Prunty Tops Pepsi-Challenge 60 Presented by Enders Construction and Design to Construct By Dan Margetta

(Slinger, WI); June 22, 2008 - David Prunty used a late race pass on Collin Bamke to capture the victory in the Pepsi Challenge 60-lap late model feature presented by Enders Construction and Design to Construct at the Slinger Super Speedway Sunday night and afterwards dedicated the victory to Bob Fish, a longtime track and car sponsor who passed away earlier in the week.

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Defending Super Late Model champion David Prunty (#1) collected the checkered flag in the Pepsi Challenge 60 at Slinger Super Speedway. Dennis Prunty (#42) set the pace early in the Super Late Model feature before Colin Bamke (#27) used the high line to secure the top spot. Rain forced cancellation of the qualifying, so last weeks feature winner Lowell Bennett (#2) carried the checkered flag during opening ceremonies. Dale Prunty (#17) visited victory lane after topping the Super Late Model feast dash. #87 Jamie Wallace topped the Super Late Model semi-feature contest. Randy Schuler (#72) does battle with Jerry Eckhardt (#61) and Gary Lamonte (#63) in the Super Late Model semi-feature event. Defending Limited Late Model champion Jon Reynolds Jr. (#10) was back in action after a hard crash last week. Scott Ascher (#19) earned his first Limited Late Model feature win of the 2008 season at Slinger Super Speedway. David McCardle (#57) topped the Limited Late Model dash. Steve Schulz added to his victory collection topping the Midwest Modified feature. Joey Bentfield (#00) was victorious in the Midwest Modified dash. Kenny Joosten (#47) in victory lane after topping the Midwest Sportsman feature race. Jonn Daley (#35) made is way to the winner's circle after winning the Thunderstocks feature.

Dennis Prunty charged into the lead at the drop of the green flag while Collin Bamke advanced into second place while Mike Meyerhofer, Nick Schumacher, and David Prunty raced into the top five by the fifth lap. Dennis Prunty and Bamke were able to pull ahead from the field while Schumacher went to work on Meyerhofer for third. Schumacher was able to make the move around Meyerhofer for the spot on lap 13, bringing David Prunty along with him in fourth. On lap fifteen, David Prunty eased to the inside of Schumacher, taking the third position while Dennis Prunty continued to set the pace with Bamke close behind. Bamke made numerous looks to the inside of Dennis Prunty for the lead before deciding to take to the outside line on lap 20. Bamke was able to keep his car wound up in the upper groove and he used it to execute a pass for the lead on lap 21 while David Prunty began to close in from third.

The leaders encountered lapped traffic just past the halfway mark and Dennis Prunty made his charge as Bamke came upon lapped cars racing side by side. Prunty ducked the nose of his car to the inside of Bamke as they exited turn two but Bamke was determined to keep the point and he quickly dove between the lapped machines, entering the third turn three wide with Prunty right on his bumper. All drivers did a tremendous job of holding their line and Bamke maintained the lead with Prunty on his tail while David Prunty moved closer to the lead duo. David Prunty began to challenge Dennis Prunty for the second spot and the brothers waged a spirited battle for the position while Bamke continued to set the pace. David Prunty came out ahead in the duel and set his sights on Bamke for the lead as the laps wound down. David Prunty sliced into Bamke’s lead as Bamke’s car began to wash up the speedway exiting the corners. With two laps to go, Prunty pulled alongside on the frontstretch and while both cars were glued side by side in the turn, Prunty was able to gain the advantage down the backstretch to take the lead. Prunty ran the final lap unchallenged and raced to the victory ahead of Bamke and Dennis Prunty. Mike Egan and Nick Schumacher completed the top five. Mike Meyerhofer finished sixth followed by Dale Prunty and Lowell Bennett. Dan Jung and Fred Winn rounded out the top ten.

Jamie Wallace won the 30-lap late model semi-feature over Gary LaMonte and Jerry Eckhardt. Randy Schuler was fourth and Race McComb finished fifth. Dale Prunty was the winner of the late model fast dash while early rain showers washed out qualifying.

Scott Ascher nailed down his first feature victory of the season as he took top honors in the limited late model 30-lap main event.

