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IRA HONORS CHAMPS THIEL and RAIDART

(11/23 Pleasant Prairie, W)
A large gathering filled the Parkway Chateau for the 58th annual Interstate Racing Association Awards Banquet, this year honoring Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Champion Scotty Thiel, and AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series powered by Gandrud Champion Zach Raidart. Twenty-eight combined teams were honored with each receiving point fund checks and contingencies, and all were present. Loren Kelly and Madeline Schultz emceed the gala with long time IRA President Steve Sinclair joining in to present numerous special awards. Much of the emphasis of this years festivities focused on IRA's strong pride of its' infrastructure and family atmosphere while recognizing the tremendous accomplishments and dedication of many.

Following dinner, per tradition, a season recap video was played, this year's video was put together by Kelly, Schultz, Hannah Waymier, and Jack Reitz. Hardware, and Photo Composites galore courtesy of Dave Olson's Studio 360 were provided to the many recipients.

Thiel won his first series Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series championship having been runner up on four occasions, and one of those occasions was when Jake Blackhurst captured his first of two IRA titles. This year the tables were turned however as Thiel topped Blackhurst in a season long dual, and the "Big Wheel" did it in style by winning the most series events, and taking the season finale in front of his home crowd at the Plymouth Dirt Track, to put an explanation point on his well deserved championship aboard his #73.

Young Zach Raidart piloted his families #23z to his first AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS powered by Gandud Sprint Series championship. Another season long battle among several drivers, including veteran and past champion driver's Jimmy Sivia and Ryan Marshall, and young charger Tyler Kuxhouse kept eyes on the battle, though it was Raidart's strength and consistency down the stretch which prevailed, highlighted by a big win in front of a packed house at the first ever sprint feature ever contested at The Hill Raceway.

Tylar Rankin aboard Greg Wheeler's #16c finished 6th in IRA Outlaw Sprint points and claimed the Sage Fruit / Hepfner Race Products Big Apple Rookie of the Year Award, topping high schooler Logan Julien, 8th in points, who claimed the Sage Fruit / HRP Apple Cup rookie honors. Julien had a big night at his inaugural IRA banquet by winning a new Maxim chassis too.

Spitz Family Racing (Kris Spitz), and IRA Safety Team Member Andy Shufflebotham shared in the annual Rick Schmidt Memorial IRA Member of the Year honors, for their professionalism and dedication to the series.

Rick Lemanski who has been part of the IRA scenery for several decades as a driver, owner, and crew chief received the 1st annual IRA Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Dave Olson.

Austin Hartmann (410), and Tyler Kuxhouse, Trinity Uttech, and Austin Hansen (wingLESS) were all named Most Improved Driver.

Danny Schlafer (410), and Austin Hansen (wingLESS) respectively received Best Appearing Car Awards.

WingLESS owner/driver Ralph Johnson, and wingLESS official Tony Jenkins received Appreciation Awards.

Ozzie Wiesner of Scotty Thiel's #73 team was named "King of the Work Area" Crew Member of the Year for his willingness to help any team in their moment of need.

Sinclair, who has overseen the past 32 years of IRA's 58 year history, spoke of his pride of the IRA series, and what makes it so promoter and competitor friendly, and what sets the standard for what a true regional series should be, recognizing the entire IRA staff, from scoring, track officials, flagman, tech, safety, streaming production, announcers, push trucks, social media, souvenirs, pill draw & payout, and of course the outstanding race teams that complete the entire package.

The IRA Contingency Product Drawing included everything from chassis, wings, helmets, components, headers, pumps, drivelines, brakes, hubs, services, discounts, etc, etc had every eligible team in attendance participate, all with an equal chance to take home the prize package of their choice.

The 11 410 drivers honored based on participation requirements in point order included; Scotty Thiel. Jake Blackhurst, Danny Schlafer, Scotty Neitzel. Jordan Goldesberry, Tylar Rankin, Austin Hartmann, Logan Julien, Jake Neuman, Kris Spitz, and Tyler Brabant. Nine teams had what was considered 100%.

17 wingLESS drivers made the cut, led by Zach Raidart, Jimmy Sivia, Tyler Kuxhouse, Tristan Furseth, Allen Hafford, Johnny Fahl, Bryce Andrews, Trinity Uttech, Tate Hensley, Ralph Johnson, Rusty Egan, Josh Davidson, George Gaertner III, Tom Eller, Eric Wilke, Austin Hansen, and Seth Johnson.

While the complete respective series schedules were not released, several events in both series have been, including the IRA co-sanctioning of the Jackson Nationals, expanding the 25th anniversary of the Jerry Richert Memorial at Cedar Lake to a 2-day event and including both the 410 and wingLESS divisions. Mississippi Thunder Speedway hosting its' first ever 2-day IRA event, the return of the Bill Waite Jr Memorial and the reopening of the LaSalle Speedway, and the announcement of the IRA headlined first annual Glen Hepfner Memorial at Beaver Dam Raceway which will kick off the Wisconsin sprint season have all been formally released. Over 20 410 dates have been agreed to with another 10 dates being discussed, and 15 wingLESS shows are currently penciled in with several more to come.

The 1175 Bar & Eatery IRA Lightning Sprint Banquet is scheduled for Dec 7th.

Estenson Outduels Thiel in Wipperfurth Memorial at Beaver Dam

A brisk spring evening set the stage for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints as the series opened their 2024 season at the high banks of Beaver Dam Raceway.

The night kicked off with Travis Arenz of Sheboygan, WI taking quick time honors over a 30 car strong field of winged 410 sprint cars, as Mooresville, Indiana’s Zach Hampton set the fastest time but weighed light at the scales after completing his laps.

Three entertaining heat races saw Scotty Thiel, 2022 series champ Jordan Goldesberry and 2022 IRA Rookie of the Year Jake Neuman earn victories.

Equally exciting Optimum Electric Dashes were not without incident, but Neuman once again found the front in Dash #1 to earn the pole position for the 25 lap A Main, while Thiel bested the field in Dash #2 for the outside of the front row.

The Behling Racing Equipment B Feature was an all out fight between Lance Fassbender and Clayton Rossmann early on, with Rossmann advancing past the veteran racer to take the win. Fassbender, Chris Flick, Austin Hartmann, Preston Ruh and Tyler Davis also earned transfer spots through the B Main.

The season opening feature began as a battle for the bottom lane, with Thiel, Neuman and Arenz battling for the top spot early. However, Neuman would soon spin out of contention in the opening laps. Soon after the race resumed under green flag conditions, Zach Hampton spun into the infield and subsequently back onto the racing surface drawing the second caution flag, as not long after the #4B of Scott Biertzer and Hampton came to wars in turn 3, with Biertzer ending his night upside down against the outside wall. The West Bend, WI driver would emerge unscathed.

The race resumed with 18 laps remaining and the fight at the front heated up once again. Thiel and Jake Blackhurst of Hanna City, IL led Fargo, North Dakota’s Tim Estenson as the trio worked efficiently through lapped traffic. With the majority of lapped cars running the bottom lane, the leaders were forced to experiment with other lanes and Estenson soon found what he was looking for.

On lap 17, Estenson drove around Blackhurst, utilizing a combination of the middle groove and the treacherous Beaver Dam Raceway cushion. Just three laps later, Thiel found himself mired in traffic and Estenson was in prime position to pounce. In a daring move with just 5 laps to go, Estenson swooped around the outside of both Thiel and a slower car, taking the lead in commanding fashion. Thiel made things interesting by getting close to Estenson in traffic, but the #14T pulled away on the final lap to earn his first career Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints victory. Thiel and Blackhurst rounded out the podium, with Mike Reinke, Danny Schlafer, Arenz, Goldesberry, Steve Meyer, rookie Logan Julien, and Bryce Norris completing the top 10 runners.

The IRA tour returns in just two weeks time at the Ogilvie Raceway in Minnesota on Friday, May 3rd, and the following night at the Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, WI on May 4th.

4/3/2024

IRA Interstate Racing Association
2024 IRA Season Preview

We’re just a few days away from kicking off an absolutely massive season of sprint car racing in the upper midwest, and once again the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints will take center stage throughout 2024, with 33 races scheduled across the region. The Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown is back, along with the Road America Challenge and many other fan favorites. Let’s take a look at some of the schedule highlights and the fantastic teams that will compete for this year’s championship.

A Familiar Opener

34 Raceway in West Burlington, IA will once again play host to the IRA Sprints as the series kicks off the 2024 season in doubleheader fashion. This event saw some fantastic racing last season between the IRA regulars and national superstars alike. Night #1 saw Sikeston, Missouri native Hunter Schuerenberg in the Vermeer Motorsports #55 take the win with a thrilling last corner-last lap pass on Kokomo, Indiana’s Parker Price-Miller, while the Saturday finale showcased an all out duel between Chase Randall of Waco, TX and ten-time IRA champion Bill Balog that ended with Balog upside-down on the front stretch and Randall in victory lane. However, the celebration was short lived as Randall weighed light at the scales and the win was awarded to Altoona, Iowa’s Austin McCarl.

Numerous drivers from around the country will once again descend upon Eastern Iowa on April 5th and 6th, with a large car count expected to consist of “true outlaws” and Knoxville Raceway regulars as well as the stars of the IRA and MOWA series.

Border Battle

After a week’s reprieve, the series returns on Friday, April 19th with a returning track to the schedule; Fountain City, Wisconsin’s Mississippi Thunder Speedway. Nestled on the banks of the Mississippi River on the border of Wisconsin and Minnesota, the high-banked, super-fast ? mile track is sure to provide stellar speed and excitement. The only previous event held at “MTS” was on July 13th, 2012 when Bill Balog took the win ahead of Brooke Tatnell and Travis Whitney. On Saturday, the tour will stop at one of its regular haunts in Beaver Dam, WI at the Beaver Dam Raceway. With the Dirt Kings Late Models and Badger Midgets joining the card, a fantastic night of racing is surely on tap.

The following Friday, May 3rd, the “border battle” continues, this time on the other side of the border at Minnesota’s Ogilvie Raceway. A first time addition to the schedule, Ogilvie is another high banked, ? mile track which has played host the World of Outlaws in recent seasons, and is sure to excite fans. May 4th the IRA Sprints head back into Wisconsin and to Cedar Lake Speedway for the first of two stops at the spectacular northwoods track for the series in 2024. Last season, the Spring race fell to weather, and Scotty Thiel picked up a thrilling Jerry Richert Memorial win at Cedar Lake in the Fall, leading flag to flag but fending off challenges from Ian Madsen, Kelby Watt, Danny Schlafer and Bill Balog to take the win.

Familiar Favorites

After the opening month of the season showcases tracks somewhat outside the IRA’s “regular stomping grounds”, the series returns to familiar favorites in May and early June, with stops at Sycamore Speedway in northern Illinois on May 11th, followed with a doubleheader at the Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, WI and the historic Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie on May 18th and 19th. Memorial Day weekend is another tried and true favorite, with a Saturday stop at the “birthplace of the IRA”, Wilmot Raceway in southern Wisconsin followed by Sunday at the always exciting 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, WI. Plymouth, Angell Park and Wilmot fill out the rest of early June on the 8th, 9th and 15th respectively. Winners at these tracks with the IRA in 2023 included Jordan Goldesberry, Bill Balog, Blake Nimee, Travis Arenz, Greg Wilson, Brenham Crouch and Jake Neuman.

Back Home Again…

For the first time since Kim Mock took the win at Benton County, Indiana on June 23rd, 2001, the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints will return to the Hoosier State in a big way. A four race swing in co-sanctioned action with the newly formed Maverick Winged Outlaw Sprints series will take place at four tracks as different as they are exciting. Kicking off on June 20th at the tight bullring that is Lincoln Park Speedway, “Maverick Mayhem Week” will award $6,000 to the winner of each race, as well as a weeklong point series which will award additional prizes to the overall champion and participants. The week will also consist of stops at Bloomington Speedway, Tri-State Speedway and the Terre Haute Action Track.

King of the Wings III

Now becoming an annual stop on the IRA Sprints tour trail, the Buffalo Wild Wings King of the Wings event expanded to a 3-day event in 2023, and this will continue in 2024. The co-sanctioned events with the Northern Outlaw Sprint Association are favorites of both drivers and fans alike, and with the addition of Norman County Speedway in Minnesota on July 18th to pair with the Friday-Saturday features at the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND, the weekend will once again provide fans with non-stop excitement and further expand on the friendly IRA vs. NOSA “rivalry.” Last year, NOSA swept the weekend, with Mark Dobmeier winning Thursday and Friday and Austin Pierce taking the Saturday finale. The IRA regulars will be looking to even the score once again in 2024.

Action Packed September

After the months of July and August which feature a return to the Dodge County Fairgrounds for the Harry Neitzel Tribute on July 26th, the traditional Sheboygan County Fair race in Plymouth, WI, on August 31st as well as many other exciting events, September kicks off with another new stop for the series at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin’s The Hill Raceway. The high speed, flat ? mile oval plays host to the IRA as the tour enters its final month of competition in 2024.

The following week, the series returns to Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, WI on September 6th and the traditional Jerry Richert Memorial at Cedar Lake Speedway on September 7th. After a Saturday stop at 141 Speedway on the 14th, the season comes to a close on its traditional last weekend of September date on the 28th with the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships at the Plymouth Dirt Track. 5 Champions will once again be crowned at Plymouth, with the IRA Sprints, Wisconsin WingLESS Sprints, IRA Lightning Sprints and the MSA/PDTR 360 Sprints all on the card.

Now that we’ve taken a look at the tracks the IRA will visit in 2024, let’s take a dive into the roster of drivers that we’ll see do battle at those tracks this season.

Perennial Contenders

With 2023 series Champion and Rookie of the Year Brenham Crouch moving to the Kubota High Limit Series for 2024, the title fight appears to be wide open this year. Here’s some names to look for near the top of the points standings come September.

Jordan Goldesberry - The 2022 Series Champion finished runner up to Crouch in 2023, and will be looking to do one spot better in 2024. With 3 wins last season at Beaver Dam, Plymouth and 141 respectively, Goldesberry has shown prowess at the IRA’s “core” tracks in the state of Wisconsin, while still performing extremely well at events further afield. Look for the Rockstar Energy Drink #65 to try and maintain the early season success of 2023 all throughout the 2024 season.

Jake Blackhurst - “The Hanna City Outlaw” and the NineSix Motorsports team briefly led the points standings in 2023 before dropping their “full time” status around the midway point of last season. However, they’ve announced their intentions to run the full IRA tour in 2024, and will surely be a fixture at the sharp end of the points table if their 2023 performance is any indication. Don’t forget, Blackhurst knows how to win titles, with the 2018 and 2021 IRA championships already under his belt.

Scotty Thiel - One of the biggest announcements of this off-season was Thiel’s intentions to run the entire 2024 IRA schedule, with the series championship as his overall goal. The Gibbsville Cheese #73 has a bold new look for this year, and with the IRA title in their sights, that is truly a daunting prospect for the rest of the field. A two-time winner in 2023, Thiel will surely be a force in 2024, and consistency will be the key to whether or not “The Big Wheel” can finally claim that elusive IRA title.

Danny Schlafer - After a slight “downswing” to start 2023, “The Lone Wolf” picked up the pace towards the end of the season in a big way. An impressive podium at the Jerry Richert Memorial reminded everyone that the #25 machine is still a contender, and consistent Dash appearances bode well for the team’s confidence heading into 2024. Look for the Sussex, WI native to try and replicate his 2022 success, which saw the team compete for the title and win 4 races along the way.

Scotty Neitzel - Of course “The Ironman” gets a mention here. Since 1998, Neitzel has only finished outside the Top 5 in the Championship Points table once. The two-time series champion still knows how to win, most recently finding victory lane in 2022 at Rice Lake Speedway after the series returned to the track after a long absence. There are some similar events on the schedule this season, so look for Neitzel to threaten for multiple race wins in 2024.

Returning Stars

Jake Neuman - Another driver that tasted victory lane in 2023, Neuman said it best when he was parked there at Plymouth last season. “Wish we would win these at the start of the year, it’d make things a little easier.” A 2023 season that started with injury and bad luck, saw Neuman turn things around quickly with the IRA and will surely give the New Berlin, IL team confidence heading into 2024.

Travis Arenz - The former MSA Sprints Champion picked up the Apple Cup Rookie Award in 2023, as well as his first career IRA win at the Scott Semmelmann Memorial in Plymouth. Arenz looked to be getting even faster towards the end of the 2023 season, until engine issues derailed his chances to truly threaten the top two points places. Arenz will surely be a contender for multiple wins in 2024, and threatening for the overall points title would not be a surprise.

Kyle Schuett - “The Philo Phenom” secured his first career 410 Sprint Car win at Plymouth in 2022, but since then has seemed to struggle for consistency. That was until around midway through last season when the former Rookie of the Year seemed to make Dash Appearances a nightly occurrence. Always a threat at Plymouth and especially at Sun Prairie’s Angell Park Speedway (avg. starting position of 4.33 in 2023), look for Schuett to get back to winning ways in 2024.

