Slinger, Wis., May 28—Brad Mueller outdueled Luke Fenhaus on a late restart and used the outside groove to drive to the victory in the EH Wolf Memorial Day Weekend 75-lap Elite Eight Super Late Model Series feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway. “You know, last year down at Summerfest, one of my good buddies came up to me and …
Cobblestone Hotels signs to sponsor Slinger Nationals
Matt Kenseth returns to Slinger Nationals (Slinger, WI) Cobblestone Hotels, LLC has signed a multiyear sponsorship with Slinger Speedway for naming rights to one of the crown jewel asphalt short track races is the Country, the Slinger Nationals. The 44th annual running of the Cobblestone Hotels Slinger Nationals will take place Tuesday night, July 11th, at the Slinger Super Speedway. Cobblestone Hotels, …
APEL EDGES NOTTESTAD IN A THRILLER AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., May 21—Steve Apel edged Jacob Nottestad in a photo finish to win the 75-lap Elite Eight Super Late Model Series Keith’s Marina Race Against Cancer Sunday afternoon at the Slinger Speedway. The pair traded the lead several times in an intense battle in the final fifteen laps and crossed under the checkered flag side by side and nearly …
NASCAR Hall of Famer Matt Kenseth Returns to the Slinger Nationals
Purchase $99 Hospitality ticket for chance to ride with Kenseth (Slinger, WI) Following up on his run in last year’s Cobblestone Hotels Slinger Nationals presented by Lynch Buick GMC of West Bend, Matt Kenseth will return to the high banks for the 44th annual running of the crown jewel event, Tuesday night, July 11th, at the Slinger Super Speedway. “The …
10 Questions…Champions Edition John “Johnny Z” Ziegler
1981 Super Late Model Champion 1986 Slinger Nationals Winner Slinger Speedway Wall of Fame, Class of 2018 Southeastern WI Short Track Hall of Fame, Class of 2015 How did you get into racing? Father Harold pushed Midgets at Sun Prairie. I started in a go-kart at Whitehorse’s track in south Madison and went from there. What do you like about …
RJ BRAUN TOPS THE MIRACLE ON THE HIGH BANKS TO OPEN THE 2023 SEASON AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., April 23—R.J. Braun took the lead from Jacob Nottestad on lap 38 and then held off a hard charging Steve Apel in lapped traffic to win the 100-lap Miracle on the High Banks super late model feature Sunday afternoon at the Slinger Speedway. The event served as the season opener for the ASA Midwest Tour and the Elite …
10 Questions…Champions Edition Nick “Lead Shoe” Schumacher
Slinger Super Speedway Midwest Sportsman Champion, 2003 How did you get into racing? My father drag raced, then got into dirt racing at Hales Corners and Cedarburg with the likes of Jim Hendricks and all those names. He eventually got out of racing when I was born and he worked on a pit crew with a gentleman by the name …
Midwest and Slinger’s Best Ready for the Miracle on the High Banks
Bruce Nuttleman Photo Printable Entry List (PDF) Slinger, WI (April 17, 2023) – The first Super Late Model race of 2023 in the state of Wisconsin sees the ‘Stars And Cars’ of the ASA Midwest Tour and the Elite 8 Super Late Models take on the ‘World’s Fastest Quarter-Mile’ at Slinger Super Speedway for the Miracle On The High Banks. …
10 Questions with…Levon Van Der Geest / Van Der Geest Racing
2023 Kulwicki Driver Development Program (KDDP) Semi-Finalist Driver of the #23 Super Late Model – see Levon at the Miracle on the High Banks 2 on April 23! How did you get into racing? I grew up watching my dad race Super Late Models (and before that Limited Lates at Tomahawk when it was still asphalt) at Marshfield Motor Speedway …
10 Questions with…Al Laufer
Sportsman Champion, 1975 Slinger Speedway Wall of Fame, Class of 2019 How did you get into racing? When I was a junior in high school, Terry Helmbrecht was a senior. He brought an Amateur racecar to Auto Mechanics. I grew up in Hartford in a family of 11, five miles from the Slinger Speedway but had never heard of it. …
ALEX PRUNTY WINS CARL WEGNER MEMORIAL 100 AS R.J. BRAUN CLAIMS THE ELITE EIGHT SUPER LATE MODEL CHAMPIONSHIP AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., Sept. 18—Alex Prunty used a late charge to take the lead from Steve Apel with six laps to go and drove to his first Elite Eight Super Late Model Series feature victory of the season in the Carl Wegner Memorial 100 Sunday afternoon at the Slinger Speedway while R.J. Braun edged Jacob Nottestad to win the 2022 championship. …
