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Champions Crowned At Thunderhill
By Greg Aregoni
Saturday Night, August 26th- Jared Siefert “won the battle and the war.”
Jared Siefert who just had to start the feature did a little better. Siefert
passed Brian Drexler with two laps to go to win the Tri-County Heating IMCA
Modified Feature. The championship was his second of his career at Thunderhill.
Siefert also won the title in 2002.
Troy Muench picked up his first win of the season at “The Hill.” He made
it a double-header weekend by also winning at Luxemburg on Friday night.
Eugene Gregorich had to go through the Consy, but was able to hang on to his
lead and pick up his first career Budweiser IMCA Stockcar Track Championship.
Gregorich is a 4 time IMCA Modified Champion.
Eddie Anschutz won the battle but Keith Kickbusch won the war. Anschutz picked
up the feature win with Kickbusch finishing second. Kickbusch won his first
Olson Fabrication IMCA Hobby Stock championship at Thunderhill. Kickbusch is a
two-time Hobby Stock champ at Luxemburg.
Von Eytcheson won both the feature and the championship in the D.C. Custom
Drilling and Blasting Street Stock. Eytcheson is now a two-time defending
champion.
Scott Iverson jumped out to the lead early on in the D.C. Custom Drilling and
Blasting Street Stock Feature. A Jeremy Wiitala spin on lap 4 brought out the
only caution of the race. Von Eytcheson used the caution to jump to the inside
of Iverson for the race lead. Eytcheson would pull away until about two laps
to go. Iverson was able to make up big ground on the last two laps but
couldn’t make the pass for the win. Eytcheson picked up the win and the
championship followed by Iverson, James Iverson, Thom Terrien and Scott
Reinhardt.
Dwayne Mertens seemed to be on his way to a great finish in the Olson
Fabrication IMCA Hobby Stock Feature until a blown motor sidelined the leader
on lap 4. Clint Forstner inherited the lead for one lap but Eddie Anschutz
flew by on the outside. Anschutz pulled away from Forstner and Keith Kickbusch.
Kickbusch worked on Forstner until there was two laps to go. Kickbusch shot to
the inside and made the pass for second. Anschutz would go on to pick up the
win followed by Kickbusch, Forstner, Tom Brumlic and Jeff Lautenbach. The race
went green to checker. With his second place finish, Kickbusch finished just
one point ahead of Anschutz for the championship.
Brian Drexler put on a dominating performance early on in the Tri-County
Heating IMCA Modified feature. Benji LaCrosse made his way to second through a
series of cautions. Jared Siefert would follow to third. A caution with 5 laps
to go grouped up the field. With two laps to go Siefert Threw the car into
turn one and pulled off the miraculous pass on both Drexler and LaCrosse.
Siefert would pull away and take the win. The win was capped off with
Siefert’s second IMCA Modified title at Thunderhill. Drexler was second,
followed by LaCrosse, Dave Zeitler, and Randy Lemieux, Jr.
Before the start of the Budweiser IMCA Stockcar Feature, The 20 starters all
carried either an American Flag, POW/MIA or Veterans flag to honor all of our
soldiers passed and present. The special moment was sponsored by “Hot Rod
Snellenberger’s Front Row Gang.” Kraig Gretz led the opening four laps of
the feature until Troy Muench made the pass on the outside. Matt Junio would
make the pass on Gretz and stay about 2 car lengths back of Muench. Point
leader Eugene Gregorich, was able to stay out of trouble and remain in fifth
throughout the race. Muench picked up the win followed by Junio, Willy DeGrave,
B.J. Soquet, and 2006 IMCA Stockcar Champion Eugene Gregorich.
Ryan Eichert picked up the Bomber feature win. Dan Merkle finished mid-pack
and won the championship.
Tim Jorgenson won his first 4 cylinder feature event of the season. Tony
Everard picked up his first career Thunderhill 4 Cylinder Title.
Next Week September 2nd will be Thunderhill’s PRE-BOONE special. The WDLMA
will be going for $2,000 to win. IMCA-Style Modifieds, Stockcars, Hobby
Stocks, Street Stocks, Bombers, and 4 cylinders will also be in action. Racing
gets underway at 6 p.m. Kelsey Racing and Forest County Potawatomi will be
sponsoring the event. For more info call woody at 743-7052. The track’s
website is www.racethunderhill.com
Tri-County Heating IMCA Modified Feature- 1. Jared Siefert, Green Bay 2.
Brian Drexler, Oshkosh 3. Benji LaCrosse, Luxemburg 4. Dave Zeitler, Luxemburg
5. Randy Lemieux jr, Sturgeon Bay
Heats- #1 1. Drexler 2. LaCrosse
#2 1. Billy Lemieux, Sturgeon Bay 2. Shawn Kilgore, Kewaunee
#3 1. Tony Herbst, Sturgeon Bay 2. Dan Rataczjak, Frog Station
Budweiser IMCA Stockcar Feature- 1. Troy Muench, Brussels 2. Matt Junio,
Casco 3. Willy DeGrave, Luxemburg 4. B.J. Soquet, Luxemburg 5. Eugene
Gregorich, Kewuanee
Consy- 1. Cory Cochart, Kewaunee
Heats- #1 1. DeGrave 2. Jamie Suchoski, Kewaunee
#2 1. Rich Mahlberg, Denmark 2. Don Aregoni Sr, Sturgeon Bay
#3 1. Tony Bouche, Algoma 2. Muench
Olson Fabrication IMCA Hobby Stock Feature- 1. Eddie Anschutz, Algoma 2.
Keith Kickbusch, Kewaunee 3. Clint Forstner, Shawano 4. Tom Brumlic, Denmark
5. Jeff Lautenbach, Sturgeon Bay
Heats- #1 1. Lautenbach 2. Dwayne Mertens, Luxemburg
#2 1. Frank Paul, Kewaunee 2. Forstner
D.C. Custom Drilling and Blasting Street Stock Feature- 1. Von Eytcheson,
Forestville 2. Scott Iverson, Sturgeon Bay 3. James Iverson, Sturgeon Bay 4.
Thom Terrien, Green Bay 5. Scott Reinhardt, Bailey’s Harbor
Heats- #1 1. Eytcheson 2. Johnny Sternard, Green Bay
#2 1. Terrien 2. Aaron Thornton, Maplewood
4 Cylinder Feature- 1. Tim Jorgenson, Green Bay 2. Kenny Malcore,
Milwaukee 3. Jeremy Dubois, Algoma
Heats- #1 1. Dubois 2. Jorgenson
#2 1. Malcore 2. Tony Everard, Green Bay
Bomber Feature- 1. Ryan Eichert, Brillion 2. Rob Waechter Jr, Ellisville
3. Brian Belleau, Algoma
Heat- 1. Mike Jost, Sturgeon Bay 2. Belleau
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