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"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

It was a great weekend of racing for Brandon Wimmer and Chris Hartnell’s #48 team in Wisconsin. After a second place finish with the IRA on Friday at Manitowoc Speedway where the team won earlier this season, they picked up a victory Saturday at Wilmot Speedway. The Fairmount, Indiana driver plans on being in John Shewbrooks’ #A67 this weekend in OSCS action at Atomic Speedway near Chillicothe, Ohio. The speedway in Manitowoc will be shut down after this season, and Brandon was hoping to...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

Brandon Wimmer and the Hartnell Motorsports #48H team continued to impress in Wisconsin last weekend. The Fairmount, Indiana driver climbed from ninth to second with the All Stars and the IRA at Wilmot Speedway Saturday before settling for a fourth place finish. Misfortune followed Sunday at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, however. The IRA format was used at Wilmot. “We went out early in qualifying and didn’t time in very well,” says Brandon. “The track got better as qualifying went...more

(Photo by Rick Rarer) Inside Line Promotions – WILMOT, Wis. (May 24, 2016) – Dale Blaney pieced together a solid weekend with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions, which headed as far west as the schedule presents this season. Blaney and the Mainstream Holdings, Inc., sponsored CH Motorsports team kicked off the competition last Friday at Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, Ill., where Blaney made his debut by qualifying sixth quickest overall. “I thought we qualified pretty good for when we...more

(Photo by Collin Markle Photography) Inside Line Promotions – WILMOT, Wis. (May 24, 2016) – Caleb Helms registered a pair of 14th-place finishes last weekend with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions. Helms opened the doubleheader on Friday at Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, Ill., where he made his debut by qualifying eighth quickest. That ranked second best in his group and lined him up on the inside of the second row for a heat race. “We were decent in qualifying, but we were a little...more

(Photo by DB3 Imaging) Inside Line Promotions – LERNERVILLE, Pa. (May 18, 2016) – Caleb Helms is heading west this weekend for an Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions doubleheader. Helms will make his debut at Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, Ill., on Friday before he makes only his second career start at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis., on Saturday. “Sometimes it’s tough (going to unfamiliar tracks) if there are little nuances with the track that you have to pick up where you just have to run...more