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Badger Midget Opener May 2 At Hales
Boorse Only Repeater In Twenty Races
FRANKLIN, WI, April 14---The Badger Midget Series kicks off their 67th year,
at the Hales Corners Speedway, on Friday Night May 2. It marks the first
time the series had held their season opening event at the facility.
The last twenty midget events at the track has produced seventeen different
feature winners, with Dan Boorse being the only repeat winner during the
time peroid, winning three events. One event was shortened by curfew
resulting in an incomplete feature.
Several drivers expected to compete in the event who have not won a feature
at the track include: current Badger champion Aaron Fike, Tracy Hines,Cory
Kruseman, A.J. Fike, Chad DeSelle, Brandon Waelti, Dean Erfurth, Randy Koch,
and Quinn McCabe. During the 2002 season Mike Hess, and Boorse were the
feature winners in June, and August.
Drivers will also be aiming for Scott Hatton's one-lap track qualifying
mark he set on May 30, 1997, with a lap of 15.466 seconds.
FEATURE WINNERS AT HALES CORNERS SPEEDWAY SINCE 1990:
1990: Russ Gamester
1991: Dan Boorse
1992: Page Jones (100-laps)
Greg Lueckert
1993: Curfew-incomplete feature
Tony Stewart (100-laps)
1994: Don Beechler
1995: Robby Flock (100-laps)
1996: Randy Fiscus
1997: Kevin Doty
1998: Marty Davis
Jerry Coons Jr.
1999: Aaron Fiscus
Scott Hatton
2000: Dan Boorse
Kevin Olson
2001: Davey Ray
Jay Drake
2002: Mike Hess
Dan Boorse
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