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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.

We recently had the time to chat with one of the partners promoting The Hill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay - John Sternard. Sternard sizes up what's happening at the third-mile, clay oval located at John Miles Park. The season opener kicks off Sunday, May 29 with the Nathan Bouche Memorial. Give it a listen!

What's on tap for the 2022 season at The 'Burg Speedway in Luxemburg, Wisconsin? Listen in as Joe Orsini fills us in.

After the 1982 season Lowell Bennett had said goodbye to racing on dirt, had fallen in love with Slinger Super Speedway and began traveling to compete at ARTGO Challenge Series shows around Wisconsin. Check out episode 10 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series!

It was in 1981 when Lowell Bennett fell in love with the high-banks of Slinger Super Speedway. Lowell talks about the very successful 1981 campaign and winning at the world's fastest quarter-mile in only his second outing. Give it a listen!

By the time 1980 rolled around, dirt tracks at De Pere, Seymour and Oshkosh had all closed their doors within three years of each other in northeastern Wisconsin. Car counts were dwindling at Shawano - which was the only half-mile dirt track that remained open that year. Still, Lowell Bennett soldiered on and continued to race weekly on dirt at Shawano and pavement at Wisconsin International Racew...