2024-25 Round 6
Turkey Trot - Infield Road Course at South Shore Superspeedway - Saint Francis, WI
November 21, 2024
Round 6 of 17
Turkey Trot Fast Facts
Race date: Thursday, Nov 21
Track: South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course, 2.4 mile Temporary Road Course in St. Francis, WI
Race distance: 20 minutes
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2023 race winner: John Wiedemann (No. 29 FAST Honda-Daboiler)
2023 Firestone P1 Award winner: Ev Kamikawa (No. 12 Team PenskeHO Chevrolet-Daboiler)
One-lap qualifying record: Mark Walczak, 2.852 seconds, 2008
Race record: Ev Kamikawa, 323 laps, 2015
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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)
8:00 – Heat races
8:45 – Turkey Trot (20 minutes)
Race Notes:
· John Wiedemann is the two-time defending Turkey Trot winner, and enters this season’s Trot with a sizable 33 point lead in the Husarsbilt Cup championship hunt, already having scored two victories this season.
· Ev Kamikawa has taken home the most turkeys with six wins, he also has been the runner-up seven times in his 24 starts in this event. Kamikawa is riding high, being the most recent race winner, at the Corvette Connection GP, his second win this season, running behind only Wiedemann in the standings.
· The only other active drivers with Turkey Trot victories include: hometown hero Dan Margetta, Mike Lack, Matt Hayek, Mike Fitzlaff and John Shea.
· There have been five different Firestone P1 Award winners this season and none has turned that into a win, meaning the Pole-to-Win Fund has been growing since round 11 last season and now sits at 140,000 IndySlotCar bucks and is anticipated to pass the 150,000 mark at the Trot.
· STATS WATCH: Steve Rist’s seventh career pole position at Corevette Connection Raceway moves him to 18th on the all time P1 Award list. Brad Core’s third heat win moves him into solo 28th. Joe Heitz made his 38th final four appearance at CCR and is now 18th on the all-time list. Brad Core and James Spehert moved to ties at 27th and 34th on the Starts list with 57 and 15 respectively. Bill Black equals Dave Austin’s career DNF total of 22 with his death card.
TURKEY TROT HISTORY (31 events, 1993 - Present)
Date Race Winner Event Title Track
11/18/93 Phil Cianciola Texaco Turkey Trot Shrine Road Course
11/17/94 Dave Austin Hobby Town Turkey Trot Inside Edge
11/30/95 John Shea Hobby Town Turkey Trot Inside Edge
11/14/96 Ev Kamikawa Hobby Town Turkey Trot Inside Edge
11/20/97 Ev Kamikawa Hobby Town Turkey Trot Inside Edge
11/12/98 Jim Kaehny Hobby Town Turkey Trot Inside Edge
11/18/99 Ev Kamikawa Hobby Town Turkey Trot Inside Edge
11/16/00 Ev Kamikawa Turkey Trot presented by Model Empire Inside Edge
11/15/01 Larry Rotter Turkey Trot presented by Model Empire Inside Edge
11/14/02 Jim Iverson Model Empire Turkey Trot Inside Edge
11/20/03 Jim Iverson Model Empire Turkey Trot Inside Edge
11/18/04 Phil Cianciola Model Empire Turkey Trot Inside Edge
11/10/05 Mark Walczak Model Empire Turkey Troy South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/9/06 Jim Iverson Model Empire Turkey Troy South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/8/07 Mike Fitzlaff Model Empire Turkey Troy South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/20/08 Mark Walczak Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/12/09 Mark Walczak Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/11/10 Mark Walczak Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/10/11 Mark Walczak Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/8/12 Dan Margetta Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/6/13 Mike Fitzlaff Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/20/14 Ev Kamikawa Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/12/15 Ev Kamikawa Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/12/16 Dan Margetta Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/9/17 Mike Lack Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/8/18 Mike Lack Turkey Trot presented by Firehouse Subs “ “ “ “ “
11/7/19 Matt Hayek Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/19/20 Dan Margetta Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/18/21 Mike Lack Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/19/22 John Wiedemann Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
11/16/23 John Wiedemann Turkey Trot South Shore Superspeedway Infield Road Course
Most Wins: 6 – Ev Kamikawa; 5 – Mark Walczak; 3 – Mike Lack, Dan Margetta, Jim Iverson; 2 – John Wiedemann, Mike Fitzlaff, Phil Cianciola