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Summer Shootout At The Milwaukee Mile
MILWAUKEE (May 19, 2005) – Through the 1960’s, The Milwaukee Mile was a
hotbed of weekly short track racing on the ½-mile and ¼-mile ovals that
shared the frontstretch of the historic speedway’s one mile oval.
Grass roots racing makes a weeknight return to America’s Legendary Oval on a
modified oval using a portion of the speedway’s newly-redone infield road
course, set within turn two of the mile track.
Starting Wednesday night, June 8, young and young-at-heart racers competing in
Legends Cars, Bandoleros and Thunder Roadsters will chase a points
championship in the SUMMER SHOOTOUT Series presented by the Junior Pro Series,
at The Milwaukee Mile.
Seven of the nine scheduled Wednesday night races will be recorded and
produced, available on Time Warner Cable’s WIsconsin on Demand (WIoD)
channel 1111. WIoD is an innovative local programming channel available
free to all of Time Warner Cable’s 200,000 digital customers in Southeastern
Wisconsin, and in the 70 communities served by their Appleton/Green Bay
Division. Using state-of-the-art Video on Demand technology, viewers can
call up the races on demand, and pause, rewind or fast-forward with a touch of
a button on their remote control.
Spectator admission will be free for all 2005 SUMMER SHOOTOUT events, with
bleacher seating being erected in the infield for families to view all the
races, scheduled to run from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. in several divisions.
“The Junior Pro Series is proud to have the opportunity to have youngsters
as young as 8 years-old be involved in an organized, structured racing
community,” commented Robert Yonkee, Race Director of the Junior Pro
Series. “There’s a lot of excitement and anticipation for Midwestern
competitors to compete at this historic race track.”
Milwaukee Mile General Manager Gary Girard has been hands-on with the
development of the SUMMER SHOOTOUT Series and the multitude of facility
improvements made in the last three years to the historic speedway, the
world’s oldest, continuously-operated speedway.
“The Milwaukee Mile has a storied history as the track local race fans
regularly watched their driving heroes like Miles “The Mouse” Melius, Norm
Nelson, Etchie Biertzer and Frank Burany compete on the short dirt ovals
here,” Girard said. “To have the tradition reborn of weeknight
racing at America’s Legendary Oval, with free spectator admission, is
another way we are providing our loyal race fans an entertaining,
family-friendly night of racing.”
Concession stands will be open, convenient spectator parking will be available
in the infield, with access to the pit area after the races to meet the
drivers and families competing in the SUMMER SHOOTOUT Series.
Speedway Legends Racecars will offer full dealer support on-site, with cash
prizes awarded for eligible drivers ages 16 and older. The races will be
run under the direction of Yonkee and the Junior Pro Series.
Scheduled Dates of Wednesday night SUMMER SHOOTOUT Series at The Milwaukee
Mile are:
June
8
July
6
Aug. 17
June
15
July
13
Aug. 24
June
29
July
20
Aug. 31
Sponsors of the SUMMER SHOOTOUT Series include Coca-Cola, Best Western,
Husar’s House of Fine Diamonds, Speedway Auto Mall and WIsconsin on
Demand. More exciting SUMMER SHOOTOUT details are expected to be
announced in the near future.
Registration and pit pass fees are $23 per person, with no car entry
fee. For competition details, contact Robert Yonkee at (630)
400-7191. Visit www.milwaukeemile.com
for all the historic speedway’s
exciting events.
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