Results 9/01/2013

1. Zach Daum
2. Brad Kuhn
3. Billy Balog
4. Jake Blackhurst
5. Andrew Felker

Final Points

1. Brad Kuhn
2. Andrew Felker
3. Zach Daum
4. Austin Brown
5. Jake Blackhurst

2014 Calender

POWRi Cancels Battle At The Center

Link to Speedsport News

The regular meeting for BADGER will be held on Tuesday December 10, 2013 at 8:00 PM at 1855 Saloon & Grill, Cottage Grove, WI. This will be the annual Christmas Meeting with snacks furnished by 1855.

NOTE- There will not be a regular meeting for BADGER in January (enjoy the Chili Bowl)

The results of the election of the 2013 Officers and three positions on the Board of Directors:

President- Harlin Kitteson
Vice- President- Jim Schulenberg
Secretary Paul Krueger
Treasure Jim Schulenberg
Sgt. at Arms- Amy Schulz
Brd. Of Directors- Steve Wineke, Clare Rhone 2014
Dwight Huston, Brandon Waelti 2015
Quinn McCabe, Chad Bogar 2016
Kevin Weisensel Alternate

The track officials for 2014 will be selected at the January Board Meeting, so be sure to get your application in.

Kuhn, Ecker & Paderta headline Badger Midget banquet

Left:Midget Champion, Brad Kuhn, Bill Ecker and RAB Racing team Right:Pat Stender Award, Quinn McCabe
Left:Midget 7th Place Driver/Owner, Brandon Waelti & Wade Huston Right: Midget Rookie of the Year, Todd Lehr
Left:600 Micro Champion, Matt Paderta Right:Media Award, Roger Hamilton

Sun Prairie, Wis., Nov. 2 --- Driver Champion Brad Kuhn and car owner Bill Ecker headlined the list of honorees at the annual Badger Midget Auto Racing Association awards banquet Saturday Night at the Angell Park Pavilion . The event brought the curtain down on the 77th anniversary season for the series sponsored by Mid-State Equipment and the Stark Automotive Group.

Kuhn's season was highlighted by a feature victory and eleven top three feature finishes in the nineteen race schedule. It was the fourth Badger Midget Championship for Kuhn (2006, '07, '11), each with a different car owner. Kuhn was the main driver of the Ecker No. 57 Spike/Fontana, which also scored points during the season with drivers Thomas Meseruall, Daniel Robinson, Casey Shuman and Mike Spencer.
Other award winners included: Michael Pickens (Terry Vaughn Award), Steve Wineke (Mechanic of the Year), Zach Daum (Frank Conner Award), Quinn McCabe (Pat Stender Award), Andrew Felker (Kevin Doty Award), Todd Lehr (Rookie of the Year), Roger Hamilton (Media Award), Bob Koltes, Kenny Brown, Amy Schulz, Jeff Arns, and Jerry Hardy (Appreciation Award), Mid-State Equipment, Stark Automotive, Don's Home Furniture, Advance Fastening Supply, 1855 Saloon, and Cardinal Heating (Sponsor Appreciation), Danny Felker (Best Appearing Car), and Jerry Hatton (Best Dressed Crew).
Matt Paderta finished seventeen points ahead of two-time series champion Chad Bogar to win the Badger 600 Micro series Championship. Jason Dull, Vance Lein and Brandon Sletten completed the top five.

Boorse to Midget Hall of fame

By Roger Hamilton

Seven time Badger Midget champion Dan Boorse is one of the eight inductees to the National Midget Hall of Fame for the 2014 entries. The induction takes place at the Chili Bowl in January, the HOF is in the Pavilion at Angell Park.

"I am very honored, a nice surprise and totally unexpected." Boorse said, he joins a few other Badger folks, the late Kevin Doty, Badger's most prolific racer eight time champion Billy Wood and current Badger official Paul Krueger. "It's an honor to just be mentioned with those names."

"I hope the seven racing titles is what carried this, because it is so tough
to race at Sun Prairie, though personally the two Chili Bowl wins were quite the feats, as they seem to be the Super Bowl of midget racing."

"I have been very busy with our 14-year-old daughter, that I haven't had the chance to get over to Sun Prairie recently, but I wouldn't have had the
success I had without the quality people supporting me, my dad, Don, wife Vicki but especially my friend and crew chief Troy Richards."

"Say hi to the folks at Sun Prairie, I miss them."

Congratulations to RAB Racing and driver Shane Cottle on winning Friday Night's KoKomo Klash at KoKomo Speedway.

