By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Aug 19- Dennis Prunty drove to victory in the 60-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway in the third and final round of the Triple Challenge while Alex Prunty was the overall Triple Challenge winner. “The car was really weird tonight as we tried something new and man, it was …
BRAD MUELLER DOMINANT IN SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Aug 12- Brad Mueller captured his second super late model feature victory of the season in dominating fashion Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway as he led all but three laps of the 60-lap event. “It was a great car,” Mueller told the crowd afterward, “The crew and I worked on it this week …
THE YEARS GO BY AND CONRAD MORGAN JUST KEEPS WINNING
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Aug 5— “This afternoon I said there are only five races to go and if I don’t win…I’m done,” Hall of Fame driver Conrad Morgan reflected Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway. Then after a long dramatic pause, the 70 year old boldly stated, “Well…I’m not done, “as he addressed a highly partisan crowd …
ALEX PRUNTY EDGES DENNIS PRUNTY IN A CLOSE ONE AT SLINGER
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 29— Alex Prunty edged Dennis Prunty in a close finish to win the 60-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway. “It’s just so much fun battling with Dennis and we got really loose there toward the end and I didn’t know if we were going to be able to …
APEL DECLARED WINNER OF TRIPLE CHALLENGE ROUND TWO AFTER CONTROVERSIAL FINISH
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 22— Over the last few years anytime Steve Apel and Gary LaMonte are battling for the super late model feature victory at the Slinger Super Speedway, the outcome is sure to be intense and that was the case Sunday night as contact between the two on the final lap deemed avoidable by track officials …
CHWALA DEFENDS KING OF THE HIGHBANKS CROWN
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 15— 2017 Slinger Speedway King of the Highbanks victor Kyle Chwala successfully defended his crown Sunday night as he drove to victory in the 50-lap late model feature event. “We felt kind of bad losing on Tuesday night (during the Slinger Nationals) so we kind of went to work this week, “Chwala told the …
MAJESKI DOMINATES IN FIRST SLINGER NATIONALS VICTORY
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 10— Over the last few years, a victory in the Slinger Nationals had seemed to slip away from Ty Majeski as despite having a strong race car, uncontrollable circumstances always crept up to keep him from hoisting the elusive trophy. Majeski exorcised those demons in a big way Tuesday night at the Slinger Super …
ZACK RIDDLE TOPS PRELUDE TO THE NATIONALS AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 8— Zack Riddle took the lead just past the halfway point and held off Shaun Scheel to win the 50-lap late model Prelude to the Nationals main event Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway. “Tonight we were able to hit it,” Riddle said from victory lane, “I had a good car and wasn’t …
DENNIS PRUNTY NOTCHES FOURTH WIN OF THE SEASON IN OSCAR MIKE 75 AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 1— Dennis Prunty held off a hard charging Gary LaMonte to win the Oscar Mike 75-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway to notch his fourth main event victory of the season. “I just wanted to stay slow so Gary (LaMonte) doesn’t know how fast I am for the …
BRAD MUELLER BACK IN VICTORY LANE AFTER LIGHTENING 75 AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 24— After several promising races earlier this year, Brad Mueller put it all together Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway in the Lightening 75 super late model main event and captured his first victory of the season. “God it feels great to be back in victory lane here, “ an excited Mueller told …
BRAD KEITH GETS FIRST SUPER LATE MODEL FEATURE VICTORY IN THE PMF LANDSCAPE SUPPLY SCOUT NIGHT 60 AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 17—It had been a long time coming but Brad Keith finally found himself in victory lane following a super late model feature as he survived a torrid late race battle to score his first career win in the PMF Landscape Supply Scout Night 60 Sunday evening at the Slinger Super Speedway. “It was pretty …
ALEX PRUNTY EDGES BRAD MUELLER IN A PHOTO FINISH AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 3— Alex Prunty survived a clean hard fought battle with Steve Apel and then turned back a hard charging Brad Mueller to win the 60-lap First Round of the Triple Challenge super late model feature in a photo finish Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway. “I have a lot of respect for Steve …
DENNIS PRUNTY WINS THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND UPTOWN 75 AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta and Brian Schmitt Slinger, Wis., May 27—Dennis Prunty turned back the challenges of Conrad Morgan and drove to his third super late model feature victory of the season in the Uptown 75 Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway. John DeAngelis Jr. and Conrad Morgan led the field to the green flag with Morgan racing to the …
ALEX PRUNTY GETS WIN FOR MOM IN THE ALAN KULWICKI MEMORIAL!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., May 20—Just prior to the start of the Slinger Speedway racing season, Alex Prunty’s mother suffered a brain aneurysm and Sunday night was the first time she was at the track since being released from the hospital. It made for an emotional night as Prunty won his first super late model feature of the year …
DENNIS PRUNTY EDGES NEPHEW ALEX PRUNTY TO STAY PERFECT AT SLINGER IN 2018!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., May 6—Dennis Prunty outdueled his nephew Alex Prunty on a late race restart and drove to his second consecutive super late model feature victory at the Slinger Super Speedway in the 60-lap main event Sunday afternoon. “The crew worked really hard and we set the car up for a lot of cautions, but then we …
DENNIS PRUNTY NETS 50TH SLINGER SUPER LATE MODEL VICTORY IN 2018 SEASON OPENER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., April 29—Dennis Prunty prevailed over defending track champion Gary LaMonte in an eventful season-opening 75-lap super late model feature Sunday afternoon at the Slinger Super Speedway to capture his 50th super late model victory at the track. “That was a little crazy,” Prunty told the crowd from victory lane after the incident strewn race ended …
