Maurer Takes Classic Win In Coca-Cola Night At The Hill
Saturday, July 17, 2004
By Dan Lewis

(Thunderhill Raceway - Sturgeon Bay, WI)  Picture perfect weather and track conditions added up to another successful race night at Thunderhill Raceway on Saturday night.  In the Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, the fast track conditions led to some great multi-lane racing as DePere’s Dean Maurer swept the modified events after an earlier heat win in only his fourth trip to the “HIll” this season.  Charlie Kroll, Algoma, won his second T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car feature of the year.  May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock points leader Ed Anschutz, Algoma, took home his second main event win along with his sweep.  AmericInn Street Stock Aaron Thornton, Maplewood, won his third feature of the year and Sport Four Chad Williams came away with his fourth feature victory.  Coca-Cola was the night’s sponsor, helping to provide Big Wheel race entertainment and provided a beautiful assortment of trophies for the top three finishers in all five divisions.

In the Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, Dean Maurer took off with the early race lead, taking charge for the first four circuits of the main event.  His brother, Doug led for the next lap as it was looking like the “Dean and Doug Show”.  Dean regained the lead and held on until the last two laps of the event and Doug held strong, but slipped to third when Algoma’s Felix Dart came up to take the lead on the final two go-rounds.  Dart was followed to the front by Luxemburg’s Jay Matthias in the closing laps.  At the checkers, it was Dart taking the win only to be followed up with a post-race disqualification.  Dean Maurer was awarded the win, followed by Matthias and Doug Maurer.  Randy LeMieux Jr. finished fourth and Sean Jerovetz took fifth.  Heat winners were Kevin Sternard, along with brothers Doug and Dean Maurer.  Green Bay’s VanDeHei won the semi-feature.

T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car driver Shawn Havel, Brussels held on to his early feature lead as long as he could but the young, heat-winning rookie driver could not hold off the more-experienced drivers.  Hard-charging Charlie Kroll, Algoma, brought his Ford Thunderbird to the front and stayed there.  Points leader, Troy Muench, Green Bay, made a late-race charge inside some strong competition including Shawn Kilgore and Tracy Koontz to finish second.  Craig 
Paque, Algoma, finished third followed by Koontz and Dave Bouche.  Heat winners for the night included Bernie Reinhardt, Havel and Tony Bouche.  Corey Haen won the semi-feature.

In the May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock feature event, Dwayne Mertens and Jeff Lautenbach grabbed the early race lead only to fall victim to a hard-charging Keith Kickbusch.  Kickbusch looked to be the man to beat, but it was Ed Anschutz that came out the victor in the final laps, taking the lead racing the outside lane.  Kickbusch, Kewaunee, held on for second followed by Dave DeGrave, Luxemburg.  Evan Madden, Algoma and Casco’s Marcus Moede rounded out the top five.  Madden and Anschutz won their respective heat events.

AmericInn Street Stock feature winner Aaron Thornton, Maplewood, took his car three-wide in the feature race in his quest for the number one spot, inside Thom Terrien and Todd Wagner of Sturgeon Bay.  Thornton swept the night, taking his third feature win of the year.  Todd Polster finished second to Thornton and points leader Jeremy Wiitala finished third.  James Iverson and Darren Otto finished fourth and fifth.  Earlier heat winners were Polster, Thornton and Faron Beilke.  Scott Iverson won the earlier semi feature.

In the Sport 4 division, Feature winner Chad Williams swept the night with a heat race win as well.

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 Saturday night event is sponsored by Star 97.7 FM!

One of two special nights 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.  Late Models, IMCA Mods and IMCA Stocks will be featured.  A second night of racing will be on tap on Thursday, August 12, when all five exciting divisions compete under the lights for the Door County Fair crowd.  Points will be awarded for the Thursday night event with August 14th being a night off for the drivers.

   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 - Dean Maurer, DePere; Jay Matthias, 
Luxemburg; Doug Maurer, DePere; Randy LeMieux Jr., Sturgeon Bay; Sean 
Jerovetz, Suamico; Jeremy Jacobs, Algoma; Dan Ratajczak, Frog Station; Tim VanDeHei, 
Green Bay; Kevin Sternard, Sturgeon Bay; Jared Siefert, Green Bay.
 12 lap semi-feature - VanDeHei.
 10 lap heats 1)Kevin Sternard, Sturgeon Bay; Jacobs; 2)Doug Maurer; 
Matthias; 3)Dean Maurer; Darrell Massart, Brussels.

