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Heat 1 - 63k, 25, 21, 7, 24, 15m, 00 Heat 2 - 96, 99, 26, 98, 4, 11, 16 Heat 3 - 19, 21h, 2c, 30, 32, 55e, 6k (DNS) A-main - 25, 98, 2c, 7, 21h, 15m, 26, 4, 21, 99, 6k, 63k, 11, 24, 16, 32, 96, 55e, 30, 19, 00

Polesitter Tim Haddy of Waupun and outside front row starter Dick Kaiser of Milwaukee led the 22-car Sprint Car field to the green flag in the 25-lap A-main with Haddy grabbing the early lead. Two-time PDTR Sprint Car champ Danny Schlafer of Sussex used the outside line to power his way from his eighth starting spot to third on the opening lap. On lap 3, fourth starter Kevin Karnitz worked his way past Haddy into the lead. While Karnitz gradually built up a solid eight-car advantage, Haddy and Schlafer battled back and forth for the runner-up spot as the two veteran racers exchanged slide jobs over the span of several laps. On lap 8, Karnitz began to encounter lapped traffic and shortly after Schlafer cleared Haddy for second and quickly closed in on Karnitz for the lead. By lap 11, Schlafer worked both the high and low grooves to pressure Karnitz for the top spot. Two laps later, Schlafer swept past Karnitz with a big slide job. However, a caution flag shortly after negated the both and kept Karnitz in the lead. Karnitz pulled out to a solid lead on the ensuing restart as Schlafer found himself again engaged with Haddy in a battle for second. Shortly after, Schlafer and Haddy collided in turn one and collected 2008 PDTR Sprint Car champion Lance Fassbender of Burnett to trigger a caution period. Schlafer managed to make repairs in the work area and return to the rear of the field, but Haddy and Fassbender were done for the night. When the race resumed, Karnitz remained entrenched in the lead with fifth starter Doug Wondra of Oakfield second and Paul Pokorski of West Bend, who started sixth, in third and seventh starter Justin Miller of Plymouth fourth. Pokorski and Miller each showed their strength in the closing laps to challenge Karnitz for the top spot. However, Karnitz was not to be denied as he hung on to post his first career PDTR Sprint Car A-main victory in his eighth season wheeling a Sprint Car. Pokorski placed second, Miller was third, PDTR Sprint Car point leader Brandon McMullen charged with up the 15th starting spot to finish fourth and Kenjay Fiedler of Sheboygan Falls moved all the way up from 19th at the start to place fifth. HEAT 1 1, DOUG WONDRA. 2, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 3, KEVIN KARNTZ. 4, DICK KAISER. 5, WILL GERRITS. 6, AL SCHLAFER. 7, KEVIN SEIDLER. 8, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 9, KURT DAVIS. HEAT 2 1, PAUL POKORSKI. 2, TIM HADDY. 3, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 4, DANNY SCHLAFER. 5, TYLER BRABANT. 6, EMILY PORTSCHY. 7, CHRIS CLAYTON. 8, JOSH TEUNISSEN. HEAT 3 1, JUSTIN MILLER. 2, DANNON TESSMER. 3, SCOTT CONGER. 4, LANCE FASSBENDER. 5, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 6, NICH MELIS. 7, TONY WONDRA. 8, JOHN KRESBACH. B FEATURE 1, TONY WONDRA. 2, EMILY PORTSCHY. 3, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 4, NICH MELIS. 5, CHRIS CLAYTON. 6, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 7, KEVIN SEIDLER. 8, JOHN KRESBACH. (DNS).9, KURT DAVIS. (DNS). A FEATURE 1, KEVIN KARNTZ. 2, PAUL POKORSKI. 3, JUSTIN MILLER. 4, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 5, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 6, DOUG WONDRA. 7, SCOTT CONGER. 8, AL SCHLAFER. 9, DANNY SCHLAFER. 10, TONY WONDRA. 11, DANNON TESSMER. 12, TYLER BRABANT. 13, DICK KAISER. 14, CHRIS CLAYTON. 15, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 16, KEVIN SEIDLER. 17, EMILY PORTSCHY. 18, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 19, NICH MELIS. 20, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 21, TIM HADDY. 22, LANCE FASSBENDER. 23, WILL GERRITS.

