Mike Slabenak Jr
Berwyn, IL
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Mike Slabenak
#15
From Cicero, IL currently residing in Plainfield, IL
Retired Professional Cicero Firefighter Local 717
Currently works in the television/movie industry
on local TV shows Chicago Fire, Chicago Med or Chicago PD and other productions.
Also Transport Driver for Legacy Fire Apparatus
Racing Bio
-3rd Generation racer
-Retuned to MIDGET Racing in 2023 full season with the Mayhem Midget Series at Grundy County Speedway.
-2024 Midget at Grundy. 1/2 season due to injury's during a race due to a stuck throttle. (Check YouTube for video)
-2025 ran some racers for David Ward
-2008 last season of racing but continued to help sons with racing and other sports.
-2007 Mid-American Rookie of the Year
-2004-2005 Sportsman Midgets
-1995-2003
7 Go-Kart/Champ Kart Championships throughout the Midwest (Lake Geneva, Rockford, Illiana and Joliet Memorial Stadium)
-2002 Valvoline Cup National Champion
-1984-85
Started racing karts at age 14 at Raceway Park in Blue Island
- First championship in 1979 @ Waukegan Speedway- big wheel division
SPONSORS:
Super Tech Heating and Cooling
Jimmy McDoodle Design
MWR Technology
High Performance Lubricants
Oval Engineering
Joliet U Pull It
Fab Werks
Next Level Tuning & Performance
Career Highlights
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0oOgZeLJrLDzs6Dvmu7Be_2_GppnT83Z&si=rvjay0ggAZDypovz
Hobbies
Anything adrenaline related!