015: Mark Mackesy - Everything Above That Was Icing on The Cake | Part 2
Speed and Grease
Part 2 of 2 for Episode 015 with Mark Mackesy! Being brought to the race track at just 4 days old to his dad's race, was just the beginning of life at the races for Mark Mackesy. When a work injury put his dad's racing on hold, it gave Mark the opportunity to get behind the wheel of a Super Late Model. Eventually then splitting time with his dad in his car, he then stepped out into his own. Growing up racing around and spending time with his racing mentors like Tom Reffner, Jimmy Back, and Dick Trickle, gave him a front seat view of how those men raced and taught him how to race. Mark has...
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015: Mark Mackesy - Everything Above That Was Icing on The Cake | Part 1
Speed and Grease
Being brought to the race track at just 4 days old to his dad's race, was just the beginning of life at the races for Mark Mackesy. When a work injury put his dad's racing on hold, it gave Mark the opportunity to get behind the wheel of a Super Late Model. Eventually then splitting time with his dad in his car, he then stepped out into his own. Growing up racing around and spending time with his racing mentors like Tom Reffner, Jimmy Back, and Dick Trickle, gave him a front seat view of how those men raced and taught him how to race. Mark has accumulated many wins, a CWRA championship, and...
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014: Gregg McKarns - Living By The Golden Rule
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Gregg McKarns, along with his wife Angie are the owners of Wisconsin's Fastest 1/2 Mile race track, or as they call it, "The Family Farm". It is the place where they are working the land to make a living. Gregg, the son of legendary race promoter, John McKarns, was born into racing and took a love for it right from the beginning. As a young kid, even living a summer in a pop-up camper behind the race track didn't deter his passion. Being a race promoter and a race track owner isn't an easy path. Through a continuation of adapting new ideas and creativity, Gregg and his family have continued to...
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013: Brandon Reichenberger - Chase And A Championship
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Like many born into a racing family, Brandon Reichenberger wanted to be at the races as much as he could as early on as he can remember. He started racing at the age of 4 years old and when he wasn't racing, he was helping his dad at the track. At 8 years old, you could find Brandon spotting for his dad on top of their trailer. His racing career began in Go-Karts, then moved on to the DQ Dogs (4 Cylinders), and then eventually into a Super Late Model and a Midwest Truck. Brandon is currently behind the wheel of both a Super Late Model and a Midwest Truck. Much of his recent success has come in...
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012: Dr. Amy Falk, MD - I Want To Make Medicine Feel Better
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Dr. Amy Falk, MD is a Board-Certified Pediatrician and a Graduate of Chicago Medical School. She completed her Residency at UW-Madison and then returned to her hometown to begin practicing in pediatrics. After over 8 years of practice, Dr. Falk is now on a journey to fix a broken system. That broken system is healthcare, where it has increasingly become more unaffordable and access to providers has more difficult. In an effort to better serve her community and "make medicine feel better", she is in the beginning phases of opening her own practice to offer direct patient care. Dr. Falk...
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011: Royce Rossier - Plus Many More
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A job with Albert Getzloff selling race tires and also helping Clem Droste, was just the start of Royce Rossier's involvement in racing. That job later on turned into driving a hobby stock and super late model for Albert. Down the road Royce took over for Clem as President of the famed CWRA. An eventual return to racing had him sitting in the seat again and traveling the midwest in his vintage car for several years. Royce has continued to be a supporter and advocate for short track racing in a multitude of ways, whether it be through supporting racers or being an avid attendee at races....
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010: Marv Marzofka - If You Were Good Enough, You Could Make Money With It
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When someone talks about short track racing legends, one of the names that is sure to be mentioned, is Marv Marzofka. Born in the small town of Rudolph, WI. The same town as Dick Trickle and Tom Reffner. Wanting to get off of the family farm, Marv headed to the race track with a $50 race car. On his first trip to the races, he was sent home to add more bars to the rollcage. That first trip to the races was just the start of a 25 year racing career that encompassed many prestigious wins and 23 track championships, where 10 of them came from Dells Raceway Park. Nowadays, Marv enjoys his time on...
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009: Kody Hubred - Two Reds, A Yellow, and A Blue
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Waving a checkered flag out the window of his Dad's race car led to wanting to carry that checkered flag around the local race track himself. The path to racing anything isn't easy. Kody Hubred talks about what it took to get to the race track in his first race car and what it has taken to stay at the race track. Opportunities with great people that he's made along the way have been a key factor in making racing competatively a reality. Enjoy the stories and journey of what it takes for a person with desire and love of racing to climbing through the ranks of local short track racing in not...
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008: Kirby Kurth - My Parents Said We Need To Get Kirby Away From Race Cars
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Not long after he heard his parents saying, " We need to get Kirby away from race cars", Kirby Kurth was outside shoveling dirt at his parent's new house, when he heard a sound coming through the woods. That sound was from the race cars of Tom Reffner and John Bovee. Kirby zig zagged through the woods and found himself at their race shop. That moment ignited a 49 year and still counting racing career. Now that his two sons are involved in racing too, there is no slow down insight for Kirby.
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007: Chris Weinkauf - From Farming and Flower Arrangements To The Fast Lane
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Chris Weinkauf, raised up dairy farming and taking family vacations to the Dixieland 250. When his grandma no longer needed her conversation van for flower shows that Chris would help her at, it quickly became a race hauler that pulled his shop class made race trailer. His racing career began in the bomber division at State Park Speedway. Winning a race in his first year set the foundation for moving up into the Late Model division years after. Becoming the 2010 State Park Speedway Super Late Model Champion, a three time Larry Detjens Memorial winner, 2009 Oktoberfest Trickle 99 winner, and...
info_outlineJerry 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
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