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Opening night of the Kenosha County Fair at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. produced two new 2023 feature winners, a pair of trifecta 2023 winners, and several fires as part of the hot racing action. Brian Kristan of Zion, IL scored his first feature win since 2018 by taking top honors in the 20-lap DWells Automotive 604 Crate Powered Winged Sprints in their first ever event held at Wilmot. Kristan took the lead from early pacesetter Ellie Hensley of Trevor on lap 8. Hensley took the initial...more

Two first time Wilmot Raceway feature winners and a four-time victor in 2023 highlighted the Open Wheel Special Saturday, August 26. Ben Schmidt of Howards Grove snapped a winless drought at Wilmot which saw him finish second seven times combined while competing in both 410 and 360 winged sprint cars. Schmidt took over the lead from Matt Vandervere of Zion, IL with 10 laps to go in the 25-lap Midwest Sprint Association(MSA) 360-Winged Sprint Car main event. A pair of red flags slowed the...more

The 2023 Wilmot Raceway season is winding down with two nights remaining including the crowning of five champions for the year. Championship Night Saturday, September 9 is next up for the 3/8-mile clay oval on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds. CK Contractors/AutoMeter Powered By Gandrud Performance Parts Wisconsin Wingless Sprints, Pfeiffer Trailer Sales IRA Lightning Sprints, Modifieds and Street Stocks have their final Wilmot point nights that evening. A drivers autograph session is slated...more

Wilmot Raceway crowned a five-time Street Stock Champion in Rob Maule of Hebron, IL. Four-time Pfeiffer Trailer Sales IRA Lightning Sprints Champion is Mark Heinert of Waukesha The 2022 IRA Wingless Series Champion and 2021 Wilmot and IRA Rookie of the Year Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, IL, 2021 Wilmot Rookie of the Year at age 15, took his first CK Contractors/AutoMeter Powered By Gandrud Performance Parts Wisconsin Wingless Sprints Championship at Wisconsin's home for sprint car...more

Wilmot Raceway officials have made changes in the event time schedule for the Saturday, September 16 Fall Spectacular. Due to possible rain moving into the area in the evening, the grqndstands will open at 3:30 p.m. with on track activity getting underway at 3:45 p.m. and racing slated to start at 5:00 p.m. Pit gates will open at 12:30 p.m. with drivers meeting at 3:30 p.m. Grandstand admission for everyone ages 12 and over is $20.00, with ages 11 and under admitted to the grandstand free. Pit...more

With lightning in the air and rain not far off, the 2023 Wilmot Raceway season came to a close with the Fall Spectacular on Saturday, September 16. Wilmot completed its entire season schedule without losing a single night to weather. The Bandit 4-Cylinder Stock Cars concluded the point championships for Wilmot classes to highlight the program. Ryan Johnson of Salem, an automotive technician completing his fifth season of racing, captured his second title as he showed up for the National...more

The traditional green flag on the southeastern Wisconsin motorsports season is coming back to the town where it was born. The "Let's Go Racing Motorsports Show" presented by Babicz Auto Racing Services(BARS) will be held on Saturday, April 20 at the Waukegan Harbor Marina on the Lake Michigan shoreline in Waukegan, IL. The official joint announcement came from Mike Babicz of BARS and Robert Allan Kutzler of Waukegan Port District on a rainy Tuesday, September 19. The two used to work together...more