A.J. FIKE SCORES FIRST PRAIRIE WIN DAVEY RAY CLINCHES BADGER TITLE

SunPrairie, Wis, August 24, 2003--A.J. Fike scored a exciting victory in the 25-lap Badger Midget Series feature, Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway.
The win was his first ever at the facility. Davey Ray who finished second clinched the Badger Midget Series Drivers title. Ra-Jo/Wilke PAK Racing(Ralph Wilke, and Joe Vukovich) clinched the Car Owners title.
Randy Fiscus jumped into the lead at the start of the event. On the second lap Critter Malone, Boyd Calvert, and Kevin Doty were involved in a hard crash on the front stretch. Doty's car caught fire from a major impact in the tail tank. The event was stopped Doty escaped injury.
Fiscus paced the event until the fifth lap, when he suffered electrical problems, and was forced to retire. Fike inherited the lead, and led a tightly bunched field. Fike led Ray by two car lengths at the midway point with Jerry Coons Jr. in third. Coons retired with a flat tire three laps later.
Ray challenged Fike several times, and trailed Fike by a car length with five laps remaining. A stalled car on the 23rd lap set up a two lap shootout. On the restart third place running Scott Hatton flipped, escaping injury. The final two laps Ray ran wheel to wheel with Fike. Fike finished 0.36 seconds ahead of Ray. Brandon Waelti, Cody Wisensel, and Don Droud Jr. rounded out the top five. Fike drove the Wisco Racing Stealth-Esslinger entry. Fike's brother Aaron the 2002 Badger Champ escaped injury in a wild flip in qualifying.
Ray's title comes 26 years after his father Dave's Badger Championship, making them the third father-son combination to win the Badger Championship.
The event capped off the weekend's events which included the National Midget Auto racing Hall of Fame Inductions. The 22nd annual Fireman's Nationals presented by Coca-Cola will be the season finale this Sunday at the facility.