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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...

In episode 7 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series Lowell talks about his big switch to a small block motor and racing against many brand new race cars on both dirt and asphalt in 1979. It was during the '79 season the dirt and asphalt cars also began to evolve into two different animals. Thus to run both surfaces with the same car required more work in the shop. Give it a listen!

Racer and former promoter Eric Mahlik is "getting back into the game" of promoting - sort of. Mahlik talks about the "League of Champions" and how it will work in 2022 at northeastern Wisconsin dirt ovals. Check it out!

When 1978 rolled around Seymour Speedway had closed, gas prices began to soar and Lowell Bennett bought his dad's Camaro. Lowell began to hang with the big dogs like J.J. Smith, Roger Paul, Pete Parker and the other big dogs of that era. Check out episode number 6 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series!

It didn't take too long for Lowell Bennett to score his first ever feature win early in his career. The victory was on the dirt - and it was at Luxemburg Speedway's third-mile, clay oval. Lowell tells the story! Listen in!

Rick Schlabowske's tenure promoting race tracks seldom lasted very long. But this jovial race promoter brought the "entertainment" factor to places like 141 Speedway, Luxemburg and Chilton in the mid to late 1980s. Things like hot dog races, professional wrestling, bump-and-run races, jello wrestling and just about any other whacky idea wasn't out of the question of a Rick Schlawbowske-promoted pr...

How many racers can lay claim to winning the first race they ever competed in? Lowell Bennett can. In his maiden voyage in 1976 at Shawano Speedway Lowell scored the first heat win. Listen in!

Green Bay's Jim Krouse is one of just a handful of retired racers still around who experienced the thrilling days of the coupes trading paint at tracks in De Pere and Luxemburg, Wisconsin in the 1960s. Those were days of packed grandstands and an occasional scuffle amongst drivers in the pits. Drivers and crew members wore white pants and teams could build a car with every component straight out o...

In episode # 3 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series, Lowell talks about the explosion in the early 1970s of the newer full-bodied late model cars in northeastern Wisconsin. Lowell's Dad "Mr. B" Bobby Bennett also acquired a hot rod of a Chevelle - a car formerly driven by Jerry "Medina" Smith. Check it out! 

In episode 2 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series Lowell reflects upon the character and toughness of his dad, 'Mr. B.' Bobby Bennett. Bobby was a pioneer of the northeastern Wisconsin racing scene who raced USAC stock cars and survived an airplane crash that would have left most people dead.  Listen in to this free content @ joeverdegan.com courtesy of Muenster Service Center in Green Bay, W...

Lowell Bennett remembers a lot as four-year-old, including .50 cent pit passes at Shiocton Speedway in 1962. Shiocton, Apple Creek & Leo's Speedway are among the earliest racing memories for Lowell as a little tyke.  Check out some of Lowell's early stories growing up in a racing family as a kid with his Dad "Mr. B" Bobby Bennett including the creation of the Wolf River Racing Association...

In the mid 1990's an opportunity came about for Mike Randerson to get back into the racing game. Listen in to episode 15 of the Mike Randerson podcast series as Mike talks about the birth of Right Foot Performance.

In 1992 Mike Randerson sold the successful business he had built up (RanderCar Racing) and went to work for Oshkosh Truck. Mike talks about that transition in episode 13. Enjoy!

In 1990 promoter Steve Rudolph reopened the Chilton Speedway, a 1/4 mile dirt bullring located at the Calumet County Fairgrounds. Rudolph had one class and one class only - the Grand Nationals. Rudolph saw the car as a more affordable weekly division headliner compared to the more costly late models or sprint cars at that time. Mike Randerson talks about the early 1990's and the explosion of this...

Fueled in part by the cost-saving 9:1 engine compression rules and the ARTGO tour, the pavement late model scene exploded in the Midwest in the mid-1980's. Mike Randerson was smack dab in the middle of this ever-evolving technology, and RanderCar Racing did it's best to continue to stay on top of both the pavement technology and the dirt late model scene. For Randerson the struggle was real as Mik...

By the time the 1982 season rolled around in northeastern Wisconsin the late model divisions had evolved into two totally different animals on the dirt tracks like Shawano Speedway and on the tar at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna. Mike Randerson was an integral part of the last three drivers in northeast Wisconsin who still worked to remain competitive on both surfaces - Lowell Bennet...

Who remembers the WIMSA mini sprints? They were a great division at the old quarter-mile at the Calumet County Fairgrounds in Chilton, Wisconsin. Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin's Scott Sippel had that racy bullring figured out. Sippel reflects upon his division championships at Chilton, Wilmot and racing a 360 sprint car. Listen in!

The short track racing world lost a legend on August 1, 1981 at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna, Wisconsin when Wausau's Larry Detjens passed away as a result from injuries suffered in a crash with Alan Kulwicki. Randerson was one of many who responded to assist Detjens after the crash at the backstretch pit entrance.  Randerson talks about the aftermath of the crash and how Kulwi...

It was during a rainout one Thursday night from the races at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna when Alan Kulwicki met Mike Randerson. Listen in as Randerson talks about Kulwicki, his quirks and intense desire to be the absolute best he could be. Check it out!

In 1977 Mike Randerson became a dealer for Howe Racing Enterprises race cars. That dealership was ultimately the impetus for RanderCar Racing. Randerson formed relationships during that time period with drivers like Pete Parker from Kaukauna, Wisconsin and began to spread his wings to Michigan's Upper Peninsula with champions Kent Pearson and Bob Iverson. Give it a listen!

The sport of short track racing is all about relationships. In episode 7 of the Mike Randerson podcast series Mike talks about a few of those important relationships heading into the 1976 season. People like Dennis Frings, Carl Wegner, Lynn Blanchard, Tom Hamilton and Bill Bembinster to name a few. Enjoy!