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I hope they all enjoyed it. about that kid. Seventeen years old and SRX Series at Nashville, and the season Series event on July 10 at Slinger It’s unreal to race against these guys. much more mature than that in a race- finale will also feature . Speedway to take his first victory in a They’re so good at what they do. It’s car,” said Ray Evernham, co-founder of Elliott is the reigning NASCAR Cup racecar with fenders and a roof. hard to beat them.” the Camping World SRX Series. “You Series champion and he will join his The third-generation racer whose Stewart finished third to pad his lead can’t overlook the talent that’s coming father, , in the race that will grandfather is and father in the Camping World SRX Series cham- out of these short tracks across America. air live at 8 p.m. EDT on the CBS is held off local all-star pionship standings to 38 points over sec- Every Saturday night, we need to go and Television Network and streamed on Luke Fenhaus to take the win at the ond-place Ernie Francis Jr. support those short tracks so that talent Paramount+ Premium. quarter-mile, high-banked asphalt oval “My buddy Marco winning the race like that can get to the big-time. I’m just Chase won the 2020 NASCAR Cup 35 miles northwest of Milwaukee. and us having another podium finish proud of the way this series has been Series championship and Bill won the “Honestly, I know it’s not a popular and gaining some more points in the able to showcase the short tracks, the 1988 Cup Series title. They are just the win, but I tried to be as clean as possi- standings with one race to go is a big drivers, the crew chiefs. There’s a lot of third father-son combo to win Cup Series ble,” said Andretti, a 16-year veteran of deal to me,” said Stewart, a two-time talent out here on Friday and Saturday championships, joining the Pettys (Lee: the NTT INDYCAR Series. “I’m so proud of winner already in the Camping World nights. 1954, 1958, 1959 and Richard: 1964, him (Fenhaus). I’m trying to learn from SRX Series. “The first five weeks of this “Look at this crowd, they haven’t 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1979) him, to be honest with you. Just series have been awesome. To go to left. They want to come in here and see and the Jarretts (Ned: 1961, 1965 and delighted to be able to do it without three totally different racetracks — the these cars, they want to see what’s going Dale: 1999). touching him. I know it’s not a popular three paved tracks are totally different on, they’re chasing drivers for auto- The lone time Chase and Bill compet- win, but us old guys have to get it when from each other, and then two totally graphs and doing a lot of different ed together on the same track was on we can. He’s young, he’s got a lot of time different dirt tracks — it’s been a lot of things and they enjoyed it. So that tells Oct. 20, 2013 in the Alabama Pro 125 ahead of him. I had so much fun.” fun. To sit there each weekend and see me we’re doing something right. If the race at South Alabama Andretti beat the 17-year-old how much fun everybody is having, fans like it and they keep watching it on Speedway. Chase won and Bill finished Fenhaus to the checkered flag by .194 of that’s the payoff for all this. It’s payoff TV, then we’ll keep doing it.” fourth. second in a green-white-checkered fin- for all of us as drivers. ish. “To get ready for this race, I watched “I think he (Marco) jumped it a little some YouTube videos and Luke Fenhaus bit, which didn’t help me at all,” said was the star of a lot of them. Getting to Fenhaus, who earned his spot in the 12- spend the day with that kid has been driver field by winning Tuesday night’s the highlight of my day, to be honest. Slinger Nationals. “I was better on the He’s the most composed 17-year-old I’ve top. I felt like we could roll on the out- ever seen. There are kids in the side. I was just worried that he’d shove (NASCAR) Truck Series and Series me up the racetrack if I went to the out- who don’t have the composure that this side. I probably would’ve lost either way. guy’s got. I hope somebody will give him He would’ve run us hard. It is what it is. a shot, even if it’s a one-race deal to give Second place, I can’t complain.” him a crack at it and make himself a Fenhaus started second and led 18 name.” times for a race-high 92 laps. At 17 years Fourth place went to Hailie Deegan old, he is the youngest winner in the 42- who raced in place of as a year history of the Slinger Nationals. The schedule conflict prevented him from Wausau, Wisconsin-native skipped his competing at Slinger. planned start in the ARCA Midwest Tour “It’s been so much fun. I love it. The championship at Grundy County SRX series is great racing,” said Deegan, Speedway in Morris, Illinois, to compete who finished second to Stewart in her in the SRX race at Slinger, despite being first Camping World SRX Series start second in the championship standings. June 19 at Knoxville (Iowa) Speedway. It proved to be a good choice, as that “Coming back to short-track racing PHOTO BY THOMAS J. MCKILLEN race was rained out while the Camping reminds me of my (NASCAR) K&N West An SRX car prepared for Helio Castroneves goes through practice at Slinger Speedway World SRX Series event at Slinger ran days and I just enjoy it so much. It on July 9. Former NASCAR stars David Stremme and Kenny Schrader ran all SRX cars under a clear sky. brings back such good memories and through practice for the race the next evening. “We talked about it Monday before some good racing. These cars are amaz- the Slinger Nationals and decided that if ing, and I feel like there is a lot of great we won the Slinger Nationals, it was talent out here.” kind of a no-brainer to run SRX,” said The Camping World SRX Series fea- Dennis Prunty tops Slinger SRX Fenhaus, a rising senior at Wausau East tures world-class drivers from an array of High School. “I’m glad we came here, for backgrounds competing in super late model invite sure. Just to come here and enjoy the identically prepared racecars on some of The Slinger Speedway Uptown super later as Dennis Prunty stretched his lead experience and to soak it all in — it’s the most iconic short tracks in America. late models provided the opening act to out front. The race ran caution-free and crazy and surreal, to say the least. I With five rounds in the books, the inau- the Camping World Superstar Racing Dennis Prunty could not be caught as he loved every minute of it. If I could do it gural