Ty Majeski victorious in ASA Midwest Tour opener

It’s not a huge surprise when Ty Majeski wins an ASA Midwest Tour race.

He has five series titles and entered the 2026 season with 40 victories.

What will be a surprise is how often Slinger Speedway fans are able to catch the 2024 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion at the track. The Seymour native showed up for the opener Sunday, won it going away, and he plans on returning at least five more times, for the ASA STARS National Tour race on June 21, the Slinger Nationals on June 14 and three regular-season super late model races that pay $7,000 apiece.

“It’s only usually once a year or twice with this race,” said Majeski, who has won four Slinger Nationals and the Midwest Tour opener the last time it was held at Slinger in 2024.

“Travis and Kelsey (Dassow, who bought the track before 2025) are doing a great job with this racetrack, putting up real money. It’s how super late model racing should be. Nothing under five grand to win, and they’re paying a little extra for the triple crown. So we’re happy to come here, support it, it works in my schedule, so we’re gonna make it happen.”

Majeski, 31, beat defending track champion Grant Griesbach and reigning Midwest Tour champion Casey Johnson in the 100-lap Jerry Priesgen Memorial. Alex Prunty, another Slinger regular, was fourth, and ASA STARS National Tour competitor Derek Kraus was fifth.

Majeski picked up $7,500, $5,000 from the purse and his share of a $5,000 bonus, split with a young fan drawn at random who picked him to win.

Griesbach and Johnson would challenge Majeski again on the high-banked quarter mile in 2026.

Johnson is running for points for the first time, joining forces with Chase Motorsports, which has been a staple at Wisconsin International Raceway.

“He’s always wanted to run Slinger full-time,” Johnson said. “I’ve never done it myself, so I was like, hey, let’s give it a shot. I mean, it’s an awesome place. It’s not that far from us. Might as well try running for a championship once.”

Johnson will continue to run his own car on the rest of the Midwest Tour, starting in a week at the Joe Shear Classic at Madison International Speedway. He is the defending winner.

Griesbach, who has gotten setup help from Johnson since 2020, showed in 2025 that he can run well consistently. His performance in opening his title defense bodes well.

“Finishing second to the 91, I consider that a win in a Tour race,” Griesbach said. “I feel like I let it slip a little bit by giving up the top side on that restart, but it worked on the start, and I thought it would work again, but I don’t think it would have mattered. I think that 91’s finding a way around me one way or another.”

“I’ve been doing it forever and we finally got some success to my name, so it’s definitely a group effort, and thanks to everyone that’s been helping out all along. We didn’t have any mechanical issues last year, and I know those are a big part of racing, and some of them might not be preventable, but a lot of them are. So the guys busted their tails in the shop last year and kept them running and it’s easier to make them go faster when you’re not fixing them.”

NASCAR prospect Luke Fenhaus set fast time and started ninth due to the invert. He was running third when a flat right front tire slowed him in the waning laps.

“I’m not sure what I needed to really contend with with the 91,” Fenhaus said of Majeski, his teammate in recent years when he raced for ThorSport in the Craftsman Truck Series. “We were too tight to begin with, and I think we just cut the splits short a little bit for the race. … All in all, good race car. I’m happy with where we’re at and what we’re building on, but we just gotta finish these off.”

Majeski, driving the same car with which he has won two Nationals and the ’24 Midwest Tour opener at Slinger, started fifth and methodically moved forward. He passed Prunty on the 51st lap for the lead and won by more than 2 seconds.

The victory was Majeski’s second since his debuting the same Menards colors on his No. 91 super late model that appear on his No. 88 NASCAR truck. He won the Rattler 250 last month at South Alabama Speedway.

“Some would say we’re 3 for 3 with it,” Majeski said with a smirk, “if you include the Snowball.”

1. Ty Majeski
2. Grant Griesbach
3. Casey Johnson
4. Alex Prunty
5. Derek Kraus
6. Gabe Sommers
7. John DeAngelis
8. Levon VanDerGeest
9. Luke Fenhaus
10. Ty Fredrickson
11. Justin Mondeik
12. Jeff Storm
13. Brad Mueller
14. Paul Shafer Jr.
15. Nick Egan
16. Ryan Farrell
17. Jesse Bernhagen
18. Mitchell Haver
19. Austin Nason
20. RJ Braun
21. Penn Sauter
22. Joseph Scholze
23. Dennis Prunty
24. Billy Braun
25. Riley Stenjem