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2019 NEWSROOM
SPS 2019 Awards Banquet Information & Reservation Form Now Available
STATE PARK SPEEDWAY 2019 AWARDS BANQUET State Park Speedway invites drivers, including Bandoleros, along with their crews and sponsors to the 2019 State Park Speedway Awards Banquet. Drivers in the top-ten in points who competed in 75% or more of the races will...
SPS 2019 Awards Banquet Set for Friday, December 13th at the Quality Inn
The 2019 State Park Speedway awards banquet will be held on Friday, December 13th at the Quality Inn in Rib Mountain. More details will follow soon.
Eve of Devastation Updated Rules (Reinforced Bumpers ALLOWED) and Updates Registration (Price Reduced!)
Update: 2019 Eve of Devastation Registration / Revised 9/18/2019 SPS is changing their registration procedure for the following events to $ 50.00 which will include a pit pass for the driver. 1. Tire Race 2. Forward Backward Race 3. Team Race 4. Obstacle Race...
Trailer Race to Pay Guaranteed $1,000 at Eve of Devastation if 20 Cars enter
For the third straight year, State Park Speedway will have a trailer race at its Eve of Devastation. The event will pay $1,000 to the winner if 20 or more cars are registered. If fewer than 20 cars enter the trailer race, a pro-rated purse will be paid...
Van Der Geest takes first-ever super late crown, Mondeik wins feature on championship night
WAUSAU, Wis. (Aug. 29) – Justin Mondeik finally had some good fortune on season championship night at State Park Speedway. It just wasn’t quite enough to spoil Jay Van Der Geest’s big moment 24 years in the making. Mondeik rebounded from a miserable night a week...
Schramm, Blount hold on to clinch championships; Ferge reigns in mini stocks
Much like the night for super late model champion Jay Van Der Geest, it was far from a stress-free evening for points leaders Brian (Butchie) Schramm and Greg Blount Thursday on season championship night at State Park Speedway. Like Van Der Geest, though, both veteran...
It’s Season Championship Night – Here’s the Info
This week: Fighting Cancer Full Throttle Season Championship Night Champions will be crowned in the super late model, limited late model, pure stock, mini mod and mini stock divisions, and the night also will include raising funds for breast cancer awareness and...
Fenhaus continues late charge with second straight Lodi Memorial win
WAUSAU, Wis. (Aug. 22) – Once again, Luke Fenhaus is heating up at State Park Speedway as August winds down. The defending champion in the Auto Select Super Late Models presented by C-Tech used a late surge to win a championship last year, and he is making his best...
Ferge nears second straight title; Spatz & Call back in victory lane, Hartwig is Bandolero champion
An already superb two-year run for Schofield’s Kole Ferge is closing out with some of his best racing yet at State Park Speedway. Ferge closed in on his second straight SPS Rockstar Energy Drink Mini Stocks track championship with his second straight feature and fifth...
Wayne Lodholz remembered again, hot points races headline 2019 Lodi Memorial
Longtime Wausau racer Wayne Lodholz will be remembered once again, and several very close points races also will take center stage on the second-to-last night of regular racing at the State Park Speedway this Thursday. The 11th annual Wayne ‘Lodi’ Lodholz Memorial...
Lodi Memorial Schedule and SLM Entry Form
The Lodi Memorial race hits the track this Thursday night at State Park Speedway! Below please find the schedule for the Lodi Memorial along with the Auto Select Super Late Models presented by C-Tech payout and entry form. ALL Super Late Model drivers who send in an...
Fenhaus breaks out for first SPS feature win of season
WAUSAU, Wis. (Aug. 15) – Quiet for much of the season at State Park Speedway coming off a championship a year ago, Luke Fenhaus broke out in a big way Thursday night. The 15-year old from Wausau and defending champion in the Auto Select Super Late Models class scored...
Blount wins with “Lucian Strong” effort; Cabelka, Ferge, Hartwig add victories
A night that was about more than racing for Greg Blount wound up a success on all levels. Already in the midst of a fierce points battle in the Snap-on Mini Mods class, Blount also raced Thursday night with seven-year old Lucian Taggart on his mind. His night on the...
Weinfurter, Knoblock win twin CWRA features; Swan avoids trouble in Midwest Trucks
WAUSAU, Wis. (Aug. 8) – Years after he ran the Central Wisconsin Racing Association circuit on a regular basis, Jeff Weinfurter isn’t a regular at State Park Speedway anymore. One would have a hard time knowing that based on his current performances at the track. The...
Pingel, Stark get to top for first time in SPS features
WAUSAU, Wis. (Aug. 8) - While grizzled veterans dominated the longest races of the night, Thursday night also featured a pair of first-time winners at State Park Speedway, as well as another vet picking up a win in making a move in the point standings. The Rockstar...
