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The Captain of the Speedway Illustrated ship - Karl Frederickson - opines on the state of short track racing in the United States. And his outlook remains a positive one!

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Two Rivers, Wisconsin's Bucky Wagner was a standout racer during the coupe era in the 1960's at Northeast Wisconsin ovals at Apple Creek and Francis Creek at 141 Speedway. Bucky tells some tales about the "good ol' days."

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Manitowoc, Wisconsin's "Wild Bill" Fitzgerald had his mother Cecelia sign off on a waiver so he could begin his stock car racing career at 16-years-old.  Cecelia shed a tear as she signed off but Fitzgerald never looked back. Now 92-years-young, Fitzgerald reflected upon his storied racing career that began in the late 1940s at race tracks that have been defunct now for several decades.

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At the NASCAR level Cup, Xfinity and Truck rely upon reliable, "weekend warriors" who travel with the teams to the respective cities and lend a hand at each race weekend - wherever that may be.

Green Bay, Wisconsin's Dave Deprey has served as one of those "weekend warriors" for JD Motorsports Xfinity Team going on five years now. Listen to his story here courtesy of Muenster Service Center of Green Bay.

Merrill's Bruce Stanley's racing career kicked off in 1975 at dirt ovals now defunct in Neilsville and Colby, Wisconsin. He's raced at Marshfield on both dirt and asphalt and in 2022 he's still going strong on where he's a fixture many Tuesday nights at Eagle River Speedway.

Listen in to Bruce's story free of charge courtesy of K and E Sales and Service.

In this eighth and final episode of the Tom Wagner podcast series Tom share a funny tale involving Wayne Lensing at Dells Raceway Park, pinch hitting at places like Norway Speedway and a look back at his several decade career of announcing and writing about stock car racing. Give it a listen!

Former Milwaukee area racer Pat "Hacksaw" Heaney has emerged as one of the unofficial historians of the long defunct Hales Corners Speedway in Franklin, Wisconsin.

We recently caught up with Pat and he recalled some great tales from Hales and some other goodies! Listen in!

Tom Wagner is known as an accomplished stock car racing announcer. But not everyone knows he's been an integral part of the snowmobile racing scene in the Midwest during the winter months.

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We recently caught up with 2022 Norway Speedway Hall of Famer Red Adair of Menominee, Michigan.

Red talked about how he got into the racing biz which included a stint into road racing before his time on the ovals of Michigan's Upper Peninsula! Give it a listen!

In episode # 6 Tom Wagner talks about pinch hitting at other tracks, expanding into the pavement scene, and some hilarious tales involving the late Gary Vercauteren that are guaranteed to leave you in stitches! 

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