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Another strong turnout for the IRA Lightning Sprints as 19 cars checked in to do battle as part of an all IRA show in one of the biggest races of the year during the Kenosha County Fair at Wilmot Raceway. The evening started with the K9 of Andrew Kiedrowski setting quick time of the evening. The 55H of Mark Heinert and the 13 of CJ Malueg would claim heat race victories and the feature would see the 6B of Derek Fortier and the B20 of Tom Brown – all the way from Nebraska and back racing with...more

As has become an annual tradition, the Bumper to Bumper IRA 410 winged sprint cars will end their season with the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships presented by A Main Apparel at thePlymouth Dirt Track. In an effort to help our teams end the year on a high note, the IRA is looking to add $3,000 to the purse through lap sponsorship money. Each of the 30 laps of the A main will be available to sponsor for $100, going directly to the driver who leads that lap during the feature. If you are...more

20 cars again signed in at Wilmot Raceway on August 6th. This marked the first and only time all season that the lightning sprints have been able to race on consecutive weeks due to Mother Nature. Andrew Kiedrowski repaired his car from the previous weeks flip and was able to grab quick time for the evening as well as winning heat 1. Max Brannam was able to win heat 2 – is second heat win in his career. The 55 of Mark Heinert drew the pole for the feature with Max Brannam starting on his...more

20 IRA lightning sprints signed in for only their 2nd appearance this season at home track Wilmot Raceway on July 30th. Again it was Mike Neau setting quick time during qualifying while Derek Fortier and Adam Schroeder claimed heat race wins. The feature saw Fortier bring the field to green but was quickly challenged by the K9 of Andrew Kiedrowski. Kiedrowski was able to get around Fortier and lead lap 1 but that lead was short lived as he looped his machine in turn 2 on lap 2. Fortier...more

Coming off of a great weekend away from home where Jake Blackhurst took the final checkered flag of the weekend out dueling the Northern Outlaw Sprint Association (NOSA). This weekends events showed the incredible work of what Steve Sinclair has done for sprint car racing. Building up a series where most races are in Southeastern Wisconsin yet the top 3 in points are from Central Illinois traveling between 11 and 13 hours to get to River Cities Speedway just 50 miles south of the Canadian...more

The return of the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series to Wilmot Raceway was also the season opener for the IRA Lightning Sprints as Mother Nature has cancelled 5 events so far this year – 4 of which were Wilmot races. 21 cars signed in – the highest total of the year so far – and again it was the 16 of Mike Neau leading the way in qualifying. Heat races we won by Mark Heinert in the 55 and CJ Malueg in the 13 as he made an amazing pass in the last 2 corners to move from 5th to 1st as the top...more

For the fourth time in eight tries this 2022 season, Mother Nature was the only winner at Wilmot Raceway on Saturday, June 25. Morning rains saturated the facility and combined with additional rain along with potential storms forecasted throughout the remainder of the day, Raceway officials cancelled the highly anticipated return of the USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series for the first time at Wisconsin's original home of sprint car racing in 10 years. The next events coming up for the...more

18 cars made the trip to Beaver Dam to support night 2 of the World of Outlaws sprint car double header and the night got started with the 16 of Mike Neau claiming quick time in qualifying. Heat races were won by outside front row starters Andrew Kiedrowski in the K9 and John Kirk in the 9. After the feature invert, we saw both Kirk and Kiedrowski lining up on the front row and again the outside line proved dominant on the start as Kiedrowski was able to capture the lead on the start and...more

We regret to inform everyone the difficult and unwanted decision to cancel tonight's races at Wilmot Raceway has been made. The combination of poor weather outlook, already saturated grounds, cool temperatures, fuel prices and tire difficulties are the contributing factors to this decision. We hope to see everyone next week for the IRA / MOWA co-sanctioned show at Fairbury Speedway. This is truly one of the nicest and friendliest facilities in the country. This will be a big show for everyone...more

The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints completed a successful Wisconsin doubleheader this past Memorial Day weekend May 28-29, going from northwest to northeast as they kicked off their weekend at the banked wide third-mile Rice Lake Speedway. IRA hadn't competed at Rice Lake since 2013. The cars ran 3-wide early and a nice crowd came out and welcomed the IRA 410's back. Russ Borland set quick time over the 20 car field- and raced his way to the lead early in the 30 lap A-main by overtaking...more