six-race series culminates with the Experience (SRX) Series July 10 at the drove to the victory. Alex Prunty had to again, I would. Hopefully, it leads in the season finale July 17 at the Nashville Slinger Speedway with a 75-lap invita- settle for second place while Rich Loch right direction for my career. (Tenn.) . tional feature won by Dennis Prunty took the checkered flag in third, R.J. “It was an insane race. The race “I’m really happy for Marco, and who bested his nephew Alex Prunty for Braun and Steve Apel rounded out the against Tony (Stewart) for that long, Luke Fenhaus did an awesome job the victory and a $2500 pay day. top five in fourth and fifth respectively. Both Dennis and Alex Prunty started Nick Wagner finished sixth and Dave Spotlight From Page 1 Trickle, , and deep in the field and worked their way McCardle finished seventh ahead of Rob have raced at the track. Slinger forward while Dave McCardle paced the Braun and Nick Egan. Conrad Morgan — oh, there's a speedway in Slinger, Speedway super late model champion opening laps. By the time Rich Loch finished tenth. Jacob Vanoskey finished Wisconsin," resident Craig Wolf said dur- Steve Apel and Conrad Morgan — who caught McCardle for the lead on lap 26, in the eleventh position and Nathan ing the feature segment. has raced at the track for 53 years — Dennis and Alex Prunty found them- Matz was twelfth. Braison Bennett took Besides the track, the feature spoke about the racing at the track. selves close behind in third and fourth the checkered flag in thirteenth ahead showed images of the Slinger High A national audience saw packed place respectively. Dennis Prunty was of Mark Eswein and Randy Schuler in School "Home of the Owls" sign and the stands at the speedway. When reached the first to advance as he moved into fourteenth and fifteenth respectively. village's water tower. for comment after the race, Thelen said second and then challenged Loch for Alex Prunty topped super late model During the feature segment, track the race was sold out and drew fans from the lead. Dennis Prunty was able to take qualifying with a lap in 11.210 seconds. promoter and announcer Todd Thelen 27 states, including as far away as the lead on lap 28 while Alex Prunty R.J. Braun qualified second followed by mentioned that since racing started at . When asked, he said the raced with Loch and McCardle over sec- Steve Apel, Dennis Prunty, and Nick the track in 1948, racing legends such as event was the biggest event in the ond. Alex Prunty was able to grab sole Wagner. Sr., , Dick track’s history. possession of second place a few laps July 20, 2021 Visit discoverhometown.com for daily updates on Local News Page 5 Moraine Park student places third at SkillsUSA National Championship Moraine Park News Service With campuses in Fond du Lac, Beaver student to succeed at work and in life, Moraine Park Technical College stu- Dam, and West Bend, and regional cen- while helping to close the skills gap in dent Austin Seidel of West Bend earned ters in Jackson and Ripon, Moraine Park which millions of positions go unfilled. third place at the 2021 National serves over 18,000 students annually. Through SkillsUSA’s championships pro- SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills More than 100 Associate of Applied gram and curricula, employers have Conference during the week of June 21. Science degrees, technical diplomas, ensured schools are teaching relevant Seidel, an electricity student at the apprenticeships and certificates are technical skills, and with SkillsUSA’s College, competed at the regional con- offered in a variety of formats – class- new credentialing process, they can now ference last April in the Industrial Motor room, online and blended. With commu- assess how ready potential employees Controls category. He earned first place- nity in mind, Moraine Park offers pro- are for the job. advancing him to nationals. More than grams, such as manufacturing boot SkillsUSA has hundreds of thousands 16,000 students from across the nation camps, and training and technical assis- of members nationwide in high schools, participated in the weeklong event. tance for businesses, that work to fill middle schools and colleges, covering SkillsUSA is the showcase for the local industry needs. To find out more over 130 trade, technical and skilled best career and technical students in the about Moraine Park, visit service occupations, and is recognized nation. Their philosophy is to reward morainepark.edu. by the U.S. Departments of Education students for excellence, involve industry About SkillsUSA: SkillsUSA is a non- and Labor as integral to career and tech- in directly evaluating student perform- profit partnership of education and nical education. With the addition of ance and keep training relevant to industry founded in 1965 to strengthen our alumni, membership last year was employers’ needs. our nation’s skilled workforce. Driven by over 400,000. SkillsUSA receives in-kind About Moraine Park Technical employer demand, SkillsUSA helps stu- and financial support from more than College: Moraine Park Technical College dents develop necessary personal and 650 national partners. We have served was established in 1912 and is one of 16 workplace skills along with technical more than 13.8 million members since technical college districts that make up skills grounded in academics. This 1965. For more information: www.skill- the Wisconsin Technical College System. SkillsUSA Framework empowers every susa.org. Austin Seidel Local groups part of Hartford Fourth of July parade PHOTOS BY THOMAS J. 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Hartford, WI, -- Gabriella Blazek ronmental science Wisconsin Lutheran College (WLC) is Abigail Malchow, of Jackson, a senior. graduated with a Bachelor of Business Jackson, WI, -- Nic Pierron graduated an independent, nationally ranked Malchow is a graduate of Kettle Moraine Administration in human resource man- Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Business Christian college located in Milwaukee, Lutheran High School. agement Administration in accounting Paige Reuter, of Jackson, a senior. Slinger, WI, -- Andrew Constantine Jackson, WI, -- Kim Reinders graduat- Reuter is a graduate of Kettle Moraine graduated with a Bachelor of Science in ed with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. Lutheran High School. journalism Laura Sanford, of Jackson, a senior. Slinger, WI, -- Mitchell Duley gradu-

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