DENNIS PRUNTY WINS LATE MODEL FEATURE AS CHAMPIONS ARE CROWNED AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Sept. 10— With the super late model season having concluded at the Slinger Super Speedway, Dennis Prunty climbed aboard his late model and proceeded to win the 50-lap main event Sunday afternoon as track champions were crowned in all divisions. “You would think for $8,500 someone would come out and buy this thing because we …
DENNIS PRUNTY GETS FIFTH WIN OF SEASON AS LAMONTE EDGES APEL FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Sept. 3— For a season full of ups and downs, the 100-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway fittingly was a roller coaster affair and when the dust settled, Dennis Prunty scored his fifth feature win of the season while Gary Lamonte edged Steve Apel by a mere three points to …
LAMONTE WINS AS CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS TIGHTEN AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Aug 27— Gary LaMonte emerged from a barnburner battle with Alex Prunty and Steve Apel, his two main championship rivals, to win the 60-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway and tighten the championship battle even further. Heading into the final super late model points night next Sunday, Steve Apel …
15 Year Old Grant Griesbach Wins at Slinger!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Aug 20—A few weeks ago, 15-year old Grant Griesbach finished fourth and proved he could run with the big dogs at the Slinger Super Speedway and Sunday night he proved he could beat them as he stormed to the lead on a late race restart and captured his first career super late model feature victory. …
ALEX PRUNTY EDGES LAMONTE IN PHOTO FINISH AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Aug 13—The three main combatants for the Slinger Super Speedway super late model track championship put on a show Sunday night in the 60-lap feature as Alex Prunty shaded Gary LaMonte by .026 seconds in a photo finish while point leader Steve Apel finished third right on their bumper. “It might’ve been luck to be …
DENNIS PRUNTY NETS FOURTH FEATURE WIN AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., Aug 6—Dennis Prunty drove to his fourth feature win of the season in the 60-lap super late model main event Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway. Ryan DeStefano and Chris Blawat brought the field to the green flag and they ran side by side and swapped the lead in the opening laps with Grant …
SLINGER CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE TIGHTENS AS ALEX PRUNTY WINS WHILE RIVALS HAVE PROBLEMS!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 30—The Slinger Speedway super late model track championship battle tightened Sunday as Alex Prunty scored his first feature win of the season in the 60-lap main event while Steve Apel and Gary LaMonte, the top two drivers in the season long standings ran into problems. “It seems to be the way it’s gone this …
Chwala Crowned King of the High Banks
July 23 Slinger WI, Kyle Chwala won the King of the Highbanks 40-lap Late Model feature Sunday night st the Slinger Super Speedway. Chwala held off Ryan Gutknecht to score the victory. Braison Bennett finished third followed by Shaun Scheel and Jakob Hassler in fourth and fifth respectively. Brian Holtz finished sixth ahead of RJ Braun and Dan Jung while …
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED…POLLARD RETURNS TO WIN THE SUPERSEAL SLINGER NATIONALS!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 18—A year ago Bubba Pollard nearly packed up for an early exit from the Slinger Super Speedway after a not so stellar performance in the SuperSeal Slinger Nationals. Fast forward 365 days later and there was Pollard standing proud in victory lane after holding off Alex Prunty to win the 2017 version of Wisconsin’s …
NOTTESTAD CAPTURES ROUND ONE OF THE BADGERLAND CHALLENGE!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 16— Dale Nottestad passed Kyle Chwala for the lead while working lapped traffic with just under ten laps to go and went on to capture the victory in Round One of the Badgerland Challenge 50-lap late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway. “This is a pretty awesome deal and (car owner) …
DENNIS PRUNTY WINS ROUND TWO OF THE PEPSI TRIPLE CHALLENGE!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 9—Dennis Prunty charged to the lead early and drove to a convincing victory in the 60-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway during the second round of the Pepsi Triple Challenge. “I’ve won this quite a few times, the one before the (Slinger) Nationals, so I’m excited and I’m …
MAJESKI NETS FIRST SLINGER WIN IN ALTO SHAM 75!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., July 2—The one asphalt racetrack in the state of Wisconsin that Ty Majeski had yet to win at was the Slinger Speedway until Sunday night when the Seymour, Wisconsin driver notched his first victory in the 75-lap super late model main event. Majeski took the lead from three time track champion Steve Apel on lap …
LAMONTE OUT MUSCLES APEL AS CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE HEATS UP!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 25—Gary LaMonte edged Steve Apel by just .017 seconds at the finish to come out on top of the slobber-knocker that was the 60-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway. The final laps between the top two championship contenders featured plenty of door-rubbing action as their cars bounced off one …
APEL CLAIMS SECOND WIN ON SCOUT NIGHT AT SLINGER!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 18—Steve Apel drove to his second feature victory of the season Sunday night in the 60-lap super late model main event on Scout Night at the Slinger Super Speedway. The car was on rails tonight,” Apel said afterwards, “We came here on Thursday and tested when it was 95 degrees so we knew if …
PRUNTY EDGES APEL TO WIN ON REUNION NIGHT!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 11—Anytime Dennis Prunty and Steve Apel battle for the super late model feature victory at the Slinger Super Speedway it’s a guaranteed show and Sunday night was no exception as the two fought fiercely for the win in the 60-lap main event with Prunty edging Apel by a fender at the checkered flag.. “We …
LaMonte Captures Round One of the Pepsi Triple Challenge at Slinger!
By Dan Margetta Slinger, Wis., June 4—Gary LaMonte catapulted his way from third to first thirteen laps into the first round of the Pepsi Triple Challenge 60-lap super late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway and drove to his first victory of the season. “The car was spot on but I got a little worried there as …