Wausau, WI November, 4th 2009 – NASCAR driver and Wausau native Scott Wimmer along with Wausau area land developed Ron Wimmer announce their purchase of State Park Speedway. The Speedway, lo- cated in the Town of Rib Mountain, just outside of Wausau, WI was put up for sale at the end of the 2009 race season and many people in the community questioned its future and whether anyone would ever race there again. That’ when the Wimmer’s stepped up and decided it was time to call it their own. “State Park Speedway has always been special to me,” says Scott Wimmer, “It’s where I got my start in racing, so to be able to keep SPS as a racetrack and support the racing community that supported me is pretty exciting.”

“There was a lot of talk about what would happen with the track,” says Ron Wimmer, “Would it stay a racetrack? The bottom line was we didn’t want to see it go away. Two of my sons grew up racing there and I think it’s also a great business opportunity. I’ve worked with a lot of land developments in this area and see good things for State Park Speedway.”

Tradition being Thursday night for the past 39 years is about to change for the 2009 Season at State Park Speedway. Long anticipated by many and dreaded by others a decision has been made to change the scheduled race day to Saturday Nights starting this year.

With many economic changes SPS feels that this move is necessary to keep up with ever changing markets in both business and recreation. With a direct focus on making local short track racing more fan friendly as well as competitor friendly it seems Saturday fits those criteria for a good portion of the people within the racing community. Saturday frees up more time to prepare from a drivers standpoint as well as a fans standpoint.

Marc Bragg
Wausau, WI (August 14) - It was another great night to go racing here at State Park Speedway. Tonight was fan appreciation night, so there was a free hot dog in every hand and cars on the track. Fans were able to go down on the track and meet the drivers and see the cars. The drivers had candy, flags, and autographed pictures for the kids.

Our first heat was the mini stocks, Joe Kuehn was out to a good lead but got into Jenny Nitzsche on the front stretch. Also there was some contact in between Adam Eckes and Bob Schult on the front stretch pushing Bob into the grass. On the restart Bob Schult would be out in the lead and take the win. Next was our mini mod heat Brian Brummond would have a good jump on the pack but quickly lost his lead to Dale Louze and John Lietz. Once the pack got through the restart Richie Kersten would bump into Phil Malouf causing him to hit the wall in a shower of sparks. Dale Louze would battle John Lietz for the win.