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  • 1979 - SMALL BLOCKS, AND DIRT & TAR WITH THE SAME CAR

    In episode 7 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series Lowell talks about his big switch to a small block motor and racing against many brand new race cars on both dirt and asphalt in 1979.

    It was during the '79 season the dirt and asphalt cars also began to evolve into two different animals. Thus to run both surfaces with the same car required more work in the shop.

    Give it a listen!


    9 min
  • RICK SCHLABOWSKE - RACING'S P.T. BARNUM OF THE '80s

    Rick Schlabowske's tenure promoting race tracks seldom lasted very long.

    But this jovial race promoter brought the "entertainment" factor to places like 141 Speedway, Luxemburg and Chilton in the mid to late 1980s. Things like hot dog races, professional wrestling, bump-and-run races, jello wrestling and just about any other whacky idea wasn't out of the question of a Rick Schlawbowske-promoted production.

    Check out this podcast with this Luxemburg Speedway Hall of Famer.



    12 min
  • JIM KROUSE TALKIN' LUXEMBURG, DE PERE & THE COUPE ERA OF THE '60S

    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!

    12 min
  • THE 1970'S & THE LATE MODEL EXPLOSION IN N.E. WISCONSIN

    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! 

    11 min
  • TALKIN' ABOUT THE LEGENDARY 'MR. B.' BOBBY BENNETT - LOWELL BENNETT PODCAST SERIES EPISODE 2

    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!

    10 min
  • WE'RE TALKIN' .50 CENT PIT PASSES, SHIOCTON, APPLE CREEK & LEO'S SPEEDWAY - LOWELL BENNETT PODCAST SERIES EPISODE 1

    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.


    11 min

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