(Thunderhill Raceway - Sturgeon Bay, WI) The Door County Fair opened with two exciting nights of racing at John Miles Park in Sturgeon Bay. The Wisconsin Dirt Late Model Association along with IMCA Mods and Stocks opened the fair on Wednesday night under the threat of showers. Thursday night’s event was a special edition of the regular Saturday night show with five exciting divisions putting on a fanfare for the race fans with a 2004 season record car count.

In the Budweiser IMCA Modifieds, Algoma’s Todd Dart put on a clinic of his own, taking the feature win on both fair nights, dealing three main event wins to Dart, the defending 2003 track champion. Charlie Kroll, Algoma, won his third T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car feature of the season. May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock Marcus Moede, Casco, scored his first feature win. AmericInn Street Stock rookie Todd Polster, Baileys Harbor, won his third feature and Sport Four Ken Malcore of Milwaukee came away with his sixth feature victory. Kelsey Racing was the special night’s sponsor.

In the Budweiser IMCA Modified main, drivers got off to a rough start with multiple car spins on the fast clay oval track. After several restarts, rookie driver James Tebon, Algoma, was able to set the pace ahead of Green Bay’s Mark Berglund and Billy LeMieux of Sturgeon Bay. Tebon’s move to the inside to take the groove away from LeMieux set up a four-wide pass by Dart in turn two. Dart grabbed a handful of wheel mid-pack to get in front of challengers Mike Cole of Baileys Harbor and Green Bay’s Jared Siefert.

Cole and Siefert combined forces to go after a struggling LeMieux. But it was race leader Tebon’s misfortune that set the stage for the remainder of the event. After leading the first seven laps of the 20-lap event, Tebon pulled up lame, handing over the lead to Dart. Dart took advantage of Tebon’s breakdown and went on for the win. Dart was joined by points leader Jeremy Jacobs of Algoma at the front of the pack, but it was too late for Jacobs to better his position.

Jacobs finished second to Dart with second year driver Benji LaCrosse, Luxemburg, finishing third at the checkers. Cole hung on to finish fourth with Suamico’s Sean Jerovetz rounding out the top five. Kiel’s Eric Scribner and Julie McDermid, Fremont, each won their respective semi-features. Earlier heat winners included Sean Jerovetz, Jared Siefert, and Benji LaCrosse.

Kewaunee’s Jamie Suchocki paced the field of T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Cars in the early going of the feature event, but it was second row starter Charlie Kroll, Algoma, that nabbed the lead away on lap four in the 18-lap event. Kroll had his hands full with last year’s champion Kewaunee’s Shawn Kilgore, who was hungry for a win after three top-three feature finishes in recent weeks. Kroll was able to take the lead while Kilgore shadowed him through much of the race.

Jeff Vlies, Brussels, and last week’s winner Matt Junio, Casco, battled it out to join up with race leaders Kroll and Kilgore. Troy Muench of Green Bay ran hard against points leader Craig Paque, Algoma and Wednesday’s main winner Rod Snellenberger of Pulaski. Kroll held off Kilgore for the win, his third feature win of the season. Vlies held on to finish third with Junio in tow. Paque took home fifth after passing Muench on the last lap.

The semi-feature win went to Kyle Frederick of Gillett. Heat winners in the Stock class included Vlies, along with Kilgore and Ryan LeMieux of Sturgeon Bay.

“Super Dave” Serrahn of Algoma and Dwayne Mertens, Luxemburg, paced the early laps of the May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock feature event. Each shared the lead for the first two circuits but it was points leader Ed Anschutz of Algoma that took the sweeping pass around the race leaders to capture the number one spot. Serrahn and Mertens fell victim next to the hard charging Denmark’s Tom Brumlic and Jeff Lautenbach, Sturgeon Bay.

Brumlic was able to catch Anschutz but was unable to pass the race leader and on the last lap, both race leaders got caught up in lap traffic. Anschutz and Brumlic made contact causing Brumlic to spin and take some hard licks from passing cars. The hardest impact was delivered by Roger LaViolette. The accident put the race at an end with first place being credited to Marcus Moede of Casco. Second went to Kewaunee’s Keith Kickbusch and third to Maynard Hegnet of Sturgeon Bay. Mertens and Serrahn completed the top-five. Brumlic was treated at the track for a neck injury.

