Results 5/12/2012

1. Zach Daum
2. Chett Gehrke
3. Daniel Robinson
4. Davey Ray
5. Andrew Felker

Point Standings

1. Daniel Robinson
2. Bubba Altig
3. Danny Stratton
4. Brad Kuhn
5. Davey Ray

Daum tops Macon field

Macon, Ill., May 12---Zach Daum led all 30-laps capturing the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget and Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series co-sanctioned feature, Saturday Night at Macon Speedway.

Daum jumped into the lead at the start, edging polesitter Chett Gehrke for the lead. Bubba Altig took over the second position three laps later. Altig tried several attempts to pass Daum for the lead following a ninth lap restart. With five laps remaining Altig tried a slide job entering Turn One and spun. Altig restarted and finished in twelveth position.

Daum driving the Daum Motorsports owned Eagle/Fontana No. 5 finished ahead of Gehrke, Badger point leader Daniel Robinson, Davey Ray, and Andrew Felker. "It's nice to get one," Daum said. "I've won in USAC (Midgets), SMRS (Southern Midget Racing Series) and now POWRi and Badger. I've won in every (Midwestern) Midget series." Robinson hold a 26-point lead over Altig entering the May 19 co-sanctioned POWRi event at Peoria (Ill.) Speedway.

SUMMARY
30-lap Feature : 1. Zach Daum, 2. Chett Gehrke, 3. Daniel Robinson, 4. Davey Ray, 5. Andrew Felker, 6. Austin Brown; 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Jake Blackhurst, 9. Brett Anderson, 10. Cameron Hagin, 11. Colten Cottle, 12. Bubba Altig, 13. Dereck King, 14. Chris Bell, 15. John Campbell, 16. Rich Camfield, 17. Jake Neuman, 18. Tyler Robbins, 19. Derrick Myers, 20. Derek Rossio, 21. Nick Knepper, 22. Tyler Thomas.

12-lap Semi Feature Winner: Brown.
10-lap Heat Race Winners: Gehrke, King, Robinson, Bell, Altig.
Cars Present: 37 Feature Lap Leaders: Daum 1-30.

Current Badger Midget Series Points: 1. Daniel Robinson 132; 2. Bubba Altig 106; 3. Danny Stratton 94; 4. Brad Kuhn 84; 5. Davey Ray 77; 6. David Budres 65; 7. Eric Johnson 33; 8. Mike Hess 23; 9. Bill Balog 19; 10. Scott Hatton 15.

Rescheduled Macon next for Badger Midgets
Micros kickoff Saturday at Sycamore

Sun Prairie, Wis. May 3--- The Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series will continue on Saturday Night May 12 at Macon Speedway. The event is the rain date for the April 28th event, and will be co-sanctioned with the Lucas Oil POWRi National Midgets. The POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series will also compete at track.
Macon will host three POWRi/Badger events this season, it will be the first ever Badger sanctioned events at the exciting high banked 1/4-mile clay oval which is a fixture on the POWRi schedule. Past Badger Champions Brad Kuhn, Mike Hess, and Kevin Doty, have scored midget feature wins at the track along with four-time car owner champion Don Boorse who won at the track on July 30, 1959. Danny Stratton holds a ten-point cushion over Kuhn after the season opening April 27 event at Jacksonville Speedway won by Mario Clouser.
The Badger 600 Micro Series begins its second season on Saturday Night May 5 at Sycamore (Ill.) Speedway. Defending Champion Chad Bogar leads the growing list of entrants who plan to compete in the sixteen race series.

Rain forced cancellation

Macon, Ill., April 28--Rain forced cancellation of the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget and Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series co-sanctioned event, Saturday Night at Macon Speedway. The next event for the Badger will be May 19 at Peoria (Ill.) Speedway, a co-sanctioned event with POWRi.
The Badger 600 Micro Series was scheduled to begin its second season also on April 28 at Beaver Dam (Wis.) Raceway, however rain forced cancellation of the event. The 600 Microseason opener will be Saturday May 5 at Sycamore (Ill.) Speedway.

Clouser scores popular Jacksonville Win

Jacksonville, Ill., April 27---Mario Clouser won the 30-lap POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget and Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series co-sanctioned feature, Friday Night at Jacksonville Speedway. It also marked the start of the 76th season for Badger, the oldest active sanctioning organization in midget auto racing,

Defending Badger Champion Brad Kuhn jumped into the lead at the start while Clouser worked his way through the field from his ninth place starting position. Clouser passed Kuhn and second place Zach Daum entering Turn One on the eighth lap to take the lead. Clouser once in the lead was never again challenged despite two cautions which bunched up the field.
It was a popular victory for Clouser who lives in nearby Auburn, Ill. "It's really, really cool," Clouser said. "I live about 20 minutes from here and this is about as close to a home track as it gets. My family and many friends were here.

