12/5/2017
Badger Midget Auto Racing Association
"Badger Midgets return to Beaver Dam Raceway in 2018"
Beaver Dam, WI, Dec. 5---Midget Auto Racing returns to Beaver Dam Raceway in 2018, for the first time in nearly eight years! The 1/3-mile high banked clay oval will host the season opener for The Zimbrick Chevrolet of Sun Prairie Badger Midget Racing Series, on Saturday Night April 21. The event will also feature the IRA Bumper to Bumper Outlaw Sprint Car Series, and the Wisconsin Wingeless Sprint Series.
Badger has sanctioned 56 midget events at the track since it reopened in 1993, in the current track design. A total twenty-one drivers have won Badger feature events, with the most recent event on Sept. 4, 2010 won by Scott Hatton. The Sept. 23 Scott Semmelmann Memorial at the track will also feature all three divisions.
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Four-time Badger Midget Series Champion Brad Kuhn (74) edged two-time Badger Champion Mike Hess (51) to win the May 6, 2006 Badger season opener at Beaver Dam Raceway. Badger returns to the facility in 2108 for the first time in nearly eight years for two events.
(Dave Jensen photo)
Article Credit: Bryan Gapinski