WILMOT, Wis. — John Fahl captured his first Wilmot Raceway feature taking top honors in the 20-lap AutoMeter Powered by Gandrud Performance Wisconsin WingLESS feature Saturday.
“I am whooped,” admitted Fahl, who is competing in his 37th season of racing. “This has been a hard off season losing some drivers and people connected with racing, including my engine builder Greg Sevcik whose mother passed. This one is for him and all of the people who have lost someone this past off-season. I have to thank Austin Summelmann, my crew man, who told me after the heat race to just get in the car and drive it. It wasn’t easy, but it’s great to get a win this early in the year.”
Fahl jumped in front, maintaining the lead as he began to close in on lapped traffic. Chris Klemko came on in the closing laps getting to the outside of Fahl briefly as they came up on some backmarkers.
Fahl maintained the point to the checkered. Klemko came across second by less than a car length. Greg Alt, Rusty Egan and Jordan Miklas completed the top five.
