*Milwaukee 1970 edit with chassis 1 for use with the GN mods*
*Grip adjusted to work with chassis 1*
*Weather changed to hot for less HPk, 110F for GN63, 150F for GN55*
*Edited with permission*


Track name: Milwaukee Mile
(Wisconsin State Fair Speedway)
Location:   West Allis, WI
Year Built: Opened in 1903
Track Length: 1 mile Oval
Surface: Asphalt
Direction: Counter-clockwise
Turns: 4
Series: gns,cts, cup
Release Date: 2/4/16
Racing sim:  NASCAR Racing 2003

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Type: Real
Offline AI: YES
Mod support: cts - gns - cup - pta

There is a setup included for for arcade

Author: John Norton
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wildkustomcars/

Distribution Web Site (s):

Wild Kustoms & Cars (Facebook) 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wildkustomcars
http://wildkustomcars.weebly.com/

(NOTE: Track downloads are listed in the "FILES" section.)

PLEASE REPORT ANY MAJOR BUGS NOT MENTIONED HERE. I WILL TRY AND FIX THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER.

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This track was designed with the GN63-GN70v2.5 mods in mind and was based loosely off Project Wildfire's Milwaukee Mile v 1.0. (mostly for the surface layout)

This version is a throwback to when I was first introduced to racing by my father in the mid 1960's I've seen the greats racing there from AJ Foyt, to Dale jr. Even Dale Sr. was involved in a race there back in the 1980's.

When I first starting going to the Mile (at age 4) USAC was the sanctioning body and they hosted 3 to 5 races a year for stockcars and one for the Indycars. You could take a family of five to an event for under twenty dollars. Those were the days.

So... Without being too long winded. This track is based on memory, photos, and videos from within the mid 1960's to late 1970's era. it's not 100% correct visually, but it is close and has things added from the many changes during those years.

I hope evenyone enjoys it as much as I do.

This track was tested at 95 & 105% opponent strength.

This track was tested using CTS and GNS cars and physics. However there are base setups for CUP, GNS, CTS and PTA mods. Tweak each to your liking.

This track supports 43 cars total. The AI is setup for offline play and the track can also be used online.

Known issues: NONE

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Thank You:

Wayne 'Bowtie' Anderson for 3do's like the car haulers, speakers, people in stands. (used with permission)
Phillip Purpura - track testing and feedback. Your input was invaluable..
PWF for the original track layout.
Brian Spinney - for pointing out an error causing a penalty when pitting.

Papyrus, Photoshop, 3DSimEd, WinMip2, MipExp, Sandbox, N2003DATter, Google Earth, the internet, and pepperoni & sausage pizzas with black olives and extra onions.. and Diet Cola...

And thank you to all of the players that support my tracks, and still play NR2003.

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What objects and mips were used and where they are from

Some of the 3do files were used from the original track. I updated come of the mip files and edited shaped for this track.

Original Track layout - PWF
Track Surface - Orignal Papyrus surface mips
Grass - Original Paprus track surface .mip
Fences - origianl Papyrus tracks
Walls - Original Papyrus track mip files
Haulers - Speakers - People in stands - light poles - Wayne 'Bowtie" Anderson (used with permission)
Beachers - Original Papyrus files
People around the track - Original Papyrus files
As always I'm sure that I missed something... ;)

As always thank you to anyone that may have created something that has been used for one of my tracks. I don't know everyone on Earth and I apologize if something was used that didn't get credited. Send me a message and I will be more than happy to add credit where credit is due. 

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(A brief history from Wikipedia)

The track was a 1 mile (1.6 km) private horse racing track by 1876. In 1891, the site was purchased by the Agricultural Society of the State of Wisconsin to create a permanent site for the Wisconsin State Fair (which it still is).

The first motorsports event was held on September 11, 1903. William Jones of Chicago won a five lap speed contest, and set the first track record with a 72-second, 50 mph (80 km/h) lap. There were 24-hour endurance races in 1907 and 1908. Louis Disbrow won the first 100-mile (160 km) event in 1915, averaging 62.5 mph (100.6 km/h).

Barney Oldfield's success at The Mile helped make him a legend. He set the track record in 1905 and raised his speed in 1910 to 70.159 mph (112.910 km/h) in his "Blitzen Benz". In 1911, Ralph DePalma won the first Milwaukee Mile Championship Car race, four years before his Indianapolis 500 win. Oldfield drove a gold car built by Harry Miller that completely enclosed the driver (called the "Golden Submarine"), and in June 1917 he beat DePalma in a series of 10 to 25-mile (40 km) match races.

