Repeat winners grab Door County Speedway checkereds!! By Dave Panske

July 21, 2001; Sturgeon Bay, WI. - A beautiful night for racing action on a fast track produced four repeat feature winners Saturday night at the Door County Speedway.

Photo Highlights

Wally Lhost (#98) picked up the victory in the IMCA Stock Car consolation event to earn a feature starting berth. Shawn Graf (#00) earned a checkered flag this evening when he came home a winner in his Bomber heat race.

The Modifieds took to the track first with Rick LeMieux grabbing the lead for the first 2 laps. Several cautions shuffled the field around before the green again appeared on lap 3 and found Jared Siefert taking to the outside to take the lead. Siefert pulled away immediately leaving the race for the runner up spot. LeMieux had point leader, Todd Dart move into third and challenge until moving inside to take over second on lap 7.

One lap later, Dart got a break with a caution that erased Sieferts huge lead and bunched the pack. However, with the green out again, Siefert was able to pull away one more time to a couple length lead. Dart tried both the inside and outside lines but could not get close enough to mount a serious challenge. George Henkel, Chris Derenne and Darren Otto moved up for a 4 way battle with LeMieux for the third place finish.

As the white flag appeared, four cars near the rear of the field got together in turn four. The red appeared to stop the race complete, with the field able to pick their way through traffic. Siefert took home his second feature win of the season with Dart second. Henkel took third, Derenne fourth, Otto fifth and Darrell Massart sixth.

Kerry Douglas started the Stock Car feature leading the way through three cautions during the first 4 laps. After that, the race went to the finish. Shawn Kilgore took over the runner up spot on lap 4 and used the inside line to move into the lead on lap 7. Benji LaCrosse moved into second place one lap later and pulled behind the leader.

With Kilgore using LaCrosse’s inside line, LaCrosse moved to the outside and found the traction he needed to pull by into the lead on lap 11. LaCrosse never let up and stayed high to collect his division leading fourth feature win of the season. Kilgore took his best finish of the season in second with Douglas holding on for third. Greg Gretz took a strong fourth place finish with Rob Gagne and point leader, Craig Paque rounding out the top six.

The leaders in the Street Stock main put on an exciting two, three and sometimes four wide show during their feature. Mike Soukup set the pace for the first lap before Gary Reinhardt took over and led the way until lap 5, when Jeff Vlies used the outside line to take charge.

On lap 7, the first of 2 cautions appeared for a multi car crash that started in front of the grandstand, the result which knocked 2 cars out of the race.

Vlies continued to lead with Charlie Kroll, Kevin Sternard, Reinhardt, Soukup and James Tebon bunched up behind. A final caution on lap 11 put point leader, Gregg Siebold in the thick of the battle with the lead pack.

Vlies was able to find the right line to hold off all challenges to win his second feature of the season. Sternard broke through the logjam to take the runner up spot. Reinhardt took third by inches over Kroll with Siebold right there in fifth. Soukup rounded out the top six.

The Bombers closed the night with a similar race to the Streets with three and four wide action.

Shawn Graf led the opening lap before losing the handle and spinning in front of the field. He was able to pull in behind the pack with Tom Frea taking over the top spot. Tracy Koontz pulled alongside of the leader and the pair ran side by side swapping the top spot several times until a lone caution appeared on lap 7.

Frea was scored as the leader with Koontz second. Point leader, Jeremy Wiitala third, Ryan LeMieux, Scott Reinhardt and Wayne Moore right behind.

On the restart, Wiitala used the wide outside line to take over the lead and pull away from the pack for his sixth feature win of the season. The field stayed tight for second with Moore able to slip into the runner up spot for a strong finish in his first outing of the season. Reinhardt took third with Frea holding on for fourth. LeMieux and Koontz rounded out the top six.

SUMMARY

IMCA MODIFIED
20 Lap Feature l. Jared Siefert, Green Bay 2. Todd Dart, Algoma 3. George Henkel, Sturgeon Bay 4. Chris Derenne, Luxemburg 5. Darren Otto, Pulaski 6. Darrell Massart, Brussels
10 Lap Heats First l. Shawn Olson, Algoma 2. Otto
Second l. Massart 2. Rick LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay
Third l. Derenne 2. Dart

IMCA STOCK CAR
20 Lap Feature l. Benji LaCrosse, Luxemburg 2. Shawn Kilgore, Kewaunee 3. Kerry Douglas, Sister Bay 4. Greg Gretz, Kewaunee 5. Rob Gagne, Luxemburg 6. Craig Paque, Algoma
12 Lap Consy l. Wally Lhost, Sturgeon Bay 2. Butch Beyers, Green Bay 3. Jason Geyer, Brussels 4. Russ Tuttle, Brussels
10 Lap Heats First l. Josh Massart, Brussels 2. Don Aregoni, Sturgeon Bay
Second l. Douglas 2. Gretz
Third l. Don Aregoni, Jr, Sturgeon Bay 2. Gagne

STREET STOCK
15 Lap Feature l. Jeff Vlies, Algoma 2. Kevin Sternard, Sturgeon Bay 3. Gary Reinhardt, Fish Creek 4.Charlie Kroll, Algoma 5. Gregg Siebold, Denmark 6. Mike Soukup, Egg Harbor
10 Lap Heats First l. Sternard 2. Von Eytcheson, Green Bay
Second l. Vlies 2. Reinhardt
Third l. Ed Anschutz, Algoma 2. Kroll

BOMBER
15 Lap Feature l. Jeremy Wiitala, Green Bay 2. Wayne Moore, Sturgeon Bay 3. Scott Reinhardt, Fish Creek 4. Tom Frea, Sturgeon Bay 5. Ryan LeMieux, Sturgeon Bay 6. Tracy Koontz, Sturgeon Bay
10 Lap Heats First l. Shawn Graf, Sturgeon Bay 2. Koontz
Second l. Frea 2. Wiitala