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Milwaukee 11/23 The 52nd annual Interstate Racing Association Awards Banquet was held Saturday in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Garden Inn honoring the accomplishments of teams of the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and IRA’s AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series. A full house of enthusiastic attendees filled the large room with forty-one teams reaping cash and contingency benefits for being an 80% participation driver, (and 80% participation owner too in 410 class). Bill...more

September 28th saw fans descend upon the Plymouth Dirt Track for the Wisconsin State Sprint Car Championships. A cold September night where fans would witness the crowning of 3 historical champions for the Interstate Racing Association. In 2017 the IRA took over the reigns of the Wisconsin Illinois Mini Sprints, and in 2019 the series was renamed the IRA Lightning Sprints. Mike Neau would win 2 features in 2019, the first at 141 Speedway and then a second on Badger 40 night for the World of...more

(Wilmot, Wis., Thursday, October 3, 2019)--Mother Nature ended up the biggest winner of 2019 at Wilmot Raceway. Heavy rains throughout the week coupled with a forecast for more resulted in Kenosha County Fair and Wilmot Raceway officials to reluctantly cancel the planned Fall Festival of Speed on Saturday, October 5. There is no make up date. This ends up in eight dates being lost completely due to weather this season. The 2019 Wilmot Raceway champions will be crowned on Saturday, January 4...more

With Dodge County raining out on Friday night, championship weekend was cut to one night, for the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships. The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints were joined by the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints, IRA Lightning Sprints and the MSA in crowning a champion on Saturday night at the Plymouth Dirt Track. 31 winged sprint cars were joined by 30 wingLESS cars. The wingLESS cars would run an abbreviated program, locking the top ten in points into the feature, and running two...more

With the Interstate Racing Association Bumper to Bumper Outlaw Sprint Series season rapidly approaching its end, teams traveled north to the land of 10,000 lakes and the Jackson Motorplex for the Casey’s General Store Open Wheel Nationals. The Winged 410 teams were joined by the Wisconsin wingLESS teams for the huge two day show. Night one saw 30 winged cars and 30 wingLESS cars take to the 2/5ths mile track. Bill Balog set fast time in the winged car while Greg Olson was fastest in the...more

On a beautiful September night in Wisconsin, 25 Bumper to Bumper winged outlaw sprints and 37 Wisconsin wingLESS teams entered the Beaver Dam Raceway for the Scott Semmelmann Memorial. Scotty Neitzel set quick time in front of his hometown crowd in the 410s while Tim Cox was fastest in the wingLESS. Winged heat races were won by Jake Blackhurst, Scotty Thiel and Paul Nienhiser. Wisconsin wingLESS heat race winners were Derek Crane, Jimmy Sivia, Brian Kristan and Mitchell Davis. Hunter Custer...more

(Wilmot, Wis.)--A third restart proved to be the charm as Navarino's Nick Anvelink bested Waukesha's Mitch McGrath for the Dirt Kings Late Model Tour Jim "Wildman" Watson Classic Saturday, September 7 at Wilmot Raceway. McGrath was bidding for back to back wins at Wilmot having won the inaugural 2018 Watson Classic at Wilmot, appeared headed toward achieving the victory. Leading every lap, a series of late race cautions and a call back on a restart for a car going early set up a great final...more

(Wilmot, Wis.)--For the eighth time this season Mother Nature was a winner at Wilmot Raceway on Championship Night Saturday, August 31. As the Lightning Sprint Feature was underway, a steady heavy rain struck the 1/3-mile clay oval. Since the feature was stopped nine laps into the 20-lap scheduled distance, it is not considered complete. After nearly an hour of waiting to see if the rain would let up, track officials were forced to call the program complete at that point. Championship points...more

25 Bumper to Bumper IRA sprint car teams entered the Wilmot Raceway on a chilly Friday night in August. The crowd was packed, many fans showed up just to watch 3 time NASCAR champion and NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Tony Stewart. Preliminary action saw Bill Balog set quick time in Osborn and Son Trucking qualifications. Heat races were won by Scotty Neitzel, Dave Uttech, and Tony Stewart. With the field set it was time for 30 laps around the 3/8ths mile Wilmot Raceway. Tony Stewart jumped out...more

Zach Raidart of Antioch, IL won his fourth 20-lap AutoMeter Wisconsin WingLess Sprint feature of the season. "Each one is that much harder but feels that much better to get," said Raidart. Salem's Jordan Paulsen took the early lead. Paulsen and Raidart made contact in turn four getting Paulsen completely airborne late in the first half of the feature. Paulsen was eliminated due to the damage. Raidart went on to the victory. Oconomowoc's Ryan Zielski was second. Burlington's Rusty Egan...more