Clouser driving the MCM Motorsports owned Beast/Wallace-Mopar No. 6 finished ahead of Stratton, Brad Kuhn, Daum, and Garrett Aitken. A field of fifty-three cars competed in the event which saw heat race victories going to: Stratton, Nick Knepper, Bubba Altig, Tim Siner, Ryan Guyett and Jake Blackhurst. Tyler Courtney and Tyler Thomas won the two semi feature events.
SUMMARY

30-lap Feature: 1. Mario Clouser; 2. Danny Stratton; 3. Brad Kuhn; 4. Zach Daum; 5. Garrett Aitken; 6. Jake Blackhurst; 7. Brett Anderson; 8. Tyler Courtney; 9. Bubba Altig; 10. Tyler Thomas; 11. Tim Siner; 12. Ryan Blakeman; 13. Daniel Robinson; 14. Ryan Guyett; 15. Matt Fox; 16. David Budres; 17. Cameron Hagin; 18. Nick Knepper; 19. Ryan Criswell; 20. Shane Cockrum; 21. Austin Brown; 22. Andrew Felker.

Semi Feature Winners: Courtney, Thomas.
Heat Race Winners: Stratton, Knepper, Altig, Siner, Guyett, Blackhurst.

Cars Present: 53 Feature Lap Leaders: Kuhn 1-7, Clouser 8-30.

Howard Davis, 86 passed away on April 18. Davis was co-owner with Rick Imhoff on the Davis-Imhoff #19, which has finished in the top ten in Badger Midget Series points, the past four years. Davis's company Davis Engineering was also the teams primary sponsor. The pair finished second in car owner points the past two years along with fourth ('09), and eighth ('08). Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC CHURCH in McFarland. Visitation will be held from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at CRESS FUNERAL HOME.

Angell Park Speedway Update

April 12th 2012- It's been a busy week at Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, Wi.

Clay has been moved from the bottom of the track and new clay was also added, which allowed for a more consistent racing surface and increased banking throughout the total 1/3rd mile oval.

Dwight Huston loaned equipment from the RG Huston Company to do the work. The work was started on Monday with the arrival of the Tracker, disk and compactor. Dwight also supplied the help and experience of Andy Hornug, Farm Manager at Huston Farms. Other machine operators and persons who donated there time and labor to make this possible were Bob Koltes, Wayne Renz, Earl Mabis, Mike Banks of APS and Jim Schulenberg of the BMARA.

Jeff Arns Stopped by yesterday and took photos of the progess.

More photos can be viewed here.

Rule changes

In an effort to save a considerable amount of money, Badger car owners decided to implement the following tire rule for the 2012 season

RULE 59 - Tires

A Tire size is unlimited.

B. 2012 races on May 27, June 10, August 11 & 12, and September 1 (and corresponding rain dates) American SD38 or harder & Hoosier SP-2 or harder can be used on the right rear. American SD33 or Harder & Hoosier D12 or harder on left rear.

All other races on the Badger schedule subject to co-sanction club rules.

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Also Badger will no longer have an RPM rule for 2012, with the exception of co-sanctioned races with USAC.

E-mail From Guy Smith

Hi Badger Midgets:

I saw your very nice tribute to Ed Esser on the Badger webpage. You mentioned that it is believe that Ed saw races at 1,430 different tracks. That is an accurate count. Anyone that might be interested in seeing the entire list of Ed's tracks can do so at web address below.

http://www.roamingtheraceways.com/overall_individual.php?cid=16

I have been keeping record of track lists for Ed and many other people. He reported his final two tracks two days before passing.

Thanks for the very nice tribute on your page.

Guy Smith
Effort, PA

Ed Esser Passes

Ed Esser, who attended midget races at Angell Park Speedway and Badger events for nearly fifty years passed away on March 1, 2012. Ed won the National Speed Sport News Super Fan Contest for several years in a row, regularly attending in excess of 125 racing events per season. It is believed he saw racing events at 1,430 different race tracks.

Edward Jonathan Esser, 65, of Madison, Wisconsin passed away Thursday March 1st, 2012, at his home. He was born in Milwaukee, WI, on November 15th, 1946. Ed graduated from West High School in 1964 and received a Bachelor's of Business Administration Degree in 1969 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ed was a member of the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and remained active with the fraternity long after his graduation from UW-Madison serving as Treasurer. He was committed to his community and volunteered his time with the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization and the Stoughton Optimist Club. Ed worked as an accountant in the Madison area for many years. He started with White, Reinholtz and Pfefferkorn in 1970, moved on to General Heating, and then ended his career at Nelson Industries in Stoughton. He also enjoyed watching his granddaughters participate in various activities. He is preceded in death by his parents Edward Charles Esser and Alice Kelley Esser. He is survived by his sister Carole Svatos, children Jody (Jody) Grossman, Lori and Lee (Carrie) Esser. He has five grandchildren Sydney, Haley, Emma, AJ and Wesley. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison. A visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Stoughton Optimist Club.

