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Todd Korish isn’t sure how much longer he’ll race Kwik Trip Late Models at the La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway.
He’s closing in on 15 years in the sport — the last half in the Late Model division — and a job that keep him away from home six days each week has him looking for some more family time.
But even if he’s coming to the end of his Speedway career, the Holmen resident is still a tough driver to beat on Saturday nights.
Korish placed second to La Crosse’s Matthew Henderson in last week’s 25-lap feature, and he made the ending interesting after a yellow flag produced a re-start with two laps to go.
He owns the No. 8 spot in the season points rankings after his second runner-up finish of the year.
“Hopefully, we’re on the right track,” said Korish, a superintendent for Ryan Incorporated, which is based out of Janesville, Wis. “There have been two or three other top-fives, but the rest have been a real challenge.
“We hit the wall the second or third week, punched her in head-on.”
Korish, 36 and father to three daughters, had his biggest difficulties when the temperature soared last month. He said the temperature change made the car tougher than normal to handle.
Korish, who has been working on a landfill in Des Moines, Iowa, since April, hopes Saturday night’s finish can help keep things headed in the right direction.
“It’s going to be tough to come back to first, but we have to try and keep up the top-fives,” Korish said. “That’s how we can climb back up in the points a little bit.
“We have to remember that we have 25 laps to get it done and don’t have to go for it right off the bat.”
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