The event was sponsored by Weimer Bearing and Transmission out of Green Bay, Wis. While many speedways around the region chose to cancel due to the heat index, Norway Speedway had a packed pit area largely because of the ASA Midwest Tour being in town and a packed grandstand as well.

The 100-lap main event was won by former Norway Speedway great Dalton Zehr. Zehr, who had won many feature events while racing for Upper Michigan’s Coleman Racing Products. is now driving for Madison, Wis., businessman and racer John Beale.

Not surprising, the top cars all have Norway Speedway ties:

— Former Norway Speedway champion Dan Lindsley’s car was driven by one of the Midwest’s top drivers, Casey Johnson, who placed second.

(Lia Olson photo) In the Whelen Fab 4 division, Trever Cronick of Faithorn claimed his third feature win of the season Saturday at Norway Speedway.

— Third place went to Norway Speedway’s feature winner from three weeks ago on a Friday night, Levon Van Der Geest.

— Fourth place went to 2024 Stateline Challenge winner Andy Monday. This year’s Stateline Challenge is set for Saturday, July 5.

— In fifth was defending Midwest Tour champion Gabe Sommers of Plover, Wis.

— Finishing sixth with the most impressive and surprising run of the day was Norway Speedway’s current point leader and defending 2024 Late Model track champion Joey Pontbriand.

Other locals included Escanaba’s Joey Stankowicz finishing an impressive 13th, and Kingsford’s Scott Stanchina ending up 17th. For the official finishing results please go to www.starsnationaltour.com.

In the Auto Value Super Stocks it was a big night for Marquette County as Gwinn’s Jeremy Yelle returned after having engine trouble for a few weeks and won his first feature event of the season. Marquette’s Jesse Hendrickson did a masterful job holding off defending track champion Ryan Wender for many laps in a heated battle. Finishing fourth was rookie Andy Secrist, and fifth was Kingsford’s Zach Hanson.

In the 141 Auto Sportsman division, Iron Mountain’s Justin Larson won his first feature event of the season. Finishing second was BJ Schoneck of Marion, Wis.; third, Menominee’s Travis Hulsizer; fourth, Kingsford’s Jon Maenpaa; and fifth, Spread Eagle’s Todd Schmidt.

In the Whelen Fab 4, Faithorn’s Trever Cronick won his third feature win of the season. Second place went to Kingsford’s Eli Whittkopf; third, Vulcan’s Zach Gazda; fourth, Vulcan’s Cody Gunville; and fifth, Faithorn’s Andy Street.

Tonight marks the 11th annual Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. The inductees for the 2025 Class are all previous Norway Speedway track champions: Auto Value Super Stock driver Ron Jenshak Jr., Coca-Cola Late Model driver Mike Reichenberger, Coca-Cola Late Model driver Steve Debakker, and Auto Value Auto Value Super Stock driver Ryan Windell.

This event will be brought to you by Sayklly’s Candies of Escanaba. It’s also Veteran’s Appreciation Night and the Allan Yelle Memorial Race.

— Auto Value Super Stocks Qualifying: Ryan Wender 16.124. Fast Dash: 1st Zach Hanson, 2nd Jesse Hendrickson. Heat 1: 1st Jeremy Yelle, 2nd Stewart Hornick. Feature: 1st Jeremy Yelle, 2nd Jesse Hendrickson, 3rd Ryan Wender, 4th, Andy Secrist, 5th Zach Hanson, 6th Payton Linder, 7th Joey Pontbriand, 8th Joe Ostermann, 9th Stewart Hornick, 10th Izayah Reed, and 11th Bode Johnson.

— 141 Auto Sportsman Qualifying: Brian Gilhuber 18.074. Heat 1: 1st Carol Graves, 2nd Darren Peterson. Heat 2: 1st Travis Hulsizer, 2nd BJ Schoneck. Feature: 1st Justin Larson, 2nd BJ Schoneck, 3rd Travis Hulsizer, 4th Jon Maenpaa, 5th Todd Schmidt, 6th Carol Graves, 7th Zachary Bauer, 8th Paul Holton, 9th Darren Peterson, 10th Brian Gilhuber, 11th Troy LaFave, 12th Emily Vincent, and 13th Stewart Hornick.

— Whelen Fab 4 Qualifying: Trever Cronick 17.761. Heat 1: 1st Cody Gunville, 2nd Trever Cronick. Feature: 1st Trever Cronick, 2nd Eli Whittkopf, 3rd Zach Gazda, 4th Cody Gunville, 5th Andy Street, 6th Chris Hallenbeck, 7th Adam Loomis, 8th Jacoby Pollei, 9th Chase Nerat, and 10th Mike Singletary.