Adams Automotive
Location: Cameron, Wisconsin
Owner: Dave Adams
Phone: (715) 458-2985 • Fax (715) 458-2883
Address: 401 Poplar St. • Cameron, WI 54822

Adams Automotive is a complete machine shop and engine builder serving competitors in the Late Model, Modified, Super Stock and Street Stock divisions. Owner Dave Adams has over 30 years of engine building experience and is a former Late Model and Modified driver; his son, Kevin, is one of the top Modified drivers in all of WISSOTA Country. Year after year, many of the top drivers in all divisions in national points all utilize Adams Automotive engines in their cars. Whether you have the expertise to assemble your engine and just need the machine work or need a complete design concept, machining and assembly of your race engine, Adams Automotive is prepared to ensure you are race-ready with a reliable source of horsepower. Remember, Adams specializes in Super Stock, Midwest Modified and Street Stock engine programs.

Adams Automotive & Machine
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Owner: Ben Adams
Phone: (701) 772-2630 • Fax (701) 772-4882
Address: 1100 N. 5th Street • Grand Forks, ND 58203

Adams Automotive & Machine was founded by Ben Adams in 1972 to serve high performance auto enthusiasts and racers in the upper midwest and has since expanded to serve clients from across a large region of the U.S. A variety of WISSOTA national champions - in the Modified and Super Stock ranks - have been powered by Ben Adams engines in recent years and Adams Automotive and Machine works with racers in all V-8 powered divisions, from Sprint Cars to Street Stocks. Adams Automotive and Machine performs all machine work in-house for tight control of quality and confidentiality and has an on-site dyno for continuous research and development. An additional service offered is in-chassis engine set-up and tuning.

Baxter Engines website
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Owner: Gary Baxter
Phone: (715) 874-4142 • Fax (715) 874-4172
Address: 3910 Morningcrest Road • Eau Claire, WI 54703

After several decades of serving the automotive, industrial and agricultural industries, Baxter Engines is still going strong and ready to take on all of your machine work. While the team at Baxter Engines is completely ready to build your winning race engine from the ground up, they also specialize in handling the machining processes that many shops can't perform in-house. Baxter Engines has served winning clients in the Street Stock, Super Stock, Modified and Late Model divisions of WISSOTA for many years and continues to support winning racers from as far away as Montana.

Dakota Engine Builders
Location: Jamestown, North Dakota
Owner: Jim Bayer
Phone: (701) 252-2344 • Fax (701) 252-0449
Address: 3698 Highway 281 SE • Jamestown, ND 58401

Dakota Engine Builders is a full service engine shop that offers everything from engine design to machining to assembly and testing, all in one facility. They are also a dealer for World Products cylinder heads. Owner Jim Bayer has assembled a talented team of technicians who create engines that power some of the best drivers in all of WISSOTA Country, including Jamestown's John Corell. All of the engine shop's workers are also involved with race teams so they know how important winning is to each customer and they provide top-notch service to every client, regardless of division. Dakota Engine Builders works with Sprint, Late Model, Modified, Super Stock and Street Stock drivers and features an in-house dyno in the modern shop.

Pro Craft Racing Engines website
Location: Greenwood, Wisconsin
Owner: Perry Oestreich
Phone: (715) 267-7140
Address: N9051 Fairground Avenue • Greenwood, WI 54437

Pro Craft Racing Engines of Greenwood, Wisconsin, specializes in offering racers in a variety of classes turnkey racing engines. Owner Perry Oestreich and his crew specialize in Late Model (WISSOTA and Open Competition), Modified Spec and Super Stock engines primarily but are capable of putting together a winning engine program for drivers in any division of asphalt or dirt track racing. The Pro Craft shop, located on Perry's property in rural central Wisconsin, is full of high tech machining and engine testing equipment including an in-house dyno, which is available to racers regardless of where their engines were built. Pro Craft is also a Warehouse Distributor for Crower, Wiseco, Diamond, Brodix, Callies, BLP and Baker Carburetors, Champ Pans, Mangus Precision Oil Pumps, ATI Dampners, Dart and World Products and a variety of other proven, popular brands.

