Circa 1983 Dave Wunrow gets ready for a race on the Milwaukee Mile. Photo by Bill Blumer Jr.Used with permission from Angell Park Speedway

In the mid-70's and 1980's, Dave Wunrow was a regular at Angell Park Speedway. Often recalled in his maroon number 43, Wunrow was a fixture in the top rungs of Badger’s point standings. 1983 was his best year with Badger as he finished fourth.

Wunrow was interested in racing early on. His school was only four blocks from the Milwaukee Mile when he was a boy. When the kids heard the roar of the engines coming from the track, Wunrow and his friends would ditch class and hike to the oval to see who was testing.

No. 00 David Reutimann and No. 24 Jeff Gordon lead the field to green in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo Credit: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)FORT WORTH, TEXAS -- Jeff Gordon can rest easy. He won again Sunday... the first time in 47 races.

The four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion held off teammate Jimmie Johnson the last 26 laps to win the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

This one, the 87th win of Gordon's fabled career, was a dandy. It came on a day when a bunch of hard-charging drivers had the lead at one time or another.

The No. 24 National Guard Chevrolet team services Jeff Gordon's ride. (Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR)It was a long time between victory lanes for Gordon, the last one being at Lowe's Motor Speedway nearly two years ago.

RK Race Promotions has announced that Kyle Busch will be racing at the Swiss Colony All Star Challenge at Madison International Speedway on Tuesday, June 30th. Busch joins fellow NASCAR stars Matt Kenseth and Tony Stewart for this major short track racing event.

Last year’s All-Star Challenge winner Steve Carlson will join expected entries of local favorites like Bryan Reffner, Nate Haseleu, Andrew Morrissey, Travis Sauter, in addition to a host of the area’s best Super Late Models drivers vying for the first place prize money and the right to be called the 2009 All-Star Challenge champion.

Ticket order forms are available online at www.mattkenseth.com or www.madisoninternationalspeedway.com. If you prefer to place your order by phone with a credit card, please call RK Race Promotions 608-423-7829.

Save for a limited time only: Specially priced advance general admission tickets are available now through Monday, June 1, 2009. Adults 18 years and up are $20.00. Youth Ages 7-17 $10.

Tickets purchased after June 1, 2009 will be at the Race Day prices. Adults 18 years and up $25; Youth Ages 7-17 $10; and ages 6 and under are free.

by Fr. Dale Grubba – March 31, 2009
For Janesville’s Travis Kvapil the economic downturn could not have picked a worse time to happen. After being with Roger Penske and then Cal Wells, Kvapil was looking for a way to get back to the Sprint Cup level of racing.

He knew that he had to get hooked up with a multi-car team that had both resources and funding. “Unfortunately when I was driving for Cal Wells in 2006 we didn’t have any of that. We were a single car effort with very limited funds. Manufacturer support was minimal. It was tough to go out and make races and perform.

“In my mind…. Man, I want to be a Cup driver for the long haul. I knew I had to align myself with one of the bigger teams. That’s really why when Jack (Roush) came to me and asked me to drive truck for him it was an opportunity I jumped at. I knew I could go out and win races and do a good job for him. For me to survive for the long haul in Cup racing I needed to align myself with Roush Racing.”

Kvapil paid his dues by racing trucks and then, by a twist of fate, ended up back in Cup driving for the Yates Team, which had become closely connected to the Roush operation.

Second event of the season at Madison International Speedway honors the legendary driver will pay $3636.36 to the winner.

By: Kevin Ramsell
He collected 58 ARTGO wins in 360 starts. He is still the only driver to win Oktoberfest three years in a row. An eight-time National Short Track Series champion. He won seven features in a row at Madison International Speedway (back when it was known as Capital Super Speedway) in 1982.

Those are just some of the statistics of the late Joe Shear, a two-time ARTGO champion, and one of the more popular drivers in the history of midwest short track racing. When he lost his battle with cancer in March 1998 the short track world lost a great champion but the memories of him still last today.

Fans wave American flags during pre-race ceremonies for the Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. (Photo Credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images)By Reid Spencer
Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

MARTINSVILLE, Va.—On the 25th anniversary of Rick Hendrick’s first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series win as a car owner, it was more of the same for Hendrick and Jimmie Johnson.

An aggressive pass of Denny Hamlin on Lap 485 of the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 gave Johnson the lead Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, and he pulled away to beat Hamlin by .774 seconds. The victory was Johnson’s first of the season and the 41st of his career; he now has six wins at Martinsville—five in the past six races. It was Hendrick’s 18th win at the .526-mile track.

Tony Stewart ran third, followed by polesitter and series points leader Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer. Ryan Newman, Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt Jr., AJ Allmendinger and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top 10.

The Winningest Stock Car Driver In America

From the Dells Motor Speedway 1973 program
In 1972 Dick Trickle of Wisconsin Rapids took the title of the winningest stock car driver in America by charging to 67 feature wins. The previous record of 58 feature wins in one season was held by Ramo Stott of Keokuk, Iowa. Dick earned his wins by starting 105 feature events on 14 different tracks in five states during the sixth month race season.

At the Dells Motor Speedway, Trickle swept the special races as he won all three 100 lap Open Competition Races, the Modified vs. Late Model Race and the Midwest Championship 200. On Saturday nights he won seven features and recorded five fast times to finish second in the point standings.