ARTGO

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The ARTGO Challenge Series was a United States midwest short track racing series that ran from 1975 until 2006. Many race car drivers have used the ARTGO series as a stepping stone to get into ASA, ARCA, and NASCAR. A guy by the name of Art Frigo created the series with the help of Bob Roper and John McKarns. He came up with the name by taking his first full name and the last two letters of his last name, coming up with the name ARTGO. The first race was September 7, 1975 which was held at the Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Illinois. The event was won by Tom Reffner. Art Frigo sold the whole series to John and Sue McKarns in 1979. In 1998 John McKarns licensed the name to NASCAR and NASCAR took full control over the series. The series went through different name changes with different title sponsors including the RE/MAX Challenge Series, International Truck & Engine Midwest Series, and finally the Auto Zone Midwest Tour. Under the NASCAR era the series had identical rules to three other NASCAR regional series through the Midwest. NASCAR called it the Auto Zone Elite Division. In 2006, after dwindling car counts and lack of races on the schedule NASCAR finally shut down the NASCAR Midwest Tour as well as other three Elite divisions series.

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[edit] Past ASA Midwest Tour Champions

[edit] Past NASCAR/Midwest Champions

[edit] Past ARTGO Champions

[edit] External links

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