By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Sept 19—The Slinger Speedway wrapped up the 2021 racing season with the inaugural Wisconsin Invitational Bracket races and the rescheduled Small Car Enduro Sunday afternoon which ended in thrilling fashion with three drivers contesting the victory after 200 laps of competition. Owatonna Minnesota’s Troy Tuma only led two laps of the 200-lap Small Car Enduro …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Sept 12—Carl Benn won the 25-lap Slinger Bees feature and Ayrton Brockhouse drove to victory in the 20-lap Bandolero main event as late afternoon rain showers shortened the Championship Sunday afternoon program at the Slinger Speedway. Benn took the lead near the halfway mark and held off Brandon Tackes to win the Slinger Bees main …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Sept 5—The storyline entering Sunday evening’s IBEW Local 494 Labor Day Championship night at the Slinger Speedway played straight out of a Hollywood script as 60-year old veteran Rich Bickle prepared to make his final Slinger start, wrapping up a 40 plus year career, as he chased 17-year-old standout Luke Fenhaus who was looking to …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., August 29—Alex Prunty took the lead just after the halfway mark and then held off a determined Rich Bickle to win the Alan Kulwicki Memorial 77-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway. “How about that?” Prunty asked from victory lane, “With the year that we have been having, we built this …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., August 22—With the way Jordan DeVoy’s race day began, standing in victory lane after winning the 50-lap late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway was likely the last place he thought he would end up. Yet, there he was perched on the victory deck with the big trophy after besting Jack Stern and …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., August 15— Luke Fenhaus swung around a bullish Dennis Prunty with five laps to go in the 75-lap Carl Wegner Memorial Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway to capture his first weekly super late model feature win of the season and take over the championship point lead. “I was worried at hallway that I couldn’t …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., August 1— After being close many times this year, R.J. Braun finally broke through into the win column Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway as he won the 75-lap super late model main event over Ryan DeStefano and Luke Fenhaus. “We were definitely close and I have to thank Ryan (DeStefano) for giving me a …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 25—Defending super late model track champion Steve Apel hasn’t had much go his way this season but he found himself in the right place at the right time Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway as he won the 75-lap main event after Luke Fenhaus and R.J. Braun tangled late in the event while battling …

Slinger, Wis., July 18—In the midst of his 45th and final season of racing, Rich Bickle won the 75-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway to extend his lead in the championship standings. The victory was Bickle’s second Slinger main event triumph this season. “It was just the luck of the draw we started up front …

Slinger, Wis., July 11—Karter Stark, Austin Jahr, Brady Held, Penn Sauter, Brian Vixmer, and Michael Rose were all winners in their respective divisions Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway during the Small Car Nationals. Karter Stark drove to a dominating win in the 30-lap feature for the Slinger Beez division while Zach Greer closed late to finish second. Todd Buckley …

Slinger, Wis., July 10–The Slinger Speedway Uptown super late models provided the opening act to the Camping World Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) Series Saturday night at the Slinger Speedway with a 75-lap invitational feature won by Dennis Prunty who bested his nephew Alex Prunty for the victory and a $2500 pay day. Both Dennis and Alex Prunty started deep in …

