Colin Reffner

Speed and Grease

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The "Speed and Grease" Podcast is hosted by Colin Reffner. Colin is most recognized from his deep roots in short track racing. Speed and Grease embodies more than just fast cars. It's about the time, effort, and dedication it takes to pursue your passions and dreams. We look forward to bringing you guests from motorsports, to business, to supper clubs, and everything in between. There are many people with amazing life stories and experiences that deserve to be heard and remembered forever. If speed and grease runs through your veins too, join us, as we bring those stories to you.

Author

Colin Reffner

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Leisure

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Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

029: Mike Miller - We Were A Band Of Brothers 09.07.2026

    Tune into Speed and Grease on YouTube and your favorite Podcast Platforms! YouTube:  https://youtube.com/@speedandgreasepodcast?si=rnr6w-ZCoJ8J2UNO Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speed-and-grease/id1788691149 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/2rUY4ahW4Qxq8iwgFq9zjD?si=c7d5ce36242a461f   Check out SpeedandGrease.com to check out our latest merch!

028: Joe Krzykowski - The School of Hard Knocks 18.06.2026

Tune into Speed and Grease on YouTube and your favorite Podcast Platforms! YouTube:  https://youtube.com/@speedandgreasepodcast?si=rnr6w-ZCoJ8J2UNO Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speed-and-grease/id1788691149 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/2rUY4ahW4Qxq8iwgFq9zjD?si=c7d5ce36242a461f   Check out SpeedandGrease.com to check out our latest merch!

027: Terry Baldry - Decades of Adapting and Success 04.06.2026

Tune into Speed and Grease on YouTube and your favorite Podcast Platforms! YouTube:  https://youtube.com/@speedandgreasepodcast?si=rnr6w-ZCoJ8J2UNO Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speed-and-grease/id1788691149 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/2rUY4ahW4Qxq8iwgFq9zjD?si=c7d5ce36242a461f

026: Andy Monday - Go All In And Really Work For It 23.04.2026

    Tune into Speed and Grease on YouTube and your favorite Podcast Platforms! YouTube:  https://youtube.com/@speedandgreasepodcast?si=rnr6w-ZCoJ8J2UNO Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speed-and-grease/id1788691149 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/2rUY4ahW4Qxq8iwgFq9zjD?si=c7d5ce36242a461f

025: Nick VanStrydonk - Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome 03.03.2026

In this episode, we take a deep dive into going fast, faith in God, and farming. Nick VanStrydonk grew up the son of a powersports dealer. At his earliest years he could be found riding a dirtbike and racing kitty kat snowmobiles. The path of racing snowmobiles brought him through the ranks with much success along the way. Building a close-knit race team with drive and innovation led them to many...

024: Cardell Potter - You Spend Your Whole Life Focused On One Thing 05.02.2026

Being involved in any form of racing involves an immense amount of time if you want to succeed. Cardell Potter's journey into racing started at an early age on a kitty kat snowmobile. Kitty kat racing led to years of moving through the ranks of ice oval snowmobile racing. After reaching pro champ 440, the highest rank in ice oval snowmobile racing, continued work to optimize his training and race...

023: Alex Gilhart - You've Got To Take Care Of Everyone Involved 08.01.2026

Alex Gilhart grew up spectating many races with his family at a very early age. At the age of 4 he got the opportunity to wave a flag in the flag stand one night at the former State Park Speedway. You could say that moment was the start of it all for Alex. Greg McKarns gave him his first real flagging opportunity at Madison International Speedway. Once he got started it didn't take long for Alex t...

365 Days of Speed and Grease Video 01.01.2026

✨365 days of Speed and Grease ✨ Thank you to all of our guests that have traveled and taken the time to come record an episode. To all of you that have tuned in, followed, and shared the show on varies platforms, THANK YOU!   I wish you all a safe and Happy New Year! #colinreffner #speedandgrease #MidwestRacingHistory

022: Luke Parmeter - The Sandbox, Supercross, and Storytelling 16.12.2025

  Luke Parmeter, an award winning filmmaker and content strategist, grew up hill climbing dirt bikes like others in his family. Losing a national title by .05 of a second weighed on his mind even after putting the dirt bikes aside in his teenage years. Through days of skateboarding with his friends, a passion for filmmaking and content creation grew. While attending UW-Stout for Multimedia, the de...

021 Scott Hansen - I Wouldn't Rewrite One Single Page In The Book 06.11.2025

Enjoy a full episode of Scott Hansen talking about his racing career and sharing some amazing stories! Tune into Speed and Grease on YouTube and your favorite Podcast Platforms! YouTube: https://youtube.com/@speedandgreasepodcast?si=9jU5BAwlPQ-6cI5h Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speed-and-grease/id1788691149 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2rUY4ahW4Qxq8iwgFq9zjD?si=8...

020: Rich Bickle Jr. - You Learned From The Best And Had To Race Against The Best 23.10.2025

  Tune into Speed and Grease on YouTube and your favorite Podcast Platforms! YouTube:  https://youtube.com/@speedandgreasepodcast?si=rnr6w-ZCoJ8J2UNO Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speed-and-grease/id1788691149 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/2rUY4ahW4Qxq8iwgFq9zjD?si=c7d5ce36242a461f #richbicklejr #speedandgrease #barnyardtobrickyard #colinreffner #speedandgrease #...

