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Billy Lemieux Wins at
Thunderhill
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Greg Aregoni |
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June 23, 2007; Sturgeon Bay, WI. -
Billy Lemieux of Sturgeon Bay grabbed the lead from
James Lee Tebon on lap 4 and cruised to victory lane at The
Forest County Potawatomi Thunderhill Raceway. A total of 93
cars entered the pits on Northland Steel Night.
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Billy LeMieux won his first 2007 feature at
Thunderhill on Saturday.
After getting
the feature racelead, IMCA Modified #3L Billy LeMieux held
his line
against a strong #15 Tom Stark in the early laps of the mod
a-main. 
Charlie Kroll
grabbed the lead from Jeff DuBois on lap 4 and went on to
win his second INCA Northern Sportmod Feature.
#27 Charlie Kroll passed #31 Jeff DuBois on his way to his
third consecultive feature event win on Saturday night.
Veteran Matt Junio, Casco, took home his third feature 2007
win at the Hill. With the win, Junio is padding his points
lead over
Charlie Kroll.
#10
Matt Junio got by race leader #11 Von Eytcheson in
Saturday's IMCA Stock Car
feature race at Sturgeon Bay's Thunderhill Raceway. It
was Junio's third feature win at the Hill for 2007.
Eytcheson, a Stock Car rookie, is having a great first year
in the class.
Jeremy Wiitala scored his third con- secutive Street Stock
feature win on Saturday night.
#51 Jeremy Wiitala went high on the track to get past race
leader #21 "CZ" Czarneski
in the Street Stock feature race.
The first feature win of the season is alway the best one
for Dave DeGrave. Not only was this DeGrave's first win at
the Hill for the year, but he has gone without a win at the
Burg as well, taking six second-place feature finishes
between the two tracks.
#40d Dave DeGrave got past feature frontrunner #2 Frank Paul
on his way to the
front of the IMCA Hobby Stock feature event. DeGrave went on
to win his first 2007 feature on Saturday night.
Tony Herbst and Billy LeMieux won the Bomber feature race.
Sport Four #9
Casey Gross, Gleason, won his feature on Saturday night at
the Hill. He earned the win by catching a fast Jason
Cornelius while fending off former track champion Kenny
Malcore.
Sport Four #9 Casey Gross and
#2 Kenny Malcore reeled in race leader #10 Jason Cornelius
in the closing laps and Gross ended up to be the big winner
with a trip to the winner's circle.
#15 Jody Cornelius and #10 Jason Cornelius each won their
respective heat races. It was a special night as the pair
are "father and son" and can be seen competing against one
another weekly at the Hill. |
Roger Laviolette set the pace early on in the IMCA Hobby
Stock Feature with Terry Therrien right in tow. Dave
DeGrave quickly made his way to second on lap three and
tried to catch the Laviolette machine. DeGrave was able to
get to the back bumper but never any farther than that for ¾
of the race. Laviolette was out front when the only caution
flew on the track for a Jason Laviolette spin. On the
restart, DeGrave used a bobble by Laviolette in turn two to
grab the lead and cruise to his first feature win of the
season. Laviolette was second followed by Jarred Van Lannen,
Ed Anschutz, and Keith Kickbusch.
The IMCA Stockcar feature was next with Mike King Jr and Von
Eytcheson taking command of the race. The duo used the
topside of the track to put just a few car lengths between
them and the rest of the field. The only caution of the race
was on lap 4 when Willie DeGrave and Ryan Lemieux got
together coming out of turn 2. King continued to lead after
the green flew but on lap 12 Eytcheson got the opening he
needed. Eytcheson shot to the inside and used a slide
job on
King for the lead. Eytcheson was now the leader but Matt
Junio had other plans. Junio who was running fifth with five
laps to go switched to the low line and started passing
cars. By the white flag, Junio had pulled even with
Eytcheson. Off of turn two Junio grabbed the lead for good
to pick up his third feature win of the season. Eytcheson
was second followed by Scott Pagels, Dave Bouche, and King.