Sturdy Engines website
Location: Milbank, South Dakota
Manager: Kevin Schuelke
Phone: (605) 432-4584 • Fax: (605) 432-6167
Address: P.O. Box 47 • Junction Hwys. 12 & 15 • Milbank, SD 57252

Sometimes the name says it all about a business. And in the case of Sturdy Engines that couldn’t be more true. Sturdy Engines, a division of Hedahl's Auto Parts of Milbank, South Dakota, has the well deserved reputation for dependable racing engines designed for every racing division and budget. At Sturdy, they build Chevy, Ford and Mopar V-8s and also do a lot of work on Ford 4-cylinder engines. Their work is not limited to racing, though, as they build powerplants for automotive, agricultural and industrial use as well. Some of the quality products that they install in engines at Sturdy include Ross, Crower and Keith Black pistons, Oliver and Eagle rods, Sealed Power products and Scat rods and cranks. The team of engine specialists at Sturdy vow to make sure their customers never come back saying that they were underpowered, and utilize many custom components to configure racing engines to match the needs and driving style of each individual customer.

Tim's Automotive Machine website
Location: Bloomer, Wisconsin
Owner: Tim Ludwigson
Phone: (715) 568-1323 • Fax: (715) 568-1325
Address: 18797 County Road Q • Bloomer, WI 54724

Tim Ludwigson's engine shop, Tim's Automotive Machine, has been in the business of providing the area's stock car racers with powerful engines for more than a decade and is constantly expanding to serve a growing client list. Ludwigson and his crew specialize in competition engines for the Late Model, Modified, Super Stock, Midwest Mod and Street Stock divisions and work closely with a large number of WISSOTA area drivers on their way to winning championships. All machining and assembly are done in-house at Tim's Automotive Machine by skilled workers who understand your desire to win and your need for reliability. Tim's is conveniently located just off Highway 53 near Bloomer, Wisconsin.

Weseman Engineering website
Location: Alpha, Minnesota
Owner: John Weseman
Phone: (507) 847-4702 • Fax: (507) 847-5738
Address: Route 2 Box 91 • Alpha, MN 56111

Weseman Engineering, long known for its high quality WISSOTA and ASCS Sprint engines and Late Model engines, and also offers a strong WISSOTA Mod Spec engine program. Owners John and Dawn Weseman and their technicians develop complete engine solutions for their clients using only the highest quality components and the result is a line of engines with the horsepower and torque needed to win. Weseman Engines are also known for their durability. In addition, Weseman Engineering offers the complete line of Dart and World Product cylinder heads, which can be purchased out-of-the-box or fully machined and prepared for their customer's engine. John Weseman also rebuilds magnetos for a fraction of the price of purchasing a new unit. Weseman Engineering is located in southern Minnesota just off Interstate 90 at the Alpha exit.

CHASSIS BUILDERS

Dirt Track Supply website
Location: Watertown, South Dakota
Owner: Ron Anderson
Phone: (605) 886-8924 • Fax: (605) 882-3160
Address: 615 7th Street SE • Watertown, SD 57201

Dirt Track Supply has been one of the top suppliers of race car chassis and parts for more than a decade in the Dakotas and western WISSOTA country and also serves clients from "the east" in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Dirt Track Supply is the manufacturer of Arrow Modifieds and Super Stocks, which is a proven, winning chassis design campaigned by many knowledgeable veteran drivers. Dirt Track Supply is also the premier Late Model chassis supplier in all of the WISSOTA region as dealer for Mastersbilt, Rayburn, Warrior, Bullitt, and Larry Shaw chassis. In addition, Dirt Track Supply builds Street Stocks and offers a repair service for all makes of chassis in all divisions as well as providing every bolt-on component you could possibly need for your race car.

Rapid Performance
Affordable Chassis website
Location: Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
Owner: Joe & John Henkemeyer
Phone: (320) 253-1069 or (320) 252-4640 • Fax: (320) 529-1937
Address: 1120 4th Avenue South • Sauk Rapids, MN 56379
E-Mail: rapid2a@aol.com

Affordable Chassis Super Stocks have dominated the competition in the division for the past several seasons, earning the brand far more feature wins than any other make of race car and several national championships. Built by brothers and drivers Joe and John Henkemeyer, Affordable Chassis have proven superior in head-to-head competition across the entire region and the best drivers in the division know they need Affordable cars to get to victory lane. The Henkemeyer brothers' business, Rapid Performance, also builds Modified (WISSOTA, IMCA & B-Mod), Mod Four and Late Model chassis and is a complete parts supply house for all racing components. Don't settle for second. Go racing with Affordable and win this season.

