2026-27 Round 5

Halloween Havoc - Quarry Heights Raceway - Wauwatosa, WI

October 29, 2026

Round 5 of 17

Halloween Havoc Fast Facts 

Race date: Thursday, Oct 29

Track: Quarry Heights Raceway, 2 mile natural terrain road course, Wauwatosa, WI

Race distance:  20 minutes

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2025 race winner: Mike Lack (No. 9 FAST Honda-Daboiler)

2025 Firestone P1 Award winner: Mike Kristof (No. 20 Good Vibes Racing Honda-Daboiler)

One-lap qualifying record: Mike Kristof, 3.704 seconds, 2025 (Running the track clockwise)                               

Race record: Matt Hayek, 282 laps, 2019 (Running the track clockwise)                     

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)

7:50 – Heat races

8:40 – Halloween Havoc (20 minutes)

Race Notes:

·         Joe Heitz became the fourth different race winner in the opening four rounds of the 2026-27 IndySlotCar season at the Deckertring. The Good Vibes Racing pilot joins Matt Hayek, Ev Kamikawa and Mike Lack on the top step of the podium so far this season.

·         Heitz vaulted to the top of the Husarsbilt Cup championship standings with the victory from fifth place, ahead of Lack, John Wiedemann, Hayek and Kamikawa, all of whom both had forgettable runs at the ‘Ring. Heitz sits 19 points ahead of Lack and Wiedemann, 23 above Hayek, 24 more than Steve Rist and 25 more than Kamikawa.

·         Heitz won from pole, it was the #21 Splenda Honda-Daboiler driver’s third Firestone P1 Awards this season, only Kamikawa has the other, both have now won the Pole-to-Win fund.

·         FAST II: The Castaways driver John Wiedemann failed to make the final four at the Deckertring, the first time this season the three-time champion failed to make a final this season. It was Heitz first final of the season, becoming the tenth different driver to appear in a final.

·         Stats Watch: Heitz Deckertring win is the 21st of his career, pulling even with 2021-22 season champion Dean Strom, the pair are tied for tenth on the All-time list. Heitz scored his 16th Firestone P1 Award, matching Mike Fitzlaff at 12th on that list. Hometown hero John Shea won his Deckertring heat race for the 42nd time in his 120 starts, a 35% hit rate.

HALLOWEEN RACE HISTORY (33 events, 1993 - Present)

Year       Race Winner        Event Name                        Track

10/28/93              Jim Chitel            Miller Black Cat 250              Shrine Road Course

10/27/94   Dave Austin         Happy Hobby Halloween 250      Shrine Road Course

10/27/95              Phil Cianciola       Red Dog Halloween 250         HO Road America

10/31/96              Dave Austin         Red Dog Halloween 250         HORA

10/30/97              Jim Kaehny          Red Dog Halloween 250         HORA

10/29/98              Jim Kaehny         NTB Halloween 250               HORA

10/21/99              Phil Marich          Texaco-Havoline Halloween 250 HORA

10/31/00              Ev Kamikawa       Miller Lite Halloween 250       HORA

10/31/01              Dan Margetta       Miller Lite Halloween 250       HORA

10/24/02   Jim Kaehny         Halloween 250                     HORA

10/30/03              Larry Rotter         Halloween 250                     HORA

10/28/04              Dan Margetta       McDonald’s Halloween 250         HORA

10/27/05              Ev Kamikawa       McDonald’s Halloween 400         Road Wisconsin

11/4/06                  Mark Walczak      State Farm 400                    Lake Country Motorplex

10/27/07              Dan Margetta       State Farm Halloween 400         LCM

10/23/08              Mark Walczak      Milwaukee Sporting Goods Halloween Havoc-Turtle Creek

11/5/09     Mark Walczak      SportsClips Grand Prix          Quarry Heights Raceway

10/28/10   John Weidemann  SportsClips Halloween GP       QHR

10/27/11   Dan Margetta       Halloween Havoc                  QHR

10/25/12   Dan Margetta       Halloween Havoc                  QHR

10/24/13   Mark Walczak      Halloween Havoc                  QHR

12/4/14     Dean Strom         Nightmare Before Christmas       QHR

10/29/15   John Wiedemann  Halloween Havoc                  QHR

10/27/16   John Wiedemann  Halloween Havoc                  QHR

10/26/17   Mike Lack            Halloween Havoc                  QHR

10/25/18   Mike Kristof         Bridgestone Halloween Havoc    QHR

10/24/19   Matt Hayek          Halloween Havoc                     QHR

10/22/20   Steve Rist           Halloween Havoc                     Lack Track

10/21/21   Mike Lack            Halloween Havoc                     QHR

10/20/22   Matt Hayek          Halloween Havoc                     QHR

10/26/23   Joe Heitz             Halloween Havoc                     QHR

10/24/24   John Wiedemann  Halloween Havoc                     QHR

10/23/25   Mike Lack            Halloween Havoc                     QHR

Most wins: Dan Margetta-5; John Wiedemann, Mark Walczak-4; Mike Lack, Jim Kaehny–3; Matt Hayek, Dave Austin, Ev Kamikawa-2