  Andrew  Schnable    43
27  52v Shawn   VanOoyen    33
28  66  James   Brunette    32
29  98  Dave    Baenen  30
30  13  Keith   Peterson    27
31  34  Jeremy  Schultz 27
32  24  Jerry   Denil   26
33  79  Joe Johnson 26
34  50  Steve   Grenier 24
35  95s Jim Solem   22
36  90f Fred    Davister    21
37  33  Rick    Sternard    15
38  8   Dean    Bader   11
39  19  Chris   Konitzer    11

SPORT 4s            Point
Rank/Car#   Name        Total
1   29J James   VanDenBogart    256
2   72  Jon Beilfuss Jr.    239
3   2   Ken Malcore 238
4   32  Chad    Williams    220
5   9   Charlie Gross   209
6   11  Adam    Rex 167
7   18j Tim Jorgenson   106
8   1   Don Mahlberg    105
9   10  Tom Zastrow 72
10  8   Tyler   Smith   70
11  6   Ryan    Johnson 69
12  O1B Butch   Beyers  68
13  8   Gene    Sternard    64
14  115 D.J.    Jorgenson   64
15  16d Ben Daoust  38
16  10  Mike    Hanson  37
17  15  Todd    Smith   37
18  17  Greg    Banker  35
19  6   Dave    Schlise 33
20  15  Bob Skippon 32