MARSHFIELD, Wis. (October 3, 2026) – Justin Mondeik held off a furious late challenge from Penn Sauter to capture the Chili Implement Fall Shootout at Marshfield Motor Speedway Saturday. It was the final event for the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series after wrapping up season 16.

Mondeik worked his way into Second and was looking to track down John Beale, who appeared to have the field covered until a mechanical failure with 17 laps remaining. Mondeik was then able to secure the lead off the restart and turn away several hearty challenges from Sauter.

Despite the early exit, Beale was able to claim the TUNDRA Championship for he and his teammate Dalton Zehr for their second time as team titlists.

More coming soon….

GREEN BAY, Wis. (October 2, 2026) – The final event of the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series, the Chili Implement Fall Shootout at Marshfield Motor Speedway, will feature a field full of hungry contenders looking to grab the final checkered flag.

Leading the charge will be past Marshfield TUNDRA winners John Beale, Justin Mondeik and Jerad de Boer. Beale came out on top in the June race at Marshfield after Mondeik led a good chunk of the race. de Boer experienced issues, but set fast time earlier in the event.

Others to watch will be Travis Volm who raced his way back to Third in the June race after going to the back during an early tangle and Penn Sauter who spent most of the race in the Top Five before experiencing a mechanical failure.

One driver in attendance will win a certificate for a body from Five Star Bodies. A value of over $3,500.

Qualifying begins at 1pm with racing beginning at 3pm. TUNDRA will be joined by seven divisions for an action-packed day of racing at the half mile.

The event will be the final in the 16-year history of the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series. TUNDRA has announced that its group will be teaming with Marshfield to put on an event in 2027. More details on that will be available during the off season.

Car # – Driver, Hometown.
1 – Jesse Oudenhoven, Kaukauna, Wis.
2 – Jerad de Boer, Sherry, Wis.
2 – Darren Jackson, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
5B – John Beale, Verona, Wis.
5E – Noah Eisenhower, Freeport, Ill.
12 – Derrick Van Dreel, Stevens Point, Wis.
19 – Ty Fietzer, Appleton, Wis.
19 – Michael Haggar, Hanover, Minn.
21 – Sean Herzog, Wausau, Wis.
31 – Corey Jankowski, Tomah, Wis.
32 – Steve Lichtfeld, Portage, Wis.
40 – Jeremy Lepak, Wausau, Wis.
44 – Justin Mondeik, Gleason, Wis.
48 – Branden Sischo, Stratford, Wis.
76 – Travis Volm, Mosinee, Wis.
99 – Joey Stankowicz, Escanaba, Mich.
107.5 – Darek Gress, Neillsvile, Wis.
119 – Penn Sauter, Deforest, Wis.
711 – Kyle Gennett, Rangeline, Wis.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (October 2, 2026) –

Fellow Members of the Short Track Racing Community,

We at the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series consider ourselves privileged to have hosted events at top-class facilities with top-class drivers and teams in front of the best and most passionate fans in the world of short track racing over the past 16 summers.

We began as a concept to do things in a different way and, through the hard work of many dedicated people and the support of tremendous sponsors, were able to write a story that we hope will live within the racing community for many years to come.  As with any story, a final chapter and ending must come.  Tomorrow’s Fall Shootout at Marshfield Motor Speedway will be the final event of the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series. This decision has been months in the making.

As many of you may know, TUNDRA was under the leadership of the Lichtfeld family and myself for many seasons, mainly on a volunteer basis in our spare time. In 2022, the Lichtfeld family moved on due to happenings in their lives.  I will forever be grateful for the second family I gained by partnering with them for so many years. 

The ownership of TUNDRA then transitioned to my family, including my parents who picked up additional tasks to fill their free time, as well. Our family immediately grew with the addition of my wife and now my two daughters.  I found out in a hurry that life changes greatly from being a single guy with a void of time to fill to being a husband and father. 

In the current environment of our sport, it takes an enormous amount of time and dedication to put forth a product that can withstand the challenges we face.  Time that had been spent dedicated to preparing for events, chasing sponsorship, marketing, creating communications, discussing rules and doing the things that a race series needs shifted to other priorities.  I wouldn’t change a thing about having those new priorities in my life.

