Corvette Connection Grand Prix - Corevette Connection Raceway - Butler, WI
January 22, 2026
Round 11 of 17
Race date: Thursday, Jan 22
Track: Corevette Connection Raceway, 5.5 mile road course in Butler, WI
Race distance: 20 minutes
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2024-25 race winner: Ev Kamikawa (No. 12 Team PenskeHO Chevrolet-Daboiler)
2024-25 Firestone P1 Award winner: Steve Rist (No. 4 FAST Honda-Daboiler)
One-lap qualifying record: Joe Heitz, 7.103 seconds, 2023
Race record: Joe Heitz, 141 laps, 2024
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At-track schedule (all times local):
6:00 – Gates open
6:30 – Driver introductions
7:00 – IndySlotCar Series Practice
7:40 – Qualifying for the Firestone P1 Award (group qualifying/ fastest single lap)
8:15 – Heat Races
9:00 – Corvette Connection Grand Prix (20 minutes)
Race Notes:
· Mike Lack enters the Corvette Connection Grand Prix riding a two race winning streak and four victories on the season to take a sizable 55 point lead in the Husarsbilt Cup championship after 10 of 17 races in the season.
· Lack has won back to back events several times, but only taken the streak to three or more two times, the last being rounds 13-14-15 of the 2017-18 season.
· In the last two races have seen six different drivers in the finals, with only Lack repeating. The seven-time champion has made eight finals in the nine races he has entered this season.
· What is now known as Good Vibes Racing (Joe Heitz and Mike Kristof) under the Michael Shank-It Racing banner won this race the first three times it was held, with Ev Kamikawa breaking that streak last season.
· STATS WATCH: Dean Strom’s appearance in the final at the Raven 250 was the 96th of his illustrious career moving him to sixth on the all-time list. Steve Rist’s DNF at Raven was the FAST driver’s 23rd and equals John Shea’s career total, they are tied at 15th on the all-time list.
CORVETTE CONNECTION GRAND PRIX HISTORY (4 event, 2022 - Present)
Date Race Winner
2/1/2022 Mike Kristof
2/2/2023 Joe Heitz
1/18/2024 Joe Heitz
11/7/2024 Ev Kamikawa