Kurt Mayhew takes a tumble during qualifying at Angell Park Speeway, Sun Prairie, WI. Mayhew escaped injury and had the car back in action for the feature. (Photo by Jeff Wilcenski)by Steve Liegel and Bill Blumer
It was a battle of former Badger Midget champions as Brad Kuhn out-dueled Scott Hatton and Mike Hess to a hard earned victory Sunday night at Angell Park Speedway.

Sun Prairie's Brandon Waelti jump to the early lead in the thirty lap feature, driving a second Huston Solutions car, as his Jones Motorsports ride was under repairs. The lead was short lived as Mike Hess took over two laps later. Kuhn, who started in the fifth position, took to the point on the sixth circuit. By lap eight, Hatton had possession of second place after splitting the cars of Mike Hess and Davey Ray, who were running a distant second and third. Kuhn was enjoying a good straightaway advantage when Hatton started to creep up on the cushion, one groove higher than Kuhn. By lap sixteen, Hatton caught Kuhn and tried to sneak past him using the high line, coming out of turn four. Hatton saw an opening but got a little too high and tagged the wall, first with one end of the car, then the other. The contact put him within inches of doing a famed end over end flip, down the front straight. But somehow he collected his car and continued his pursuit of Kuhn, albeit out of striking range. The next lap saw Daniel Robinson's machine come to a halt between turns one and two, bringing out the caution, seemingly helping Hatton in the process. On the restart, Kuhn got a big jump on Hatton, who was quickly overtaken by Hess. On lap twenty, Davey Ray and Bubba Altig both snuck by Hatton to run third and fourth. Kuhn was able to secure a comfortable lead and went on to take his second APS victory in a row.

by Bryan Gapinski
Officials of the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association (BMARA) released a 20-race schedule for the 2011 racing season, today. The Diamond Anniversary season will mark the 75th year of sanctioning midget auto racing, for the country's oldest midget auto racing organization. The announcement was made during the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.

Car Owner Greg Wilke talks about the Badger Midget Series/Angell Park Speedway dispute.

In a tuneup for next weekend, Jerry Coons Jr. took the Cornfest 50 at Angell Park before a packed house. Coons took the lead before the race was half over and never looked back. It was a nice return for Davey Ray, back from a racing injury, who finished second. Mike Hess was third and Dakota Armstrong, perhaps preparing for the next three big nights of racing at the speedway finished fourth.

Coons was the fastest in time trials, where over half of the field ran in the 14-second range. Preliminary wins went to Matt Smith, Bubba Altig, Coons, Scott Hatton and Armstrong.

This weekend, it’s a double header at Angell Park Speedway as Badger and USAC take to the track in a co-sanctioned event. Both Saturday and Sunday will have 30 lap features as most of the nation’s best midget drivers compete in the Hall of Fame Classic, sponsored by McGovern’s, Miller Genuine Draft and the Sun Prairie Tourism Commission.

Davey Ray has been released to race after almost 12 weeks of recovery from a broken knee cap suffered in an accident at Knoxville Raceway back in May. Ray was expected to be out for at least 6 weeks for the initial break to heal, but it took an additional 6 weeks of physical therapy exercises for the muscles around the knee cap to heal. Daily biking, stretching, and climbing in the cockpit of his racecar were some of the activities Ray performed in order to get his knee at the 90 degree angle needed to safely return to racing.

Ray is set to make his return on Sunday August 23rd at Angell Park Speedway for the “Corn Fest 50” event. Ray is a two-time winner of the “Corn Fest” event claiming the 2008 50-lapper driving for John Jones and the 2004 event driving for RaJo/Wilke. Ray will pilot the Mecum Racing No. 33 this weekend, and couldn’t be happier to make his return.

Photos by Jeff Wilcenski www.openwheelpictures.comThe Mid-Season 25 by Merillat Cabinets and Chase Lumber was contested at Angell Park Speedway on Sunday.

Indiana's Brad Kuhn set the bar in qualifying, as he was the only car to crack the 14-second bracket.

The trophy dash was won by Mike Hess in the Jerryatric Motor Sports number 1.

In heat action, Scott Hatton in the Huston Solution Racing midget took the first one. Meanwhile, Kurt Mayhew wondered where all the fast guys were, as he backed up several Victory Lane visits of late, with a feature win over both Hess and Kuhn.

Bubba Altig, with Mopar power, won the qualifying race, while Sun Prairie's Chad DeSelle took the Semi.

The Badger A-Main started with a strong run by Aaron Fiscus. Kuhn looked good early, but a flat tire put him in the pits and relegated him to a 13th place finish. In the end it was Hess who topped the field.