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Neenah's Pete McVey emerged from a "semi-retirement" of sorts a few years ago to battle in the WIR 1/4 mile late model division.

Listen in as Pete talks about getting into motorsports through road racing and what he likes about WIR's quarter-mile late model class.

Rudolph, Wisconsin native Bryan Reffner had an occupation for several years that most kids from the Midwest only dream about - he raced stock cars and trucks for a living. Driving for Don and Marilyn Fanetti in the American Speed Association and then later in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, the second-generation driver reflects upon his career, how and when he got his start and the current state of short track racing.

Check it out! (featured photo courtesy of Pete Vercauteren)

Appleton, Wisconsin's Ray Trudell was a fixture on the northeastern Wisconsin race tracks dating back to 1956. Trudell raced until 1978.

We recently caught up with the 86-year-old Trudell and he talked about his storied career.

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Gary Roehborn is a well known racer from the Fox Valley who excelled on both the dirt and paved tracks of Northeastern Wisconsin in the 1970s and 1980s. He's also helped pit for a number of racers on occasion including national dirt late model hall of famer Pete Parker. 

In this segment Roehborn shares many tales, including dealing with a very driven, perfectionist of a race car driver named Alan Kulwicki while he worked at RanderCar Racing. Check it out!

Vinyl lettering of race cars has been commonplace for a few decades now. Up in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Bryan "Woody" Wodack continues to design some top notch, award winning race cars.

Listen to the story of the man who hand lettered his first race car as a teenager and is still going strong in 2022.

We recently had the time to chat with one of the partners promoting The Hill Raceway in Sturgeon Bay - John Sternard.

Sternard sizes up what's happening at the third-mile, clay oval located at John Miles Park. The season opener kicks off Sunday, May 29 with the Nathan Bouche Memorial. Give it a listen!

What's on tap for the 2022 season at The 'Burg Speedway in Luxemburg, Wisconsin? Listen in as Joe Orsini fills us in.

After the 1982 season Lowell Bennett had said goodbye to racing on dirt, had fallen in love with Slinger Super Speedway and began traveling to compete at ARTGO Challenge Series shows around Wisconsin.

Check out episode 10 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series!

It was in 1981 when Lowell Bennett fell in love with the high-banks of Slinger Super Speedway.

Lowell talks about the very successful 1981 campaign and winning at the world's fastest quarter-mile in only his second outing.

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By the time 1980 rolled around, dirt tracks at De Pere, Seymour and Oshkosh had all closed their doors within three years of each other in northeastern Wisconsin.

Car counts were dwindling at Shawano - which was the only half-mile dirt track that remained open that year.

Still, Lowell Bennett soldiered on and continued to race weekly on dirt at Shawano and pavement at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna. All with the same race car.

Listen in!