Earlier heat winners included Jeff Lautenbach and rookie driver Dave Serrahn.

AmericInn Street Stock rookie driver Todd Polster, of Baileys Harbor, grabbed the lead away from Dave Baenen of New Franken in the early going of Thursday’s feature event, but fell prey to Sturgeon Bay’s Tom Daubner one lap later. Sturgeon Bay’s James Anderson joined the race leaders with Daubner looking strong.

At midrace, Polster was able to hook up on the bottom of the race surface and retake the lead on lap 8 of the 15-lap main. Daubner fell back to third place in the late going as Green Bay’s Jeremy Wiitala passed him on the inside. Polster was able to hold on for his third feature win of the season. Wiitala finished second with Daubner third. Anderson and Sturgeon Bay’s Scott Reinhardt finished fourth and fifth.

Earlier heat winners were Scott Reinhardt, Forestville’s Von Eytcheson, and to rookie Mike Pierrard of Green Bay.

In the Sport 4 division, Milwaukee’s Ken Malcore won the 10-lap feature, followed by D.J. Jorgenson of Oneida. Green Bay’s Butch Beyers finished third in the feature after winning the earlier heat race. Race fans were treated to a scary flip on the backstretch wall by Chad “Roller Coaster” Williams, Brussels. Williams walked away from the rollover with a wave to the crowd.

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.

This week’s Saturday night event is sponsored by Miller Lite!

With only two points nights left, two of the five divisions have a one-point difference between their points leaders and two other divisions are separated by no more than 12 points. Points for features can be as few as 20 points and as many as 40 points per race event, making some tight racing for the balance of the season!

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 - Todd Dart, Algoma; Jeremy Jacobs, Algoma; Benji LaCrosse, Luxemburg; Mike Cole, Baileys Harbor; Sean Jerovetz, Suamico; Jared Siefert, Green Bay; Billy LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay; George Henkel, Sturgeon Bay; Chris Derenne, Luxemburg; Jay Matthias, Luxemburg;

10 lap semi-features - 1)Eric Scribner, Kiel; Randy LeMieux Jr., Sturgeon Bay. 2)Julie McDermid, Fremont; Matthias.

10 lap heats - 1)Jerovetz; Chris Derenne; 2)Siefert; Mark Berglund, Green Bay; 3)LaCrosse; Cole.

18 lap T Simon Jewelers IMCA Stock Car feature - Charlie Kroll, Algoma; Shawn Kilgore, Kewaunee; Jeff Vlies, Brussels; Matt Junio, Casco; Craig Paque, Algoma; Troy Muench - R, Green Bay; Rod Snellenberger, Pulaski; Jeremy Christians, Horicon; Bernie Reinhardt, Sturgeon Bay; Kyle Frederick, Gillett.

12 lap semi-feature - Frederick; Dave Bouche, Algoma.

10 lap heats - 1)Vlies; Kroll; 2)Kilgore; Paque; 3)Ryan LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay; Larry Karcz, Pulaski.

15 lap May’s Sports Center IMCA Hobby Stock feature - Marcus Moede, Casco; Keith Kickbusch - R, Kewaunee; Maynard Hegnet - R, Sturgeon Bay; Dwayne Mertens, Luxemburg; Dave Serrahn - R, Algoma; Brandon Peterson, Sturgeon Bay; Wayne Moore, Sturgeon Bay; Roger LaViolette - R, Sturgeon Bay; Joe Hegnet, Sturgeon Bay; Derek Moede, Casco.

10 lap heats 1)Jeff Lautenbach, Sturgeon Bay; Mertens; 2)Serrahn; Maynard Hegnet.

15 lap AmericInn Street Stock feature - Todd Polster - R, Baileys Harbor; Jeremy Wiitala, Green Bay; Tom Daubner, Sturgeon Bay; James Anderson, Sturgeon Bay; Scott Reinhardt, Sturgeon Bay; Aaron Thornton, Maplewood; Von Eytcheson, Forestville; Mike King Jr. - R, Little Chute; Jerry Winkler, Oshkosh; Kevin Damrow - R, Manitowoc.