2014 Midget racing calendar available now!

2013 Badger Midget and Micro Banquet

Saturday
November 2, 2013
at the
Angell Park Pavilion

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Daum wins Pepsi Nationals

Kuhn, Ecker & Paderta claim Badger championships

By Bryan Gapinski, Sun Prairie, Wis., Sep. 1---Zach Daum finished off a perfect weekend winning the Pepsi Midget Nationals 50-lap feature Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway. The event was co-sanctioned by the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget and Stark Automotive Group-Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series. The feature win was in second in two days at the track.
Brad Kuhn claimed his fourth career Badger Midget Drivers Championship, while Kuhn's car owner Bill Ecker emerged with a slim eight-point cushion capturing Badger Midget Car Owners Championship. Matt Paderta finished seventeen points ahead of two-time series champion Chad Bogar, winning the Badger 600 Micro Series Title.
Dalton Armstrong took the lead at the start of the event, third place running Parker Price-Miller stalled on Lap 5 bringing out the caution. Miller restarted at the tail and quickly moved back into contention over the next fifteen laps.
Armstrong crossed the start/finish line on Lap 7 as the leader, immediately slowed, retiring from the event, giving the lead to Darren Hagen on the restart. Hagen pulled away from the field, and began lapping slower cars on Lap 15.
Four laps later Hagen's straightaway lead was erased when Danny Stratton, came to a stop on the track. Kuhn pitted during the caution to change a right rear tire. Both Kuhn and Stratton rejoined the race. Hagen held a 2.3 second lead at the midway point over Billy Balog, Daum, Price-Miller and Caleb Armstrong. At Lap 30 Hagen's advantage over Daum was again a straighaway.
With Hagen running in heavy lapped traffic, Caleb Armstrong's hope of a repeat victory in the event ended as he flipped in Turn 3 on Lap 34. Hagen pulled away from the field on the restart, but flipped entering Turn 3.
Daum inherited the lead on the restart followed by Price-Miller and Balog. Two laps later Tyler Thomas flipped bringing out another red flag. On the restart Kuhn was in sixth place, but began improving his position rapidly passing two cars on the restart, and was in third place on Lap 42, and took over second one lap later.
Meanwhile Daum driving the Dan Daum owned Eagle/Toyota No. 5 went unchallegned over the remainder of the event scoring a 5.88 second victory over Kuhn, Balog, Jake Blackhurst, and Andrew Felker.
" Its great to pull out the Car Owner title for Bill Ecker and Amy Reisdorf, its been a great season driving for them I really wanted to get the win here tonight" commented Kuhn afterwards. This is a big race to win, and to win three feature this year at Angell Park is so satisfying" said Daum who collected $4,000 for the victory.

Kuhn's teammate Daniel Robinson won the 11th annual 6-lap Dave Schulenberg Memorial Dash, collecting a $500 first prize from a $2,500 purse.
Vance Lein scored his second feature victory of the season winning the 20-lap Badger 600 Micro Series feature.Bogar, Brandon Sletten, Paderta and Norm Ehrke completed the top five. "Its great to win the championship, we really like running these dirt tracks" commented Paderta, who switched to the series mid-season last year after being involved in several different SCCA Road Racing Series.

SUMMARY
MIDGETS
30-lap Feature: 1. Zach Daum; 2. Brad Kuhn; 3. Billy Balog; 4. Jake Blackhurst; 5. Andrew Felker; 6. Danny Stratton; 7.Parker Price-Miller; Davey Ray; 9. Seth Motsinger; 10. Brandon Waelti; 11. Kurt Mayhew; 12. Cody Weisensel; 13, Bryon Walters; 14. Tyler Thomas; 15. Darren Hagen; 16. Caleb Armstrong; 17. Dalton Armstrong; 18. Garrett Aitken; 19. Daniel Robinson;

10-lap Heat Race Winners: Felker,Thomas, Kuhn.
6-lap Dave Schulenberg Memorial Dash Winner: Robinson.
Fast Time: C. Armstrong, 14.691 seconds.
Cars Present: 22 Feature Lap Leaders: D. Armstrong 1-7, Hagen 8-34, Daum 35-50
* C. Armstrong flipped on Lap 34, Hagen flipped on Lap 34 (restart), Thomas flipped on Lap 36 of feature, no injuries.

600 MICROS
20-lap feature: 1. Vance Lein; 2. Chad Bogar, 3. Brandon Sletten; 4. Matt Paderta; 5. Norm Ehrke; 6. Jason Dull, 7. Trevor McKern, 8. Brian Haugland; 9. Daniel Stefan, 10. Jake Goeglein, 11. Dustin Stefan, 12. Ben Paderta, 13. Dusty Gerrits, 14. Preston Benisch, 15. Scott Crawford, 16. Will Gerrits, 17. Tory Strauss.
10-lap Heat Winners: Ehrke, Lein.
Feature Lap Leaders: Bogar 1-12, Lein 13-20.

Pepsi Nationals Notes:
---Zach Daum's only other Pepsi Nationals start came in 2009, when he finished in 23rd position.
----The win marked the fourth straight Pepsi Nationals victory for engine manufacturer Toyota.
----Bill Ecker used five different drivers: Kuhn, Thomas Meseruall, Casey Shuman, Daniel Robinson and Mike Spencer in Badger competition in the No. 57 car to win the Car Owners Championship.
---Ecker also finished second in last year's event, with Meseruall.
----For the second straight year Dalton Armstrong led the opening lap of the event.
----Eleventh place finishing Kurt Mayhew competed in the first Pepsi Nationals in 1982.
----Six drivers were competing in their first ever Pepsi Midget Nationals, with Balog turning in the best feature finish.

