Madison International Speedway will host Yellow Book USA Mid-Am car Saturday

OREGON, WI--Madison International Speedway in Oregon, WI will play host to the touring Yellow Book USA Mid-American Stock Car Series for the second time in its history Saturday night, August 7. Practice begins at 5:15 p.m. with qualifying at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m. on the half-mile paved oval. Peter Hernandez of Mokena, IL is the series point leader heading into the event which will be combined with the normal MIS racing divisions. The Yellow Book USA feature race is slated for 30 laps. Hernandez currently has 1,004 points and is followed by Bobby Gutknecht of Oak Creek, WI with 910 and Jonathan Eilen of Farmington, MN with 897. Eilen, in his first year as a series regular, led the 2003 American Speed Assocaition (ASA) race at Madison international Speedway and is expected to be one of the favorites. Jeremy Miller of Rockton, Il, winner of the most recent Yellow Book USA race in Elko, MN, is another favorite with a number of laps in competition at MIS. Miller is currently sixth overall in series points.

The speedway is located just off Highway 138 between Stoughton and Oregon, WI. For additional information call the track office at 608-835-9700.