Super Late Models Added to Program, Sunday Afternoon, September 11th
Super Late Models are One of Seven Championships to be Decided Carl Wegner Memorial (Slinger, WI) The Elite 8 Super Late Model division has been added to the Sunday afternoon, September 11th program, at the Slinger Super Speedway. The super late models will compete in a 100-lap championship feature honoring legendary engine builder Carl Wegner. The super late models will …
TYLER SCHLEY SCORES PRO LATE MODEL VICTORY AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., Aug 14—Tyler Schley survived a rough 50-lap Uptown Motor Cars Pro Late Model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway to capture his first Pro Late Model main event victory of the season. Schley, who started seventh and worked his way to the lead by lap 20, maintained the top spot through two red flag periods and numerous …
NICK EGAN TOPS THE PRO LATE MODELS AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., July 31—Nick Egan captured his first Uptown Motorcars Pro Late Model feature win of the season Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway by holding off a fast-closing Jesse Bernhagen in the Obermeyer’s 41 Auto Body 50-lap main event. Egan started fifth and worked his way up to second by lap seven as Jerry Eckhardt paced the opening laps. …
JEFF HOLTZ TOPS 50-LAP PRO LATE MODEL MAIN EVENT AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., July 24—Jeff Holtz and Zach Prunty staged an intense battle for the lead for most of the 50-lap Uptown Motorcars Pro Late Model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway before Holtz prevailed and then captured the victory over a fast-closing Jordan DeVoy. Holtz and Prunty spent the first half of the race advancing their way forward toward …
REAGLES, BENN, TIEGEN, HARTWIG, FLAIRTY, ROSE, AND VANDERLOOP ALL WINNERS AT THE SMALL CAR NATIONALS
Slinger, Wis., July 17—Following up on the prestigious Slinger Nationals, the Slinger Speedway held the Small Car Nationals Sunday night featuring divisions of smaller cars along with the Hobby Stocks who finally got a chance to race after two previous rain outs. Paul Reagles topped the 30-lap Super Beez feature by holding off Al Strobel and Marty Tackes. Hunter Landwehr …
BYRON WINS THRILLING SLINGER NATIONALS
Slinger, Wis., July 12—With $20,000 on the line, the gloves came off Tuesday night during the WABAM Slinger Nationals presented by Pepperjack Kennels and Cobblestone Hotels at the Slinger Speedway as budding rivals Ty Majeski and Luke Fenhaus traded paint late in the 200-lap feature allowing William Byron to slip by and claim the victory. The intense battle for the …
Masons Donate Fire Suppression Solutions
The Freemasons of Wisconsin are Donating Fire Suppression Tools (FSTs) to the Slinger Police Department and the West Allis Police Department on July 12th during the 43rd WABAM Slinger Nationals with Cobblestone Hotels and PepperJack Kennels at the Slinger Speedway. SLINGER, WI (July 05, 2022): Fire Suppression Solutions is honored to announce that the Freemasons of Wisconsin will be donating …
SLINGER NATIONALS UP NEXT FOR BAKERSFIELD’S DEREK THORN
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (July 8, 2022) – Derek Thorn heads to the upper Midwest this Monday and Tuesday for the 43rd WABAM Slinger Nationals presented by Cobblestone Hotels and PepperJack Kennels. The Bakersfield, Calif. Super Late Model standout joins a strong entry list battling for the $20,000 victory in the 200-lap classic. Thorn will carry primary support from The Tool Shack, …
NOTTESTAD OVER BRAUN IN A BARN BURNER AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., July 3—Jacob Nottestad and R.J. Braun rubbed fenders and staged a classic old-school short track battle for the win in the Washington County Fair Park and Conference Center 75 Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway before Nottestad edged ahead at the checkered flag to capture his first career Elite Eight Super Late Model Series victory. “This is awesome …
GEE SCORES MIDWEST TRUCK SERIES VICTORY AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., June 26—Tom Gee Jr. drove to the front early on in the 60-lap Midwest Truck Series feature event Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway and then held off challenges from Austin Luedtke to capture the victory. Jeff Holtz edged James Swan to finish third while Kenny Joosten took the checkered flag in fifth. “This is pretty awesome, we’ve …
10 Questions with…James Swan
