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The Captain of the Speedway Illustrated ship - Karl Frederickson - opines on the state of short track racing in the United States. And his outlook remains a positive one! Give it a listen!

Two Rivers, Wisconsin's Bucky Wagner was a standout racer during the coupe era in the 1960's at Northeast Wisconsin ovals at Apple Creek and Francis Creek at 141 Speedway. Bucky tells some tales about the "good ol' days." Give it a listen!

Manitowoc, Wisconsin's "Wild Bill" Fitzgerald had his mother Cecelia sign off on a waiver so he could begin his stock car racing career at 16-years-old.  Cecelia shed a tear as she signed off but Fitzgerald never looked back. Now 92-years-young, Fitzgerald reflected upon his storied racing career that began in the late 1940s at race tracks that have been defunct now for several decades. Give...

At the NASCAR level Cup, Xfinity and Truck rely upon reliable, "weekend warriors" who travel with the teams to the respective cities and lend a hand at each race weekend - wherever that may be. Green Bay, Wisconsin's Dave Deprey has served as one of those "weekend warriors" for JD Motorsports Xfinity Team going on five years now. Listen to his story here courtesy of Muenster Service Center of Gree...

Merrill's Bruce Stanley's racing career kicked off in 1975 at dirt ovals now defunct in Neilsville and Colby, Wisconsin. He's raced at Marshfield on both dirt and asphalt and in 2022 he's still going strong on where he's a fixture many Tuesday nights at Eagle River Speedway. Listen in to Bruce's story free of charge courtesy of K and E Sales and Service.

In this eighth and final episode of the Tom Wagner podcast series Tom share a funny tale involving Wayne Lensing at Dells Raceway Park, pinch hitting at places like Norway Speedway and a look back at his several decade career of announcing and writing about stock car racing. Give it a listen!

Former Milwaukee area racer Pat "Hacksaw" Heaney has emerged as one of the unofficial historians of the long defunct Hales Corners Speedway in Franklin, Wisconsin. We recently caught up with Pat and he recalled some great tales from Hales and some other goodies! Listen in!

Tom Wagner is known as an accomplished stock car racing announcer. But not everyone knows he's been an integral part of the snowmobile racing scene in the Midwest during the winter months. Listen in as Tom tells us all about it!

We recently caught up with 2022 Norway Speedway Hall of Famer Red Adair of Menominee, Michigan. Red talked about how he got into the racing biz which included a stint into road racing before his time on the ovals of Michigan's Upper Peninsula! Give it a listen!

In episode # 6 Tom Wagner talks about pinch hitting at other tracks, expanding into the pavement scene, and some hilarious tales involving the late Gary Vercauteren that are guaranteed to leave you in stitches!  Listen in!

If you've been a track announcer for any length of time you're going to run into technical "glitches" from time to time. In episode 5 Tom Wagner recalls the night at Sturgeon Bay when the p.a. system broke down. Turning the lights off accidentally at Seymour Tri-Oval at the Hit The Jackpot late model series race. Lotta laughs in this one! It's a dandy!

Aided in big part by the "Bomb Squad" which featured affordable, LOCAL racers from Door and Kewaunee Counties, longtime track announcer Tom Wagner talks about the true "rebirth" of racing in Door County in 1993 with promoters Rick Ledvina and Carolyn Tordeur at the helm. Tom also talks about some of his favorite driver nicknames. This is my personal favorite podcast of the four so far that we've s...

Earlier this summer we caught up with 2022 Hall of Famer at The Hill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay "Revin Kevin" Sternard. Kevin talked about his career which included success in the bomber, street stock and IMCA modified divisions. Give it a listen!

In episode three of the Tom Wagner podcast series Tom shares with us a story about getting 'snubbed' on an announcing gig, the success of Luxemburg Tri-Star Speedway in the late '80's into the '90's and much more! Give it a listen!  

When Tom Wagner's race track announcing career launched in the late 1970's he had big shoes to fill. Wagner replaced the legendary Fritz Van and there were a few bumps in the road along the way during the early days of Wagner's announcing and race writing career. Tom tells us about it in Episode #2. Check it out!

Veteran track announcer and Door County racing historian Tom Wagner got hooked on races as a kid at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds in Luxemburg, Wisconsin. Funny thing his family as a whole really was not into stock car racing all that much. Listen in to episode one of the Tom Wagner podcast series!

From the Harry Canary 111 to the Ken Tebon-owned red number 12, Brussels' Randy Guelette was a hired gun for most of his racing career in both the open wheeled modified and late model ranks mainly in Door and Kewaunee counties. Listen to Randy's racing stories here!

Kewaunee's "Flyin' Brian" Bruechert can lay claim to have earned track championships in three different dirt track divisions in northeastern Wisconsin - street stocks and IMCA stock cars & northern sportmods. We recently caught up with Brian who has hinted at a possible return behind the wheel down the road. Listen in!

The track preparation by Merle Lisowe is one of the reasons 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, Wisconsin draws the highest dirt track car counts in the nation. Listen in as Merle gives us the skinny on what all goes into preparing a dirt track for a night of racing. Enjoy!

Appleton, Wisconsin's Dennis Monday has been around motorsports for most of his adult life. Listen in to this "On The Record" interview where Dennis talks about the WIR quarter-mile sportsman days, serving on the pit crew for the late Jim Pagel, and his son's own racing careers. Enjoy!

Neenah's Pete McVey emerged from a "semi-retirement" of sorts a few years ago to battle in the WIR 1/4 mile late model division. Listen in as Pete talks about getting into motorsports through road racing and what he likes about WIR's quarter-mile late model class.

Rudolph, Wisconsin native Bryan Reffner had an occupation for several years that most kids from the Midwest only dream about - he raced stock cars and trucks for a living. Driving for Don and Marilyn Fanetti in the American Speed Association and then later in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the second-generation driver reflects upon his career, how and when he got his start and the current stat...

Appleton, Wisconsin's Ray Trudell was a fixture on the northeastern Wisconsin race tracks dating back to 1956. Trudell raced until 1978. We recently caught up with the 86-year-old Trudell and he talked about his storied career. Listen in!

Gary Roehborn is a well known racer from the Fox Valley who excelled on both the dirt and paved tracks of Northeastern Wisconsin in the 1970s and 1980s. He's also helped pit for a number of racers on occasion including national dirt late model hall of famer Pete Parker.  In this segment Roehborn shares many tales, including dealing with a very driven, perfectionist of a race car driver named...

Vinyl lettering of race cars has been commonplace for a few decades now. Up in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Bryan "Woody" Wodack continues to design some top notch, award winning race cars. Listen to the story of the man who hand lettered his first race car as a teenager and is still going strong in 2022.