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Dells Raceway Park (DRP), formerly known as the Dells Motor Speedway, is a car racing raceway
Race track

A race track is a purpose-built facility for racing of animals , automobiles, motorcycles or sportsperson. A race track may also feature grandstands or concourses....
 located north of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Dells is a city in south-central Wisconsin, with a population of 2,418 as of the United States Census, 2000. It is located partially within four counties: Adams County, Wisconsin, Columbia County, Wisconsin, Juneau County, Wisconsin, and Sauk County, Wisconsin....
 just off of U.S. Route 12
U.S. Route 12

U.S. Route 12 or US 12 is an east-west United States Numbered Highways, running from Grays Harbor on the Pacific Ocean, in the state of Washington, to downtown Detroit, Michigan, for almost 2500 miles ....
/Wisconsin Highway 16. It is a 1/3 mile asphalt track that is used for stock car racing
Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval track racing measuring approximately ? mile to 2.66 miles length, but are also raced on road courses....
. The track is scheduled to host American Speed Association
American Speed Association

The American Speed Association is a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States formed in 1968. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana, Indiana and currently is headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida....
, Mid-American Stock Car Series
Mid-American Stock Car Series

The Mid American Stock Car Series is a traveling Sportsman Series in the Midwestern United States. The series races exclusively on paved racetracks....
, and Wisconsin Challenge Series races in 2008. The track, which opened in 1958, sits on of land.

The track closed during the middle of the 2006 season.






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Dells Raceway Park (DRP), formerly known as the Dells Motor Speedway, is a car racing raceway
Race track

A race track is a purpose-built facility for racing of animals , automobiles, motorcycles or sportsperson. A race track may also feature grandstands or concourses....
 located north of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Dells is a city in south-central Wisconsin, with a population of 2,418 as of the United States Census, 2000. It is located partially within four counties: Adams County, Wisconsin, Columbia County, Wisconsin, Juneau County, Wisconsin, and Sauk County, Wisconsin....
 just off of U.S. Route 12
U.S. Route 12

U.S. Route 12 or US 12 is an east-west United States Numbered Highways, running from Grays Harbor on the Pacific Ocean, in the state of Washington, to downtown Detroit, Michigan, for almost 2500 miles ....
/Wisconsin Highway 16. It is a 1/3 mile asphalt track that is used for stock car racing
Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain and Brazil. Traditionally, races are run on oval track racing measuring approximately ? mile to 2.66 miles length, but are also raced on road courses....
. The track is scheduled to host American Speed Association
American Speed Association

The American Speed Association is a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States formed in 1968. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana, Indiana and currently is headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida....
, Mid-American Stock Car Series
Mid-American Stock Car Series

The Mid American Stock Car Series is a traveling Sportsman Series in the Midwestern United States. The series races exclusively on paved racetracks....
, and Wisconsin Challenge Series races in 2008. The track, which opened in 1958, sits on of land.

The track closed during the middle of the 2006 season. DRP was purchased during the following off-season by a group of three investors, including NASCAR driver Frank Kreyer
Frank Kreyer

Frank Kreyer is an American racecar driver from Pardeeville, Wisconsin and Lyndon Station, Wisconsin. He has started in NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series and Busch Series....
. It reopened in 2007.

Howard Johnson, one of the original track owners, like to call the track "Home of the Biggies". The track has a reputation of being "what a short track should be." Dick Trickle
Dick Trickle

Richard "Dick" Trickle is a retired American auto racing. He raced for decades around the Short track motor racing of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way....
 described driving the track, "You drop low in the corners and then drift high on the the straights. You try to make the track into the roundest oval possible."

Track Records

  • Super Late Models: Jeff Kendall, Montello - May 10, 2008 - 13.194 seconds
  • Limited Late Models: Kevin Tunks - August 4, 2002 - 14.088 seconds
  • Super Stock: Corey Jankowski - May 7, 2005 - 14.835 seconds
  • Pure Stock: Dave Trute - May 6, 2006 - 15.947 seconds


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