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Two clean sweeps, two two-time 2022 feature winners, a new winner for this season and three track qualifying records in time trials highlighted the only race track in the Wisconsin area to hold a program on Saturday, June 11 at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. Genoa City's Mike Simons took the lead from early pacesetter Brad McGuire of New Berlin with 13 laps remaining in the 20-lap modified feature. A pair of late cautions kept erasing the 3-time Wilmot track champion's lead, but M. Simons was...more

Genoa City's Nick Simons kept the modified feature wins in the family scoring his second 20-lap main victory of the season to score a late race Father's Day Special Night victory Sunday, June 19 at Wilmot Raceway. John Cole of McHenry, IL chalked up his second 15-lap Bandit 4-Cylinder Stock Car feature win of the season, also in a late race victory. Keeping with the evening's theme, Tim Cox of Park City, IL became the third different 20-lap AutoMeter/Brewington Electric Wisconsin WingLESS...more

Kenosha County Fair 2022 Opening Night was memorable for four different drivers at Wilmot Raceway on Wednesday, August 17. Genoa City's Nick Simons celebrated his 42nd birthday a day early by winning his third 20-lap Gerber Collision & Glass Modified Feature of the season. N. Simons, who earlier captured his perfect eight for eight victory in the first heat race, took the lead on lap three prior to a pair of caution periods on laps 4 and 8 slowing the pace briefly. N. Simons, with a new...more

Two first-time champions, one repeater, a four-time titlist and a three-time titlist all were crowned 2022 Wilmot Raceway Season Champions on Championship Night Saturday, September 3. Pleasant Prairie's Mike Neau made it four out of five feature wins at Wilmot by taking the victory in the 25-lap Pfeiffer Trailer Sales IRA Lightning Sprints feature to solidify his first ever track championship. Neau took the lead from Oak Creek's Mark Heinert with 11 laps to go slicing through traffic at the...more

Bonduel's Nick Anvelink took another step toward a fifth WABAM Dirt Kings Late Model Championship by scoring his second win in the 5th Annual Jim "Wildman" Watson Classic 30-lap Feature Saturday, September 10 at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. Anvelink powered into the lead seven laps from the finish, overtaking Waukesha's Taylor Scheffler on the backstretch. Scheffler had taken the top spot from early race leader Joel Bennett of Hortonville following a restart after a caution four laps into...more

The Kenosha County Fair’s Wilmot Raceway will have a new look to go with their exciting schedule. The third-mile clay oval will have completed a major offseason project when the gates open on opening night May 6th, as new aluminum bleachers will have been installed. The new bleachers were constructed in a manner that has the entire bleacher elevated on risers, and the entire bleacher comes with seat backs. The schedule itself has a great mix of specials, and is the only track in the region...more

NexGen Pumps and IRA Motorsports have come to an agreement that will have the Silver Lake based company taking over Hoosier Race Tire sales for Wilmot Raceway focusing primarily on WI wingLESS Sprints, Lightning Sprints, Modifieds, and Steet Stock tires. While IRA Motorsports will continue to service all IRA Outlaw Sprint events. While separate, the two entities will work together to make sure a sufficient inventory is maintained. NexGen Pumps will start immediately with an inventory of H...more

(Wilmot, Wis., Saturday, May 20, 2023)--Four new winners made their way to the Wilmot Raceway victory lane for the first time in the 2023 on Armed Forces Night Saturday, May 20. Oconomowoc's Ryan Zielski took the lead on a restart three laps into the CK Contractors/AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints 20-lap main event. Zielski, who overtook early race leader Chris Dodd of Trevor, went on to the victory. Dodd ended up second. Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, IL, who won the first two wingLESS...more

Oconomowoc's Ryan Zielski scored a back to back 20-lap CK Contractors/AutoMeter Wisconsin Wingless Sprints feature win in a hotly contested battle Saturday, June 10. Zielski took the lead with two laps to go after a caution flew three laps from the finish. Zielski overtook Clayton Rossmann of Wadsworth, IL who had held the point from the opening green flag including a caution at the halfway point. At the checkered, Zielski shot high coming out of turn four with Rossmann sticking to the low...more