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(Photo by Trent Gower Photography) Inside Line Promotions – WILMOT, Wis. (July 10, 2023) – David Gravel captured a sixth-place result last Saturday during the Federated Auto Parts Larry Hillerud Memorial Badger 40. It marked the 36th top 10 of the season for the Big Game Motorsports driver, who began the night at Wilmot Raceway by timing in second quickest to open the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event. “I felt like we qualified good and from there we struggled with the...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 2, 2023 – One week after turning in one of their most complete efforts of the 2023 season in weekly 410 Sprint Car action at Butler Motor Speedway in Quincy, Mich., Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team showcased plenty of speed, which did not translate to the results column, during a Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association doubleheader weekend featuring the third annual Road America Challenge at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 2, 2023 – Despite being mired in middle-of-the-pack A-main starting positions, Travis Arenz proved to be undaunted during back-to-back Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series events last weekend, improving a grand total of 16 spots en route to a pair of fifth place showings in the third annual Road America Challenge at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Friday, July 28 and annual Founder’s Night event at Wilmot Raceway in...more

IRA Sprints Set for Historic Points Battle to End 2022 The IRA Sprints used to be the Joe Roe show. Then it was the “North Pole Nightmare” invading everyone’s dreams for over a decade. However, the days of being able to predict a champion before the season began are long gone, and maybe the days of predicting a champion before the last race of the season are gone as well. Not since an epic title fight between Bill Rose, Ben Schmidt and Scotty Neitzel in 2015 has the IRA points battle been this...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 24, 2022 – After a three-week break from competition, Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team got back to the business of traversing their rookie campaign with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series with a fast-paced, fair-themed weekend of doubleheader action. The weekend twinbill opened on Saturday, Aug. 20 with a 27-car field checked in for the annual Roger Iles Tribute IRA event held during the Kenosha...more

Bill Grogan was a long time IRA sponsor that was known for his 100 handshakes. He would walk up to a racer to shake his hand and slip them a 100 dollar bill. He was the one to pick the chins up of driver’s when they had a bad night. Grogan was a guy that liked to have fun. He was especially close with the Zion and Waukegan contingent of racers. “This was the best year we’ve ever had with support, it wasn’t a one-man show,” Hafford stated. “We all came together as a racing family”. We’d like...more

Lots of good things are in store in 2023 for both fans and competitors of the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. A schedule loaded with both traditional events, plus some new ones too, has everyone excited. Co-sanctions are always ultra-competitive and we have several this year. The All Stars make two trips to Wisconsin this year with events at Wilmot, their first ever at Dodge County, and the big $26,000 to win Rayce Rudeen Foundation race at Plymouth. Plymouth will be the first track...more

(Sun Prairie, WI - January 7, 2023) – The 2023 Badger Midget Auto Racing Association schedule has been released and includes a diverse list of seven different racing venues. The season will consist of 23 events on tracks from one-sixth mile to a three-eighths mile in size and will take place in two different states including Wisconsin and Illinois. The Badger Midgets will open their 2023 campaign at the one-third mile Kankakee Speedway in Kankakee, IL on Friday, May 5th in a co-sanctioned...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 31, 2022 – On a night when the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series remembered the individuals who played a role in founding the IRA at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. in the mid-1960s, IRA rookie Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team forged their own racing memories during the IRA Founders Night program at Wilmot Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 27. Hartmann’s evening featured his first IRA victory in heat race...more

####With Heavy Hearts We Write: All of us at Beaver Dam Raceway & the greater South Eastern Wisconsin racing scene are extremely saddened to hear the news of the tragic loss of our long time Competition Director and friend, Jerry Priesgen. His contributions and dedication, not only to our raceway, but the sport of racing as a whole will be forever appreciated and very much missed. Jerry started working with the raceway back in 2004 as a tech official and later became our competition director....more