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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

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

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

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

Due to temperatures predicted for tomorrow, we have adjusted our schedule: Pits open at 1 Grandstands 4 pm. Drivers meeting at 4:15 Engine heat at 4:45 Hotlaps/qualifying 5:00pm Opening ceremonies 5:45 Racing at 6pm.