Fan Club Bowling Event

Please join the Badger Midget and Micro drivers for the 5th Annual Badger Fan Club Bowling Event at Dream Lanes in Madison on Sunday, March 25, 2012. Registration opens at 11:30 a.m. with bowling to follow. Advance registration for adults is $20 with kids 12 and under $18. Registration at the door will be $25. A pizza buffet will be served after bowling. Pizza buffet is $7.00 per person for non-bowlers. Everyone is welcome. Invite your friends and family to join you for this fun event.

Please register in advance to save money.
Sign-up form.

2012 Micro Schedule Released

Micro Home Page

16-race slate for 2012

Seven at Angell Park; Jacksonville season opener on April 27th

By Bryan Gapinski
Sun Prairie, Wis., Jan. 20---Officials of the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association (BMARA) released a sixteen race schedule for the 2012 racing season, today. It will mark the 76th year of sanctioning midget auto racing, for the country's oldest midget auto racing organization. The Stark Automotive Group/Mid-State Equipment Badger Midget Series will contest events at six tracks in Wisconsi and Illinois.
Sun Prairie's Angell Park Speedway continues as the cornerstone of the series, with seven races slated at the famed 1/3-mile facility, all seven events have a raindate. Among the highlights include: a USAC National/Badger co-sanctioned event on July 8, "The Cornfest Midget Classic" sanctioned by USAC, Bager and POWRi on Aug. 19 and the 31st annual Firemans Nationals presented by Pepsi on Sep. 1. Other Badger Angell Park events will be on May 27, June 10, July 15, and Aug. 12.
The Wilmot (Wis.) Speedway will host "The 6th annual Salute to Harry Turner" on July 15, a co-sanctioned event with POWRi and return for a second date on Aug. 11. Badger will co-sanction seven events in Illinois with POWRi, including the season opener at Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway on April 27. Three events at Macon (Ill.) Speedway will be on April 28, June 23, and Aug. 17. After a successful debut last year the series returns to Peoria (Ill.) Speedway on May 19. Lincoln (Ill.) Speedway will have two events on June 22 and Aug. 18.
Badger will again endorse the POWRi sanctioned Speedway Motors Midget Money week. The opening event will be July 27 at Solomon Valley Raceway (Beloit, Kan,) for the 3rd annual Chad McDaniel Memorial. Followed by July 28 Cornhusker Midget Nationals at Junction Motor Speedway (McCool Junction, Neb.), and the next evening at US 36 Raceway (Cameron, Mo.).
The Badger 600 Micro Series will run all seven events at Angell Park Speedway, along with both Wilmot Speedway races. Additional stand-alone races for the Micro's will be announced shortly.

2012 Schedule
Fri. April 27 Jacksonville Speedway (Jacksonville, Ill.)*
Sat. April 28 Macon Speedway (Macon, Ill.)*
Sat. May 19 Peoria Speedway (Peoria, Ill.)*
Sun. May 27 Angell Park Speedway
Sun. June 10 Angell Park Speedway
Fri. June 22 Lincoln Speedway (Lincon, Ill.)*
Sat. June 23 Macon Speedway
Sun. July 8 Angell Park Speedway**
Sat. July 14 Wilmot Raceway (Wilmot, Wis.)*
Sun. July 15 Angell Park Speedway*
Fri. July 27 Solomon Valley Speedway (Beloit, Kan.)--non points race
Sat. July 28 Junction Motor Speedway (McCool Junction, Neb.)--non points race
Sun. July 29 US 36 Speedway (Cameron, Mo.)--non points race
Sat. Aug. 11 Wilmot Raceway
Sun. Aug. 12 Angell Park Speedway
Fri.. Aug. 17 Macon Speedway*
Sat. Aug. 18 Lincoln Speedway*
Sun. Aug. 19 Angell Park Speedway***
Sat. Sep. 1 Angell Park Speedway
*=co-sanction with POWRi
**=co-sanction with USAC National
***=co-sanction with USAC Nat'l, & POWRi

Schedule in .pdf format

BMARA and CW Promotions have signed a contract to race 7 events at Angell Park Speedway for the 2012 season. The agreement includes 5 rain dates.
More races will be added to the Badger schedule in the coming days.

May 27- Rain Date July 1
Jun 10- Rain Date July 22
Jul 8- Co-sanction with USAC
Jul 15- Rain Date Aug 5
Aug 12- Rain Date Aug 26
Aug 19- Co-sanction USAC
Sep 1- "Nationals"- Rain Date Sept 2

The regular meeting for BADGER will be held on Tuesday December 13, 2011 at 8:00 PM at 1855 Saloon & Grill, Cottage Grove, WI.