Austin Hartmann - Another driver that experienced some adversity in 2023, Hartmann continues to improve steadily behind the wheel of a 410 Sprint Car following his rookie season in 2022. Consistently showing blistering qualifying pace, Hartmann looked to take a step forward in race pace in 2023, with 4 Top 10 finishes at very different tracks. Can the Plymouth, WI native break onto the podium? Surely it’s not an “if”, but a “when” he does so.

Year of the Rookies… Again?

For the third straight season, the IRA will enjoy a fantastic and large rookie field. Angola, Indiana’s Tylar Rankin has been a force in the Michigan sprint car scene in recent years, and showed Top 10 speed last season in limited IRA starts. He’ll be the lone Rookie of the Year contender with at least one full season of 410 sprint car racing under his belt, however the rest of the rookie crop is loaded with talent and quality teams.

Former 360 Sprint Car standouts and teammates Will Gerrits and Tyler Brabant bring winning experience to the Sage Fruit-Hepfner Racing Products Rookie of the Year fight in 2024, as well as limited 410 starts last season where the pair scored multiple Hard Charger awards as well as a B Main win for Gerrits at Angell Park.

Logan Julien may be one of the most anticipated IRA Rookie of the Year contenders in recent memory. Julien was a star with the MSA Sprints series in 2023, as well as in Micro Sprint competition for many years. The young gun has shown impressive adaptability in his move to full size sprint cars, and will look to make the transition to 410’s quickly in order to challenge the rest of the rookie field.

Stake Your Claim

The rest of the “full-time” IRA field remains stacked with talent, including longtime competitors Kris Spitz and Dave Uttech who consistently show they’re still threats at tracks like Wilmot and 141 Speedway. Recent Rookie of the Year contenders Scott Conger and William Huck will look to continue climbing the ranks after marked improvement over the course of the 2023 season. Aside from full time competitors though, there are many drivers that have staked their claim to compete with the series on a “part-time” basis.

Drivers who have committed to significant portions of the IRA schedule include; 6x Quick Time award winner in 2023 Mike Reinke and the Bob Hood Motorsports team, 2022 Apple Cup Award Winner Tyler Tischendorf, former RaceSaver/305 Sprint standout Luke Nellis, 2x Series Winner in 2023 Blake Nimee, 2023 Rookie Contenders Preston Ruh, Chris Flick and Jack Vanderboom, multi-time podium finisher in 2023 Joel Myers Jr. of California, Indiana’s Jett Mann, the uncle-nephew Team Volkswagen-Audi duo of Van Gurley Jr. and Corbin Gurley, former MSA Sprints contenders Anthony Knierim, Dylan Winkel and TJ Haddy, and many, many more.

2024 is sure to be a season to remember with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, and you can see it kick off in person at the 34 Raceway in West Burlington, IA this weekend. Tickets can be purchased at the link below, and if you can’t make it to the track make sure you don’t miss a moment of the 2024 season by catching every race LIVE on FloRacing.

34 Raceway Tickets: https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/2697/tickets/1373892?rKey=1170

Watch IRA LIVE on FloRacing: https://www.floracing.com/collections/tag/ira-outlaw-sprint-car-series?view=live-and-upcoming&utm_medium=partner&utm_source=multiple&utm_content=collection&utm_campaign=irasprintcarseries&contract_id=0063m00000ojafcaa2

2024 FULL TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Car Series is proud to release the following additional dates (having previously released April, May, & June dates) of their 2024 schedule. While there are still a couple of TBA's to finalize we felt it was important to get as much out now as possible. The month of June was quite busy, so July will begin with a weekend off prior to the Wilmot World of Outlaw weekend July 12-13. Then IRA goes back to work, heading to North Dakoda July 19-20 to join up with the Northern Outlaw Sprint Association (NOSA) for the 3rd annual Buffalo Wild Wings King of the Wings which goes green with a pair of events at the River Cities Speedway. However we are working on making this a 3-day swing beginning the 18th, stay tuned. IRA closes out July with a Saturday night appearance on home turf at the Plymouth Dirt Track for the 28th annual Frank Filskov Memorial July 27th, where the PDTR/MSA 360 Sprints share the card.

August begins with another off weekend prior to the Aug 7-10 Knoxville Nationals. IRA, as a series gets back to work for one of their most festive weekends of the year Aug 17-18 with annual appearances at Wilmot Raceway for the Kenosha County Fair and an all IRA affair as the WI wingLESS Sprints and IRA Lightning Sprints join in on the fun. Then Sunday it's Sun Prairie's annual Corn Fest at Angell Park Speedway where the Badger Midgets join in. As of this writing, Aug 24 is still up in the air as we're talking with several tracks, but plans are to be racing somewhere. It should also be noted that the date for the annual Harry Neitzel Tribute event at the Dodge County Fairgrounds has yet to be determined, and will be added to either the last weekend of Aug, or a Friday in September ahead of another WI date. Officially the month of August concludes Aug 31st with another fun event, the Sheboygan County Fair race at the Plymouth Dirt Track joined as usual by PDTR/MSA 360's.

September begins with the series heading to northwest WI for a pair of traditional events, Sept 6-7, with the Northern Nationals at Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, and the 24th annual Jerry Richert Memorial at Cedar Lake Speedway. The 14th has IRA on the eastern edge of the state at the popular 141 Speedway where the IRA Lightning Sprints share the card. The weekend of Sept 21 is yet to be determined, and then the point season concludes Sept 28th as always with the big A-main Apparel Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships at the Plymouth Dirt Track which features championship night for everyone with the WI wingLESS, PDTR/MSA 360's, and IRA Lightning Sprints all crowning champions too.

The open (undetermined dates / locations) will be announced soon. Also as previously mentioned, the series will be racing for a minimum of $4000 to win, $400 to start, or MORE, at all 2024 events, with the only exceptions being the first night of a 2-day show at the same track.

Good News, the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown will be back, and dates with a new theme will be announced soon.

IRA is always looking for additional businesses to come on board and several partnerships are available, and with all our events being streamed on FLO, it presents great opportunity and value. Series presenting sponsorship, race event title sponsorships, season long fast time sponsorships, season long heat and dash sponsorships, season long hard charger and rookie of the race partnerships, and additional associate series opportunities are all available and can be customized to your business needs starting at $1300. Be a part of our team, contact Steve siraprez@sbcglobal.net 815-260-2558, or Madeline at madelineschultz5@gmail.com 920-857-5089 for additional info.

July 19 River Cities Speedway
July 20 River Cities Speedway
July 27 Plymouth Dirt Track
Aug 17 Wilmot Raceway
Aug 18 Angell Park Speedway
Aug 24 TBA
Aug 31 Plymouth Dirt Track
Sept 6 Gondik Law Speedway
Sept 7 Cedar Lake Speedway
Sept 14 141 Speedway
Sept 28 Plymouth Dirt Track

An additional 2-3 dates will be added (or used as rain dates), chosen among the following date possibilities; July 18, July 26, Aug 24, Aug 30, Sept 13. Sept 21. Also note, April 27 is a Beaver Dam rain date for April 20.

Tentative June 2024 Schedule

Having previously released April and May, the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints release a very busy tentative June schedule which not only includes some traditional IRA "home" venues, but also a co-sanctioned swing through Indiana which includes 3 first time IRA tracks plus another Hoosier facility IRA hasn't been to in 25 years.

IRA is also proud to announce that 2024 will offer $4000 or more to win at all single day shows, and offer at least $400 to start. The month kicks off with The annual Road America Challenge at Plymouth, this time on Indy Car weekend, Saturday June 8th joined by the PDTR/MSA 360 Sprints. Sunday, June 9th has the series moving over to Angell Park for their second of three 2024 appearances, and will be joined there as always by the Badger Midgets.

June 15th is an all IRA show at Wilmot as the WI wingLESS and IRA Lightning Sprints share the card. Then a proposed 4-day co-sanctioned swing with the new Indiana based Maverick Sprint Group is set for June 20-23 with series first time stops slated for Lincoln Park Speedway Thursday, Bloomington Speedway Friday, and the Tri-State Speedway Saturday. Sunday is penciled in for the historic Terre Haute Action Track which IRA last competed at in 1999.

A very busy June concludes with the Outagamie County Fair race on Friday June 28th, followed up by a big all open wheel show at Beaver Dam Raceway on Saturday as the WI wingLESS and Badger Midgets share the card.

The series will take a well deserved break the first weekend of July, and then the WoO will be at Wilmot July 12-13 before IRA makes their 3rd annual visit to North Dakota and join NOSA for the Buffalo Wild Wings / King Of The Wings the following week. Just a couple of event details to work out before releasing the second half of the schedule for what looks to be a extremely exciting season which has a new look at times while keeping and finishing with plenty of tradition.

June 8 Plymouth Dirt Track
June 9 Angell Park Speedway
June 15 Wilmot Raceway
June 20 Lincoln Park Speedway
June 21 Bloomington Speedway
June 22 Tri-State Speedway
June 23 Terre Haute Action Track
June 28 Outagamie Speedway
June 29 Beaver Dam Raceway

CROUCH, ROSSMANN AND MORE HONORED AT IRA BANQUET

Pleasant Prairie, WI 12/2

   The Interstate Racing Association (IRA) honored two of their divisions, The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series powered by Gandrud, at their 58^th annual Awards Banquet Saturday night at the Brat Stop’s Parkway Chateau. Well over $100,000 in cash and contingencies were dished out to teams based on participation requirements, with sixteen 410 teams, and twenty-one wingless teams being honored.

   With Madeline Schultz and Loren Kelly as emcees, the event went green with an awesome video recap of the season by Emily Schwanke. The video captured great on-track action, many behind the scenes moments with both teams and staff, and honored champions Brenham Crouch and Clayton Rossmann in spectacular fashion. Job well done Emily!

IRA President Steve Sinclair was brought up to present a few awards, including the prestigious Rick Schmidt IRA Member of the Year Award, which this year was presented to the father & son duo of Al & Danny Schlafer. The Schlafer name has been a fixture with IRA for over 40 years, with both demonstrating the dedication and professionalism required to receive the honor.

Other special awards presented Included Dedication Awards presented to IRA Safety Team member Andy Shufflebotham, wingLESSowner/driver Ralph Johnson, and the Burba Family which dad Jerry and son’s Jared, Jeff, and Mike all serve in key roles within the IRA staff. IRA’s true Iron Man, Scotty Neitzel, earned IRA’s first annual Iron Man Award as Scotty has been a 2-time series champ, and a perennial top series competitor with numerous wins while competing competitively in nearly every series event over the past 30 years. Second year driver and last year’s wingLESS Rookie of the Year and 2-time 2023 feature winner, Eric Wilke, was named the series Most Improved Driver. Tristan Furseth was named wingLESS series Rookie of the Year. The Tim Cox #40 was presented the KulasJr8 Racing Images Best Appearing Car, while the #26r of Preston Ruh earned the 410 Best Appearing honors courtesy of Dave Olson’s Studio 360. While unfortunately not present, Nick Simons, was to receive a special Dedication Award for his tireless and dedicated efforts to the series as track prep guru at several venues, as well as promoting the wingLESS “Wildman” event.

   Sinclair also stressed to the large gathering how much sincerely appreciatedthe support of the IRA teams and staff, and how great it was to see the mix of veterans and influx of energetic youngsters who are going to keep IRA strong for years to come. It should be noted, both champions, Crouch and Rossmann are teenagers!

    The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series awarded points at 29 eventswith events scheduled at 13 tracks in a 6 state region, which provided an incredible 17 different winners. Texas teenager Brenham Crouch became the first driver in IRA’s long history to win both the series championship, and the Sage Fruit / HRP Big Apple Rookie of the Year honors in the same year. Crouch picked up 1 feature win, and had an amazing 16 top 5’s demonstrating incredible consistency, and doing so at tracks he had never seen before. Crouch piloted the CMS Hi Plains / Carbon Technology Safety #1 Maxim. Brenham was unable to attend the banquet, howeverwas on Zoom from New Zealand where he is currently competing. Jordan Goldesberry, Sage Fruit / HRP Apple Cup Rookie of the Year winner Travis Arenz, Russ Borland, and Scotty Neitzel completed the series top 5 in points. Danny Schlafer, Kyle Schuett, Austin Hartmann, Jack Vanderboom, Josh Schneiderman, Jake Neuman, Kris Spitz, Dave Uttech, Preston Ruh, Scott Conger, and William Huck came home 6-16 of eligible teams. Bill Balog led the series with 6 feature wins.

   The AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints powered by Gandrud completed 20 events in 2 states, with young Clayton Rossmann picking up his 2^nd series title, earning 4 feature wins on the way. Again consistency was key within a highly competitive series. Runner-up Ryan Zielski was the winningest series driver with 6. Jimmy Sivia, Allen Hafford, and Ryan Marshall completed the top 5 in points, while Chris Klemko, Tim Cox, Rusty Egan, Eric Wilke, Johnny Fahl, Greg Alt, Seth Johnson, Ralph Johnson, Bryce Andrews, Tristan Furseth, Trinity Uttech, Austin Hansen, Josh Davidson, Tom Eller< Dennis Spitz, and George Gaertner III going 6-21 of eligible teams.

  The contingency product portion of the banquet is something IRA is very proud of. As an example of some of the items won, Neitzel and Ruh both won new Maxim chassis… Crouch, Schlafer, and Conger all won HRP wings… Schneiderman and Cox won Wilwood brake kits… IRA would also like to thank Behling, R&H, Bell, KC Custom Painting, Schoenfeld, All Pro, Competition Specialists, Allstar, Super Shox, DMI, Vahlco, Afco, CSI, KSE, Simpson, Carbon Technology Safety, FK, Impact, J&J, Slade, and Triple X who all contributed.

   Special thanks to all our series sponsors, Bumper To Bumper, Hoosier, FLO Racing, TW Metals, Sage Fruit, Onan, Hopf Farms, A-main Apparel, Oostburg Concrete, Vandervart Concrete, Shufflebotham Tree Service, Feldmann Sales & Service, Kristine Hartmann with Pleasant View Realty, EPYK Media, Custer’s Cones, CSR & Son’s Trucking, Fine Line Fabrication, and Verona Safety Supply.

   Special thanks to the Tennyson and Burba families, Emily Schwanke, Dave Olson, Madeline Schultz, Loren Kelly, Gracie Cleveland, Kevin Spease, McHenry Specialties, MRP, and everyone who helped with putting the banquet together. And the Parkway Chateau for providing a great meal and venue. And it was cool to see recent SE Wisconsin Hall of Fame inductees, Mike Babicz and Dave Olson in attendance.

   Both these series, plus the IRA Lightning Sprints will all be releasing their 2024 schedules prior to Christmas.

2023 IRA Banquet Location, Ticket, and Hotel Info 12/2/23

Good Evening Drivers and Teams,

The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series & AutoMeter CK Contractors Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series powered by Gandrud annual Awards Banquet is scheduled for Saturday night, December 2nd, at the Brat Stop's Parkway Chateau (I-94 & Hwy 50 in Pleasant Prairie, WI)

Dinner will be a 3 entree buffet with salad and 4 sides.
Doors open at 5, Dinner 6:30 with Awards to follow. Cash Bar.

Tickets will be $35 from now till 11/17/23. Ticket prices will increase after this date to $40. This is an incentive to get as many tickets purchased prior to this 11/17/23 date as possible. All tickets sales will be cut off on 11/21/23 at 10PM. We have to give the venue a head count the following day so this is imperative for us. Please make sure to purchase by 11/21/23 the latest if possible and prior to 11/17/23 if possible.

Banquet tickets are available for purchase at this link: https://www.myracepass.com/series/1012/tickets/1357647

Additionally, here is a link for the IRA sprint car banquet hotel block on December 2nd 2023. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Best Western which is walking distance of the venue, plus there are several other nearby hotels at that interchange.
https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.50118.html?groupId=3T3PQ9Y5

We hope to see everyone there to celebrate the 2023 season and everyone's successes.

IRA Interstate Racing Association Putting it All Together: 2023 Season

First and foremost, we’d love to thank fans for their attendance in 2023. This season was one for the books. Throughout the 2023 season, the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car Series traveled to 5 different states and some race nights represented more than 10 states and 2 countries at a time.

We kicked off our season in striking fashion at 34 Raceway for the Morning Sun Farm Implement IRA 410 Clash. On our first night, 48 Sprint Cars presented themselves. We’ve been extremely blessed as a series with the total number of cars throughout the entire season. “This season’s been nothing short of incredible in my opinion.” Announcer Loren Kelly states. “To have 19 teams commit to the full tour at the start of the year was second to none across the country.” Announcer Madeline Schultz continued, “To have consistently thirty plus cars run weekly with us, is another milestone and head turner as well for our series.”

The first annual Gib Wiser Classic was hosted at the Dodge County Fairgrounds this season on the first weekend of June. Cory Eliason conquered the horsepower halfmile to clinch the win. Additionally, the IRA Sprint Car Series and the All Star Circuit of Champions also co-hosted the Rayce Rudeen Foundation Race with $26,000 to Win at the Plymouth Dirt Track. This was the first time in the organization’s history that they repeated the race at the same track. Plymouth dirt track held the 3rd Annual Road America Challenge where Greg Wilson added his name to the list of winners with a last lap pass at the checkered. The 23rd Annual Jerry Richert Memorial was also conducted at the Cedar Lake Speedway where the “Big Wheel” Scotty Thiel brought home the win and added his name to the trophy in 2023.

