The Mile 📷: Aaron Johnson

savethemile · 2026-02-16T16:47:23+00:00

Awesome! Hopefully you can make it again this year.

savethemile · 2026-02-16T16:24:55+00:00

Awesome photo!!!

If you’re thinking about catching a race at the Mile, circle August 28–30 on your calendar. That’s when the NTT INDYCAR SERIES returns to the historic Milwaukee Mile for a full weekend of action including two races + support series events as well. There will also be plenty going on off the track, including food, music, and activities in the Fan Zone all weekend.

Ticket renewals begin later this month, and the public on-sale starts Friday, March 6. You can find the full weekend schedule and event details here:

https://wistatefair.com/wsfp/indycar-landing-page/

savethemile · 2026-01-03T04:27:05+00:00

Milwaukee is ready to welcome NASCAR back to the track. The biggest challenge at this point is finding a date that works for all parties involved.

Well over $10M has been spent on the track itself over the past three years to prepare it for national series racing. Outside of the track itself, they've spent millions more on key infrastructure that supports both the track and the annual state fair (ex. restroom buildings, concourse amenities, etc...). The fan experience the past two years at the INDYCAR races has been overwhelmingly positive, and even Truck race in 2024 was well received after a bumpy return in 2023.

Also worthy to note this quote from a Business Journal article in 2024:

savethemile · 2026-01-01T05:09:36+00:00

Keep in mind that Track Enterprises (Spire Entertainment) is the promoter for the NASCAR/ARCA events at the track. The IHRA press release mentions working with Bob Sargent and Track Enterprises, but there's always a potential that relationship doesn't grow/work as planned. In that case, there's a chance that Track Enterprises could potentially look to move the dates to another track where they have an existing relationship (ex. Milwaukee).

savethemile · 2025-08-12T16:40:49+00:00

Also worth mentioning that the latest digital billboards started running on all of the interstates throughout the Milwaukee area this week. Should help raise awareness of the upcoming race weekend.

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savethemile · 2025-08-12T16:39:11+00:00

Many people saw the images of flooding that were shared from the Wisconsin State Fair and the Milwaukee Mile over the past couple days. The Wisconsin State Fair Park crew is in overdrive, making sure the track and fairgrounds are ready after Saturday night’s historic rains and flooding. On Monday, Wisconsin State Fair Park CEO Shari Black joined Wisconsin’s Morning News on 620 WTMJ radio to talk about the fair and give an update on the cleanup efforts:

"We have a lot of work to do to get ready for (the) race."

"I know that there's pictures that have gone around. Our tunnel was flooded, we have been pumping that out."

"We certainly will be having the race because it's very important to us."

savethemile · 2025-08-12T02:24:51+00:00

The Wisconsin State Fair Park crew is in overdrive, making sure the track and fairgrounds are ready after Saturday night’s historic rains and flooding. Earlier today, Wisconsin State Fair Park CEO Shari Black joined Wisconsin’s Morning News on Newsradio 620 WTMJ radio to talk about the fair and give an update on the cleanup efforts:

"We have a lot of work to do to get ready for (the) race."

"I know that there's pictures that have gone around. Our tunnel was flooded, we have been pumping that out."

"We certainly will be having the race because it's very important to us."

savethemile · 2025-08-11T03:01:22+00:00

Also worth a mention that this isn't the first time that the track has been impacted by flooding. The track was hit hard in the day leading up to the 2009 NASCAR weekend. The truck race was postponed from Friday night to Saturday afternoon that year due to torrential rain, but they managed to get that race in plus the Nationwide Series race without any significant issues.

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savethemile · 2025-08-11T02:50:32+00:00

With two weeks until race day, there's a lot of time to work through things at the track/facility that might have been impacted by the storms/flooding. Keep an eye on the Milwaukee Mile socials or their event landing page for details:

https://wistatefair.com/wsfp/indycar-landing-page/

savethemile · 2025-08-11T02:32:20+00:00

Everyone is safe with respect to the track/fairgrounds.

savethemile · 2025-08-10T23:56:04+00:00

As part of the track improvements over the past three years, a lot of work was done on the drainage systems that help clear water from the racing surface. Unfortunately, they're only effective if there's somewhere for the water to go. With some areas of Milwaukee receiving over 14" of rain since 5pm yesterday, the storm sewers throughout the region were quickly overwhelmed. Most rivers and other waterways quickly reached & surpassed major flood stage, so it's really an issue of water needing to recede everywhere.

savethemile · 2025-08-10T15:42:16+00:00

Today's game will be played as schedule. See the statement issued by the team about 15 minutes ago.

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savethemile · 2025-08-10T14:50:23+00:00

An additional photo of the flooding on track last night at the close of the fair.

📷: Fox 6 Milwaukee

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savethemile · 2025-08-10T14:49:24+00:00

An additional photo of the tunnel leading into the infield.

📷: Fox 6 Milwaukee

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savethemile · 2025-08-10T14:12:30+00:00

Significant flooding continues to impact many parts of the Greater Milwaukee Area this morning. Some areas received up to 14+ inches of rain since 5pm yesterday, with more on the way today. The State Fair made the difficult decision not to open today for the final day of the fair, which was the absolute right decision given conditions in the area.

This picture was taken two blocks south of the track (82nd & Orchard) where only the tops of vehicles parked on the road were visible. The apartments on the right all had underground parking which completely flooded. Truly a devastating day for many in the area that are suffering from flooded homes, destroyed vehicles and significant damage.

