Badger Midget schedule released with16 dates;
Mid State Equipment named series sponsor

By Bryan Gapinski
Beaver Dam, Wis., March 22---Officials of the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association (BMARA) released a 16-race schedule for the 2010 racing season, today. The season will mark the 74th year of sanctioning midget auto racing, for the country's oldest midget auto racing organization.

Beaver Dam Raceway will serve as the cornerstone of the series, with the first of ten Saturday Night races being held on May 1. The event marks the sixth time the track has hosted the Badger season opening event. Previous winners of opening events at the track include: Kevin Doty (1994), Randy Koch (1995), Dan Boorse (1997), Aaron Fike (2002) and Mike Hess (2009). The season will conclude at the 1/3-mile high banked clay oval on Sept. 4.
Dodge County Fairgrounds (Beaver Dam, Wis.) will host two traditional events "The Sue Thiel Memorial"" on Friday July 2, and "The Fourth annual Stan Fox Memorial Night of Champions" on Sep. 3. The Wilmot (Wis.) Speedway host events on Saturday May 15 and "The 5th annual Salute to Harry Turner" on Aug. 14.
Badger and POWRi will co-sanction a two-day race weekend at Belle Claire Raceway (Belleville, Ill.), on June 24-25 celebrating the 75th year of auto racing at the action packed 1/4-mile dirt oval. Scott Hatton (driver) and Huston Solution (car owner) will again team-up seeking their second consecutive and fifth overall Series Championship.
Badger officials have also announced Mid-State Equipment will be the Series title sponsor for the 2010 season. Mid-State is a full line John Deere, Bobcat and Kubota Dealer with six locations in Southern Wisconsin. They offer an extensive inventory of agriculture equipment along with equipment to suit the homeowners needs.




2010 MID-STATE EQUIPMENT BADGER MIDGET SERIES SCHEDULE



Date Track/Location

Sat. May 1 Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Sat. May 15 Wilmot Speedway (Wilmot, Wis.)

Sat. May 22 Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Sat. May 29 Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Sat. June 12 Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Friday June 25 Belle Claire Raceway (Belleville, Ill.)

Saturday June 26 Belle Claire Raceway (Belleville, Ill.)

Fri. July. 2 Dodge County Fairgrounds (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Sat. July 3 Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Sat. July 17 Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Sat. July 31 Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Sat. August 14 Wilmot Speedway (Wilmot, Wis.)

Sat. August 21 Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Sat. August 28 Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Fri. Sep. 3 Dodge County Fairgrounds (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

Sat. Sep. 4 Beaver Dam Raceway (Beaver Dam, Wis.)

God I hope they didnt make Belle-Clair any bigger in the off season.

I like its just fine as a 1/5 mile track.

Well Fred, what do you think of the schedule?

Not to bad...It was nice that they stayed off of Midget Week..They Also left open Belleville...I wish they would of stayed off the 3 USAC dates at Angell Park...Now I have to play the weather game on them 3 days.......But the way I look at it..I guess I have more Midget races close to home to go to now!..Just hope more cars come out to run seeing you can run 2 or 3 days in a row.

is ther a difference between bever dam raceway and dodge couty fairgrounds?

Good question as I was wondering the same.

Beaver Dam used to be known as Powercom and is now Charter Raceway. Its just off Hwy. 151. Its a fairly heavy banked (I think 1/3rd mile) track. Dodge County is a fair ground track, pretty flat, big half mile. Both have great facitlities for fans.

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And Dodge is only one or two miles directly east of Charter on Hwy 33

I thought they threw in a TBA race during Midget Week?