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Attention IRA wingLESS Point Fund eligible teams, the top 9 in points met the participation requirements. The IRA Banquet is Saturday Nov. 19th. We strongly urge you all to attend. Banquet tickets, as you were all told, MUST BE purchased in advance. Go to your website and click on DRIVER INFO, then scroll down to Banquet Order Form and follow the directions. There are discounted hotel rooms as well, and time on those discounted rates are running out, so please don't delay any longer in getting...more

Some fast facts regarding the 2016 Interstate Racing Association (IRA) season. IRA celebrated its’ 50th anniversary season by expanding to two divisions of Sprint Cars in 2016. The established Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series completed 29 of the 35 races scheduled and contested at 14 different venues throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois. 13 different drivers visited victory lane with Jeremy Schultz being crowned the champion. Schultz had 2 feature wins, 17 top 5’s, and 22 top...more

Earning season championship honors were Beaver Dam's Jeremy Schultz in the winged sprint cars and Genoa City's Todd Lehr in the Meyer Valves and Vacs wingLESS Sprints presented by the IRA closing out the 2016 Wilmot Raceway Season Championship Night Two on Saturday, September 24. "We have a super crew and Meyer along with all of our sponsors give us great support," said Lehr after taking the title for the wingLESS sprints in the second year for the division. "I have to thank my wife, Debbie,...more

The 2016 IRA Banquet (both winged and wingLESS) will be held on November 19th at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield Rooms from $99 a night Call: 262-782-2900 or http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/M/MKEMBES-IR3-20161118/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG To get this rate, reservations must be made by 10/20/16 Ticket order form available on wingLESS website under the rules tab

9/4 Sun Prairie, WI Todd "The Jet" Lehr added to his series point lead by capturing the 20 lap Meyer Valves & Vacs / IRA wingLESS Sprint Series event at Angell Park Speedway. The event was co-sanctioned by the UMSS Traditional Sprints. Following a first lap melee which eliminated the five cars of Jordan Mattson, Allen Hafford, George Gaertner, Jeremy Hunt, and Dave Maynard, the race went all green. This was the groups third and final appearance of 2016 at the historic oval. Lehr scored the...more

"Jimmy (Scanlon) is a tough racer and was a lot of fun to run with," said Jimmy Kouba of Byron, Minnesota after his second Meyer Valves & Vacs Wingless Sprint Series presented by the IRA 20-lap feature win at Wilmot this season. "Then at the end, I knew Doug (Schenck) was coming and it was wild went it got three wide. It's fun running here at Wilmot. The fans, staff, fellow drivers, everybody treats us so well it makes the trip worth it." Scanlon and Jimmy Kouba kept trading the top spot...more

"I have to credit my wife, because she is the one who set up the car," admitted a jubilant Mattson. "I knew Todd (Lehr) was coming up on me toward the end, but I just stuck with my line. I have to thank my sponsors, car owner who let's me drive the car, everybody on the crew. This is fantastic." Mattson jumped in front from the start of the main, but had a caution period with five laps to go erase a half-straightaway lead over the field. On the restart the season point leader Lehr, of...more

Cottage Grove's Doug Schenck, reigning Meyer Valves and Vacs wingLESS Sprint Series presented by the IRA champion finally found victory lane for the first time this season in the 20-lap feature. "It's been a while since we've been in victory lane," said Schenck. "I think we've finally got this thing figured out. In the over two years we're run at Wilmot, we've never been able to beat Todd(Lehr) when he's still been running on the track. I would have rather he been out there, but we'll still...more

August 14, 2016; Sun Prairie, WI - The Meyer Valves and Vacs Wisconsin wingLESS series presented by the IRA made their second of three trips to the legendary Angell Park Speedway, where just two weeks prior Todd Lehr was able to capture the victory. In qualifying Jordan Mattson would set quick time over Doug Schenck, Todd Lehr, Jimmy Kouba and Allen Hafford would round out the top five. Heat 1 saw Jake Kouba jump to the early lead and and would never look back.Todd Lehr and Jordan Mattson...more

July 31, 2016; Sun Prairie, WI - For the first time in the series short history the Meyer Valves and Vacs Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by the IRA took to the historic Angell Park Speedway. In qualifying, as many drivers worked to learn a new track, 2015 Wilmot wingLESS champion and Angell Park veteran Doug Schenck, who made his first start at the historic track in 1976, used his knowledge and prior experience to set quick time. Heat race competition got off to a scary start as...more