No Doubt about it.... Morgan all the way in Labor Day Special at Slinger!
By Weyer / Margetta

September 3, 2000; Slinger, WI - Conrad Morgan led from start to finish in the Potawatomi Bingo Casino 100 and wore out the field enroot to his fifth late model feature win of the year Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway.

"We've worked all year to get this car running, and tonight it finally ran right," said the six-time track champion from Victory Lane. Morgan started on the outside of the front row and quickly shot into the lead at the start as Dave Teske and Donavan Morgan fell in behind.  Charlie Thon Jr., David Prunty and Brad Mueller battled for positions behind the leaders as Lowell Bennett began to march forward from his tenth starting position. Teske ran strong early on and kept the second spot until lap 37 as Bennett began to slice his way through the top five.

After taking fifth from Prunty, Bennett used the outer groove to move around Thon, and D. Morgan within a few laps to take third.  Teske fell to Bennett's charge on lap 37 as C. Morgan held a twenty car length lead. Morgan was well out front of the field at the halfway point and he collected the $100
Mac Tools Bonus.  Morgan's lead was erased on lap 53 when sixth place running Thon spun in turn two, bringing out a caution.

Bennett was only able to keep up with C. Morgan for a few laps following the restart as D. Morgan raced with Prunty and Mueller who had worked their way back up into the top five. Morgan once again found his groove and pulled out to a 20 car length lead over Bennett as D. Morgan, Prunty, and Mueller began to string out amongst themselves.  Prunty muscled his way around D. Morgan
to take third on lap 82.  The top five remained unchanged as Morgan cruised to the win by nearly 20 car lengths over Bennett.  Prunty finished third ahead of D. Morgan and Mueller.  Fastest qualifier Rich Loch finished sixth and Eric Fransen was seventh.  John Zimmerman moved up from the back of the field to finish eighth while Teske and Thon rounded out the top ten.

John Mueller held off Mike Strupp and Jeff Holtz  to win the 35 lap late model semi-feature while D. Morgan was the winner of the dash. Loch was the fastest qualifier with a lap of 11.643 seconds.

Dale Prunty held off Chris Petersen to  win his second 30 lap Midwest Modified feature of the year.  The race got off to a rocky start as second row starter Dave Wolf broke loose on the first lap and collected John Kruschel while exiting turn two.   By the time the field finished piling into the incident on the backstretch, nine cars sustained damage to bring out the red flag. 

Among the casualties of the incident were the cars of point leader and fastest qualifier  Dennis Prunty and second place in points Brian Holtz.

Dan Miller held the lead over Ed Grober and Mike Held as the event was completely restarted.  Dale Prunty and Petersen followed in fourth and fifth.   Larry Reihbrandt, who earlier won the dash, experienced a mechanical problem and hit the wall in turn one to bring out the second caution.
Miller continued to lead on the restart as Prunty and Petersen worked their way around Grober and Held for second and third.  Prunty tracked down Miller by lap 12 and one lap later passed by on the outside to take the lead.

Prunty pulled away in the lead while Petersen eventually moved around Miller for second on lap 21.  Petersen made a charge for the lead as the laps wound down but came up short in his bid as Prunty took the victory.  Miller finished behind Petersen in third while Ron Weyer recovered from the first lap incident to finish fourth.   Held ran a strong race to finish fifth.
Aaron Bitzan won his first Slinger Stinger feature of his career in a close 14 lap event.   The top ten cars ran double file the whole race as positions were swapped with each lap.  Bitzan edged Dan Jung at the finish to score the win with Roger Schmid coming home third just ahead of Brad Hartman and Bill Shavlik.

Scott Ascher and Lyle Messinger each won a Slinger Stinger heat race and Paul Wagner was the fastest qualifier with a lap time of 13.518 seconds. The team of Dan and Mark Jung won the Team Cruiser event and Scott Mars was victorious in the Speedway Guest Cars. Chris Price was the Figure 8 race winner and Jim Schmittinger took top honors in the Spectator Races.

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Sunday Afternoon AAL Fischer Agency presents the Race of Champions To Benefit the MACC Fund!
By Lanae Weyer

Special; Slinger, WI - This Sunday afternoon, September 10th, AAL Fischer Agency presents the Race of Champions, for the Benefit of the MACC Fund at the Slinger Super Speedway.  The Jim Fischer Agency of Aid Association for Lutherans is racing for kids and to help them raise money for the MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer) fans are invited to call (262)
789-7590 for details.

Fans can pick up discount coupons good for fifty cents off one adult admission at Pioneer Plaza located off Hwy 41 on Hwy 145 in Richfield. For every coupon presented at the track Slinger Super Speedway Promoter Wayne Erickson will donate fifty cents to the MACC Fund.

Also slated to appear is Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson as part of the Ken Johnson Memorial Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Ride for the Ranch. Thompson is the Honorary Ride Marshall for the event. For more information on the ride, call Dan Johnson at (262) 251-0234 or Steve Pericak at (262) 251-8670.

The afternoon will be highlighted by twin features in the Late Models and Midwest Modifieds for no increase in admission and a full racing program in all seven divisions on the world's fastest 1/4 mile oval. The night will also include the Slinger Stinger Showdown for feature winners from the 2000
season and other qualified drivers compliments of APC Racing.

Fans entering the speedway on September 10th will also be eligible to win a television and a 2000 GMC truck will be given away on September 17th. The Eldorado Trailer Sales Clean Sweep award for the Midwest Modified division now stands at $1900. The award, which increases $100 each week it is not claimed, goes to the first Midwest Modified driver that sets fast time, wins the dash, and the Midwest Modified feature.

Spectator gates for the AAL Fischer Agency Race of Champions to benefit   the MACC Fund open at the new Fall starting time of 12 NOON with time trials at 1:00 p.m. and racing set to begin at 2 p.m.

The Slinger Super Speedway 2000 season concludes with the Spectator 200 Enduro, Mini-Amtrak Race, and a demo derby, three special events on September 24th. The Spectator 200 is a 200 lap event for street type cars and novice drivers. All cars will start the three abreast with a large cash
prize going to the first car that travels the 200 lap distance first.  The order the entries come in is the way you will be lined up for the 200 lap event. Spectator 200 cars may also enter the demo derby with the same car.

The Mini-Amtrack Race, are three cars tied together with a long chain between them and only the outer cars are under power. The group will be timed for starting position, and there is a 5 group minimum entry. Interested participants are invited to call or stop in at the track office to pick up an entry form.

For more information on the Speedway Guest Cars, the Spectator 200 Enduro, Mini-Amtrak Race, Demo Derby, call the Slinger Speedway track office during normal business hours at (262) 644-5921. Fans can also keep up to date with the latest happenings at the Slinger Speedway with the new website at www.slingersuperspeedway.com.