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Jimmy Sivia of Winthrop Harbor, Illinois captured his first 20-lap AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Car feature ever highlighting Wilmot Raceway's Memorial Day Special Saturday, May 26. "This is a family affair and it is great to finally be able to have them all in victory lane," said Sivia. "It was a lot of fun battling Ryan Zielski the last 10 laps and especially the final three. It was great." Sivia took the point from early race leader Scott Grissom, holding top spot until a caution...more

Saturday night brought the Scott Thiel Motorsports team to the Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, WI with the IRA Sprint Car Series. After coming off a decent run at Beaver Dam the week before, Thiel continued on his charge early in the night with a quick lap time in qualifying and followed that up with a heat race win. Thiel would go on to start the night in the second position and gave a solid run at the lead but fell short at the end to complete the night with a second place finish. 28 cars signed...more

The Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS series presented by the IRA once again had 30 cars sign in for action. Nathan Crane set quick time over former series champion Doug Schenck and Ryan Zielski. Last Saturday’s Feature winner Allen Hafford would pick up the win in heat race number one over Nathan Crane and Chris Dodd. Heat Race two saw a pair of veterans battle as Doug Schenck won over Tom Cox, Matt Vandervere would finish in 3rd. The third and final heat race saw Jimmy Sivia take home the...more

Matt Vandervere behind the wheel of the Dan Wade owned 15v utilized the high side of the high banked Beaver Dam Raceway to lead all 20 laps in route to victory with the Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints presented by the IRA. Qualifying saw Jimmy Sivia set quick time over Nick Petska. Nathan Crane would qualify in 3rd with Chris Dodd in 4th and Ryan Zelski in 5th. Heat 1 saw Sivia keep his hopes of sweeping the night stay alive as he picked up the heat win over Scott Grissom. Chris Dodd...more

Hafford Nabs Wilmot Opener On Last Lap Tim Cox lead the first 19 laps of an action packed Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints Presented by the IRA, but Allen Hafford capitalized on a late race mistake and stole the victory. 30 wingLESS teams signed in for action on the cold April night at Wilmot Raceway. Qualifying saw Derek Crane set quick time around the 3/8ths mile clay oval. Minnesotan Jimmy Kuba would qualify in 2nd over Nick Petska, Allen Hafford, and James Walldan. Heat Race 1 action...more

Jordan Mattson begins Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series title defense this weekend BEAVER DAM, Wisc. — April 26, 2018 — The way Jordan Mattson sees it, there is no pressure entering the 2018 season as the defending champion of the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by AutoMeter. He is treating the opening pair of races this weekend the same way he treats every other race, whether it’s the first, last or any other over the course of the season. Mattson will begin his Wisconsin wingLESS...more

It's LAST CALL for discounted 2018 IRA memberships. Don't delay, prices go up April 1st. Membership forms can be found on respective series websites. Also, please note any driver running for series points in either the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, Wisconsin wiingLESS Sprint Series presented by AutoMeter, and the WIMS Mini Sprints is required to purchase the IRA GOLD membership. The GOLD membership includes an additional member excess insurance policy, and other benefits. Standard...more

IRA's Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by AutoMeter is unquestionably one of open wheel racing's biggest success stories over the past couple years. And the 4th year group just received an added boost. Gandrud Chevrolet (Green Bay, WI) has come on board as IRA's official Chevrolet Performance Headquarters. The series is based on two engine options, a build your own spec engine or the GM604 crate engine. IRA has a different take on the crate compared to most others as IRA allows them...more

IRA’s Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by AutoMeter will have an informational meeting Tuesday night, March 20th at the Brat Stop (NW corner of I-94 & Hwy 50) at 7pm. Memberships will be available and are discounted thru the end of March, so don’t delay. Insurance info will be explained, sponsor sheets to be filled out etc. Shockingly only 1 team has provided sponsor info for our directory which is being created to help your sponsors and in the long run help teams. We can...more

The IRA's Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series is proud to announce that Sycamore, IL based AutoMeter is coming onboard as presenting sponsor of the series for 2018. "AutoMeter is proud to be the presenting sponsor of this growing IRA series. We are always looking for different ways to support the racer and this is an excellent opportunity. The open wheel market is growing and we want to be a part of it. We have been developing new products specifically for the open wheel and dirt markets and...more