July 19, 2025

Muench Doubles Up as LaViolette, Hanson, and Bowers Also Nab Checkers

by Joe Orsini

July 19, 2025

65 cars across 4 divisions signed in to celebrate the 2025 hall of fame class induction. The night began with Tom Wagner introducing the inductees with a pre race ceremony. Enshired in the hall this year were; Gregg Siebold, Jeff May, Randy LeMieux Sr., Rick LeMieux, and Clyde LeMieux Jr. The night was marred early as street stock driver, Adam Goldman, crashed hard in his heat race and the rescue squad had to be called to help cut Goldman from his battered ride. Goldman took a trip to the hospital and results came back to the track by the end of the night that there was nothing broken and Goldman would be bruised and sore but otherwise released from the hospital.

The Kroll Machine and Fabrication Stock Car main event opened with Ford Malvitz grabbing the opening lap lead but his time atop the standings was short lived as Troy Muench sought to win on back to back nights at the speedway. Muench swiped the lead on lap 2 and looked to set sail. Bill LeMieux looked to add to the LeMieux family fame as he slid into second in short order. By the halfway mark Muench held the point but Jeremy Anschutz managed to move to second, LeMieux continued to run third, while point leader, Brett Wenzel, moved from tenth to fourth. Muench continued to hold court over the second half of the race and logged his second consecutive victory. Wenzel captured second coming to the white flag, Anschutz was third, Caden LeMieux rallied from an early mishap that sent him to the back to finish fourth, and Dave Reinhardt rounded out the top five.

The T. Simon Jewelers Northern Sport Mod feature event saw Roger Laviolette shoot to the lead on the opening lap and set a blistering pace early in the race. At the halfway point LaViolette led George Henkel, Gary Henkel, Randy LeMieux Jr., and Mike Plate Sr. LaViolette never faced heavy pressure over the final half of the race and hung on for a popular victory with the crowd. George Henkel was second, LeMieux third, Craig Dorner fourth, and Plate completed the top five.

The Millies Pub and Grub Unified Dirt Street Stock main event started with John Vetting snatching the lead at the drop of the green. With Vetting looking to pull away from the field the racing behind the leader got hot and heavy. Things came to a head when the caution flew on lap six when Chad Naze’s tough luck streak continued as his 46 car drifted high out of turn 4 and hit the front stretch wall hard. The impact tore his bumper off and his night was finished. With ten laps in Vetting continued to lead while Matt Hanson worked his way to the runner up spot, Dave “The Hammer” DeGrave ran third, “The Muscles From Brussels” Garrett Geyer was fourth, and Tony Everard was fifth. Just past the halfway marker DeGrave squeezed by on the inside to grab second from Hanson but a lap later Hanson regained the position. That proved to be the key to the race as Vetting had checked out on the field but his racer lost power on the final lap and he had to coast to the finish. With Vetting slowed the battle for second became the battle for the lead. At the checker Hanson held on for the win, DeGrave settled for second, Vetting limped home third, Everard fourth, and Racin’ Jason Geyer rounded out the top five.

The Dykesville Bowl 4 Cylinder A-main saw Missy Clark snatch the early lead but the race was stopped under a red flag on lap three when Carey Leemon and Scott Schlafke simultaneously rolled headed into turn one. Calvin Stueck was also involved and took a hard lick into the turn one retaining wall. Clark led the field back to racing speeds but James Riske wrestled away the top spot on the restart. Chase Ertel managed to steal the lead on lap seven but gave it back to Riske on lap 8 when Ertel spun in turn four. Riske looked set to capture the feature win as he started to walk away from the pack but his steel stallion broke just after taking the white flag. That handed the lead and the win to Nathan Bowers, Dallas Topel was second, Logan Burns third, Jody Cornelius fourth, and Clint Malueg battled back from being a lap down to finish fifth.

The Hill Raceway is back in action Saturday, July 26th, with Kroll Machine and Fabrication night at the races featuring the Stock Car Busch Shootout after the main events. Racing kicks off at 6:00 PM and adult grandstand admission remains an inflation busting ten dollars!

