Stark leads feature race winners

Sunday night marked the annual Small Car Nationals at the Slinger Super Speedway with Kyle Stark, Tristan Swanson, Brandon Tackes, Matt Rose and Alex Hartwig all scoring feature wins in their respective divisions.

Stark won the Super Beez division feature while Swanson took top honors in the Legends main event. Tackes won the Slinger Bees feature while Rose took the American Super Cup Series and Hartwig won the Bandolero main event.

Phil Malouf paced the opening laps of the 30-lap Super Beez feature as he led the first 10 circuits that included the only caution flag of the event on lap three when Todd Buckley and Steve Zoromski tangled in turn two.
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fended off challenges from George Sparkman and Scott Hoeft before Stark picked his way through the field and moved into second by lap 10. Stark charged into the lead on lap 11 and began to edge away as Nick Schmidt advanced to join the top five.

Schmidt worked his way into the second spot but was unable to catch Stark. Schmidt was second followed by Malouf.

“We had to dodge a few bullets out there but in the end it ended up working alright,” Stark said from victory lane, “It’s always a blast to get out front and just ride it out and do my thing.”

Schmidt said he was unsure of what happened at the end of the race.

“It was an alright night and I don’t know what happened towards the end but I think it knocked my tow out on the car pretty good,” he said. “I could tell it wasn’t handling great but it was good enough I guess,”

Malouf was pleased with his finish.

“I’m pretty happy because I haven’t been here in a few years so this feels good,” he said. “I’ve been busy traveling to races in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, so it’s good to come back here.”
Sparkman was fourth while Todd Buckley rebounded from his earlier incident to take fifth. Hoeft was sixth, Zach Greer was seventh and Al Strobel was eighth.  Tackes was ninth and Steve Zoromski was 10th.

In other races:
• Strobel and Zoromski won the Super Beez heat races. Kyle Stark set fast time by circling the speedway in 13.621 seconds.
• Swanson took the lead on lap 16 and won the 25-lap Legends feature.
Aaron Moyer was second and Austin Jahr was third. James Lynch and Wayne Barlock rounded out the top five.
• Michael Weber won the Legends semi-feature over Jeremy Reid and Griffin McGrath as they, along with fourth place finisher Tim Morton, transferred into the main event. Amanda Brockhouse finished fifth.
• Legends heat races were won by Brockhouse, Weber and Moyer. Swanson was the fastest qualifier after completing a lap in 13.438 seconds.
• Tackes took the lead of the 25-lap Slinger Bees feature when early leader Paul Reagles experienced mechanical issues on lap 17 and then held off his father Marty Tackes for the win. Ricky Gebhard finished third ahead of Brady Held and Carl Benn in fourth and fifth, respectively. Tom Elsinger Jr. finished sixth and Karter Stark was seventh. Misty Benn was eighth while Brandon Mennicke was ninth and Tracy Neu was 10th.
• Nick Schmidt and Paul Reagles were the winners of the Slinger Bees heat races. Brady Held set fast time with a lap at 15.206 seconds.
• Rose turned back several challenges and won the 25-lap American Super Cup Series feature event over Brandon Vines and Jessica Tally. Michael Rose and Hailey Hoffman finished in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Matt Rose and Vines each also won an American Super Cup Series heat race. Michael Rose was the fastest qualifier with a lap of 15.219 seconds.
• Hartwig won the 20-lap Bandolero feature over Carter Nilson and Anna Price. Keagen Benz finished in fourth place and Tucker Bodendorfer took fifth.
• Tucker Bodendorfer and Carter Nilson were the winners of the Bandolero heat races. Hartwig topped qualifying after turning in a lap at 14.444 seconds.
• Dylan Gagliano drove the Sidetracked of Oak Creek entry to victory in the Bar Car race. Zach Kaminsky was the winner of the Spectator Elimination races in his 1989 Pontiac Trans Am.

Tribute Night to be held Sunday

Tribute Night on Sunday will honor the Slinger racing friends lost in the last year.

Racing includes Uptown Motorcars super late-models, late models, sportsman, Slinger Bees, Super Beez and wild ’n crazy figure eights.

Gates open at 4:45 p.m. Qualifying is at 5 p.m. with racing at 6:30 p.m.