With that being said – despite there no longer being a TUNDRA Super Late Model Series – we aren’t going away completely.  TUNDRA’s group and Marshfield are planning to team up to put on an event in 2027. Rest assured we are fully focused and committed to making tomorrow’s race and our 2027 event fun and memorable experiences for racers, teams, and fans.

Thank you all for your support throughout our 16 seasons.  We appreciate every sponsor, racer, car owner, crew member, track owner/promoter, track worker, official and fan we have encountered in our time.

See you at Marshfield!

Matt Panure
TUNDRA Super Late Model Series

GREEN BAY, WI (September 23, 2026) –  A major prize will be awaiting a driver in the field for the Fall Shootout when the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series wraps up its 2026 season at Marshfield Motor Speedway on October 3.

TUNDRA will award one driver in the field with a certificate for a new Five Star Body.

The winner will be selected through random draw after the race has concluded.  Every driver entered in the event will be eligible for the draw.  Drivers can earn additional “entries” based on their performance for the day.

Five Star Body Draw Entries

1. Enter the Event = 1 Entry
2. TUNDRA Member Driver = +1 Entry
3. Finish Top Five = +2 Entries
4. Finish Top Ten = +1 Entry
5. Fast Dash Winner = +1 Entry

Examples

A TUNDRA Member winning the race would earn 4 Entries (a, b, c)

A non-member winning the dash and finishing top ten would earn 3 entries (a, d, e)

Max entries = 5 (TUNDRA member winning the dash and feature)

The TUNDRA Super Late Model Series Fall Shootout at Marshfield takes place Saturday, October 3. Qualifying is at 1pm with racing starting at 3pm. A total of 8 divisions will highlight an action-packed day of racing.

PLOVER, Wis. (July 25, 2026) – Dalton Zehr waited patiently, and when the time was right, made his move to capture his second Cleaver Classic 108 Victory at Golden Sands Speedway on Saturday night.

FULL RESULTS

After several incidents in the first half of the race, Zehr found himself hounding Justin Mondeik for the lead. He was able to slip past, then fight off Mondeik on a restart. Zehr then sailed to the win over Travis Volm and Mondeik.

More coming soon…

GREEN BAY, Wis. (July 24, 2026) – The Cleaver Classic at Golden Sands Speedway will host a strong field of contenders when the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series hits Central Wisconsin’s Power Playground Saturday.

Season winners Ty Fredrickson and John Beale will be among the top two contenders to be up front at the end of the 108 lap main event.

Past winners will also be tough to handle. Justin Mondeik will be looking to get back into Victory Lane after winning the event in 2024.  Inaugural Cleaver Classic Winner Dalton Zehr will also be in the field

Jerad de Boer, who set fast time at Marshfield, will look to get on the right track at Golden Sands after showing speed but suffering tough luck at the facility. Local favorite Darren Jackson also looks to be in the mix

The field will also feature former track Champions Frank Nitzke and Wyatt Brooks as well as former track Pro Late Model Champion Braison Bennett.

Past fast qualifier for TUNDRA events at GSS Travis Volm also should be in the hunt.

A few drivers are still looking to finalize plans and hope to join the field.

TUNDRA will be joined by the Midwest Dash Series and 4 Cylinder Stocks. Qualifying begins at 6pm with racing at 7pm.

Cleaver Classic 108 – Golden Sands Speedway
Expected Entries as of 7/24/26

Car # – Driver, Hometown
2 – Jerad de Boer, Sherry, Wis.
2 – Darren Jackson, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
5B – John Beale, Verona, Wis.
9 – Braison Bennett, Neenah, Wis.
18 – Frank Nitzke, Berlin, Wis.
19 – Michael Haggar, Hanover, Minn.
25 – Wyatt Brooks, Amherst, Wis.
36 – Ty Fredrickson, Webster, Minn.
44 – Justin Mondeik, Gleason, Wis.
48 – Jason Stark, Sparta, Wis.
49 – Ryan Manthei, Green Bay, Wis.
59 – Mickey Schallie, Darboy, Wis.
76 – Travis Volm, Mosinee, Wis.
119 – Dalton Zehr, Verona, Wis.
711 – Payton Olson, Stevens Point, Wis.

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (July 4, 2026) – The North American Cup at Dells Raceway Park has been postponed due to poor weather conditions and forecasts. A make up date between TUNDRA and DRP are currently in discussion.

