Thunderhill Raceway Race Reports

VanLaanen Scores First Career Feature Win
By Greg Aregoni
June 2, 2007; Sturgeon Bay, WI. - Jarred VanLaanen inherited the lead after a blown motor halfway through the IMCA Hobby Stock Feature to record his first career feature win.

With an hour rain delay, heats were cut short along with features to try to get in the entire show; unfortunately due to mother nature the IMCA Modified, Bomber and 4 Cylinder Features did not get run.
 

Photo Highlights

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It was all for naught between earlier heat winners #76 Kevin Sternard and #00L Rick
LeMieux trying to make things happen in the early going of a Mod feature. But Mother Nature put the track behind the "8-ball" and the feature ran short of completion.51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
#00c Mark Christenson won his first career feature win in the IMCA Northern Sportmod
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#00c Mark Christenson came out of a race long duel with #31 Jeff Dubois to record his
first career feature win in the IMCA Northern Sportmod class. Dubois finished second followed by Dave Budzban, and Dave Davister.51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
Mark Derenne cruised to a feature victory followed by John Heinz, Bernie Reinhardt, Willie DeGrave, and Cory Cochart.51201b.jpg (17266 bytes) IMCA Stock Car #7 Mark Derenne, Kewaunee, held off a late race challenge by Sturgeon Bay's #11 Bernie Reinhardt with just a few laps remaining in their feature event Saturday. Derenne
held off Reinhardt and John Heinz for his first 2007 Thunderhill feature.51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
Stock Car #73 Don Aregoni escaped injury after getting tagged and eventual rolling over in the main event, collecting Shawn
Havel, Von Eytcheson and Tony Bouche.51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
Jarred VanLaanen inherited the lead after a blown motor halfway through the IMCA Hobby Stock feature to record his first career feature win.51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
#49 Roger LaViolette could not hold off #31 Jarred VanLaanen on Saturday at the Hill,
as a determined VanLaanen went to the front of the Hobby Stock A-main.51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
Street Stock Tim "CZ" Czarneski dominated his feature race until the the final lap. His power steering belt came off as he slammed into the wall, and continued to
bounce off the wall all the way around the track after taking the white. Aaron Thornton was able to catch Czarneski and make the pass for his fourth straight
Street Stock feature win of the season. 51201b.jpg (17266 bytes)
Street Stock #95 Aaron Thornton and #51 Jeremy Wiitala went wheel-to-wheel in the
Street Stock feature, with Thornton coming out on top again for the win. Wiitala settled for fourth.
A tacky track meant that all of the cars were going to be fast early on in the IMCA Hobby Stock feature.  Dave DeGrave used his front row starting spot to jet to the lead followed by Roger Laviolette, Frank Paul, and Jarred VanLaanen. On lap 6, coming out of turn two, DeGrave blew his motor. VanLaanen shot to the inside and inherited the lead. VanLaanen continued to lead while Laviolette and Paul battled for second.  Neither could make the charge giving VanLaanen his first career feature win. Laviolette was second followed by Paul, Jeff Lautenbach, and Keith Kickbusch.

Next to the track was the Street Stock feature with Tim Czarneski grabbing the reigns and taking off. Tim Czarneski pulled away by ½ lap over Tim Jandrin and Dennis Weidner at the halfway point of the race.  Aaron Thornton made his bid for the front by passing three cars coming out of turn two for second place.  Czarneski would continue to dominate until the white flag flew. Czarneski's power steering belt came off as he slammed into the wall. With Thornton coming
Czarneski continued to bounce off the wall all the way around the track. Thornton however was able to catch Czarneski and make the pass for his fourth straight Street Stock feature win of the season. Czarneski settled for second followed by Weidner, Jeremy Wiitala, and Scott Reinhardt.

Mark Derene used the fast, tacky track to dominate the start of the IMCA Stockcar feature. On lap 4, Willie DeGrave proceeded to blast into the Don Aregoni car in the left rear. Aregoni's car then flipped in the middle of turn three and four collecting Shawn Havel, Von Eytcheson and Tony Bouche. All drivers were o.k. John Heinz used the restart to get right to
the back bumper of Derenne. With five laps to go Bernie Reinhardt made his way to third place and started running down the top 2. A caution with two laps to go setup the field for a two lap dash for cash. Derenne was able to stay out front as Heinz got into Reinhardt in turn one. Derenne cruised to victory followed by Heinz, Reinhardt(had to transfer through the Consy), DeGrave, and Cory Cochart.

Mark Christenson came out of a race long duel with Jeff Dubois to record his first career feature win in the IMCA Northern Sportmod class. Dubois finished second followed by Dave Budzban, and Dave Davister.

In Bomber heat race action, Cody Laviolette flipped his ride in his first ever night in the car. He was o.k.

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IMCA Modified
 
Feature- Curfew

Heats- #1 1. Rick Lemieux, Sturgeon Bay 2. Kyle Kudick, Mischicot
#2 1. Kevin Sternard, Sturgeon Bay 2. Tom Stark, Egg Harbor
#3 1. Jeremy Jacobs, Algoma 2. Chris Derenne, Luxemburg

IMCA Stockcar
 
Feature- 1. Mark Derenne, Kewaunee 2. John Heinz, Green Bay 3. Bernie Reinhardt, Sturgeon Bay 4. Willie DeGrave, Luxemburg 5. Cory Cochart, Kewaunee

Consy- 1. Jeff Vlies, Kewaunee

Heats-#1. 1. DeGrave 2. Scott Pagels, Little Sturgeon
#2 1. Heinz 2. Tony Schlei, Zion, IL
#3 1. Derenne 2. Dave Bouche, Algoma

IMCA Hobby Stock
 
Feature-1. Jarred VanLaanen, Green Bay 2. Roger Laviolette, Sturgeon Bay 3. Frank Paul, Kewaunee 4. Jeff Lautenbach, Sturgeon Bay 5. Keith Kickbusch, Kewaunee

Heats- #1 1. Paul 2. Kickbusch
#2 1. Laviolette 2. Brandon Peterson, Sturgeon Bay

IMCA Northern Sportmod
 
Feature- 1. Mark Christenson, Mishicot 2. Jeff Dubois, Luxemburg 3. Dave Budzban, Luxemburg 4. Dave Davister, Luxemburg

Heat-1. Dubois 2. Christenson

Street Stock
 
Feature-1. Aaron Thornton, Forestville 2. Tim Czarneski, Denmark 3. Dennis Weidner, Maplewood 4. Jeremy Wiitala, Green Bay 5. Scott Reinhardt, Bailey's Harbor

Heats-#1 1. Czarneski 2. Thornton
#2 1. Wiitala 2. Geno Sternard, Champion

Bomber
 
Feature- Curfew

Heat- 1. Rob Waechter Jr, Ellisville 2. Dan Merkle,
Bailey's Harbor

4 Cylinder
 
Feature- 1. Curfew

Heats- #1 1. Luke Lemmons, Kewaunee 2. Tony Everard, Green Bay
#2 1. Kenny Malcore, Milwaukee 2. Kip Burlo, Sturgeon Bay