Thunderhill Hosts Banquet to Honor Best of 2003!
By Dan Lewis

February 2, 2004; Sturgeon Bay, WI. - About 200 drivers, pitcrew, families and friends gathered Friday, January
23rd, in celebration of the 2003 race season at Thunderhill Raceway, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.  The awards banquet was held at the Reef Sports Bar in Sturgeon Bay.   IMCA Modified driver Todd Dart, of Algoma, was crowned the Thunderhill
Raceway Champion, his fourth championship in the past six years.  IMCA Stock Car driver Shawn Kilgore, Kewaunee, won his division’s track title.  In the inaugural season for the IMCA Hobby Stocks, Sturgeon Bay’s Joe Hegnet took home
first place.  Troy Muench, Green Bay, won the Street Stock title and in the Sport 4’s, Algoma’s Ken Malcore took home the first year championship honors for that division.

In the IMCA Modified division, Todd Dart won four feature events, the most of all drivers in the class, and was followed in points at season's end by Jay Matthias and Dan Ratajczak.  Drivers Jared Siefert and Dave Zeitler shared fourth place in points.   A total of 10 different drivers won feature events in the IMCA Modified division.   Local favorite Julie McDermid was honored by Fan’s Favorite Award, Best Appearing Car & Crew in the class while Benji LaCrosse earned the Rookie of the Year honors.

In the IMCA Stock Car division, Shawn Kilgore won only one feature race and capped the title over two-time champion Craig Paque by only seven points.  Third place in points went to Tim Van De Hei.  Matt Junio and Pepe Vlies shared
fourth place.  Local favorite Matt Junio was honored by Fan’s Favorite Award, Best Appearing Car & Crew in the class while B.J. Soquet earned the Rookie of the Year honors.

In the IMCA Hobby Stock division, Joe Hegnet won his first track title by only four points over second place Ed Anschutz.  Hegnet and Anschutz battled in points right down to the wire on the last night, and were followed closely in
points much of the season by Tony Schlei of Zion, IL, who finished third in points.   Fourth and fifth in points went to Wayne Moore and Ryan LeMieux.  Ed Anschutz was honored by Fan’s Favorite Award, with Best Appearing Car to David Lane and Best Appearing Crew to Kevin Laughlin.  Joe Hegnet earned the Rookie of the Year honors.

The Street Stock track championship went to Troy Muench.  Muench dominated the class with 10 feature wins on point nights throughout the season, followed up by 10 heat wins.   Second place went to Kevin Jandrin.  A tie for third place
in points went to Scott Reinhardt and Darren Otto.  James Tebon followed up with a fifth place finish in track points.  Tebon was also honored by Fan’s Favorite Award and Best Appearing Crew, with Best Appearing Car to Muench.  Scott Reinhardt earned the Rookie of the Year honors.

In the Sport Four’s division, Ken Malcore’s consistency help him win the track title with three feature wins along with nine, top-3 feature finishes.  Second place in points went to Bob Skippon and third to Chad Williams.  Fourth and fifth went to Todd Welsing and Tom Zastrow.  Local favorite Mike Hanson was honored by Fan’s Favorite Award, Best Appearing Car & Crew in the class while Ken Malcore earned the Rookie of the Year honors.

The following points listing is for Thunderhill Raceway, Sturgeon Bay, WI.   Thunderhill drivers compete weekly on Saturday nights throughout the summer months at John Miles Park.  More information on Thunderhill can be obtained on
the internet at www.racethunderhill.com or by calling Woody’s Signs at 920-743-7052.  The season opener for the 2004 season has been set for Saturday night, May 1st.

