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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.

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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.

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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!

Who remembers the WIMSA mini sprints?

They were a great division at the old quarter-mile at the Calumet County Fairgrounds in Chilton, Wisconsin.

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin's Scott Sippel had that racy bullring figured out. Sippel reflects upon his division championships at Chilton, Wilmot and racing a 360 sprint car.

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The short track racing world lost a legend on August 1, 1981 at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna, Wisconsin when Wausau's Larry Detjens passed away as a result from injuries suffered in a crash with Alan Kulwicki.

Randerson was one of many who responded to assist Detjens after the crash at the backstretch pit entrance.  Randerson talks about the aftermath of the crash and how Kulwicki took some heat after that wreck and rebounded from it.

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It was during a rainout one Thursday night from the races at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna when Alan Kulwicki met Mike Randerson.

Listen in as Randerson talks about Kulwicki, his quirks and intense desire to be the absolute best he could be.

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In 1977 Mike Randerson became a dealer for Howe Racing Enterprises race cars. That dealership was ultimately the impetus for RanderCar Racing.

Randerson formed relationships during that time period with drivers like Pete Parker from Kaukauna, Wisconsin and began to spread his wings to Michigan's Upper Peninsula with champions Kent Pearson and Bob Iverson.

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The sport of short track racing is all about relationships.

In episode 7 of the Mike Randerson podcast series Mike talks about a few of those important relationships heading

into the 1976 season. People like Dennis Frings, Carl Wegner, Lynn Blanchard, Tom Hamilton and Bill Bembinster to name a few.

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