You may have to travel to Manitowoc County and beyond to get your fill of stock car racing next summer. Officials for Door and Kewaunee counties have requested proposals from local promoters for the tracks at the Door County Fairgrounds and the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds.
In Door County, PKS3-LLC told officials in September that they would not seek a new contract to operate the track in 2024. A subsequent Highway and Facilities Committee meeting found no acceptable bids in the first round of the RFP process, but it hopes to be more fruitful the second time. District 9 County Board Supervisor Dan Austad said he would like to see racing continue, “but if no promoter wants to run the track, then racing may die in Door County.”
In Kewaunee County, Promotions and Recreation Department Director Dave Myers issued an RFP for racing at the Luxemburg Speedway, which has operated under The ‘Burg Speedway moniker for the last few seasons. According to the department's information, the track averaged over 100 cars and 630 fans in 2022 and 2023. That’s higher than in 2015 and 2019 but a far cry from 2016, when it averaged over 140 cars and 1.200 fans a night. The RFP for the Luxemburg Speedway is due back on December 5th.
Correction: A zero was omitted from the average race attendance in 2016, which was 1,200 and not 120. We regret this error.