Specialty Fabricating website
Location: Fargo, North Dakota
Owner: Mitch Johnson
Phone: (701) 298-9799 • Fax: (701) 298-9799
Address: 4230 7th Ave. North • Fargo, ND 58102

Speciality Fabricating has quietly become one of the hottest chassis brands in all of the WISSOTA region in the past several years, thanks in large part to the success of drivers like Kent Arment and Craig Thatcher, who have dominated the WISSOTA national point standings for several straight years with Specialty Fabricating cars. Chassis developer Jay McDonald and new owner Mitch Johnson, both seasoned racers, have taken pride in providing very personal and individual service to all Specialty Fab clients in both the Modified and Midwest Modified divisions and the company offers a variety of suspension styles. In addition to offering new chassis and the components to finish them, Specialty Fab also offers a complete repair and update service and also specializes in fabricating bodies and interiors for drivers of all makes and models of race cars.

RACING PARTS/COMPONENTS

DRW Performance
Location: Billings, Montana
Owner: Darryn Waldo
Phone: 1-800-379-9902 or (406) 373-5625 • Fax: (406) 373-5625
Address: 4081 Hwy. 312 East • Billings, MT 59105

Darryn Waldo's DRW Performance has been supplying the winners of the west with all of their racing equipment for nearly a decade, both at the modern store and trackside at a variety of Montana tracks where Waldo himself often competes. DRW Performance is a dealer for Speciality Fabricating Modifieds and Super Stocks, Fegers Race Cars and Dirt Works Modifieds and stocks all of the bolt-on components to finish and repair all makes of race cars. His client list includes customers in every racing division throughtout the region, from Street Stocks through Sprint Cars. Popular brands always in stock at DRW include Carrera, Bilstein, Bell Helmets, Pro Shocks, Basssett Wheels, World Products cylinder heads and everything from the AFCO line-up. Whether you need engine or chassis components, DRW should be one of your first calls because its selection is second to none and Waldo extends the best prices he can to racers across WISSOTA. DRW is also a dealer for United Expressline trailers. Major credit cards are accepted.

JR Manufacturing • Champ Pans website
Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Owner: Jerry Redetzke
Phone: (715) 834-7748 • Fax: (715) 835-7254
Address: 6198 Highway 12 East • Eau Claire, WI 54701

When racers go shopping for engine components, especially those related to the vital lubrication system, they should think first about Champ Pans, which are built by JR Manufacturing. JR Manufacturing has dozens of different pans for different high performance uses and sells about 6,000 oil pans per year through its extensive dealer network across the country, including the WISSOTA region. Champ Pans come in a huge variety of models to fit every racing application, from street to strip and from dirt to asphalt, including claimer pans for budget-minded racers to complete wet and dry sump systems for the top divisions in auto racing. JR Manufacturing is also a dealer for Wrisco aluminum and serves a lot of local racers who build their own bodies and interiors for their race cars. A number of other products are available at JR Manufacturing including aluminum dry sump oil pans for small block Chevys, Dart blocks and components by Rodeck and Brodix. In addition, JR Manufacturing is a dealer for Curt Manufacturing trailer hitches.

Lou Fegers Racing Equipment website
Location: Delano, Minnesota
Owner: Mike & Barb Fegers
Phone: 1-800-328-3618 or (763) 473-9481 • Fax: (763) 972-6658
Address: 512 E. Highway 12 • Delano, MN 55328
E-Mail: barb@loufegersracing.com

After more than 35 years of top-notch service to the racers of the midwest and beyond, Lou Fegers Racing Equipment sets the standard in race supply businesses. The highly successful family enterprise deals in both race car parts and complete chassis fabrication under the Fegers Race Cars brand. In addition to the Late Model and Modified chassis, the company also manufactures a very competitive, proven Super Stock chassis as well. Of course, all of the parts a racer needs to complete a Fegers car, or any other brand, are in stock. One toll-free call to Lou Fegers Racing Equipment gets you quick delivery. In short, the business handles everything for a race car chassis, drive train and suspension. You’ll also find lots of safety equipment like seats, belts, gloves, suits and shoes in stock. Lou Fegers Racing Equipment is both a wholesale outlet for other race businesses and a retail outlet for racers themselves. LFRE represents quality name brands like Afco, Howe, Wilwood, Intercomp, Simpson, Federal Mogul, Bert Transmissions and Performance Bodies, among others.

