
Nathan Bouche Memorial checkers fly for Havel
STURGEON BAY, Wis. (May 24) – Shawn Havel raced his way through a tight lead pack en route to a $1,500 payday in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Car Nathan Bouche Memorial Saturday night at Thunderhill Raceway. While Havel had solid control of the second half of the extended 27 lap feature, the first few laps were anything but. John Anschutz paced the opening laps, the front man in a tight pack of cars racing two- and three-wide behind him. Havel found himself in the middle of a three-wide battle for fourth, with two cars running side by side ahead of him. With virtually nowhere else to run and little room to move up or down, Havel was forced to stay put in the middle and make the best of the situation. He was able to move forward from one three-wide contest into the middle of another, eventually breaking free to set his sights on Anschutz. Sweeping outside of the leader, he finished off the final pass a few laps before the midway point, then cruised [Read More]