 18 lap T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car feature - Charlie Kroll, Algoma; Troy 
Muench, Green Bay; Craig Paque, Algoma; Tracy Koontz, Brussels; Dave Bouche, 
Algoma; Shawn Kilgore, Kewaunee; Matt Junio, Casco; B.J. Soquet, Green Bay; 
Bernie Reinhardt, Sturgeon Bay; Shawn Havel, Brussels.
 12 lap semi-feature - Corey Haen, Sturgeon Bay; David Bouche, Algoma; Mike 
Wietor, Green Bay; Brett Wenzel, Two Rivers; Don Aregoni, Sturgeon Bay.
 10 lap heats - 1)Bernie Reinhardt; Soquet; 2)Havel; Jamie Suchocki, 
Kewaunee; 3)Tony Bouche, Algoma; Koontz.

 15 lap May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock feature - Ed Anschutz, Algoma; 
Keith Kickbusch, Kewaunee; Dave DeGrave, Luxemburg; Evan Madden, Algoma; Marcus 
Moede, Casco; Wayne Moore, Sturgeon Bay; Dave Lane, Green Bay; Mark 
Mincheski, Denmark; Jeff Lautenbach, Sturgeon Bay; Derek Moede, Casco.
 10 lap heats 1) Madden; Kickbusch; 2) Anschutz; Dwayne Mertens, Luxemburg.

 15 lap AmericInn Street Stock feature - Aaron Thornton, Maplewood; Todd 
Polster, Baileys Harbor; Jeremy Wiitala, Green Bay; James Iverson, Sturgeon Bay; 
Darren Otto, Pulaski; Dennis Weidner, Sturgeon Bay; Faron Beilke, Oneida; Scott 
Iverson, Sturgeon Bay; Thom Terrien, Green Bay; Mike King Jr., Little Chute.
 10 lap semi-feature - Scott Iverson; James Anderson, Sturgeon Bay; Joe 
Hegnet, Sturgeon Bay; Tim Lautenbach, Luxemburg; Darren Otto, Pulaski.
 10 lap heats 1)Polster; John Sternard, Sturgeon Bay; 2)Thornton; Weidner; 3) 
Beilke; Harley Simon , Seymour.

 10 lap Sport Four feature - Chad Williams, Brussels; Ken Malcore, Algoma; 
Tim Jorgenson, Oneida; James VanDenBogart, Green Bay; Gene Sternard, New Franken.
 8 lap heat - Williams, Tim Jorgenson.


2004 THUNDERHILL RACEWAY POINTS - 7/17/04
                
Budweiser 
IMCA MODIFIEDS      Point
Rank/Car#/Name      Total
1   90  Jeremy  Jacobs  338
2   37  Sean    Jerovetz    320
3   73  Dan Ratajczak   311
4   54  Benji   LaCrosse    307
5   18  Randy   LeMieux Jr. 304
6   66  Jared   Siefert 303
7   19  George  Henkel  300
8    8m Jay Matthias    295
9   3d  Todd    Dart    282
10  21  James   Tebon   269
11   4T Tim VanDeHei    268
12  22c Mike    Cole    258
13  2   Darrell Massart 257
14  76  Kevin   Sternard    249
15  10  Chris   Derenne 242
16  3L  Bill    LeMieux 231
17  43  Tony    Herbst  221
18  22L Doug    Maurer  219
19  38  Randie  Back    197
20  8J  Rick    Johnson 191
21  98  Scott   Derenne 183
22  13  Jeff    Dubois  147
23  OOL Rick    LeMieux 146
24  34  Jerry   Wenzel  143
25  O7  Scott   Boyea   128
26  84  Dave    Zeitler 106
27  OOrm    R.M.    VanPay  102
28  32  Lucas   Engels  97
29  65  Dean    Maurer  94
30  36  Clyde   Skenadore   72
31  36d Brian   Dancz   66
32  7   Rob Waechter    31
33  79  David   Charles 29
34  11  Mark    Berglund    28
35  23  Brian   Baenen  18
36  34  Chad    Wilcox  16
37  99  Eric    VanIten 16
38  67  Ronnie  Plog Jr.    13
39  11  Eugene  Gregorich   11
40  82  Don Padgett 11

