006: Pat Barrett - 33 Years of Flagging and Still Enjoying It
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After an invitation in 1964 from Dick Trickle to visit Griffith Park Speedway, Pat Barrett caught the racing bug at 3 years old. His enjoyment for racing grew into attending races all over Wisconsin through his childhood years and eventually going to races with Dick Trickle as a crew member. Pat's time working at the racetrack began after taking a scoring job while in high school. The dedication and commitment to flagging began in 1992 after former Golden Sands Speedway owner Darrel Bassuener placed an ad in the paper looking for a flagman. Pat was the only one to apply and was given the job....
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005: Tom Ress - Being A Crew Chief and A Mentor
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When his neighbor began taking him to State Park Speedway in a tow truck, it soon turned into pedaling his bike to the end of his favorite driver's driveway. That then led to becoming part of the team. At an early age of being taken under the wing of Mark Mackesy and his crew, Tom Ress developed of passion and desire for learning the technical aspects of what makes a race car capable of winning. After years of working with a veteran driver, Tom began working with talented up and comers, such as, Jerry Brickner, Natalie Decker, and Luke Fenhaus. When working with young talented drivers, Tom's...
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004: Jerry Gille
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Jerry Gille, 41 years of being behind the wheel of a race car and a lifetime of spreading the gospel of racing. With many successful years of his own racing at the famous Rockford Speedway and Madison International Speedway, to name a few. Jerry also spent years contributing to the success of other great race car drivers, John Knaus, Tom Reffner, and Joe Shear. A wonderful conversation full of great stories and a lot of laughs. #speedandgrease #speedandgreasepodcast Where to find Speed and Grease! Youtube: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Please support the podcast by giving us a rating...
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003: Ron Beyer
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Ron Beyer, born a Wausau, WI native and growing up with Dave Marcis. One of the pioneers of Central Wisconsin racing talks about being friends and teammates with Marlin “Shoes” Walbeck, being involved in meetings on the building of several Wisconsin race tracks, and overcoming his tragic wreck at LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway in 1993. He’s a great storyteller and we cover a lot of them in nearly 3 hours. Where to find Speed and Grease! Youtube: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Please support the podcast by giving us a rating and/or a review!
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002: Fr. Dale Grubba
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Fr. Dale Grubba, a Roman Catholic Priest, a marathoner, and an author, has spent his life serving God, and also the racing community. For many years he has spent his time preserving Wisconsin's racing history. Even after decades of living out his passions, there is no slowing down in site. He can still be found saying Mass, competing in hand cycling marathons, re-developing shrines, and saying the invocation at racetracks. After decades of sharing so many great stories of racers with all of us, he takes the time on Speed and Grease to share his life journey and many great stories of his own....
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001: Cody Knutson
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Cody Knutson is a former factory Ski-Doo professional ice oval snowmobile racer. Born in Central Wisconsin and at a very early age found himself hanging onto the handlebars of a dirtbike. Dirt biking took a backseat to baseball as the years went by. Entering his senior year of high school, a nearly fatal car accident changed the course of his pursuit of baseball. After overcoming multiple surgeries and rehab, Cody found himself on the seat of a Merc 340 vintage ice oval snowmobile. The love of snowmobile racing and the desire to form his own race team, led him to being the 2016 V-Force Pro...
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Introducing The Speed and Grease Podcast!
Speed and Grease
The "Speed and Grease" Podcast is hosted by Colin Reffner. Colin is most recognized from his deep roots in short track racing. Speed and Grease embodies more than just fast cars. It's about the time, effort, and dedication it takes to pursue your passions and dreams. We look forward to bringing you guests from motorsports, to business, to supper clubs, and everything in between. There are many people with amazing life stories and experiences that deserve to be heard and remembered forever. If speed and grease runs through your veins too, join us, as we bring those stories to you.
info_outlineThe "Speed and Grease" Podcast is hosted by Colin Reffner. Colin is most recognized from his deep roots in short track racing. Speed and Grease embodies more than just fast cars. It's about the time, effort, and dedication it takes to pursue your passions and dreams. We look forward to bringing you guests from motorsports, to business, to supper clubs, and everything in between. There are many people with amazing life stories and experiences that deserve to be heard and remembered forever. If speed and grease runs through your veins too, join us, as we bring those stories to you.