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WISCONSIN
CHALLENGE SERIES SETS AMBITIOUS 2006
SERIES SCHEDULE!
APPLETON, WI. (January
9, 2006) - The Wisconsin
challenge series has announced its 2006
Racing schedule, and the season ahead
looks to be an exciting one as the
series marks it’s sixth year of
competition this upcoming season.
The Super Late Model series continues to
offer a schedule where travel proves to
be a minimal for both teams and fans to
wishing to follow the series.
The season will be comprised of twelve
events at seven different racing
facilities and will include the first
ever stop for the series outside the
state’s namesake as a trip over the
border into Illinois will occur this
year..
The schedule should prove to be
especially challenging as participants
in the Wisconsin Challenge Series will
compete on raceways ranging from ¼ mile
to one for my long length.
The newest stops on the series schedule
this year will include trips to Rockford
Speedway (Rockford, IL) and the
Milwaukee Mile (Milwaukee, WI).
The Rockford Speedway will host the 2006
season opening event which will take
place the first weekend in April.
Practice, qualifying and qualifying
races will take place on Saturday, April
1st, while the feature events will take
place on Sunday afternoon April 2nd .
The stop at Rockford speedway will mark
the first time the Wisconsin challenge
series has traveled outside the state of
Wisconsin.
A good number of participants will be
making their first career start at
Rockford Speedway, while several others
will be making their first appearance in
several seasons at the Northern Illinois
raceway.
After the Rockford Speedway opener, the
Wisconsin Challenge Series will travel
to Dells Motor Speedway, for the series
traditional spring stop on Saturday
night Apil 22nd.
The third stop on the schedule will mark
the first appearance of the season at
Madison International Speedway. While
two events had been planned during the
2005 season, weather would prevent last
May’s race from taking place. A later
date was postponed due to a scheduling
conflict. So this year’s race on Sunday
afternoon May 7th will mark the first of
for the Wisconsin challenge series at
the high banked half mile oval. It will
also mark the ninth different track to
host a WCS race in Wisconsin since the
series existence.
The first WCS contest of the 2006 season
at Wisconsin International Raceway will
take place on Sunday afternoon May 21 .
Last season 59 entries had appeared for
the spring race at WIR, establishing one
of the largest fields of cars for the
that raceway’s Spring Opener.
On Memorial Day the Wisconsin challenge
series will return to its birthplace at
Golden Sands Speedway for the Memorial
100. The Memorial 100 has become one of
the standout racing events in Central
Wisconsin racing each summer.
The series will then be off during the
month of June, and intermission of sorts
separating the two halves of the
schedule.
The second half of the 2006 season will
begin on Saturday night July 1st at
Dells Motor Speedway with the running of
the North American Cup. The North
American Cup has been one of the
highlights of the Wisconsin Challenge
Series schedule the past several seasons
with several first time winners taking
the checkered flag during that contest.
The semi-banked 1/3 mile oval is second
only to Golden Sands Speedway in the
number of the events WCS has held at a
single raceway.
The next stop will be the mid-summer
race at Marshfield Speedway on Saturday
night July 15. The wide and smooth
half-mile oval has seen some dramatic
finishes and some hard racing since the
series began competing at the central
Wisconsin oval back in 2002.
The final event for the month of July
will be on Friday evening July 28th at
Golden Sands Speedway as WCS makes its
final appearance of the 2006 season on
the high banked third mile oval.
The season begins to wind down with two
races in August. Both events are new
this year. The first stop will be on
Saturday night August 19th at Wisconsin
international Speedway. For the first
time in series history, WCS will play a
role in determining the champion of the
Red, White and Blue state championship
series. The Red, White and Blue series
is Wisconsin’s longest running super
late model special.
The final race in August, on Sunday
Afternoon the 27th, will mark the first
appearance for the Wisconsin Challenge
Series on the Milwaukee Mile. The
largest rack ever to host a WCS race, it
measures out at a full mile in length.
The Milwaukee Mile is steep in racing
tradition as the facility has been
hosting motorsports events for over 100
years.
The final two races of the 2006 season
will take place in September.
On Friday night September 8th Madison
International Speedway will conclude its
Friday night programs for the year with
a second WCS event of the season.
The traditional season finale will then
play out on Saturday night September
16th, at Marshfield speedway. That
evening will bring to an end a high
powered season of action for the
Wisconsin Challenge Series with the
crowning of the 2006 series champion and
the traditional post season celebrations
on the raceway grounds.
For information throughout the 2006
season the Wisconsin Challenge Series
can be found on the World Wide Web at
www.wisconsinchallenge.com
Additional event details will be
provided for each race as the season
approaches.
2006 Wisconsin Challenge Series
schedule.
April 1-2: Rockford Speedway
April 22: Dells Motor Speedway
May 7: Madison International Speedway
May 21: Wisconsin International Raceway
May 29: Golden Sands Speedway (Plover)
July 1: Dells Motor Speedway
July 15: Marshfield Speedway
July 28: Golden Sands Speedway
August 19: Wisconsin International
Raceway
August 27: Milwaukee Mile ( West Allis,
WI)
September 8: Madison International
Speedway
September 16: Marshfield Speedway
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