Daum tops Angell Park field

Kuhn nears fourth Badger Crown, Car Owner & Micro titles up for grabs

By Bryan Gapinski, Sun Prairie, Wis., Aug. 31---Zach Daum won the 30-lap POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget and Stark Automotive Group-Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series co-sanctioned feature Saturday Night at Angell Park Speedway. The event kicked off the two-day Pepsi Midget Nationals at the track. Sunday's event will crown the Badger Midget and 600 micro Champions and be highlighted by the 33rd annual 50-lap Pepsi Midget Nationals.
Andrew Felker jumped into the lead at the start of event followed by Darren Hagen. Issac Chapel escaped injury during a flip on Lap One. Felker and Hagen held a slight advantage over the field during the first eight laps. Daum moved into second place on Lap 10. Fourth place running Austin Brown stopped on the track one lap short of the halfway mark causing a caution flag..
On the restart Hagen challenged Felker for the lead and pulled even with Felker on Lap 15. Terry Babb made contact with another car at the start finish/line and hit the wall flipping multiple times, with his car tearing into the front stretch catch fence with four fence posts being removed from the wall. Babb was uninjured and track officials made repairs in around 25 minutes.
Hagen driving the Wilke No 5. was unable to restart the event due to engine problems. Daum now running in second place began challenging Felker for the lead with ten laps remaining. Daum took the lead as the pair crossed the start/finish line on Lap 21. Caleb Armstrong also passed Felker for the second position. Two laps later Felker regained the second position. Daum continued to increase his lead, when third place Armstrong stalled, bringing out the caution, with two laps remaining.
Daum driving the Dan Daum owned Eagle/Toyota No. 5 finished three-car lengths ahead of Felker. Brad Kuhn who started in 13th position placed third followed by fast qualifier Parker Price-Miller and Brandon Waelti.
Kuhn has a virtual lock on his fourth Badger Drivers Championship now holding a 99-point lead over Felker, with 116 points available in Sunday's final event. The battle for the Car Owners Championship now has Dan Felker No. 11 holding a 13-point lead over Bill Ecker No. 57.
"The car was perfect at the bottom allowing us to pass Felker, hopefully this is a great tuneup for tomorrow's race" commented Daum who scored his second career victory at the track, and sixth overall of the season.
Jake Reif led the entire distance winning the 15-lap Badger 600 Micro Series feature for his third victory of the season. Reif finished ahead of Brandon Sletten, Ben Paderta, Chad Bogar, and Vance Lein, Matt Paderta finished sixth and holds a 42-point lead over Bogar heading into Sunday's final event.

SUMMARY
MIDGETS
30-lap Feature: 1. Zach Daum; 2. Andrew Felker; 3. Brad Kuhn; 4.Parker Price-Miller; 5. Brandon Waelti; 6. Jake Blackhurst; 7. Davey Ray; 8. Daniel Robinson; 9. Billy Balog; 10. Dalton Armstrong; 11. Danny Stratton; 12. Garrett Aitken; 13. Cody Weisensel; 14. Caleb Armstrong; 15. Robbie Ray; 16. Darren Hagen; 17. Seth Motsinger; 18. Terry Babb; 19. Austin Brown; 20. Todd Lehr; 21. Tyler Thomas; 22. Issac Chapel.

12-lap Semi Feature Winner: Price-Miller.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Hagen, Stratton, Thomas.
Fast Time: Price-Miller, 14.654 seconds.
Cars Present: 26 Feature Lap Leaders: Felker 1-20, Daum 21-30
* Chappel flipped on Lap 1 and Babb flipped on Lap 15 of feature, no injuries.

600 MICROS
15-lap feature: 1. Jake Reif; 2. Brandon Sletten; 3. Ben Paderta; 4. Chad Bogar; 5. Vance Lein; 6. Matt Paderta; 7. Trevor McKern; 8. Jason Dull; 9. Tory Strauss; 10. Preston Benisch; 11. Will Gerrits; 12. Norm Ehrke; 13. Brian Haugland; 14. Dusty Gerrits; 15. Jake Goeglein; 16. Dustin Steffan; 17. Jerry Reif.
8-lap Heat Winners: Sletten, Lein, B. Paderta.
Feature Lap Leaders: Reif 1-15.

Three Pepsi Midget Nationals Champs look for repeat victory

Two-day show to determine Badger Championships

By Bryan Gapinski, Sun Prairie, Wis., August 29---Defending Champion Caleb Armstrong, along with past winners Scott Hatton (2004, '05) and Davey Ray (2003) lead the list of drivers excepted to compete in the 32nd annual Pepsi Midget Nationals at Angell Park Speedway on Saturday and Sunday Nights Aug. 31-Sept. 1.The event will be co-sanctioned by the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series and Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series.
A repeat victory for Armstrong would mark the seventh time in event history a driver has scored back-to-back victories, Armstrong will drive the C & A Motorsports Beast/Toyota. Hatton driving the Jerry Hatton owned Stealth/Fontana ranks fifth on the all-time feature win list at the track with 34 feature wins. Ray will drive the Jerry Hardy owned Buzzard/Hawk-Chevrolet and look for his second Nationals win, ten years after capturing his first event victory.
A complete program of racing is slated each night, will Saturday being highlighted by a 30-lap feature. Sunday's 50-lap feature will pay $4,000 to win and crown the Pepsi Nationals Champion. Sunday's events will also include the 10th annual Dave Schulenberg Memorial Dash, along with the popular Pepsi "Lets Make a Deal" fan activities on the front stretch.
The events will determine the 2013 Badger Midget and Badger 600 Micro Champions, with Brad Kuhn (Midget) and Matt Paderta (Micro) leading the points. Zach Daum holds a slim margin over defending Champion Andrew Felker in POWRi points. Spectator gates open at 4;30 pm, with practice at 6:00 pm, followed by racing.

