ZACH PRUNTY WINS ON REMEMBRANCE NIGHT AT SLINGER

Slinger, Wis., June 1—Zach Prunty took the lead on a late restart and held off Evan Hassler and Jesse Bernhagen to win the Johnson and Sons Paving Remembrance Night 55-lap Uptown Motor Cars late model feature Sunday night at the Slinger Speedway.

“It’s been a long time coming to get here and set fast and get a feature win on the same night,” Prunty said from victory lane, “honestly, it feels great.”

“It was a great long run to start there and I did need a caution there so I can’t really complain,” Prunty continued after advancing from his tenth starting position to fourth in the opening 37 green flag laps before a trio of cautions allowed him to take the lead from Evan Hassler using the inside lane on a restart, “Normally I don’t like cautions because I have a better long run car but we got it done tonight.”

“We had a short run car here but it just didn’t work,” second place finisher Evan Hassler said afterwards, “I tried to get Zach (Prunty) the right way but just couldn’t do it. It’s pretty cool to do what we do. We’re a low budget team and I pay for everything on this car myself and it feels pretty cool to get a second place.”

“The car was fast and if we were able to catch the cautions right and get out front I don’t think they could’ve passed us,” Jesse Bernhagen stated after his third-place result directly in the tire tracks of the top two finishers, “But I don’t think we were good enough to pass them without moving them. That last lap got exciting on the backstretch and I was able to jump to the outside of Evan (Hassler) but just couldn’t quite get it done.”

Behind the top three, Jon Reynolds Jr. finished in the fourth position just ahead of Ryan Gutknecht who finished fifth. Billy Braun finished sixth while Jayden Johnson was seventh followed by Tom Berens in eighth. Simon Seyfert and Jacob Vanoskey completed the top ten in ninth and tenth respectively. Zach Prunty was the fastest of the 18 cars that took qualifying laps with a lap time of 12.021 seconds.

Justin Poenitsch turned back numerous challenges by Brad Mueller to win the Raceway Bar and Grill 602 crater division 35-lap main event. Al Stippich finished a close third right behind the top two while Alex Lopacinski finished fourth and Dan Thomson was fifth. Alex Lopacinski was the winner of the 602 crater heat race over Al Stippich and Justin Poenitsch while Stippich was the fastest qualifier after turning in a lap time of 11.843 seconds.

Karter Stark scored the victory in the 30-lap Outdoor Dock and Lift super beez feature over Karl Benn and Tyler Muller. Paul Reagles took the checkered flag in fourth place while Al Strobel finished fifth. Stark also set fast time for the division after circling the speedway in 13.279 seconds.

Ayrton Brockhouse held off a hard charging Dillon Schwanbeck to win the 25-lap Great North legends feature. Grant Hooker finished third followed by Lincoln Cain and Carter Stein in fourth and fifth place respectively. Great North legends heat races were won by Art Hahn and Ayrton Brockhouse while Dillon Schwanbeck set fast time with a lap time of 13.342 seconds.

Bentley Thompson won the Johnson and Sons Paving bandolero feature that ended prematurely after the time limit expired. Axel Oldenhoff finished second followed by Lincoln Johnson in third and Ace Oldenhoff in fourth. Mason Obermeyer was fifth. Grant Hooker won the bandolero semi-feature over Wyatt Schellinger, Zadale Demeny, .and Jarrett Reynolds. Bandolero heat races were won by Christopher Flynn and Axel Oldenhoff while Harley Johnson was the fastest qualifier after turning in a lap time of 14.359.