T Simon Jewelers 
IMCA STOCK CARS Point
Rank/Car#/Name      Total
1   52  Troy    Muench  334
2    2p Craig   Paque   328
3   11  Bernie  Reinhardt   324
4   21  Dave    Bouche  323
5   10J Matt    Junio   313
6   90  Shawn   Kilgore 311
7   8   Charlie Kroll   310
8   54  B.J.    Soquet  308
9   17  Jeff    Vlies   307
10  76  Mike    Wietor  296
11   10K    Tracy   Koontz  283
12  29  Corey   Haen    246
13  77  Chris   Hendricks   229
14  73  Don Aregoni 227
15  25  Tony    Bouche  221
16  97  Jamie   Suchocki    210
17  18L Ryan    LeMieux 208
18  O5  Dave    Davister    203
19  12  Larry   Ingebretsen 203
20  15g Kraig   Gretz   174
21  4T  Shawn   Havel   171
22  6   Rick    Mahlberg    171
23  20R Gary    Reinhardt   166
24  71  Mark    Reinhard    101
25  7d  Mark    Derenne 94
26  44  Pat Davister    82
27  34  Brett   Wenzel  77
28  19  Dave    Hoerning    69
29  2T  Travis  VanStraten  68
30  55  Shawn   Wagner  54
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#/Name      Total
1   71  Ed  Anschutz    364
2   47  Keith   Kickbusch   353
3   55  Wayne   Moore   340
4   9   Marcus  Moede   334
5   2   Evan    Madden  331
6   40d Dave    DeGrave 328
7   40  Tom Brumlic 325
8   10  Brandon Peterson    312
9   49  Roger   LaViolette  291
10  53  Dwayne  Mertens 256
11  6   Dave    Lane    243
12  12  Carl    Laughlin    238
13  56  Jeff    Lautenbach  226
14  18  Davin   Malvitz 213
15  8   Derek   Moede   205
16  88  Dave    Serrahn 185
17  13  Keith   Peterson    165
18  15  Maynard Hegnet  164
19  5   Joe Hegnet  139
20  75  Tony    Schlei  124
21  20  Casey   Groessl 74
22  O4  Mark    Mincheski   61
23  4   Mike    Mueller 32
24  5   Kevin   Laughlin    31
25  31  Jarred  VanLaanen   21

AmericInn STREET STOCKS Point
Rank/Car#/Name      Total
1   51  Jeremy  Wiitala 356
2   95  Aaron   Thornton    354
3   11v Von Eytcheson   345
4   11r Scott   Reinhardt   318
5   21  Mike    King Jr.    310
6   12  Kevin   Damrow  305
7   25  Mike    Pierrard    301
8   44  Dennis  Weidner 293
9   73  James   Anderson    293
10  90b Faron   Beilke  290
11  76  John    Sternard    286
12  50  James   Iverson 278
13  3p  Todd    Polster 276
14  29  Scott   Iverson 271
15  27  Darren  Otto    266
16  15  Brian   Ambrosius   250
17  23  Todd    Wagner  229
18  64  Don Polcen  225
19  75  Thom    Terrien 224
20  17s Harley  Simon   119
21  99  Kevin   Jandrin 103
22  3b  Mark    Brickner    93
23  14  Jamie   Berg    86
24  5   Joe Hegnet  82
25  38  Andrew  Schnable    82
26  65  Bill    Kelsey  80
27  8   Tim Lautenbach  76
28  13  Keith   Peterson    42
29  4   Mike    Robenhorst  39
30  33  Rick    Sternard    34
31  52v Shawn   VanOoyen    33
32  66  James   Brunette    32
33  98  Dave    Baenen  30
34  34  Jeremy  Schultz 27
35  24  Jerry   Denil   26
36  79  Joe Johnson 26
37  79  Aaron   Melchert    25
38  50  Steve   Grenier 24
39  95s Jim Solem   22
40  90f Fred    Davister    21
41  8   Dean    Bader   11
42  19  Chris   Konitzer    11

SPORT 4s            Point
Rank/Car#/Name      Total
1   29J James   VanDenBogart    359
2   2   Ken Malcore 352
3   72  Jon Beilfuss Jr.    336
4   32  Chad    Williams    335
5   9   Charlie Gross   272
6   18j Tim Jorgenson   212
7   11  Adam    Rex 167
8   O1B Butch   Beyers  134
9   8   Gene    Sternard    134
10  1   Don Mahlberg    105
11  6   Ryan    Johnson 104
12  115 D.J.    Jorgenson   102
13  10  Tom Zastrow 72
14  6   Dave    Schlise 70
15  8   Tyler   Smith   70
16  16d Ben Daoust  38
17  10  Mike    Hanson  37
18  15  Todd    Smith   37
19  17  Greg    Banker  35
20  55  Matt    Beyers  33
21  15  Bob Skippon 32
22  10  Alex    Stauber 30