The IRA Sprints has also had a stacked lineup of Sage Fruit, Hepfner Racing Products Rookies. 6 Rookies committed to the 2023 season, and they all had highlightable moments. Both Brenham Crouch and Travis Arenz claimed their first IRA Sprints Victories in 2023. Preston Ruh and Jack Vanderboom both captured top 10 performances and punched their ticket into their first All Star Circuit of Champions feature events. William Huck has had nearly perfect attendance all season, and Chris Flick has made feature appearances before his motor gave out halfway through the season.

Like we mentioned, this season has been one for the history books. Since at least 1985, there has not been a Champion that’s a rookie. While we were searching, we found three champions that were close to this title, but received their championship award the year preceding their rookie year campaign. Joe Roe was a 1985 rookie and our 1986 champion, Donny Goeden was a 1998 Rookie and a 1999 Champion, and finally Bill Rose was a 2014 Rookie and 2015 Champion. The Lubbock, Texas Native will be making history being both our 2023 Sage Fruit, Hepfner Racing Products Rookie of the Year as well as our Champion. It is a huge accomplishment for the CMS Racing team.

This upcoming weekend is where we crown 1 track champion and 4 series champions at the 6th Annual Wisconsin Sprint Car Championship Night presented by A-Main Apparel. We invite all fans to the Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, WI for 4 divisions of open wheel racing featuring the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints, Wisconsin Wingless Sprints, IRA Lightning Sprints, and the Plymouth Dirt Track MSA 360 Sprint Cars. The IRA Sprints will be racing for $4,000 to win, $450 to start start plus additional bonus and lap money on top. The 410 feature is dedicated to Rick Schmidt while the 360 feature salutes Fuzzy Fassbender

Pits 1:00, Grandstands 4:00, Drivers Meeting 4:30, Hot Laps at 5:00

And as always, if you can’t make it to the track, you can watch the action live on FloRacing.

Season Update 7/20/23

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints are back in action tomorrow at Outagamie Speedway presented by Klink Equipment & Elite Coatings Inc for the kick off of #fairseason for 2023.

The Outagamie County Fair is the first of four fairs the series will be featured on. The rest of the fair appearances are as follows: August 19th: Wilmot Raceway - Kenosha County Fairgrounds August 20th: Angell Park Speedway - Cornfest September 2nd: Plymouth Dirt Track - Sheboygan County Fair

Next weekend the IRA Sprints are back in action Friday night at Plymouth Dirt Track for the 3rd Annual Road America Challenge with 360 Sprints. This race is slated to be $5,000 to win, $400 to start the feature for the 410s. Mike Kertscher, President of Road America, previously raced with the IRA Sprint Car series back in the early 2000s claiming Rookie of the Year and was nominated for 410 Rookie of the Year in 2003. Kertscher also has numerous IRA victories under his belt.

In addition to the 410 action present, the MSA 360 Sprint Cars will be in attendance racing. Wisconsin NASCAR driver Josh Bilicki will be strapping into a 360 Sprint Car as well for the night in the Professional Plating Inc Sippel Racin’ number 38.

Tickets are available now! Get them here: https://www.myracepass.com/series/1012/tickets/1325244

Following the Road America Challenge Friday night at Plymouth, the series will conclude the weekend at Wilmot Raceway for Founder’s Night. This race will also be $4,000 to win, $400 to start. Founders night is a tradition held by the IRA Sprint Car Series to celebrate and honor the founders of the series that fans know today. Racers are racing for their name to be added to the coveted Founder’s Night Trophy.

After the July 28th and July 29th races, the series will take a couple of weeks off to allow teams to compete in the Knoxville Nationals. We wish all of our drivers the best of luck.

The series will return to action following the nationals for the continuation of #fairseason with the Kenosha County Fair Saturday August 19th and Corn Fest Sunday August 20th.

You can watch our races all season long with FloRacing: https://flosports.link/3z8dvo9

7/14/2023

Dynamite Gets it Done at I-94 EMR Speedway
By: Madeline “Chatty Madi” Schultz
 

When we dropped the green flag on the feature, Dobmeier took to the cushion for the early lead. Sage Fruit Hepfner Racing Products Rookie of the Year Contender Brenham Crouch remained in striking distance along with the 8 of Croaker.

Dobmeier would first catch up to the tail of the field on lap 6, this allowed the rest of the group to catch up to the Buffalo Wild Wings 13. Crouch would become the race leader after a successful slider in turns three and four on lap nine. The 11M of Brendan Mullen would also make his appearance in the top 5 mix and eventually a contender for a podium.

We would throw the caution for the Sheboygan Falls, WI native of Travis Arenz who would slow to a stop in turns three and four. News from the work area suggests that mechanical gremlins struck and forced the team to retire for the night.

Cracking the whip, Crouch would kick start the field to the green, Dobmeier, Mullen, and Croaker. Austin Pierce and Tim Estenson were knocking on the door of the 8 of Croaker as we received the halfway home signal from the flagstand with Crouch leading the way.

Tim Estenson would make the passes for third as we ticked one more away. Caution would arise for the 26R of Preston Ruh who made contact with the turn four wall.

With seventeen in, race leader Brenham Crouch would roll to a stop on the front stretch. The crowd was in shambles to see that the leader had a shredded right rear tire. This would move Dobmeier to the lead, Estenson to second, and Mullen to third. The group would tick the laps down to 5 to go. Red flag would fly for the 71M of Englehart in turn two. Englehart would be able to walk away. Drama would also arise for the 14T team as he ran out of fuel and retired into the infield.

Dynamite would count us down for 5 laps and would take round one for NOSA at I-94 EMR Speedway. Second would go to Mullen in the 11M, and third went to the 8 of Croaker.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints and Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprints are back in action for a double header at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND for the King of the Wings. You can watch the action all season long for the IRA Sprint Cars on FloRacing.

A Feature 30 Laps | 00:36:44.012

13-Mark Dobmeier[2]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen[5]; 3. 8-Jack Croaker[3]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[10]; 5. 2A-Austin Pierce[4]; 6. 8H-Jade Hastings[16]; 7. 49-Josh Schneiderman[9]; 8. 46-Joel Myers Jr[21]; 9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[6]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel[8]; 11. 17-Zach Omdahl[7]; 12. U2-Jack Vanderboom[24]; 13. 23-Russel Borland[12]; 14. 25-Danny Schlafer[15]; 15. 1-Brenham Crouch[1]; 16. 35-Skylar Prochaska[17]; 17. 199-Ryan Bowers[23]; 18. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[19]; 19. (DNF) 87A-Austin Hartmann[13]; 20. (DNF) 14-Tim Estenson[20]; 21. (DNF) 71M-Caden Englehart[18]; 22. (DNF) 26R-Preston Ruh[22]; 23. (DNF) 25T-Travis Arenz[14]; 24. (DNF) 0-Nick Omdahl[11]

B Feature 12 Laps | 00:11:38.723

46-Joel Myers Jr[4]; 2. 26R-Preston Ruh[3]; 3. 199-Ryan Bowers[6]; 4. U2-Jack Vanderboom[8]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[10]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[12]; 7. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[1]; 8. 91-Reed Allex[5]; 9. 24-Scott Conger[7]; 10. 25A-Al Schlafer[16]; 11. 13H-Patrick Heikkinen[11]; 12. 39V-William Huck[13]; 13. 78-Bill Wagner[18]; 14. 99-Jordan Graham[9]; 15. (DNF) 24T-Christopher Thram[2]; 16. (DNF) 26E-Blake Egeland[17]; 17. (DNF) 27-Weston Olson[15]; 18. (DNF) 10S-Josh Swangler[14]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:05:06.434

1-Brenham Crouch[1]; 2. 8-Jack Croaker[2]; 3. 11M-Brendan Mullen[3]; 4. 17-Zach Omdahl[4]; 5. 49-Josh Schneiderman[5]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:04:06.098

13-Mark Dobmeier[1]; 2. 2A-Austin Pierce[2]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 5. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:02.000

8-Jack Croaker[1]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen[4]; 3. 17-Zach Omdahl[3]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 5. 35-Skylar Prochaska[5]; 6. 26R-Preston Ruh[7]; 7. 99-Jordan Graham[8]; 8. 13H-Patrick Heikkinen[9]; 9. (DNS) 26-Tyler Tischendorf; 10. (DNS) 26E-Blake Egeland

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:14:07.000

49-Josh Schneiderman[2]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch[4]; 3. 0-Nick Omdahl[1]; 4. 87A-Austin Hartmann[3]; 5. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[5]; 6. 91-Reed Allex[8]; 7. 24-Scott Conger[7]; 8. 39V-William Huck[9]; 9. (DNF) 27-Weston Olson[6]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:58.000

3N-Jake Neuman[1]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 4. 2A-Austin Pierce[3]; 5. 71M-Caden Englehart[5]; 6. 46-Joel Myers Jr[7]; 7. U2-Jack Vanderboom[6]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 9. 10S-Josh Swangler[9]; 10. 78-Bill Wagner[10]

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:05:27.000

13-Mark Dobmeier[2]; 2. 25T-Travis Arenz[1]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 4. 8H-Jade Hastings[3]; 5. 14-Tim Estenson[6]; 6. 199-Ryan Bowers[7]; 7. 24T-Christopher Thram[5]; 8. 9K-Kyle Schuett[8]; 9. 25A-Al Schlafer[9]

Qualifying A

11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:13.822[8]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.844[5]; 3. 17-Zach Omdahl, 00:14.081[1]; 4. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:14.209[12]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:14.246[19]; 6. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:14.298[14]; 7. 8-Jack Croaker, 00:14.318[3]; 8. 0-Nick Omdahl, 00:14.392[17]; 9. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 00:14.421[16]; 10. G5-Gage Pulkrabek, 00:14.655[4]; 11. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:14.765[10]; 12. 27-Weston Olson, 00:14.957[15]; 13. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:15.349[18]; 14. 24-Scott Conger, 00:15.354[11]; 15. 99-Jordan Graham, 00:15.362[6]; 16. 91-Reed Allex, 00:15.694[13]; 17. 13H-Patrick Heikkinen, 00:15.774[2]; 18. 39V-William Huck, 00:16.358[9]; 19. (DNS) 26E-Blake Egeland

Qualifying B

2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:14.591[1]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:14.653[4]; 3. 2A-Austin Pierce, 00:14.792[2]; 4. 8H-Jade Hastings, 00:14.800[5]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 00:14.865[3]; 6. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:14.980[13]; 7. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:15.101[12]; 8. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:15.118[11]; 9. 71M-Caden Englehart, 00:15.130[6]; 10. 24T-Christopher Thram, 00:15.174[14]; 11. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:15.280[10]; 12. 14-Tim Estenson, 00:15.296[9]; 13. 46-Joel Myers Jr, 00:15.421[16]; 14. 199-Ryan Bowers, 00:15.620[18]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:15.937[19]; 16. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:15.997[17]; 17. 10S-Josh Swangler, 00:16.018[8]; 18. 25A-Al Schlafer, 00:16.796[7]; 19. 78-Bill Wagner, 00:20.194[15]

Wisconsin Sprint Car Championship Announcement

In 2022 A-Main Apparel and Diecast came on board as the presenting sponsor of the season ending Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships at the Plymouth Dirt Track, with the goal of building it into one of the states premier events. With the hard work put in by A-Main Apparel and many generous sponsors nearly $7,000 was added to the championship event purse across the 3 IRA divisions last year. This year we are thrilled to announce that A-Main Apparel and Diecast will once again be the presenting sponsor of the season ending event.

After careful consideration, Gared Tennyson with A-Main Apparel and Diecast has set a very lofty goal for this year's sponsorship, that will blow last year's $7,000 out of the water. There will also be a few tweaks to the sponsorship opportunities and way the money is spread out. When asked what made him want to change things up this year Gared has this to say, “Last year everything happened so fast. We wanted to do this to help out as many drivers as possible but there really wasn’t time to work out all kinks. So over the off season I sat down and really thought it all through and I think these changes are going to be to the benefit of everyone!“ As for those changes, this year sponsorship opportunities will be available for not only all 3 IRA divisions but also the MSA sprint cars as well! And in an effort to reward more drivers this year, the lap sponsor money will not all be going to the leader. Instead it will be split between the top 3 positions as well as a fourth position that will be chosen at random from positions 11 through 16 that evening.

The sponsorship opportunities are as follows:

Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints

$200 per lap divided between 4 cars each lap (30 available)
$100 to each finishing position (24 available)

Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints

$100 per lap divided between 4 cars each lap (20 available)
$50 to each finishing position (24 available)

MSA Sprints

$100 per lap divided between 4 cars each lap (25 available)
$50 to each finishing position (24 available)

IRA Lightning Sprints

$50 per lap divided between 4 cars each lap (20 available)
$25 to each finishing position (20 available)

If you or your business would like to sponsor a lap, position or anything else in any of the 4 divisions please reach out to Gared Tennyson at GTennysonAMain@gmail.com or to A-Main Apparel on social media. Sponsorship opportunities start at just $25 and all of the money raised will go directly back into the pockets of the drivers on championship night. Let’s make the 2023 Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships the best yet!

Defending Champ Goldesberry Rolls to Early Season Victory at Beaver Dam

Rain early threatened the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints home opener at Beaver Dam Raceway but crews worked hard to ensure that after the showers passed there was a great racetrack for the evening's action. With 25 cars in the pits and a packed grandstand the stage was set for a thriller.

Hometown star Scotty Neitzel topped the charts in qualifying while Josh Schneiderman, Kyle Schuett and Blake Nimee all picked up their first heat race wins of the season. Nimee doubled down with a dash win, and Russel Borland won dash 2, setting the front row for the evenings 30 lap Wipperfurth Memorial feature.

The initial green flag start saw the inside line stack up, resulting in contact that sent Jeremy Schroeder upside down ending his night. The second attempt to get going proved much better as Blake Nimee, in his first year chasing an IRA championship, grabbed the early lead from Russel Borland. On lap 12 defending champion Jordan Goldesberry would move his Rockstar Energy machine past Nimee’s SRF Painting & Staining car and into the lead. From there Goldesberry never looked back, but behind him the fans in attendance saw two rising stars go to war. Lubbock Texas’ Brenham Crouch had taken over 2nd and quickly Tim Estenson of Fargo North Dakota moved into 3rd. It should be noted that Estenson arrived to the track late and did not see the Beaver Dam Raceway until he pulled onto the track for heat race action. Estenson who started 13 set his sights on Crouch and the 2nd position, but the teenager piloting the High Plains Building division car was not going to lay down. The pair threw slider after slider at each other with neither gaining the upper hand. At one point Estenson’s Mission Foods car made contact with Crouch’s car and both machines hit the front stretch wall. The duo of young drivers were both able to power out of the collision and continue their battle. Once the checkered flag flew, Goldesberry was victorious by half a second over Estenson and then Crouch. Blake Nimee and 2023 Rookie of the Year contender Travis Arenz rounded out the top 5.

The IRA sprints will take next weekend off and then return to action with a pair of races on April 29th and 30th. The 29th will see the series return to the Cedar Lake Speedway while the 30th will be the first ever visit to Iowa’s Mason City Motor Speedway. Both events will be live on Flo for those who cannot attend.