NOTE- There will not be a regular meeting for BADGER in January (enjoy the Chili Bowl)

The results of the election of the 2012 Officers and three positions on the Board of Directors:

President-Harlin Kitteson
Vice- President-Clare Rhone
Sec/Treas-Paul Krueger
Sgt. at Arms-Ron Fredenberg
Brd. Of Directors-
Dwight Huston
Brandon Waelti
Quinn McCabe
Kevin Weisensel
Jim Schulenberg
Rick Imhoff
Alternate-Jeff Arns

The track officials for 2012 will be selected at the January Board Meeting, so be sure to get your application in.

The 2012 dues are $115.00 for drivers, $90.00 for car owners and active voting members (all includes excess insurance), $50.00 for voting members, and $25.00 for non-voting members. If the dues are not paid before the first event, the dues will be $120.00, $95.00, $55.00, $30.00. If you are a member of another working club, the dues will be $90.00 for drivers and $65.00 for car owners (both includes excess insurance).
Membership Form

Kuhn , RW Motorsports & Bogar headline Badger Midget banquet

By Bryan Gapinski
Wisconsin Dells, Wis., Oct. 29 - Driver champion Brad Kuhn and car owner RW Motorsports headlined the list of honorees at the annual Badger Midget Auto Racing Association awards banquet Saturday Night at the Kalahari Convention Center & Water Park. The event brought the curtain down on the 75th Diamond anniversary season for the series.
Kuhn's season was highlighted by four feature victories, and nine straight top-three feature finishes driving a Beast Chassis powered by a Fontana, and sponsored by Rotondo Weirich. The championship for Kuhn marks his third Badger Championship title, each with a different car owner.
Kuhn and RW also took home the lion share of cash point fund. Other award winners included: Cody Wisensel (Most Improved Driver), Kuhn (Hoosier Hard Charger), Bubba Altig (Terry Vaughn Award), RW Motorsports Team (Mechanic of the Year),
Bryan Clauson (Frank Conner Award), Jim Schulenberg (Pat Stender Award), Bryon Walters (Kevin Doty Award), Rachel Scott (Media Award), Bob Parks & CW Promotions (Appreciation Award), Mid-State Equipment, Stark Automotive (Sponsor Appreciation), Chuck Johnson (Best Appearing Car), and Imhoff-Davis Racing (Best Dressed Crew). Spike (chassis), and Fontana (engine) received the Badger Midget Manufacturers Championship awards.
On the strength of two feature wins, Chad Bogar finished thirty-four points ahead of Preston Benisch to win the inaugural Badger 600 Micro Series Championship, with George Knudsen, finishing third. The 2012 season schedule will be released in late-December/early-January.

awards banquet

From Rachel Scott

October 29, 2011 the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association (BMARA) hosted it's 75th awards banquet. This also included the Micro series.

Brandon Waelti, Sun Prairie racer finished 8th in points said "We had a lousy year but not because we didn't try. We still had fun!"

Dwight Huston is car owner of Scott Hatton who finished 4th in points, "I had lots of confidence in our team. The Badger reunion was a total success as well as tonight's ceremony thanks to Amy and the fan club. Congratulations to Brad on his Championship."

Brad Kuhn is 2011 Badger Champion. "Championships don't come easy. They take lots of time and lots of travel. You have to find something that makes you want to keep coming back. The fans did that for me. We're cutting back and will continue to support Badger in other ways."

Congratulations to , Brad Kuhn, 2011 Champion Driver and RW Motorsports, 2011 Champion Car Owner.

The first regular meeting in the fall of 2011 for BADGER will be held on Tuesday October 11, 2011 at 8:00 PM at 1855 Saloon & Grill, 218 S. Main, Cottage Grove, Wisconsin. From I-94 exit Hwy N south to down town Cottage Grove to your left past the railroad tracks on Highway N.

The B. M.A.R.A. Banquet will be held on Saturday October 29, 2011 at the Kalahari Convention Center & Water Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Dinner tickets will be $35.00 per person. Cocktails will be at 6:00 PM, Dinner at 7:00 PM, Awards Presentation at 8:00 PM, followed by DJ & Karaoke.

The Dinner will be Buffet with tables that will seat about 10 persons per table. If you will be attending dinner it is important that you make your reservations early and that you be exact in the number of persons in your party. All dinner reservations must be made and paid for in advance by October 23, 2011. Because this is a Banquet dinner, we will need a final count, therefore, no tickets will be sold after this date, please make your reservations with Paul Krueger.

When you make reservations be sure to let us know what group you want to sit with or be near. The tables will be arranged by Car Number.

Nominations will be taken at this Meeting for the 2012 Officers and for three positions on the Board of Directors.

The nominations will be reopened at the following monthly meeting and the election will take place on November 8, 2011

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