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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

"The drivers in this wingLESS class are great, the fans are great, everything about Wilmot Raceway is awesome," said Jimmy Kouba of Byron, Minnesota following his first 20-lap Meyer Valves & Vacs wingLESS Sprint Series presented by the IRA feature win. "Jordan Mattson ran awesome. It was great racing with him. This all makes the five and one-half hour one-way trip from home worth it." Mattson and Jimmy Kouba ran wheel to wheel for several laps, exchanging the lead numerous times as the...more

Genoa City's Todd Lehr overcame engine problems in his heat race to win his third 20-lap Meyer Valves & Vacs wingLESS Sprint Series presented by the IRA feature of the season. "We had a problem with the rev limiter on the motor," explained Lehr, referring to his ending up not finishing his heat race when the engine died coming out of turn four for the checkered flag while leading. "My crew did a great job fixing it and getting the car to run perfectly in the feature. Doug (Schenck) did a...more

Craig Lager of Union Grove scored his first ever sprint car victory in the 20-lap Meyer Valves and Vacs Wingless Sprint Series presented by the IRA feature. "This is awesome," said Lager, a longtime veteran of open wheel racing at Wilmot who competed and won in the old-style MRA-type modifieds back in the 1980s. "This is the first sprint car feature I've ever won. I have to thank my family, crew, everyone who has been behind me. It was good clean racing with Mike (Sullivan). I was just...more

Todd Lehr picked up the Meyer Vacs & Valves Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Serires by IRA feature Saturday night at Wilmot Raceway. In just over one year from its' inception the series has blossomed as 17 quality cars in the GM604 based series took the A-main green flag, and on this night 16 of the 17 were still there at the finish. Finishing behind Lehr were the son/father combo of Jake and Jimmy Kouba, inaugural series champ Doung Schenck, and coveted winged 410 racer Allen Hafford. The series...more

With safety and comfortability of both racers and officials, heat races will just be a 4 car invert for now. With limited cars and new teams coming out, it's best for now to simply take the fastest 8 out of qualifying and divide and invert them. Everyone is making the A at this point, but for starts and everything else right now IRA feels it best to make this adjustment beginning June 4th and until further notice. Thanks, Steve

New Wisconsin wingLESS apparel available now on irawinglesssprints.com.

The 2016 season is upon us and the sophomore season of the wingLESS Sprints will have a new look. More cars, more experience, additional sponsorship, and the IRA sanction are all positives that lead the preseason headlines. However the hype ends, and the talking begins on the track this Saturday night, as the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by Meyer/IRA makes its' official debut Saturday night, April 30th, at the series home track of Wilmot Raceway. All of last year's teams are...more

Attention AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS teams, we are moving up our previously scheduled Sunday March 22nd membership meeting at the Brat Stop (I-94 & Hwy 50) one hour to 2:00 pm. IRA is really excited about 2020 and looks forward to updating our teams on several cool plans we have. We have lots of things that we believe will benefit everyone. We also realize that while the series isn’t based on a lot of travel or work day events, we do realize we have a very busy span the second half of June...more

The IRA Lightning Sprints have joined the other IRA series, The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and the AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints as part of the MyRacePass team. A brand new website was recently launched, https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.iralightningsprints.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C4c18acd0f66541bcabd408d7c2d45c65%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637192089638626071&sdata=vDnw9gzKWQHWNJYQA781%2FDn5kYHdv1L0jgZ%2BeKaBh8o%3D&reserved=0 which...more