A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:29:44.902

65-Jordan Goldesberry[6]; 2. 14-Tim Estenson[13]; 3. 1-Brenham Crouch[4]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 5. 25T-Travis Arenz[15]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 7. 96-Jake Blackhurst[7]; 8. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 9. 10W-Mike Reinke[12]; 10. 49-Josh Schneiderman[8]; 11. U2-Jack Vanderboom[14]; 12. 47-Todd King[11]; 13. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz[24]; 15. 29-Hunter Custer[17]; 16. 88-Christopher Flick[22]; 17. 24-Scott Conger[18]; 18. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach[23]; 19. 39V-William Huck[21]; 20. 21H-Tim Haddy[20]; 21. (DNF) 9K-Kyle Schuett[9]; 22. (DNF) 87A-Austin Hartmann[10]; 23. (DNF) 43-Jereme Schroeder[16]; 24. (DNF) 26R-Preston Ruh[19]; 25. (DNF) 26-Tyler Tischendorf[25]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:06:07.428

79-Blake Nimee[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer[4]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:27.528

23-Russel Borland[1]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch[4]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 4. 49-Josh Schneiderman[5]; 5. 87A-Austin Hartmann[3]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:08:21.143

49-Josh Schneiderman[2]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 4. U2-Jack Vanderboom[5]; 5. 47-Todd King[1]; 6. 24-Scott Conger[7]; 7. 39V-William Huck[8]; 8. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[6]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:51.900

9K-Kyle Schuett[2]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke[1]; 3. 1-Brenham Crouch[4]; 4. 25T-Travis Arenz[6]; 5. 87A-Austin Hartmann[3]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder[5]; 7. 21H-Tim Haddy[7]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:05:11.962

79-Blake Nimee[1]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 3. 14-Tim Estenson[9]; 4. 96-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 7. 26R-Preston Ruh[6]; 8. 88-Christopher Flick[8]; 9. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach[7]

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:25.235

2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.785[4]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:11.853[7]; 3. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.896[16]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.027[2]; 5. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.046[10]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.070[24]; 7. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.109[13]; 8. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.173[19]; 9. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.204[15]; 10. 47-Todd King, 00:12.206[9]; 11. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:12.207[8]; 12. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.217[17]; 13. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:12.240[14]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.393[18]; 15. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.489[6]; 16. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:12.587[1]; 17. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:12.606[3]; 18. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:12.678[11]; 19. 24-Scott Conger, 00:12.933[5]; 20. 21H-Tim Haddy, 00:13.646[22]; 21. 08-Katelyn Krebsbach, 00:13.771[21]; 22. 39V-William Huck, 00:13.803[20]; 23. (DNS) 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.803; 24. (DNS) 88-Christopher Flick, 00:13.803; 25. (DNS) 14-Tim Estenson, 00:13.803

Austin McCarl Triumphant at 34 Raceway

(West Burlington, IA) With another 48-car night field, it was night number two of Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints Season Opener. When we went green for our 30 lap feature, it was Carson McCarl and Bill Balog leading the field to the green. We would go green but shortly rerack the field for Paul Nienhiser. We would crack the whip one more time in turn 4 to begin. Balog would jump to the early lead over McCarl on the backstretch. Chase Randall would follow closely behind Balog to maneuver around the 6 and begin to shorten the distance between himself and the North Pole Nightmare. Behind this action, it was McCarl versus McCarl. Austin would hold off on the pass as the caution was thrown for Chris Martin with only five laps scored. When we returned to racing, Randall was all over Balog for the top spot. Randall and Balog would exchange lines, but the 17B hung on to the lead. This battle would remain the race to watch until the two came in contact with each other heading into turn one, bringing out a red flag for Balog.

After an open red, it was Randall, C. McCarl, and A. McCarl as the top 3. Austin McCarl would challenge his brother Carson for second and would make the pass on the cushion with 15 down, 15 to go. Parker Price-Miller would move into third. Randall would weave through traffic to place numerous cars between him and A. McCarl. The Indy Race Parts 71 would challenge C. McCarl as the caution would wave again. Randall would lead the field to green with 10 laps remaining. He would be followed closely by A. McCarl, Price-Miller, C. McCarl, Eliason. Joe B Miller also moved up 6 spots to be 5th on that restart. Eliason and Price-Miller would battle for the final podium spot as we counted the laps down. The white flag flew but the lap was not completed as a spin from the 23 of Russel Borland brought out a caution. With a green-white-checkered finish, it was Chase Randall, Austin McCarl, and Cory Eliason rounding out the podium. However, Chase Randall would be found light at the scales. This would result in a DQ for the team and move Austin McCarl as the winner of the feature event. Cory Eliason second, and Parker Price-Miller third.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car series will make its next appearance at Beaver Dam Raceway for the Jim Wipperfurth Memorial next Saturday, April 15th. Pits open at 4:00, Gates Open at 4:30, and Racing begins at 6:30. Can’t be there? Watch the action live on FloRacing.

Photo by Emily Schwanke

A Feature 30 Laps | 00:49:14.821

88-Austin McCarl[4]; 2. 71-Cory Eliason[14]; 3. 29M-Parker Price Miller[6]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller[12]; 5. 12-Corbin Gurley[11]; 6. 6-Carson McCarl[1]; 7. 96-Jake Blackhurst[20]; 8. 1-Brenham Crouch[3]; 9. 35-Zach Hampton[15]; 10. 12T-Tyler Drueke[19]; 11. 3N-Jake Neuman[7]; 12. 22-Riley Goodno[18]; 13. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[8]; 14. 25-Danny Schlafer[23]; 15. 44C-Chris Martin[16]; 16. 79-Blake Nimee[17]; 17. U2-Jack Vanderboom[24]; 18. (DNF) 23-Russel Borland[13]; 19. (DNF) 22K-Kaleb Johnson[9]; 20. (DNF) 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 21. (DNF) 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[22]; 22. (DNF) 50-Paul Nienhiser[10]; 23. (DNF) 11K-Kraig Kinser[21]; 24. (DQ) 9-Chase Randall[5]

B Feature 1 10 Laps | 00:08:22.000

11K-Kraig Kinser[1]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[5]; 5. 4C-Cameron Martin[4]; 6. 11-Colton Fisher[6]; 7. 3B-Shelby Bosie[10]; 8. 31-McCain Richards[13]; 9. 15-Cole Mincer[9]; 10. 3A-Aaron Rixmann[7]; 11. 8S-Steve Short[8]; 12. (DNS) 37-Bryce Norris; 13. (DNS) 21-Gunner Ramey; 14. (DNS) 26-Tyler Tischendorf

B Feature 2 10 Laps | 00:14:01.000

55-Hunter Schuerenberg[6]; 2. U2-Jack Vanderboom[2]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett[1]; 4. 49-Josh Schneiderman[5]; 5. 25T-Travis Arenz[7]; 6. 87A-Austin Hartmann[3]; 7. 122-Lane Warner[10]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer[11]; 9. 26R-Preston Ruh[8]; 10. 4-Chase Richards[13]; 11. 24-Scott Conger[12]; 12. 39V-William Huck[14]; 13. 44-Carson Short[4]; 14. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[9]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:00:50.000

6-Carson McCarl[2]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch[1]; 3. 9-Chase Randall[4]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 5. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[3]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:16.000

17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 88-Austin McCarl[1]; 3. 29M-Parker Price Miller[4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 5. 50-Paul Nienhiser[3]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:11.000

3N-Jake Neuman[2]; 2. 12-Corbin Gurley[1]; 3. 6-Carson McCarl[3]; 4. 35-Zach Hampton[5]; 5. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[4]; 6. 25-Danny Schlafer[6]; 7. 4C-Cameron Martin[8]; 8. 3A-Aaron Rixmann[11]; 9. 15-Cole Mincer[12]; 10. 3B-Shelby Bosie[7]; 11. (DNS) 21-Gunner Ramey; 12. (DNS) 26-Tyler Tischendorf

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:11.000

9-Chase Randall[4]; 2. 1-Brenham Crouch[2]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[5]; 5. 12T-Tyler Drueke[7]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[6]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 8. 11-Colton Fisher[10]; 9. 8S-Steve Short[9]; 10. 31-McCain Richards[12]; 11. 11K-Kraig Kinser[3]; 12. 37-Bryce Norris[11]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:50.000

17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 71-Cory Eliason[1]; 3. 29M-Parker Price Miller[4]; 4. 22-Riley Goodno[6]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]; 7. 44-Carson Short[10]; 8. 49-Josh Schneiderman[9]; 9. 25T-Travis Arenz[8]; 10. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[7]; 11. 24-Scott Conger[11]; 12. 39V-William Huck[12]

Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:04:58.000

50-Paul Nienhiser[2]; 2. 51B-Joe B Miller[3]; 3. 44C-Chris Martin[1]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[4]; 5. 96-Jake Blackhurst[6]; 6. U2-Jack Vanderboom[7]; 7. 87A-Austin Hartmann[5]; 8. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[12]; 9. 26R-Preston Ruh[8]; 10. 122-Lane Warner[10]; 11. 29-Hunter Custer[9]; 12. 4-Chase Richards[11]

Qualifying A | 00:00:27.000

22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:12.596[10]; 2. 9-Chase Randall, 00:12.597[9]; 3. 6-Carson McCarl, 00:12.600[3]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 00:12.779[17]; 5. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:12.794[12]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:12.861[14]; 7. 12-Corbin Gurley, 00:12.931[5]; 8. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.951[15]; 9. 35-Zach Hampton, 00:12.969[13]; 10. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.991[2]; 11. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.001[21]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.103[23]; 13. 3B-Shelby Bosie, 00:13.194[11]; 14. 12T-Tyler Drueke, 00:13.212[18]; 15. 4C-Cameron Martin, 00:13.309[6]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.413[22]; 17. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:13.511[24]; 18. 8S-Steve Short, 00:13.549[16]; 19. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:13.724[1]; 20. 11-Colton Fisher, 00:14.227[8]; 21. 3A-Aaron Rixmann, 00:14.235[19]; 22. 31-McCain Richards, 00:14.305[7]; 23. 15-Cole Mincer, 00:14.761[20]; 24. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:14.761[4]

Qualifying B | 00:00:26.000

29M-Parker Price Miller, 00:12.347[13]; 2. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:12.555[20]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.646[17]; 4. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:12.687[15]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.694[23]; 6. 50-Paul Nienhiser, 00:12.893[4]; 7. 71-Cory Eliason, 00:12.922[22]; 8. 44C-Chris Martin, 00:12.990[6]; 9. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.990[21]; 10. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:13.020[1]; 11. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:13.034[8]; 12. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.071[9]; 13. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, 00:13.073[24]; 14. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:13.227[16]; 15. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:13.300[7]; 16. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:13.310[19]; 17. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:13.313[5]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.318[18]; 19. 44-Carson Short, 00:13.339[2]; 20. 122-Lane Warner, 00:13.509[11]; 21. 24-Scott Conger, 00:13.533[10]; 22. 4-Chase Richards, 00:14.009[14]; 23. 39V-William Huck, 00:15.112[3]; 24. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:15.112[12]

IRA Sprints  34 Raceway IA 4/7/23

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[3]; 2. 29M-Parker Price Miller[4]; 3. 9-Chase Randall[2]; 4. 71-Cory Eliason[8]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller[1]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser[7]; 7. 44-Carson Short[11]; 8. 50-Paul Nienhiser[14]; 9. 88-Austin McCarl[21]; 10. 6-Carson McCarl[10]; 11. 44C-Chris Martin[13]; 12. 12T-Tyler Drueke[23]; 13. 12-Corbin Gurley[12]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[9]; 15. 35-Zach Hampton[16]; 16. 96-Jake Blackhurst[22]; 17. 79-Blake Nimee[18]; 18. 49-Josh Schneiderman[15]; 19. 2W-Scott Neitzel[17]; 20. 9K-Kyle Schuett[24]; 21. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 22. 2KS-Ian Madsen[5]; 23. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[20]; 24. (DNF) 24D-Danny Sams III[19]

B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 88-Austin McCarl[1]; 2. 12T-Tyler Drueke[2]; 3. 25T-Travis Arenz[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[6]; 5. 4C-Cameron Martin[3]; 6. 122-Lane Warner[5]; 7. 3A-Brandon Greer[7]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 9. 25-Danny Schlafer[14]; 10. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[11]; 11. 24-Scott Conger[9]; 12. 88C-Christopher Flick[10]; 13. 15-Cole Mincer[13]; 14. 39V-William Huck[12]

B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 96-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 2. 9K-Kyle Schuett[3]; 3. 1-Brenham Crouch[2]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 5. 37-Bryce Norris[4]; 6. U2-Jack Vanderboom[7]; 7. 4-Chase Richards[8]; 8. 21-Gunner Ramey[9]; 9. 87A-Austin Hartmann[10]; 10. 26R-Preston Ruh[13]; 11. 29-Hunter Custer[11]; 12. 8S-Steve Short[12]; 13. 31-McCain Richards[14]; 14. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[6]

Dash 1 (4 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[2]; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[4]; 3. 2KS-Ian Madsen[3]; 4. 11K-Kraig Kinser[1]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]

Dash 2 (4 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Randall[1]; 2. 29M-Parker Price Miller[4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 4. 71-Cory Eliason[3]; 5. 6-Carson McCarl[5]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51B-Joe B Miller[2]; 2. 2KS-Ian Madsen[3]; 3. 44-Carson Short[7]; 4. 49-Josh Schneiderman[5]; 5. 24D-Danny Sams III[6]; 6. 12T-Tyler Drueke[10]; 7. 25T-Travis Arenz[8]; 8. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 9. 4K-Kris Spitz[9]; 10. 88C-Christopher Flick[11]; 11. 39V-William Huck[12]; 12. 88-Austin McCarl[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kraig Kinser[2]; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg[4]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[1]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 5. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[6]; 6. 4C-Cameron Martin[9]; 7. 122-Lane Warner[10]; 8. 3A-Brandon Greer[8]; 9. 24-Scott Conger[12]; 10. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[3]; 11. 15-Cole Mincer[11]; 12. (DNS) 25-Danny Schlafer

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Randall[3]; 2. 12-Corbin Gurley[1]; 3. 44C-Chris Martin[2]; 4. 29M-Parker Price Miller[4]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee[7]; 6. 96-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 7. 9K-Kyle Schuett[8]; 8. 3N-Jake Neuman[6]; 9. U2-Jack Vanderboom[11]; 10. 21-Gunner Ramey[10]; 11. 29-Hunter Custer[9]; 12. 26R-Preston Ruh[12]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 71-Cory Eliason[3]; 3. 50-Paul Nienhiser[1]; 4. 6-Carson McCarl[4]; 5. 35-Zach Hampton[5]; 6. 1-Brenham Crouch[6]; 7. 37-Bryce Norris[8]; 8. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[9]; 9. 4-Chase Richards[11]; 10. 87A-Austin Hartmann[7]; 11. 8S-Steve Short[10]; 12. 31-McCain Richards[12]

Qualifying 1: 1. 88-Austin McCarl, 00:12.775[19]; 2. 55-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.942[11]; 3. 2KS-Ian Madsen, 00:13.018[4]; 4. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 00:13.049[1]; 5. 51B-Joe B Miller, 00:13.084[13]; 6. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 00:13.092[14]; 7. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.172[20]; 8. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.175[7]; 9. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:13.386[10]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.423[22]; 11. 24D-Danny Sams III, 00:13.449[9]; 12. 3P-Sawyer Phillips, 00:13.483[8]; 13. 44-Carson Short, 00:13.653[2]; 14. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.658[23]; 15. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:13.823[17]; 16. 3A-Brandon Greer, 00:13.949[24]; 17. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:14.007[21]; 18. 4C-Cameron Martin, 00:14.168[16]; 19. 12T-Tyler Drueke, 00:14.202[12]; 20. 122-Lane Warner, 00:14.559[6]; 21. 88C-Christopher Flick, 00:14.929[15]; 22. 15-Cole Mincer, 00:16.183[3]; 23. 39V-William Huck, 00:16.195[5]; 24. (DNS) 24-Scott Conger, 00:16.195

Qualifying 2: 1. 29M-Parker Price Miller, 00:12.993[21]; 2. 6-Carson McCarl, 00:13.157[3]; 3. 9-Chase Randall, 00:13.185[11]; 4. 71-Cory Eliason, 00:13.236[7]; 5. 44C-Chris Martin, 00:13.249[2]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.250[9]; 7. 12-Corbin Gurley, 00:13.270[6]; 8. 50-Paul Nienhiser, 00:13.392[22]; 9. 96-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.397[14]; 10. 35-Zach Hampton, 00:13.409[12]; 11. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:13.428[23]; 12. 1-Brenham Crouch, 00:13.537[15]; 13. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.778[20]; 14. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:13.828[13]; 15. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:13.872[18]; 16. 37-Bryce Norris, 00:14.011[10]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.299[1]; 18. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:14.398[17]; 19. 21-Gunner Ramey, 00:14.474[19]; 20. 8S-Steve Short, 00:14.502[8]; 21. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:14.510[24]; 22. 4-Chase Richards, 00:14.594[5]; 23. 26R-Preston Ruh, 00:14.717[16]; 24. 31-McCain Richards, 00:14.994[4]

Welcome Custer's Cones Catering & Events!

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2023 Season Update 1 for 410 and WingLESS:

With the 2023 IRA season fast approaching, just wanted to clarify a few things that I think many may have questions on.

Memberships are available, and to receive discounted membership price they must be received by April 1, and 410 teams who want to be sure their cards will be at 34 Raceway opening night should really get theirs in prior to then. So if received in March, the Gold membership which is required for any driver running for points, or any driver wanting the additional insurance is $225, while the standard which is popular with crews is just $55. As with last year we are asking that teams take and extra step doing an online registration as well, this should only take you a few minutes to do but will greatly help us in making sure that we have correct contact information. Get them in please, the sooner the better. Membership forms can be found on website.

Membership paperwork here:

• 410: irasprints.com

• WingLESS: wisconsinwingless.com

Online Registrations Here:

• 410: Registration

• WingLESS:[Registration(https://www.myracepass.com/series/1501/registrations/7269)

We'd like to hype both our series and your team. If you plan on running with us, we'll post your release for the upcoming season. Send us a picture or design of your 2023 car, include sponsors and any other info you would like, and we'll help each other. You can send to Kim tbmotorsports@msn.com, Cody tennysd@gmail.com, or Steve siraprez@sbcglobal.net and we'll get it posted on IRA's social media outlets. Take advantage of this opportunity.

Dakoda (Cody) is currently working on a file to send out to all teams on the 410 side (WingLESS please note that this will not be available this year but we look to do the same in the coming years) with our required and option sponsor logos. He is hoping to have that out prior to this comming weekend. This file will contain the best logo file type that we have at the moment. This will also contain notes for a minimum size and whether or not the colors can be changed on these logos. Please watch for another email containing links to these files!!

