, which Lincoln Cain (Legends) and Emily Billings (Bandoleros) winning features.){kind=link}
Legends and Bandoleros raced on Friday, May 23, at Madison International Speedway (WI), which Lincoln Cain (Legends) and Emily Billings (Bandoleros) winning features.
Track event recap below as well as results.
Lincoln Cain Holds Off Dillon Schwanbeck for Legends Win
Lincoln Cain of Slinger took home the win in the 20 lap feature for the Midwest Asphalt Legends Series. It was his second feature win in a row at Madison after winning last August.
Tyler Edmundson and Alex Kniewel paced the field to the green flag. Edmundson quickly jumped out to the lead before surrendering the top spot to Jacob Stark on lap 2. Eric Niemi and Dillon Schwanbeck moved up to second and third just before the caution flag waved on lap 3. Stark brought the field back to green with Eric Niemi sliding by to take the lead with Lincoln Cain and Schwanbeck battling for second. On lap 6 Cain sprinted by Niemi to take lead with a stalled car bringing out the second caution one lap later.
Cain continued to lead after the green flag waved with Schwanbeck a close second and Stark in third. On lap 11 Schwanbeck snuck his way past Cain to take the lead as two distanced themselves from the rest of the field. With four laps to go Cain retook the lead from Schwanbeck and held him off the rest of the way. Stark finished in third followed by Ryan Laatsch and Niemi.
“It’s awesome to win here at Madison. I love this track,” said Cain from victory lane.
Ryan Laatsch set quick time with a lap of 13.716 (65.617 mph). Eight lap heat winners were Marianna Kubicz and Dillon Schwanbeck.
Emily Billings is the Best of the Bandoleros
Emily Billings of Waterloo held off a great field of Bandoleros and picked up the win in the 15 lap feature. It was her first ever win at Madison
Jase Riedner outraced Blake Michael to take the early lead. On the second lap Billings sprinted past Michael for second and wasted no time reeling in Riedner for the lead. She quickly built up a big lead with Axel Oldenhoff taking second and brother Ace in third.
On lap 8 Axel Oldenhoff was closing in on Billings with the caution flag coming out a lap later for a spin in turn one. The cone came out for the restart with Billings electing to line up on the inside with Axel Oldenhoff on the outside followed by Ace Oldenhoff and Lincoln Johnson in the second row. Billings jumped back out to the lead with Axel Oldenhoff and Harley Johnson running second and third.
Billings maintained her lead the rest of the way and was able to hold off Lincoln Johnson for the win. “It means so much for me to win where my grandpa won,” said Billings in a post race interview.
Fast qualifier was Ace Oldenhoff with a lap of 14.627 (61.530 mph). Jase Riedner and Emily Billings won the eight lap heat races.
Legends – Feature 20 Laps
1. 5LC-Lincoln Cain, Slinger, WI [8], 2. 27DS-Dillon Schwanbeck, Poynette, WI [6], 3. 11JS-Jacob Stark, Palmyra, WI [5], 4. 18RL-Ryan Laatsch, Milton, WI [9], 5. 80EN-Eric Niemi, New Glarus, WI [7], 6. 11CS-Carter Stein, Germantown, WI [4], 7. 111MK-Marianna Kubicz, Whitewater, WI [3], 8. 21TE-Tyler Edmundson, Johnson Creek, WI [1], 9. 87AK-Alex Kniewel, Rhinelander, WI [2], 10. 114PK-Peyton Kubicz, Whitewater, WI [11], 11. 23MW-Matt Weber, Whitewater, WI [10], 12. 21TL-Trevor Lami, East Troy, WI [12], 13. 84KM-Kyle Mitchell, Middleton, WI [13]
Bandoleros – Feature 15 Laps
1. 10EB-Emily Billings, Waterloo, WI [5], 2. 000LJ-Lincoln Johnson, Ixonia, WI [16], 3. 7HJ-Harley Johnson, Ixonia, WI [6], 4. 29AO-Axel Oldenhoff, Lake Mills, WI [9], 5. 62AO-Ace Oldenhoff, Lake Mills, WI [10], 6. 4WB-Wesley Baumeister, Beloit, WI [8], 7. 17RR-Ryder Robinson, Beloit, WI [7], 8. 24BM-Blake Michael, Evansville, WI [1], 9. 5RT-Ransom Tate, Doylestown, WI [3], 10. 95RH-Riley Hansberry, Brodhead, WI [12], 11. 126GK-Gage Kubicz, Whitewater, WI [4], 12. 21ZD-Zadale Demeny, Janesville, WI [11], 13. 13JR-Jarrett Reynolds, Loves Park, IL [15], 14. 14JM-Jack Maurer, Brooklyn, WI [13], 15. 63JR-Jase Riedner, Lodi, WI [2], 16. 15LR-LJ Robinson, Beloit, WI [14]
Photo credits: Roy Ophime Photography