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Track Information

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SPECIAL
Reserved Seating
Now Available

FREE PARKING

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Regular Event
Admission
Adults: $9.00
Kids: (6-11): $2.50

Racing Every Saturday Night!

The LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway is a 5/8 mile asphalt oval with a second 1/4 mile inner oval. The speedway first operated as a dirt track with asphalt racing starting in 1970.  The 5/8th mile has three grooves of racing and is used weekly by the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Late Models, the Grand National Sportsman, touring classes such as the NASCAR RE/MAX Challenge Series and special event classes also use the 5/8th or 1/4 mile.  The Thunderstox use the 1/4 mile on a weekly basis.  They are joined there by Hornets and Junior Cup cars on occasion.

Speedway Quick Facts
Speed Conversion 5/8 Mile Track - 1963 / lap time
1/4 Mile Track - 900 / lap time
Surface 6 Inches of highway grade asphalt over a ground asphalt base
Width All straights are 50 feet wide.  The corners on the 5/8 mile are 60 feet wide.   Turns 2 and 3 are 50 feet wide on the 1/4 mile, turns 1 and 4 are 75 feet wide.
Banking The 5/8 mile track has 4 degree banking in the straights with 4,6, and 9 degree banking in the corners.  The 1/4 mile has various banking.
Retaining Wall The speedway has a steel reinforced concrete outer wall, 3.5 feet high and 90 degrees to the racing surface.  Moveable highway barriers are used to form an inner wall for special events that require pit stops.
Acreage The total track acreage is 35 acres
Safety Vehicles The speedway utilizes 3 safety trucks, 1 ambulance, and 4 recovery vehicles.

Track Records
RE/MAX Challenge Series Steve Holzhausen 10/07/95 18.903 Seconds
ASA AC/Delco Challenge Series Rick Beebe 6/06/98 19.415 Seconds
NASCAR Late Models Tom Carlson 4/17/99 19.906 Seconds
Wisconsin Late Models Eddie Hoffman 10/10/98 19.096 Seconds
CWRA Late Models Dick Trickle 6/22/89 19.537 Seconds
Limited Late Models Scott Null 10/09/98 20.155 Seconds
Mid-American Trucks Terry Marzofka 10/10/98 20.810 Seconds
Grand National Sportsman Chuck Timm 5/13/00 22.251 Seconds
Mid-American Stock Cars Rick Corso 10/09/98 20.672 Seconds
Area Sportsman Gary Wosick 10/09/98 22.034 Seconds
Modifieds Mel Walen 10/07/94 20.828 Seconds
Legends Isaak Owen 8/24/96 14.480 Seconds
Thunderstox Dan Linnehan 9/18/99 15.590 Seconds
Thunderstox Outhouse Race Mitch Langreck 9/19/99 23.198 Seconds
Junior Cup Cars Ray Kreyer 7/10/99 17.001 Seconds
Midwest Trucks Adam Shackelford 10/09/98 20.567 Seconds