In regards to tires, as most are aware the H tire we ran across the rear the past several years is no longer being made. Neither is the MEDIUM of the past. Newly designed LR & RR tires are being made, RR is D15A (which is a few points harder than than the H15 was) but with a different design that has no camber and is designed to be flipped around. They will also make a MEDIUM but it is of this new design too. As for the LR, they will make a D12A 92, 93, 94, and 96. They are less stiff than the H. The new tires will not be released until the WoO head to Port Royal in March. IRA's plan is to allow both the H and the new design in both the 410 and wingLESS classes. The plan is to allow either all season. The only concern that could change that plan to a limited time on the H is that if the H performs superior to the new design. That is not anticipated. For 410 teams, only the new design will be allowed at All Star (and WoO) events. So at our co-sanctioned races with the All Stars, only the new tire design will be allowed, though IRA has every intention in allowing H, old MED, new D and new MED all season, including in co-sanctions with MOWA, and NOSA. In talks with other tracks such as Knoxville, Husets, Jackson, etc they all seem to be on same plan as us, so other than WoO or All Star shows, either tire will be allowed..... atleast initially.

Helmets, Snell 2015 will be the minimum, 2010 helmets are no longer allowed in IRA competition. Note, keep an eye on your belt dates as these will be checked and must be current.

As for Fire Suppression systems, we encourage and strongly recommend them, but at this point are not mandating them, though likely will at some point, particularly in 410 division. If you plan on running with WoO or at Knoxville, they are. All Stars will be same as us. I was in FL and all went smooth with them. Spoke with several teams and mounting was not as complicated as expected, mounting is on left side of seat, most had on diagonal bar, though some like Danny Dietrich had on upper parallel bar. The WoO have a diagram, though there is some tolerance to do it the way Dietrich did also. The Lifleline 360 (which is what we had at banquet) was the most popular in FL, though some Firebottle, and others were present and legal. Maxim (R&H is our local dealer) are selling Lifeline 360 complete kits with upgraded brackets. Behling has all legal brands available, including Lifeline 360, though prefers Firebottle and can get you all set up with either.

From a format perspective, both series will be going to a A / B format when car count dictates a 4 heat program. So if just 3 heats we qualify overall with same 4 car inverts as always. When we go to 4 heats, qualifying will be split into 2 groups, A & B by pill draw, A will be heats 1 & 2, B heats 3 & 4. A will make up inside, and B outside in feature line ups. 410 dash cars will be the 2 heat winners per group, and next fast 3 qualifiers that transfer per group. Dash will be random draw per group. Rows 6 on back line up as always, by heat finish, by time, however with A inside, B outside.. If single B-main in a 4 heat program, A still inside, B outside based on heat finish by time. Front row cars however will be the fastest qualifying non-transfer cars per group, Basically same as before, just inside / outside based on group.

Note, Left side cockpit panels are getting out of control in many cases. It was a topic at recent Sprint Council meeting. With today's full containment seats, it's extremely difficult for a fire crew to extricate a driver, especially in a hurry. I expect a rule in the future which mandates a specific side opening. USAC has one now 10 x 20 minimum left side opening, but expect one that requires an even larger opening to be mandated in 2024. Help us help you.

wingLESS TEAMS, Check Valves on carb vent tubes are highly recommended and definitely a good idea. Also Auto Meter is back on as title, and Gandrud is presenting sponsor for series. Gandrud is doing a cash point fund contribution. Between those two and Hoosier, your point fund should be better than any previous year.
We'll continue to put out additional info, and appreciate your support. I'm truly excited about this season, lots of big things planned and much is yet to be released.

Get those memberships in......
Thank You,
Steve

1st Annual Gib Wiser Classic 6/2/23

The Friday June 2nd sprint car event, co-sanctioned by the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions and our Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, looks to be the biggest in Dodge County Fairgrounds history, as proven by teams from across the country who have released their schedules. This event will have added local flare too as it's name is synonymous with area short track racing, as the 1st annual Gib Wiser Classic will take to the horsepower half-mile.

The biggest purse in speedway history will be offered, and advance ticket information will be released soon. We are also excited to have the Rayce Rudeen Foundation on board for this event, as well as their headline event at the Plymouth Dirt Track the following night, Saturday June 3rd. Ticket info for that event will be forthcoming as well. The MSA Sprints will supply the support for the weekend in these all sprint car shows.

Gib Wiser is a legend of Wisconsin racing. A 4-time IRA Champion 1982-85, 4-time Star Trac Sprint Car Champion 1982, 83, 84, 86, and 3-time Wilmot Sprint Car Champion 1983, 84, 86. "The Flying School Teacher" also picked up several Modified titles during his illustrious career including a pair at Francis Creek 1975, 80, Beaver Dam 1981-82, Plymouth (EWSC) 1975, and Wilmot 1982. Gib was inducted into the Southeast Wisconsin Short Track Hall of Fame in 2009, and his number 55 sprinter etched into the memory of many.

Stay tuned for ticket info mid-March.

2023 Schedule Update: Back at Northern Nationals - Gondik Law Speedway

From 1999 to 2019, the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints headlined the Friday night portion of the Northern Nationals in Superior, WI at Gondik Law Speedway.

In IRA’s last appearance there Jake Blackhurst topped Scotty Thiel and Brooke Tatnell in a thriller on the fast 3/8 red clay. After months of negotiating, the 410 winged sprint cars of the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will be returning Friday night, Sept 8th to continue their Northern Nationals tradition as they’ll headline the Friday night show of the 35th annual Northern Nationals at Gondik Law Speedway in Superior. Making this sprint car event that much better will be the fact that our friends with the Grand Forks, ND based Northern Outlaw Sprint Association (NOSA) have been invited to join in on the high speed fun. Teams will be aiming at a $4000 winner’s share and at least $400 for starting at the 35th running of this huge traditional multi-day event presented by Bay Lock & Security.

For IRA it sets up for a big 2-day weekend as the series will head to the Cedar Lake Speedway on Saturday Sept 9th for the annual running of one of IRA’s crown jewels, the Jerry Richert Memorial. This traditional weekend was a fixture on the IRA schedule for 21 years, and now the tradition continues.

For those who can’t make the trip north, IRA can be found on FLORACING

IRA Has New Fast Time Sponsor

Long time Wisconsin engine builder and performance engine parts dealer, Competition Specialists, will be providing $100 to the Fast Qualifier at all 2023 Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series events, but there is more. Competition Specialists owners, Steve Blom and Jason Johnson, are increasing their generous award to $250 for anyone who sets "Fast Time" utilizing a Competition Specialists engine! It's awesome to see a Wisconsin business getting involved with our Wisconsin based series. Jason, a veteran sprint car campaigner himself, is handling much of the business side now after coming onboard late in 2022, while Steve will continue to do what he does best, build horsepower. The Menasha, WI speed supplier is conveniently located in IRA country, give Jason a call at 920-725-9384 or email him at sales@competitionspecialists.com for your engine performance needs. Who will be the Competition Specialists Fast Time Award winner when the series kicks off its 2023 campaign at 34 Raceway on April 7th.

Competition Specialists is replacing long time Fast Time sponsor Osborn & Son Trucking who has supported the IRA for many years, both as car owners, but as a gracious sponsor too. Dean Osborn sold the family trucking business this past season, and we sincerely thank him and his family for all they did to support the IRA over the years.

Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series
 

While we’re still fine tuning some dates, and it should be known that a few of
these dates are tentative, here is a peek at the 2023 schedules for all 3 IRA
divisions. The schedule is loaded with successful traditional events, plus there are
some new and exciting events too. And many great combo weekends. Let’s Go
Racing!
Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series
Apr 7-8 34 Raceway (IA) w/MOWA
15 Beaver Dam Raceway (WI) Wipperfurth Memorial, raindate 4/22
29 Cedar Lake Speedway (WI) Spring Open Wheel Spectacular
30 Mason City Motor Speedway (IA)
May 13 Wilmot Raceway (WI) w/All Stars
20 Plymouth Dirt Track (WI) Prelude Rayce with MSA & Badger
21 Angell Park Speedway (WI) AP Season Opener w/Badger
27 Wilmot Raceway Open Wheel Spectacular w/ MSA & Badger
28 141 Speedway (WI) Sunday Fun Day
Jun 2 Dodge Co. Fairgrounds (WI) w/ All Stars
3 Plymouth Dirt Track w/ All Stars Rayce Rudeen Race $26k To Win!
10 Sycamore Speedway (IL) Open Wheel Night with Badger & IRA LS
11 Angell Park Speedway Norm Nelson Classic w/Badger
24 Fairbury Speedway (IL) Bill Waite Jr Memorial w/MOWA
Jul 1 Plymouth Dirt Track Frank Filskov Memorial
13 I-94 emr Speedway (MN) w/NOSA
14-15 River Cities Speedway (ND) King of the Wings w/NOSA
21 Outagamie Speedway (WI) Outagamie Co Fair
28 Plymouth Dirt Track 3 rd annual Road America Challenge
29 Wilmot Raceway Founder’s Night

Aug 19 Wilmot Raceway Kenosha Co Fair / Roger Iles Tribute
20 Angell Park Speedway Corn Fest w/Badger
25 TBA
26 Federated Auto Parts I-55 Raceway (MO) w/MOWA &
Sep 1 Dodge Co Fairgrounds Harry Neitzel Tribute
2 Plymouth Dirt Track Sheboygan Co Fair
8 TBA
9 Cedar Lake Speedway Jerry Richert Memorial
16 141 Speedway Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown Finale
29 TBA (Dodge or Plymouth)
30 Plymouth Dirt Track Wisconsin State Sprint Car Championships

AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints
Apr 29 Plymouth Dirt Track
May 6 Wilmot Raceway
May 13 Wilmot Raceway w/All Stars & IRA
May 20 Wilmot Raceway
Jun 4 Angell Park Speedway
Jun 10 Wilmot Raceway
Jun 17 Wilmot Raceway
Jun 24 Wilmot Raceway w/USAC Sprints
Jul 1 Wilmot Raceway
Jul 2 Angell Park Speedway Fireworks Night
Jul 8 Wilmot Raceway (top 24) w/ World of Outlaws

Jul 15 Wilmot Raceway
Jul 29 Wilmot Raceway w/IRA
Jul 30 Angell Park Speedway
Aug 5 Wilmot Raceway
Aug 19 Wilmot Raceway Kenosha Co Fair w/IRA Bill Grogan Memorial
Sep 2 Wilmot Raceway
Sep 9 Wilmot Raceway Wilmot Championship Night
Sep 22 Sycamore Speedway w/Dirt Kings LM
Sep 23 Wilmot Raceway Jim Wildman Watson Classic w/ Dirt Kings Late Models
Sep 29 TBA
Sep 30 Plymouth Dirt Track Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships

IRA Lightning Sprints
May 13 Wilmot Raceway w/All Stars & IRA 410
May 20 Wilmot Raceway
May 28 141 Speedway w/IRA 410
Jun 10 Sycamore Speedway w/IRA 410
Jun 17 Wilmot Raceway
Jun 24 Wilmot Raceway w/USAC Sprints
Jul 1 Plymouth Dirt Track w/IRA 410
Jul 8 Wilmot Raceway w/World of Outlaws
Jul 15 Wilmot Raceway
Jul 29 Wilmot Raceway
Aug 5 Plymouth Dirt Track
Aug 19 Wilmot Raceway Kenosha Co Fair w/IRA 410

Aug 26 Sycamore Speedway
Sep 9 Wilmot Raceway Wilmot LS Championships
Sep 16 141 Speedway w/IRA 410
Sep 30 Plymouth Dirt Track Wisconsin State Sprint Car Championships

IRA SPRINTS HONOR RESPECTIVE CHAMPIONS

Kenosha, WI 12/17 The Interstate Racing Association (IRA) hosted their 57th annual awards banquet Saturday night at the Parkway Chateau honoring both their Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and their AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series. Fourteen 410 winged, and twenty-two wingLESS teams were honored as they met series participation requirements, most had perfect attendance.

Jordan Goldesberry was honored as 410 Champ, while young Clayton Rossman, and veteran and past series champ Tim Cox were honored as wingLESS champions.

Mike Babicz, the long time Wilmot Raceway announcer, a long with Madeline Schultz (Chadi Madi), and Loren Kelly shared the emcee duties throughout the festive evening.

Photographer phenom Dave Olson of Studio 360 Photography designed the 410 (and Rookie) awards as he has done the past several years and provided additional championship and rookie awards for the wingLESS too. Olson also presented the Best Appearing 410 Award to Jeremy Schultz's #5j. Schultz's night got better too as won the annual Maxim Top 10 Giv-A-Way which is a drawing for a new Maxim chassis among Maxim teams who finished in the top 10 in series points.

Goldesberry who made the long tow north every weekend from his Springfield, IL home claimed two victories enroute to his first series title piloting the families Rockstar energy drink Maxim. Goldesberry took home over $11,000 in cash plus numerous contingency awards.

Seventeen year old Rossmann actually tied his mentor in veteran Cox for the title after dueling at the top of the standings all season. Ironically, while not team cars, the two teams do work out of the same shop which made their accomplishments nearly fairy tale.

Long time IRA President Steve Sinclair presented second generation official, Dakoda (Cody) Tennyson, with the prestigious Rick Schmidt Memorial IRA Member of the Year Award. Cody wears many hats for IRA, most notably running the tower (and a lot more) at each event.

Veteran videographer Jeff Fischer was honored with the IRA Dedication Award. Fischer who has become a full time videographer filming events all over the country began his career with IRA under the Grandstand Video label, and returned to the series three years ago when the series signed with FLO. Fischer has created a banquet video which traditionally has opened, in style, the past fifteen or so awards banquets.

The IRA Outlaws honor a pair of rookies, and this year it was Jake Neuman, who was a title contender most of the year, and winner of the season finale coming home a solid 5th in points who took the Sage Fruit / Hepfner Race Products Top Apple Rookie of the Year honors. Neuman added $2500 and a HRP wing combo to his night for this award. Neuman's night would only get better as he later won a new Maxim chassis in IRA's popular contingency drawing. Young Tyler Tischendorf who finished 9th in points, just edging fellow rookie Austin Hartmann who came home 10th, captured IRA's Sage Fruit / HRP Apple Cup Rookie of the Year Award earning an additional $1250 plus an HRP nose wing.

Eric Wilke took the wingLESS Rookie of the Year honors, while Seth Johnson was named the Most Improved wingLESS Driver, and Jeff Burba Photography presented Mike Sullivan with the JBP Best Appearing wingLESS car award.

All thirty-six teams present (34 were physically present, though all represented) received point fund checks and hardware, and ALL also shared in their respective division's contingency product drawing, and thanks to Alan Hafford for adding to to the wingLESS portion from additional proceeds from the Bill Grogan Memorial event.

Congratulations to IRA Lightning Sprint Champion Mike Neau also.

Watch for the soon to be released schedules for all 3 IRA divisions as the finishing touches are being finalized, with the 410's kicking off April 7-8 at 34 Raceway, the wingLESS April 29th at the Plymouth Dirt Track, and the Lightning May 13th at Wilmot Raceway.

Top 10 in Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series points..... 1. Jordan Goldesberry 2. Danny Schlafer 3. Jake Blackhurst 4. Scotty Neitzel 5. Jake Neuman 6. Russ Borland 7. Kyle Schuett 8. Jeremy Schultz 9. Tyler Tischendorf 10. Austin Hartmann

Top 10 in AutoMeter WI wingLESS points.... 1. Clayton Rossman & Tim Cox 3. Ryan Marshall 4. Ryan Zielski 5. Rusty Egan 6. Alan Hafford 7. Chris Klemko 8. Jimmy Sivia 9. Nathan Crane 10. Johnny Fahl

Thanks to: Bumper To Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, Auto Meter, Sage Fruit, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Kunes RV, Carriage Auto Body, MyRacePass, A-Main Apparel, Behling Racing Equipment, and FloSportsTV

IRA Interstate Racing Association
Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series / AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series Awards Banquet

Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series / AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series Awards Banquet, Saturday Dec 17th, Brat Stop’s Parkway Chateau, iI-94 at Hay 50 Pleasant Prairie / Kenosha.. Dinner will be 3 entrée (Beef, Chicken, Veggie Lasagna) buffet w/ salad, fruit, potato, pasta, veggie, etc. Doors open at 5, Dinner 6.30, Awards to follow. Cash Bar.

TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH MRP
https://www.myracepass.com/events/430860/tickets/

Hotels are 2 short blocks away.
See hotel options, can book thru link or call hotel direct. Hotels must be booked by Dec 1 to be part of block.

Below is your booking link for the night of Dec 17th. Please let everyone know the reservations will need to be made by Dec 4th .
Hampton Information
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The combination of rooms are below. I am happy to adjust the numbers if anyone needs a different room type so please do not hesitate to let me know.