Driver of the #97 Midwest Truck Series Entry Quite possibly the most excited person about the return of the trucks to Slinger tomorrow! How did you get into racing? My parents took me to Lake Geneva Raceway when I was 5 years old; we ended up moving closer to the track when I was 7 years old and my brother …
10 Questions with…Mike Reichenberger
Midwest Truck Series Driver returning to Slinger Speedway this Sunday for the first time in 27 years! How did you get into racing? I got into racing because of my dad; he was doing it and I fell in love with it. Forty-three years later I am still doing it. I am not that old, lol. I Started at 15; …
TWO IN A ROW FOR APEL ON PMF NIGHT AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., June 19—Steve Apel used the inside lane to take the lead from Derek Kraus following a lap 42 restart and ran away from Ty Majeski and Jacob Nottestad to capture his second Elite Eight Super Late Model Series feature win in a row in the PMF Landscape 75 Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway. Up until Apel took …
Hunter Graham #707
Do you ever wonder what happens when you give 10 questions to a Johnson and Sons Paving Bandolero driver? Here’s how it goes, let me introduce you to Hunter Graham #707 By: Katlyn Hall, PR/Marketing Intern How did you get into racing?It’s a family tradition. My great-grandpa and grandpa raced a long time ago. My dad grew up involved in …
APEL RETURNS TO VICTORY LANE AT SLINGER AFTER WINNING THE KEITH’S MARINA RACE AGAINST CANCER 75
Slinger, Wis., June 12— While Steve Apel has been to victory lane at the Slinger Speedway numerous times in the past, Sunday night’s win in the Elite Eight Super Late Model Series Keith’s Marina Race Against Cancer 75 was special considering what the five-time track champion’s family has been through recently. During the off-season it was discovered Apel’s six-year-old son, …
R.J. BRAUN TAKES ROUND 2 OF THE ELITE EIGHT SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES IN THE EH WOLF AND SONS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 75
Slinger, Wis., May 29—With a combined ten track championships of experience among the drivers chasing him, the youthful R.J. Braun held off veterans Brad Mueller and Lowell Bennett to win the E.H. Wolf and Sons Memorial Day Weekend 75-lap super late model main event Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway in Round Two of the Elite Eight Super Late Model …
HOLTZ TOPS THE PRO LATE MODELS WHILE PRUNTY WINS THE INAUGURAL 602 OUTLAW RACE AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., May 22—Jeff Holtz held off a determined Ryan Gutknecht to win the 50-lap Uptown Pro Late Model feature Sunday afternoon at the Slinger Speedway while Dennis Prunty was victorious in the inaugural 602 Outlaw Late Model main event. Holtz used the outside lane to take the top spot from early leader Mitchell Haver and then found himself locked …
10 Questions with…Jason Stark
Driver of the #81 602 Late Model The 602 Outlaw Late Model Tour hits the high banks this weekend for the first time! How did you get into racing? My dad and my grandpa. My dad raced Hobby Stocks when I was a kid, then a Late Model, and a Sportsman at the end, and my grandpa raced a bunch …
TOM BERENS SCORES EMOTIONAL FIRST PRO LATE MODEL FEATURE VICTORY AT SLINGER
Slinger, Wis., May 15— Tom Berens outdueled Jeff Holtz in the 50-lap Uptown Pro Late Model main event Sunday afternoon at the Slinger Speedway to capture his first career feature victory in the division. “Jeff (Holtz) gave me an awesome run and this one’s for my Mom,” an emotional Berens declared from victory lane as he dedicated the victory to …
UPTOWN PRO LATE MODELS SET TO HEADLINE AS WEEKLY RACING BEGINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT SLINGER SPEEDWAY
Slinger, Wis., Weekly racing is set to begin at the Slinger Speedway Sunday afternoon May 15th as the Uptown Pro Late Models headline a full racing program featuring the Sportsman, Finish Line Sales & Service Super Beez, Siding Homz Slinger Bees, Great North Legends, Johnson and Sons Paving Bandoleros, and Figure 8’s. Spectator gates will open at Noon and qualifying …
10 Questions with… Season Bennett
Driver of the #22 SODA Quad and UTV Come out this Friday and/or Saturday to see another member of the Bennett racing family take on the high banks! How did you get into racing? From my dad actually! I started at the age of 7.5 for drag racing; I drag raced Junior Dragster until I was 18, then took a …