The July 17, 1933 race was rained out. Wilbur Shaw and the other drivers convinced the track promoters to run the race the following day and the term "Rain Date" was born.

Huge new grandstands were installed in the 1930s, with seating for 14,900 people. They replaced the original grandstands that were built in 1914. A roof was placed over the grandstands in 1938. These grandstands stood until new aluminum grandstands were installed in September 2002.

The 1939 race was the first AAA Championship race.

The 1937 non-championship AAA event was best known for running 96 laps (instead of 100) due to a scoring error. It was won by Rex Mays, who continued his domination throughout the 1940s by winning in 1941 and the next race (after World War II) in 1946.

The tradition of hosting the "race after the Indianapolis 500" began in 1947. In the 1969 film, "Winning", starring actor and race driver Paul Newman, the character he plays (Frank Capua) remarks, Everybody goes to Milwaukee after Indy.

The Milwaukee Mile held more national championship midget, stock and Indy car races than any other track in the country between 1947 and 1980.

Capacity - approx. 37,000
Owner -State of Wisconsin
Operator -Wisconsin State Fair Park
Opened - 1903
Former names - Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway

* Major events (past and present)
Verizon IndyCar Series
ABC Supply Wisconsin 250
(20042009), (20112015)
Indy Lights
Milwaukee 100
(19862001, 20042009, 20112015)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Copart 200
(19952009)
NASCAR Nationwide Series
NorthernTool.com 250
(19841985, 19932009)
ASA Midwest Tour
Wisconsin All-Star 100
ASA Late Model Series
Governor's Cup 150
Mid-American Stock Car Series
Road Racing, rallys, and several other local events.

* NFL stadium in the middle of the quarter-mile oval
The infield of the quarter-mile dirt infield track at the Mile near the current media center was also the location of a football stadium, informally known as the Dairy Bowl.[8] It hosted the NFL's Green Bay Packers from 1934 through 1951, including the NFL championship game in 1939, a 270 shutout of the New York Giants on December 10 to secure a fifth league title.[9][10][11] The Packers played several games a year in Milwaukee from 1933 through 1994. The team played at Borchert Field in 1933, Marquette Stadium in 1952, and then moved to County Stadium when it opened in 1953.[12]

In 1940 and 1941, the Dairy Bowl also served as the home of the Milwaukee Chiefs of the third American Football League. The 50-yard line sat where the start-finish line is currently located.[13] The city's own entry in the NFL, the Milwaukee Badgers, lasted just five seasons, from 1922 to 1926, and played at Athletic Park, renamed Borchert Field in 1928.

* Open Wheel
In 1954 the 1-mile (1.6 km) track was paved, and an infield road course was created. The 1/4 mile dirt infield track was kept for weekly programs during the 1950s and 1960s.

In 1963 Jim Clark won the first victory for a rear-engined Indy Car in his Lotus-Ford.

In 1964 A.J. Foyt dominated in what was to be his final race in a roadster. The rear-engine began dominating races in the 1960s, replacing the front-engine roadster, but not before one unexpected race. In 1965 A.J. Foyt had to tow his front-engine backup dirt car from Springfield because his primary car and crew wouldn't make it to Milwaukee in time for qualifying. He prepared the car himself for pavement, and put the car on the pole with a speed of 107.881 mph (173.618 km/h). He led for 16 of 200 laps, and finished second.

In 1965 Gordon Johncock scored his first career Indy Car win at the Milwaukee Mile.

The track was repaved before the 1967 season. By 1967 both the 1/4 dirt track and 1/2 mile road course were closed to accommodate the pit area. Lloyd Ruby swept both USAC races held at Milwaukee in 1968, giving him three wins at the Mile including his first win there in 1961.

In the 1983 CART race, Tom Sneva finished first by 10 seconds. Post race inspection found an improper ground clearance on the side mount skirts, so second-place finisher Al Unser was given the win. On appeal, the decision was overturned, and Sneva was awarded the win two weeks later. Sneva would repeat the win one year later in a new 200 kilometer race.

The last sports car race was held on the infield road course on June 16, 1984. The track had deteriorated. It was repaved before October 2004.[14]

In the 1985 CART event, Mario Andretti won the pole on his way to his fourth career track win. His son Michael won the next two races in 1986 and 1987. Milwaukee was also the site of Mario Andretti's first ever paved oval track win in Indy Car racing in 1966.