2 Queen standard room – 8 ($119)

1 King bed standard room – 5 ($119)

King suites with pull out sofa – 2 ($129)

Best Western
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 Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships Purse and Added Money

Thanks to our good friends at A-Main Apparel and Diecast the 5th Annual Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships have had a total of $6275 added to the purses between the 3 IRA divisions. The Bumper to Bumper IRA outlaw Sprints have had $100 a lap, lap leader money added plus an extra $100 added to positions 1-3, 5,10, and money added to positions 12-24th to make the feature $3100 to win and $450 to start plus lap money, meaning the feature winner could potentially leave the Plymouth Dirt Track $6100 richer.

As well, the Wisconsin wingLESS sprint series has had an extra $50 a lap, lap leader money added as well as money added to first and the last 4 spots in there feature raised to make it $550 to win and $175 to start. Meaning the wingLESS winner could win as much as $1550.

The IRA Lightning Sprints also will be racing for extra money as there will be $25 bonuses for fast time and each heat race win as well as an extra $25 for each lap lead in the feature. So a sweep of the night and leading every lap in the feature would mean $850 to that driver.

We cannot thank each and every person who has stepped up and added to these purses enough and are helping to make the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships presented by A-Main Apparel one of the biggest events in the state of Wisconsin!

The Schlafers Still Got It!

For the last time in the 2022 competitive season for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints, 27 sprints checked in to battle at Beaver Dam Raceway for the Scott Semmelmann Memorial.

Picking up the extra $300 donated by the Semmelmann family, Rockstar Energy Drink’s Jordan Goldesberry.

Our heat race winners were Scotty Neitzel, Dave Uttech, and Jake Blackhurst. Those drivers picked up the extra $100 from www.lakehomeretreats.com. Thank you again John for all you have been doing for the IRA Sprints the past couple of weeks. Book your next vacation with Lake Home Retreats! Visit them online or give them a like on Facebook!

Danny Schlafer and Jordan Goldesberry would win their dash and set up the front row of our Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts 30 Lap feature.

At the drop of the green, it was Schlafer by the tractor tires, and Goldesberry ripping the lip heading into turns one and two. Schlafer, driving off the backstretch, would lead the opening lap at the raceway until we threw the red for Jordan Paulsen upside down in turn two. Paulsen was able to walk away. Unfortunately during this time, the U2 of Fast Jack Vanderboom, would pull into the pits and retire for the night. Schlafer, Goldesberry, and Blackhurst would be the top three when we went to the green. Justin Henderson and Dave Uttech would restart just outside the podium, and would look for one of those spots on the restart. Henderson would be the first to challenge Blackhurst for a podium finish and would pass the 39 in turns one and two on the restart and would begin to hunt down the Springfield, IL native of Goldesberry. With another lap in the books, Henderson would pass Goldesberry for second. The Lone Wolf would reach lap traffic and would now be joined by the 1 of Justin Henderson. In turns three and four, Schlafer would bobble on the high side opening the door for Henderson to pass on the low side and take the lead on lap 8. Blackhurst would take this opportunity to pass the 25 as well for second that next lap in turn 2. 20 laps remained with Schlafer in third when he could have the company of Goldesberry and Nimee. Goldesberry would pass Schlafer for third and Nimee would show his nose as well with 17 laps remaining. Justin Henderson was still on top of the charts with the “halfway home” signal shown on the raceway with Blackhurst second, Goldesberry third. With 12 laps remaining race leader Justin Henderson would bring out our second red flag of the night on the backstretch.

Blackhurst would take over as the race leader with Goldesberry and Schlafer on his tail, Nimee would restart fourth, and Uttech fifth. Drama would arise again on the speedway for Rookie of the Year Contender, Jake Neuman, would pull into the work area with a flat left rear tire. He would unfortunately retire there for the night. Blackhurst would lead the field back to green, and the battle to watch would be between Schlafer and Goldesberry. Goldesberry would hold off Schlafer at first, but Schlafer would take second place with 10 laps remaining. Blackhurst and Schlafer would drive to lap traffic and the final countdown would begin. They both would weave around traffic, and would be wing to wing with six laps to go. In turns three and four, they would need to weave around a lap car Blackhurst higher and Schlafer would dive low and take the lead back with 5 laps remaining. After that, the 25 would race away for the win at the Scott Semmelmann Memorial race. Blackhurst would take second, and Goldesberry would round out the podium.

The photo merged with the victory lane photo from Saturday was from Schlafer’s very first 360 feature win at the World of Outlaws show at Beaver Dam Raceway. It was in his second full year of racing. The 360’s were a support series that night! It is awesome to see this history and this story come full circle.

Schlafer said in his interview, it was “Speechless to win at this place in a 410…” It is another track that Al and Danny can cross off the list as a track they have both won together. “This place means so much to the Schlafer family…” Danny continued, “If it weren’t for my uncle Gary I don't even know if I would have gotten the chance to race to be honest.” Gary Schlafer bought the race track in 1986 and rebuilt it to reopen it in 1993. “I can still see the old building sitting up there, I can see my grandpa and grandma sitting up there smiling, so it’s emotional.” Danny’s grandparents always sat up in the observers tower and watched on race nights. Congratulations again to the Schlafer Family!

To see full results from Beaver Dam Raceway: www.irasprints.com/schedules/event/406389

With only two nights left in the 2022 season, here’s how the points battle looks. Jake Blackhurst hangs onto the lead by only 9 points over Rockstar Energy Drink’s Jordan Goldesberry. Danny Schlafer sits third in points, Jake Neuman fourth, and Scotty Neitzel fifth. To see a full points rundown heading into championship weekend, visit: www.irasprints.com/standings

Our season concludes with a Sprintacular doubleheader weekend. Friday night, the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints return to the “Horsepower Halfmile” for the Checkered Classic featuring the Wisconsin Wingless Sprints. Saturday, we crown champions at the A-Main Apparel Wisconsin Sprint Car Championship Night. The IRA Sprints will be joined by the Wisconsin Wingless Sprints, IRA Lightning Sprints, and the MSA 360 Sprints.

Can’t be there? Watch the action live on FloRacing!

Rain Cancels Saturday the 16th, IRA Founders Night Next on Tap July 23rd

Wilmot Raceway, Wisconsin's original home for sprint car racing, will host its 9th Annual Interstate Racing Association(IRA) Founders Night on Saturday, July 23.
The annual IRA recognition event will follow Wilmot's sixth cancellation of the 2022 season as the scheduled Family Night on July 16 was lost to weather. Track officials reluctantly called the program when heavy rains the day prior coupled with high humidity, a lack of sun and wind, prevented the drying of the saturated track and grounds despite the best efforts of the track crew.
Headlining the next program scheduled for the 1/3-mile clay oval located on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds will be the Bumper to Bumper IRA Winged 410 Outlaw Sprint Cars. On the card as well will be the Modifieds, Street Stocks and Bandit 4-Cylinder Stock Cars.
The special tribute recognizes the original founders of the IRA, the late RayToft, the late Junior Dodd and Whitey Harris. The trio headed up the formation of the IRA over 50 years ago. Wilmot Raceway, at the time known as the Kenosha County Speedway, served as the original home of the regional group and has remained as such for what has developed into a traveling regional series.
Dale Blaney of Ohio captured the first two Founders Night features in 2014 and 2015 when the event was co-sanctioned with the All Star Circuit of Champions.
Bill Balog of Hartford is the only three-time winner of the event having taken top honors in 2016, 2017 and 2020. Jake Blackhurst of Hanna City, IL won it in 2018. Jeremy Schultz of Beaver Dam in 2019,
Scott Nietzel of Beaver Dam is the defending winner having won in August, 2021.
The trophy sponsored by the Southeastern Wisconsin Racing Hall of Fame has the winner's name added and then is displayed at the Hall of Fame in Hartford.
Grandstands open at 5 p.m. with on track activity slated for about 5:45 including hot laps and qualifying with racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $25.00 for ages 12 and over, $5.00 ages 7-11, with ages 6 & under admitted free. Pit gates will open at 3:00 p.m. with pit passes being $30.00.
Advance tickets and further information is available at the official track website wilmotraceway.com. Updates are available at the trackside raceline 262-862-2090 or the official Wilmot Raceway Facebook Page. In case of an event cancellation, advance ticket purchases are automatically refunded to individual's bank accounts within four business days of the event.

Jake Blackhurst Crowned King of the Wings as he conquers North Dakota

On Friday, July 15th, 35 Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Cars and Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprint Cars would check in to River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND. The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Cars were excited to make the return after a 19-year absence. Thomas Kennedy would claim our Osborn and Son Trucking Fast Time Award laying down the time of 10.295. Heat races were won by Mark Dobmeier, Nick Omdahl, Jade Hastings, and Jordan Goldesberry. This would set up the draw for the dash later in the program. Jordan Goldesberry would win dash one and Jade Hastings would win dash two.

Hastings and Goldesberry would lead the field to the green as Jade Hastings would take the lead from the green. Goldesberry and the rest of the field would follow behind. Coming from the fourth row, Kennedy and Dobmeier would make their presence known. Dobmeier would be the next to challenge Hasting’s lead. Hastings would weave through traffic as Dobmeier would try the top line. 12 laps in and we would drop the yellow. Hastings would now have Dobmeier and Kennedy right behind him. Lead by Hastings, the field went back to green. Goldesberry would be challenged by Pierce and they would battle until Pierce would slide Goldesberry for 4th when we would throw the second caution of the night for the 26 of Blake Egeland spun in turn one. Single file start with 12 laps remaining as Hastings would lead the field to the green again. Kennedy and Dobmeier would immediately challenge for the lead as they all ripped the high side heading into the first turn. Pierce would continue to slowly but surely make the way up battling with Nygaard as we would drop another caution for Shane Roemeling off the pace on the front stretch. When we went back to green with 10 to go it was Hastings, Dobmeier, Kennedy, and Pierce. In three and four Pierce would throw the slider on Kennedy claiming the third place spot. Hartmann would spin on the front stretch causing the field to regroup again. Pierce would reline up third, Dobmeier second and Hastings still leading the way. Changing up his line, Hastings would lead the field on the low side and Pierce would follow to pass Dobmeier for second. 3 laps left, Pierce was on the move, hunting down race-long leader Jade Hastings. Closing the gap every lap, Pierce would challenge in turns one and two unsuccessfully, but in three and four would pull the slider to take the lead with two to go. With open air from there, Pierce would take the checkered on the first night at River Cities Speedway.

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The battle only continued the next day when the teams signed back into the track. Thirty-three sprints checked in to battle on another hot day in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The track would continue to be fast as Grand Forks native, Jade Hastings, would qualify fast time laying down a lap of 10.469. All heat races were done in 9 lap fashion as tribute to Wayne Anderson. Thomas Kennedy out of Winnipeg, MB Canada would take heat one. Jordan Adams would take heat race two, Scotty Neitzel would take heat race three, and winning the fourth and final heat race was Brendan Mullen. This would allow the 4 heat race winners and the next 6 fastest in the top 5 of their heat races would be able to draw for the start in our A-Main Apparel draw for the dash. Dash one was won by the Professor Josh Schneiderman, and dash two was won by Jade Hastings.

Jade Hastings was already prepared with starting a feature against the stacked Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints and the Buffalo Wild Wings NOSA Sprints as he would jump to the commanding lead at the drop of the green. Ripping the high side, he became the force to be reckoned with again. Other competitors would make moves tot work their way up the charts on the bullring. Blackhurst, Schneiderman, and Mullen would stay close to Hastings. Three laps in and lap traffic would become a factor. Weaving through traffic for the second day in the row, it looked effortless for Hastings. We would continue to stay green until Nick Omdahl would take a trip over the edge of the speedway. Schneiderman would fall off the pace while Kennedy would make the pass for his position. Dobmeier would make a run on the 2-time and defending IRA champion Jake Blackhurst. Kennedy in second as we reach the halfway point battling with Blackhurst and Jade Hastings was still checked out. The laps would count down to 10 to go, and Hasting’s lead would shrink. Dobmeier would pull off, and we would continue to go green for one more lap when the 0 of Nick Omdahl would find himself outside of the bullring. He pulled back in the track and we went back to green with 8 laps to go. Hastings would lead to green followed by Thomas Kennedy and Blackhurst. Hastings would immediately be challenged by Kennedy. The pressure was on as the first of many sliders would be thrown with three to go thrown in turn one and two. Hastings would return the favor in three and four. White flag would wave as Hastings and Kennedy would be door to door in turns one and two and they both would go low in 3 and 4. The crowd would erupt with amazement when the Rhine Auto 39 of Blackhurst, ripped the high side and would pass both competitors to take the Buffalo Wild Wings King of the Wings title championship belt.

Our season continues this Friday July 22nd at the Outagamie Speedway in Seymour, Wi we look forward to seeing everyone there!!

­ Balog Continues His Dominance of PDTR

Twenty-eight of the best of the Upper Midwest checked in to battle at Plymouth Dirt Track for the Road America Challenge presented by Kunes RV. This was also the second night of the "Series within a series" Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. $5,000 was up for grabs and the speed of the track showed right away when the two-time and defending IRA Sprint Champion, Jake Blackhurst, would go quickest in Osborn and Son trucking Qualifying, laying down a 11.622 lap time. That set up 3 heat races to continue the night. The Knoxville, IA native Riley Goodno would hold off “The Big Wheel” Scotty Thiel to win heat race number one. Heat race number two would have NASCAR cup series driver, Chase Briscoe on top. The final heat race action of the night would have Sussex, WI’s Danny Schlafer taking the checkered.

The two dashes would be next in the program. Dash one had Blackhurst and Briscoe on the front row, with Balog, Schuett, and Thiel behind them. Briscoe would get high in turn two making contact with the wall causing him to fall back. Blackhurst would run away and take the win followed by Thiel, Balog, Schuett, and Briscoe. Dash two had Rookie of the Year points leader Jake Neuman on the pole and Riley Goodno outside of him. Schlafer, Nimee, and Goldesberry would round out the field. Neuman would pull away and win dash number two setting up the outside top 5 rows of the feature.

When we dropped the green at PDTR last night for the Road America Challenge Presented By Kunes RV, Rookie of the Year contender Jake Neuman would bolt to the lead leaving the rest of the pack behind to follow. Shortly after however, the 4B of Biertzer would spin in turn 2 causing the group to reline up behind the rookie. With Neuman leading the field to the green, he would lead in front of competitors like Nimee, Blackhurst, Schlafer, Balog and others that would battle behind him. Lap traffic started getting mixed into the equation when they would catch up to the leader when the right rear of Schultz would fly off the 5j machine. He would go to the work area to replace the missing tire. We would continue to race for only 2 more laps before the 2w of Scotty Neitzel would also fall victim to turn 2, flipping. With 16 laps to go, we found Custer spun in turn 4 and we had to regroup the field. On that restart, something happened before fans could see. All we could see was a huge dust cloud in the apex of turn 3 and 4. When the dust settled, we saw the 73 sideways and at a stop. We regrouped the field and the battle would be for the lead between Neuman, Balog, Blackhurst, and Nimee. Balog would send it into turn one to try to pass Neuman but it wouldn’t stick this time around. Two more circuits around and we would throw the caution flag again for Biertzer and Routson. Back to green with a three wide battle for a podium between Blackhurst, Schlafer, and Nimee. With lap traffic part of the equation and 5 laps remaining, Balog would make the pass splitting a lap car for the lead against Neuman, and would run away for the remaining final 5 laps, taking the Plymouth Dirt Track checkered flag for the second time this season. Neuman would settle for second, and Blackhurst would round out the podium.

The Next scheduled event for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car Series will be on July 15th and 16th at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND for the Buffalo Wild Wings King of the WIngs Event. The Friday Night July 15th will be a huge show that also features the World of Outlaws Late Model Series. If you are itching to see some more high powered sprint car action prior to July 15th and 16th don't forget that many IRA regulars will be in attendance at Wilmot Raceway on July 9th when the World of Outlaws invade for the Larry Hillerud Memorial Event.

