Appleton, Wisconsin's Pete Berken has been involved in the stock car racing game since 1970. In recent years the former Fox River Racing Club sportsman champion has poured his heart and soul into breathing new life at WIR's 1/4 oval with the 1/4 mile late model class. Listen in on this dandy of an interview.

Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin's Tom Sippel recalls the days when you could throw a modified together pretty cheap with scrapyard parts. Sippel's career wrapped up in 1975. Sippel talks about racing at Plymouth, Chilton and Slinger Super Speedway when it was still dirt back in the day. Listen in!

Mike "Beetle" Bailey, who resides in tiny Argonne, WIsconsin (population 503) is a Northern Wisconsin racing legend who's still going strong in 2021. Bailey won the very first race ever held at KG Raceway (now Eagle River Speedway) in 1975. Listen in as Beetle talks about days gone by and his racing days ahead!

Beginning in the late 1980's Kewaunee, Wisconsin's Rick Lemmens had a colorful racing career on both the dirt and paved tracks across northeastern Wisconsin and the Midwest. Listen to Rick talk about his own time behind the wheel and in 2021 as a car owner for his son Luke Lemmens.

Norway, Michigan's Joe Haferkorn talks the winged modified era, pavement late model days, Forest County Potawatomi sponsorship and an incident in the IMCA claim area with Paul Thorpe. Great stuff! Give it a listen!

You'd have to look pretty hard to find a more diverse stock car driver in Wisconsin that Bill Prietzel.  The "Franklin Flyer" caught up with Joe Verdegan recently at the Luxemburg Racing Show and talked about the past and his 2021 racing plans. As you can imagine they don't include slowing down anytime soon! Give it a listen!

Randy Sippel has been an integral part of the Midwestern open wheel scene for decades. The second-generation driver talks about his past days of racing sprint cars himself and transitioning into the crew chief/car owner roles. Enjoy!

Green Bay's Brian Thielke is one of very few drivers who can lay claim to winning a feature in their first time out ever in a late model. That win and his hard-charging, aggressive style quickly earned him respect amongst his peers. We recently caught up with Brian and he reflected upon his brief, but colorful career in northeast Wisconsin! Listen in!

After he racing days were wrapped up in the 1980's Kimberly, Wisconsin native Dave Valentyne became a "right hand man" so to speak for Roger Van Daalwyk at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna. Dave is still a fixture at the track. We caught up with Dave as he talked about his colorful career which started in the wild and crazy Figure 8 division. Give it a listen!

Going on five decades now, Jim Duchow continues to be involved in stock car racing at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna. Listen to this interview as the former quarter-mile sportsman standout and super late model competitor talks about the past, the present and the future of local racing.