019: Bryan Reffner - Bac Kar To NASCAR And Back Again 02.10.2025

Bryan Reffner, son of racing legend Tom Reffner, was born and raised in Rudolph, Wisconsin. Growing up around racing, he was first a gear head before he ever had interest in racing himself. Originally, he only started racing because his older brother, Baird Reffner bought a hobby stock. Having fun in a hobby stock turned into wanting to race a Super Late Model after a trip to Madison International...

018: Brock Heinrich - I'm There To Put On A Show 19.09.2025

Please support us by following the show and giving us a rating and/or a review! YouTube: / @speedandgreasepodcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2rUY4ah... #brockheinrich #colinreffner #stateparkspeedway #speedandgrease #speedandgreasepodcast #midwestracinghistory #podcast

017: Ryan Farrell - Building Relationships and Racecars 04.09.2025

Please support us by following the show and giving us a rating and/or a review! YouTube:  https://youtube.com/@speedandgreasepodcast?si=3fpmFTQugM0WZxfZ Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/speed-and-grease/id1788691149 Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/2rUY4ahW4Qxq8iwgFq9zjD?si=95c615fdc2cd4673 #ryanfarrell #colinreffner #nascar #draftkings #speedandgrease #speedandgreasep...

016: The Reffner Kids - Do You Like Going To The Races? 21.08.2025

Enjoy an episode with the Reffner kids and hear what they have to say about racing!

015: Mark Mackesy - Everything Above That Was Icing on The Cake | Part 2 10.08.2025

Part 2 of 2 for Episode 015 with Mark Mackesy! Being brought to the race track at just 4 days old to his dad's race, was just the beginning of life at the races for Mark Mackesy. When a work injury put his dad's racing on hold, it gave Mark the opportunity to get behind the wheel of a Super Late Model. Eventually then splitting time with his dad in his car, he then stepped out into his own. Growin...

015: Mark Mackesy - Everything Above That Was Icing on The Cake | Part 1 07.08.2025

Being brought to the race track at just 4 days old to his dad's race, was just the beginning of life at the races for Mark Mackesy. When a work injury put his dad's racing on hold, it gave Mark the opportunity to get behind the wheel of a Super Late Model. Eventually then splitting time with his dad in his car, he then stepped out into his own. Growing up racing around and spending time with his r...

014: Gregg McKarns - Living By The Golden Rule 24.07.2025

Gregg McKarns, along with his wife Angie are the owners of Wisconsin's Fastest 1/2 Mile race track, or as they call it, "The Family Farm". It is the place where they are working the land to make a living. Gregg, the son of legendary race promoter, John McKarns, was born into racing and took a love for it right from the beginning. As a young kid, even living a summer in a pop-up camper behind the r...

013: Brandon Reichenberger - Chase And A Championship 09.07.2025

Like many born into a racing family, Brandon Reichenberger wanted to be at the races as much as he could as early on as he can remember. He started racing at the age of 4 years old and when he wasn't racing, he was helping his dad at the track. At 8 years old, you could find Brandon spotting for his dad on top of their trailer. His racing career began in Go-Karts, then moved on to the DQ Dogs (4 C...

012: Dr. Amy Falk, MD - I Want To Make Medicine Feel Better 25.06.2025

Dr. Amy Falk, MD is a Board-Certified Pediatrician and a Graduate of Chicago Medical School. She completed her Residency at UW-Madison and then returned to her hometown to begin practicing in pediatrics. After over 8 years of practice, Dr. Falk is now on a journey to fix a broken system. That broken system is healthcare, where it has increasingly become more unaffordable and access to providers ha...

011: Royce Rossier - Plus Many More 11.06.2025

A job with Albert Getzloff selling race tires and also helping Clem Droste, was just the start of Royce Rossier's involvement in racing. That job later on turned into driving a hobby stock and super late model for Albert. Down the road Royce took over for Clem as President of the famed CWRA.  An eventual return to racing had him sitting in the seat again and traveling the midwest in his vintage ca...

010: Marv Marzofka - If You Were Good Enough, You Could Make Money With It 28.05.2025

When someone talks about short track racing legends, one of the names that is sure to be mentioned, is Marv Marzofka. Born in the small town of Rudolph, WI. The same town as Dick Trickle and Tom Reffner. Wanting to get off of the family farm, Marv headed to the race track with a $50 race car. On his first trip to the races, he was sent home to add more bars to the rollcage. That first trip to the...

009: Kody Hubred - Two Reds, A Yellow, and A Blue 14.05.2025

Waving a checkered flag out the window of his Dad's race car led to wanting to carry that checkered flag around the local race track himself. The path to racing anything isn't easy. Kody Hubred talks about what it took to get to the race track in his first race car and what it has taken to stay at the race track. Opportunities with great people that he's made along the way have been a key factor i...

008: Kirby Kurth - My Parents Said We Need To Get Kirby Away From Race Cars 30.04.2025

Not long after he heard his parents saying, " We need to get Kirby away from race cars", Kirby Kurth was outside shoveling dirt at his parent's new house, when he heard a sound coming through the woods. That sound was from the race cars of Tom Reffner and John Bovee. Kirby zig zagged through the woods and found himself at their race shop. That moment ignited a 49 year and still counting racing car...

007: Chris Weinkauf - From Farming and Flower Arrangements To The Fast Lane 16.04.2025

Chris Weinkauf, raised up dairy farming and taking family vacations to the Dixieland 250. When his grandma no longer needed her conversation van for flower shows that Chris would help her at, it quickly became a race hauler that pulled his shop class made race trailer. His racing career began in the bomber division at State Park Speedway. Winning a race in his first year set the foundation for mov...

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