Kroll Machine and Fabrication Stock Car 20 Lap Feature:

1. 52-Troy Muench[4]; 2. 0-Brett Wenzel[10]; 3. 99-Jeremy Anschutz[6]; 4. 3L-Caden Lemieux[9]; 5. 2R-David Reinhardt[14]; 6. 13-John Anschutz[7]; 7. 3-Bill Lemieux[3]; 8. 33-Zach Spangenberg[8]; 9. 71-Edward Anschutz[11]; 10. XXX-Ford Malvitz[2]

Heat 1:

1. 25-Tony Bouche[1]; 2. 11-Scott Reinhardt[4]; 3. 13-John Anschutz[6]; 4. 3L-Caden Lemieux[7]; 5. 3-Bill Lemieux[3]

Heat 2:

1. 52-Troy Muench[3]; 2. XXX-Ford Malvitz[1]; 3. 99-Jeremy Anschutz[4]; 4. 33-Zach Spangenberg[6]; 5. 0-Brett Wenzel[7]

T. Simon Jewelers Northern Sport Mod 20 Lap Feature:

1. 49-Roger Laviolette[3]; 2. 19-George Henkel[5]; 3. 99-Randy LeMieux Jr[9]; 4. 15-Craig Dorner[10]; 5. 55P-Michael Plate Sr[6]; 6. 11-Bernie Reinhardt[8]; 7. 12T-Randy Theys[12]; 8. 8-Geno Sternard[11]; 9. 22-Doug Maurer[13]; 10. 19X-Gary Henkel[4]

Heat 1:

1. 00-Rick Lemieux[1]; 2. 19X-Gary Henkel[3]; 3. 55P-Michael Plate Sr[4]; 4. 11-Bernie Reinhardt[5]; 5. 15-Craig Dorner[6]

Heat 2:

1. 19-George Henkel[3]; 2. 99-Randy LeMieux Jr[5]; 3. 18L-Brayden Lemieux[4]; 4. 59-John Koessl[1]; 5. 49-Roger Laviolette[2]

Millie’s Pub and Grub Unified Dirt Street Stock 20 Lap Feature:

1. 10-Matt Hanson[3]; 2. 40D-Dave DeGrave[12]; 3. 28V-John Vetting[2]; 4. 8-Tony Everard[8]; 5. 3-Jason Geyer[11]; 6. 8D-Nathan Delsart[5]; 7. 22-Bailey Laviolette[9]; 8. 15-Jeff Krauel[16]; 9. 914-Tyler Nettekoven[14]; 10. 22K-Kaylee Greenwood[19];

Heat 1:

1. 28V-John Vetting[2]; 2. 3G-Garrett Geyer[6]; 3. 46-Chad Naze[5]; 4. 8D-Nathan Delsart[4]; 5. 73-James Anderson[7]

Heat 2:

1. 10-Matt Hanson[3]; 2. 8-Tony Everard[5]; 3. 68-Aaron Ploor[1]; 4. 3-Jason Geyer[6]; 5. 914-Tyler Nettekoven[4]

Heat 3:

1. 40D-Dave DeGrave[6]; 2. 7-Tyler Fox[4]; 3. 22-Bailey Laviolette[5]; 4. 9-John Denil Jr[3]; 5. 29-Jonathan Ullmann[7]

Dykesville Bowl 4 Cylinders 15 Lap Feature:

1. 28F-Nathan Bowers[11]; 2. 133-Dallas Topel[3]; 3. 58-Logan Burns[10]; 4. X55-Jody Cornelius[9]; 5. 22-Clint Malueg[8]; 6. 21LM-Missy Clark[2]; 7. (DNF) 97-James Riske[6]; 8. (DNF) 2E-Chase Ertel[4]; 9. (DNF) 5L-Carey Leemon[1]; 10. (DNF) 375-Calvin Stueck[7]

Heat 1:

1. 7-Scott Schlafke[3]; 2. 97-James Riske[4]; 3. 22-Clint Malueg[5]; 4. 5L-Carey Leemon[1]; 5. 133-Dallas Topel[2]

Heat 2:

1. 375-Calvin Stueck[4]; 2. X55-Jody Cornelius[5]; 3. 2E-Chase Ertel[2]; 4. 21LM-Missy Clark[1]; 5. (DNF) 58-Logan Burns[6]