August 12, 2004; 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.