1982 • Rockford SpeedwayWeber Brothers
Upper Midwest Driver Archive
Mel Walen
Shakopee, MN
Historical driver profile combining museum-recorded race results, feature wins, championships, photographs and verified broader-career accomplishments.
1978First Recorded Feature Race
19913 Feature Wins — Career High
1993Raceway Park MN Champion
1995Latest Recorded Feature Season
11Recorded Feature Wins
28Recorded Results
20Recorded Top-3 Finishes
1Track Championships
0Series Championships
1978–1995Recorded Career
Career snapshot
Racing Lifetime Totals
Key museum-recorded and verified career indicators.
5Tracks Won At
4Classes Won In
Mod FourTop Winning Class
LaCrosse Interstate SpeedwayTop Winning Track
ARTGO Challenge SeriesTop Winning SeriesOct 7, 1995Last Feature Win
Latest archive activity
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Oct 8, 1995LaCrosse Interstate SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP2Oct 7, 1995LaCrosse Interstate SpeedwayMod FourP1Oct 7, 1995LaCrosse Interstate SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP1Oct 8, 1994LaCrosse Interstate SpeedwayMod FourP1May 31, 1993LaCrosse Interstate SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP2Oct 10, 1992LaCrosse Interstate SpeedwayModifiedP1Oct 6, 1991LaCrosse Interstate SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP3Jul 4, 1991Raceway Park MNMod FourP1Jun 29, 1991Elko SpeedwayLimited Late ModelP1May 19, 1991Raceway Park MNMod FourP1
Feature Wins by Track
01LaCrosse Interstate Speedway502Elko Speedway203Raceway Park MN204Escanaba Speedway105Lake Geneva Raceway1Feature Wins by Class
01Mod Four4
02Late Model3
03Limited Late Model3
04Modified1
Season-by-season record
Results by Year
19953 Results2 Wins3 Top 3s
19941 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
19931 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19921 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
19914 Results3 Wins4 Top 3s
19903 Results2 Wins3 Top 3s
19844 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19833 Results1 Wins2 Top 3s
19823 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19811 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
19801 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
19792 Results1 Wins2 Top 3s
19781 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
Championship history
Track Championships
Museum photo collection
Photo Archive
13 additional images connected to this driver
1982 • Rockford SpeedwayDon Besch
1983 • Wisconsin International RacewayAl Fortner
Year Unknown • Rockford SpeedwayDon Besch
Year UnknownJohn Vass
Year UnknownUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayPat Heaney Post
Year UnknownUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Wisconsin International RacewayPat Heaney Post
Year UnknownUnknown Photographer
Year UnknownUnknown Photographer
Year UnknownUnknown Photographer
Year Unknown • Lacrosse Interstate SpeedwayBob Schafer
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