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|name = Wisconsin International Raceway |nicknames = |time = |location = Kaukauna, Wisconsin (town of Buchanan) |coordinates = |image = WIROvals.jpg |image_caption = 1/4 mile oval and Figure 8 tracks, plus most of the 1/2 mile oval] |capacity = |FIA_grade = |owner = |operator = |broke_ground = |opened = |closed = |construction_cost= |architect = |former_names = |events = Dixieland 250 Red, White and Blue State Championship Series |miles_first = true |layout1 = 1/2 mile |surface = asphalt |length_km = |length_mi = .50 |turns = 4 plus dogleg on frontstretch |banking = |record_time = 19.018 |record_driver = Dalton Zehr |record_team = |record_year = 2017 |record_class = TUNDRA Super late model[1] |layout2 = 1/4 mile |surface2 = asphalt |length2_km = |length2_mi = 0.25 |turns2 = |banking2 = |record_time2 = |record_driver2 = |record_team2 = |record_year2 = |record_class2 = |layout3 = Figure 8 |surface3 = asphalt |length3_km = |length3_mi = |turns3 = |banking3 = |record_time3 = |record_driver3 = |record_team3 = |record_year3 = |record_class3 = |layout4 = Drag strip |surface4 = asphalt |length4_km = |length4_mi = |turns4 = |banking4 = flat |record_time4 = |record_driver4 = |record_team4 = |record_year4 = |record_class4 = |layout5 = |surface5 = |length5_km = |length5_mi = |turns5 = |banking5 = |record_time5 = |record_driver5 = |record_team5 = |record_year5 = |record_class5 = |layout6 = |surface6 = |length6_km = |length6_mi = |turns6 = |banking6 = |record_time6 = |record_driver6 = |record_team6 = |record_year6 = |record_class6 = |layout7 = |surface7 = |length7_km = |length7_mi = |turns7 = |banking7 = |record_time7 = |record_driver7 = |record_team7 = |record_year7 = |record_class7 = |layout8 = |surface8 = |length8_km = |length8_mi = |turns8 = |banking8 = |record_time8 = |record_driver8 = |record_team8 = |record_year8 = |record_class8 = |embedded = }} The Wisconsin International Raceway (WIR) is an asphalt stock car racing oval and dragstrip in the Town of Buchanan, in Outagamie County, just outside Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA. Oval trackWIR originally opened as KK Sports Arena, a nod to its location on County Trunk KK.[2] The main track is a half-mile D-shaped paved oval.[3] Inside the half mile track is a smaller quarter-mile oval. Originally a dirt track, the quarter mile was paved in 1968.[2] The half mile track was added around the existing quarter mile the following year.[3] There are six divisions at the track.[4] The Super Late Model and Late Model divisions race on the half-mile track.[4] The Super Stocks, Sport 4's (stock four cylinders modified for racing), and Wisconsin Sport Trucks[4][5] divisions race on the quarter-mile track. The Figure 8 cars end programs on the Figure 8 track inside of the quarter-mile.[4] An automated timing and scoring system was set up for the 2007 season, and each race car carries a transponder. The Fox River Racing Club began helping promote the weekly events in 1975. Special eventsThe track had an annual American Speed Association event when the sanctioning body was in existence. The track resumed hosting ASA events after the series was reorganized, and it held an event in 2007 for the ASA Midwest Tour. That event, the Dixieland 250, is now part of the ARCA Midwest Tour schedule and is one of the most prestigious events on the calendar,[6] attracting NASCAR champions Kevin Harvick and Ron Hornaday Jr. in 2009 and Kyle Busch in 2017. Earlier the USAC Stock Car series had raced at the track.[7] The track has hosted an annual Red, White, and Blue State Championship Series for super late models since 1972.[8] The series consist of three races in June (red), July (white), and August (blue).[8] The series changed from Saturday nights to Thursday nights to combine with the weekly series in 2009.[8] The series was part of the Midwest Challenge Series (formerly ARTGO) and later part of the Wisconsin Challenge Series. 7,832 people watched Dick Trickle win the first red race.[8] Notable driversAll drivers listed later competed in NASCAR nationally-sanctioned events
