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In this Mike Randerson podcast series interview Mike talks about racing upwards of four to five nights a week with Jerry "Medina" Smith in the late 1960s. Their travels included racing not only in northeast Wisconsin but in Central Wisconsin and dabbling even in the USAC stock car series. Enjoy!

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"I hit everything but the ambulance and the wrecker" said Mike Randerson regarding his early days of climbing behind the wheel himself in 1960. This is the first episode in the weekly series of interviews with Randerson. Enjoy!

Thorp, Wisconsin's Steve Haas is back behind the wheel racing his WISSOTA modified after taking several years off. Listen in as Haas talks about his past late model racing days and how the sport has changed in 2021. Listen in!

When conversations around the water cooler center around legendary stock car drivers from Michigan's Upper Peninsula Mike Kelly is most certainly among those wheelmen who get talked about. We caught up with number 77 this summer at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna. Mike talks about how he got his start, beating Dick Trickle in Norway Speedway's Stateline Challenge, racing with his boys...

Remember that little kid at WIR, who had his own set of flags and from behind the flagstand and would mimic every move the starter would perform on Thursday nights? His name is Alexander Gilhart and in 2021 at the age of 19 he's one of the busiest starters in the Midwest. Listen to Alexander's story! 

Pittsville, Wisconsin's Eric Pember has been out of racing himself regularly since 2015. However Pember still has his hand in motorsport in the role of a mentor/crew chief of sorts in northern and north central Wisconsin. Listen in as Pember talks about that role, and his own racing career at places like Central State Speedway in Colby, the now defunct World Dirt Racing League and the old United S...

Kaukauna, Wisconsin's Jerry Schneider has been active in the racing scene at his home track Wisconsin International Raceway for several decades now. Listen in as we talk to Jerry about the past and the present - including where the idea came from for WIR's Circle of Fame. Listen in!

Green Bay's John Roeser had a season most drivers can only dream of in 2011. Listen in as Roeser talks about racing in the old mini champ class in 1989 and the conversion to the sport truck class in 1990.

Richie Wauters racing career began as a curious 12-year-old riding his bike over to Scott Hansen's garage after hearing the race car's engine rumble on Green Bay's west side. Wauters moved down south decades ago and is still short tracking. Listen in!

Bob Schmidt from Marion was not only a long time fixture at Shawano Speedway in the sportsman and Fastrak late model divisions for decades he was also Shawano County Sheriff for a stint. Listen in as Bob recalls his racing days and how he got involved in the sport.

West Salem, Wisconsin's Steve Carlson has a pretty impressive resume, which includes NASCAR late model titles, ARTGO, RE/MAX CHALLENGE  SERIES AND ASA MIDWEST TOURS. Throw in La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway, WIR's Red, White and Blue and multiple Dixieland 250 crowns and you've got a legit short track legend who's still scoring feature flags in 2021. Listen in!

Oshkosh, Wisconsin's Jerry  Reichenberger was a regular fixture at Leo's Speedway in Oshkosh, Wisconsin right up until the track held it's last race at the Winnebago County Fairgrounds in 1978. Listen in as Reichenberger talks about his colorful racing career - along with the careers of his son Mike Reichenberger and grandson Brandon Reichenberger. Enjoy!

Cambridge, Wisconsin's Jason Schuler has competed in the NASCAR Busch Series for four seasons. As of late he's best known in the short track racing circles as one of the partners in Pathfinder Chassis. We recently caught up with Jason as he reflected upon his own racing career and talked about the short track racing chassis business. Listen in! Good stuff here!

At 43, Johnny Sauter remains one of the elder statesman in NASCAR's Camping World Truck Series. But the second-generation driver from Wisconsin still has his roots planted firmly in the short track late model scene in the Midwest. Listen in! 

Oshkosh native Dave Panske has had a hand in working at race tracks as a photographer, writer, board member and promoter for much of his adult life. Listen in as this Oshkosh native talks about how his love for racing got started and where.

Kimberly, Wisconsin native Jim Vandenberg had ties to Pete Parker, Alan Kulwicki and Mike Randerson during his career of racing on pavement and dirt tracks starting in the 1970s in northeastern Wisconsin. Listen in as Vandenberg reflects on his racing days.

Perhaps no driver had more fun chasing the pavement late model racing scene in Wisconsin and the Midwest than Dennis Lampman did in the 1980s into the '90s.  Listen in as this Oak Creek, Wisconsin resident recalls tales from racing at WIR, Slinger, ARTGO and ASA.

The city of Kingsford, Michigan has produced quite a number of top flight racers over the decades. Norway Speedway Hall of Famer Mark Miller is one of them. Listen in as we take a trip down memory lane with number 41.

We were fortunate enough recently to catch up with Edgerton, Wisconsin's Rich Bickle Jr.  A man who's not afraid to hold back his thoughts - Bickle talked about his humble beginnings, racing against the best late model pilots in the country, NASCAR politics and everything else in between! This is MUST listen to stuff! Enjoy!

When the IMCA modifieds were introduced to Seymour (WI) Speedway's half-mile in 1984 Randy 'Bing Bong' Boegh won the first ever race. Boegh talks about how the modifieds at the time were a newer, inexpensive option for dirt trackers and he chats about his days on the pavement at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna.

De Pere, Wisconsin's Steve Smits won in his first outing in 1/4 mile sportsman action at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna, Wisconsin in the early 1980s. Listen in as Smits reflects upon his days of trading paint with his sportsman foes.

Many folks don't know that the man at the helm of Right Foot Performance, Dave Schneider, got his start in racing in the mid-1970s tagging along with Gene Wheeler and his multiple racing endeavors. Listen in as Dave Schneider talks about his own racing career in both late models and modifieds and his take on the technical end of racing these days.

Promoting a weekly racing program is a 7-day-a-week task - especially during the season. Listen in as Shawano Speedway's Brad Luepke explains how it's much more than simply turning the lights on and opening the gates on Saturday nights.

Kurt Schweitzer has been around motorsports for most of his adult life. The current president of the Fox River Racing Club talks about how it all got started for him in the 1970s and his current position within the club that promotes the weekly 'Thursday Night Thunder' action at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna, Wisconsin.