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Jake Redetzke was the winner the last time the Challenge Series visited Rice Lake Speedway in 2023.

WISSOTA Late Model racers will descend upon Rice Lake Speedway for Challenge Series stop on Saturday, August 9

By Ed Reichert

For the first time in 2025, the WISSOTA Late Models will take to Rice Lake Speedway, as the stars of the Structural Buildings WISSOTA Challenge Series will invade the speedway on Saturday night, August 9.

This event will feature many of the best drivers in all of WISSOTA as they race a 40-lap main event that will pay the winner $3,000.

This will be the first appearance of the Structural Buildings Challenge Series to the track since 2023, when Jake Redetzke took the checkered flag. The Late Models also raced twice at the track last year, with Dan Bargender and Chad Mahder splitting those WISSOTA-sanctioned events.

Along with the regulars who follow the Challenge Series schedule, a strong field of area stars are expected to give the Challenge Series regulars a hard-fought battle, with drivers such as Redetzke, Mahder, Sam Mars, John Kaanta and a host of others expected to be on hand. Seven different drivers have already won Challenge Series events this year in what is expected to be a wide-open field.

Race fans will get a lot of value for their admission dollar on August 9. Along with a full show for the Late Models, WISSOTA-sanctioned Street Stocks, Midwest Modifieds and Modifieds are also part of the program. The Pure Stocks and Super Stocks have the night off.

The pit gate will open at 3 p.m. on August 9, the spectator gates at 4 pm, and qualifying for the Late Models to begin at 6 p.m. with the rest of the night to follow.

For the latest information on the speedway, visit the speedway website at www.ricelakespeedway.net.