From Kathy Rose, UPIR President
We each concentrate on our areas of expertise. We are all volunteers for the Upper Peninsula International Raceway. We partner with the Delta County Chamber of Commerce to raise funds for a multi-use and multi-season motorsports facility at the Escanaba Fairgrounds. We have a 1/5 mile clay “D” shaped track and we will cut in a smaller course for lawn mower racing.
Stock car racing has a long history in Escanaba, but was absent for too many years and no chance of returning while the state owned the fairgrounds. We held three races last year and ran 4/6 cylinder cars, tuff trucks and micro sprints. Our fourth race was more of a thank you to drivers and fans. We kept prices low to make our events family affordable. All concessions were $2, gate admission $5, pit passes $10 and racing fee $10. Each race our car count grew and the response was overwhelming. This year we are hosting five races and also running the Demo Derby during the fair in August. . We are lining up special events for each of our race dates. We have the Milwaukee Vintage Modified Club coming on July 30th and a bus/van/cycle stunt show and possibly 3/4 scale modified cars from Alabama.
We will be teaming up with Shannon Kayhart and the Wisconsin Lawn Mower Racing Association to get up to speed as quickly as possible. We are very excited to be adding Lawn Mower Racing to our racing programs! Hope to see you in Escanaba!
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