On The Record


1980 – “IT WAS A DISMAL YEAR FOR RACING”
By the time 1980 rolled around, dirt tracks at De Pere, Seymour and Oshkosh had […]

1979 – SMALL BLOCKS & DIRT & TAR WITH THE SAME CAR
In episode 7 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series Lowell talks about his big switch […]

THE BELT IS BACK – THE 2022 LEAGUE OF CHAMPIONS
Racer and former race promoter Eric Mahlik is “back in the promoting game” – sort […]

1978 – A FASTER CAMARO, SOARING GAS PRICES AND TRACKS CLOSING
When 1978 rolled around Seymour Speedway had closed, gas prices began to soar and Lowell […]

LOWELL’S FIRST FEATURE WIN – LUXEMBURG SPEEDWAY
Lowell Bennett’s first feature win came early in his racing career. And it occurred on […]

RICK SCHLABOWSKE – RACING’S P.T. BARNUM OF THE 1980’S
Rick Schlabowske’s tenure promoting race tracks seldom lasted very long. But this jovial race promoter […]

LOWELL BENNETT’S MAIDEN VOYAGE – SHAWANO SPEEDWAY 1976
How many racers can lay claim to winning the first race they ever competed in? […]

JIM KROUSE TALKIN’ ABOUT LUXEMBURG, DE PERE & THE COUPE DAYS OF THE ’60S
Green Bay’s Jim Krouse is one of just a handful of retired racers still around […]

LOWELL BENNETT PODCAST # 3 – THE EARLY ’70’S LATE MODEL EXPLOSION IN NE WISCONSIN
As a young teenager in the early 1970s Lowell Bennett had a front row seat […]

TALKIN’ ‘MR. B.’ BOBBY BENNETT – LOWELL BENNETT PODCAST SERIES EPISODE 2
In episode 2 of the Lowell Bennett podcast series Lowell reflects upon the character and […]