- Slinger Super Speedway
The Slinger Super Speedway located in
Slinger, Wisconsin , is a quarter mile paved oval automobile race track with a 33-degree bank. The track is billed as "The World's Fastest Quarter Mile Oval."The current track record was set by USAC midget car driver
Tracy Hines onMay 17 2008 at an elapsed time of 10.845 seconds. The lap was the fastest ever midget car lap on an asphalt quarter mile track. [ [http://www.madison.com/tct/sports//286977 Auto racing: World midget speed record set at Slinger] ;May 18 2008 ;Capital Times ; RetrievedMay 18 2008 ] He eclipsing the long standing mark of 11.095 seconds set by Tony Strupp'slate model onJune 12 ,1994 .Track history
The track opened in 1948 and continued with a clay surface until 1973, when it was converted to its current high-banked asphalt state. It also has a paved "X" infield, allowing for
Figure 8 racing at the end of the weekly Sunday night race events.Weekly divisions
There are seven divisions running for points in a weekly program:
*Thunder Stock - completely stock cars, amateur
*Speedway Guest Cars - non-pointsNotable drivers to appear at the track
Rich Bickle ,Erik Darnell ,Matt Kenseth (1991 Late Model Rookie of the Year),Alan Kulwicki ,Ryan Mathews (2001 Late Model Rookie of the Year),Robbie Reiser ,Joe Shear ,Dick Trickle , andScott Wimmer competed at Slinger before they moved to NASCAR.linger Nationals
The track's biggest race of the year is the Slinger Nationals. The 250 lap event occurs in the middle of summer. The winner wins the Larry Detjens Memorial Trophy, which was named for the 1980 winner who died in a racing incident at another Wisconsin track later in the season.
The event is usually held on a Tuesday night in order for the nationally and regionally known drivers to participate in the Nationals. NASCAR stars frequently come to the circuit for a one time drive in a local car owner's car in the signature race. [ [http://www.racingwisconsin.com/story.asp?aid=214 Scott Wimmer And Erik Darnell Added To Miller Lite Slinger Nationals, racingwisconsin.com, Dated
June 28 2007 , RetrievedJuly 15 2007 ] Non-local NASCAR drivers frequently race in the event. The 1987 event featuredDavey Allison , his fatherBobby Allison ,Dale Earnhardt ,Alan Kulwicki , Mark Martin,Ted Musgrave , and Butch Miller. [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=469863 Slinger Nationals a really big deal for Trickle, Kenseth] ; Dave Kallman;July 17 2006 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , RetrievedJuly 25 2007 ] Kenseth was already a Cup regular when he won his second Nationals in 2002. ThreeRoush Racing drivers, one from each of the three national series, raced in 2006. The 2007 event had ten drivers with experience in at least one of the three major NASCAR series:Matt Kenseth ,Kyle Busch ,Erik Darnell ,Dick Trickle ,Rich Bickle ,Scott Wimmer ,Chris Wimmer ,Lowell Bennett ,Kelly Bires , andBrad Mueller . [ [http://www.racingwisconsin.com/story.asp?aid=214 Scott Wimmer And Erik Darnell Added To Miller Lite Slinger Nationals] ,June 28 2007 , RetrievedJuly 18 2007 ] [http://www.racingwisconsin.com/story.asp?aid=360 Lowell Bennett Bests NASCAR Drivers To Win 28th Annual Miller Lite Slinger Nationals] ; Steve ZautkeJuly 17 2007 , RetrievedJuly 18 2007 ] Other notable drivers who have raced in the Slinger Nationals includeNeil Bonnett ,Harry Gant ,Ernie Irvan ,Dale Jarrett ,Sterling Marlin ,Kyle Petty ,Rusty Wallace , andMichael Waltrip .List of Slinger Nationals winners
*1980 Larry Detjens
*1981Alan Kulwicki
*1982Dick Trickle
*1983 Dick Trickle
*1984 Mark Martin
*1985 Dick Trickle
*1986 John Zigler
*1987 Joe Shear
*1988 Butch Miller
*1989 Dick Trickle
*1990 Joe Shear
*1991 Joe Shear
*1992Rich Bickle
*1993 Joe Shear
*1994Matt Kenseth
*1995 Butch Miller
*1996 Rich Bickle
*1997Lowell Bennett
*1998 Tony Strupp
*1999 Conrad Morgan
*2000 Lowell Bennett
*2001 David Prunty
*2002 Matt Kenseth
*2003 Rich Bickle
*2004 Lowell Bennett
*2005Nathan Haseleu
*2006 Matt Kenseth
*2007 Lowell Bennett
*2008 Matt KensethMiscellanea
*Reiser hired Kenseth to drive his
NASCAR Busch Series car because Reiser was familiar with Kenseth after their competition atWisconsin tracks like Slinger,Wisconsin International Raceway , andMadison International Speedway . The two moved together to Winston Cup, where they became the NASCAR championship driver and crew chief in 2003.
*Scenes for theAlan Kulwicki feature film "" were filmed in 2004.
*An annualfireworks display is held every year on the Sunday prior toJuly 4 brings in high attendance.
*The first Track Champion of the paved track as we know today wasLarry Ninneman (supermodifieds) 1974References
External links
* [http://www.slingersuperspeedway.com Official Website]
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