Speed and Grease

After an invitation in 1964 from Dick Trickle to visit Griffith Park Speedway, Pat Barrett caught the racing bug at 3 years old. His enjoyment for racing grew into attending races all over Wisconsin through his childhood years and eventually going to races with Dick Trickle as a crew member. Pat's time working at the racetrack began after taking a scoring job while in high school. The dedication a...

When his neighbor began taking him to State Park Speedway in a tow truck, it soon turned into pedaling his bike to the end of his favorite driver's driveway. That then led to becoming part of the team. At an early age of being taken under the wing of Mark Mackesy and his crew, Tom Ress developed of passion and desire for learning the technical aspects of what makes a race car capable of winning. A...

Jerry Gille, 41 years of being behind the wheel of a race car and a lifetime of spreading the gospel of racing. With many successful years of his own racing at the famous Rockford Speedway and Madison International Speedway, to name a few. Jerry also spent years contributing to the success of other great race car drivers, John Knaus, Tom Reffner, and Joe Shear. A wonderful conversation full of gre...

Ron Beyer, born a Wausau, WI native and growing up with Dave Marcis. One of the pioneers of Central Wisconsin racing talks about being friends and teammates with Marlin "Shoes" Walbeck, being involved in meetings on the building of several Wisconsin race tracks, and overcoming his tragic wreck at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in 1993. He's a great storyteller and we cover a lot of them in nearly 3...

Fr. Dale Grubba, a Roman Catholic Priest, a marathoner, and an author, has spent his life serving God, and also the racing community. For many years he has spent his time preserving Wisconsin's racing history. Even after decades of living out his passions, there is no slowing down in site. He can still be found saying Mass, competing in hand cycling marathons, re-developing shrines, and saying the...

Cody Knutson is a former factory Ski-Doo professional ice oval snowmobile racer. Born in Central Wisconsin and at a very early age found himself hanging onto the handlebars of a dirtbike. Dirt biking took a backseat to baseball as the years went by. Entering his senior year of high school, a nearly fatal car accident changed the course of his pursuit of baseball. After overcoming multiple surgerie...

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 peo...