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Matthias Poured It On To Take Budweiser Mod Feature Win
Saturday, July 3, 2004
By Dan Lewis
(Thunderhill Raceway - Sturgeon Bay, WI) Near perfect but overcast
weather conditions and accurate calculations on track preparation gave
Thunderhill Raceway drivers a perfect track on Saturday night. With rain
forecast throughout the day and evening, track officials put it all together
for a great show for the fans for the fifth night straight. In the
Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, Jay Matthias of Luxemburg poured it on with only
four laps to go to take home his first 20-lap feature win of the season.
Charlie Kroll won his first T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car feature of the
year. May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock feature winner Tom Brumlic
took home his third feature trophy. AmericInn Street Stock Jeremy
Wiitala won his second main and Sport Four Ken Malcore
snatched his fourth feature in the past five weeks. Budweiser- Flanigan
Distributing was the night’s sponsor and provided a massive pre-race parade
of their local sponsored drivers.
In the Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, Algoma’s Jeremy Jacobs took over the track
championship points lead after finishing third in the main event. An
opening lap mishap took a normally-consistent competitors Benji LaCrosse and
Mike Cole. Other point leaders including Dan Ratajczak and Jared Siefert
suffered problems in the main as well. But it was Jay Matthias’ night
in the spotlight as he won the 20-lap main. Matthias started from the
fourth row, and worked his
way up to fourth place in the early going. Early race leader Kevin
Sternard looked good in the opening laps but fell victim to Chris Derenne by
the eighth circuit. Derenne led much of the race while Sean Jerovetz ,
Jay Matthias and Jeremy Jacobs battled it out for second and third.
Jerovetz made his way to the front to take the lead twice from Derenne, but it
was Matthias taking the
outline line around Jerovetz for the win. At the checkers, it was
Matthias and Jerovetz, followed by Jacobs, Sternard and veteran George Henkel.
Heat winners were Matthias, Billy LeMieux and Darrell Massart.
T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car Don Aregoni wrestled the lead away from front
row starter Shawn Havel on lap two of the 18-lap feature event and looked
strong. Defending points champ Shawn Kilgore challenged Aregoni for the
number one spot, taking the lead away on the sixth go-round. Kilgore
snagged the lower groove and led the most laps through mid-race, but it was
the hard charging Charlie Kroll of Algoma that hooked up on the high groove to
pass Kilgore with
only four laps remaining in the contest. Kroll took home his first 2004
feature win at the “Hill” with Kilgore having to settle for the runner-up
spot. Third went to Matt Junio, who came all the way up from a seventh
row starting spot. Aregoni and Tracy Koontz rounded out the
top-five. B.J. Soquet won the consi event for the Stocks. Earlier heat
winners were Kroll, Aregoni, and Tony Bouche.
In the May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock feature event, Denmark’s Tom
Brumlic went on to win his third feature of the season with points leader Ed
Anschutz in tow. Carl Laughlin had grabbed the early lead from his front
row start. Brumlic snatched the lead on the third lap and never looked
back. Anschutz was able to take the second place spot behind Brumlic
early but there was took much track to catch and passs the race leader.
At the finish, it was Brumlic and Anschutz crossing the line followed by
Laughlin, Wayne Moore and Keith Kickbusch. Dave DeGrave and Brumlic won
earlier heat events.
AmericInn Street Stock Jeremy Wiitala, of Green Bay, celebrated his second
feature win of the season on Saturday night. Wiitala skillfully mastered
the outside groove and moved his way to the front and catch race leader Todd
Polster. Polster led all but the final two laps of the event when
Wiitala claimed the number one spot. Polster spun on the final lap and
the other race leaders
were forced to scramble for final position. Polster pulled out of the
spin in time to finish sixth. Faron Beilke finished second to Wiitala,
followed by Mike King Jr., Scott Reinhardt and Mike Pierrard. Earlier
heat winners were Polster, Darren Otto, and King.
In the Sport 4 division, Algoma’s Ken Malcore won his third feature in a
row, leading every lap of the 10-lap race. Malcore also 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 NAPA Auto Parts 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 - Jay Matthias, Luxemburg; Sean
Jerovetz, Suamico; Jeremy Jacobs, Algoma; Kevin Sternard, Sturgeon Bay; George
Henkel, Sturgeon Bay; James Tebon, Algoma; Todd Dart, Algoma; Chris Derenne,
Luxemburg; Rick LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay; Dave Zeitler, Luxemburg.
