Joe Shear Classic: Schedule, Broadcast Info, Entry List and More

The ASA STARS National Tour returns to action this weekend at Wisconsin’s Madison International Speedway with the Joe Shear Classic. The best Super Late Model drivers in the country will do battle for 200 laps around the Madison half-mile on Sunday, May 7.

Here’s everything you need to know about this weekend’s event, including the schedule, entries, and broadcast information.

ABOUT THE JOE SHEAR CLASSIC: The Joe Shear Classic has become a tradition in Wisconsin in the past 15 years, celebrating the memory of Wisconsin racer Joe Shear. Outside of the 2020 season due to COVID regulations, Madison International Speedway has hosted the race every year since 2008.

Shear won the Madison track championship four times in his career, as well as two ARTGO championships, five ASA National Tour events, eight National Short Track Championships at Rockford Speedway, and countless other event wins and accomplishments.

This year, the event joins the ASA STARS National Tour, while also being a co-sanctioned event with the ASA Midwest Tour that has perennially hosted the race.

PAST WINNERS OF THE JOE SHEAR CLASSIC:

2008 - Dan Fredrickson
2009 - Nathan Haseleu
2010 - Steve Carlson
2011 - Ross Kenseth
2012 - Andrew Morrissey
2013 - Travis Sauter
2014 - Nathan Haseleu
2015 - Johnny Sauter
2016 - Ty Majeski
2017 - Andrew Morrissey
2018 - Austin Nason
2019 - Bubba Pollard
2020 - Johnny Sauter (Dells Raceway Park)
2021 - Rich Bickle, Jr.
2022 - Casey Johnson

WATCHING THE JOE SHEAR CLASSIC: Advance tickets are available by visiting the track website at misracing.com/tickets, or at the track office during regular business hours. Madison International Speedway is located ten minutes south of Madison, on Sunrise Road off of Highway 51 between Oregon and Stoughton.

The Joe Shear Classic will be live-streamed on Racing America, MidwestTour.tv and TRACKTV.com. MAVTV will air the event on a tape-delayed basis.

EVENT SCHEDULE

(All times Central)

Saturday, May 6

1:00 PM – Rotating Practice Begins
5:00 PM – End of Practice

Sunday, May 7

10:30 AM – Grandstand Gates Open
11:30 AM – Rotating Practice Begins
12:30 PM - Broadcast Coverage Begins
12:45 PM – Qualifying for ASA STARS National Tour and Midwest Truck Series
To Follow – Autograph Session and Top 8 Redraw in Party Pavilion
1:50 PM – Opening Ceremonies, Invocation, National Anthem
2:00 PM – Racing Begins
Midwest Trucks Heat Races (8 Laps)
ASA/STARS Last Chance Race (20 Laps, if needed)
Midwest Trucks Feature (36 Laps)
ASA STARS Joe Shear Classic (200 Laps)

JOE SHEAR CLASSIC ENTRY LIST

08 - Tony Elrod
2 - Michael Bilderback
4 - Luke Fenhaus
5 - Johnny Sauter
7 - John DeAngelis
7 - Paul Shafer
8 - Billy Mohn
9 - Derek Kraus
11 - Bobby Kendall
14 - Austin Nason
15 – Gabe Sommers
16 - Jacob Gomes
17 - Max Kahler
18 - Casey Roderick
22 - Gio Ruggiero
23 - Levon Van Der Geest
23 - Billy VanMeter
25 - Jeff Storm
26 - Bubba Pollard
28 - Cole Butcher
32 - Jonathan Eilen
33 - Albert Francis
36 – Bryan Syer-Keske
39 - Andrew Morrisey
44 - Justin Mondeik
47 - Dakota Stroup
50 - Kyle Crump
50 - Jett Noland
51 - Steve Apel
51 - Stephen Nasse
52 - Ricky Baker
58 - Joseph Schotze
69 - Dan Fredrickson
72 - Jacob Goede
73 - Joe Vinachi
79 - Barrett Polhemus
87 - Brent Edmunds
91 - Ty Majeski
92 - R.J. Braun
95 - Harley Jankowski
98 - Jordan Devoy