The next scheduled event for TUNDRA is the Cleaver Classic at Golden Sands Speedway on Saturday, July 25.

Story by: Adam Glatczak

Full Results

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (June 13) – Close a number of times before, John Beale finally broke through in the Bob & Bev Aschenbrenner Memorial at Marshfield Motor Speedway and won his first TUNDRA Super Late Model Series feature since 2017.

Beale saved his best for last, taking the lead from Justin Mondeik of Gleason on lap 58 and pulling away late. He came out on top after a bumping, grinding battle among four contenders in the race’s latter stages to win a TUNDRA start for the first time since 2017.

“Yeah, it was a different one. I like to be up front and lead all the laps that way, so this one was a little bit different,” said Beale in an interview with Loran Leech after the race. “I was just hoping for a podium at best, and then everyone does what they do on these big races and they were getting together and a lot of yellows…there’s no way I thought we were going to win, we would’ve lost a lot of bets, but we just do what we do, slowly move on up and get what we can and ended up with the win.”

Beale figured to be among the favorites in TUNDRA’s second of five stops this season, having won the season-opening super late model feature at Marshfield in May. He also finished no worse than fourth in six previous starts in the Aschenbrenner Memorial, including runner-up finishes in 2022 and 2024.

The field spent most of the race chasing Mondeik, though, as the driver who aced out Beale for Aschenbrenner Memorial wins in 2022 and 2024 started on outside of the front row and was the clear-cut best car in leading the first 52 laps.

The race started with just one caution in the first 38 laps, but things heated up over the second half of the race and especially over the final 32 laps. The cautions bunched up the field and allowed closest pursuers Beale, Ty Fredrickson of Webster, Minn., Penn Sauter of DeForest and last year’s race winner Jerad de Boer of Sherry to all size up a shot at Mondeik, with Fredrickson going first. He got inside Mondeik with a crossover move on a lap 43 restart before dropping back. De Boer was running as high as fourth but slowed on lap 51 and exited the race, and Sauter’s race was finished two laps later when a blown tire resulted in his car going into the turn one wall.

Fredrickson then edged ahead of Mondeik at the line to lead laps 53 and 54 shortly after another restart. Mondeik and Fredrickson traded paint several times with Beale lurking right behind both, and Beale even took a look inside both on lap 55. Mondeik was back out front by lap 57, but Beale got inside him the next lap and cleared Mondeik for the top spot on lap 59.

Beale was in the clear from there, with Mondeik, Fredrickson and the rest appearing to fade and their cars used up compared to Beale driving away from the field. Mondeik appeared headed to a runner-up finish but slowed out of turn four on lap 69 and stalled on the backstretch, his race over.

Fredrickson would hold off Wausau’s Travis Volm for second. Volm put on a show with a charge through the field all the way from 19th to a podium finish.

Volm was running in the top five in the opening laps before contact coming off turn two sent Beale spinning, with Volm tapping out to take blame for the incident, giving Beale his spot back while Volm restarted at the tail of the field. He was in the top 10 again by lap 13, though, surpassed Carter Christenson of West Salem for seventh on lap 31, and passed the slowing de Boer for fifth on lap 49. Volm was hounding Fredrickson for the runner-up spot in the final laps, looking high and low before finishing third by half a car length.

Weston Marthaler of Glenwood, Minn., finished fourth with Jevin Guralski of Wausau fifth and M.G. Gajewski of Wausau sixth. Mondeik and Beale won heat races, Volm won the fast dash and de Boer was the quickest qualifier with a lap of 17.957 seconds.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (June 10, 2026) – The final Aschenbrenner Memorial at Marshfield Motor Speedway will boast a strong field of past winners, young stars and fresh challengers when the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series rolls into the half-mile this Saturday, June 13.

Among the leaders of the pack will be the duo that battled for the win in the season-opening event at Wisconsin International Raceway – Ty Fredrickson and Penn Sauter.  Both young racers are standouts on the scene and promise to be in contention for the win.

Past winners will also be tough to handle. Justin Mondeik will be looking to be the only three-time winner of the Aschenbrenner Memorial after victories in 2022 and 2024.  Jerad de Boer, who won convincingly last year, will look to be the first and only repeat winner of the event.

A few potential first-time event winners sit on the horizon.  John Beale has set multiple fast times and scored multiple podium finishes at Marshfield in TUNDRA action. He is seeking his first series win since 2017.  Darren Jackson is a former MMS Champion and promises to be in the hunt.

