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Since 1970 the track has featured the annual Oktoberfest Race Weekend as its season finale, usually the weekend after La Crosse's Oktoberfest celebration concludes. [5] It began as a two-day event, then expanded to three days in 1975 and expanded to its current four-day format (Thursday through Sunday) in 1998.
Oktoberfest (German pronunciation: [ɔkˈtoːbɐˌfɛst] ⓘ; Bavarian: Wiesn, Oktobafest) is the world's largest Volksfest, featuring a beer festival and a travelling carnival, and is held annually in Munich, Bavaria, from mid- or late-September to the first Sunday in October.
Since 1969 there has also been an annual Oktoberfest auto race held at La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway. A Medallion Hunt was established in 1971, and later a Ladies Day Luncheon, Lederhosen Luncheon, Kartenspiele (card games), Dachshund Dash, Viener Vogue, Hammerschlagen [ 12 ] (which has become outrageously popular [ 13 ] ), and Craft Beer Night.
Abington Celebrates Oktoberfest Weekend will be held Oct. 4-6. On Saturday, Oct. 5, there will be an Octoberfest Marketplace from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the United Church of Christ, 10 Bedford St ...
Oktoberfest — also called Wiesn — began as a royal wedding celebration and horse race in 1810 in Munich, a southern city in the German state of Bavaria, organizers say. People had so much fun ...
Saturday afternoon: Hold a stein up and get ready for the 10th Annual Oktoberfest at Adventureland Park, 3200 Adventureland Drive, Altoona. For $44.99, patrons 21 and older from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m ...
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati claimed the world record for the largest Chicken Dance in 1994, with over 48,000 participants.. The festival includes the World Brat Eating Championship [9] [10] [11] and also the Running of the Wieners, in which dachshunds and dachshund mixes ("wiener dogs") race in 75-foot heats, wearing hot dog costumes.
He won three races at the Oktoberfest race weekend at the LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway. [2] 2014 ARCA Midwest Tour car. Majeski raced for the ARCA Midwest Tour Rookie of the Year title in 2014. He achieved his first tour victory at Illiana Motor Speedway in May 2014. [5]