10 lap heats 1) Scott Reinhardt; Thornton; 2) Eytcheson; Polster; 3)Mike Pierrard, Green Bay; Wiitala.

10 lap Sport Four feature - Ken Malcore, Milwaukee; D.J. Jorgenson - R, Oneida; Butch Beyers - R, Green Bay; James VanDenBogart - R, Green Bay; Tim Jorgenson - R, Oneida; Jasper Drengler, Shawano.

8 lap heat - Beyers; Malcore.

2004 THUNDERHILL RACEWAY POINTS - August 12, 2004
Budweiser
IMCA MODIFIEDS Point
Rank/Car#/Name Total
1 90 Jeremy Jacobs 491
2 37 Sean Jerovetz 468
3 54 Benji LaCrosse 446
4 66 Jared Siefert 430
5 8m Jay Matthias 419
6 18 Randy LeMieux Jr. 418
7 3d Todd Dart 396
8 19 George Henkel 389
9 73 Dan Ratajczak 382
10 21 James Tebon - R 377
11 2 Darrell Massart 376
12 10 Chris Derenne 367
13 22c Mike Cole 358
14 76 Kevin Sternard 351
15 3L Billy LeMieux 337
16 4T Tim VanDeHei - R 332
17 43 Tony Herbst 307
18 22L Doug Maurer 291
19 8J Rick Johnson 282
20 98 Scott Derenne 280
21 OOL Rick LeMieux 213
22 O7 Scott Boyea 200
23 38 Randie Back 197
24 13 Jeff Dubois 185
25 34 Jerry Wenzel 143
26 65 Dean Maurer 135
27 32 Lucas Engels 123
28 84 Dave Zeitler 106
29 OOrm R.M. VanPay 102
30 11 Mark Berglund 99
31 36d Brian Dancz 89
32 36 Clyde Skenadore 72
33 23 Brian Baenen 56
34 7 Rob Waechter 45
35 75 Eric Scribner 30
36 67 Mathew McDermid 29
37 79 David Charles 29
38 1m Julie McDermid 28
39 8d Brian Drexler 27
40 77 Mike Wedelstadt 25
41 9 Buck Schmelzer 16
42 34 Chad Wilcox 16
43 99 Eric VanIten 16
44 11f Dave Fischer 13
45 67 Ronnie Plog Jr. 13
46 11 Eugene Gregorich 11
47 82 Don Padgett 11

T Simon Jewelers
IMCA STOCK CARS Point
Rank/Car#/Name Total
1 2p Craig Paque 475
2 52 Troy Muench - R 466
3 21 Dave Bouche 459
4 11 Bernie Reinhardt 453
5 17 Jeff Vlies 452
6 10J Matt Junio 445
7 90 Shawn Kilgore 440
8 8 Charlie Kroll 437
9 54 B.J. Soquet 402
10 76 Mike Wietor 388
11 29 Corey Haen 359
12 73 Don Aregoni 335
13 77 Chris Hendricks 332
14 18L Ryan LeMieux - R 314
15 10K Tracy Koontz 313
16 12 Larry Ingebretsen 312
17 97 Jamie Suchocki 296
18 4T Shawn Havel - R 276
19 25 Tony Bouche 274
20 O5 Dave Davister 260
21 15g Kraig Gretz - R 258
22 6 Rick Mahlberg 235
23 20R Gary Reinhardt 226
24 7d Mark Derenne 191
25 71 Mark Reinhard - R 114
26 34 Brett Wenzel 104
27 44 Pat Davister 82
28 19 Dave Hoerning 69
29 2T Travis VanStraten 68
30 55 Shawn Wagner 54
31 53 Travis Annoye 43
32 73J Don Aregoni Jr. 36
33 10s Rod Snellenberger 34
34 99 Jeremy Christians 33
35 53 Craig Barrett 32
36 50 Kyle Frederick 31
37 36 Larry Karcz 28
38 67 Jon T. Wolf 27
39 53 Brandon Mindak 25
40 41 Troy DeGrave 24
41 5f Mike Franzke 21
42 17 Brian Ankerson 15