10 lap heats 1)Matthias; Jacobs; 2)Billy LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay; Dan
Ratajczak, Frog Station; 3)Massart; Jared Siefert.
20 lap T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car feature - Charlie Kroll, Algoma;
Shawn Kilgore, Kewaunee; Matt Junio, Casco; Don Aregoni, Sturgeon Bay; Tracy
Koontz, Brussels; Dave Bouche, Algoma; Troy Muench, Green Bay; Rick Mahlberg,
Denmark; Mike Wietor, Green Bay; Gary Reinhardt, Fish Creek.
10 lap consi - B.J. Soquet, Green Bay; Dave Davister, Luxemburg; Craig
Paque, Algoma; Dave Bouche, Algoma; Mahlberg.
10 lap heats - 1)Kroll; Mark Derenne, Kewaunee; 2) Aregoni; Kilgore; 3)
Tony Bouche; Shawn Havel.
15 lap May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock feature - Tom Brumlic,
Denmark; Ed Anschutz, Algoma; Carl Laughlin; Wayne Moore, Sturgeon Bay; Keith
Kickbush, Kewaunee; Brandon Peterson, Sturgeon Bay; Marcus Moede, Casco; Dave
DeGrave, Luxemburg; Tony Schlei, Zion, IL; Evan Madden, Algoma.
10 lap heats 1)DeGrave; Dave Lane, Green Bay; 2)Brumlic; Anschutz.
15 lap AmericInn Street Stock feature - Jeremy Wiitala, Green Bay;
Faron Beilke, Oneida; Mike King Jr., Little Chute; Scott Reinhardt, Sturgeon
Bay; Mike Pierrard, Green Bay; Todd Polster, Baileys Harbor; Darren Otto,
Pulaski; Kevin Damrow, Manitowoc; Aaron Thornton, Maplewood; Von Eytcheson,
Forestville.
10 lap heats 1)Polster; Pierrard; 2)Otto; Reinhardt; 3)King; Wiitala.
10 lap Sport Four feature - Ken Malcore, Algoma; Mike Hanson; Sturgeon
Bay; Dave Schlise; James VanDenBogart; Green Bay; Tim Jorgenson; Oneida.
8 lap heat - Malcore, Jorgenson.
'04 THUNDERHILL RACEWAY POINTS 7/3/04
Budweiser
IMCA MODIFIEDS Point
Rank Car# Name Total
1 90 Jeremy Jacobs 265
2 54 Benji LaCrosse 262
3 66 Jared Siefert 248
4 37 Sean Jerovetz 247
5 73 Dan Ratajczak 246
6 3d Todd Dart 243
7 8m Jay Matthias 234
8 19 George Henkel 234
9 18 Randy LeMieux Jr. 233
10 2 Darrell Massart 218
11 21 James Tebon 214
12 22c Mike Cole 212
13 4T Tim VanDeHei 202
14 38 Randie Back 197
15 76 Kevin Sternard 185
16 3L Bill LeMieux 183
17 10 Chris Derenne 179
18 43 Tony Herbst 168
19 22L Doug Maurer 156
20 8J Rick Johnson 152
21 34 Jerry Wenzel 143
22 98 Scott Derenne 133
23 O7 Scott Boyea 128
24 OOL Rick LeMieux 122
25 13 Jeff Dubois 118
26 84 Dave Zeitler 106
27 OOrm R.M. VanPay 102
28 36 Clyde Skenadore 72
29 32 Lucas Engels 65
30 36d Brian Dancz 37
31 65 Dean Maurer 33
32 7 Rob Waechter 31
33 11 Mark Berglund 22
34 34 Chad Wilcox 16
35 99 Eric VanIten 16
36 67 Ronnie Plog Jr. 13
37 11 Eugene Gregorich 11
38 82 Don Padgett 11
T Simon Jewelers
IMCA STOCK CARS Point
Rank Car# Name Total
1 10J Matt Junio 257
2 52 Troy Muench 257
3 11 Bernie Reinhardt 256
4 8 Charlie Kroll 254
5 21 Dave Bouche 252
6 2p Craig Paque 250
