2025-26 Round 14

Victory 400 - Victory Motor Speedway - Theresa, WI

Round 14 of 17

March 5, 2026

Victory 400 Fast Facts

Race date: Thursday, Mar 5

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

Race distance: 400 laps

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2025 race winner:  Ev Kamikawa (No. 12 Team PenskeHO Chevrolet-Daboiler)

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

Single lap record: John Shea – 1.674 seonds

Four-lap qualifying record: John Shea – 6.852 seconds

Race record: Ev Kamikawa – 13 minutes, 19 seconds

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

6:00 – 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:

·         The second running of the Victory 400 brings Mike Lack back to the entry list after missing the previous round, the seven-time champion’s Husarsbilt Cup points lead has shrunk to 37 after Joe Heitz took every point available to him at the Rapids Grand Prix, with just four races left on the calendar, can Heitz deny Lack and eighth title?

·         Ev Kamikawa is the defending race winner, taking the inaugural affair one year ago, it was the third of five victories in 2024-25, the Team PenskeHO driver is looking for his first of the current campaign.

·         Matt Hayek and Dan Margetta are the two oval track winners so far this season, Victory Motor Speedway is the third of four ovals this season, South Shore Superspeedway, host of the 33rd running of the HO Indy 500 will be the other.

·         Dan Margetta leads the Foyt/Mears (Oval track) Award points standings by three over Matt Hayek and 12 ahead of John Wiedemann.

·         STATS WATCH: Joe Heitz scored his third Pole-to-Win victory at Rapids, it’s the first time since 2019-20 that anyone has had that many in a single season, Mike Lack had four and Matt Hayek had three in that season. Ev Kamikawa holds the record with five, set in his Husarsbilt Cup championship season of 1999-00. Heitz moves to 15th on the all-time Firestone P1 Award list, with 12 pole positions, 15th in Heat Wins with 37, moving ahead of his Good Vibes Racing teammate Mike Kristof and 16th in Finals with 50. James Spehert jumps to 36th on the all-time laps list, leaping Corey Galbraith with 1,760 and Pete Dorn moves to 21st on the DNF rankings with his 18th at Rapids, breaking out of a tie with Chris Spehert.