May’s Sports Center
IMCA HOBBYSTOCKS Point
Rank/Car#/Name Total
1 71 Ed Anschutz 503
2 47 Keith Kickbusch - R 491
3 9 Marcus Moede 484
4 2 Evan Madden 468
5 40 Tom Brumlic - R 463
6 55 Wayne Moore 458
7 40d Dave DeGrave - R 447
8 10 Brandon Peterson 410
9 49 Roger LaViolette - R 407
10 6 Dave Lane 344
11 56 Jeff Lautenbach 341
12 12 Carl Laughlin 325
13 53 Dwayne Mertens 321
14 18 Davin Malvitz - R 297
15 5 Joe Hegnet 277
16 15 Maynard Hegnet - R 263
17 88 Dave Serrahn - R 247
18 8 Derek Moede 236
19 13 Keith Peterson 196
20 75 Tony Schlei 181
21 20 Casey Groessl 139
22 O4 Mark Mincheski 95
23 1 Kevin Luedtke 76
24 31 Jarred VanLaanen 69
25 5 Kevin Laughlin 62
26 4 Mike Mueller 32
27 11 Travis DuChateau 24

AmericInn STREET STOCKS Point
Rank/Car#/Name Total
1 51 Jeremy Wiitala 507
2 95 Aaron Thornton 506
3 11v Von Eytcheson 482
4 11r Scott Reinhardt 463
5 12 Kevin Damrow - R 444
6 21 Mike King Jr. - R 429
7 73 James Anderson 424
8 25 Mike Pierrard - R 422
9 3p Todd Polster - R 417
10 90b Faron Beilke 396
11 76 John Sternard - R 396
12 50 James Iverson 387
13 29 Scott Iverson 384
14 44 Dennis Weidner 381
15 27 Darren Otto 363
16 23 Todd Wagner 345
17 64 Don Polcen 290
18 75 Thom Terrien 258
19 15 Brian Ambrosius - R 250
20 8 Tim Lautenbach - R 157
21 3b Mark Brickner 145
22 17s Harley Simon 119
23 99 Kevin Jandrin 103
24 14 Jamie Berg - R 86
25 5 Joe Hegnet 82
26 38 Andrew Schnable 82
27 65 Bill Kelsey 80
28 98 Dave Baenen 79
29 34 Tom Daubner 68
30 24 Jerry Denil 57
31 13 Keith Peterson 53
32 34 Jeremy Schultz 52
33 13 Jordan Whipple 50
34 4 Mike Robenhorst 39
35 33 Rick Sternard 34
36 52v Shawn VanOoyen 33
37 2w Jerry Winkler 32
38 66 James Brunette 32
39 79 Joe Johnson 26
40 79 Aaron Melchert 25
41 50 Steve Grenier 24
42 86 Paul White 24
43 95s Jim Solem 22
44 20 Shawn Mraz 22
45 84 Gregg Siebold 22
46 90f Fred Davister 21
47 20 Charlie Kroll 19
48 8 Dean Bader 11
49 19 Chris Konitzer 11

SPORT 4s Point
Rank/Car#/Name Total
1 2 Ken Malcore 498
2 29J James VanDenBogart - R 497
3 32 Chad Williams 481
4 72 Jon Beilfuss Jr. - R 465
5 9 Charlie Gross - R 410
6 18j Tim Jorgenson - R 353
7 O1B Butch Beyers - R 281
8 8 Gene Sternard - R 235
9 11 Adam Rex 167
10 115 D.J. Jorgenson - R 141
11 6 Ryan Johnson 136
12 1 Don Mahlberg - R 105
13 55 Matt Beyers - R 97
14 10 Tom Zastrow 72
15 6 Dave Schlise 70
16 8 Tyler Smith 70
17 16d Ben Daoust 38
18 10 Mike Hanson 37
19 15 Todd Smith 37
20 O1 Jasper Drengler 35
21 17 Greg Banker 35
22 415 Steve Schaumberg 35
23 15 Bob Skippon 32
24 10 Alex Stauber 30
25 10 Les Lemmens 30
26 8m Brett Meyer 29