Earlier this year, State Park Speedway (WI) announced the 2024 season of racing would be their final, as the owners, the Wimmer family, would conclude their tenure of running the Wisconsin track (more can be read here on their site). So every race and every victory at the track this year is a special one.
On Thursday, May 30, Bandoleros and Legends joined other divisions to take to the track for racing action. TJ Moon (Bandoleros) and Ayrton Brockhouse (Legends) earned victories in their divisions.
Read the race recaps below, as posted by the track (Legends and Bandolero portions extracted from their race story for posting on LN).
Ayrton Brockhouse of Shakopee, Minn., dominated in winning the legends cars feature, taking the lead on lap 8 and going on to win by nearly half a lap over his nearest competition in the 25-lap feature.
Brockhouse started 12th in a healthy field of 16 cars but had already made his way halfway to the front to sixth on the second lap and was in the top four by the end of lap 3. He moved inside Russ Weiler of Marshfield for second on lap 7 and took the lead with a pass when outside polesitter Andy Karl of Mosinee drifted high on the backstretch on lap 8.
The 14-year old Brockhouse completed a sweep of the night that also included fast time honors and a heat win. He also remained undefeated in features in his visits to State Park going back to 2022, winning his last six times at the track.
Elliott Weiler of Marshfield held off Andrew Borntreger of Elroy for second in another battle between cars that came through the pack after starting 10th and 11th, respectively. Cael Slater of Kendall came in fourth and Russ Weiler finished fifth. Karl finished seventh after leading the first seven laps, and both he and Devin Dieringer of Marshfield also won heat races.
First-time SPS visitor T.J. Moon also had a big night with a sweep in the Bandoleros’ first visit to the track this season.
Moon zipped from his ninth starting spot to the lead on the second lap and sailed away to win the 15-lap feature. The 13-year old took the lead from Ethan Jensen of Baraboo on the second lap and was unchallenged the rest of the way.
Moon is a native of Taylorsville, N.C., who travels nationally racing Bandos, and the 13-year old is in Wisconsin this weekend for a three-day stretch that will also include Tomah-Sparta Speedway Friday and Jefferson Speedway Saturday. His visit to State Park added to his estimated total of at least 65 different tracks he has raced on.
Bentley Thompson of West Salem had his best-ever State Park feature finish, coming in second. Carter Stein of Germantown finished third, Blake Michael of Evansville was fourth and Merrill’s Oliver Weinkauf rallied from an early incident to finish fifth.
Photo credits: QCWilly Photography
