In 1903, on land originally donated by Colonel William Angell, the Sun Prairie Volunteer Fire Department has been providing the community of Sun Prairie with entertainment and a place to gather for over 100 years. From gridiron to ball diamond; dance hall to swimming pool; picnic area to festival grounds; and most importantly perhaps, horse track to speedway; dollar for dollar and acre for acre, nothing has put Sun Prairie on the map like Angell Park.

As a focal point of Sun Prairie, Angell Park once hosted the city’s only community swimming pool. The pavilion on the grounds has hosted band concerts, dances and weddings. Since 1955 the famed Sweet Corn Festival has been held here, hosting nearly 100,000 people during the four days of the event. Angell Park also hosts the City’s only Independence Day fireworks display.

But what brings Sun Prairie and Angell Park their greatest notoriety is the speedway. Know world wide as THE venue for midget auto racing, Angell Park Speedway had been hosting midget events since 1946. In partnership with the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association, Angell Park Speedway is a Sunday night tradition for generations of families, during Wisconsin’s summer months. Fans flock to Sun Prairie from all over the state, nation and even the world to take in some of the finest midget racing in the world.

Racers too, know the value of Angell Park. When they were still young and hungry open wheelers, NASCAR vets Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, JJ Yeley and Jason Leffler all tried their hand a time or two at the speedway. Back when the Indianapolis 500 was king and midget racing was a tool to get there Mel Kenyon, Tom Bigelow, Bill Englehart and many more made Angell Park Speedway a training ground for their future racing endeavors.