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In the mid-1980's, the IMCA modifieds were introduced to Northeastern Wisconsin, running first at Seymour Speedway's half-mile in 1984 and then a season later at 141 Speedway (back then a paved quarter-mile) in Francis Creek.

Kelly Hafeman had a front row seat. 41 years after the popular open-wheeled class was introduced to the greater Green Bay area, Hafeman takes us back to the thought process back then and revisits the early days of the IMCA modifieds locally.

This one is a dandy!

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For longtime Luxemburg Tri-Star Speedway promoter and former IMCA modified champion Kelly Hafeman, he was bitten by the racing bug as a youngster at the long defunct Brown County Fairgrounds in De Pere, Wisconsin.

Listen in to episode 1 of this six segment series where Kelly describes how and when his involvement with stock car racing kicked off. This segment courtesy of Muenster Service Center in Green Bay!

We recently caught up with Montello racing legend Larry Richards.

Listen in as this "Original Outlaw" talks about his racing career, and dodging death at Beaver Dam Raceway in 2023.

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When he was nicknamed "The Kid" in the early 1970's Jerry Jonet was cutting his teeth at dirt ovals close to home at Luxemburg and Door County in addition to trying the big "half-mile" at the Brown County Fairgrounds in De Pere.

Since his racing days wrapped up in the late 1970's Jonet has been an integral part of the racing action at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds in Luxemburg.

Listen in as this Luxemburg Speedway Hall of Famer reflects upon his own racing career in addition to his current role at the fairgrounds. Give it a listen!

Bear Creek, Wisconsin's T.M. Miller kicked off his racing career at Shawano Speedway in 1980.

The son of Wolf River Racing Association (WRRA) legend 'Squeak' Miller, T.M. earned a reputation as a very likeable, clean racer whom most everyone had a lot of respect for.

Listen in as this two time Shawano Speedway sportsman champion recalls his fun and colorful racing career!

Towards the end of Verlyn Giguere's racing career, it became difficult to keep loyal pit crew members as they started families and had other interests keeping them busy.

The Green Bay driver and 2024 Shawano Speedway Hall of Famer reflects about that final year of racing. Give it a listen!

During one season in the mid 1990's Verlyn Giguere, driving for car owner Bernie Baye, raced 100 shows.

That included a four night a week weekly run plus any and all special events they could find.

How in the world did they pull it off? Listen in to episode No. 6 and find out!

In the mid to late 1990's when it seemed most top IMCA modified drivers were wheeling Pro chassis', Verlyn decided he'd take a stab at building his own chassis.

Something that even in the '90's was slowly becoming a thing of the past.

Give episode No. 5 a listen!

In the mid 1990's Verlyn Giguere served as a 'hired gun' of sorts - driving for Bernie Baye.

Giguere and Baye were a solid team - racking up feature wins and track championships along the way.

One year Verlyn raced 100 nights!

Give episode No. 4 a listen!

By the time the late 1980's rolled around the IMCA modifieds had begun to soar in popularity in northeastern Wisconsin.

After racing the late model class for several seasons, Verlyn Giguere decided to give this new open wheel division a try.

Give episode No. 3 a listen!