The Business Journal of Milwaukee (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Milwaukee-area businessmen Frank and Dominic Giuffre have bowed out of a potential promoter agreement to operate the Milwaukee Mile race track at Wisconsin State Fair Park because of a sudden change the board made to its proposed contract.
Ask the Expert: IRL (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
... but that's it. Question: Can you add any substantive comments on the possible operation of The Milwaukee Mile in 2010 by the Guiffre brothers? (Jay, Carmel, Ind.) Answer: All I can tell you is that John Menard is supposedly involved. If that's the case, I think it has a chance to work. He's a racer, and he loves Milwaukee. I think the Indy Racing League staff would work with...
My Name Is IRL (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
For the last few months numerous stories have led us to believe that racing - IndyCar or otherwise - was likely to never again appear at the oldest speedway in the country. That too much corruption, mishandling, or plain old bad finances had done in the famed and historic Milwaukee Mile. That the track was going the way of an old, insignificant character in a Monty Python film. The Dead...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Just days after Historic Mile LLC backed out due to lack of money, another group appears set to take over the embattled Milwaukee Mile. Frank and Dominic Giuffre, who promoted racing at the Mile back in the ’80s and early ’90s, appear set to sign a three-year promotions contract with the Wisconsin State Fair Park [...]
Boots and Sabers (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
What a shame. Tony Machi, whose investor group wanted to promote races at the Milwaukee Mile, told Wisconsin State Fair Park officials on Tuesday that his group is pulling out. Machi’s decision means the future of the historic racetrack is in jeopardy. The 106-year-old track is the oldest continuously operated speedway in the country. Machi said Tuesday that his group, which includes...
Dad29 (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Belling reports that Doyle killed off the Milwaukee Mile, through apparently bad-faith bargaining by his State Fair Board. The report states that the Board chaircritter changed a critical term of the agreement unilaterally...... That Board includes a woman named Wickhem-House, named as a "superlawyer" who practices at Foley & Lardner. Haaaaahvaaaahhhhrd, and all that. Another...
