In the early 1980's, the winged supermodifieds that flew around dirt ovals in Luxemburg & Sturgeon Bay died off, as the tracks both closed at different times, making way instead for late models, hobby stocks and eventually the IMCA modifieds.

A pair of current drivers, Randy Theys and Tony Bouche, are a pair of throwbacks still around who horsed those winged warriors around. We recently caught up with them at The Hill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay. These veteran pilots recalled the what it was like driving those wild-looking machines.

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Wisconsin Rapids' Mike Havel enjoyed a storied racing career in and around north central Wisconsin.

We recently caught up with Mike, and he recalled his stellar season in 1983 capturing the track championship at Eagle River Speedway.

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We recently caught up with Marshfield's Clarence Oertel. The former racer recalled his racing career at ovals in Marshfield and Colby, which started in the 1970's.

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Milwaukee's Don Schumacher launched his racing career in 1970 during the highly-popular modified era, racing at tracks like Hales Corners Speedway and Cedarburg.

His career would later take him to full-sized late models, and that included trips north to tracks like Leo's Speedway in Oshkosh, Paul's Seymour Speedway and the Brown County Fairgrounds in De Pere.

Listen in as Don reflects upon his storied racing career!

We recently caught up with Norway, Michigan's Joe Haferkorn during his recent induction into the 2025 Shawano Speedway Hall of Fame.

The veteran racer reflected upon his career racing IMCA modifieds at the half-mile, clay oval from the late 1980's into the early 2000's. Give it a listen!

In the sixth and final episode with local racing legend Chuck Grall, Chuck recalls getting the new-at-the-time IMCA northern sportmod class running at the Langlade County Fairgrounds in Antigo.

Grall also spent that year wheeling his sportmod on the pavement at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek. Give episode 6 a listen courtesy of Muenster Service Center!

It' not often a local, low buck short track racer can beat a NASCAR star like Mark Martin.

But it did happen at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek in July, 1986.

Chuck Grall won one of the very first IMCA modified "specials" in northeast Wisconsin when 141 Speedway was still a paved, quarter-mile bullring.

In episode 5, Chuck breaks down that wild night. Enjoy!

In episode 4 with northeastern Wisconsin racing legend Chuck Grall, Grall recalls the birth of the IMCA modified in the greater Green Bay area beginning in the early-1980's.

Listen in, as Grall recalls the days when most cars were very affordable, and were mostly constructed with parts obtained from the junkyard!

Prior to the 1980 season, Chuck Grall built a somewhat controversial race car dubbed the "Imposter Impala."

Chuck battled in the loaded sportsman division field in Fox River Racing Club (FRRC) competition at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna, Wisconsin.

Listen in to episode # 3 as Chuck details the drama surrounding the construction of this fast hot rod!

In the 1970's and into the early 1980's, Chuck Grall enjoyed racing on both the asphalt of WIR in Kaukauna and Saturday on the dirt at Shawano Speedway.

In episode # 2, Grall describes the lengths he would go through to maintain a car to race on both surfaces.

Enjoy episode # 2!