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Slinger Speedway Driver of the Week
June 17,2006
Our fifth Slinger Speedway Driver of the Week is Lowell Bennett. Lowell
Bennett drives a 2006 Monte Carlo. His 2005 left-hander chassis seems to
be working very well for his team. Lowell first started racing in 1976,
at several tracks. He raced on both dirt and paved tracks while using
the same car. That is unique since most drivers had 2 types of cars for
2 types of surfaces. He began racing at Slinger Super Speedway in
1981. Lowell started racing in the Late Model Division and started
racing successfully. He won the Rookie of the Year award and in his
second race at Slinger, Lowell edged out Joel Laufer for his first win at the
track. After remembering these events, Lowell went down memory lane and
talked about his two favorite memories. The first memory was winning the
Nationals in 2000. After a long night of racing, Lowell edged out Brad
Mueller on the final lap to win his second Nationals. The other memory
is with a well-respected friend, Al Schill. In 1986, Al Schill beat
Lowell Bennett on the last racing night of the season to win the
championship. This same scenario happened again in 2001. On the
final night of that season, Lowell edged out Al to win his third Slinger
Speedway Championship. Lowell has also won many championships at several
Wisconsin tracks and won the World Series of Racing in Florida in 1997.
Lowell Bennett is a four-time champion at Slinger but still has high goals for
the 2006 season. “Our team has set our sights on another championship
run this year and to win the Nationals,” said Lowell about his goals for
this year. Here are some comments about Slinger Speedway from Lowell:
“I love this place; I can't wait to go racing! When Sunday morning
comes, I get excited and pumped to get going. Of all the tracks I race,
the respect is so great and the fans are so special at Slinger. It is
such an awesome feeling every Sunday, LET’S GO RACING!”
Lowell would like to thank Pat and Dave from Port-A-John because of the help
for the track and all the racers. He would also like to thank Wagner
Automotive and Mayer Insurance. He really thanks his awesome crew for
putting the time into the car, his wife and family for making him feel so
blessed to race. The crew members he would like to thank are Dave Leung
(crew chief), Jim Belling, Wayne Posselt, Tim Bennett, Chase Bennett, Bob
Momberg, and Jim Jungwirth.
Lowell Bennett has competed in several NASCAR events in his past and has
finished every one in the top 25. Lowell still has his Busch series car
and is looking for sponsorship to race more in the future. Lowell
Bennett is currently third in points this year at Slinger Speedway, only 63
points behind current leader David Prunty.
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