Armstrong looks to repeat in Aug. 31/Sep. 1 PepsiMidget Nationals

Sunday' 50-lap feature to determine Badger Championships

By Bryan Gapinski Sun Prairie, Wis., August 23---Defending Champion Caleb Armstrong leads the list of drivers excepted to compete in the 32nd annual Pepsi Midget Nationals at Angell Park Speedway on Saturday and Sunday Nights Aug. 31-Sep. 1.The event will be co-sanctioned by the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series and Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series.
A complete program of racing is slated each night, will Saturday being highlighted by a 30-lap feature. Sunday's 50-lap feature will pay $4,000 to win and crown the Pepsi Nationals Champion. Sunday's events will also include the 10th annual Dave Schulenberg Memorial Dash, along with the popular Pepsi "Lets Make a Deal" fan activities on the front stretch.
Brad Kuhn seeking his fourth career Badger Drivers Championship leads defending POWRi champion Andrew Felker by 116-points. The battle for the Badger Car Owners Championship has Danny Felker No. 11 leading Bill Ecker No. 57 by three markers. A total of 232 points are available over the two days. Zach Daum holds a slim margin over Felker in POWRi points.
Also competing both nights will be the Badger 600 Micros, where Matt Paderta holds a three-point lead over defending Champion Chad Bogar. Spectator gates open at 4;30 pm, with practice at 6:00 pm, followed by racing.

Clauson tops 'Prairie Cornfest field

By Bryan Gapinski Sun Prairie, Wis., August 18---Bryan Clauson captured Sunday Night's 30-lap Miller Lite Cornfest Midget Classic at Angell Park Speedway. The event was tri-sanctioned by the USAC Honda National Dirt Midget, POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget, and Stark Automotive Group-Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series.
Pole sitter Andrew Felker jumped into the lead at the start followed by Caleb Armstrong and Clauson. Zach Daum passed five cars in the first four laps moving into second behind Felker. Clauson moved by Daum and Felker before the lap was completed taking the top position.
Clauson increased his lead over the field, with Tracy Hines taking second place on Lap 10. Four laps later Clauson began lapping the tail of the field. Clauson maintained his three-car length advantage over Hines with ten laps remaining. Continuing lapped traffic allowed Hines to close within a car length of Clauson.
Third place running Rico Abreu stalled with three laps remaining bringing out the caution. On the restart Clauson held his lead over Hines, and scored his second Cornfest victory in three years driving the Tucker-BCI/Curb-Agajanian owned Spike/Ford-Esslinger No. 39. Trailing the pair were: Darren Hagen who started in 15th position, Jerry Coons Jr., and Daum.
"It's always great to win here this is one of my favorite midget tracks, we got to the right groove before everyone did, the car was perfect" commented Clauson who won his sixth career feature at the track.

Brandon Sletten won the 15-lap Badger 600 Micro feature followed by: Vance Lein, Ben Paderta, Chad Bogar and Jake Reif.

SUMMARY
MIDGETS
30-lap Feature: 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Jerry Coons, Jr., 5. Zach Daum, 6. Andrew Felker, 7. Chris Bell, 8. Tanner Thorson, 9. Brad Kuhn, 10. Bill Balog, 11. Tyler Thomas, 12. Brandon Waelti, 13. Parker Price-Miller, 14. Chett Gehrke, 15. Jake Blackhurst, 16. Scott Hatton, 17. Mike Spencer, 18. Caleb Armstrong, 19. Austin Brown, 20. Cody Weisensel, 21. Dalton Armstrong, 22. Robbie Ray, 23. Rico Abreu, 24. Bubba Altig.

12-lap Semi Feature Winner: Daum.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Clauson, Blackhurst, Hines.
Fast Time: Price-Miller, 14.852 seconds.
Cars Present: 27 Feature Lap Leaders: Felker 1-4, Clauson 5-30.
* Brown flipped in Semi Feature.

MICROS
15-lap Feature: 1.Brandon Sletten; 2. Vance Lein; 3. Ben Paderta; 4. Chad Bogar; 5. Jake Reif; 6. Matt Paderta; 7. Tory Strauss; 8. Jason Dull; 9. Jerry Reif; 10. Jason Trerault; 11. Norm Ehrke; 12. Will Gerrits; 13. Scott Crawford; 14. Preston Benisch; 15. Daniel Stefan; 16. Brian Hagland; 17. Dustin Stefan; 18. Jake Goeglein.

8-lap Heat Race Winners: Bogar, M. Paderta.

