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John Kaanta

Elk Mound, WI

Historical driver profile combining museum-recorded race results, feature wins, championships, photographs and verified broader-career accomplishments.

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1979First Recorded Feature Race
200517 Feature Wins — Career High
2024Red Cedar Speedway Champion
2017Cedar Lake Speedway Champion
2005Red Cedar Speedway Champion
187Recorded Feature Wins
579Recorded Results
429Recorded Top-3 Finishes
6Track Championships
15Series Championships
1979–2026Recorded Career
Career snapshot

Racing Lifetime Totals

188 total discovered wins are documented when verified broader-career victories are included.

16Tracks Won At
5Classes Won In
Late ModelTop Winning Class
Red Cedar SpeedwayTop Winning Track
WISSOTA Challenge SeriesTop Winning Series
Aug 19, 2023Last Feature Win
Documented career history

Career Accomplishments

Verified broader-career milestones alongside the museum's original event records.

01 · Championship record

Series Championships

  • 1986 WISSOTA Modified Champion
  • 2002 WISSOTA Challenge Series Champion
  • 2003 WISSOTA Challenge Series Champion
  • 2003 WISSOTA Late Model Champion
  • 2005 WISSOTA Late Model Champion
  • 2010 WISSOTA Challenge Series Champion
  • 2012 WISSOTA Challenge Series Champion
  • 2015 WISSOTA Challenge Series Champion
  • 2017 WISSOTA Challenge Series Champion
02 · Touring & major events

Major Series Success

  • Six-time WISSOTA Challenge Series champion
03 · Selected victories

Major & Touring Wins

  • 2026 WISSOTA Challenge Series — Rapid Speedway, Iowa

Museum series championships and verified broader-career records are merged and deduplicated here. Museum-recorded race results remain in their original event records.

Latest archive activity

Recent Feature Results

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Oct 4, 2026ABC RacewayLate ModelP11Sep 3, 2026Proctor SpeedwayLate ModelP17Aug 22, 2026Cedar Lake SpeedwayLate ModelP4Aug 1, 2026Cedar Lake SpeedwayLate ModelP2Jun 26, 2026Red Cedar SpeedwayLate ModelP4Jun 5, 2026Red Cedar SpeedwayLate ModelP3Sep 27, 2025ABC RacewayLate ModelP2Sep 13, 2025Cedar Lake SpeedwayLate ModelP13Aug 28, 2025Proctor SpeedwayLate ModelP17Apr 12, 2025Cedar Lake SpeedwayLate ModelP4

Feature Wins by Track

01Red Cedar Speedway6502Cedar Lake Speedway3403Rice Lake Speedway2404Eagle Valley Speedway1505Mississippi Thunder Speedway1406Proctor Speedway707Marshfield Super Speedway708Superior Speedway709ABC Raceway410Viking Speedway2

Feature Wins by Class

01Late Model136
02A-modified30
03Street Stock17
04Hobby Stock1
05Super Stock1
Season-by-season record

Results by Year

20266 Results0 Wins2 Top 3s
20254 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
202411 Results0 Wins7 Top 3s
202310 Results1 Wins5 Top 3s
20227 Results0 Wins2 Top 3s
202114 Results1 Wins8 Top 3s
20206 Results1 Wins3 Top 3s
201919 Results6 Wins14 Top 3s
20184 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
20179 Results7 Wins8 Top 3s
20163 Results2 Wins2 Top 3s
20159 Results5 Wins6 Top 3s
20147 Results4 Wins6 Top 3s
20133 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
20128 Results7 Wins8 Top 3s
20112 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
20106 Results1 Wins4 Top 3s
200912 Results2 Wins8 Top 3s
20089 Results3 Wins7 Top 3s
200712 Results3 Wins8 Top 3s
200628 Results9 Wins17 Top 3s
200536 Results17 Wins29 Top 3s
200437 Results12 Wins30 Top 3s
200338 Results16 Wins33 Top 3s
200215 Results2 Wins11 Top 3s
200112 Results7 Wins10 Top 3s
200029 Results6 Wins22 Top 3s
199912 Results4 Wins8 Top 3s
199812 Results1 Wins10 Top 3s
199719 Results5 Wins13 Top 3s
19965 Results2 Wins3 Top 3s
19959 Results1 Wins5 Top 3s
19943 Results0 Wins2 Top 3s
19934 Results0 Wins4 Top 3s
19921 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
19911 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19909 Results4 Wins6 Top 3s
198923 Results8 Wins16 Top 3s
198818 Results3 Wins13 Top 3s
198712 Results4 Wins11 Top 3s
198633 Results9 Wins29 Top 3s
198521 Results15 Wins19 Top 3s
198414 Results8 Wins13 Top 3s
198314 Results8 Wins13 Top 3s
19827 Results0 Wins5 Top 3s
19813 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19793 Results1 Wins3 Top 3s
Championship history

Track Championships

2024
Red Cedar SpeedwayLate Model
2017
Cedar Lake SpeedwayLate Model
2005
Red Cedar SpeedwayLate Model
1990
Red Cedar SpeedwayLate Model
1986
Rice Lake SpeedwayA-modified
1985
Red Cedar SpeedwayA-modified
Museum photo collection

Photo Archive

22 additional images connected to this driver

1990 • Yellow River SpeedwayUnknown Photographer

1992 • Cedar Lake SpeedwayTroy Powers

2003 • Proctor SpeedwayUnknown Photographer

Year Unknown • Cedar Lake SpeedwayUnknown Photographer

Year Unknown • Red Cedar SpeedwayUnknown Photographer

Year UnknownTodd Narveson

Year UnknownUnknown Photographer

Year Unknown • Yellow River SpeedwayKurt Luoma

Year UnknownLarry Quinn Post

Year UnknownUnknown Photographer

Year UnknownUnknown Photographer

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Year UnknownUnknown Photographer

Year UnknownRyan Aho Post

Year UnknownRyan Aho Post

Year Unknown • Steele County FairgroundsUnknown Photographer

Year Unknown • Red Cedar SpeedwayUnknown Photographer

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