“Lepak Edges Bennett to Win Pepsi Challenge 75" By Dan Margetta

(Slinger, WI); June 1, 2008 - Jeremy Lepak outdueled Lowell Bennett in a classic short track last lap battle to win the Pepsi Challenge 75-lap late model feature by less than a car length Sunday night at the Slinger Super Speedway.

“That was some awesome racing,” Lepak told the crowd from Victory Lane, “We touched a little bit on that last lap but that’s just fun short track racing. Congratulations to Lowell (Bennett) on a good run as well.”

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Jeremy Lepak (#40) captured the first Round of the Pepsi Challenge at Slinger Super Speedway after a last lap pass for the win. Jeremy Lepak (#40) moves under Lowell Bennett (#2) on the final lap of the Super Late Model main event, giving fans a thrilling fender length victory! Jeremy Lepak Sets fast time in the Super Late models. Conrad Morgan celebrated his birthday with a trip to victory lane after winning the Super Late Model dash.e   Former multi-time track champion Brad Mueller (#89) collected fast qualifying honors in the Super Late Models. re win of the 2008 season leading the race from green to checkered.) topped the Limited Late Model dash event. The winner of the first Frozen t-shirt contest. John Ovadahl Jr. (#71) nails down the Limited Late Model feature contest. Jake Rabey wins the Limited late model fast dash. This lucky young man wins a new bike. Mike Borchardt wins the Midwest Sportsman feature. Kenny Joosten (#47) turns in another fast qualifying effort in the Midwest Sportsman division. Aaron Cain wins his second Thunderstock feature of the season. Al Stippach sets fast time in the Thunderstocks 15 year old Matt Klentz wins the Slinger Bees divison feature contest. Tom Berens nails down quick time honors min the Slinger Bees. Shane "The Shark" Becker concludes the race evening with a victory in Figure Eight action.

Bennett, who took the lead on lap 18 from Mike Strupp, paced the race for much of the event while Lepak clawed his way forward from his tenth starting position. Utilizing the outside groove early on, Lepak worked his way into the top five by lap 30 and twenty laps later, raced his way by Strupp for second while Bennett enjoyed a sizeable lead. Again using the outside, Lepak began to cut into Bennett’s advantage as the leader began to work lapped traffic and with fifteen laps to go, Lepak found himself nearly on Bennett’s bumper. Bennett’s car appeared to begin to swing loose off the corners in the closing laps, which allowed Lepak to narrow the gap even more. As Bennett began to protect the outside line, Lepak began to work the bottom as the laps continued to click away. With two laps to go, Lepak was glued to Bennett’s rear bumper and as they took the white flag, Lepak nudged Bennett heading into turn one, sending him high enough on the racetrack to pull alongside as they exited turn two. After running side by side down the backstretch, Bennett shut the door entering turn three to keep the lead, but in doing so, drifted wide exiting turn four, allowing Lepak to get a run on the inside in the sprint to the checkered flag. Lepak was able to edge Bennett at the finish line by less than a car length for the victory.

Mike Strupp led in the early going and kept the leaders in sight to finish third while David Prunty charged his way from the eleventh starting position to finish in fourth place. Tommy Pecaro also raced his way forward to finish a strong fifth. Al Schill finished in the sixth spot followed by Collin Bamke and Mike Meyerhofer who led the opening thirteen laps. Dennis Prunty and Dan Jung rounded out the top ten finishers.

Mike Egan took the checkered flag first in the 25-lap late model semi-feature, beating Josh Wallace to the line. Fred Winn finished third followed by Jerry Eckhardt and Pete Wiedmeyer. Conrad Morgan celebrated his birthday with a win in the last model fast dash while Jeremy Lepak was the fastest qualifier at 11.500 seconds.

Jon Ovadal Jr. took top honors in the 30-lap limited late model for his first feature win of the season.

Jerry Eckhardt and Ovadal led the field to the green flag with Eckhardt grabbing the early lead over Ovadal, Brad Keith, and Rob Braun. Eckhardt maintained the lead until the caution flag appeared on lap six for a spin in turn two by Corey Funk. During the caution laps, Eckhardt left the speedway with some sort of mechanical problem, handing the lead over to Ovadal. Ovadal chose the inside line for the restart with Keith lining up on the outside ahead of Braun, Steve Apel, Trevor Dassow, and Dave McCardle. As racing resumed, Ovadal quickly jumped out to a sizeable lead while Braun used the inside groove to take over second place from Keith. Farther back, Chris Ratajczyk and Jon Reynolds Jr. began to slice their way forward, tracking down the leaders just past the halfway point. Ovadal hit his marks over the final laps and was never headed, charging to the win by just under a straightaway over Braun. Reynolds continued his march forward to finish in third while McCardle took the fourth spot just ahead of Ratajczyk.

