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A new era at Wilmot Raceway on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds survived some weather scares as the entire 2023 opening night race program was completed on Saturday, May 6. The facility received numerous upgrades during the off-season including a completely new grandstand with aluminum seats with backs and a new scoring tower. The feature winners got to be the first ones in the new Wilmot Raceway Victory Lane powered by Twisted Cuisine. Bill Balog of Hartford, WI captured the 25-lap Wilmot...more

(Wilmot, Wis., Saturday, May 20, 2023)--Four new winners made their way to the Wilmot Raceway victory lane for the first time in the 2023 on Armed Forces Night Saturday, May 20. Oconomowoc's Ryan Zielski took the lead on a restart three laps into the CK Contractors/AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints 20-lap main event. Zielski, who overtook early race leader Chris Dodd of Trevor, went on to the victory. Dodd ended up second. Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, IL, who won the first two wingLESS...more

A pair of second time winners and a first timer highlighted feature winners for the Wilmot Raceway Memorial Weekend Open Wheel Spectacular Saturday, May 27. Blake Nimee of Oswego, IL captured his second Bumper to Bumper Interstates Racing Association (IRA) feature win at Wilmot in a hotly contested 30-lap main event to finish the night. Nimee took the lead from the opening lap shooting in front from his front row starting berth. The only caution came at the midway point which closed a...more

Oconomowoc's Ryan Zielski scored a back to back 20-lap CK Contractors/AutoMeter Wisconsin Wingless Sprints feature win in a hotly contested battle Saturday, June 10. Zielski took the lead with two laps to go after a caution flew three laps from the finish. Zielski overtook Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, IL who had held the point from the opening green flag including a caution at the halfway point. At the checkered, Zielski shot high coming out of turn four with Rossmann sticking to the low...more

Father's Day Weekend Family Night at Wilmot Raceway proved special for five main event winners on Saturday, June 17. Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, IL captured his third 20-lap CK Contractors/AutoMeter Wisconsin Wingless Sprints feature win this season at Wilmot. Rossmann held the lead from the drop of the green through a red flag when Bryce Andrews of Kenosha got upside down in turn three. Rossmann and Kansasville's Ryan Marhsall, along with Zach Raidart of Gurnee, IL, were in a three-way...more

Three new 2023 feature winners went into Wilmot Raceway's victory lane on Saturday, June 24. Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, OK captured his 49th career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series main event win becoming the fourth different victor for the series at Wilmot. Bacon battled Emerson Axsom of Franklin, IN back and forth until Bacon jumped out in front for the final time nine laps from the finish. A caution for s spin three laps from the checkered closed the ranks one last time, but Bacon...more

One new feature winner and three duplicate main winners highlighted the Wilmot Raceway traditional Car Load & Fireworks Independence Day Holiday Spectacular Night on Saturday, July 1. Genoa City's Nick Simons scored his first 20-lap Modified feature win of the season. N. Simons overtook early race leader Joel Seegert of Sheboygan nine laps from the finish in the non-stop main. N. Simons was able to work some lapped traffic and pulled away to the win. Genoa City's Mike Simons, Nick's younger...more

A pair of 2023 first time winners this season at Wilmot Raceway along with two third time winners highlighted a wild Family Night Saturday, July 15. Kansasville's Ryan Marshall became the fourth different 20-lap CK Contractors/AutoMeter Powered by Gandrud Performance Parts feature winner going wire to wire to take his first Wilmot main win this season. A caution with nine laps remaining followed by another with four laps to go kept Marshall under pressure from Oconomowoc's Ryan Zielski. The...more

The Kansasville Comet, Ryan Marshall, scored his second 20-lap CK Contractors/AutoMeter Wisconsin Wingless Sprints Powered By Gandrud Performance Products Feature victory of the season at Wilmot Raceway highlighting Family Night on Saturday, August 5. Marshall took the lead from first year driver Tyler Kuxhouse of Antioch, IL with three laps to go following a restart with the only caution of the feature with five laps remaining. Kuxhouse finished a career best second after leading the first...more

Hartford’s Bill Balog put the bookend on his second regular season Wilmot Raceway 410 Championship by scoring a thrilling victory in the Roger Iles Tribute for the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) 30-lap feature at the Kenosha County Fair on Saturday, August 19, 2023. Balog’s last Wilmot title came in 2020. Balog, known as the North Pole Nightmare as he is originally from Anchorage, AK, took the lead on a slide move to overtake Joel Myers Jr. of Santa Rosa, CA. on a restart...more