2025-26 Round 13

Rapids Grand Prix - Rapids International Raceway - Milwaukee, WI

Round 13 of 17

February 19, 2026

Rapids Grand Prix Fast Facts
Race date: Thursday, Feb 19

Track: Rapids International, 3.75 mile street course in Rapids

Race distance:  20 minutes

IndySlotCar Website: indyslotcar.com

2025 race winner: John Shea (No. 3 Team PenskeHO Chevrolet-Daboiler)

2025 Firestone P1 Award winner: John Shea (No. 3 Team PenskeHO Chevrolet-Daboiler)

One-lap qualifying record: Mike Lack, 5.398 seconds, 2020

Race record: Mike Lack, 188 laps, 2020

YouTube Broadcast: IndySlotCar Channel

At-track schedule (all times local):

6:00 – Gates open

6:30 – Driver introductions

7:00 – Drivers’ meeting/chassis distribution

7:05 – IndySlotCar Series Practice

7:30 – Qualifying for the Firestone P1 Award (group qualifying/ fastest single lap)

8:00 – Heat races

8:45 – Rapids Grand Prix (20 minutes)

Race Notes:

●        Mike Lack has won three of the last four races and five this season, building a sizable 91 point lead heading into round 13, unfortunately the #9 PNC Bank FAST driver will not be entered at Rapids.

●        Joe Heitz is Lack’s nearest competitor and the only driver not named Lack in the last four races with a win. A victory at Rapids, along with all the possible bonus points would cut that deficit by 54, down to 37.

●        Dean Strom sits third, 104 markers behind Lack and John Wiedemann 109.

●        Despite the five wins by Lack and three by Heitz, there have been six different drivers in victory lane this season, however, one of them is not Ev Kamikawa, could home cooking change that?

●        John Shea is the defending Rapids GP winner, following up his victory in 2000, with his second, a quarter of century later, the longest gap between first and second wins at any IndySlotCar Series event.

●        STAT NOTES: Joe Heitz pulls even with his Good Vibes Racing teammate on the all-time Heat Wins list, with his 36th at Deslotmania, the two are at 15th. Heitz also pulls even with Tom Spehert on the all-time Final Four appearance list with 40, tied for 16th. John Wiedemann moves ahead of his FAST II: The Castaways teammate Matt Hayek on the all-time DNF list with his 42nd, now fifth on that list, with Joe Heitz also moving to a three-way tie at 18th with his 21st DNF.

RAPIDS GRAND PRIX HISTORY (26 events: 1995 - 1996, 1998 - 2001, 2007 - Present)

Date                  Race Winner                   Event Name                                   Track

4/13/1995    Dave Austin               Rapids Grand Prix                         Rapids Raceway

4/11/1996    Dave Austin               Rapids Grand Prix                        

12/3/1998       Dan Margetta             Rapids Grand Prix                         Rapids Raceway Version 2   

12/2/1999       Ev Kamikawa              Rapids Grand Prix                        

12/7/2000    John Shea                        Rapids Grand Prix                         Rapids Raceway Version 3

11/29/2001     Phil Cianciola              Rapids Grand Prix                         Rapids Raceway Version 4

2/1/2007          Ev Kamikawa              WiJobs.com Grand Prix                  Rapids Raceway Version 5

1/31/2008        Mark Walczak             Rapids Grand Prix                         Rapids International Version 6

2/5/2009          Mark Walczak             Lia Sophia Grand Prix                   

9/17/2009        Mike Lack                        Lia Sophia Grand Prix                   

9/30/2010    Mark Walczak             Lia Sophia Grand Prix                   

3/15/2012    Mark Walczak             Too Clean Laundry Grand Prix    Rapids International Version 7

9/20/2012    Mark Walczak             Lia Sophia Grand Prix                   

1/17/2013    John Wiedemann     Too Clean Laundry Grand Prix

1/16/2014    John Wiedemann      Too Clean Laundry Grand Prix

1/22/2015        Mike Lack                         Too Clean Laundry Grand Prix    Rapids International Version 8

1/21/2016        Mike Lack                         Too Clean Laundry Grand Prix

9/22/2016        Matt Hayek                      Too Clean Laundry Grand Prix

2/1/2018           Ev Kamikawa                   Too Clean Laundry Grand Prix

2/21/2019        Mike Lack                         Maytag Rapids Grand Prix

2/20/2020        Mike Lack                         Rapids Grand Prix

1/7/2021           Mike Lack                         Rapids Grand Prix

1/27/2022        Joe Heitz                           Rapids Grand Prix

2/9/2023           Joe Heitz                           Rapids Grand Prix

2/15/2024        Ev Kamikawa                   Rapids Grand Prix

2/13/2025        John Shea                         Rapids Grand Prix

Most Wins: Mike Lack-6; Mark Walczak-5; Ev Kamikawa-4; John Shea, Joe Heitz, John Wiedemann, Dave Austin-2