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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

Genoa City's Nick Simons kept the modified feature wins in the family scoring his second 20-lap main victory of the season to score a late race Father's Day Special Night victory Sunday, June 19 at Wilmot Raceway. John Cole of McHenry, IL chalked up his second 15-lap Bandit 4-Cylinder Stock Car feature win of the season, also in a late race victory. Keeping with the evening's theme, Tim Cox of Park City, IL became the third different 20-lap AutoMeter/Brewington Electric Wisconsin WingLESS...more

A pair of 2022 three-time winners and a first timer highlighted the 3rd Annual Wilmot Raceway Fireworks/Carload Special on Tuesday, June 28. Genoa City's Mike Simons scored his third 20-lap modified feature win of the season in a hotly contested battle with eventual runner-up Steve Mueller of Eagle. M. Simons, a 3-time Wilmot season champion, overtook Mueller three laps from the finish coming out of turn four after the pair battled side by side throughout the closing circuits. Union Grove's...more

Kenosha County Fair 2022 Opening Night was memorable for four different drivers at Wilmot Raceway on Wednesday, August 17. Genoa City's Nick Simons celebrated his 42nd birthday a day early by winning his third 20-lap Gerber Collision & Glass Modified Feature of the season. N. Simons, who earlier captured his perfect eight for eight victory in the first heat race, took the lead on lap three prior to a pair of caution periods on laps 4 and 8 slowing the pace briefly. N. Simons, with a new...more

Two first-time champions, one repeater, a four-time titlist and a three-time titlist all were crowned 2022 Wilmot Raceway Season Champions on Championship Night Saturday, September 3. Pleasant Prairie's Mike Neau made it four out of five feature wins at Wilmot by taking the victory in the 25-lap Pfeiffer Trailer Sales IRA Lightning Sprints feature to solidify his first ever track championship. Neau took the lead from Oak Creek's Mark Heinert with 11 laps to go slicing through traffic at the...more

Bonduel's Nick Anvelink took another step toward a fifth WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Championship by scoring his second win in the 5th Annual Jim "Wildman" Watson Classic 30-lap Feature Saturday, September 10 at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. Anvelink powered into the lead seven laps from the finish, overtaking Waukesha's Taylor Scheffler on the backstretch. Scheffler had taken the top spot from early race leader Joel Bennett of Hortonville following a restart after a caution four laps into...more

The Kenosha County Fair’s Wilmot Raceway will have a new look to go with their exciting schedule. The third-mile clay oval will have completed a major offseason project when the gates open on opening night May 6th, as new aluminum bleachers will have been installed. The new bleachers were constructed in a manner that has the entire bleacher elevated on risers, and the entire bleacher comes with seat backs. The schedule itself has a great mix of specials, and is the only track in the region...more

All Bandit drivers and crews: There are a few rule changes for this year. Just to clarify, racing seats are required. Securely mounted with four 3/8” dimeter grade 8 bolts. We are allowing steel racing wheels as long as they are the same offset as the stock wheel and do not alter the track width of the car. All tires must be inside the body lines of the car. You will be allowed 1 degree +/- camber in any wheel. This will be checked on the concrete pad at the tech barn. All suspension...more

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

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