Outside front row starter Kenjay Fiedler of Sheboygan Falls outpowered polesitter Jim Melis to grab the lead in the first corner of the opening lap of the 25-lap Sprint Car event. The first caution of the race appeared on lap 3 when Doug Wondra of Lomira, Nick Melis of Plymouth and Ryan Mayr of New Holstein collided in turn 3 sending Wondra flipping. The resulting damage forced Wondra and Melis to retire from the race, while Mayr was able to continue. After the restart, Melis used the low groove to slip past Fiedler on lap 4. On the next lap, sixth starter Tyler Brabant of Waupun charged up to seize second on lap 5 and pressure Melis for the lead along the low line. However, the cagey veteran switched his line and moved to the bottom of the track, which helped to turn back Brabant’s march to the front. Three laps later PDTR Sprint Car point leader Brandon McMullen, who started fourth, slipped past Brabant to assume second on lap 11 and quickly began to close the gap on Melis. As the leaders encountered lapped traffic on lap 16, McMullen cut the gap even further. On the final lap, McMullen dove under Melis and two skilled racers dueled side by side to the finish line with Melis nipping McMullen by just .06 of a second to claim the 15th career PDTR Sprint Car A main victory and 18th Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main triumph of his career. McMullen finished second, Brabant recorded a career-best third place showing, fifth starter Kurt Davis paced fourth and eighth starter Lance Fassbender of Burnett rounded out the top five. HEAT 1 1, TYLER BRABANT. 2, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 3, DANNY SCHLAFER. 4, NICH MELIS. 5, DOUG WONDRA. 6, CHRIS CLAYTON. 7, PAUL POKORSKI. 8, SCOTT CONGER. 9, AL SCHLAFER. HEAT 2 1, KURT DAVIS. 2, LANCE FASSBENDER. 3, TIM HADDY. 4, DANNON TESSMER. 5, KEVIN KARNTZ. 6, WILL GERRITS. 7, TONY WONDRA. 8, EMILY PORTSCHY. 9, RYAN MAYR. HEAT 3 1, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 2, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 3, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 4, JUSTIN MILLER. 5, SHANE WENNINGER. 6, JOHN KRESBACH. 7, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 8, JEREMY HUNT. B FEATURE 1, SHANE WENNINGER. 2, PAUL POKORSKI. 3, WILL GERRITS. 4, TONY WONDRA. 5, SCOTT CONGER. 6, RYAN MAYR. 7, EMILY PORTSCHY. 8, AL SCHLAFER. 9, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 10, JEREMY HUNT. A FEATURE 1, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 2, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 3, TYLER BRABANT. 4, KURT DAVIS. 5, LANCE FASSBENDER. 6, DANNY SCHLAFER. 7, TIM HADDY. 8, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 9, DANNON TESSMER. 10, JUSTIN MILLER. 11, KEVIN KARNTZ. 12, WILL GERRITS. 13, JOHN KRESBACH. 14, TONY WONDRA. 15, SHANE WENNINGER. 16, CHRIS CLAYTON. 17, PAUL POKORSKI. 18, SCOTT CONGER. 19, RYAN MAYR. 20, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 21, NICH MELIS. 22, DOUG WONDRA.

Polesitter Paul Pokorski of West Bend jumped out to the lead on the opening lap of the 25-lap Sprint Car A main. The 25-year veteran held the top spot through the first eight laps before 2010 PDTR Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis of South Milwaukee, who started third, moved in to challenge as the leaders encountered lapped traffic. On lap 9, Davis dove underneath the high-riding Pokorski in turn one to assume the top spot, while Schlafer, who started seventh, used the outside groove to take over third. The next lap produced a five-car incident extending from turn three and the way through the frontstretch, involving Anthony Knierim of Franksville, Justin Miller of Plymouth, Eagle’s Scott Conger, Shane Wenninger of Kewaskum and Davis, who collided with Miller, who had spun exiting turn four. The damage forced Davis to exit the race, giving the lead back to Pokorski. Of the five cars involved in the incident, only Conger was able to continue. On the restart, Schlafer pulled off a slide job entering turn three. However, Pokorski turned back under him to lead lap 11. However, Schlafer was not to be denied as he again slid past Pokorski in turn three on lap 12 and made the move stick. Schlafer road the ragged edge along the high line, jumping the cushion on a few occasions, but still managed to hold off Pokorski over the final 13 laps to notch his 18th career PDTR Sprint Car victory and the 46th overall main event triumph in Midwest Sprint Car Association competition. Pokorski placed second, followed by 18th starter Tim Haddy of Waupun in third, Lance Fassbender of Burnett, who started 11th, fourth and fourth starter Al Schlafer of Sussex, who rounded out the top five. HEAT 1 1, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 2, DANNY SCHLAFER. 