Bell edges Daum at Macon

Macon, Ill., Aug. 17---Christopher Bell won the 30-lap POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series and Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series co-sanctioned feature Saturday Night at Macon Speedway.
Bell jumped into the lead at the start over pole sitter Zach Daum. Bell held a one-car length advantage over Daum, when the events first caution appeared on Lap 20. Bell brushed the wall on Lap 26 exiting Turn 4, giving Daum the lead, allowing Jerry Coons Jr. to close to Bell's rear bumper.
Bell regained the lead the next lap passing Daum. Bell driving the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajaian owned Bullet/ Toyota No. 71 finished two-car lengths ahead of Daum, Coons, Garrett Aitken and Badger points leader Brad Kuhn.
Night three for both series, along with the USAC Honda National Dirt Midget Series continues at Angell Park Speedway (Sun Prairie, Wis.) on Sunday Night Aug. 18.

SUMMARY
MIDGETS
30-lap Feature: 1. Christopher Bell; 2. Zach Daum; 3. Jerry Coons Jr.; 4. Garrett Aitken; 5. Brad Kuhn; 6. Rico Abreu; 7. Andrew Felker; 8. Parker Price-Miller; 9. Tanner Thorson; 10. Tyler Thomas; 11. Daniel Robinson; 12. Austin Brown; 13. Gary taylor; 14. Chett Gehrke; 15. Cameron king; 16. Seth Motsinger; 17. Daniel Adler; 18. Jake Blackhurst; 19. Jake Neuman; 20. Dalton Camfield; 21. Derrick Myers; 22. Terry Baab.

12-lap Semi Feature Winners: Felker, Adler.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Price-Miller, Coons, Daum, Thorson, Bell.
Cars Present: 36 Feature Lap Leaders: Bell 1-26, Daum 27, Bell 28-30.

Abreu tops Lincoln field

Lincoln, Ill., Aug. 16---Rico Abreu won the 30-lap POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series and Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series co-sanctioned feature Friday Night at Lincoln Speedway.

Abreu jumped into the lead at the start of the event, from his outside front row starting position. Abreu easily pulled away from the field, while two cautions appeared during the events first twenty-seven laps. Abreu appeared headed for victory when a caution bunched up the field, with three laps remaining.
Abreu took advantage of a lapped car between himself and second place running Brad Kuhn on the restart. Abreu finished five car length ahead of Badger points leader Kuhn driving the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian owned Bullet/Toyota No. 67k. Polesitter Bryan Clauson, Andrew Felker, and Tanner Thorson completed the top five. Night two for both series continues at Macon (Ill.) Speedway on Saturday Night Aug. 17.

SUMMARY
MIDGETS
30-lap Feature: 1. Rico Abreu; 2. Brad Kuhn; 3. Bryan Clauson; 4. Andrew Felker; 5. Tanner Thorson; 6. Jerry Coons Jr.; 7. Austin Brown; 8. Zach Daum; 9. Tim Siner; 10. Danny Stratton; 11. Garrett Aitken; 12. Colton Cottle; 13. Christopher Bell; 14. Joey Moughan; 15. Daniel Robinson; 16. Daniel Adler; 17. Terry Babb; 18. Tyler Thomas; 19. Parker Price-Miller; 20. Chet Gehrke; 21. Jake Blachurst; 22. Jake Neuman; 23. Joe B. Miller.

12-lap Semi Feature Winner: Blackhurst.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Coons, Bell, Felker, Kuhn.
Cars Present: 35 Feature Lap Leaders: Abreu 1-30.

First winner Keith Thomas to present Cornfest Trophy"

Sun Prairie, Wis., June 27—Inaugural Miller Lite Cornfest Midget Classic winner Keith Thomas will present the winner's trophy, Sunday night at Angell Park Speedway to this year's winner sixty years after his victory. The event will be tri-sanctioned by the USAC Honda National Dirt Midget, POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget and Stark Automotive Group-Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series.

The 1953 Cornfest Midget Classic is among the nineteen feature wins at Angell Park for Thomas who won the Badger championship in 1961, 1962, and 1965, Thomas ranks tenth on the tracks all-time feature win list.
The Badger 600 Micros, and the Iillini Racing series will also be on the racing card. Grandstands open open at 4:30 pm, with practice beginning at 6:00 pm, followed by racing.

Hagen blisters Angell Park field to win Fredenberg Memorial

Third APS feature win of season for California driver

By Bryan Gapinski Sun Prairie, Wis., Aug. 4---Darren Hagen won the 36th annual Al Fredenberg Memorial 50-lap feature Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway. It mark Hagen's third victory of the season at the track in the event sanctioned by the Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series.
Hagen jumped into the lead at the start of the event. At the completion of Lap 5 Hagen held a two second advantage over Jake Blackhurst and fast qualifier Terry Baab. Three laps later Hagen began lapping the tail of the field. Hagen increased his lead over Balckhurst to slightly over four seconds on Lap 10, Blackhurst open up a large advantage over a tightly packed group of who were battling for positions three-seven.
Hagen continued to lap cars, and led Blackhurst by 5.2 seconds at the midway point. Hagen lapped up to seventh position, when the caution appeared when Scott Hatton's car stalled on Lap 32, erasing Hagen 7.1 second advantage. Hagen again pulled away on the restart, taking advantage of lapped cars between himself and second place Blackhurst. A stalled car on Lap 45, caused a caution, bunching up the field.
Baab jumped the cushion, with four laps remaining, collecting fourth and fifth place running Andrew Felker and Danny Stratton. Felker flipped escaping injury. On the restart Badger points Brad Kuhn passed Blackhurst for the second position. Hagen driving the RFMS owned DRC/Ford-Esslinger No. 3 finished ahead of Brad Kuhn, Blackhurst, and Davey Ray the only four cars to complete the full distance. Daniel Robinson finished fifth, as thirteen cars finished the race.
"The crew had this car perfect all night, it's great to win a race that has as much history as this one here at Angell Park" commented Hagen who collected $3,200 for the victory.