James Lee Tebon led the opening three laps of the IMCA
Modified feature before Billy Lemieux took the top spot on
lap 4. Lemieux continued to lead through a series of
cautions. The final caution was on lap 10 when Tom Stark who
was running fourth broke his tie-rod. When the green flag
flew again Lemieux checked out. The battle was left for
second between Tebon and Shawn Kilgore. Lemieux cruised to
his first win of the season followed by Tebon, Kilgore, Dan
Rataczjak, and Jay Matthias.
Jimmy Anderson led the opening few laps of the Street Stock
feature until Tim Czarneski grabbed the lead down low.
Czarneski would continue to lead until point leader Jeremy
Wiitala made the pass up top halfway through the race.
Wiitala would go on to dominate the rest of the field for
his third straight feature win followed by Czarneski, Scott
Reinhardt,
Anderson, and John Sternard.
Charlie Kroll won his third straight IMCA Northern Sportmod
Feature win in convincing fashion.
Kasey Gross picked up the feature win in the 4 Cylinders
after a race long battle with Kenny Malcore. Patrick King
rolled his 4 Cylinder in turn two but was fine.
Anthony Herbst picked up the Bomber feature win.
Next Saturday Night, Olson Fabrication will be sponsoring
the night at The Forest County Potawatomi Thunderhill
Raceway. Racing gets underway at 6 p.m. The track is located
at the John Miles Fair Park in Sturgeon Bay. The track's
website is www.racethunderhill.com
IMCA Modified Feature- 1. Bill Lemieux, Sturgeon
Bay 2. James Tebon, Algoma 3. Shawn Kilgore, New Franken 4.
Dan Rataczjak, Frog Station 5. Jay Matthias, De Pere
Heats- #1 1. Mark Berglund, Green Bay 2. Lemieux
#2 1. Tom Stark, Egg Harbor 2. Rick Johnson, Gills Rock
IMCA Stockcar Feature- 1. Matt Junio, Casco 2.
Von Eytcheson, Forestville 3. Scott Pagels, Little Sturgeon
4. Dave Bouche, Algoma 5. Mike King JR, Little Chute
Consy- 1. Cory Cochart, Kewaunee
Heats- #1 1. Mark Derenne, Kewaunee 2. Pagels
#2 1. Don Aregoni, Sturgeon Bay 2. Junio
#3 1. Eytcheson 2. King
IMCA Hobby Stock
Feature- 1. Dave DeGrave, Luxemburg 2. Roger Laviolette,
Sturgeon Bay 3. Jarred Van Lannen, Green Bay 4. Ed Anschutz,
Algoma 5. Keith Kickbusch, Kewaunee
Heats- #1 1. Van Lannen 2. Terry Therrien, Sturgeon Bay
#2 1. Laviolette 2. Jeff Lautenbach, Sturgeon Bay
IMCA Northern Sportmod Feature- 1. Charlie Kroll,
Forestville 2. Jeff Dubois, Luxemburg 3. Aaron Holliday,
Green Bay 4. Dave Davister, Luxemburg 5. Dave Budzban
Heat- 1. Dennis Meisler, Luxemburg 2. Kroll
Street Stock Feature- 1. Jeremy Wiitala 2. Tim
Czarneski, Denmark 3. Scott Reinhardt, Bailey's Harbor 4.
Jimmy Anderson, Forestville 5. John Sternard, Green Bay
Heats- #1 1. Wiitala 2. Anderson
#2 1. Czarneski 2. Sternard
4 Cylinder Feature- 1. Kasey Grosse, Gleason 2.
Ken Malcore, Milwaukee 3. Jason Cornelius, Oneida 4. Rick
Lemmons, Kewaunee 5. Nick Everard, Green Bay
Heats- #1 1. Jody Cornelius, Oneida 2. Chad Dubois, Algoma
#2 1. Cornelius 2. T.J. Schleis, Sturgeon Bay
Bomber Feature- 1. Anthony Herbst, Sturgeon Bay
2. Dan Merkle, Egg Harbor 3. Jesse Kroll, Algoma
Heat- 1. Brian Belleau, Algoma 2. Herbst
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