3, DOUG WONDRA. 4, NICH MELIS. 5, JOHN KRESBACH. 6, CHRIS CLAYTON. 7, DANNON TESSMER. 8, TYLER BRABANT. 9, EMILY PORTSCHY. HEAT 2 1, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 2, TONY WONDRA. 3, PAUL POKORSKI. 4, LANCE FASSBENDER. 5, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 6, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 7, SCOTT CONGER. 8, KEVIN SEIDLER. HEAT 3 1, AL SCHLAFER. 2, KURT DAVIS. 3, MICHAEL YURMANOVICH. 4, KEVIN KARNTZ. 5, Bill Taylor. 6, JUSTIN MILLER. 7, TIM HADDY. 8, JOSH TEUNISSEN. B FEATURE 1, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 2, TIM HADDY. 3, TYLER BRABANT. 4, DANNON TESSMER. 5, SCOTT CONGER. 6, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 7, CHRIS CLAYTON. 8, KEVIN SEIDLER. 9, EMILY PORTSCHY. A FEATURE 1, DANNY SCHLAFER. 2, PAUL POKORSKI. 3, TIM HADDY. 4, LANCE FASSBENDER. 5, AL SCHLAFER. 6, TONY WONDRA. 7, DOUG WONDRA. 8, KEVIN KARNTZ. 9, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 10, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 11, TYLER BRABANT. 12, JOHN KRESBACH. 13, SCOTT CONGER. 14, NICH MELIS. 15, DANNON TESSMER. 16, Bill Taylor. 17, MICHAEL YURMANOVICH. 18, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 19, KURT DAVIS. 20, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 21, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 22, JUSTIN MILLER.

The 21-car Sprint Car A-main rolled off with polesitter Nich Melis of Plymouth grabbing the lead at the drop of the green flag. By lap four, Fassbender was starting to show his strength as he moved into second place after starting fourth.Fassbender then reeled in Melis along the high groove of the third-mile clay oval over the next four laps before pulling off a successful slide job in turn one on lap 8 to secure the top spot bringing third starter John Krebsbach of Cascade along with him into second place.The first of three caution flags appeared on lap 10, which allowed the field to bunch up behind the 2008 PDTR Sprint Car champion. On lap 12, Fassbender got sideways in turn three, but managed to maintain the top spot as the battle for second began to heat up between sixth starter Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh, fifth starter Tim Haddy of Waupun and Plymouth’s Justin Miller, who started eighth.McMullen advanced to second on lap 13 with Haddy following in third. At the half-way point of the extended 30-lap race, Fassbender held a comfortable full straightaway advantage over McMullen.On lap 18, the race slowed again for debris. The ensuing restart produced the final caution of the event when Josh Teunissen of Waldo, Anthony Knierim of Franksville, Bill Taylor of Random Lake and Chris Clayton of Waldo collided exiting turn four. Knierim, Taylor and Clayton returned to the race, but Teunissen was done for the night.On the final restart, 2010 PDTR Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis pulled off a big slide job in turn two to vault past Haddy into third place. At the front of the field, Fassbender ran away and hid over the final 12 laps, working his way through lapped traffic with ease en route to his sixth career PDTR A-main victory and 19th overall Midwest Sprint Car Association main event triumph.McMullen maintained his PDTR Sprint Car point lead with a solid second-place finish, Davis wound up third, Haddy was fourth and Krebsbach posted a strong five-place finish. HEAT 1 1, LANCE FASSBENDER. 2, DANNON TESSMER. 3, NICH MELIS. 4, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 5, PAUL POKORSKI. 6, TYLER BRABANT. 7, EMILY PORTSCHY. 8, ANTHONY KNIERIM. HEAT 2 1, KURT DAVIS. 2, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 3, TIM HADDY. 4, CHRIS CLAYTON. 5, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 6, Bill Taylor. 7, DOUG WONDRA. HEAT 3 1, JOHN KRESBACH. 2, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 3, JUSTIN MILLER. 4, SCOTT CONGER. 5, KEVIN KARNTZ. 6, DANNY SCHLAFER. 7, WILL GERRITS. A FEATURE 1, LANCE FASSBENDER. 2, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 3, KURT DAVIS. 4, TIM HADDY. 5, JOHN KRESBACH. 6, DANNY SCHLAFER. 7, TYLER BRABANT. 8, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 9, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 10, KEVIN KARNTZ. 11, SCOTT CONGER. 12, JUSTIN MILLER. 13, Bill Taylor. 14, NICH MELIS. 15, PAUL POKORSKI. 16, CHRIS CLAYTON. 17, EMILY PORTSCHY. 18, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 19, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 20, DOUG WONDRA. 21, DANNON TESSMER. 22, WILL GERRITS. (DNS).

