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Dodd Scores Career Win Number 2 Chris Dodd held off a hard charging Matt Vandervere in the closing laps of Saturday night’s 25 lap A main to pick up career win number 2. A record high 36 Wisconsin wingLESS teams signed in to compete Saturday evening at the Wilmot Raceway. Allen Hafford set quick time over “the Siv” Jimmy Sivia and series point leader, Tim Cox. Nick Petska and Derek Crane would round out the top 5. 36 teams meant that series would run 4 heat races. Doug Schenck won heat number...more

Jake Kouba of Minneapolis, MN captured his first ever 20-lap AutoMeter Wisconsin WingLess Sprint series feature win leading wire to wire. "This is my first one at Wilmot, and first in this series," Jake Kouba said. "I have to thank my mother who is my pit crew, and my dad (Jimmy Kouba). It's a great win especially keeping the 2K(his dad) behind me as well." AUTOMETER WISCONSIN WINGLESS SPRINTS: 20-LAP FEATURE: 1. Jake Kouba, Minneapolis, MN; 2. Matt Vandervere, Zion, IL; 3. Ryan Zielski,...more

Bill Grogan was a long time IRA sponsor that was known for his 100 handshakes. He would walk up to a racer to shake his hand and slip them a 100 dollar bill. He was the one to pick the chins up of driver’s when they had a bad night. Grogan was a guy that liked to have fun. He was especially close with the Zion and Waukegan contingent of racers. “This was the best year we’ve ever had with support, it wasn’t a one-man show,” Hafford stated. “We all came together as a racing family”. We’d like...more

####With Heavy Hearts We Write: All of us at Beaver Dam Raceway & the greater South Eastern Wisconsin racing scene are extremely saddened to hear the news of the tragic loss of our long time Competition Director and friend, Jerry Priesgen. His contributions and dedication, not only to our raceway, but the sport of racing as a whole will be forever appreciated and very much missed. Jerry started working with the raceway back in 2004 as a tech official and later became our competition director....more

##Reminder All drivers, teams/crew, and fans who want to purchase their 2023 IRA Memberships before the discount deadline need to have them post marked by 4/1/23 Please keep in mind and remember that these memberships help you as driver, teams/crew and fans. With our membership you will never pay more than $25 for a pit pass per available membership. 2023 Gold Level Memberships are $275 with a $50 discount till 4/1/23 making them $225 (Required for a driver to be eligible for points and...more