TRANSMISSIONS/DRIVELINES

Bushore Racing Enterprises website
Location: Boone, Iowa
Owner: Bill Bushore
Phone: (515) 432-8130 • Fax: (515) 432-6701
Address: 1325 Moingona Road • Boone, IA 50036
E-Mail: bushrace@opencominc.com

While their main product remains an affordable, durable and reliable powerglide transmission, Bushore Racing Enterprises can supply all of your driveline needs from the flywheel to the rear-end. They offer a complete line of products to go with their powerglide transmissions including front pump drive kits, push start systems, shifters, transmission replacement parts, driveshafts, 9 inch Ford replacement parts and more. Bushore is also a dealer for Gaerte Fuel systems alcohol and gas carburetors. For many years, Bushore has worked closely with many drivers from IMCA but in the last few years he’s seen a large increase in calls from the WISSOTA racing region as many drivers - especially in the Modified division - have been searching for a more reliable transmission that fits WISSOTA's rules. Bushore’s personal experience ranges from dirt track ovals to the drag strip so when his customers call, he knows exactly what they’re going through and is ready to offer practical advice.

Elwood Racing, Inc.
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Owner: Andy Elwood
Phone: (320) 203-8949 • Fax (320) 203-8941
Address: 4909 County Rd 136 • St. Cloud, MN 56301
E-Mail: eriracing@aol.com

Elwood Racing is the exclusive local outlet for service on Bert Transmissions and KSE Pumps and also services Brinn Transmissions, Sweet Servos, Woodward Racks, Appleton Racks, and all makes of carburetors, starters and dry sump oil systems and Baker carbs. Elwood is also factory trained as an authorized KSE Pump service tech, the only other place such work can be done other than at the KSE factory itself. In recent years, owner Andy Elwood expanded into the Sprint Car market and now offers service of KSE power steering boxes, front drive water pumps and power steering pumps for the winged machines. Elwood Racing also sells the Stock Car Products brand of dry sump systems as well as servicing the components at the St. Cloud shop. In addition, Elwood offers sales and service of high quality standard and heavy duty mini starters and stocks fresh racing fuel, both methanol and racing gas. Major credit cards are welcomed as payment for products and services at Elwood Racing.

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

VINYL GRAPHICS

Whiplash Designs & Graphics
Location: Somerset, Wisconsin
Owner: Chris Weber
Phone: (715) 247-4808 • Fax (715) 247-4808
Address: P.O. Box 416, 874 Highway 64 • Somerset, WI 54025

When the cars hit the tracks in western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota this season, some of the graphics will surely “turn some heads,” and when that happens it’s a safe bet that the graphics came from Whiplash Designs and Graphics of Somerset, WI, which is owned by degreed commercial artist Chris Weber, brother of Super Stock driver Mike Weber and Street Stock driver Charlie Weber. When you call Whiplash Designs and Graphics, you can be assured that is that it’s a service for racers by racers who know what you need, not some generic sign guy who doesn’t know horsepower from a horse. Graphics can either be ordered at the Whiplash office or conveniently over the phone. Graphics packages can also be shipped out via mail or UPS to customers who wish to do the application themselves. In addition to designing the graphics for the race cars, Whiplash can also create graphics packages for race trailers as well as create commercial signage and logos for area businesses. Bring your own ideas to Chris or go empty handed; either way the outcome will be a satisfying case of Whiplash.

FUELS & SUPPLIERS

Diamond Oil Company
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Owner: Jason Chance
Phone: 1-800-422-7563 or (515) 244-4271 • Fax: (515) 244-4273
Address: P.O. Box 955 • Des Moines, IA 50304

Diamond Oil Company is the main distributor of Sunoco and Turbo Blue brand racing fuels to the WISSOTA racing region, including the states of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, as well as Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. Diamond Oil Company distributes all of the Sunoco and Turbo Blue brands of racing gas as well as their own brand of racing quality methanol, Diamond Power Methanol, a 99.9% pure fuel designed strictly for high performance applications. Anyone interested in becoming a dealer for Sunoco fuels, Turbo Blue or Diamond Power Methanol can call Diamond Oil to learn more about the attractive dealer programs and the many benefits of the brands to the racers.

