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TOWN OF RUTLAND – In 2025, Richard Childress Racing prospect Carson Brown introduced himself to Wisconsin stock car fans at Madison International Speedway.
This time around Kyle Steckly and Tristan McKee made some noise while Brown made sure nobody forgot about him.
Steckly, a 21-year-old Canadian, dominated the final stage of the Capital 200 on June 23, as McKee did for the first two-thirds before his car let him down.
“The second stage I started passing cars, and I got up to eighth, and then I got up to sixth and then fifth and then fourth,” said Steckly, who struggled in practice and qualified 13th. “The first stage was rough, and [Wilson Motorsports] just got the perfect adjustment and we were able to work our way to the front.
“Those are the best cars to drive. It makes my job so easy and so much fun.”
Steckly finished seven seconds ahead of Brown, who had won the first half of ASA’s Wisconsin swing two nights earlier at Slinger Speedway. Brown had to battle with Ty Majeski for the spot, as he did for the Slinger trophy.
“[Steckly] just gained a stupid amount of grip and just took off,” said Brown, who scored his first ASA victory a year ago at Madison.
“Me and Ty were kind of stuck, petered out, racing each other really, really hard and we were moving around, top, bottom, everywhere we could, and we just couldn’t make up any ground.”
McKee took the lead from pole-sitter Luke Fenhaus on the start and stayed out front through the first two stages. But his engine sputtered after the final pit stop, Majeski got by and McKee ended up sixth.
“We get some confidence going to the next race,” he said. “The car was so good. It was just really fast…. I’ll keep learning.”
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Kyle Steckly wins Madison ASA STARS race after Tristan McKee falters
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This time around Kyle Steckly and Tristan McKee made some noise while Brown made sure nobody forgot about him.
Steckly, a 21-year-old Canadian, dominated the final stage of the Capital 200 on June 23, as McKee did for the first two-thirds before his car let him down.
“The second stage I started passing cars, and I got up to eighth, and then I got up to sixth and then fifth and then fourth,” said Steckly, who struggled in practice and qualified 13th. “The first stage was rough, and [Wilson Motorsports] just got the perfect adjustment and we were able to work our way to the front.
“Those are the best cars to drive. It makes my job so easy and so much fun.”
Steckly finished seven seconds ahead of Brown, who had won the first half of ASA’s Wisconsin swing two nights earlier at Slinger Speedway. Brown had to battle with Ty Majeski for the spot, as he did for the Slinger trophy.
“[Steckly] just gained a stupid amount of grip and just took off,” said Brown, who scored his first ASA victory a year ago at Madison.
“Me and Ty were kind of stuck, petered out, racing each other really, really hard and we were moving around, top, bottom, everywhere we could, and we just couldn’t make up any ground.”
McKee took the lead from pole-sitter Luke Fenhaus on the start and stayed out front through the first two stages. But his engine sputtered after the final pit stop, Majeski got by and McKee ended up sixth.
“We get some confidence going to the next race,” he said. “The car was so good. It was just really fast…. I’ll keep learning.”
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Kyle Steckly wins Madison ASA STARS race after Tristan McKee falters
Continue reading...
