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...
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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....
info_outlineWaving 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 only a race car but spotting for some of the most well known racers.
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