Sunoco Performance Products website
Location: Linwood, Pennsylvania
Phone: 1-800-RACE-GAS
Address: P.O. Box 1226 • Linwood, PA 19061

As a national sponsor of the WISSOTA Promoters Association as well as many other sanctioning bodies across the nation, Sunoco race fuels remain at the forefront of the racing industry in popularity and is the largest manufacturer of racing gasolines in the world. Sunoco offers a variety of fuels for different high performance applications, including all types of dirt track racing. More engine builders, racers, tracks, and sanctioning bodies choose Sunoco than all other racing gasolines combined! Sunoco's track-proven fuels are designed to provide unsurpassed power, performance, quality, and consistency to keep you "Ahead of the Pack." Sunoco offers even more choice with an expanded product line that includes numerous specialty fuels. Make the right choice: Go With Sunoco. To find a dealer in your area, visit the Sunoco website with the above link.

Turbo Blue Racing Gasoline website
Location: Linwood, Pennsylvania
Phone: 1-800-45-TURBO
Address: P.O. Box 1226 • Linwood, PA 19061

When you need to lead the pack - no matter what type of motorsports you are involved in - count on Turbo Blue Racing Gasolines on first lap and every lap. Turbo Blue Racing Gasolines are refined to meet the needs of all types of motorsports from the professional racer to the weekend enthusiast. Everyone at Turbo Blue Racing Gasolines is committed to providing a consistent, high quality race gasoline that competitors can count on for all motorsports applications. Turbo Blue, Turbo Blue Extreme and Turbo Blue Unleaded fuels can all be used in a variety of racing applications and will help you Lead The Pack! To learn more about Turbo Blue fuels and to find the dealers in your area, visit the Turbo Blue website with the above link.

TRAILERS & HAULERS

West-Way Trailer Sales
Location: Huron, South Dakota
Owner: Orville Chenoweth
Phone: (605) 352-3236 • Fax: (605) 352-3242
Address: P.O. Box 476 • Old Highway 14 West • Huron, SD 57350

WISSOTA Country’s racers from east to west can count on West-Way Trailers for all their hauling needs. West-Way Trailers is the region's Wells Cargo dealer and offers the complete, high quality line of enclosed trailers made by the leader in the industry. Today’s race teams seem to desire a better way to haul their cars from track to track, and West-Way offers the popular Autowagon line of Wells Cargo trailers. Designed specifically for various types of racing, the Autowagon line comes in both straight hitch and fifth wheel configurations to match each individual need. West-Way also carries flatbed straight hitch and fifth wheel trailers. Wells Cargo trailers are some of the best designed and easiest pulling trailers on the market today. In fact, the company’s theme is based on the smooth feel of the trailers: With a Wells Cargo behind, you never look back. All trailers come with a limited three year warranty and years of trouble-free use, whether you buy a race trailer or a trailer for your business or hobby. Of course, the trailers can be purchased from West-Way’s stock or special ordered. West-Way also stocks all of the parts you would ever need to repair or update your trailer for additional uses.

TOOLS & EQUIPMENT

Wehrs Machine & Racing Products website
Location: Bangor, Wisconsin
Owner: Chad Wehrs
Phone: (608) 486-4343 • Fax: (608) 486-1383
Address: P.O. Box 165 • 1723 Commercial St. • Bangor, WI 54614

Wehrs Machine manufactures custom tools and racing equipment which has been designed with quality in mind and machined with precision. From speed lug wrenches to its specially designed engine caddy, Wehrs Machine is quickly developing a reputation for quality workmanship and for making shop and pit work for racers much easier. Some of the other products offered by Wehrs and its dealers include a tranny caddy designed to hold 3-speed or 4-speed GM transmissions, shifter arms to fit those same transmissions, stud girdles to fit small block Chevy engines, radiator restrictors designed to aid your car’s cooling system, a spanner wrench for 9” Ford gear set-up, 9” Ford covers, Weight mounts, carburetor spacers and more. Some of the newer products include a speedy on, speedy off air cleaner nut, an axle puller, A-frame spacers, tranny yoke plugs and helmet hooks. The Jimmy Mars - designed J-Bar is very popular with WISSOTA's Late Model racers, and Wehrs also offers an instant timing adjuster, heim center finders, 4 - bar pins, engine lift handles, fuel vent plugs and much, much more. Call for your free catalog!