 Panorama from turn 1 in 2015 | |
| Location | N1070 Smith Rd., Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin 53965 |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jerry Auby |
| Opened | 1958 |
| Former names | Dells Motor Speedway |
| Major events | Lyle Nabbefeldt Memorial, ARCA Midwest Tour Jim Sauter Classic 200, Icebreaker 100, Falloween 150, Dairyland 150, Badger State 125, Dick Trickle 99 |
| oval | |
| Surface | asphalt |
| Length | 0.333 miles (0.536 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
| Banking | 9 degrees (corners), 6 degrees (straights) |
| Race lap record | 13.080 seconds (Ty Majeski, , 2018, Super Late Model) |
Dells Raceway Park (DRP), formerly known as the Dells Motor Speedway, is a car racing raceway located in the town of Lyndon, in Juneau County, north of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin just off of U.S. Route 12/Wisconsin Highway 16. It is a 1/3 mile asphalt track that is used for stock car racing.[1] The track has hosted races featuring the ARTGO Challenge Series, the NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division, Midwest Series, the ARCA Midwest Tour, the Mid-American Stock Car Series, the Wisconsin Challenge Series, the Must See Racing.com Xtreme Sprint Car Series, Alive for Five Series, TUNDRA Super Late Models, and the Central Wisconsin Racing Association. The track, which opened in 1958, sits on 38 acres (150,000 m2) of land.
The track closed during the middle of the 2006 season over a bank fraud case, but the track was purchased during the following off-season by a group of three investors led by Chicago businessman Joe Graziano, and that included one-time NASCAR driver and Dells area native Frank Kreyer. It reopened in 2007.[2] In 2012, Graziano sold the track to Rockford, IL businessman and race car builder Wayne Lensing. Lensing divided the property and built a campground to the south of the track. The track was sold to Jerry Auby on March 26,2021
Howard Johnson, one of the original track owners, like to call the track "Home of the Biggies".[1] The track has a reputation of being "what a short track should be."[1] Dick Trickle described driving the track, "You drop low in the corners and then drift high on the straights. You try to make the track into the roundest oval possible."[1]
- ^ a b c d Grubba, Dale (2000). The Golden Age of Wisconsin Auto Racing. Oregon, Wisconsin: Badger Books. p. 173. ISBN 1-878569-67-8.
- ^ Frandsen, Nate. "LOCAL AUTO RACING: 'New' DRP set to go". Portage Daily Register. Archived from the original on 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2007-05-17.