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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the fans, drivers, crew members and officials of the IRA. Looking forward to a great 2017 season.

IRA, as well as all other major winged sanctions, will be following these 2 rule guidelines released by the World of Outlaws. The World of Outlaws have been working with us, and others, on these every step of the way...... and we agree with them on these two issues. Attached are two new car spec rules we are implementing for 2017. One is the wheel cover rule that has been out for some time now and the other concerns the carbon fiber issue that we have recently discussed. Hopefully, neither of...more

Brookfield, WI The Interstate Racing Association concluded their 50th anniversary season by combining the accomplishments of the established Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and their upstart Meyer Valves & Vacs Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series this past Saturday at the Embassy Suites in Brookfield, Wisconsin. A packed main ballroom greeted the honorees for the festivities emceed by the comedic and talented Ray Underwood. Jeff Fischer of Grandstand Video opened the program with a...more

Attention IRA wingLESS Point Fund eligible teams, the top 9 in points met the participation requirements. The IRA Banquet is Saturday Nov. 19th. We strongly urge you all to attend. Banquet tickets, as you were all told, MUST BE purchased in advance. Go to your website and click on DRIVER INFO, then scroll down to Banquet Order Form and follow the directions. There are discounted hotel rooms as well, and time on those discounted rates are running out, so please don't delay any longer in getting...more

Some fast facts regarding the 2016 Interstate Racing Association (IRA) season. IRA celebrated its’ 50th anniversary season by expanding to two divisions of Sprint Cars in 2016. The established Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series completed 29 of the 35 races scheduled and contested at 14 different venues throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois. 13 different drivers visited victory lane with Jeremy Schultz being crowned the champion. Schultz had 2 feature wins, 17 top 5’s, and 22 top...more

Earning season championship honors were Beaver Dam's Jeremy Schultz in the winged sprint cars and Genoa City's Todd Lehr in the Meyer Valves and Vacs wingLESS Sprints presented by the IRA closing out the 2016 Wilmot Raceway Season Championship Night Two on Saturday, September 24. "We have a super crew and Meyer along with all of our sponsors give us great support," said Lehr after taking the title for the wingLESS sprints in the second year for the division. "I have to thank my wife, Debbie,...more

The 2016 IRA Banquet (both winged and wingLESS) will be held on November 19th at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Milwaukee Brookfield Rooms from $99 a night Call: 262-782-2900 or http://embassysuites.hilton.com/en/es/groups/personalized/M/MKEMBES-IR3-20161118/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG To get this rate, reservations must be made by 10/20/16 Ticket order form available on wingLESS website under the rules tab

9/4 Sun Prairie, WI Todd "The Jet" Lehr added to his series point lead by capturing the 20 lap Meyer Valves & Vacs / IRA wingLESS Sprint Series event at Angell Park Speedway. The event was co-sanctioned by the UMSS Traditional Sprints. Following a first lap melee which eliminated the five cars of Jordan Mattson, Allen Hafford, George Gaertner, Jeremy Hunt, and Dave Maynard, the race went all green. This was the groups third and final appearance of 2016 at the historic oval. Lehr scored the...more

"Jimmy (Scanlon) is a tough racer and was a lot of fun to run with," said Jimmy Kouba of Byron, Minnesota after his second Meyer Valves & Vacs Wingless Sprint Series presented by the IRA 20-lap feature win at Wilmot this season. "Then at the end, I knew Doug (Schenck) was coming and it was wild went it got three wide. It's fun running here at Wilmot. The fans, staff, fellow drivers, everybody treats us so well it makes the trip worth it." Scanlon and Jimmy Kouba kept trading the top spot...more

"I have to credit my wife, because she is the one who set up the car," admitted a jubilant Mattson. "I knew Todd (Lehr) was coming up on me toward the end, but I just stuck with my line. I have to thank my sponsors, car owner who let's me drive the car, everybody on the crew. This is fantastic." Mattson jumped in front from the start of the main, but had a caution period with five laps to go erase a half-straightaway lead over the field. On the restart the season point leader Lehr, of...more