Back Best in Door County Speedway Mod Main! By Dave Panske

July 7, 2001; Sturgeon Bay, WI. - The end of the 4th of July week brought out a good crowd and field of cars that produced four first time feature winners this season at the Door County Speedway.

The Stock Cars started the feature portion of the show with Dylan Heilmann leading the way for the first 8 laps before Pat Davister moved into the top spot. One caution flew on lap 11 for a 4 car crash in turn four. Only one car was able to continue. Davister set the pace after the restart with Heilmann right behind followed by point leader, Craig Paque, Benji LaCrosse and Matt Junio.

Heilmann dropped off the pace allowing the line to move up. LaCrosse took over the runner up spot and closed on the leader. Junio and Paque were right behind for a four way battle to the finish.

Davister held off LaCrosse to win his first Door County feature of the season. Paque nipped Junio for the third spot with Greg Gretz in fifth and Jay Matthias, from the back of the field, rounding out the top six.

B.J. Soquet set the pace in the Street Stock main followed by Mike Soukup, Kevin Sternard, Ed Anschutz, Jeff Vlies, and Keith Kickbush. Sternard moved into the runner up spot and Tom Daubner joined the leader, moving into 4th before the first caution appeared on lap 6. Soukup re-took the second spot on the restart with Daubner, Rick Johnson and Anschutz staying behind the leader to the final caution on lap 11.

The 4 lap dash to the finish kept the outcome uncertain to the final checker.

Soquet was running high and Soukup low as the pair swapped the lead over the final laps. Point leader, Gregg Soukup, moved into the top four on the restart. Soquet, Soukup and Sternard were running tight together as the white appeared and Siebold entered the top three.

Out of the final turn, all heck broke lose as the leader flew by three wide and a bit out of shape, which cause a scramble at the finish line for the rest of the field. Fortunately, everyone got by OK.

Siebold got his first win of the season here, with Soukup taking the runner up finish over Johnson and James Tebon. Sternard and Anschutz rounded out the top six. Soquet, drifted wide on the final lap and dropped back to finish 8th after a great run at the front.

Randie Back took off from the outside pole at the start of the Modified main and started to pull away from the pack. Buck Schmelzer was running second followed closely by Sean Jerovetz, Rick LeMieux, Darrell Massart and Dan Ratajczak. By the mid point, Back was well ahead with Ratajczak now running in the second spot followed by Schmelzer, point leader, Todd Dart, Jerovetz and George Henkel. A spin on lap 14 brought out the lone caution of the race.

Despite the field bunching up on the leader, Back was able to hold on to collect his first feature win of the season. The battle was tight for the runner up spot with Dart getting the finish ahead of Ratajczak. Henkel moved into fourth at the line with Shawn Olson moving into fifth. Schmelzer rounded out the top six.

Lucas Long grabbed the Bomber feature lead at the start and pulled away from the pack until a pair of mid race cautions bunched the field. Long regained the lead but was chased by Tom Frea, Greg Aregoni,, Scott Reinhardt, Tracy Koontz, and Jeremy Wiitala. Long had his hands full for the rest of the race but held on to win his first feature here since July 3, 1999. Koontz slipped into the runner up finish with Wiitala, the current point leader, taking third. Frea, Aregoni and John Knudson rounding out the top six.

SUMMARY

IMCA MODIFIED
20 Lap feature l. Randie Back, Green Bay 2.Todd Dart, Algoma 3. Dan Ratajczak, Frog Station 4. George Henkel, Sturgeon Bay 5. Shawn Olson, Algoma 6. Buck Schmelzer, Casco
12 Lap Consy l. Dave Zeitler, Luxemburg 2. Olson 3. Jeremy Jacobs, Algoma 4. Michelle Ploeckelmann, Green Bay
10 Lap Heats First l. Rick LeMieux, Sturgeon bay 2. Sean Jerovetz, Suamico
Second l. Bill LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay 2. Darrell Massart, Brussels
Third l. Chris Derenne, Luxemburg 2. Back

IMCA STOCK CAR
20 Lap Feature l. Pat Davister, Luxemburg 2. Benji LaCrosse, Luxemburg 3. Craig Paque, Algoma 4.Matt Junio, Green Bay 5. Greg Gretz, Kewaunee 6. Jay Matthias, Green Bay
12 Lap Consy l. Matthias 2. Kerry Douglas, Sister Bay 3. Eric VanIten, Green Bay 4. Shawn Kilgore, Kewaunee
10 Lap Heats First l. Dave Bouche, Algoma 2. Mike Weitor, Green Bay
Second l. Dylan Heilmann, Green Bay 2. Davister
Third l. LaCrosse 2. Mark Derenne, Kewaunee

STREET STOCK
15 Lap Feature l. Gregg Siebold, Denmark 2. Mike Soukup, Fish Creek 3. Rick Johnson, Gills Rock 4.James Tebon, Algoma 5.Kevin Sternard, Sturgeon Bay 6. Ed Anschutz, Algoma
10 Lap Heats First l. Soukup 2. Jeff Vlies, Algoma
Second l. B.J. Soquet, Luxemburg 2. Sternard

BOMBER
15 Lap Feature l. Lucas Long, Sturgeon Bay 2. Tracy Koontz, Sturgeon Bay 3. Jeremy Wiitala, Green Bay 4.Tom Frea, Sturgeon Bay 5.Greg Aregoni, Sturgeon Bay 6. John Knudson, Sturgeon Bay
10 Lap Heats First l. Long 2. Wiitala
Second l. Scott Reinhardt, Fish Creek 2. Aregoni