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PC- Mark Funderburk PETERSEN MEDIA: Things are clicking for Chapin, IL driver Paul Nienhiser. Scoring a pair of wins over Memorial Day Weekend, Nienhiser stayed hot this past weekend as he flirted with victory again Thursday night at Macon before scoring his third win in five races on Friday night in Lincoln, IL. “It was a really good weekend for our team,” Nienhiser said. “I wish I wouldn’t have made a mistake in traffic on Thursday night, but we were able to win Friday and ran decent with...more

Brent Marks passed Daryn Pittman on Lap 13 and went on to annihilate the field for his first career World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series victory at Wilmot Raceway. Marks nursed a flat right front tire the final lap and still took the checkered 4.514 seconds ahead of second-place Pittman with Brad Sweet completing the podium. Daryn Pittman won the Sears Craftsman Dash, earning the pole for the 40-lap Feature alongside Kevin Gobrecht Rookie of the Year contender Ian Madsen. A brief, but...more

(Photo by DB3 Imaging) Inside Line Promotions – LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (May 29, 2018) – Jason Sides is excited to try out a new track this week when the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series makes its debut at Fairbury American Legion Speedway on Wednesday. The quarter-mile oval will host the FVP Platinum Battery Showdown, which will be the first of three World of Outlaws races this week. “It’s always fun to go to a new track,” Sides said. “It’s a great way to test yourself and it really...more

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – WILMOT, Wis. (July 11, 2022) – David Gravel recorded his 19th top five of the season last Saturday at Wilmot Raceway, which hosted the Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40. Gravel guided the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 sprint car to the ninth quickest qualifying time before he finished where he started – third – in a heat race. That garnered the ninth starting position in the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series main event. “We just...more

(Photo by Paul Arch) Inside Line Promotions – WILMOT, Wis. (July 11, 2022) – Robbie Price was set up to record a career-best World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series result last Saturday at Wilmot Raceway. Price guided the Sides Motorsports No. 7s to the second quickest qualifying time before he posted a runner-up result in a heat race to advance into the dash. “When you qualify well the rest of the night is way easier,” he said. “We qualified well and we were decent in the heat...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 6, 2022 – Nearly two weeks after competing in their first-career NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-main event at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wis, Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team added another “first” by participating in their first Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series main event with a 410 motor under the hood at the Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis.,...more

(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