The 25-lap Sprint Car A main produced plenty of action, complete with four caution flags and a thrilling duel between two of the winningest Sprint Car drivers in PDTR history. Polesitter Kenjay Fiedler of Sheboygan got the initial jump on the drop of the green flag before sixth starter Danny Schlafer of Sussex used a huge run on the top of the track to gain the lead in turn four of the opening lap. The first of four caution flags appeared on lap 3 when Robbie Pribnow of Lomira made contact with the turn two wall. One lap later Anthony Knierim of Franksville spun in turn four after contact with Dannon Tessmer of Slinger. On the restart, outside front row starter Kurt Davis made a daring move on the inside lane to seize second place. With Schlafer running the high side of the track along the high and treacherous cushion, Davis stuck his machine to the bottom of the track and began to track down Schlafer. On lap 8, the two-time PDTR Sprint Car champion jumped the cushion in turn two, which allowed Davis to slip past into the lead. Schlafer attempted to regain the lead with a slide job, but Davis crossed over to the bottom the track to maintain the top position. Back-to-back caution flags came out on lap 9 after Nich Melis of Plymouth stopped on the backstretch and Shane Wenninger of Kewaskum and Knierim collided in turn two. Following the final restart, Justin Miller of Plymouth bolted up from his seventh starting spot to take third and PDTR Sprint Car point leader Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh followed in fourth after starting 11th. From there, the 2010 PDTR Sprint Car champion weaved his way skillfully through lapped traffic in the closing laps to secure his first A main victory of the 2017 season and his 17th career PDTR Sprint Car victory to move him into a tie with Schlafer for second on the PDTR Sprint Car A-main victory list. It was also Davis’ 52nd career Midwest Sprint Car Association (MSA) victory, which puts him seven wins ahead of Schlafer at the top of the all-time MSA A-main victory list. Schlafer wound up second, Miller posted an impressive third-place finish, McMullen placed fourth and fifth starter Scott Conger of Eagle put together an impressive effort to round out the top five. HEAT 1 1, DANNY SCHLAFER. 2, KEVIN KARNTZ. 3, LANCE FASSBENDER. 4, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 5, TYLER BRABANT. 6, KEVIN SEIDLER. 7, TIM HADDY. HEAT 2 1, NICH MELIS. 2, ROBBIE PRIBNOW. 3, ANDREW WESTPHAL. 4, DANNON TESSMER. 5, WILL GERRITS. 6, EMILY PORTSCHY. 7, BEN SCHMIDT. HEAT 3 1, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 2, SCOTT CONGER. 3, JUSTIN MILLER. 4, CHRIS CLAYTON. 5, DOUG WONDRA. 6, JEREMY HUNT. 7, JEFF LUDWIG. HEAT 4 1, KURT DAVIS. 2, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 3, PAUL POKORSKI. 4, TONY WONDRA. 5, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 6, THOMAS KREUTZ. 7, JOSH TEUNISSEN. B FEATURE 1, DOUG WONDRA. 2, CHRIS CLAYTON. 3, TYLER BRABANT. 4, EMILY PORTSCHY. 5, WILL GERRITS. 6, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 7, JEREMY HUNT. 8, KEVIN SEIDLER. 9, BEN SCHMIDT. 10, JEFF LUDWIG. 11, THOMAS KREUTZ. 12, TIM HADDY. A FEATURE 1, KURT DAVIS. 2, DANNY SCHLAFER. 3, JUSTIN MILLER. 4, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 5, SCOTT CONGER. 6, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 7, ANDREW WESTPHAL. 8, KEVIN KARNTZ. 9, TONY WONDRA. 10, DOUG WONDRA. 11, DANNON TESSMER. 12, PAUL POKORSKI. 13, WILL GERRITS. 14, TYLER BRABANT. 15, EMILY PORTSCHY. 16, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 17, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 18, NICH MELIS. 19, LANCE FASSBENDER. 20, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 21, CHRIS CLAYTON. 22, ROBBIE PRIBNOW.

