2025-26 Round 15

March Madness - Quarry Heights Raceway - Wauwatosa, WI

March 19, 2026

Round 15 of 17

March Madness Fast Facts

Race date: Thursday, Mar 19

Track: Quarry Heights Raceway, 2 mile (clockwise) natural terrain road course in Wauwatosa, WI

Race distance:  8 minutes

YouTube Broadcast: IndySlotCar Channel

Event Website: March Madness

IndySlotCar Website: indyslotcar.com

2025 race winner: Chris Spehert (No. 28 Team Spehert Honda-Daboiler)

2025 Firestone P1 Award winner: John Wiedemann (No. 11 FAST Honda-Daboiler)

Track qualifying record: Mike Kristof, 3.704 seconds, 2025 (clockwise)

YouTube Broadcast: IndySlotCar Channel

At-track schedule (all times local/Central Time):

6:00 – Gates open

6:30 – Driver introductions

7:00 – Drivers meeting/ Chassis distribution

7:05 – IndySlotCar Series Practice

7:25 – Qualifying for the Firestone P1 Award (group qualifying/ fastest single lap)

7:45 – First Round of bracket racing

8:45 – Head to head final (8 minutes)

IndySlotCar Series Notes:

·         Once again, the IndySlotCar Series uses the special match-style format for the race that coincides with the opening day of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament.

·         Chris Spehert scored his latest event title last year at South Shore Superspeedway, the fifth win of his career.

·         If Chris can repeat his victory, it would be the eighth different winner of the season, Steve Rist became number seven two weeks ago at the Victory 400, matching last seasons total.

·         This will be the third event held at Quarry Heights this season, Mike Lack has swept the first two, taking the Halloween Havoc, back on round five, the race run in the same clockwise direction as March Madness will be, and Quarryfest Deslotmania run counter-clockwise.

·         Milestones: Steve Rist’s victory at VMS is the fourth of his career, pulling along side Amy Butler, John Baas and Phil Marich all tied for 20th on the all-time wins list. Rist also moves up to 22nd on the Total Laps list passing Chad Sorce. Mike Kristof ties his Good Vibes Racing teammate Joe Heitz with 37 heat wins, the two sit 15th on that list. John Shea equals Hall of Famer Dave Austin’s career starts total of 117, good for 19th. James Spehert leapfrogs several drivers to move to 33rd on the all-time laps list with 1,992.

Bracket events HISTORY (11 events, 1996 – 1998, 2003, 2015, 2020 – Present)

Year               Race Winner                    Event Title                                                                                        Track

2/15/1996        Phil Cianciola                   In Style Valentine's Challenge                                    Shrine Road Course

2/13/1997        Phil Cianciola                   In-Style Pro Shop Valentine's Challenge                  Shrine Road Course

2/12/1998        Jim Kaehny                       Dean Foods Valentine's Challenge                                            Shrine Road Course

2/13/2003        Jim Kaehny                       Palermo's Valentine's 200                                           Shrine Road Course

3/19/2015        Mike Lack                         March Madness                                                             Badger Raceway

3/19/2020        John Wiedemann           March Madness                                                             Bermuda Raceway

3/18/2021        Steve Rist                         March Madness                                                             Rapids Oval

3/17/2022        Joe Heitz                           March Madness                                                             Black Track (oval)

3/23/2023        Dean Strom                      March Madness                                                             Raven Raceway

3/21/2024        Joe Heitz                           March Madness                                                             Bermuda Raceway

3/20/2025        Chris Spehert                   March Madness                                                             South Shore Superspeedway