Vance Lein after starting in seventh position worked his way to the lead on the sixth lap to win the Badger 600 Micro series feature, finishing ahead of: defending Series Champion Chad Bogar, Preston Benisch, Robby Resch and Jason Dull.

SUMMARY

MIDGETS
50-lap Feature: 1. Darren Hagen; 2. Brad Kuhn; 3. Jake Blackhurst; 4. Davey Ray; 5. Daniel Robinson; 6. Austin brown; 7. Mike Hess; 8. Brandon Waelti; 9. Cody Weisensel; 10. David Gough; 11. Todd Lehr; 12. Bob Schreffler; 13. Kurt Mayhew; 14. Andrew Felker; 15. Danny Stratton; 16. Terry Babb; 17. Travis Berrhill; 18. Scott Hatton; 19. Bryon Walters; 20. Buddy Lowther; 21. Evan Pardo.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Hatton, Felker, Hess.
Fast Time: Baab, 14.486 seconds.
Cars Present: 22 Feature Lap Leaders: Hagen 1-50.
* Felker flipped on Lap 45 of feature, no injuries.

600 MICROS
15-lap feature: 1. Vance Lein; 2. Chad Bogar; 3. Preston Benisch; 4. Robby Resch; 5. Jason Dull; 6. Brandon Sletten; 7. Will Gerrits; 8. Norm Ehrke; 9. Jason Tetrault; 10. Scott Crawford; 11. Dustin Stefan; 12. Matt Paderta; 13. Tory Strauss; 14. Daniel Stefan.
8-lap Heat Winners: Benisch, Dull.
Feature Lap Leaders: Tetrault 1-6 Lein 7-15.

Fredenberg Memorial Sunday at APS

Micros only for Aug. 10 Wilmot event

By Bryan Gapinski-Sun Prairie, Wis., July 31---The revival of one of the longest running Badger Midget Series events the "37th annual Al Fredenberg Memorial" will be run on Sunday August 4 at Angell Park Speedway. Also appearing with the Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series will be the Badger 600 Micros and the Wisconsin Dirt Racing Legends.
The event, which remembers the 1956 Badger Midget champion was run annually at the track from 1964 to 2000, with twenty-three drivers winning the event led by four-time winners Dan Boorse and Kevin Doty. Fredenberg lost his life in an accident at the track on the exact date of this year's event fifty-years earlier on Aug. 4, 1963.
The purse for the 50-lap feature now exceeds $16,000, paying $3,200 to win and $500 to start. Pits open at 3:00 p.m., grandstands at 5:00 p.m., practice begins at 6:00 p.m., with racing to follow.
The midget portion of scheduled Aug. 10 event for Wilmot (Wis.) Raceway, has been cancelled. The Badger 600 Micros, and the tracks Modified, Street Stock, and Smage Brothers Motorcycle Stunt Show will highlight the evenings racing activities.
Brad Kuhn seeking his fourth career Badger Championship leads Andrew Felker by 46-points, with six events remaining. Danny Felker leads Bill Ecker by 44-points in the battle for the Car owner Championship.

Driver Points: 1. Brad Kuhn 953; 2. Andrew Felker 907; 3. Zach Daum 754; 4. Austin Brown 617; 5. Danny Stratton 531; 6. Jake Blackhurst 479; 7. Mike Hess 350; 8. Brandon Waelti 347; 9. Scott Hatton 321; 10. Daniel Robinson 290.
Car Owner Points: 1. Danny Felker#11-907; 2. Bill Ecker#57-863; 3. Dan Daum#5-754; 4. Hans Lein#2-699; 5. Kenny Brown#7-617.

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Large purse announced for Al Fredenberg Memorial

$500 to start Fifty Lap event

By Bryan Gapinski Sun Prairie, Wis., July 17---The race purse continues to grow for the revival of one of the longest running Badger Midget Series events the "37th annual Al Fredenberg Memorial". The event remembering the 1956 Badger Champion will be run at Angell Park Speedway on Sunday August 4. Also appearing with the Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series will be the Badger 600 Micros and the Wisconsin Dirt Racing Legends.
The event was run annually at the track from 1964 to 2000, with twenty-three drivers winning the event led by four-time winners Dan Boorse and Kevin Doty. Three-time Badger champion Brad Kuhn holds a slim point lead over Andrew Felker with seven events remaining.
The purse for the 50-lap feature now exceeds $16,000, paying $3,200 to win and $500 to start. Pits open at 3:00 p.m., grandstands at 5:00 p.m., practice begins at 6:00 p.m., with racing to follow.

The scheduled July 28 Badger event at Angell Park has been postponed.

