BRAD MUELLER BECOMES THE FIRST REPEAT SUPER LATE MODEL FEATURE WINNER IN 2025 AT SLINGER IN ALAN KULWICKI MEMORIAL

Slinger, Wis., Aug 24—Brad Mueller won the 77-lap Alan Kulwicki Memorial Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway to become the first repeat winner in 2025 in the Incredible Bank super late model division.
Mueller started fourth and quickly fell into line behind early leader Billy Braun and Jesse Bernhagen. By fourth lap, Mueller was able to use the outside groove to slide around Bernhagen for second and he immediately went to work on Braun for the lead. After stalking Braun until lap 13, Mueller swept around for the lead once again using the outside lane in between turns three and four. As Mueller drove to the lead Brad Keith, Alex Prunty, Levan VanDerGeest, and Grant Griesbach all began to work their way forward. As Mueller began to drive away out front, Keith charged by both Bernhagen and Braun to move to second while Bernhagen moved to third as Braun began to fade. VanDerGeest and Prunty entered the top five and brought Griesbach with them as Braun found himself pinned behind a lapped car. At the halfway mark, Bernhagen and VanDerGeest caught Keith for second as Mueller continued comfortably out front. The only caution flag of the race waved on lap 47 when VanDerGeest challenged Bernhagen for second resulting in Bernhagen spinning around as the cars made contact. VanDerGeest used the “tap-out” rule in which he took blame for the incident and allowed Bernhagen to keep his position for the restart. Mueller was up to the challenge as racing resumed and he quickly drove to the lead while Alex Prunty worked his way into second with Grant Griesbach close behind as Bernhagen remained in the mix as well. In the closing laps, there was no catching Mueller as he drove to the victory while Prunty protected second place from a hard charging Griesbach at the checkered flag. Brad Keith edged Jesse Bernhagen to claim the fourth spot at the finish as Bernhagen finished fifth. Billy Braun finished sixth followed by Dennis Prunty and Jeff Storm in seventh and eighth respectively. John DeAngelis and Levan VanDerGeest completed the top ten finishers.
Dennis Prunty was the winner of the super late model fast dash and top time honors went to Grant Griesbach when he circled the speedway in 11.063 seconds on his qualifying lap.

Jake Schraufnagel won the 35-lap Bobcat Plus sportsman feature over Brady Held and Tom Elsinger Jr. Jay Kalbus finished fourth and Brandon Tackes was fifth. Schraufnagel also won the sportsman heat race over Elsinger Jr. and Held while a pop rain downpour cancelled qualifying for all divisions except the super late models.

Karter Stark raced to the win in the 25-lap Outdoor Dock and Lift Super Beez feature. Dale Kiley-Schaefer finished second followed by Carl Benn in third and Paul Reagles in fourth. Morgan Zerwinski took the checkered flag in fifth. The Super Beez heat race was won by Karter Stark as well. Al Strobel finished second and Nick Schmidt was third.

Ayrton Brockhouse edged Lincoln Cain to win the 25-lap Great North Legends feature. Art Hahn drove to a third-place finish just ahead of Carter Stein and Hunter Cardinal in fourth and fifth respectively. Hunter Cardinal also won the first legends heat race while Lincoln Cain took the checkered flag first in the second heat race.

The 20-lap Bandolero main event was won by Oliver Weinkauf over Axel Oldenhoff and Lincoln Johnson. Bentley Thompson drove to a fourth-place finish while Mason Obermeyer was fifth. Bandolero heat race victories were captured by Ace Oldenhoff and Oliver Weinkauf.