Madison International Speedway
| The Track of Champions, Wisconsin's Fastest Half Mile. | |
|---|---|
Whelen All-American Series weekly races | |
| Outer half mile | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 0.5 miles (0.8 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
| Inner quarter mile | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 0.25 miles (0.4 km) |
The Madison International Speedway (MIS) is a half-mile paved
History
The track opened in the 1950s as a dirt quarter-mile run by several organizations as Oregon Legion Speedway. Sam Bartus purchased the track in 1963 and paved the track. In 1969, he tore down the quarter-mile track and built a state of the art high-banked half-mile oval and named it "Capital Super Speedway".
Track
The track was a quarter mile long before it was torn up and replaced with a half mile paved oval in 1969.[5] The first winner on the half mile was Ramo Stott,[5] and the surface's first champion was Jimmy Back.[6] The track seats over 10,000 spectators.[1] There is a quarter mile track inside the half mile. A track veteran described racing the track by saying that you drive into the corners way over your head before you stand on the brakes. The more that you frighten yourself in the corners, the faster that the laps ended up.[7]
Stock car weekly divisions
As of 2010, MIS featured five weekly divisions. Three race weekly on the half mile outer track:
Stock car special events and touring series
The track holds events in the
Alumni
Former track champions include:
- Matt Kenseth
- Travis Kvapil (1996)
- Bryan Reffner (1989, 1990)
- Joe Shear
- Dick Trickle
- Dave Watson (1976)
- Bobby Wilberg
- Johnny Ziegler
- Tom Reffner
- Dale Nottestad
- Rich Bickle (1985, 1986)[9]
Other notable competitors:
- Steve Carlson
- Nathan Haseleu (former and now current)
- Ryan Mathews
- Ty Majeski
- Michael Pickens
- Brett Sontag
Images
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Scoring tower -
Madison International Speedway grandstands from the parking lot -
Ticket booth -
Sign along WIS 138 -
Late models, 2010 -
Sportsman, 2010 -
Hobby stocks, 2010 -
Legends, 2010 -
Bandits, 2010 -
International car (left) and Short Tracker in 2008. The former class is now known as Bandit. -
2018 ARCA race field in Turns 1 and 2 -
Start-Finish line in 2019
References
- ^ a b Track history. Madison International Speedway.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "McKarns Will Keep Friday Nights Alive at Madison". Shortracks.us.
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- ^ a b c "Madison Speedway Joins NASCAR". NASCAR. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ^ ISBN 1-878569-67-8.
- ^ Grubba, page 46
- ^ Grubba; page 174
- ^ "ARCA Racing Series' Visit to Madison International Speedway the First Since 1973". Racing Online. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ISBN 1-878569-67-8.
External links
- Official track website
- Madison International Speedway archive at Racing-Reference