Mid-Am Racing Series, formerly Mid American Stock Car Series is a regional stock car racing tour based in the Midwestern United States. Established in 1993, the series features purpose-built race cars that utilize chassis designs influenced by earlier generations of NASCAR Cup Series construction before the Car of Tomorrow era. These cars retain steel tube frames, rear-wheel drive layouts, and naturally aspirated V8 engines.
Cars in the series utilize composite stock car bodies supplied by established manufacturers. These bodies follow a standardized North American short-track design that is also used in other regional and international stock car divisions, including competition in NASCAR Mexico. Body rules promote manufacturer identityâÂÂtypically Chevrolet, Ford, or Dodge.
The Mid-Am Racing Series competes on a varied schedule that includes paved short tracks, dirt ovals, and road course events across the Midwest, with races in states such as Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa.
The Vercauteren brothers came up with the concept of the asphalt series in Daytona Beach, Florida during Speedweeks in February 1993. âÂÂEssentially the idea was to take the concept of the steel-bodied grand national cars that had been so popular on the dirt at Chilton Fairgrounds and create a traveling series on paved tracks throughout the Midwest.âÂÂ
During the first two years the series ran in âÂÂ93 and âÂÂ94 the VercauterenâÂÂs were able to secure dates at legendary tracks like the Milwaukee Mile and Road America in Elkhart Lake cementing itself as a formidable racing series. The Series was at one time a support class for the ARTGO Challenge Series. The Mid American corporation expanded to a traveling Supertruck Series named the Midwest Super Truck Series in 1995 and a traveling Super Late Model Series, named the Midwest All-Star Racing Series (MARS) in 1999. The expansion also included the Stock Car Classics in 2004 and the American Stock Car League (ASL) in 2005. The death of Gary Vercauteran in October 2005 led to the purchase of Mid-American by longtime employees Doug and Julie Strasburg. The Strasburgs kept only the Mid American Stock Car Series while MARS and ASL were dissolved. The Stock Car Classics split into two groups (Classic Racing Series and Midwest Stock Car Classics). The Super Trucks were absorbed into the United States Super Trucks or USST.
When the Strasburgs took over Mid American in 2006, the series was struggling with car counts and tracks willing to host races. The average car count average jumped from 20 entrants per race to 27, peaking at39 participants at the Milwaukee Mile during Governor's Cup Weekend. Several tracks have renewed relationships with the Mid-American Stock Car Series such as the Golden Sands Speedway, Marshfield Super Speedway, Dells Raceway Park and Road America.
Dave Gruenberg took over ownership on October 22, 2014. Gruenberg revealed a 2017 schedule that would have teams competing on consecutive days at very different venues. For example, on Thursday, May 25 a race was held on the 1 mile dirt oval of the Indiana State Fairgrounds<nowiki/>an, and less than 24 hours later on May 26, teams took to the track 21 miles to the west, for 40 laps on the pavement at the fast 5/8-mile Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana.
The series was sold by Gruenberg to former La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway flagman Greg Oliver in early February 2017. Oliver ran both the Great Northern Sportsmen Series and Midwest Dash Series. All three series became a part of the GO Racing Promotions organization.
In early October 2020, the series was purchased by former competitor Tim Scrogham from longtime owner Greg Oliver and rebranded as The Mid-Am Racing Series. In 2025, Scrogham added fellow former competitor Cheryl Hryn as a co-owner. Scrogham and Hryn have modernized operationsâÂÂimplementing updated procedures, digital infrastructure, and race-day logistics.
The following tracks are scheduled to host at least one event in 2026:
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The series honors its founder Gary Vercauteran with a race each year after beginning as an event honoring his parents. The race was often held as part of the Red, White, and Blue state championship event at Wisconsin International Raceway (WIR). The 2007 event at WIR was rained out, so it was held at 141 Speedway which is the track next closed to Vercauteran's hometown Chilton. The 2010 event was held at Road America. It began in Vercauteran's hometown dirt track in Chilton Fairgrounds before the series' origin. It has been held at a variety of tracks since then. The 25th annual Vercauteran Memorial winner returned to WIR and was won by Tyler Bauknecht (whose family had traveled with the Vercauteran family in the early days of the series).