Trickle carved enough of a legacy that the track dedicated the Dick Trickle Pavilion in Turn 2. Joe Shear won the Red, White, and Blue series 1979, 1987, and 1988.[10] Track champions
DragstripThe dragstrip is a 1/4 mile paved track. It is one of three operating dragstrips in Wisconsin. Weekly divisionsThere are six weekly divisions that compete on Saturday nights: Top Eliminator Class, Hot Rod Eliminator, Street Eliminator, Pro-Bike and Snowmobile, Street Bike, and Junior Dragsters. Eve of DestructionThe track has hosted an annual "Eve of Destruction" each September since 1993 and it is the track's annual season finale for the oval track. The Eve of Destruction is one of the biggest events hosted at track, as the 10,000 seat raceway is generally packed.[12] Drivers compete in a variety of unusual events such as chain races (two cars are chained together), spin to win (race backwards and then spin around forward for the finish), trailer races (part of the trailer must remain intact to continue racing), etc. In between races, fans are entertained by stunt car drivers. Ten school buses compete in a survival-of-the-fittest competition, where the last bus standing wins. Track owner Roger Van Daalwyk described the Eve of Destruction: "We kind of wreck everything."[13] During the 2017 Eve of Destruction, a local driver died from injuries sustained in a figure-eight race.[14] Media{{Listen|filename=Figure8RacingWIR07192007.ogg|title=Figure 8 racing|description=Figure 8 racing at Wisconsin International Raceway — 3.3 MB|format=Ogg}}{{clear}}Further reading
References1. ^{{cite web |title=Apel wins TUNDRA opener at WIR |url=https://www.postcrescent.com/story/sports/2017/05/13/apel-wins-tundra-opener-wir/101660258/ |website=The Post-Crescent |accessdate=6 November 2018}} 2. ^1 {{cite book |last1=Verdegan |first1=Joe |title=Life in the Past Lane: A History of Stock Car Racing in Northeast Wisconsin from 1950 - 1980 |date=2015 |publisher=M&B Global Solutions Inc |location=Green Bay, Wisconsin |isbn=978-1-942731-15-3 |page=78 |edition=1st |accessdate=6 November 2018}} 3. ^{{cite book |title=The Golden Age of Wisconsin Auto Racing |last=Grubba |first=Dale |year=2000 |publisher=Badger Books |location=Oregon, Wisconsin |isbn=1-878569-67-8 |page=45}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|title=Get Your Motor Running|last=Goff|first=Tom|date=2009-05-26|publisher=The Post Crescent}} 5. ^Wisporttrucks.com 6. ^{{cite web |last1=Eberly |first1=Brian |title=Stacked entry list highlights Dixieland 250 at Wisconsin International |url=https://www.shorttrackscene.com/2018/08/07/stacked-entry-list-highlights-dixieland-250-at-wisconsin-international/ |website=Short Track Scene |accessdate=6 November 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Bay Darnell race results|url=http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=75|publisher=Ultimate Racing History|accessdate=5 February 2012}} 8. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|title=Thunder and Lightning|last=Goff|first=Tom|date=2009-05-28|publisher=The Post Crescent|pages=B-1, B-5}} 9. ^{{cite book |title=The Golden Age of Wisconsin Auto Racing |last=Grubba |first=Dale |year=2000 |publisher=Badger Books |location=Oregon, Wisconsin |isbn=1-878569-67-8 |page=201}} 10. ^{{cite book|last=Grubba|first=Dale|title=The Golden Age of Wisconsin Auto Racing|publisher=Badger Books Inc.|date=2000|isbn=1-878569-67-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yxu1tpjJm8YC&pg=PA204&dq=%22joe+shear%22&sig=ACfU3U0PAFfzTWW6YBdri1VkaXhD9iGhNA#PPA204,M1|accessdate=2008-10-13|page=205}} 11. ^Appleton Post-Crescent newspaper, May 21, 2006, Racing Report (page B-8) 12. ^The Post-Crescent, September 16, 2006, "Crash fans covet Eve of Destruction" (page A1) 13. ^The Post-Crescent, September 16, 2006, "Crash fans covet Eve of Destruction" (page A3) 14. ^{{cite web |last1=Behr |first1=Madeline |title=Driver killed at Wisconsin International Raceway remembered as 'all-around good guy' |url=https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/2017/09/09/driver-killed-wisconsin-international-raceway-remembered-all-around-good-guy/649187001/ |website=The Post-Crescent |accessdate=6 November 2018}} External links{{Commons category}}
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