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One of the most festive weekends on the IRA schedule is this weekend, Saturday August 20th and Sunday August 21st. Saturday is the annual Kenosha County Fair races at Wilmot Raceway featuring the 36 lap, $3600 to win Roger Iles Tribute for the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. The Wilmot Fair date also includes the largest event of the year for the AutoMeter/Brewington Electric Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints with the Bill Grogan Memorial, plus IRA Lightning Sprints too. Then Sunday it's...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 30, 2022 – Over the years, Wilmot Raceway has built a reputation as a somewhat acquired taste, and as a track where proven veterans often have a distinct advantage over relative newcomers. However, third-year 360 Sprint Car driver Alex Pokorski certainly flipped that script by ripping off his best career Midwest Sprint Car Association A-main finish in his first-ever appearance at the third-mile clay oval in Wilmot, Wis. on Saturday, Aug. 27, during the second...more

It was Founder’s Night at Wilmot Raceway and on top of that, Wilmot would crown a 2022 Sprint Car Track Champion. 27 Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Cars checked in at the raceway for the night. Setting fast time of the night was the Rhine Auto 39 of Jake Blackhurst. Heat race winners would be Scotty Neitzel, Austin Hartmann, and Danny Schlafer. We saw plenty of new and rookie faces during the draw for the dash. One particularly was Scott Conger who qualified 4th fastest overall with his 360 motor...more

On behalf of everyone from the IRA Sprint Car Series, we'd love to extend our congratulations to Dave Olson and Mike Babicz for their induction into the Southeastern Wisconsin Short Track Hall of Fame. Pictured in order: Mike Babicz is truly one of the best in the business when it comes to knowledge of our sport here in Wisconsin and announcing. Dave Olson's photos and other contributions to the Wisconsin racing scene are unmatched and known by many. Dick Colburn (inaugural class of 2009) is a...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 15, 2023 – Paul and Alex Pokorski enjoyed the type of night that will live long in the memories of family, friends team members, supporters and fans, as the father-son racing duo steered their Spyder Akright-owned 360 Sprint Cars to top-five showings in Akright Auto Plymouth Dirt Track Racing - Midwest Sprint Car Association 360 Sprint Car A-main competition at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Aug. 12. With 24 Plymouth Dirt Track Racing –...more

This FRIDAY night, May 20th is one of the biggest Wisconsin sprint car nights of the year, as the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions join the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints in a co-sanctioned Sprintacular. This must see all sprint car event also includes the AutoMeter / Brewington Electric Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints and IRA Lightning Sprints. Advance tickets available at www.Wilmotraceway.com and of course tickets will be available at the gate on race day at 5:00. Warm Ups start at 6:00....more

On Saturday, August 19th, 41 Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Cars checked in at Wilmot Raceway for the Kenosha County Fair & Roger Iles Memorial race. Bill Balog would claim our Competition Specialist Quick Time Award, laying down the time of 12.874 seconds. Heat races were won by Joel Myers Jr, Tylar Rankin, Jeremy Schultz, and Jake Neuman. This would set up the draw for the dash later that night. Joel Myers Jr. and Mike Reinke would win their dash, setting the front row of the 30 lap...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 23, 2023 – On the heels of a two-week break from racing action, Travis Arenz and the members of the Travis Arenz Motorsports got back into the swing of the 2023 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association schedule with a doubleheader weekend featuring events at the Kenosha County Fair at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. on Saturday, Aug. 19, which yielded a hard charger award A-main effort, and Corn Fest at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis., which saw...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 23, 2023 – Following a two-week hiatus from racing competition, Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team fired up the home stretch of the 2023 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series season with a pair of events at two of the circuit’s mainstay facilities – Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. on Saturday, Aug. 19 and Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis. on Sunday, Aug. 20. Hartmann opened up the IRA weekend...more

WILMOT, WI. (August 22, 2023) Continuing to gain experience behind the wheel of a 410cid Sprint Car, Bryce Norris took on the Midwest Open Wheel Association at Lincoln Speedway on Friday, then the Bumper-to-Bumper IRA Sprint Series on Saturday at Wilmot Raceway. Trying to get as many races in as possible as Bryce rolls back into School, the weekend ended with a 16th-place finish at Lincoln, followed by a challenging night at Wilmot that put the Indiana driver against a 41-car field. Having to...more