Jerry Eckhardt paced the opening laps ahead of Ascher, Jim Dragich, Rob Braun, and Brad Keith. Ascher began to pressure Eckhardt for the lead while Dragich, Keith, and Braun all fought hard for third place while Steve Apel, Dave McCardle, Jon Reynolds Jr. and Chris Ratajczyk began to advance forward. Ascher was able to duck to the inside of Eckhardt to take the lead on lap nineteen. A lap later, McCardle slid sideways off turn two while battling with Apel and after the field bottled up behind him, a piece of the bodywork on Chris Blawat’s car came loose, necessitating a caution flag. Ascher was able to maintain the lead on the restart over Eckhardt as Keith battled with Dragich for third just before the caution flag appeared again for a spin by Trevor Dassow on lap 22. Ascher again held onto the lead as racing resumed as Keith went to work on Eckhardt for second while Braun also worked his way around Eckhardt for third. Over the final laps the best battle on the speedway was for fifth between Dragich, Apel, Ratajczyk, and Jon Ovadal. On the final lap, contact between Dragich and Apel sent Apel spinning around as Ascher drove to the victory over Keith and Braun. Eckhardt finished in fourth while Ratajczyk edged Ovadal for the fifth spot. David McCardle was the winner of the limited late model fast dash. Qualifying for the division was rained out.

Kenny Joosten charged to the win in the 30-lap Midwest Sportsman Series feature, leading the event from start to finish.

Joosten raced into the lead from the start ahead of Mike Graczkowski and Jeff Holtz occupying the second and third positions respectively. Behind the top three, Mike Borchardt and Dave Thomas raced in fourth and fifth just ahead of Bobby Giers and Jay Shambeau. While Joosten continued to lead, Graczkowski and Holtz ran nose to tail in an effort to catch the leader while Thomas moved into fourth. The only caution flag of the race flew on lap 21 when Shawn Hoefler spun in turn three and collected Scott Shambeau. Joosten chose the inside lane for the restart, leaving Graczkowski to line up on the outside. Joosten went back to the lead as racing resumed but the outside lane proved to be detrimental to Graczkowski as Holtz and Thomas both raced by on the inside. Joosten took the checkered flag for the win ahead of Holtz and Thomas while Bobby Giers and Jay Shambeau rounded out the top five finishers. Joosten also won the Midwest Sportsman Series fast dash and qualifying for the division was rained out.

Steve Schulz was the winner of the 25-lap Midwest Modified main event over Joey Bentfield and Russ Moberly.

Matt Pate led in the early going over Bill Tandetzke, Ron Schmitt, Schulz, and Bentfield. Pate paced the first five laps while being challenged heavily by Tandetzke and Schulz. The fierce battle for the lead produced some extremely hard racing and Pate came out on the short end of the situation as he spun around on lap six as the race remained under the green flag. Schulz took over the lead as Bentfield raced into second place as Tandetzke slipped into a battle with Steve Huelsbeck over third. Huelsbeck and Tandetzke fought hard for the spot and contact between the two on lap 16 looped both machines around in turn four as the race continued without a caution flag. Schulz found himself comfortably out front in the closing laps over Bentfield while Russ Moberly, Ron Schmitt, and Craig Hemmen moved into the top five. At the finish, Schulz scored the victory over Bentfield, who finished a strong second. Moberly wrapped up a good run with a third place finish while Schmitt and Hemmen completed the top five. Earlier in the night, Bentfield took top honors in the Midwest Modified fast dash. Qualifying for the division was rained out.

John Daley raced to his first win of the season in the wild 18-lap Thunderstock feature.

Jacob Sproehlich led the opening lap before Jake Larson took the top spot the next lap. Larson paced the event until lap eight when Al Stippich went three wide around a lapped car to take the lead. Stippich’s pass was deemed to be made below the yellow line at the inside of the track and he was sent to the rear of the field, handing the lead back to Larson. Larson led for the next two laps before John Daley charged by to take command on lap 12. Daley led the rest of the way and scored the victory over Jim Bentzler and Aaron Cain. Jesse Knutson finished fourth while Stippich charged all the way back to fifth place at the finish.

Jason Hennes won the 18-lap Slinger Bees feature over Matt Westphal and Matt Klenz. Brandon Tackes and Ken Schraufnagel rounded out the top five. Craig Ostovich was the winner of the Speedway Guest Car race and C.J. Corrallini topped the Spectator Eliminator races. Rick Bruskiewicz topped the Figure 8 race to cap off the evening.