Thunderhill Raceway Race Reports

LaCrosse Wins at The Hill
By Greg Aregoni

May 6th, 2006; Sturgeon Bay, Wi - Benji Lacrosse Took the lead on lap 10 and never looked back in winning the Tri-County Heating IMCA Modified Feature event. It was Lacrosse’s first victory of the season.
 

Photo Highlights

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Tri-County Heating IMCA Modified Feature event winner #54 Benji Lacrosse celebrated his first victory of the season at Thunderhill Raceway on Saturday night.51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
#54 Benji Lacrosse took the lead on lap 10, and held off #8m Jay Matthias and never looked back in winning the Tri-County Heating IMCA Modified Feature event. It was Lacrosse’s first victory of the season at Thunderhill Raceway.  51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
Budweiser IMCA Stockcar feature winner #54 B.J. Soquet picked up his third career feature win in the IMCA Stockcars, finishing just ahead of Tony Bouche in second an by rookie Mike Pierrard, third.
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#25 Tony Bouche led the opening lap of the Budweiser IMCA Stockcar feature but it was #54 B.J. Soquet grabbing the lead on an inside move and never looked back. Soquet picked up his third career feature win in the IMCA Stockcars.
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Olson Fabrication IMCA Hobby Stocks Feature winner #40b Tom Brumlic swept the division’s events with a heat and feature win.  51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
#40b Tom Brumlic had an impressive come from behind win to take the win in the Olson Fabrication IMCA Hobby Stocks Feature. With only five laps to go, Brumlic caught the race leader Anschutz and made a quick pass for the lead. 51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
D.C. Custom Drilling and Blasting Street Stock feature race winner #95 Aaron Thornton won the first Street Stock feature event of the young season last week.51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
#95 Aaron Thornton set the pace early on in the D.C. Custom Drilling and Blasting Street Stock feature with #11 Von Eytcheson wheel-to-wheel, even through
much of the lap traffic.
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#8 Mike “the Coach” Jost won his first career Bomber Feature.51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
#81 Nick Everard won his first 4 cylinder Feature event on Saturday night at Thunderhill.

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#81 Nick Everard passed older brother #8 Tony Everard in winning the 4 cylinder Feature.

B.J. Soquet grabbed the lead on the inside of Tony Bouche and won his first victory of the season in the Budweiser IMCA Stockcars.
 
Tom Brumlic had an impressive come from behind win to take the win in the Olson Fabrication IMCA Hobby Stocks.
 
Aaron Thornton swapped the lead with Von Eytcheson throughout the D.C. Custom Drilling and Blasting feature. Thorton was able to sneak out with the victory and the point lead.
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The Coach" Mike Jost won his first career Bomber feature. Nick Everard passed older brother Tony Everard in winning the 4 cylinder feature.
 
Eddie Anschutz jumped out to the early lead on the second lap of the Olson Fabrication IMCA Hobby Stock feature. Anschutz used a three-wide pass on Dave DeGrave and Tom Brumlic. Anschutz cruised out to a nice lead leaving the battle for second for DeGrave and Brumlic. Without Five Laps to go Brumlic got passed DeGrave and caught Anschutz and made a quick pass for the lead. Brumlic was able to hold of Anschutz and DeGrave for the final two laps to pick up his first win of the season. Anschutz took second followed by DeGrave, rookie Frank Paul, and Marcus Moede.
 
Tony Bouche led the opening lap of the Budweiser IMCA Stockcar feature. B.J. Soquet grabbed the lead on an inside move and never looked back. Soquet was able to gain a 1/4 lap lead on the rest of the field. Mike Pierrard locked horns with Bouche for the second spot but was never able to make the pass. Soquet picked up his third career feature win in the IMCA Stockcars. Tony Bouche was second followed by rookie Mike Pierrard, Troy Jerovetz, and Shawn Havel.
 
Dave Zeitler looked like the driver to beat early on in the Tri-County Heating IMCA Modifieds. The battle for second was a three-wide battle with Jay Matthias, Benji Lacrosse, and Billy Lemieux. Lacrosse emerged out of the battle and set his sights on Zeitler. A caution for a Lemieux spin on lap 10 tightened up the field. On the restart, Lacrosse shot down low and passed Zeitler. Lacrosse then went to the highline and started to pull away. Matthias made his way passed Zeitler on lap 15. A series of caution bottled up the field. Lacrosse was able to hold on for a green, white, checker and pick up his first feature win of the season. He was followed at the checkered flag by Matthias, Zeitler, Todd Dart, and Jared Siefert.
 
