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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 5, 2023 – Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing celebrated the Independence Day weekend with another smooth and steady effort to notch their eighth top-15 A-main showing of the 2023 campaign in the Scott Semmelmann Memorial Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series event at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, July 1. With 28 IRA 410 Sprint Cars on hand, Hartmann turned in the 14th fastest qualifying time with a...more

CROUCH CAPTURES FIRST IRA FEATURE WIN By: Gracie Cleveland Photo credits to Emily Schwanke 38 drivers from 9 different states checked in at Wilmot Raceway for The 10th Annual IRA Founders Night this past Saturday. Tim Estenson and Scotty Thiel would make up the front row of the 25 lap 24 car feature. When the green flag dropped Thiel took the early lead from Estenson coming out of turn 2. Going for the lead, Balog approaches turn 4 from the cushion, to then throw a slider at Estenson creating...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 26, 2023 – After rain washed out the scheduled Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour, Wis. on Friday, July 21, Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team made a late decision to head east for a weekly 410 Sprint Car event Butler Motor Speedway in Quincy, Mich. on Saturday, July 22, which paid off with an impressive top-10 A-main result for the Plymouth, Wis.-based team. In his first career...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 19, 2023 – In their 16th year of competition, Travis Arenz and the members of the Travis Arenz Motorsports team experienced something new, as they embarked on the first multi-state tripleheader racing weekend road trip of their rookie season with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series Thursday, July 13 at I-94 emr Speedway in Fergus Falls, Minn. and Friday, July 14 and Saturday, July 15 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks,...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 12, 2023 – In his final scheduled 2023 appearance with the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Series, Austin Hartmann guided his 87A Hartmann Racing 410 Sprint Car to his third A-main start of the season with “The Greatest Show on Dirt” in the Badger 40/Larry Hillerud Memorial at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. on Saturday, July 8. With 32 410 Sprint Cars signed in for the night, Hartmann opened the program by ripping off the 18th fastest qualifying lap with a time...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 2, 2023 – One week after turning in one of their most complete efforts of the 2023 season in weekly 410 Sprint Car action at Butler Motor Speedway in Quincy, Mich., Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team showcased plenty of speed, which did not translate to the results column, during a Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association doubleheader weekend featuring the third annual Road America Challenge at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 2, 2023 – Despite being mired in middle-of-the-pack A-main starting positions, Travis Arenz proved to be undaunted during back-to-back Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series events last weekend, improving a grand total of 16 spots en route to a pair of fifth place showings in the third annual Road America Challenge at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Friday, July 28 and annual Founder’s Night event at Wilmot Raceway in...more

IRA Sprints Set for Historic Points Battle to End 2022 The IRA Sprints used to be the Joe Roe show. Then it was the “North Pole Nightmare” invading everyone’s dreams for over a decade. However, the days of being able to predict a champion before the season began are long gone, and maybe the days of predicting a champion before the last race of the season are gone as well. Not since an epic title fight between Bill Rose, Ben Schmidt and Scotty Neitzel in 2015 has the IRA points battle been this...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 24, 2022 – After a three-week break from competition, Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team got back to the business of traversing their rookie campaign with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series with a fast-paced, fair-themed weekend of doubleheader action. The weekend twinbill opened on Saturday, Aug. 20 with a 27-car field checked in for the annual Roger Iles Tribute IRA event held during the Kenosha...more

Lots of good things are in store in 2023 for both fans and competitors of the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. A schedule loaded with both traditional events, plus some new ones too, has everyone excited. Co-sanctions are always ultra-competitive and we have several this year. The All Stars make two trips to Wisconsin this year with events at Wilmot, their first ever at Dodge County, and the big $26,000 to win Rayce Rudeen Foundation race at Plymouth. Plymouth will be the first track...more