7 17 Jeff Vlies 249
8 54 B.J. Soquet 241
9 76 Mike Wietor 240
10 90 Shawn Kilgore 237
11 10K Tracy Koontz 225
12 29 Corey Haen 193
13 77 Chris Hendricks 185
14 73 Don Aregoni 175
15 18L Ryan LeMieux 162
16 O5 Dave Davister 161
17 25 Tony Bouche 161
18 97 Jamie Suchocki 161
19 6 Rick Mahlberg 151
20 20R Gary Reinhardt 150
21 12 Larry Ingebretson 148
22 15g Kraig Gretz 141
23 4T Shawn Havel 115
24 71 Mark Reinhard 101
25 44 Pat Davister 82
26 19 Dave Hoerning 69
27 2T Travis VanStraten 68
28 7d Mark Derenne 65
29 55 Shawn Wagner 54
30 34 Brett Wenzel 47
31 53 Travis Annoye 43
32 53 Brandon Mindak 25
33 5f Mike Franzke 21
34 53 Craig Barrett 21
May’s Sports Center
IMCA HOBBYSTOCKS Point
Rank Car# Lame Total
1 71 Ed Anschutz 286
2 47 Keith Kickbush 275
3 55 Wayne Moore 275
4 9 Marcus Moede 264
5 2 Evan Madden 262
6 40 Tom Brumlic 260
7 40d Dave DeGrave 253
8 10 Brandon Peterson 244
9 49 Roger LaViolette 229
10 12 Carl Laughlin 211
11 53 Dwayne Mertens 207
12 18 Davin Malvitz 189
13 88 Dave Serrahn 185
14 6 Dave Lane 184
15 13 Keith Peterson 165
16 56 Jeff Lautenbach 165
17 8 Derek Moede 148
18 15 Maynard Hegnet 133
19 5 Joe Hegnet 106
20 75 Tony Schlei 94
21 4 Mike Mueller 32
22 5 Kevin Laughlin 31
23 20 Casey Groessl 27
24 31 Jarred VanLaanen 21
AmericInn STREET STOCKS Point
Rank Car# Name Total
1 11v Von Eytcheson 283
2 95 Aaron Thornton 279
3 51 Jeremy Wiitala 278
4 11r Scott Reinhardt 260
5 25 Mike Pierrard 255
6 21 Mike King Jr. 250
7 12 Kevin Damrow 247
8 44 Dennis Weidner 237
9 15 Brian Ambrosius 234
10 73 James Anderson 231
11 90b Faron Beilke 230
12 76 John Sternard 225
13 50 James Iverson 210
14 27 Darren Otto 207
15 29 Scott Iverson 205
16 64 Don Polcen 205
17 3p Todd Polster 199
18 75 Thom Terrien 192
19 23 Todd Wagner 172
20 99 Kevin Jandrin 103
21 17s Harley Simon 94
22 3b Mark Brickner 93
23 65 Bill Kelsey 80
24 14 Jamie Berg 72
25 5 Joe Hegnet 52
26 38 Andrew Schnable 43
27 13 Keith Peterson 42
28 52v Shawn VanOoyen 33
29 66 James Brunette 32
30 98 Dave Baenen 30
31 34 Jeremy Schultz 27
32 24 Jerry Denil 26
33 79 Joe Johnson 26
34 50 Steve Grenier 24
35 8 Tim Lautenbach 23
36 95s Jim Solem 22
37 90f Fred Davister 21
38 33 Rick Sternard 15
39 8 Dean Bader 11
40 19 Chris Konitzer 11
SPORT 4s
Point
Rank Car# Name Total
1 29J James VanDenBogart 292
2 2 Ken Malcore 277
3 72 Jon Beilfuss Jr. 273
4 32 Chad Williams 258
5 9 Charlie Gross 240
6 11 Adam Rex 167
7 18j Tim Jorgenson 141
8 1 Don Mahlberg 105
9 O1B Butch Beyers 100
10 10 Tom Zastrow 72
11 6 Dave Schlise 70
12 8 Tyler Smith 70
13 6 Ryan Johnson 69
14 10 Mike Hanson 67
15 8 Gene Sternard 64
16 115 D.J. Jorgenson 64
17 16d Ben Daoust 38
18 15 Todd Smith 37
19 17 Greg Banker 35
20 55 Matt Beyers 33
21 15 Bob Skippon 32
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