A trio of other youngsters could be in the mix, as well.  Minnesotan Weston Marthaler won a feature at Marshfield earlier this year. Jevin Guralski also has Marshfield feature wins under his belt. Guralski’s younger brother, Kooper will be looking to make noise in his TUNDRA debut.

Several veterans will look to be in the mix as well including the King of State Park Speedway Mark Mackesy, WIR standout Andy Monday, the speedy Travis Volm, last year’s Cleaver Classic winner Jeremy Lepak, and former CWRA winner Darek Gress.

A few drivers are still looking to finalize plans and hope to join the field.

TUNDRA will be joined by the Midwest Truck Series and Legends. Qualifying begins at 6pm with racing at 7pm.

Aschenbrenner Memorial 75 – Marshfield Motor Speedway
Expected Entries as of 6/10/26

Car # – Driver, Hometown
02 – Carter Christenson, West Salem, Wis.
2 – Jerad de Boer, Sherry, Wis.
2 – Darren Jackson, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
5 – Penn Sauter, Deforest, Wis.
5B – John Beale, Verona, Wis.
10 – Andy Monday, Greenville, Wis.
12 – Derrick Van Dreel, Stevens Point, Wis.
12 – Mark Mackesy, Wausau, Wis.
16 – Kooper Guralski, Wausau, Wis.
19 – Michael Haggar, Hanover, Minn.
20 – Jevin Guralski, Wausau, Wis.
22 – MG Gajewski, Wausau, Wis.
36 – Ty Fredrickson, Webster, Minn.
40 – Jeremy Lepak, Ringle, Wis.
44 – Justin Mondeik, Gleason, Wis.
48 – Branden Sischo, Stratford, Wis.
58 – Joseph Scholze, Holmen, Wis.
59 – Mickey Schallie, Darboy, Wis.
76 – Travis Volm, Mosinee, Wis.
100 – Weston Marthaler, Glenwood, Minn.
107.5 – Darek Gress, Neillsville, Wis.
711 – Kyle Gennett, Rangeline, Wis.

Full Results

KAUKAUNA, Wis. (May 16, 2026) – Ty Fredrickson is now two for two in TUNDRA Super Late Model Series races at Wisconsin International Raceway.

Fredrickson quickly secured the lead in the Spring Classic 75 at WIR and maintained a steady pace throughout the race. He then outlasted a challenge from fast qualifier Penn Sauter on a late restart to secure the win.

Sawyer Effertz gained the early lead from fellow front-row starter Brock Heinrich at the drop of the green flag, with Heinrich settling into second and Andy Monday grabbing Third.

Behind them, Ty Fredrickson and Grant Griesbach jousted for Fourth with Fredrickson grabbing the spot on lap three. He then shot past Heinrich on the next lap. Soon he chased down Effertz and began looking for ways into the lead.

On lap eight, Fredrickson made his move past Effertz using the inside line. He then began to build a healthy margin over the rest of the field.

Next on the move was Penn Sauter, who grabbed Third on lap 16, then Second on lap 27. Sauter, the Ken’s Sports Fast Qualifier for the event, then looked to chase down Fredrickson. However, each time Sauter would gain slightly, Fredrickson would regain his margin.

The only caution, and potential obstacle for Fredrickson came on lap 67 when Andy Monday made a dash into the pits. The yellow was thrown for debris and to remove Monday’s car from the pit entrance. On the restart Fredrickson was able to rocket away from Sauter and maintain his margin through the final eight laps.

Behind Sauter, Sawyer Effertz finished Third, Jordan Thiel stormed through the field to finish Fourth, and Grant Griesbach rounded out the Top Five.

Ty Fredrickson scored a dominant win to open the TUNDRA Series season, taking the lead early in the event and leading the rest of the laps en route to the victory. Fredrickson led unchallenged for most of the event, with his biggest obstacle the race’s only caution flag on lap 67.

The next event for the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series is Saturday, June 13 at Marshfield Motor Speedway. It is the final Aschenbrenner Memorial honoring long-time supporters of the sport, Bob and Bev Aschenbrenner. TUNDRA will be joined by the Midwest Truck Series and Legends. Fan gates open at 5pm with racing at 7pm.