KAUKAUNA, WI -- Jeff Van Oudenhoven of Kimberly leads both
the Yellow Book USA Midwest AllStar and the Red, White and Blue State Championship
Series points going into the next stop in the Yellow Book Series Saturday night,
Aug. 23 at Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna. Twin 50-lap late model
features will top the program which will include the Wisconsin debut of the
newly organized Midwest Stock Car Classics League. The league will feature former
NASCAR and short track stock cars from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s in twin
15-lap races on the D-shaped half-mile paved oval.
Qualifying starts at 5:15 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m. There will
be a photo session for fans with the Midwest Stock Car Classics at 6:30 p.m.
along the front stretch. A field of over 20 of the collector stock cars is expected
for the Kaukauna race. Drivers from Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Miinesota and
Michigan should be competing. Other divisions include the limited late models,
sizzling 4s and figure 8s to round out five divisions of competition.
The raceway is located at the corner of Highway 55 and County KK, three miles south of Kaukauna. Free camping is offered to fans and race teams. Saturday night's event will conclude the Red, White and Blue Series.
The final three events for the Yellow Book USA MARS late models
will be at Elko, MN on Aug. 31, Sauk Centre, MN Sept. 20-21, and Elko, MN Sept.
27.
For more information check the series website at www.racingmidwest.com of call
920-766-5577.