As many of you know, Automotion and Wisconsin Modified have been a long standing tradition for WCEC. We have been honored to bring you the Wisconsin Modified show since 2015. Over the last 2-3 years, both the City of Wisconsin Dells and Village of Lake Delton have continued to become more stringent regarding the application and permitting process for shows during the automotion weekend. Wisconsin Car Enthusiast Club has continued to invest both time and resources into assisting both municipalities with the Automotion Weekend.
On Monday, January 27th, 2020 members of our staff attended a meeting of the Village of Lake Delton town board regarding the application for a class C event permit for the 2020 Wisconsin Modified event. Our hopeful intention was to facilitate open discussion regarding the events of the weekend and how we could continue to improve the weekend for everyone involved. Unfortunately, the Village board had no room to sway, and ultimately denied the event permit for May 16th, 2020.
This is not something that is new to us. We have worked with the city for over 5 years to host this show and work through similar decisions like this one. The collaboration between the city and our organization have allowed us to help keep cars off the street, host a fun event, make local charity donations to both food pantries and school drives, and more. However, the issues that the city see’s during the weekend has officially surpassed the solutions that WCEC, and other shows have attempted to fix. This decision has been passed to all events at this time, not only ours.
At this time, this means that Wisconsin Modified is on hold as we explore additional avenues or opportunities for all of you. Whether that be continuing to work with the city and collaborate within the local space or elsewhere. As we move forward, we will continue to keep you up to date on any and all event changes.
Please note: WCEC will continue to work with both local municipalities and car clubs to find alternative solutions that are mutually beneficial, just as we have in years prior. WCEC has, and will continue to, push the envelope to bridge the gap between local municipalities and organizations like ours that bring shows to the greater Dells area during the Automotion Weekend. We would like to formally thank everyone for their support of both WCEC and Wisconsin Modified over the years. Wisconsin Modified has grown to be one of the best shows during Automotion weekend, and for that we are forever thankful.
Again, as more information is available, we will keep everyone up to date.
-The WCEC Event Staff