In the 25-lap Sprint Car A-main, point leader Brandon McMullen of Oshkosh pulled off a final lap pass to become the first PDTR Sprint Car driver to claim a repeat victory in 2017. The contingent of first-time A-main winners this season included Chris Carlson of Union Grove (Late Model), Brian Cesar of Sheboygan (Grand National), Tim Warner of Fond du Lac (B Mod) and Jack Vanderboom of Dousman (Micro Sprint). Outside front row starter Jim Melis of Glenbeulah led from the drop of the green flag in the Sprint Car A-main event with polesitter Shane Wenninger of Kewaskum trailing in second and Brandon McMullen, who started fourth, in third. The top three remained locked in position until lap 21, when McMullen snuck past Wenninger to assume the runner-up spot and quickly set his sights on Melis. The two-time defending Midwest Sprint Car Association champion then charged in to pull off the winning move on the final lap to secure his 10th career PDTR Sprint Car A-main victory and the 14th overall A-main triumph of his 360 Sprint Car career. Melis had to settle for second, Wenninger was third, third starter Anthony Knierum of Franksville was fourth and Tim Haddy of Waupun started and finished fifth. HEAT 1 1, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 2, DANNY SCHLAFER. 3, Bill Taylor. 4, JUSTIN MILLER. 5, LANCE FASSBENDER. 6, KEVIN KARNTZ. 7, PAUL POKORSKI. 8, THOMAS KREUTZ. HEAT 2 1, TIM HADDY. 2, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 3, KURT DAVIS. 4, WILL GERRITS. 5, DOUG WONDRA. 6, CHRIS CLAYTON. HEAT 3 1, SHANE WENNINGER. 2, ROBBIE PRIBNOW. 3, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 4, TYLER BRABANT. 5, SCOTT CONGER. 6, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 7, KEVIN SEIDLER. HEAT 4 1, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 2, NICH MELIS. 3, ANDREW WESTPHAL. 4, EMILY PORTSCHY. 5, TONY WONDRA. 6, JEFF LUDWIG. 7, DICK KAISER. B FEATURE 1, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 2, DOUG WONDRA. 3, TYLER BRABANT. 4, PAUL POKORSKI. 5, KEVIN KARNTZ. 6, KEVIN SEIDLER. 7, EMILY PORTSCHY. 8, THOMAS KREUTZ. 9, CHRIS CLAYTON. 10, WILL GERRITS. 11, JEFF LUDWIG. 12, DANNON TESSMER. 13, DICK KAISER. (DNS). A FEATURE 1, BRANDON MCMULLEN. 2, MAYER AUTOMOTIVE. 3, SHANE WENNINGER. 4, ANTHONY KNIERIM. 5, TIM HADDY. 6, ANDREW WESTPHAL. 7, JUSTIN MILLER. 8, DANNY SCHLAFER. 9, LANCE FASSBENDER. 10, ROBBIE PRIBNOW. 11, SCOTT CONGER. 12, KEN JAY FIEDLER. 13, JOSH TEUNISSEN. 14, DOUG WONDRA. 15, TONY WONDRA. 16, TYLER BRABANT. 17, KEVIN KARNTZ. 18, Bill Taylor. 19, KEVIN SEIDLER. 20, PAUL POKORSKI. 21, NICH MELIS. 22, KURT DAVIS.

Wayne Modjeski Wins Sprint Car Special By: Kevin Bargender Unity, WI. June 23 Spring Lake Speedway (SLS) welcomed the MSA Winged Sprint Cars to the track on Friday June 23rd for a special event. The Sprint Cars had not raced in Unity since 2003. The 14AJ of Wayne Modjeski won the A-main feature for the Sprint Cars. Andrew Westphal took an early lead over the field and seemed to be running away with the victory before the leaders started encountering lap traffic. As the leaders made their way through the lap cars, Modjeski started to close the gap between himself and Westphal, he dove to the inside of Westphal to take the lead. The 51S of Scotty Thiel made his way through the pack and passed by Westphal to take second. With only a few laps left, the 6 of Dick Kaiser, the 6K of Kurt Davis and the 2C of Chris Clayton were involved in a collision along the front stretch. Smoke could be seen billowing from Kaiser's car as he, Davis and Clayton ended their nights on a sour note. On the final restart, Modjeski pulled way from the pack for the victory. The top five starting with first were: Modjeski, Thiel, Westphal, Tim Haddy and Lance Fassbender. The Winged Sprints honored the fans of SLS with a four-wide salute before the feature got under way. Fans made noise to show their appreciation for the drivers as the Sprints made their way around the track before the green flag.

