LGR Season Opener plus First Midwest Sportsman Championship Series Event on April 5th! Dale R. Erdmann

March 30, 2003; Lake Geneva, WI. - Now that the 26th. annual BARS “lets go racing”motorsports show is history it means stock car racing in southeastern Wisconsin kicks off the 2003 season at Lake Geneva Raceway.

Starting it’s 42nd. season of operation the first four seasons were only a dragstrip now billed as the “world’s fastest”one third mile paved banked oval and the dragstrip is long gone.

This facility will host over 64 events from April until late October. Starting with the season opener on April 5th. the first Saturday night weekly program will include the Budweiser super late models headed by Matt Kocourek of Racine the 2002 champion. Kocourek will not be defending his championship but be here a few times during the season including this night. Also here each week will be the McHenry Limousine super stock cars with Rob Summers from Lake Geneva the champion from last season.

The special added attraction will be a new series special. The Midwest sportsman championship series will also be on the card. A 40 lap feature will be on tap as drivers compete in the first of eight shows in this new series. The Rockford Speedway and Slinger Speedway will be the home of some of the events during the season.

James Swan of Lake Geneva is the defending champion of the Performance Unlimited Sportsman cars that ran at LGR last season and many more this year.

Time trials will start at 5:45 pm. the first race at 7 pm. The raceway is located on Bloomfield Road just southeast of downtown Lake Geneva,Wisconsin. The phone number is 262-248-8566.The raceway website is www.lakegenevaraceway.com.