Jack Rabey notched his first win of the season in the limited late model fast dash while Jon Reynolds Jr. appeared to shatter the track record in qualifying before his time was disallowed when he failed technical inspection after qualifying.

Mike Borchardt Jr. held off numerous challenges en route to his first feature victory of the season in the 30-lap Midwest Sportsman main event.

Andy Haver and Scott Shambeau brought the field to the green flag and Holtz jumped into the lead from the third spot when Haver experienced a mechanical problem in turn one which carried Shambeau up the racetrack and scattered the field behind them as the race remained under green. Borchardt made his way through the first lap dust up to pull into second place while Thomas also avoided the trouble and moved into third place by lap nine as the first caution flag appeared for a spin by Shawn Hoeffler in turn one. Holtz chose the inside lane for the restart and Borchardt used the outside position to race hard for the lead, taking the top spot on lap 11 while Thomas and Graczkowski began to advance their way forward. Borchardt’s car swung loose off the corners in the later laps, but each time he maintained the lead even after turning nearly completely sideways off turn four at one point. With Borchardt holding onto the lead, Holtz and Thomas battled hard with Graczkowski, Bobby Giers and Jay Shambeau for the spots behind the leader. At the finish, Borchardt crossed the line first to score the win followed by Hotlz and Graczkowski while Thomas and Giers rounded out the top five.

In earlier action, Bobby Giers took top honors in the Midwest Sportsman fast dash while Kenny Joosten turned in the fastest lap in qualifying at 12.721 seconds.

Aaron Cain took the lead on lap eight and went on to win the 18-lap Thunderstock feature over Al Stippich and Joel Steffen who lead the event briefly for five laps. Jim Bentzler finished in fourth place while Bernie Leonard crossed the stripe in fifth place after pacing the event for the first three laps. Matt Klenz won the 18-lap Slinger Bees feature over Brandon Schwai and Tom Berens. Brandon Tackes and Ken Schraufnagel finished in fourth and fifth place respectively.

Jeff Looker battled hard with Dan Vixmer in the 20-lap Wisconsin Sport Truck feature before holding Vixmer off at the finish for the win. Kyle Quella was third followed by Sam Haven and Josh Jeske in fourth and fifth place respectively. Earlier, Looker also scored the win over Vixmer in the heat race while Vixmer was the fastest qualifier at 13.463 seconds.

Wally Olezewski was the winner of the Speedway Guest Car event while C.J. Corallini bested the field in the Spectator Eliminator competition. Shane Becker closed the racing action with an exciting win in the Figure 8 event after leader Scott Goetzke nearly collided with another car in the “X” on the final lap, allowing Becker to charge by for the win.

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 Miss Slinger Speedway Pageant
CAR LOAD NIGHT - $1000 to Miss Slinger Speedway

(Slinger, WI); Special - Sunday Night June 8th Enders Construction and Design 2 Construct Miss Slinger Super Speedway 2008 Pageant and CAR LOAD NIGHT! A 75 lap Late Model Feature will headline the racing events. Late Models will be joined by: Limited Late Models, Midwest Sportsman, Thunderstock, Slinger Bee’s Figure 8’s, Figure 8’s, Spectator Eliminators and The Suburban Motors HD Mods! Qualifying starts at 4:15 with racing at 6:00 pm.

2008 Miss Slinger Speedway Pageant: Enter for the chance to be crowned the 2008 Miss Slinger Super Speedway and win $1000. Contact the Slinger Speedway office at: 262-644-5921 or email: slingerspeedway1@aol.com for more information.

June 8th Car Load night works like this: You bring 5 or more people in your car to Slinger Speedway and each person saves $4 off a general admission ticket. We will be handing out coupons in the parking lot as you enter. Adults will get into the races for $9 with the coupon and seniors and Students will pay $4 with the coupon. Save gas by car-pooling and save cash on your general admission ticket!

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There are select advertising and sponsorship opportunities as well as company and group outings available for the 2008 season. For more information, contact the speedway’s PR and Marketing at: 262-370-0440, slingerspeedway1@aol.com, or visit our web site at: www.slingersuperspeedway.com.