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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.

Oneida, Wisconsin's Wayne Roffers started his racing career in the mid 1970's. He bailed out to raise his family in the early '80's and also build a very successful business Wayne Roffers Trucking. We caught up with Wayne in the summer of 2020 at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna to talk about the past and the present.

Green Bay's Art "Slugger" Siefert has been one of the colorful characters on the local racing scene for decades. Although he hasn't climbed behind the wheel himself in a while or flagged a race, we caught up with "Party Hearty With Artie" recently and the Shawano Speedway sportsman champion shared his thoughts on his racing career and that of his son late model ace Jared Siefert. Give it a listen!

"The Bear" Roger Regeth played the villain role to a "T" in Wisconsin racing circles in the 1970's and beyond. Listen to "The Bear" in his own words about racing the USAC stock car circuit, mopping up feature wins and track titles with Mike Randerson and Geno Weber and other juicy tidbits!

Ray Dietzen was one of the founding fathers of the Fox River Racing Club - the organization that has hosted weekly, Thursday night races at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna since the mid 1970's. Listen to Ray's memories on how the whole "Thursday Night Thunder" gig got started.

This summer Kewaunee native Steve Svoboda was inducted into the Hall of Fame for Luxemburg Speedway (rebranded 'The 'Burg in 2020). In this interview the former IMCA stock car champion and Mid-American stock car competitor talks about his racing career - as well as his Dad Les Svoboda's racing endeavors!