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A hot summer's night began with a victory lane wedding at Wilmot Raceway. Rhonda Bell and Tommy "Mr. Excitement" Sexton of Twin Lakes in a pre-race afternoon event. Sexton has won several championships in various classes at Wilmot. Bell is a member of the Kenosha County Fair Board. Family reunions combined with three firsts for the season plus a duplicate winner highlighting the hotly contested on track features. Parker Jones of Mt. Pleasant shot out front from his second row starting spot,...more

Labor Day Weekend Wilmot Raceway action saw a variety of 2024 Season accomplishments. Waukesha's Mark Heinert scored his fifth Wilmot 11-75 Sports Complex IRA Lightning Sprints championship due to a bizarre series of events in the closing laps of the 25-lap feature. Pleasant Prairie's Mike Neau took the initial lead, holding the top spot until the closing laps. Brian Strane Jr., 15-year-old who held the point lead going into the night, appeared headed toward his story book ending taking the...more

Kenosha's Blake Kreuser put an exclamation point on the 2024 Wilmot Raceway Unified Street Stock Championship season by winning the 20-lap feature securing his first ever title. "It's been a long time coming," said Kreuser, joined by family, sponsors and crew in victory lane after his third feature win of the season, coincidentally coming from seventh starting spot to win on September 7. "We're worked hard and really wanted it. It's such a relief to finally win it, and to do it winning the...more

September 12, 2024 – Bristol, WI. The Lift Pro Powered by Gandrud Chevrolet Winged 604 Sprint Car Series at the Wilmot Raceway action heated up this summer with a couple repeat winners and a new face in Victory Lane with the newly formed series. Action resumed for the series on July 27th for a Saturday Night Thunder Night with Hebron, IL’s Ion Stear kicking of the night with a Quick Time, earning him a point for his efforts. Trevor WI’s Elle Hensley and Round Lake Heights, IL’s Greg Olsen...more

Four Wilmot Raceway track champions were crowned for the track's 74th season on the D.Wells Automotive of Gurnee, IL/Antioch NAPA Auto Parts Championship Night Saturday, September 14, 2024 with fours being wild. Union Grove's Joel Crowbridge captured his first ever Wilmot crown by 6 points with a fifth place finish in the 20-lap IMCA Modified feature. Eagle's Steve Mueller captured a class leading fourth 20-lap feature win of the season by 0.040 seconds catching Iron Ridge's Dan Jung as the...more

September 19, 2024 – Bristol, WI. The Lift Pro Powered by Gandrud Chevrolet Winged 604 Sprint Car Series at the Wilmot Raceway had a repeat winner on Championship Night as the points leader adding to his lead heading into the final weekend. Matt Vandervere of Burlington, WI kicked off the night by laying down the fastest lap earning him a point in the Hepfner Racing Products/HRP Wings Victory Chaser Challenge Points Series. Ion Stear of Hebron, IL and points leader, CJ Malueg of Johnsburg,...more

The final night of the Inaugural Fall Classic for Wilmot Raceway had a little bit of everything as the facility on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds wrapped up its 74th season on Saturday, September 21. Blake Nimee of Yorkville, IL earned his first ever 410 Winged Outlaw Sprint Car Championship by capping the Wilmot series off with a victory in the 25-lap feature which was completed in a light shower. "This is very special," said Nimee, noting he had been racing sprint cars for about 16 years,...more

September 26, 2024 – Bristol, WI. Action wrapped up this past weekend for the Lift Pro Powered by Gandrud Chevrolet Winged 604 Sprint Car Series during the 3 – day Fall Classic. Thursday night’s action kicked off with Victory Chaser points contender Tommy Sexton of Twin Lakes, WI laying down the fastest lap in qualifying earning him the night’s first point. Two more Victory Chaser contenders kept the points chase close as Hebron, IL’s Ion Stear and Johnsburg, IL’s CJ Malueg both took Heat...more

Wilmot Raceway's 75th Anniversary Season will have a special highlight on Founder's Night scheduled for Memorial Day weekend Saturday, May 24 with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) at its original home. The winner of the first feature ever held in 1973 at the track's current location, Jim "King of the Cushion" Moulis of Fox Lake, IL, will have his familiar Fox Lake Harbor #30, on hand and plans to make a few laps. "The engine will be in it and it's all ready to go," said...more

11-75 Sports Bar Complex IRA Lightning Sprints Mark Heinert, Waukesha, WI #55 Racing since 1998. 5x Wilmot Raceway Lightning Sprint Champion 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024 – 2x IRA Champion 2023, 2024 3x Badger Kart Club Champion 5 Starts, 1 Feature win, 2-2nds, 1-3rd, 1-10th(DNF), 4 Top 5s and 4 Top 10s. 2 Heat wins. Wife – Michelle; Daughters-Mikayla & Makenzie Crew Chief – Kris Hoegsted, Dad-Ed Heinert. Supporters – Discovery Designs Refrigeration, VMETALS, Sunshine Cleaning, Ferrito &...more