Milwaukee Mile NASCAR Race Track

NASCAR's Fantastic Milwaukee Mile

The Milwaukee Mile is a racetrack found in West Allis, Winconsin, USA and is found on the Wisconsin State Fair grounds. It has been one of the main venues for American motor sports since 1903, holding at least one race a year. It is officially the oldest operating motor speedway throughout the world with Indianapolis Motor Speedway beginning eight years later in 1911. The Milwaukee Mile has played a large part in determining the face of auto racing during the past century.

Before 1953 the Milwaukee Mile was operated as a dirt track but was paved in 1954, leaving the dirt infield track for weekly programs that took place during the 50's and 60's. It was repaved again once the 1967 season came to a closure and by 1970 the quarter mile dirt track and the half-mile road course were converted to accommodate the pit area.

The Legendary Oval has a list of past winners that are part of racing history, including names like Dale Earnhardt Jr, Barney Oldfield, Parnelli Jones, Rex Mays, A.J. Foyt, the Unsers and the Andrettis. The track is also known for being the only track to hold races for the Indy Racing League, NASCAR and the Champ Car World Series. NASCAR used Milwaukee for two Busch Series stock car races in 1984 and 1985. In 1993 the NASCAR Busch Series went back to Milwaukee where Steve Grissom won the event. Since then the Busch Series has been running every year from the Milwaukee Mile. Similarly the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series began its course in Milwaukee in 1995 and has returned every season.

In recent years the well-respected racecourse has had a face-lift and undergone many improvements to add comfort to the spectators. This includes a new all-aluminum bleacher and grandstand seating that will be able to hold up to 40,000 people, a new scoring pylon, a new pit wall, the building of a permanent infield care center building and a repaving and retrofit of the infield road course. There will also be renovations done to the restrooms and concession areas significantly enhancing there look as well as paddock space and competitor areas that will be state-of-the-art.