2009-10 Round 14

HO Indy 500 - South Shore Superspeedway

Round 14 of 14

April 10, 2010

Weather: 70 - Partly cloudy

FAST FACTS

The HO Indy 500

WHAT: The HO Indy 500

WHERE: St. Francis, Wisconsin, South Shore Superspeedway

WHEN: Saturday, April 10, 2010 10am

U.S. TELEVISION SCHEDULE: YouTube.com, http://www.indyslotcarseries.com

2009 CHAMPION: Chris Spehert

2009 POLESITTER: Mike Fitzlaff

TRACK LAYOUT: Super Speedway Oval

RACE LENGTH: 1,000 laps

TRACK RECORDS: Qualifying –2009, Mark Walczak, 8.352 Fast Lap-2008, Mike Fitzlaff, 1.969 Time of Race- 2008, Mark Walczak, 40:51.711

RACE ROUND: 14 of 14 in the 2009-2010 IndySlotCar Series

INSTANT REPLAY:

Chris Spehert would survive a crash filled 500 to claim his second 500 win in 6 years. Mike Fitzlaff, would set the fastest time among the club cars to claim the pole for the race. Both Mike and Ev Kamikawa would advance to the finals from the first heat of the night. In the second heat both Chris Spehert and the defending race winner and new champion Mark Walczak would both advance.

In the finals, Mike Fitzlaff would jump out to any early lead followed by Walczak, Spehert, and then Kamikawa. In moments lapse of concentration Walczak would find himself out of the race, and all hopes of tying Larry Rotter for most wins in a season, and being the first back to back winner of the 500 went out the window. Ev Kamikawa would follow Walczak out of the race in turn four 140 laps later. For the second consecutive year, in the same corner made Kamikawa complain that the walls needed to be reinstalled in turn four. Just after halfway Mike Fitzlaff would find the floor while getting ready to make his pit stop. This left Chris Spehert to gather just enough laps to pass Fitzlaff and gain his second 500 title.

The win made Chris just the fourth multiple winner of the 500. Pole sitter Mike Fitzlaff the most dominate car on the day would finish second. Ev Kamikawa finished third with Mark Walczak rounding out the final four. Rookie Mike Lack would finish in fifth place, followed by Larry Rotter, rookie John Wiedemann and Dan Margetta. Amy Butler was the odd driver out, as she was bumped out by teammate Mark Walczak. This left Amy to hold auditions for new teammates for next season. Matt Hayek would finish tenth, Tom Spehert eleventh, Andy Spehert would finish twelfth and win the consi race, while Mike Kristof Would round out the field in thirteenth.

THE HO INDY 500 HISTORY (15 events, 1994 - Present)

Year Race Winner

1994 Phil Cianciola

1995 John Shea

1996 Dave Austin

1997 Ev Kamikawa

1998 Jim Kaehny

1999 Phil Marich

2000 Phil Cianciola

2001 Jim Kaehny

2002 Ev Kamikawa

2003 Larry Rotter

2004 Chris Spehert

2005 Dan Margetta

2006 Ev Kamikawa South Shore Superspeedway

2007 Jim Iverson

2008 Mark Walczak

2009 Chris Spehert

2010 ?????????????