In the Sprint Car A main presented by Bank First, polesitter Kevin Karnitz of West Bend and outside front row starter Tim Haddy of Waupun dueled for the top spot for the first lap and a half before Haddy surged ahead along the high groove on lap 2. On lap 4, sixth starter Danny Schlafer made his presence known in a big way as he used a slide job to slip past Karnitz for second. One lap later, the hard-charging Schlafer used nearly the same slide job move to power past Haddy for the top spot. Four laps later, the two-time PDTR Sprint Car champion caught the back of the field and began to work past lapped cars. Further back, Haddy and Karnitz waged an epic battle for second before Karnitz assumed the position for good in turn two on lap 12. At the front of the field, it was all Schlafer, who continued to hold down a commanding lead. On lap 20, a caution flag appeared after a steering malfunction sent Ben Schmidt of Howards Grove head on into the turn four wall. Schmidt overcame the very hard impact to climb from his car unscathed. As safety crews tended to Schmidt’s battered machine, the rain began to fall harder to render the track wet enough to make track conditions unsafe for racing. As a result, the race was deemed complete at the 20-lap mark and the remainder of the racing program was called off. Schlafer posted his 17th career PDTR Sprint Car A-main victory to move into sole possession of second place on the all-time 360 Sprint Car A-main win list at Plymouth. It was also Schlafer’s 45th career Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main victory, which ranks him second on the all-time MSA win list. Karnitz came home second, Haddy was third, third starter Dick Kaiser was fourth and Kenjay Fiedler of Sheboygan Falls started and finished fifth.

In an extended 30-lap A main, Brandon McMullen of Appleton collected his third straight Brian Portschy Memorial Race victory. Outside front row starter Al Schlafer of Sussex outpowered polesitter Robbie Pribnow of Lomira to take the lead on the opening lap of the Sprint Car A main, followed by outside second row starter Jim Melis of Glenbeulah. The first of six caution flags flew on lap 5, when Josh Teunissen of Waldo spun to a stop in turn four. On the restart, Pribnow flexed his muscle with a slide job in turn three, which vaulted him from third place into the lead. One lap later, Schlafer spun in front of the field to trigger an 8-car incident in turn two. All but one driver, Lance Fassbender of Burnett, returned to the race. Pribnow held down the top spot on the restart as Brandon McMullen, who started fifth, shot past Melis to claim the runner-up spot. McMullen quickly reeled in Pribnow before executing a perfect slide job in turn one on lap 12 to seize the lead on the highly racy track. However, McMullen’s move was negated when Howards Grove’s Ben Schmidt spun in turn two on lap 12. Pribnow remained in the lead on the restart as the scoring of the race went back to the previous lap before the caution. However, Pribnow’s car lost power on the restart to prompt the fourth caution flag of the race. With Pribnow now out of the race, McMullen inherited the lead on the restart with Melis in second. On lap 13, 2010 PDTR Sprint Car champion Kurt Davis of West Allis powered up from his ninth starting spot to pressure Melis for the runner-up spot. After the fifth caution period for the stalled car of two-time PDTR Sprint Car champ Danny Schlafer of Sussex on the backstretch on lap 15, McMullen continued to show his strength along the preferred outside groove. The sixth and final caution flag was displayed on lap 21 for an incident in turn one involving Dannon Tessmer of Slinger and Ben Schmidt. Despite a damaged front wing which affected the handling of his car, Davis mounted a late charge following the final restart to bolt past Melis into second and challenge McMullen for the lead with a low move on lap 23. However, McMullen fended off Davis’ advances and pulled away over the final five laps to notch his first victory of the 2017, ninth PDTR Sprint Car win and 13th overall Midwest Sprint Car Association triumph of his career. Davis had to settle for second, Melis was third, 12th starter Paul Pokorski of West Bend raced up to an impressive fourth-place finish after restarting 19th following the lap 6 melee and Kenjay Fiedler of Sheboygan Falls finished fifth after starting ninth.