Third-Generation Racer Takes First Camping World SRX Series Victory SLINGER, Wis. (July 10, 2021) – NTT INDYCAR Series veteran Marco Andretti won the Camping World SRX Series event Saturday night at Slinger Speedway to take his first victory in a racecar with fenders and a roof. The third-generation racer whose grandfather is Mario Andretti and father is Michael Andretti held …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 6—17-year-old Luke Fenhaus became the youngest winner of the Supply Zone Slinger Nationals as he bested a youthful contingent of drivers to win the prestigious 200-lap super late model main event Tuesday night at the Slinger Speedway. Fenhaus wrestled the lead away from Derek Kraus for a final time with nineteen laps to go …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 4—The Prelude to the Nationals race program on Independence Day at the Singer Speedway Sunday night kicked off a busy stretch of racing action leading up to the Supply Zone Slinger Nationals on July 6th. The late model division took center stage for The Prelude and Oregon, Wisconsin’s Zach Riddle made sure his race …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 27—Sixteen year old Jesse Love from Menlo Park, California, made his Slinger Speedway debut a memorable one as he led every lap to win the Washington County Fair Park and Convention Center 75-lap super late model feature Sunday night. Love charged to the lead from the pole position and turned back the challenges of …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 13—Ryan DeStefano and R.J. Braun staged a classic short track fender rubbing battle for the victory in the Keith’s Marina Race Against Cancer 77-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway with DeStefano edging Braun by inches at the checkered flag. “Wow…these guys are good,” DeStefano said in victory lane following …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 6—Jack Stern turned back strong challenges from Ryan Gutknecht and Ryan Craine to win the 50-lap late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway. “We got lucky pretty early to be able to get to the front,” Stern explained after having to fend off both Gutknecht and Craine on several late race restarts, …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., May 30—Dennis Prunty outdueled Luke Fenhaus on a final restart with six laps to go and then held off a hard charging Fenhaus to win the E.H. Wolf and Sons Memorial Day Weekend 80-laps super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway. Prunty led the opening 46-laps of the main event before Steve …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., May 16—Rich Bickle continued his strong start to his 45th and final season of racing by capturing the victory in the first 50-lap super late model feature Sunday afternoon at the Slinger Super Speedway and then finishing fourth in the nightcap to win the overall title in the Miller Lite regular season opener. For the …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., April 25—Casey Johnson fended off a serious challenge by Slinger Late Model Track Champion Jacob Nottestad in the closing laps to win the season-opening 88-lap Big 8 Late Model Series feature Sunday afternoon at the Slinger Super Speedway. Nottestad pressured Johnson mightily following a late caution set up following a hard crash into the turn …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Sept. 13—Jacob Nottestad and Ryan Gutknecht entered the final weekly racing program at the Slinger Super Speedway Sunday afternoon separated by just eight points in the battle for the late model track championship and Nottestad emerged victorious in the 50-lap feature to secure the title. Tom Berens paced the opening two laps before Tom Jasinski …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Sept. 6—Youth beat experience Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway as 16-year-old Luke Fenhaus ran down track champion Steve Apel and took the lead with eight laps to go en route to victory in the 100-lap Labor Day Weekend super late model main event. “I just made sure I hit my marks every lap …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Aug 30—A driver’s first super late model feature victory at the Slinger Super Speedway is always memorable but the moment is even more special when that victory is achieved by beating the best in the business. Ryan DeStefano did just that Sunday night as he captured his first career super late model feature win in …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Aug 23—16-year old Luke Fenhaus, a rising star on the Wisconsin super late model racing scene, topped a strong field of contenders to capture his first career Slinger Speedway super late model feature victory Sunday night in the 75-lap Carl Wegner Memorial. Nick Wagner and Dennis Prunty led the field to the green flag and …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Aug 16—Defending late model track champion Jacob Nottestad took the lead on lap 33 of the 50-lap late model main event Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway and then turned back challenges from Ryan Gutknecht to drive to the victory. “That was unreal passing everyone on the outside there,” Nottestad said describing his many …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 19— Picking up right where he left off when the super late models last raced a Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway, Steve Apel drove to a convincing win in the Tribute Night 75-lap main event. “I can’t thank the crew enough because we wrecked the car pretty bad in the Nationals.” Apel …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 12— Sunday night marked the annual Small Car Nationals at the Slinger Super Speedway and Kyle Stark, Tristan Swanson, Brandon Tackes, Matt Rose, and Alex Hartwig all scored feature wins in their respective divisions. Stark captured the victory in the Super Beez division feature while Swanson took top honors in the Legends main event. …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 8— Redeeming himself from a last lap loss a year ago, Ty Majeski overcame power steering issues to capture a convincing victory in the SuperSeal Slinger Nationals presented by Miller Lite on a sweltering Wednesday evening at the Slinger Super Speedway. The prestigious event was postponed a day later after a strong rain deluge …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 5—Jacob Nottestad survived a tough 88-lap Big 8 Late Model Series Prelude to the Nationals feature and drove to the victory over Ryan Gutknecht and Nick Egan Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway. “The car really came to life after the halfway mark,” Nottestad stated from victory lane, “We were loose the first …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 28—Steve Apel took the lead just before halfway in the 77-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway when leaders Alex Prunty and Brad Keith tangled in turn four and drove to his third victory in four weeks. “These guys work super hard all week long and to be able …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 21—For the second time in three weeks, Steve Apel worked his way to the front of the super late model feature field and drove away with the victory as he topped the PMF 75-lap main event Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway. “I’ll tell you what, that was fun racing with Rich (Loch) …

By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 14—Casey Johnson took the lead just past the halfway mark in the WABAM 75-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway and then turned back several late race challenges from Alex Prunty to capture his first super late model main event victory at the fast quarter-mile oval. “We just got …