Slinger, Wis., Aug. 7--—Kulwicki Driver Development Program
competitor Alex Prunty took the lead on lap four and drove to his first
career super late model feature victory at the Slinger Super Speedway in
the 60-lap main event Sunday night.“This car was just awesome tonight,” Prunty exclaimed as he exchanged high-fives with the crowd gathered around victory lane, “We work so hard on this car and we’re just a one car team to run the Dells last night and win there and then get up early this morning , and get the car switched over, it’s just an incredible feeling to be here.”
“There are just so many people with the Kulwicki program behind me to make this all possible, “ continued Prunty, who also won the night before in the Wisconsin Dells, “I’m just shaking I’m so happy.”
Travis Dassow led the field to the green flag and paced the opening
laps as fellow front row starter Prunty dropped in line behind him in
second just ahead of Nick Wagner, Steve Apel, and Rob Braun. The top two
ran single file for a few laps while Apel worked the high side to pass
Wagner for third, leaving him to battle Rob Braun and Gary LaMonte over
fourth with Chris Blawat and Brad Mueller lurking close behind. On lap
four, Prunty dove to the inside of Dassow exiting turn four and competed
the pass for the lead, stretching his advantage as Apel worked over
Dassow for second. As Prunty edged ahead, Apel took to the inside lane
to take second from Dassow while behind them Braun, Blawat, and LaMonte
occupied the fourth through sixth spots. Prunty began to work lapped
traffic with Apel attempting to close in as Blawat caught and passed
Dassow for third. Prunty methodically picked his way through the lapped
traffic and never allowed Apel to close to more than a few car lengths
as the driver on the move in the closing laps was LaMonte who slipped
by Blawat for third. Prunty was never headed as the race ran caution
free and he took the checkered flag ahead of Steve Apel for his first
career super late model feature victory at the Slinger Super Speedway.
Gary LaMonte finished in third while Chris Blawat crossed the finish
line in fourth and Travis Dassow was fifth. Rob Braun took the checkered
flag in sixth place ahead of Brad Mueller and Nick Wagner while Ryan
DeStefano and James Swan rounded out the top ten.
Mike Egan won the 30-lap super late model semi-feature over James Swan and Dave McCardle. Randy Schuler was fourth and Tim Lampman finished fifth. Super late model heat races were won by Mitch McGrath, Alex Prunty, and Gary LaMonte while Brad Mueller was the fastest qualifier with a lap of 11.237 seconds.
Race Video highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPoa4sNm4j4
Celebration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_lLiud2Rv0