Al Unser Jr. won the 1990 CART race after Michael Andretti ran out of fuel with two laps to go. The victory was the ninth for the Unser family (father Al Unser, Sr. and uncle Bobby Unser each have four).

The 1991 CART event, however, was dominated by their archrival Andretti family. For the first time in the worldwide history of auto racing, three member of the same family finished 123. Michael Andretti won the race, second went to his cousin John, and third to his father Mario. Michael's brother Jeff finished 11th.

Milwaukee was in danger of losing its CART date in 1992. To save the date, the Fair Board hired Carl Haas to organize all track activities.

The 1992 CART event was again won by Michael Andretti. In 1993, reigning Formula One champion Nigel Mansell got his first oval track win on his way to winning the CART championship. In 2000, Juan Pablo Montoya gave Toyota its first CART win. History was made again when Ryan Hunter-Reay led all of 250 laps to the victory. The final Champ Car race was held in 2006, with eventual champion Sbastien Bourdais winning.

The Indy Racing League IndyCar Series came to the mile in 2004. Dario Franchitti won the inaugural event. His team, Andretti Autosport has won three races at The Mile with Tony Kanaan winning in 2006 and 2007. The other races have been won by Penske Racing drivers Sam Hornish Jr. in 2005 and Ryan Briscoe in 2008 and Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon in 2009. After a one-year absence from Milwaukee, Franchitti won in the Series return to the track in 2011 for Ganassi. After promoter conflicts in late 2015, it was announced that the Mile would not return for the following season.

* NASCAR Nationwide Series/Craftsman Truck Series
NASCAR held two Nationwide Series (formerly Busch Series) stock car races at Milwaukee in 1984 and 1985. The 1984 field was full of NASCAR legends: Alan Kulwicki (2nd), Dick Trickle (3rd), Bobby Allison (4th), Davey Allison (5th), Dale Jarrett (6th), and Darrell Waltrip (25th). The 1984 race was won by Sam Ard.

On July 3, 1993, the NASCAR Nationwide Series returned to Milwaukee. The event was won by Steve Grissom. In 1996 Wisconsin native Dick Trickle was passed with four laps to go by Buckshot Jones, who nosed out Mike McLaughlin and won the race from the furthest starting spot (32nd) and by the closest margin of victory in race and NASCAR Nationwide Series history (.002 seconds). The Nationwide Series has run every year since 1993. Five drivers that won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Milwaukee went on to win the Busch Series championship in the same year (Steve Grissom-1993, Randy LaJoie-1997, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.-1998, Jeff Green-2000, Greg Biffle-2002). Biffle became the first repeat winner when he scored back-to-back victories in 2001 and 2002. Despite Trickle having come the closest previously, the last two NASCAR Nationwide Series races have been won by Wisconsin natives (Johnny Sauter/Necedah-2005 and Paul Menard/Eau Claire-2006). Menard also became the third driver to make the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Milwaukee his first career NASCAR Busch Series win, joining Buckshot Jones in 1996 and Casey Atwood in 1999.

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (formerly Craftsman Truck Series) (CTS) began racing at Milwaukee in its inaugural season in 1995. Mike Skinner won the event. The 1996 event featured 17 lead changes. The CTS has returned every season since 1995. Ted Musgrave became the only repeat winner as he followed up victory in 2001 with a second triumph in 2004, both behind the wheel of the #1 Mopar Performance Parts Dodge for Jim Smith and Ultra Motorsports. Musgrave is also the only Wisconsin native to have won the race. Two drivers have the distinction of having won both a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race and a NASCAR Busch Series race at Milwaukee. Ron Hornaday won in Truck race in 1996 and the Busch race in 2004, while Greg Biffle won the Truck race in 1999 and the Busch race in 2001 and 2002.

The track was resurfaced after the 1995 season.

In 2003 temporary Musco lights were brought in for the Champ Car World Series event. The temporary lights were also used for the CTS and Busch Series events in 2005 and 2006. The following is a map of Milwaukee Mile:

* Track length of paved oval
The track length is disputed by the three major series that run at The Milwaukee Mile. The NASCAR timing and scoring used a length of 1.00 mile (1.61 km).[16] The IRL timing and scoring use a length of 1.015 miles (1.633 km).[17] CART used a length of 1.032 miles (1.661 km) between 1997 and 2006.


