BALOG CAPTURES MIDGET OPENER --- by Bryan Gapinski.

Billy Balog won "The 70th Opening Night at Angell Park Speedway" 20-lap Mid-State Equipment///Zimbrick Chevrolet of Sun Prairie Badger Midwest Series feature Sunday night. The event kicked off the 80th year of sanctioning midget auto racing for the organization, oldest in the country.

David Budres paced the initial lap before Brandon Waelti moved into the lead. 2-laps later Waelti slowed, bringing out the caution, and retired with a broken oil line. Andy Baugh assumed the lead on the restart.

Balog who flipped on the opening lap of the 1st-heat race, started in the 15th position, after a great effort by his team to repair the car. Balog passed 8 cars on the opening lap. By the 3rd lap, Balog was running in 5th place. Balog passed Baugh for the event lead entering turn-3 on the 6th lap.

Once in the lead, Balog pulled away from the field in the RAB Racing owned Spike/Ford No. 57, finishing 2.65 seconds ahead of Baugh, Kurt Mayhew, Derek Childs and Ken Hanson.

Andy Rein won the 15-lap Badger 600 Micro Series presented by My Race Pass feature, leading the entire distance. Rein easily finished ahead of Tory Strauss, Zach Boden, Dylan Larson and Don Wickstrom.
The "14th Annual Theil Memorial" headlines the Sunday night May 28 event at APS, with 4 divisions racing....Badger Midgets, Badger Micros, Wisconsin Mini Sprint Series and Wisconsin Vintage Racing Series /// Vintage Racing of Illinois.

RACE RESULTS
8-LAP HEAT WINNERS; Brandon Waelti; Kurt Mayhew;
Cars present: 18 feature lap leaders: Budres 1; Waelti 2-4; Baugh 5-6; Balog 7-20

20-LAP FEATURE: 1 - Billy Balog; 2 - Andy Baugh; 3 - Kurt Mayhew; 4 - Derek Childs; 5 - Ken Hanson; 6 - Randy Reed; 7 - Jack Routson; 8 - Mike Stroik; 9 - Laura Smith; 10 - Aaron Schuck; 11 - Bryce Dunn; 12 - Denny Smith; 13 - Brandon Waelti; 14 - David Budres; 15 - Lamont Critchett; 16 - Buddy Luebke.

MICROS
8-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Andy Rein, Ehrke;
Cars present; 12 feature lap leaders: Rein 1-15

15-LAP FEATURE: 1 - Andy Rein; 2 - Tory Strauss; 3 - Zach Boden; 4 - Dylan Larson; 5 - Don Wickstrom; 6 - Jack Vanderboom; 7 - Norm Ehrke; 8 - Dave Collins; 9 - Zach Rein;
10 - Chad Bogar; 11 - Brian Haugland.