Slinger finish is short-track racing at its best

There’s a lot of good racing on the short tracks around the country, but it doesn’t get much better than the super-late model features Sunday night at Slinger Speedway.

Alex Prunty nipped Gary Lamonte by 0.026 of a second with Steve Apel less than a quarter-second behind.

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“It was fun and they were telling me on the radio we were beating Alex by half a tenth a lap and we kept going hard and we ran him down,” LaMonte said (quotes courtesy of Slinger Speedway). “I got to the inside of him and on the last lap he bobbled and made a mistake and we just lost by .026.”

Prunty has won two of the past three races and finished second to his uncle Dennis in the other. With three points nights remaining for the premier division, Apel leads the standings, 14 points ahead of Lamonte and 33 ahead of Alex Prunty.

“If I want to win the championship we’ve got to win races, “Prunty said. “We have to keep it up and the car has been running pretty well. Tonight was closer than I like but it was fun.”