Hagen & Reif headliners at Angell Park

By Bryan Gapinski-Sun Prairie, Wis., July 14---California's Darren Hagen captured the "77th Anniversary Night" 30-lap feature Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway. The event was co-sanctioned by the Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series and POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series. The race capped off a doubleheader weekend celebrating Badger's 77-years of sanctioning midget auto racing.
Danny Stratton moved into the lead at the start, with Hagen following into second place on the second lap. Stratton held a two-car length lead over Hagen on Lap 8, two laps later the caution appeared for debris on the track. On the restart Hagen passed Stratton for the lead entering Turn 3. Hagen opened up two second lead at the midway point. On Lap 18 Stratton retired running in third place. Two cautions appeared on Lap 20 and three laps later for a stalled car and debris on the track.
The broken exhaust header on Hagen's car continued to caused his car to begin to misfire, however on the restart Hagen pulled away from the field. A torrid five-car battle for second place occurred over the final seven laps behind Hagen. Hagen drving the RFMS Racing owned DRC/Ford-Esslinger No. 3 finished 1.520 seconds ahead of Mike Hess, Badger points leader Brad Kuhn, Zach Daum and Scott Hatton who started in 16th starting position.
"We managed to hang on tonight despite half our header breaking off, its makes up for last night" commented Hagen who appeared headed for victory at Wilmot Raceway on Saturday Night, retiring with three laps, while leading the event.

Jake Reif scored a wire to wire victory capturing the 15-lap Badger 600 Micro feature finishing ahead of new points leader Matt Paderta, Jason Dull, Brandon Sletten and Jason Tetrault.

The scheduled July 28 Badger event at the track has been postponed, allowing teams to focus on the 38th annual Al Fredenberg Memorial 50-lap feature at the track on Sunday Aug. 4.

SUMMARY
MIDGETS
30-lap 1. Darren Hagen; 2. Mike Hess; 3. Brad Kuhn; 4. Zach Daum; 5. Scott Hatton; 6. Andrew Felker; 7. Austin Brown; 8. Jake Blackhurst; 9. Parker Price-Miller; 10. Garrett Aitken; 11. Seth Motsinger; 12. Robbie Ray; 13. Danny Stratton; 14. Tyler Thomas; 15. Billy Balog; 16. Terry Baab; 17. Justin Peck; 18. Bob Schreffler.

Fast Time: Felker, 14.623 seconds.
Cars Present: 18 Feature Lap Leaders: Stratton 1-10, Hagen 11-30.

MICROS
15-lap Feature: 1. Jake Reif; 2. Matt Paderta 3. Jason Dull; 4. Brandon Sletten; 5. Jason Tetrault; 6. Jerry Reif; 7. Ben Paderta; 8. Will Gerrits; 9. Preston Benisch; 10. Daniel Steffen; 11. Vance Lein; 12. Scott Crawford; 13. Dustin Stefan..
8-lap Heat Race Winners: Lein, Gerrits..
Feature Lap Leaders: Reif 1-15.

Kuhn notches first win of 'season at Wilmot

By Bryan Gapinski - Wilmot, Wis., July 13—Brad Kuhn captured the 7th annual "Salute to Harry Turner" 30-lap feature Saturday Night at Wilmot Raceway. The event was co-sanctioned by the Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series and POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series. The event featured seven lead changes among four drivers.
Seth Motsinger flipped on the opening lap, causing a complete restart. Motsinger restarted and finished in 12th place. Pole sitter Zach Daum jumped into the lead at the start pacing the initial three laps,before Jake Blackhurst paced the field for two laps. Kuhn passed Blackhurst for the lead and was followed by Hagen. Hagen was even with Kuhn at the start/finish line on Lap 9. Kuhn retook the top spot on the next lap. Two cautions appeared during this time with Hagen moving to lead each time, but surrendered the lead back to Kuhn, since a lap failed to be completed.
Hagen took the lead from Kuhn exiting Turn 2 on lap 12, and slowly increased his lead. Daum challenged Kuhn for second place at the midway. With ten laps remaining Kuhn trailed Hagen by almost two seconds. Kuhn began closing on Hagen, and pulled to his rear bumper with four laps remaining. The next circuit, Hagen slowed, coming to a stop on the track, giving the top position to Kuhn.
Kuhn ran the final three laps unchallenged driving the Bill Ecker owned Spike/Fontana No. 57 finishing 0.88 seconds ahead of Daum, POWRi points leader Andrew Felker, Blackhurst and Austin Brown. It marked the third victory in the Turner event for the Avon, Ind. driver who also moved into the Badger points lead.
"It feels good to final get a feature win this season, Darren's trouble at the end played into our favor tonight" commented Kuhn, who is seeking his fourth career Badger Driving Title.

Matt Paderta won the 12-lap Badger 600 Micro feature for his second victory of the season. Jake Reif appeared headed for an easy victory but suffered mechanical problems during a caution with three laps remaining handing the victory to Paderta, who finished ahead of Jerry Reif, Chad Bogar, Brandon Sletten and Tory Strauss.

