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Cottage Grove's Doug Schenck, reigning Meyer Valves and Vacs wingLESS Sprint Series presented by the IRA champion finally found victory lane for the first time this season in the 20-lap feature. "It's been a while since we've been in victory lane," said Schenck. "I think we've finally got this thing figured out. In the over two years we're run at Wilmot, we've never been able to beat Todd(Lehr) when he's still been running on the track. I would have rather he been out there, but we'll still...more

August 14, 2016; Sun Prairie, WI - The Meyer Valves and Vacs Wisconsin wingLESS series presented by the IRA made their second of three trips to the legendary Angell Park Speedway, where just two weeks prior Todd Lehr was able to capture the victory. In qualifying Jordan Mattson would set quick time over Doug Schenck, Todd Lehr, Jimmy Kouba and Allen Hafford would round out the top five. Heat 1 saw Jake Kouba jump to the early lead and and would never look back.Todd Lehr and Jordan Mattson...more

(Photo by Collin Markle Photography) Inside Line Promotions – FRESNO, Calif. (Aug. 15, 2016) – Dominic Scelzi has one more weekend in the Upper Midwest before he starts his journey back to California. Scelzi will race his Roth Motorsports backed, family owned sprint car this Friday and Saturday at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis., and Sunday at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis., with the IRA Series and World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. “I think throughout the whole trip this...more

(Photo by DB3 Imaging) Inside Line Promotions – WILMOT, Wis. (Aug. 2, 2016) – Jason Sides scored two top-10 finishes last week during World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series competition. The action began a week ago Tuesday at Ohsweken Speedway in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada, for the Six Nations Showdown. “We shot ourselves in the foot,” he said. “We changed motors to go there and ran a motor we haven’t run before. It was a little different combination and we had too much gear in it. Once we...more

July 31, 2016; Sun Prairie, WI - For the first time in the series short history the Meyer Valves and Vacs Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by the IRA took to the historic Angell Park Speedway. In qualifying, as many drivers worked to learn a new track, 2015 Wilmot wingLESS champion and Angell Park veteran Doug Schenck, who made his first start at the historic track in 1976, used his knowledge and prior experience to set quick time. Heat race competition got off to a scary start as...more

Derek Crane of Waukegan, Illinois chalked up his second main event win of the season in the Meyer Valves & Vacs wingLESS Sprint Series presented by the IRA 20-lap feature.. "It was a great win for us," said Crane, who has had some help from former Wilmot modified champion Tim Cox. "I knew Todd (Lehr) was coming at the end, but we had just enough to hold him off." Crane is in his first season of oval track dirt racing having competed in racing go-karts prior. Finishing second by less than a...more

David Gravel has been under the weather over the course of the last week, but he didn't let that slow him down on Saturday night in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Badger 40 at Wilmot Raceway in Wisconsin. The native of Watertown, Connecticut, led all 40 laps to claim his sixth World of Outlaws Craftsman® Sprint Car Series win of the season. Gravel has now won in both of his starts with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series at Wilmot Raceway and has 13 career wins with the series. "It's...more

HUGE weekend for our series, supporting WoO at Wilmot Saturday and debuting at Angell Park Sunday. It's essential teams support both! A positive weekend means a faster and brighter future for the series. Please do what you can to do both.

Both IRA divisions were on hand at Wilmot Raceway this past Saturday Night for Founders Night as IRA celebrated its' 50th Anniversary. 7-time Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Champion Bill Balog held off the challenges of current point leader Scotty Thiel and a charging Jeremy Schultz to capture the winged 410 portion. In just its' 2nd year, and first under IRA sanction, the Meyer Valves & Vacs wingLESS Sprints by IRA brought out their largest car count to date with 19 machines n the...more

"The drivers in this wingLESS class are great, the fans are great, everything about Wilmot Raceway is awesome," said Jimmy Kouba of Byron, Minnesota following his first 20-lap Meyer Valves & Vacs wingLESS Sprint Series presented by the IRA feature win. "Jordan Mattson ran awesome. It was great racing with him. This all makes the five and one-half hour one-way trip from home worth it." Mattson and Jimmy Kouba ran wheel to wheel for several laps, exchanging the lead numerous times as the...more