Hopf Farms Points Standings after 2 of 5 Scheduled Events:

1.) Mike Urner (Rhine Auto #39) 2.) Blake Nimee (Nimee #79) 3.) Schlafer Autobody (Schalfer Auto #25) 4.) Jack Goldesberry (Goldesberry #65) 5.) Jim Neuman (Neuman #3N)

Results powered by My Race Pass

A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:33:14.202

17B-Bill Balog[5]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman[2]; 3. 39-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[8]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[6]; 7. 14B-Chase Briscoe[9]; 8. 22-Riley Goodno[10]; 9. 73-Scotty Thiel[3]; 10. 25T-Travis Arenz[11]; 11. 9K-Kyle Schuett[7]; 12. 85M-Steve Meyer[19]; 13. 19-Todd Daun[12]; 14. 23-Russel Borland[15]; 15. 49-Josh Schneiderman[18]; 16. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[13]; 17. 4K-Kris Spitz[23]; 18. U2-Jack Vanderboom[22]; 19. 87A-Austin Hartmann[24]; 20. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[16]; 21. 29-Hunter Custer[20]; 22. 14-Jack Routson[17]; 23. 4B-Scott Biertzer[21]; 24. 2W-Scott Neitzel[14] B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:05:49.653

85M-Steve Meyer[4]; 2. 29-Hunter Custer[1]; 3. 4B-Scott Biertzer[7]; 4. U2-Jack Vanderboom[2]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 6. 87A-Austin Hartmann[3]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[8]; 8. 7R-Andy Rein[9]; 9. 24-Scott Conger[5]; 10. (DNS) 68-Dave Uttech Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:03:32.892

39-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel[5]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett[4]; 5. 14B-Chase Briscoe[2] Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:30.300

3N-Jake Neuman[1]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[3]; 5. 22-Riley Goodno[2] Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:59.291

22-Riley Goodno[1]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel[3]; 3. 3N-Jake Neuman[2]; 4. 39-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[7]; 6. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[5]; 7. 24-Scott Conger[9]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 9. U2-Jack Vanderboom[6]; 10. (DNS) 68-Dave Uttech Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:49.187

14B-Chase Briscoe[2]; 2. 25T-Travis Arenz[1]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett[3]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[6]; 6. 49-Josh Schneiderman[7]; 7. 85M-Steve Meyer[8]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 9. (DNS) 43-Jereme Schroeder Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:48.117

25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 3. 19-Todd Daun[1]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 6. 14-Jack Routson[5]; 7. 87A-Austin Hartmann[7]; 8. 4B-Scott Biertzer[8]; 9. 7R-Andy Rein[9] Qualifying 1 | 00:00:24.533

39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.622[2]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:11.655[18]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:11.669[11]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.684[10]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:11.775[4]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.808[8]; 7. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:11.867[5]; 8. 14B-Chase Briscoe, 00:11.969[23]; 9. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:11.988[15]; 10. 22-Riley Goodno, 00:12.012[12]; 11. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:12.038[7]; 12. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.038[21]; 13. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:12.065[3]; 14. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.124[22]; 15. 14-Jack Routson, 00:12.183[20]; 16. U2-Jack Vanderboom, 00:12.188[1]; 17. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.240[13]; 18. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.289[9]; 19. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.318[27]; 20. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.350[17]; 21. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.457[16]; 22. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.470[14]; 23. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.489[24]; 24. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.549[25]; 25. 24-Scott Conger, 00:12.577[28]; 26. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.616[6]; 27. 7R-Andy Rein, 00:12.635[26]; 28. 68-Dave Uttech[19] Article Credit: Madeline "Chatty Madi" Schultz

Joe B Miller from the B-Main
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The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints returned to the 1/3rd mile of Fairbury American Legion Speedway this past Saturday June 11th for the 12th annual Bill Waite Jr. Memorial Race paying $6000 to win and $600 to start the A feature. This feature would be FloRacing's “Race of the Week”. Leading the field to the green, Blackhurst and Kevin Thomas Jr would lead the way, however, the first of many flags would drop from the flag stand. Yellow on lap one for a driver spinning and having to reset the field. On the second full restart, the red flag would drop for a pileup in turns one and two. Schultz would go to the work area for repair while Schlafer would pull in for the night. KTJ would lead the field to the green for another 2 laps when there would be another red for the 2017 winner of this event, Jordan Goldesberry tipping in turn 4. Goldesberry would return to the field. When we returned to green again it was KTJ, Blackhurst, and Nienhiser on top. KTJ would lead and the drivers would fan out on the speedway. Nimee would spin out causing the field to regroup with KTJ leading the way, Blackhurst, and Nienhiser breathing down his neck. Blackhurst and Nienhiser were already battling for 2nd spot. When the field returned to green, the top three would spread out until Nienhiser would catch up to the Rhine Auto 39. Nienhiser would search for a line and would slide him in turn 2 to the backstretch causing contact, but the race would continue with KTJ leading the way followed by Nienhiser and Blackhurst with 10 laps in. KTJ would split lap traffic to put cars in between himself and competition. Englehart would spin in four throwing yet another caution on the speedway. Coming back to the green, Nienhiser would try to make a power move to the lead against KTJ and cause himself to flip in front of the field, dropping the red flag and ending his night. The teams had the chance for fuel and a quick bathroom break for D’Alessio during the open red. 17 laps to go when the race resumed when KTJ would continue to lead the way. A couple laps in after the restart, KTJ would spin in turn 4 collecting second place runner Blackhurst with 13 laps to go. The 6R of Ryan Bunton would become the new leader with Thiel, Neuman, and coming from the B main Joe B Miller behind him. Joe B Miller would stalk Neuman for a third place finish. Joe B Miller would pass Nueman for 3rd with 9 laps remaining when Schultz and Lynch would make contact drawing out another red flad on the speedway. Bunton, Thiel, and Miller would lead the field to the green. Thiel would stalk his prey of Bunton on the high side and Joe B would cross over Thiel claiming 2nd. Miller wouldn’t stop there, he would pass Bunton the lead with 5 laps remaining and dash off. Miller would go on to win the feature of the 12th annual Bill Waite Jr Memorial from 21st place. Thiel would finish second and a final push for the 14H of Zane Devault team would round out the podium.

After an eventful night at Fairbury, the teams regrouped for another night of exciting racing. Goldesberry and Nimee would lead the way to showtime at Angell Park Speedway, with the Big Wheel Scotty Thiel taking the lead in the opening lap of the feature. Nimee and Goldesberry would follow behind him with Thiel would already be weaving the way through the tail of the field. Thiel would get loose in turn 2 allowing Nimee to exchange the lead on lap 6. Nimee would gain 3 car lengths on the competition when the Big Wheel would close in on the high side. Nimee would get caught behind lap traffic and Thiel would take the lead back with 9 laps in the books. Goldesberry, Schultz, and Neitzel would follow behind him weaving through traffic. Yellow for the King of the Sherm Nation on lap 13 when he would lose power and would end his night. Thiel would lead the field back to green with Nimee and Goldesberry in pursuit. Borland would claim 5th when competition would bobble in turn 2. Troubles would arise for the leader of the Big Wheel, slowing in turns one and two with 14 laps remaining. Thiel would go into the work area along with Danny Schlafer and they both would come back out to compete. Nimee would lead the field to the green, followed by Goldesberry, Neitzel, Borland, then the rest of the field. Battles for position for 5th and back would become intense, and Thiel would retire for the night to the infield. Nimee would continue to lead the way at the 1/3rd mile weaving in between traffic. 7 laps remained when Goldesberry and Nimee would split a lap car and the battle for the lead would heat up, and at times they were wing to wing drag race style. Nimee would hold off the Springfield, IL native for the win. Goldesberry would finish second, Neitzel third. We would end the feature with a red as Schlafer would have contact with the turn 4 wall causing his car to turn sideways and tear off the wood fence. Danny was able to walk away okay after the incident and will return to the track for the NASCAR kick off event coming up at Plymouth Dirt Track.

Several of our regular IRA teams plan to compete this weekend at Beaver Dam Raceway for the two day World of Outlaw Sprint Car show. From there our teams will reconvene at Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth Wisconsin for Thursday June 30th as a kick off to the Road America NASCAR weekend. We hope to see everyone there.

Remember that Tickets for June 30th can be purchased here:
https://www.myracepass.com/events/406362/tickets/

Article Credit: Madeline "Chatty Madi" Schultz

Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints

Theil Doubles Down at Sycamore
 

After 35 years, the Hoosier tires of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car Series returned to the 3/8ths mile track.

Starting the night off just like he finished it at Beaver Dam Raceway, “The Big Wheel” Scotty Theil would claim the Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying fast time award with a time of 12.958. Sabo, Neitzel, Bunton, and Daum would round out the top 5.

With 3 heat races on tap, the racers were just starting to get a groove of the new track. Kool Trikes heat race number one had the Gibson, WI native of Danny Schlafer on top of the leaderboard. Jake Neuman would score second, then Blackhurst to round out the podium.

Heat race number two presented by Allstar Performance had Jack Routson picking up his first IRA Sprint Car Series win. Routson had to fend off Steve Meyer and Kris Spitz for that win. Those two finished the podium.

Valco Wheels and Autometer’s heat race number three had Jeremy Schultz victorious over the other Beaver Dam racer, Scotty Neitzel. Rounding out the podium was Russel Borland.

Dash action was drawn and raced with Zach Daum and Scotty Theil setting up the front row of the 30 lap feature.

At the drop of the green, like I said before, it looked like “The Big Wheel” took off where he left off from Beaver Dam Raceway on 4/23. The 73 took off without looking back leaving the battle for second to watch. With one lap in the books, the 2W of Scotty Neitzel would bring out our first caution of the night. They would restart single file and race until Ion Stear would loop it on the backstretch bringing out the second caution of the night. We would go back to green and the battle would continue to brew for 2rd and 3rd between Schlafer and Goldesberry. Lap traffic would soon play into the equation and would group the drivers together giving only a couple car lengths between Theil and the rest of the field. We had reached the halfway marker when the 2021 IRA Champion Jake Blackhurst would bring out a caution being off the pace and ending his night. When we relined up the group, the feature event winner with the Badger Midgets Jake Neuman was showing his nose up from the 9th starting spot. Picking off drivers slowly but surely, he had made his way to 4th and battled with Schlafer and even Goldesberry for a possible 2nd place finish. The laps would tick down until the final caution would arise with 4 laps remaining in the show. With open air in front of him, Theil took off continuing his IRA feature event winning streak. Goldesberry would power around Neuman to finish 2nd and Neuman would round out the podium.

Thank you again to everyone who attended the show making it a HISTORIC night back at Sycamore Speedway after 35 years.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints will be back in action Friday, May 20th at Wilmot Raceway for the All Stars vs the IRA Challenge.

All results were powered by My Race Pass and live event replays can be found on FloRacing.

A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:26:01.387

73-Scotty Thiel[2]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[6]; 3. 3N-Jake Neuman[9]; 4. 5D-Zach Daum[1]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer[4]; 6. 6R-Ryan Bunton[7]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer[11]; 10. 29S-Zeth Sabo[19]; 11. 14-Jack Routson[10]; 12. 23-Russel Borland[12]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 14. 29-Hunter Custer[14]; 15. 9K-Kyle Schuett[17]; 16. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[18]; 17. 24-Scott Conger[22]; 18. 87A-Austin Hartmann[21]; 19. 45-Matt Wiese[25]; 20. 4B-Scott Biertzer[16]; 21. 39-Jake Blackhurst[13]; 22. 19B-Brett Mann[20]; 23. 68-Dave Uttech[15]; 24. 19S-Ion Stear[24]; 25. 43-Jereme Schroeder[23]; 26. (DNS) 50-Paul Nienhiser
Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:02:38.898

5D-Zach Daum[1]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 4. 6R-Ryan Bunton[4]; 5. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]
Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:03:01.313

73-Scotty Thiel[2]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer[1]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[3]; 5. 14-Jack Routson[5]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:46.000

25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman[1]; 3. 39-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel[4]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer[7]; 6. 6R-Ryan Bunton[3]; 7. 19B-Brett Mann[6]; 8. 19S-Ion Stear[8]; 9. 45-Matt Wiese[9]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:07:08.000

14-Jack Routson[2]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer[5]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz[1]; 4. 5D-Zach Daum[3]; 5. 29-Hunter Custer[6]; 6. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[7]; 7. 87A-Austin Hartmann[8]; 8. (DNF) 29S-Zeth Sabo[4]; 9. (DNS) 50-Paul Nienhiser
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:23.000

5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[6]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]; 7. 24-Scott Conger[8]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder[7]
Qualifying 1 | 00:00:43.000

73-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.958[11]; 2. 29S-Zeth Sabo, 00:13.482[9]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.592[19]; 4. 6R-Ryan Bunton, 00:13.627[17]; 5. 5D-Zach Daum, 00:13.747[22]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.764[4]; 7. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.811[21]; 8. 14-Jack Routson, 00:13.826[12]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.846[16]; 10. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:13.914[7]; 11. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.946[10]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.956[13]; 13. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:14.107[2]; 14. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:14.250[1]; 15. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:14.566[26]; 16. 19B-Brett Mann, 00:14.569[8]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.597[5]; 18. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:15.247[24]; 19. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:15.305[25]; 20. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:15.633[6]; 21. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:15.643[20]; 22. 19S-Ion Stear, 00:15.674[14]; 23. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:15.806[18]; 24. 24-Scott Conger, 00:16.207[15]; 25. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:16.601[23]; 26. 50-Paul Nienhiser[3]
Hot Laps 1 | 00:02:54.000

73-Scotty Thiel[11]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[16]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer[21]; 4. 50-Paul Nienhiser[3]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 6. 39-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 7. 29S-Zeth Sabo[9]; 8. 6R-Ryan Bunton[17]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer[1]; 10. 3N-Jake Neuman[7]; 11. 4K-Kris Spitz[10]; 12. 14-Jack Routson[12]; 13. 19B-Brett Mann[8]; 14. 5D-Zach Daum[22]; 15. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 16. 23-Russel Borland[13]; 17. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[6]; 18. 68-Dave Uttech[24]; 19. 19S-Ion Stear[14]; 20. 24-Scott Conger[15]; 21. 9K-Kyle Schuett[26]; 22. 4B-Scott Biertzer[25]; 23. 87A-Austin Hartmann[18]; 24. 43-Jereme Schroeder[20]; 25. 45-Matt Wiese[23]; 26. 2W-Scott Neitzel[19]
Article Credit: Madeline "Chatty Madi" Schultz

The Big Wheel Claims Beaver Dam Season Opener!
 

With our season opener being delayed weeks due to mother nature’s rain, drivers were excited to pull out their cars to battle and kick off the competitive 2022 race season. 25 cars checked into battle at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, WI. With rainfall days before the scheduled race, the track crew did a phenomenal job getting the track race ready. The track showed its true race potential starting in hot laps. “The Big Wheel” Scotty Theil was fastest during hot lap action, laying down a lap of 12.019.

Qualifying began for the 25 winged warriors with Blake Nimee claiming our Osborn and Son Trucking QuickTime award for the night. Following him by less than a tenth of a second between each other followed Theil, Neitzel, Schuett, and Meyer rounding out the top five.

3 heat races were scheduled after Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying. Heat race one presented by Kool Trikes had the Beaver Dam native Jeremy Schultz victorious. Schlafer, Blackhurst, Schuett, and Berger would take top five with all cars going to the show at the end of the night.

All Star Performance heat race number two continued Theil’s rocket ship-like drive to the front of the pack with him on top of the heat race followed by the return of Scott Biertzer, Routson, Meyer, and Spitz rounding out the top five.

The final heat race had Rockstar Energy’s Jordan Goldesberry out of Springfield, IL on top of the charts. Following him one of the Hepfner Racing Products, Sage Fruit Rookie of the year contender Jake Neuman finishing second, Neitzel, Uttech, and Schneiderman would round out the top five in the Vahlco Wheels and Autometer heat race number 3.

"The King of the Sherm Nation" Jeremy Schultz and “The Big Wheel” Scotty Theil were both victorious in their dashes and would set up the front row of the main event.

At the start of the race, Theil took off on the high side and throughout the feature, Scotty Theil seemed like he had it packed away throughout the feature. Schultz and Neuman would battle it out for what seemed to be second place. Until the first caution was thrown for Scott Biertzer. This would be where both Schultz and Neuman would get the chance to possibly lasso back in the “Big Wheel”. Lap traffic would be a blessing and a curse for the Gibbsville Cheese 73. Schultz and Neuman would have opportunities to shorten Theil’s commanding lead over the field. They all maneuvered lap traffic like others were standing still until the defending 2021 IRA Sprint Champion would bring out the 2nd caution of the night. We would return back to green and the battle would continue for second place. Schultz would lose 2nd to Neuman and Scotty Neitzel would bring out our third caution of the night. With Schultz in the bottom and Neuman on the top, they would split a lap car with Schultz taking 2nd back in turn 4. Caution would arise for a final time for Blake Nimee causing the sprints to regroup where we would have a two-lap tango for Theil, Schultz, and Neuman. With the open air on the restart, the “Big Wheel” would take off and not look back taking the checkered on the 30 lap feature.

The IRA will be back in action May 7th at Sycamore Speedway.