IMCA MODIFIEDS         
Rank    Car#        Name     Total
1   3D  Todd    Dart    520
2    8m Jay Matthias    471
3   73  Dan Ratajczak   437
4   66  Jared   Siefert 422
tie 84  Dave    Zeitler 422
6   22  Mike    Cole    407
7   18  Randy   LeMieux Jr. 403
8   34  Jerry   Wenzel  394
9   19  George  Henkel  375
10  54  Benji   LaCrosse    358
11  2   Darrell Massart 355
12  10  Chris   Derenne 333
13  43  Tony    Herbst  323
14  38  Randie  Back    321
15  3L  Bill    LeMieux 289
16  90  Jeremy  Jacobs  288
17  4   Eugene  Gregorich   282
18  8tx Tom Stark   279
19  99  Eric    Van Iten    271
20  1   Julie   McDermid    263
21  76  Kevin   Sternard    260
22  8J  Rick    Johnson 250
23  98  Scott   Derenne 225
24  25  Art Siefert 216
25  9   Buck    Schmelzer   192
26  14  Tim McCormick   188
27  32  Lucas   Engels  180
28  OOL Ricky   LeMieux 169
29  42  Jason   LaViolette  147
30  37  Sean    Jerovetz    135
31  13  Jeff    Dubois  129
32  7   Rob Waechter    125
33  67  Matt    McDermid    98
34  6w  Dennis  Frea    87
35  36  Brian   Dancz   84
36  OOrm    R.M.    Van Pay 64
37  11  Mark    Berglund    63
38  O7  Scott   Boyea   56
39  72  Brian   Mullen  51
40  75s Eric    Scribner    48
41  3K  Shawn   Kilgore 41
42  O5  Mike    Mashl   38
43  65  Doug    Maurer  35
44  O3  Brad    Rohloff 31
45  6H  Russ    Huxford 23
46  63w Michael Wankowski   16
47  94  Danny   Deau    15
48  34c Chad    Wilcox  14
49  33  Mark    Kowaleski   12
50  27  Darren  Otto    11
tie 65  Fred    Shawano 11
tie 82  Don Padgett 11
tie 91  Fred    Davister    11		 IMCA STOCK CARS
Rank    Car#        Name     Total
1   90  Shawn   Kilgore 492
2    2p Craig   Paque   485
3    4T Tim Van De Hei  459
4   10J Matt    Junio   439
tie 17  Jeff    Vlies   439
6   11  Bernie  Reinhardt   437
7   20  Shawn   Olson   431
8    4w Brett   Wenzel  418
tie 21  Dave    Bouche  418
10   10K    Tracy   Koontz  408
11  22  Joe LeBotte 407
12  44  Pat Davister    390
13  54  B.J.    Soquet  335
14  20R Gary    Reinhardt   293
15  8   Charlie Kroll   287
16  25  Tony    Bouche  285
17  7d  Mark    Derenne 272
18  73  Don Aregoni 269
19  76  Mike    Wietor  243
20   2m Josh    Massart 236
21  29  Corey   Haen    221
22  97  Jamie   Suchocki    215
23  6   Rick    Mahlberg    201
24  O5  Dave    Davister    175
25  53x Travis  Annoye  160
26  12  Larry   Ingebretsen 155
27  77  Chris   Hendricks   123
28  6k  Chris   Christensen 109
29  O1  Troy    Jerovetz    76
30  10  Rod Snellenberger   75
31  99  Jeremy  Christians  72
32  8J  Derrick Bruechert   69
33  57  John    Heinz   64
34  17x Mark    Reinhardt   59
35  24  Greg    Gretz   54
36  56  Jason   Czarapata   50
37  36  Larry   Karcz   48
38  26G George  Gerbers 36
39  33C Brandon Czarapata   34
tie 67  Benji   LaCrosse    34
41  68  Jamie   Colwell 31
42  30  Rob Schmidt 29
43  1x  John    Mahlberg    13
tie 41  Troy    DeGrave 13
45  5B  Brian   Bruechert   11
 IMCA HOBBYSTOCKS  
Rank    Car#        Name     Total
1   5   Joe Hegnet  504
2   71  Ed  Anschutz    500
3   75  Tony    Schlei  488
4   55  Wayne   Moore   466
5   18  Ryan    LeMieux 464
6   10  Brandon Peterson    450
7   21  Kevin   Laughlin    436
8   32  Greg    Aregoni 431
9   2   Evan    Madden  423
10  9   Marcus  Moede   375
11  8   Derek   Moede   318
tie 53  Dwayne  Mertens 318
13  6   Dave    Lane    305
14  56  Jeff    Lautenbach  238
15  13  Keith   Peterson    203
16  OO  Shawn   Graf    157
17  15  Maynard Hegnet  142
18  4   Mike    Mueller 139
19  O1  Robert  Patza   136
20  OO  Roger   LaViolette  89
21  47  Keith   Kickbusch   73
22  13  Kevin   Nell    53
23  90  Dan Davister    28
24  77  Mike    Kaufmann    26


STREET STOCKS  
Rank    Car#        Name     Total
1   52  Troy    Muench  532
2   99  Kevin   Jandrin 468
3   11  Scott   Reinhardt   445
tie 27  Darren  Otto    445
5   21  James   Tebon   443
6   29  Scott   Iverson 441
7   51  Jeremy  Wiitala 435
8   73  James   Anderson    416
9   23  Todd    Wagner  382
10  33  Rick    Sternard    372
tie 44  Dennis  Weidner 372
12  66B James   Brunette    350
13  50  James   Iverson 349
14  75  Tom Terrien 327
15  11x Von Eytcheson   303
16  64  Don Polcen  302
17  4   Tom Frea    295
18  90  Faron   Beilke  277
19  74B Kevin   Brungraber  268
20  66x Marvin  Denny   246
21  74w William Brunette    238
22  98  David   Baenen  123
23  1   Matt    Blasier 121
24  24  Jerry   Denil   112
25  19  Chris   Konitzer    107
26  15  Brian   Ambroius    106
27  69  Frank   Paul    96
28  3   Mark    Brickner    91
29  91  Dan Davister    72
30  8   Troy    Wilson  70
31  19  Dave    Hoerning    59
32  95  Aaron   Thornton    58
33  66x Ford    Malvitz 52
34  255 Mike    Pierrard    50
35  1   Michael Soukup  49
36  1   John    Sternard    40
37  3   Ryan    LeMieux 35
38  1   Kevin   Sternard    34
39  13  Dean    Bader   32
tie 34  Tom Daubner 32
41  12  Kevin   Damrow  30
42  3   Randy   LeMieux 28
43  52v Shawn   VanOoyen    26
44  74A Eric    Arneson 25
45  90  Fred    Davister    21
46  20  Scott   Pagels  16
47  3x  Charlie Kroll   11
tie 74s Dan Simon   11
tie 20  Shawn   Mraz    11
tie 29  Matt    Schmelzer   11
tie 79  Joe Johnson 11
tie 95  Al  Thornton    11

FOUR CYLINDERS
Rank    Car#        Name     Total
1   2   Ken Malcore 517
2   4   Bob Skippon 505
3   32  Chad    Williams    373
4   29  Todd    Welsing 158
5   10  Tom Zastrow 144
6   85  Bob Abbet   131
7   67  Dan Gregorich   116
8   72  John    Beilfuss    109
9   6   Ryan    Johnson 107
tie 8   Tyler   Smith   107
11  6   Joe Schaefer    79
12  6   Don Mahlberg    77
13  12  Charlie Gross   74
14  10  Tony    Everard 73
15  6   David   Schlise 38
16  10  Les Lemens  37
tie 229 Tim Smits   37
18  55  Matt    Beyer   35
19  10  Mike    Hanson  34
20  63  Frank   Odean   32
21  67  Jason   Fiala   24
22  18  Ken McGregor    11