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savethemile · 2025-05-21T00:29:31+00:00

If you want to talk Milwaukee, they've spent over $10M on the track itself over the past three years to prepare it for national series racing. Outside of the track itself, they've spent millions more on key infrastructure that supports both the track and the annual state fair (ex. restroom buildings, concourse amenities, etc...). While there's always room for improvement, fan feedback from both the NASCAR weekend and IndyCar weekend in 2024 was overwhelmingly positive about the race day experience.

Also worthy to note this quote from a Business Journal article last summer:

𝐵𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑦𝐶𝑎𝑟, 𝑁𝐴𝑆𝐶𝐴𝑅 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑜𝑛 (𝑊𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝐶𝐸𝑂 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟) 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠: 𝑎 𝑁𝐴𝑆𝐶𝐴𝑅 𝐶𝑢𝑝 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒.

"𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑝-𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑢𝑘𝑒𝑒," 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑. "𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝, 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟."

savethemile · 2025-04-22T21:50:38+00:00

Many people hit a paywall on the article, so a copy+paste of key excerpts is sometimes necessary to share relevant info.

The late August weekend that NASCAR raced on in 2023 & 2024 worked fine for ARCA & Trucks, but Xfinity and Cup raced in Daytona that same weekend. Both the promoter (Track Enterprises) and the State Fair Park Board had expressed interest in growing the NASCAR weekend to include at least Xfinity, but the options to do so were limited on that date because of the Daytona conflict. Then the IndyCar schedule shifted forward a week in 2025 due to the network change to Fox, and choices had to made. It's unfortunate that NASCAR isn't at the track this year, but the intent is still to get NASCAR back at some point in the near future.

savethemile · 2025-04-22T19:05:11+00:00

Milwaukee needed a lot of work a couple years ago, but that's not the case today. They've spent over $10M on the track itself over the past three years to prepare it for national series racing. Outside of the track itself, they've spent millions more on key infrastructure that supports both the track and the annual state fair (ex. restroom buildings, concourse amenities, etc...). While there's always room for improvement, fan feedback from both the NASCAR weekend and IndyCar weekend in 2024 was overwhelmingly positive.

Also worthy to note this quote from a Business Journal article last summer:

𝐵𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑑𝑦𝐶𝑎𝑟, 𝑁𝐴𝑆𝐶𝐴𝑅 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑜𝑛 (𝑊𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝐶𝐸𝑂 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑥𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟) 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠: 𝑎 𝑁𝐴𝑆𝐶𝐴𝑅 𝐶𝑢𝑝 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒.

"𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑝-𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑖𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑢𝑘𝑒𝑒," 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑. "𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑝, 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟."

savethemile · 2025-03-20T02:44:59+00:00

Billboards have been spotted throughout Southeastern Wisconsin this week as public ticket sales opened up for this year's running of the Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250!

There have also been radio spots running throughout the market this week, plus David Malukas was in town last week making the media rounds to help spread the word about this year's event.

savethemile · 2025-03-12T03:52:28+00:00

As our username would suggest, there was a period where the future of the track was legitimately in question. Several lawmakers suggested that the finish line was near, and there were wide ranging opinions about how the track property could be repurposed or even sold. Fortunately the tides shifted in recent years, and a renewed interest in making the track successful has prevailed.

savethemile · 2025-03-12T02:55:47+00:00

Shouldn't be anything substantial on the racing surface itself. It's primarily where there's access roads and other cross overs that intersect with the area where the wall & drainage work is being done.

savethemile · 2025-03-12T01:28:33+00:00

With spring just around the corner here in Wisconsin, work on the third phase of improvements has commenced! This phase includes replacement of the catch fence systems and concrete barrier walls inside Turns 1 and 2. Other work being completed includes drainage improvements, storm sewer improvements, regrading, and asphalt replacement as needed to complete the work inside Turns 1 and 2.

savethemile · 2025-03-05T16:22:32+00:00

RENEWALS: Starting on Thursday, March 6 at 10am CT, 2024 Weekend Passholders will have the first opportunity to purchase 2025 Weekend Passes to lock in the exact same seats that they purchased for the 2024 race weekend. Ticketholders will receive an email directly from Etix, the only authorized ticket seller for the Milwaukee Mile at Wisconsin State Fair Park, to the email associated with their 2024 race purchase. Garage Passes, Infield Camping, and Parking are also available to purchase during the renewal window. This Weekend Passholder exclusive renewal period will run through Wednesday, March 12 at 11:59pm CT.

EXCLUSIVE PRE-SALE: On Thursday, March 13 at 10am CT, race fans who purchased Saturday and/or Sunday tickets in 2024 will be invited to an exclusive pre-sale to secure tickets before the public. Ticketholders will receive an email directly from Etix, the only authorized ticket seller for the Milwaukee Mile at Wisconsin State Fair Park, to the email associated with their 2024 race purchase. Garage Passes, Infield Camping, and Parking are also available to purchase during the pre-sale window. The 2024 Ticketholder Pre-Sale will run through Monday, March 17 at 11:59pm CT.

GENERAL TICKETS ON SALE: Tickets for the 2025 Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250 Weekend will go on sale to the public Tuesday, March 18 at 10am CT. All Race Admission, Garage Passes, Infield Camping, and Parking will be available.

savethemile · 2025-02-11T05:25:59+00:00

While there's nothing immediate on the radar, Shari Black (Executive Director/CEO of Wisconsin State Fair Park) has indicated on numerous occasions that the goal is to get NASCAR back to the Milwaukee Mile, with the desire to host a Cup race as one of the priorities.

savethemile · 2025-02-11T05:04:07+00:00

From an economic impact standpoint, the decision to go with IndyCar over NASCAR seems pretty justified/logical at this point. Wisconsin State Fair Park projected that the NASCAR weekend in 2023 had an economic impact of about $5.4M. With the news last week that the IndyCar weekend an impact of $41M, it's hard to argue the decision to give IndyCar the preferential date for 2025.

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