Apollo Dragways (Superior)

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Failed after badly laid asphalt broke up in the harsh weather

Raced: 1974-76
State: Wisconsin
What's left: The site was redeveloped, but the strip or its layout lives on in whatever replaced it.
On the site today: Copper Creek Motorsports Park, a kart and micro-sprint track
Raced on: Built as a drag strip
Track: 1/8 mile
Surface: Asphalt
Location: Eight miles south of Superior, east of Wisconsin Highway 35, just north of Pattison State Park
People: Dennis Van Alstine, manager and investor (1974-76)
Twin Ports Drag Racing Inc., owner (1974-76)
Elevation: 803 ft (245 m)
Coordinates: 46.55596, -92.11670

Dennis Van Alstine managed Apollo Dragways, an eighth-mile asphalt strip eight miles south of Superior, east of Wisconsin Highway 35 and just north of Pattison State Park. He said the track was finally starting to turn a profit. But the asphalt hadn’t been laid properly and quickly broke up in the area’s harsh weather. The investors in Twin Ports Drag Racing Inc., Van Alstine among them, sued the contractor, who declared bankruptcy and left them out of their money. The site is now Copper Creek Motorsports Park, a kart and micro-sprint track that opened in 2006.

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