 Aaron Thornton set the pace early on in the D.C. Custom Drilling and Blasting Street Stock feature. Von Eytcheson quickly caught Thornton. Eytcheson and Thornton raced side by side from lap three to the checkers. Thornton on the inside and Eytcheson on the outside was a exciting race to watch. As they raced their way through traffic they exchanged the lead many times. When the white flag flew both drivers where neck and neck. Thornton shot back down to the low line. Heading into the final turn Eytcheson was on the highside with Thornton moving up a lane to try and get better momentum.  Thornton got a bit more momentum off the final corner to get the win.   After the feature the fans showed their emotions for the great race. Thornton was given the win with Eytcheson second. Jeremy Wiitala took third followed by Tim Czarneski, and James Anderson.
 
Mike Jost won the six lap feature event with Dan Merkle finishing second and William Brunette third. Jost led all six laps in picking up the victory.
 
Tony Everard led the opening nine laps of the 4 cylinder feature. His younger brother Nick used lap traffic to catch and pass Tony on the final corner to pick up his first career feature win at Thunderhill. Nick won the feature followed by Tony Everard, Kenny Malcore, and J.J. Anderson.
 
Wulf Brothers is the sponsor for next weeks race. Racing gets underway at 6 p.m. The Forest County Potowatomi Thunderhill Raceway is located at The John Miles Fair Park in Sturgeon Bay. For more information call Woody at (920)743-7052.
 
RESULTS
 
Tri-County Heating IMCA Modified Feature- 1.Benji Lacrosse, Luxemburg 2. Jay Matthias, De Pere 3. Dave Zeitler, Luxemburg 4. Todd Dart, Algoma 5. Jared Siefert, Green Bay
 
Mod Consi- 1. Dan Rataczjak, Frog Station
 
 
Mod Heats-
1. Matthias 2. Tony Herbst, Sturgeon Bay
1. Lacrosse 2. Randy Lemieux Jr, Sturgeon Bay
1. Dean Maurer, De Pere 2. Dart
 
 
Budwieser IMCA Stockcar Feature- 1. B.J. Soquet, Luxemburg 2. Tony Bouche, Algoma 3. Mike Pierrard, Green Bay 4. Troy Jerovetz, Green Bay 5. Shawn Havel, Brussels
 
Consi- #1 1. Gregorich
#2 1. Cory Cochart, Kewaunee
 
 
Stockcar Heats - 1. Soquet 2. Tony Schlei, Zion, IL
1. Pat Davister, Luxemburg 2. Scott Pagels, Little Sturgeon
1. Bernie Rienhardt, Sturgeon Bay 2. Havel
1. Jerovetz 2. Pierrard
 
 
Olson Fabrication IMCA Hobby Stock Feature- 1. Tom Brumlic, Denmark 2. Ed Anschutz, Algoma 3. Dave DeGrave, Luxemburg 4. Frank Paul, Kewaunee 5. Marcus Moede, Casco
 
Hobby Stock Heat- 1. DeGrave 2. Anschutz
1. Brumlic 2. Jared Vanlannen, Luxemburg
 
D.C. Custom Drilling & Blasting Street Stock Feature- 1. Aaron Thornton, Forestville 2. Von Eytcheson, Forestville 3. Jeremy Wiitala, Green Bay 4. Tim Czarneski, Bushville 5. James Anderson, Forestville
 
Street Stock Heats- 1.Thornton 2. Wiitala
1.Eytcheson 2. Dennis Wiedner, Maplewood
 
4 cylinder feature- 1. Nick Everard, Green Bay 2. Tony Everard, Green Bay 3. Kenny Malcore, Milwaukee 4. J.J. Anderson, Pulaski
 
4 cylinder heat- 1. Jarred Smith, Luxemburg
 
Bomber feature- 1. Mike Jost, Sturgeon Bay 2. Dan Merkle, Sturgeon Bay 3. William Brunette, Algoma
 
Bomber heat- 1. Merkle