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(Wilmot, Wis., Sunday, July 19, 2020)--Sweeps were the order of the night closing out Wilmot Raceway's doubleheader weekend on Sunday, July 19. Hartland's Bill Balog held off a late restart charge from second place Hunter Schuerenberg of Sikeston, MO to win the Bumper to Bumper Interstates Racing Association (IRA) feature. Balog captured an IRA win Saturday, July 18 at Plymouth Dirt Track. On June 13, the previous IRA appearance at Wilmot, Balog scored the victory as well. Joey Moughan of...more

(Wilmot, Wis., Saturday, August 8, 2020)--Bill Balog of Hartland, originally from Alaska, scored a clean sweep of the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Winged Sprints Founders Night at Wilmot Raceway. Balog led green to checkered for his third Founders Night Main win, having won in 2017 and 2018 with this year's event being the seventh annual. Kewaskum's Russel Borland was second with Howards Grove's Mike Reinke third. Posting fast time, winning the heat race, the dash and...more

This Saturday night, May 1st is OPENING NIGHT for Wilmot Raceway and we’re starting off with a BIG show. We’re kicking things off with the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series as they bring their 900 horsepower thunder to the third-mile clay oval located on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds. Joining the IRA Outlaws will be the AutoMeter / Brewington Electric Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints, the IRA Lightning Sprints, and Modifieds. Over 100 cars are expected! Pit gates open at 2, spectator gates...more

(Wilmot, Wis., Saturday, May 1, 2021)--Carson Short of Marion, IL made his first ever visit to Wilmot Raceway and Wisconsin memorable by taking the victory in the Johnny Reimer Tribute 25-lap Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts Interstates Racing Association (IRA) Wilmot opening night main event. Jake Blackhurst of Hanna City, IL was second with Danny Schlafer of Gibson, WI third. "I like this track," said Short. "I have to thank my family and sponsors for getting the car together. We definitely...more

(Wilmot, Wis., Saturday, August 21, 2021)--Jake Blackhurst of Hanna City, IL scored his second win in the 12th Annual 36-lap Roger Iles Tribute presented by Carriage Auto Body of Waukegan, IL for the Bumper to Bumper Interstates Racing Association(IRA) Outlaw Winged Sprints to close out the Saturday, August 21 Kenosha County Fair 100th Anniversary events on the 1/3-mile Wilmot Raceway. Blackhurst, who won the same event in 2018, used the victory to secure his first ever regular season Wilmot...more

This Saturday, September 18th, 2021 Pit Gate opens at 3pm Grandstands open at 5pm Hot Laps 545pm with Racing around 645pm

The last time the IRA 410 Sprint cars took to the Wilmot Raceway in August Mike Reinke not only set a new track record in qualifying, but he shattered the old one in the process! With the late summer sun going down even earlier will the 4 week old record be broken again… only time will tell.. Also competing are the wingLESS sprints, Lightning Sprints, and the Bandits.. Pit Gate opens at 3pm Grandstands open at 5pm Hot Laps 545pm with Racing around 645pm

2 days away from the final race of the 2021 season at Wilmot Raceway. Scotty Neitzel is the only repeat winner in IRA 410’s at Wilmot this season with 2. Can he pick up his 3rd at Wilmot this Saturday???? Blackhurst? the latest winner at Wilmot during the Kenosha County Fair race, needs to be on his A game with Neitzel trailing in the points by just 146 with 3 races remaining. Can Danny Schlafer get the monkey off his back and finally capture his first IRA feature win? wingLESS Sprints,...more

Wilmot, Wis., Saturday, September 18, 2021)--The final night of the 2021 Wilmot Raceway season saw three new feature winners for the year. Sheboygan's Scotty Thiel scored the victory in the 30-lap Bumper to Bumper Interstates Racing Association (IRA), his initial Wilmot win of the season and first at the original home track of the IRA in a couple of years. "Blake(Nimee) looked strong in the beginning, but when we caught traffic, he went high and I saw a spot down low so I went for it and it...more

The Kenosha County Fair's Wilmot Raceway is releasing their TENTATIVE 2022 schedule. Please note, we are still working on a few things, so there are a few dates that may be subject to change, but we wanted to release this as there are a few non-Saturday's so teams can plan accordingly. For sprint car and open wheel fans, we are very proud that we are the only track in WI that has a World of Outlaw, All Star, and USAC Sprint date, not to mention multiple IRA dates. We have a MSA 360 Sprint and...more