CWRA STARS TO LEGENDS TOUR MIKE MILLER HONORING RACE COMING TO STATE PARK SPEEDWAY, AUGUST 8TH
WAUSAU, WI - The CWRA Stars to Legends Tour as presented by Smiley's Old Time Diner will be coming to the State Park Speedway, Wausau, WI., Thursday night, August 8th. In addition to all the stars of CWRA racing, the night will see the honoring of short track racing...
No runner-up this time, Johnson rolls to TUNDRA win at SPS
WAUSAU, Wis. (Aug. 3) – There was no finishing second for Casey Johnson this time. One week after a runner-up finish at State Park Speedway and after two seconds in TUNDRA Super Late Model Series features earlier this year, Johnson was back as a winner at the track...
Schramm wins wild one in pure stocks; Thicke, Vander Loop get first-ever SPS wins
Saturday night’s TUNDRA show at State Park Speedway saw plenty of action in the night’s three support divisions, including a wild finish in the track’s lone regular division on hand plus a pair of traveling first-time winners. Four nearly equal cars led to a whale of...
ROBUST ROUND FIVE FIELD WILL FORM TUNDRA CHAMPIONSHIP PICTURE
PORTAGE, Wis. (July 30, 2019) – With only two races remaining in the 2019 season for the TUNDRA Super Late Model Series Powered by Wisconsin Potatoes, the Championship battle is about to intensify. The next stop is the tricky quarter-mile at State Park Speedway in...
Sommers captures Detjens Memorial for first ARCA Midwest Tour win
WAUSAU, Wis. (July 27) – In what has become a breakthrough month in his young super late model racing career, Gabe Sommers captured his biggest prize yet Saturday night at State Park Speedway. Sommers added his name to a long list of winners of the prestigious Larry...
Schramm, Call, Ferge score emotional Detjens wins; Hartwig doubles up in Bandos
Young racer or veteran, the significance of winning a feature on Larry Detjens Memorial Weekend is not lost on drivers competing in Detjens’ honor at State Park Speedway. Add in varying personal circumstances and exciting finishes in several divisions, and just about...
No. 70 wins No. 70 as Knoblock takes Detjens Big 8 feature
WAUSAU, Wis. (July 26) – Time and again, Neil Knoblock faced challenges for supremacy at State Park Speedway Friday night. Every single time, Knoblock had an answer, and the result was a memorable victory for a veteran on his home track. Knoblock scored his first-ever...
Jimmer Lietz, Ferge and Hartwig all prevail on Detjens Friday
The Big 8 race hardly had a monopoly on popular wins by local veteran drivers on the first night of the 2019 Larry Detjens Memorial Weekend. The Snap-on Mini Mods also saw one of State Park Speedway’s leading racing families back in Brickner Family Auto Group Victory...
EXPERIENCED AND EXCITING GROUP OF DRIVERS VIE FOR BIG 8 DETJENS CROWN
By: Tom AceThis Friday night July 26, the Big 8 Late Model Series returns toState Park Speedway in Wausau Wisconsin for the eighth time in Serieshistory.Through the years, the tricky bullring nestled at the base of Rib Mountain has produced some of the best racing and...
Defending Race Winner Johnson Brings Point Lead Into Detjens 125 Saturday at State Park
Wausau, WI- Having won last year’s Larry Detjens Memorial at State Park Speedway as well as half of the ARCA Midwest Tour Super Late Model events this season, Casey Johnson is amongst the favorites for the Auto Select Larry Detjens 125 this Saturday night July...
Camping Form for Auto Select Detjens Memorial Weekend
Below is the camping form for Auto Select Detjens Memorial Weekend. Please fill out the form and email to stateparkspeedway@yahoo.com so we can attempt to accommodate all camping requests. There will be a $25 fee for all campsites this year and there will be limited...
Weinfurter, Volm repeat as winners on second CWRA stop at State Park
WAUSAU, Wis. (July 18) – Jeff Weinfurter and Travis Volm both took eventful paths to get there, but in the end they were in the exact same place Thursday night at State Park Speedway as they were just under three weeks earlier. Weinfurter and Volm both claimed...
Volm, Strachota get third feature wins; Rowe back up front in Mini Stocks
WAUSAU (July 18) - The race for supremacy at State Park Speedway in the Advance Auto Parts Pure Stocks this season has become a spirited two-man battle at the top, and Alex Volm ensured it would remain that way. With Brian (Butchie) Schramm having won three of the...
Fr. Grubba Book Tour & CWRA on Tap for a Special Thursday Night of Racing
Thursday, July 18th will be a special night at State Park Speedway as we host Fr. Dale Grubba’s final book on Dick Trickle and Tom Reffner. Drivers old and new will be on hand as well as some memorable cars to celebrate Fr. Grubba’s newest book 67. “Fr. Grubba has...
Red-hot Volm wins again, takes super late main on Christmas in July Night
WAUSAU, Wis. (July 3) – One of the most successful drivers at State Park Speedway over the past decade, Travis Volm is reaching new heights in the 2019 season. And suddenly, the hottest super late model at State Park Speedway at the moment isn’t even a super late...