2024-25 Round 11
Quarryfest Deslotmania - Quarry Heights Raceway - Wauwatosa, WI
February 1, 2024
Round 11 of 17
Lack Goes Back-to-Back
Mike Lack followed up his first win of the season at the Black Track by taking the checkers at Quarryfest Deslotmania. The dominant performance was the third win at the de-slot format event. With the back-to-bake victories, the FAST driver leaps from seventh in the standings to third, just four points out of second place.
Quarryfest Deslotmania Fast Facts
Race date: Thursday, Jan 30
Track: Quarry Heights Raceway, 2 mile natural terrain road course, Wauwatosa, WI
Race distance: 20 minutes
Twitter: @indyslotcar
IndySlotCar Website: indyslotcar.com
2024 race winner: Mike Lack (No. 26 FAST Honda-Daboiler)
2024 Firestone P1 Award winner: Mike Lack (No. 26 FAST Honda-Daboiler)
One-lap qualifying record: Matt Hayek, 3.590 seconds, 2020
Race record: Matt Hayek, 265 laps, 2020
YouTube Broadcast: IndySlotCar Channel
At-track schedule (all times local):
6:00 – Gates open
6:30 – Driver introductions
6:55 – Drivers meeting/Chassis distribution
7:00 – IndySlotCar Series Practice
7:30 – Qualifying for the Firestone P1 Award (group qualifying/ fastest single lap)
8:15 – Heat races
9:00 – Quarryfest Deslotmania
Race Notes:
· Mike Lack is coming off his first win of the 2024-25 IndySlotCar Series season two weeks ago at the Jackson 500 and arrives at the Quarryfest Deslotmania as the defending race winner, having taken the checkers from the pole position.
· Lack’s win takes his series record total victories to 56.
· The victory also gives Lack a rare midseason leap in the Husarsbilt Cup points standing to fourth up from seventh.
· John Wiedemann missed the final of the Jackson 500 and still managed to extend his championship points lead to 123 over Ev Kamikawa, who now has Bill Black in his rear view mirror just two markers back.
· After missing the previous round due to illness, home cooking clearly brought Bill Black back to health with his best finish of the season, the runner up was making his sixth final appearance of the season.
· STATS WATCH: Mike Lack becomes the fifth different winner of the season and Pete Dorn is the eighth different Firestone P1 Award winner in ’24-’25, this was his third career pole, pulling even with Tom Spehert and John Baas for 22nd all-time. Steve Rist’s final four appearance at the Jackson 500 is the 15th of his career which ties Chad Sorce for 22nd all-time. Bill Black moves to 17th on the all-time laps list, moving past Amy Butler with 23,096 turned in his career. Matt Hayek’s DNF at the Black Track is his 39th, equaling John Wiedemann, they are tied for fifth all-time. Joe Heitz’s DNF also moved him into a tie, this with Chris Spehert, both have 20, in 20th place.
QUARRYFEST DESLOTMANIA HISTORY (11 event, 2013 – 2020, 2022 – present)
Date Race Winner
1/30/2013 Mark Walczak
2/13/2014 Matt Hayek
2/19/2015 Dan Margetta
2/18/2016 Matt Hayek
2/16/2017 Mike Lack
2/22/2018 John Wiedemann
1/31/2019 John Wiedemann
2/6/2020 Matt Hayek
2/24/2022 Matt Hayek
1/19/2023 Pete Dorn
2/1/2024 Mike Lack
Multiple Race Winners: Matt Hayek-4; Mike Lack, John Wiedemann-2