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Racing

Racing enthusiasts will find plenty of fast action in Southeast Wisconsin - from Indy Car contests to drag races. The area is home to no fewer than five race tracks, including the Milwaukee Mile, the oldest continuously operated racetrack in the nation. Following is a description of area racetracks:

Elkhart Lake's Road America: Featuring a permanent 4-mile road course on 575 acres of the rolling Kettle Moraine. Located 60 miles north of Milwaukee, Road America hosts a variety of races including motorcycle, vintage automobile, CART Champ Cars and SCCA sports car events. Located on Highway 67 in Elkhart Lake. Telephone: 1-(800)-365-RACE.

Great Lakes Dragway:An IHRA sanctioned race track featuring drag racing for cars, motorcycles and trucks on a 1/4-mile straightaway from April through November (maybe longer weather permitting). The track hosts several national type events featuring jets, funny cars, dragsters, pro stocks, wheelstanders, nitrous pro modifieds and car-crushing trucks. Located ten miles north of the Illinois border and 4 miles west of I-94 on Exit 337 in Kenosha County. Telephone: (262) 878-3783.

Hales Corners Speedway: Saturday night stock car racing on a one-third mile clay oval from April through September. Also hosts occasional Sprint car specials during the year. Located on Highway 100, one-half mile south of Forest Home Ave. Telephone: (414) 778-4700.

Milwaukee Mile: Located at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, the one-mile oval is the nation's oldest continuously operated major speedway. It hosts several major events, including the Miller Lite 225 CART Champ Car Race in June and the NASCAR BGN and Truck series' doubleheader on the 4th of July weekend. Telephone: (414) 453-8277.

Slinger Speedway: Sunday night late-model stock car racing on a high-banked asphalt quarter mile. Street stocks, Figure-8 racing, late-model and modified racing. Telephone: (262) 644-5921.

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