Weekly Race Reports
1st Career Modified Win for Czarneski at Thunderhill
By Chris Budzban
May 17, 2008; Sturgeon Bay, WI - One night after Tim Czarneski rolled his IMCA modified, he took home the checkers at Thunderhill in his backup car. Jeff Vlies also took home his first career IMCA northern sport mod feature win.
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One night after Tim Czarneski rolled his IMCA Modified, he went from "worst to first", taking home the checkers at Thunderhill in his backup car. Todd Dart was second, followed by Kevin Sternard, Jeremy Jacobs and James Tebon at the line.
#21 James Tebon had the inside lead early on, but Tim "CZ" Czarneski took to the high side and reeled him in at the halfway point, and cruised to his first career IMCA Modified feature win.
#11v Von Eytcheson looked very strong, taking home his first IMCA Stock Car feature of the year. Matt Junio and Greg Gretz charged through the field to second and third, respectively, followed by Charlie Kroll and last week's winner Dave Bouche.
#11v Von Eytcheson held off #8 Charlie Kroll and went on to his first IMCA Stock Car feature win.
Last year's Fall Classic winner Marcus Moede took home the IMCA Hobby Stock feature victory. Chad Kaminski followed in second while Jarred VanLaanen, Jeff Lautenbach and Roger LaViolette rounded out the top five.
#31 Jarred VanLaanen could not hold off #9 Marcus Moede in Saturday's IMCA Hobby Stock feature with Moede taking the inside line and eventual win.
Jeff Vlies took home his first career IMCA Northern Sport Mod feature win with Keith Kickbusch in second. Marcus Yarie, Eric Arneson and Tim Jorgenson followed.
Sport Mod #47 Keith Kickbusch led every lap up until there were just two laps to go, when #17 Jeff Vlies wrestled the lead away.
Todd Everard earned the victory in the Street Stock feature. Last week's winner John Sternard had another great run taking second and Harley Simon took third. Early race leader Jeremy Wiitala settled for fourth and David Hoerning took fifth.
#22e Todd Everard drove past early race leader #51 Jeremy Wiitala to grab the victory in the Street Stock feature.
Tony Everard took home the main event win in the 4-Cylinders.
Two-time defending track champion #8e Tony Everard fought off a late race battle with #10x Jason Cornelius to take the win in the 4-Cylinder feature.
4-Cylinder action was hot and heavy on Saturday with #38 Matt Borths and another driver coming into the infield and taking on a track barrier tire. Neither driver was injured and they both stayed on their wheels.
James Tebon had the lead early on, but Czarneski took to the high side and reeled him in at the halfway point. Czarneski built up a sizable lead on the field running the top line, and cruised to his first career IMCA modified feature win. Todd Dart took advantage of contact between Kevin Sternard and Tebon to sneak into second. Dart was followed by Sternard, Jeremy Jacobs and Tebon at the line.
Von Eytcheson looked very strong taking home his first IMCA stock car feature of the year. He took the lead from Mike Pierrard early and never looked back. Matt Junio and Greg Gretz charged through the field to second and third, respectively, followed by Charlie Kroll and last week's winner Dave Bouche.
Dave DeGrave's streak of four feature wins in a row came to an end, as a flat tire put him several laps down early in the IMCA hobby stocks. Chad Kaminski would take charge early, but last year's Fall Classic winner Marcus Moede would be right on his tail. Moede took the inside line under Kaminski and survived a late race caution to take the victory. Kaminski followed in second, Jarred VanLaanen, Jeff Lautenbach and Roger LaViolette rounded out the top five.
Last year's IMCA hobby stock track champion Keith Kickbusch led every lap up until there were two to go, when Jeff Vlies wrestled the lead away, picking up his first career IMCA northern sport mod feature win. Kickbusch took second, Marcus Yarie, Eric Arneson and Tim Jorgenson followed.
Todd Everard drove past early race leader Jeremy Wiitala to earn the victory in the street stocks. Last week's winner John Sternard had another great run taking second and Harley Simon took third. Wiitala settled for fourth and David Hoerning took fifth.
Two-time defending track champion Tony Everard fought off a late race battle with Jason Cornelius to take the win in the 4 cylinders.
Next week is sponsored by Carlsville Engineering of Sturgeon Bay. IMCA hobby stock drivers will be introduced before their feature event. Racing gets underway at 6 p.m. on Saturday evening. The track's website is www.racethunderhill.com. For more information, call (920) 743-7052.
RACE SUMMARY
IMCA MODIFIED FEATURE - Tim Czarneski, Denmark; Todd Dart, Algoma; Kevin Sternard, Sturgeon Bay; Jeremy Jacobs, Luxemburg; James Tebon, Algoma
Heat 1 - Tebon; Shawn Kilgore, New Franken
Heat 2 - Tom Stark, Sturgeon Bay; Jay Matthias, DePere
IMCA STOCK CAR FEATURE - Von Eytcheson, Forestville; Matt Junio, Casco; Greg Gretz, Kewaunee; Charlie Kroll, Forestville; Dave Bouche, Algoma
Semi-feature 1 - Cory Cochart, Kewaunee; Kevin Charles, Green Bay
Semi-feature 2 - Ben Kroll, New Franken; Don Aregoni, Sturgeon Bay
Heat 1 - Eytcheson; Mike Pierrard, Green Bay
Heat 2 - Junio; Shawn Havel, Brussels
Heat 3 - Tim Czarneski, Denmark; Gretz
Heat 4 - Charlie Kroll, Forestville; Rick Mahlberg, Green Bay
IMCA HOBBY STOCK FEATURE - Marcus Moede, Luxemburg; Chad Kaminski, Luxemburg; Jarred VanLaanen, Green Bay; Jeff Lautenbach, Sturgeon Bay; Roger LaViolette, Forestville
Heat 1 - Kaminski; LaViolette
Heat 2 - Moede; Dave DeGrave, Luxemburg
IMCA NORTHERN SPORT MOD FEATURE - Jeff Vlies, Kewaunee; Keith Kickbusch, Kewaunee; Marcus Yarie, Wausau; Eric Arneson, Coleman; Tim Jorgenson, Seymour
Heat 1 - Bernie Reinhardt, Sturgeon Bay; Vlies
Heat 2 - Brad Lautenbach, New Franken; Jeff DuBois, Luxemburg
STREET STOCK FEATURE - Todd Everard, Green Bay; John Sternard, Sturgeon Bay; Harley Simon, Seymour; Jeremy Wiitala, Seymour; David Hoerning, Appleton
Heat 1 - Wiitala; Simon
Heat 2 - Kevin Damorow, Manitowoc; Everard
4 CYLINDER FEATURE - Tony Everard, Green Bay; Jason Cornelius, Oneida; Kasey Gross, Gleason; Jeremy DuBois, Sturgeon Bay; Mike Sargent, Sturgeon Bay
Heat 1 - Cornelius; Jared Smith, Luxemburg
Heat 2 - Everard, Kipp Burlo, Sturgeon Bay
