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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

Derek Crane of Waukegan, Illinois chalked up his second main event win of the season in the Meyer Valves & Vacs wingLESS Sprint Series presented by the IRA 20-lap feature.. "It was a great win for us," said Crane, who has had some help from former Wilmot modified champion Tim Cox. "I knew Todd (Lehr) was coming at the end, but we had just enough to hold him off." Crane is in his first season of oval track dirt racing having competed in racing go-karts prior. Finishing second by less than a...more

HUGE weekend for our series, supporting WoO at Wilmot Saturday and debuting at Angell Park Sunday. It's essential teams support both! A positive weekend means a faster and brighter future for the series. Please do what you can to do both.

Both IRA divisions were on hand at Wilmot Raceway this past Saturday Night for Founders Night as IRA celebrated its' 50th Anniversary. 7-time Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Champion Bill Balog held off the challenges of current point leader Scotty Thiel and a charging Jeremy Schultz to capture the winged 410 portion. In just its' 2nd year, and first under IRA sanction, the Meyer Valves & Vacs wingLESS Sprints by IRA brought out their largest car count to date with 19 machines n the...more