How many racers can lay claim to winning the first race they ever competed in?

Listen in!

Green Bay's Jim Krouse is one of just a handful of retired racers still around who experienced the thrilling days of the coupes trading paint at tracks in De Pere and Luxemburg, Wisconsin in the 1960s.

Those were days of packed grandstands and an occasional scuffle amongst drivers in the pits. Drivers and crew members wore white pants and teams could build a car with every component straight out of the local salvage yard.

Check out Jim's story here!

In episode # 3 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series, Lowell talks about the explosion in the early 1970s of the newer full-bodied late model cars in northeastern Wisconsin.

Lowell's Dad "Mr. B" Bobby Bennett also acquired a hot rod of a Chevelle - a car formerly driven by Jerry "Medina" Smith.

Check it out! 

In episode 2 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series Lowell reflects upon the character and toughness of his dad, 'Mr. B.' Bobby Bennett.

Bobby was a pioneer of the northeastern Wisconsin racing scene who raced USAC stock cars and survived an airplane crash that would have left most people dead. 

Listen in to this free content @ joeverdegan.com courtesy of Muenster Service Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin!

Lowell Bennett remembers a lot as four-year-old, including .50 cent pit passes at Shiocton Speedway in 1962.

Shiocton, Apple Creek & Leo's Speedway are among the earliest racing memories for Lowell as a little tyke. 

Check out some of Lowell's early stories growing up in a racing family as a kid with his Dad "Mr. B" Bobby Bennett

including the creation of the Wolf River Racing Association (WRRA) in episode #1 in the Lowell Bennett podcast series.

In the mid 1990's an opportunity came about for Mike Randerson to get back into the racing game.

Listen in to episode 15 of the Mike Randerson podcast series as Mike talks about the birth of Right Foot Performance.

In 1992 Mike Randerson sold the successful business he had built up (RanderCar Racing) and went to work for Oshkosh Truck.

Mike talks about that transition in episode 13.

Enjoy!

In 1990 promoter Steve Rudolph reopened the Chilton Speedway, a 1/4 mile dirt bullring located at the Calumet County Fairgrounds.

Rudolph had one class and one class only - the Grand Nationals. Rudolph saw the car as a more affordable weekly division headliner compared to the more costly late models or sprint cars at that time.

Mike Randerson talks about the early 1990's and the explosion of this new division which also was the precursor of the Mid American stock car series on pavement. Good stuff here! Give it a listen!

Fueled in part by the cost-saving 9:1 engine compression rules and the ARTGO tour, the pavement late model scene exploded in the Midwest in the mid-1980's.

Mike Randerson was smack dab in the middle of this ever-evolving technology, and RanderCar Racing did it's best to continue to stay on top of both the pavement technology and the dirt late model scene. For Randerson the struggle was real as Mike details in this episode 12 series podcast.

Enjoy!

By the time the 1982 season rolled around in northeastern Wisconsin the late model divisions had evolved into two totally different animals on the dirt tracks like Shawano Speedway and on the tar at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna.

Mike Randerson was an integral part of the last three drivers in northeast Wisconsin who still worked to remain competitive on both surfaces - Lowell Bennett, Cliff Ebben and M.J. McBride.

Check out episode 11!