Year), Robbie Reiser, Joe Shear, Lowell Bennett, Dick Trickle, Dave Watson and Scott Wimmer competed at Slinger before they moved to NASCAR. Slinger Nationals The track's biggest race of the year is the Slinger Nationals. The 200 lap super late model stock car race occurs in the middle of summer. The winner wins the Larry Detjens Memorial Trophy, which was named for the 1980 winner who died in a racing incident at another Wisconsin track later in the season. The event is usually held on a Tuesday night in order for the nationally and regionally known drivers to participate in the Nationals. NASCAR stars frequently come to the circuit for a one time drive in a local car owner's car in the signature race. Non-local NASCAR drivers frequently race in the event. The 1987 event featured Davey Allison, his father Bobby Allison, Dale Earnhardt, Alan Kulwicki, Mark Martin, Ted Musgrave, and Butch Miller. Kenseth was already a Cup regular when he won his second Nationals in 2002. Three Roush Racing drivers, one from each of the three national series, raced in 2006. The 2007 event had ten drivers with experience in at least one of the three major NASCAR series: Matt Kenseth, Kyle Busch, Erik Darnell, Dick Trickle, Rich Bickle, Scott Wimmer, Chris Wimmer, Lowell Bennett, Kelly Bires, and Brad Mueller. Other notable drivers who have raced in the Slinger Nationals include Neil Bonnett, Harry Gant, Ernie Irvan, Dale Jarrett, Sterling Marlin, Kyle Petty, Rusty Wallace, Ken Schrader and Michael Waltrip. In 2021, by virtue of his win in the Nationals on Tuesday, Luke Fenhaus was granted an automatic invitation to compete in the SRX series race that Saturday as the series' "Local Ringer". List of Slinger Nationals winners 1980 Larry Detjens 1981 Alan Kulwicki 1982 Dick Trickle 1983 Dick Trickle 1984 Mark Martin 1985 Dick Trickle 1986 John Ziegler 1987 Joe Shear 1988 Butch Miller 1989 Dick Trickle 1990 Joe Shear 1991 Joe Shear 1992 Rich Bickle 1993 Joe Shear 1994 Matt Kenseth 1995 Butch Miller 1996 Rich Bickle 1997 Lowell Bennett 1998 Tony Strupp 1999 Conrad Morgan 2000 Lowell Bennett 2001 David Prunty 2002 Matt Kenseth 2003 Rich Bickle 2004 Lowell Bennett 2005 Nathan Haseleu 2006 Matt Kenseth 2007 Lowell Bennett 2008 Matt Kenseth 2009 Matt Kenseth 2010 Lowell Bennett 2011 Kyle Busch 2012 Matt Kenseth 2013 Rich Bickle 2014 Chris Wimmer 2015 Dennis Prunty 2016 Matt Kenseth