Scott Norton led the super stock field in time and won the dash. After an 11-car inversion, Norton's early success was stopped one position short when the checkered flag fell on the feature. Adam Regnier was the other double winner in this division. Everyone else got to play, but didn't have as much fun. Josh Wallace was also competing in the Millennium late model field this evening, which lasted longer than his super stock, which retired early in the main event. Mike Gunderson doubled his fun with a third place finish in the super stock feature before switching to his new late model. With only one caution in the 25-lap finale, Regnier set a torrid pace to the end to notch his ninth win of the season.

The Millennium late models were a bit short on entries, made even less when Jamie Wallace found a problem with his late model. The senior Wallace then borrowed Dr. Ken Johnson's Millennium mount to run in the top class and protect his point lead. Paul Dygon borrowed a car to join the Millennium field Saturday, and one other driver never made it to qualifying. The Dygon family adventure ended poorly when Carrie's car went up in a huge cloud of smoke just five laps from the end, and Paul got lapped. Sonny Schoffen has tried his hand in most every type of car at Lake Geneva, showing his joy by spinning donuts and doing burnouts after winning the feature. Fending off the hard-charging Josh Wallace, Schoffen declared, "It's never easy with the 8 car in your mirror". If it were easy, it wouldn't be as much fun.
There were a pair of creeper races for fan fun, thanks to the night's sponsor. The sight of so much exertion on a summer night showed that this was for the young in body, as each entry had a pusher and passenger.

The late model semi transferred Jamie Wallace and Gunderson to the 40-lap main event, but Mike Meyerhofer's powerless car had to be pushed off as the other 19 took the green flag. Close racing in tight packs caused more than a few miscues. Jeff Lorenz was leading when contact with Rick Corso spun both and sent them to the rear of the field. Denny Hiffman and Jerry Mueller were dueling over fifth place when the same thing happened to them. By the time it looked like things would calm down with a hugely reduced field, a fire erupted under the front of Corso's car. By the time he came to a stop, the blaze was out, but the same thing happened after the restart, and Corso finally parked the troublesome machine. A total of nine cautions had taken a toll, the surviving seven just happy it was over. Eddie May was so thirsty afterwards that starter Dave Rex tossed his own water bottle to the winner. "We were talking last week about it being long", declared May after snaring that

But there was more fun to be had. The audience that packed the arena Saturday seemed to be eager for the rollover contest, and loudly proclaimed their choices. After three passes, scores were awarded for number of times each mount made a revolution, with a bonus if their cars posted their numbers on the underside. It took two different cars to do the job for Todd Booker, but the audience wanted it that way. For someone who once tried his hand at racing in the entry-level class before becoming a track employee, Booker was on top of the world Saturday.

Sunday simmered near 90 degrees at Slinger Speedway while the pits filled with nearly 120 race cars. The legendary Miles "The Mouse" Melius earned track titles at Slinger when it opened as a tiny dirt oval, and continues to return as a spectator long after his retirement. Even though his birthday is in the winter, owner Wayne Erickson surprised him with a birthday party at the track Sunday. Bobby Allison showed up to honor Melius, recalling the time he worked in Wisconsin and watched The Mouse lift the left front wheel high in the air on his way to winner's circle. We remember Allison piloting to Wisconsin's short tracks often decades ago, a fly-by with a tip of the wing Allison's personal goodbye each time. The decades have moved on, and we were blessed to have seen what will never be repeated.

The late model field took a lot of hits Sunday. Tommy Hromadka's mount was being loaded on a flatbed after a trailing arm broke during practice, but repairs were made by qualifying time. Jerry Eckhardt is in his 41st year of racing, and tells me this never happened before. His engine exploded, leaving holes through the block and oil pan. Eckhardt became a spectator for the first time, his customary drive up the rickety ramps of his open trailer would be replaced by a winch and assistance from several pushers. Toby Rott's mount worked until race time, when he joined Eckhardt on the sidelines.

Sunday's 70-lap feature began and ended with a duel between Dave Feiler and Mike Egan. Neither had notched a win this year yet, and Feiler told the audience it wasn't easy. "We experienced rear end problems tonight", declared the winner, adding, "We couldn't get on the gas", without spinning the spool. Only one lap was scored when a mass of cars collected on the frontstretch, which parked Al Schill, Mike Strupp, Travis Dassow, David Prunty, and Robert Maynor for the night. The late model semi transferred Scott Schoeni and Brady Bennett, but Bennett only made three laps before exiting. After the white flag is displayed at Slinger, the race is officially finished if something happens. This was the case when the mounts of Freddy Winn and fast-timer Brad Mueller tangled in turn one while the finishing pack came across the final stripe.

The mod field also ran their feature with one slowdown, but the duo of race leaders didn't keep swapping places. Steven Schultz had his hands full with quick Jason Feyereisen and defending champ Dale Prunty hot on his rear bumper. The Thunder Stock race went nonstop, Eric Schuetz the second, and final driver, to lead the pack. The Slinger Bees had an interesting finish in the second contest, when the person who thought he was leading actually had been penalized one position for jumping the start. We're sure he didn't like the explanation afterwards.

The Midwest Sportsman Championship series found a full field, all 20 of which began the 40-lap feature. Four cautions marred the early going as four different racers led the event. Over the race din, we couldn't hear why the black flag was displayed to defending champ Gary Lamonte, and later to Scott Shambeau, but both had obey and leave the race. It took much patience and skill for James Swan to thread his way to the front, followed by owner and teammate Kenny Joosten. The contest ended with just over a dozen survivors, and four of them were lapped.

After the fan events, speedway guest cars and street eliminations, were complete, the infield was quickly cleared for the figure 8 finale. This ended abruptly when two mounts crashed hard at the X, and the crowd was glad to hear both drivers were okay. It was 10:00, late by Slinger standards, but still early enough for fans to flock around their heroes in the pits. Thus we say farewell to July.