Fireworks Added to Fourth Annual Badger State Showdown at Luxemburg July 3 and 4 By Joe Verdegan

July 1, 2008; Denmark, WI. - - A huge fireworks display Friday night will cap off Wisconsin's highest paying IMCA sanctioned program at Luxemburg Speedway July 3 and 4 for the fourth annual Badger State Showdown presented by CZ's Bushville Lanes and Sloan and Associates Realtors.

The race was rained out one month earlier.

Four IMCA sanctioned divisions are on the card for the program at the third-mile, clay oval located at the Kewaunee County Fairgrounds. The show boasts a $30,000 total purse during the two days.

Both Modified features are qualifying events for the Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational ballot, with $1,000 paid to win on opening night and $2,000 paid to win on Friday.

IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars run for $700 to win on Thursday and $1,300 to win on Friday. Top prizes for the Karl Chevrolet Northern SportMods have been upped to $400 and $800, while IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks vie for winner’s checks of $275 and $550.

National, home region and Smiley’s Racing Products state points will be awarded for both draw/re-draw shows; local track points will also be given Friday.

Pit gates open at 4 p.m. and racing starts at 7 p.m. Thursday and 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

Entry fees are: Modifieds, $75 for both days, $35 for Thursday only and $55 for Friday only; Stock Cars, $60 for both days, $30 for Thursday only and $45 for Friday only; Northern SportMods, $40 for both days, $20 for Thursday only and $30 for Friday only; and Hobby Stocks, $30 for both days, $15 for Thursday only and $25 for Friday only.

Grandstand admission on Thursday is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $6 for students ages 11-15. On Friday, admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for students. Kids 10 and under are admitted free both days when accompanied by a paying adult.

A one-day pit pass is $25; cost of a two-day pit pass is $45.

Information about the Badger State Showdown, sponsored by CZ’s Bushville Lanes and Sloan & Associates
Realtors, is available from Track Manager Rick Goral at 920 660-8095.