SUMMARY
MIDGETS
30-lap Feature: 1. Brad Kuhn; 2. Zach Daum; 3. Andrew Felker; 4. Jake Blackhurst; 5. Austin Brown; 6. Garrett Aitken; 7. Scott Hatton; 8. Danny Stratton; 9. Parker Price-Miller; 10. Todd Lehr; 11. Tyler Thomas; 12. Seth Motsinger; 13. Mike Hess; 14. Darren Hagen; 15. Justin Peck; 16. Alex Bright; 17.Daniel Robinson; 18. Colton Cottle; 19. Eric Johnson.

10-lap Heat Race Winners: Daum, Price-Miller, Blackhurst.

Cars Present: 21, Feature Lap Leaders: Daum 1-3, Blackhurst 4-5, Kuhn 6-8, Hagen 9, Kuhn 10-12, Hagen 13-27, Kuhn 28-30.
*Brandon Waelti flipped in the third heat race, Motsinger flipped on opening lap of feature. Both drivers uninjured.

MICROS
15-lap Feature: 1. Matt Paderta; 2. Jerry Reif; 3. Chad Bogar; 4. Brandon Sletten; 5. Tory Strauss; 6. Dustin Stefan; 7. Jake Reif; 8. Vance Lein; 9. Will Gerrits; 10. Ben Paderta; 11. Jason Dull; 12. Jason Tetrault; 13. Scott Crawford; 14. Norm Ehrke..
8-lap Heat Race Winners: M. Paderta, B.Paderta.
Feature Lap Leaders: Jake Reif 1-9, M. Paderta 10-12.

Badger & POWRi set for Wisconsin doubleheader this weekend

Saturday @ Wilmot, Sunday @ Angell Park
By Bryan Gapinski
Wilmot, Wis., July 8---Two of Wisconsin's most popular open wheel racing dirt tracks ready themselves for a weekend doubleheader, with the Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series & Lucas Oil POWRi Midget Series.
Action kicks off on Saturday July 13 at the Wilmot Raceway with the Seventh annual "Salute to Harry Turner". Pits open at 3:00 p.m., grandstands at 5:00 p.m., practice begins at 6:00 p.m.,with racing to follow. Racing action will also include the Badger 600 Micro Series, with the tracks Street Stocks, Mini Sprints and Four Cylinder divisions participating.
The following evening action moves to Angell Park Speedway (Sun Prairie, Wis.), for the 77th Anniversary season race for the Badger at the famed 1/3-mile oval. Fans are encourged to come to the track early Sunday as numerous social events involving past participants from Badger will begin in the Pavillion at 1:00 p.m. running until 5:00 p.m. Pits open at 3:00 p.m., grandstands at 5:00 p.m., practice begins at 6:00 p.m., with racing to follow. The Badger 600 Micro Series and Illini Racing Series will be also racing.
Andrew Felker finds himself atop both series point standings heading into the event. Felker currently leads three-time Badger champ Brad Kuhn by one point in Badger standings, and holds a sizeable lead in POWRi over Zach Daum.

Clauson tops Belleville Bash finale

Belleville, Ill. July 6---Bryan Clauson scored a thrilling victory, Saturday Night, winning the 30-lap "Belleville Bash" feature at Belle-Clair Speedway. The event was tri-sanctioned by the USAC Honda National Midget, POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget and Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series.
Jerry Coons jumped into the lead at the start, over pole sitter Brad Kuhn, both drivers had earlier in the night won heat and qualifying races to set the field as forty-nine cars competed in the event. Coons was followed by Kuhn, and Clauson. Clauson passed Kuhn for second position before the midway point.
Clauson closed to Coons' rear bumper when the caution appeared on Lap 23. Another caution appeared before the lap could be completed for a stalled car. On the restart Coons led Clauson as the pair ran the high side of the track. Coons slid up the cushion, with three laps remaining, giving Clauson the lead. Clauson driving the Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian owned Spike/Ford-Esslinger No. 39 finished 0.740 seconds ahead of Coons, Kuhn, Tracy Hines and Christopher Bell.
POWRi and Badger will co-sanction the Saturday July 13 event at the Wilmot (Wis.) Raceway, Seventh annual "Salute to Harry Turner". The following evening action moves to Angell Park Speedway (Sun Prairie, Wis.), for the "77th Anniversary Season" race for Badger at the famed 1/3-mile oval. Next for USAC Midgets, will be a July 27 event at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.

SUMMARY
30-lap Feature: 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Jerry Coons, Jr., 3. Brad Kuhn, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Chris Bell, 6. Daniel Robinson, 7. Zach Daum, 8. Andrew Felker, 9. Tanner Thorson, 10. Danny Stratton, 11. Austin Brown, 12. Tim Siner, 13. Parker Price-Miller, 14. Garrett Aitken, 15. Tyler Robbins, 16. Daniel Adler, 17. Jake Blackhurst, 18. Shane Cottle, 19. Justin Grant, 20. Alex Bright, 21. Caleb Armstrong, 22. Seth Motsinger, 23. Darren Hagen, 24. Derrick Myers, 25. Nick Knepper, 26. Colten Cottle.

12-lap Qualifying Race Winners: Kuhn, Coons, Brown, Clauson.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Hines, Clauson, Grant, Coons, Kuhn, Brown.
10-lap Qualifying Race Winners: Siner, Adler.
Cars Present: 49, Feature Lap Leaders: Coons 1-27, Clauson 28-30.