2024-25 Round 13

Victory 400 - Victory Motor Speedway - Theresa, WI

Round 13 of 17

February 27, 2025

Victory 400 Fast Facts

Race date: Thursday, Feb 27

Track: Victory Motor Speedway, a 1.33 mile speedway in Theresa, WI

Race distance: 400 laps

IndySlotCar Website: indyslotcar.com

2024 race winner:  Inaugural event

2024 Firestone P1 Award winner:  Inaugural event

Single lap record: Inaugural event

Four-lap qualifying record: Inaugural event

Race record: Inaugural event

YouTube Broadcast: IndySlotCar Channel

At-track schedule (All Times Local/Central Time):

5:30 – Gates open

6:30 – Driver introductions

7:00 – Drivers’ meeting

7:05 – IndySlotCar Series Practice

7:30 – Qualifying for the Firestone P1 Award (single car, four lap total time qualifying)

8:00 – Heat races

8:45 – Victory 400 (400 laps)

IndySlotCar Series Notes:

·         This is the inaugural running of the Victory 400 on Victory Motor Speedway, the first all new oval to join the schedule since 2019 when the Black Track joined the schedule.

·         This will be the third of five oval events on the schedule this season, the most oval races since 2017-18.

·         Victory Motor Speedway becomes the second longest oval on the schedule at a mile and a third, behind only the two-mile South Shore Superspeedway of HO Indy 500 fame.

·         The two previous oval winners this season include Joe Heitz at the Mini Mile and Mike Lack at the Black Track.

·         Past debut oval track winners include Dan Margetta, taking two of the three debut versions of the Black Track, John Wiedemann won the other, Steve Rist at the only run at the Rapids Oval in 2021, Jim Iverson won a pair of inaugural ovals: Milwaukee International and Franklinland Superspeedway, both in 2006, Jim Kaehny opened his home track, Edgewood Superspeedway in the first season, 1993 with a win as well as Granite Falls in ’94 and Lake Country Motorplex taking the checkers in 2002 and finally, Arnie Lueders won the debut of the Mini Milwaukee Mile in 1996.

·         STATS WATCH: John Shea’s win at Rapids sets a new series record for length of time between wins, one that will likely never be broken, at 17 years, 125 days; it is the 16th on his career pulling even with Hall of Famer Dave Austin, tied for 12th all-time. It was the 12th Firestone P1 Award of Shea’s career, moving to 14th on that list. James Spehert jumps to 37th on the all-time laps list with 1,125 and his 20th start moves him to 33rd on the starts list equaling Drew Halverson.