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Made it up to Angell Park last night for their last show of 2015 (happy to say, they were already talking about 2016 on the PA) which included winged sprint cars (combo show NSL/IRA) and Badger midgets. Best car count I have seen there in years. The sprint cars brought 42 and I think the midgets were 27. It was fantastic to see all those cars there in both divisions and I'd like to send a "thanks" from this race fan to all the teams. Also, great crowd showed up last night, probably the biggest of 2015 and I feel like everybody got their money's worth.
Sprint cars: It was awesome to see an 11.985 second lap in a winged sprint car by Billy Balog. It was really a high quality field of cars. Racing for the most part was clean, except for a couple of incidents in the feature. That really attests to the skill level of the drivers that showed up. I was disappointed that Loyet lost the lead there at the end only because we had seen him run midget many times over the years at Sun Prairie. Still, Lasoski is the veteran and he was able to pass for both second and first place using a high line coming down for the restart and then slide jobbing in turn 1. Good stuff.
Midgets. Maybe somebody can tell me where all the cars came from last night? It's the most midgets I've seen show up to Angell Park in quite some time and a lot of guys I didn't recognize (then again, I only see BMARA at Angell Park). That said, it was great to see so many cars and unknown drivers. Hoping they all come back next year as they put on an entertaining show. Was very happy that Dave Budres won the 2015 Badger championship because he's been racing a long time on a shoe string budget and has worked his ass off to get to where he is.. a champion. I don't know what others thought of the midget feature last night, but I sure found it entertaining because two grooves were available.
Looking forward to 2016.
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