Joe Verdegan
Joe Verdegan has worn many hats in the motorsports industry in northeast Wisconsin for nearly thirty-five years, including a lengthy stint as the motorsports columnist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette and the Appleton Post Crescent.
Verdegan has served as a track announcer at more than a dozen area race tracks, a public relations man, race promoter, and marketing consultant for drivers and race promoters.
He’s been a color commentator for live television broadcasts on Sports Showdown My32 as well as a racing columnist for Full Throttle magazine, Midwest Racing News and Checkered Flag Racing News. He was also the host of his racing radio program, Track Talk, on WCUB 980 AM.
He is the author of three additional books covering local racing history: Life in the Past Lane: A History of Stock Car Racing in Northeast Wisconsin from 1950-1980; Wisconsin International Raceway: Where the Big Ones Run and Life in the Past Lane: The Next Generation.
Verdegan is a 2015 inductee of the Luxemburg Speedway Hall of Fame. Verdegan previously coached high school football at his alma mater, Green Bay Southwest. He is a 1991 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh graduate with a B.S. in journalism and public relations. He splits his time residing in Green Bay and Dunbar, Wisconsin, with his wife, Kimberly. They have seven children and ten grandchildren.