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A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:30:11.102
1. 73-Scotty Thiel[2]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 3. 3N-Jake Neuman[3]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer[4]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[6]; 6. 14-Jack Routson[13]; 7. 25-Danny Schlafer[11]; 8. 49-Josh Schneiderman[15]; 9. 9K-Kyle Schuett[9]; 10. 39-Jake Blackhurst[12]; 11. 5R-Matt Rechek[17]; 12. 68-Dave Uttech[8]; 13. 23-Russel Borland[19]; 14. 29-Hunter Custer[18]; 15. 24-Scott Conger[23]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder[20]; 17. 21H-Tim Haddy[21]; 18. 87A-Austin Hartmann[25]; 19. 45-Matt Wiese[24]; 20. 79-Blake Nimee[10]; 21. 4B-Scott Biertzer[7]; 22. 4K-Kris Spitz[14]; 23. 19B-Jack Berger[16]; 24. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 25. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[22]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:06:05.380
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman[1]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer[3]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett[4]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:27.828
1. 73-Scotty Thiel[2]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer[1]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[4]; 5. (DNS) 79-Blake Nimee

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:22.625
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer[1]; 3. 39-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett[3]; 5. 19B-Jack Berger[7]; 6. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 7. 23-Russel Borland[6]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese[9]; 9. 87A-Austin Hartmann[8]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:01:44.384
1. 73-Scotty Thiel[4]; 2. 4B-Scott Biertzer[2]; 3. 14-Jack Routson[6]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer[3]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[5]; 6. 5R-Matt Rechek[1]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[7]; 8. 24-Scott Conger[8]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:37.370
1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[1]; 2. 3N-Jake Neuman[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[3]; 5. 49-Josh Schneiderman[6]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 7. 21H-Tim Haddy[8]; 8. 26-Tyler Tischendorf[7]

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:24.751
1. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.039[6]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.148[21]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.222[5]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.271[3]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.298[19]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.312[1]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.367[13]; 8. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.425[23]; 9. 3N-Jake Neuman, 00:12.461[2]; 10. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.497[20]; 11. 5R-Matt Rechek, 00:12.512[4]; 12. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.540[18]; 13. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.561[16]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.653[15]; 15. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.676[17]; 16. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.682[12]; 17. 14-Jack Routson, 00:12.766[9]; 18. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:12.783[24]; 19. 19B-Jack Berger, 00:12.910[25]; 20. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.999[14]; 21. 26-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:13.135[10]; 22. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:13.282[7]; 23. 24-Scott Conger, 00:13.385[11]; 24. 21H-Tim Haddy, 00:13.585[8]; 25. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:13.759[22]
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IRA’s AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series

IRA’s AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series is proud to announce their 2022 schedule. The primarily based GM604 powered machines will again run on Hoosier tires. Wilmot Raceway will provide a home track for the group which averaged 38 cars per night at the southeast Wisconsin third-mile. Overall the group will compete in 28 events, at 8 venues within a 3 state territory. While primarily a headliner at Wilmot, the series will share the spotlight in a support role with the World of Outlaws, All Stars, IRA Outlaw Sprints, USAC National Sprints, and Dirt King Late Models. The series has several joint events with the Badger Midgets, and IRA Lightning Sprints. The season will go green at Wilmot on April 30th, and conclude for the second consecutive year at Indiana’s Gas City I-69 Speedway October 21-22.
New to the schedule will be Sycamore Speedway, where the group will co-headline with the Dirt King Late Models on Sept 9th. Sycamore, Illinois is also the home of series title sponsor AutoMeter.

IRA’s 2022 (Tentative) AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series schedule....

April 30 Wilmot Raceway,

May 7 Wilmot,

14 Dirt Oval @ Route 66 IL,

15 Wilmot,

20 Wilmot,

28 Wilmot,

29 141 Speedway,

June 4 Wilmot,

5 Angell Park Speedway,

11 Wilmot,

19 Wilmot,

25 Wilmot,

28 Wilmot,

July 3 Angell Park,

9 Wilmot,

16 Wilmot,

30 Wilmot,

31 Angell Park,

August 6 Wilmot,

20 Wilmot,

Sept 3 Wilmot,

4 141 Speedway,

9 Sycamore Speedway IL,

10 Wilmot,

23 Dodge Co Fairgrounds,

24 Plymouth Dirt Track (final point night)

October 21-22 I-69 Gas City Speedway (non-points).
 

Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series

BLACKHURST, MARSHALL SHARE IRA SPOTLIGHT AT AWARDS BANQUET

(Nov. 13, 2021 Milwaukee, WI) The 55th annual Interstate Racing Association Awards Banquet was held Saturday at the Hilton Garden Inn Milwaukee Northwest Conference Center's Grand Ballroom. Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Champion Jake Blackhurst, and AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints Series Champion Ryan Marshall were the top honorees, headlining the richest night in IRA, and Wisconsin, racing history. $100,000 in cash awards, PLUS tens of thousands of dollars in contingency product awards were shared by 38 eligible teams between the two series.

For Blackhurst, this was his second Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series championship, having won his first in 2018 driving for his family. This year, Blackhurst piloted the potent Mike Urner / Rhine Auto entry to the richest payday in IRA history, with a first place team check of $13,080 being presented. Additionally the Urner / Blackhurst team was honored with a custom canvas photo from Dave Olson of Studio 360, and championship hardware. The team was also the recipient of HRP's generous Replacement Top & Nose Wing Program for 2022 and other contingencies. Blackhurst scored 3 series wins, 15 top 5's, 22 top 10's, had 20 dash appearances, and was the only IRA competitor to start all 27 series A-mains. 124 different teams earned points in 2021 IRA 410 competition.

For Marshall, this was just his second year in a sprint having won series Rookie of the Year honors last year, and now he stood on top as AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series champion just a season later, in a series which proudly boasts the highest member supported car count per event in all of sprint car racing, averaging just under 40 cars per night. Marshall ran Street Stocks, and then Modifieds, before climbing into a sprinter. Marshall's championship season came down to the season's final event, winning the title by a mere ten points. Marshall piloted the Team MSR #7x to 4 series wins, 17 top 5's, and 23 top 10's in point events. Marshall topped 24 other point fund eligible drivers, with all 25 sharing in cash and contingency awards. Marshall received championship hardware and a beautiful custom canvas from Dave Olson of Studio 360.

Kyle Schuett and Jack Berger each won a share of the dual Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Sage Friut / HRP Rookie of the Year honors. Schuett finished 10th in overall series points and was named the Sage Fruit / HRP Top Apple Rookie of the Year. It was a huge night for Schuett as in addition to his point fund earnings, Schuett won $2500 from Sage Fruit, an HRP wing combo, and a custom driving suit from HRX USA. Schuett's night got even better as he won a 2022 Maxim chassis kit as part of the Maxim Top 10 Drawing, which is annual drawing involving Maxim team's who finished in the top ten in points or were 100% participants in series point events. Schuett who has one of the longest tows each week coming up from Illinois, additionally won a DMI hub/spindle/kingpin kit, and a complete DMI driveline assembly. Berger who finished 14th in overall points traveled down from Minnesota for each event and earned runner up rookie accolades as the Sage Fruit / HRP Apple Cup Rookie of the Year, picking up an additional $1250 on top his point earnings, and an HRP nose wing. Berger later won a HRP wing combo in the annual product drawing. IRA is extremely proud of these rookie awards and their incentive to grow the series.

Fifteen year old second generation racer Clayton Rossmann won the AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series Rookie of the Year honors. The youngster performed like a seasoned veteran all season, earning the respect of his fellow competitors, and topped it off with a series A-main win enroute to a 7th place point standings finish.

Both series had season long point battles that kept a loyal fan base on the edge of their seats. Past 2-time Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series champion, and perennial series front-runner Scotty Neitzel had nearly identical stats to champion Blackhurst. Neitzel also won 3 A-mains, while earning 13 top 5's, and 22 top 10's finishing 127 points behind Blackhurst with 3584. Past series champ Jeremy Schultz (3182), annual contender Russel Borland (3167), and Jordan Goldesberry (2986) rounded out the top 5 in series points. Thirteen different teams won series events led by Bill Balog's 5 (which included a pair of IRA / All Star Circuit of Champions co-sanctioned events). Other winners included Scotty Thiel 4, Neitzel 3, Blackhurst 3, Tyler Courtney 2, Brooke Tatnell 2, Noah Gass 2, with single wins going to Carson Short, Robbie Pribnow, Kyle Reinhardt, Blake Nimee, Goldesberry, and Mike Reinke.

Winningest AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS driver Ryan Zielski finished just ten points behind champ Marshall with 3655 points. Veteran Tim Cox (3530), Chris Klemko (3374), and Jimmy Sivia (3353) rounded out the top 5 in series points. Twelve different drivers won point events led by Zielski's 7. Marshall, Cox, and Sivia each won 4, while Rusty Egan and Chris Dodd scored 2 each, with single wins going to Klemko, Rossmann, Derek Crane, Mike Sullivan, Brian Strane, and Johnny Fahl.

410 Car Owner Mike Urner and his Crew Chief son Craig, of the 410 Championship Rhine Auto Team, were honored with the annual Rick Schmidt Memorial IRA Member(s) of the Year Award, for Professionalism and Dedication to IRA.

Studio 360's Dave Olson awarded a gorgeous metal photo to 410 Best Appearing Car of Jereme Schroeder. Jeff Burba Photography (JBP) awarded the Tim Cox #40 as Best Appearing wingLESS car.

While each eligible team in both series (separately) shared in both the cash, and product portions, the first items chosen in the respective product drawings were; Dave Uttech / 9th in 410 points (Maxim Chassis kit), and Jordan Paulsen / 10th in wingLESS points (Gandrud GM604 engine).

Colorful and talented voice of the IRA, Ray Underwood, emceed the gala, with occasional comments from long time series President Steve Sinclair. The Tennyson Family (Kim, Tom, Gared, and Cody) were often recognized by teams and officials for their tremendous service and dedication to the series, and their efforts putting together a very special night. Jeff Fischer, IRA's FLO videographer and owner/founder of Grandstand Video presented an outstanding twelve minute music/video, which is IRA tradition, to open up the annual banquet.

IRA would like to thank the following point fund sponsors; Bumper To Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, Hoosier Tire, FloSportsTV, Osborn & Son Trucking, AutoMeter, Cummins Onan, and TW Metals. IRA would also like to thank Sage Fruit, HRP, and HRX for their Rookie programs. Ken Iles of Carriage Auto Body, Dean & Stacy Hopf of Hopf Farms, and Allen Hafford of the Bill Grogan Memorial for their generous contributions. Special thanks to Behling Race Equipment and R&H Enterprises for all they do, and the many companies who so graciously provided product contributions throughout the season and participated in the product drawings. It's a huge part of our series, and is sincerely appreciated.

Gass Victorious at Plymouth Dirt Track Again

After a Dodge Country fair grounds rain out on Friday night, all three series under the Interstate Racing Association banner, the Bumper to Bumper winged 410s, the Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS series and then IRA Lightning Sprints all defended upon the Plymouth Dirt Track for the 4th Annual Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships.

The lightning sprints Mike Neau set quick time over John Kirk and Nick Petska. Mark Heinert and Tim Brannam claimed victory in the heat races.

Mark Heinert took the early lead in the A main, maintaining his grasp on the top spot of the podium until just past the halfway point of the feature. Lap 12 saw 5th starting Mike Neau move past the 55H of Heinert and into the lead. Neau would lead the remaining 8 laps en route to the feature victory. A third place run for Nick Petska solidified him as the 2021 champion.

In the wingLESS division, as has become the normal for championship night, the top 10 in points were locked into the feature and the rest of the field was broken into 2 qualifying races taking the top 5 in each, and then a B main taking the top 4 to set the 24 car starting field. Nathan Crane and Natalie Klemko won their qualifiers while Mike Sullivan won the B main.

The feature saw two stories play out as Tim Cox and former series champion found himself out front and working to stay there while behind him Ryan Zielski and Ryan Marshall who started side by side in row 3 were separated by only 14 points heading into the feature. The pair battled each other as well as Jimmy Sivia and Chris Klemko. Ryan Zielski knew he needed to win if he wanted to claim the championship, but all Ryan Marshall needed was to finish inside the top 5. It seemed a top 5 finish wasn’t good enough though for the Kansasville kid as he waged war with Sivia and Zielski for 2nd through 4th. When the checkered flag flew Tim Cox was victorious on the night, but it was Ryan Marshall who claimed the championship with a 3rd place finish.

For the winged 410s it was a traditional 3 heat race format that saw Scotty Thiel set quick time over Scotty Neitzel and Pennsylvania’s Dylan Cisney. Jake Blackhurst, Danny Schlafer and Steve Meyer all claimed heat race wins with Jake Blackhurst and Noah Gass picking up dash victory’s.

As the A main rolled onto the track, Jake Blackhurst had clinched his 2nd IRA Championship, this time aboard the Rhine Auto machine, but that didn’t mean fans wouldn’t be treated to a spectacular show. Noah Gass who claimed his first IRA victory just a few weeks ago at the Plymouth Dirt Track jumped out to the early lead over Blackhurst and Schlafer who had quickly charged from 5th to 3rd in the opening lap. Blackhurst and Schlafer trailed Gass until he entered lapped traffic and then they closed the gap but could not find a way around the Mounds Oklahoma native. A caution as halfway would take Gass out of lapped traffic momentarily but also allow Schlafer to move past Blackhurst and into 2nd. Now with Schlafer leading the charge against Gass the story seemed to be the same, Gass was too strong in lapped traffic to find a way past. A caution with just a few laps remaining would change everything though. Schlafer was able to keep with Noah Gass on the restart and when Gass bobbled off of two Danny Schlafer took advantage, darting past the 20g and taking the lead as the white flag flew. Gass would cross under Schlafer down the front stretch and the pair would run side by side through turns 1 and 2. Exiting turn 2 they nearly made contact and raced down the back stretch. This time Gass would take the high side and Schlafer would enter on the bottom. As they raced back to the line, Gass would be victorious with a last lap pass, awarding him a bonus courtesy of Kool Trikes and Danny Schlafer would settle for 2nd place.

Balog Dominates Angell Park

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints returned to Angell Park for the 2021 running of the Norm Nelson Classic. The track experienced lots of rainfall in the days leading up to the event creating a very technical track that would prove to entertain the fans in attendance.

Bill Balog who picked up his 2nd career All Stars win at the co-sanctioned IRA/All Stars race just a few weeks prior would return as the All Stars were not racing and rolled in as the fan favorite, but as the heat races showed anything could happen. Jordan Goldesberry was leading heat race 1 when he lost power on the last lap and coasted to 4th place and then in heat race 2 Jeremy Schultz lost a drive line with 2 laps to go while leading comfortably.

The drama started before the A main even started as defending USAC national midget champion Chris Windom's car would not fire, sending him to the work area before the green flag. Balog took the early lead and set a blistering pace around the historic oval. Behind him though the drama continued as Jake Blackhust and Russel Borland made contact battling for 2nd, Mike Reinke spun to avoid hitting Borland’s 23 which was out of shape after the contact. Reinke would be forced to the tail. Blackhurst chased Balog through lapped traffic but the Rhine Auto 39 could not stay on the back bumper of the Howard Law 17B. A late race caution would see Jake Blackhust have to change a tire and send him to the tail, handing 2nd place over to Jeremy Schultz. Schultz had nothing for Balog on the restart and would be forced to settle for a 2nd place finish when the checkered flag waved but after starting in the 17th position, it was a very strong 2nd place run. Behind Schultz in 3rd would be Mike Reinke rebounding from the early race spin.

A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:37:38.928
1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[17]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[6]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 6. 20R-Rob Pribnow[9]; 7. 19-Chris Windom[8]; 8. 39-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder[13]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech[3]; 11. 4-Jordan Paulsen[15]; 12. 29-Hunter Custer[16]; 13. 25-Danny Schlafer[12]; 14. 9K-Kyle Schuett[18]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz[14]; 16. 19B-Jack Berger[10]; 17. 14R-Sean Rayhall[7]; 18. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[11]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:03:10.923
1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 4. 14R-Sean Rayhall[3]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:03:26.679
1. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 2. 39-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 4. 19-Chris Windom[3]

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:05:39.264
1. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 3. 19-Chris Windom[4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:04:52.183
1. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 2. 20R-Rob Pribnow[1]; 3. 39-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 5. 4-Jordan Paulsen[6]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:07:19.644
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 2. 19B-Jack Berger[1]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech[4]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder[5]; 5. 14R-Sean Rayhall[3]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer[6]

Qualifying 1 | 00:01:38.000
1. 19-Chris Windom, 00:12.086[18]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:12.109[16]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.183[10]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.191[17]; 5. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.212[12]; 6. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:12.313[11]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.329[15]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.344[2]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.369[7]; 10. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.558[5]; 11. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:12.571[6]; 12. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.637[8]; 13. 19B-Jack Berger, 00:12.637[14]; 14. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.660[9]; 15. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.736[13]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.121[3]; 17. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:13.454[4]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.172[1]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:10:51.000
1. 17B-Bill Balog[17]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke[16]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[15]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[10]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 6. 19-Chris Windom[18]; 7. 14R-Sean Rayhall[11]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder[13]; 9. 19B-Jack Berger[14]; 10. 20R-Rob Pribnow[6]; 11. 23-Russel Borland[5]; 12. 9K-Kyle Schuett[8]; 13. 29-Hunter Custer[1]; 14. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz[3]; 16. 4-Jordan Paulsen[4]; 17. 39-Jake Blackhurst[12]

Neitzel Doubles Down at Wilmot Raceway

Scotty Neitzel could be called the iron man of the Bumper to Bumper IRA outlaw sprints. He has been a full time competitor for the last 28 years and in that time has missed almost no races. He has also claimed two championships and 23 wins against the best competition the midwest has to offer. In Neitzel’s career he has raced and beat names like Balog, McCarl, Roe and Dollansky. Scotty has had a legendary career but recently had been struggling. His last win came in August of 2016 at the Dodge County Fair. This year however Neitzel seems to be back. He has been strong nearly every night out, leading all but the last lap and finishing 2nd at 141 a few weeks ago. This weekend proved to be the time Scotty would loudly proclaim, he was still a contender night in and night out with the IRA. The series headed to Michigan on Friday night, and at the Hartford Speedway, Neitzel showed that the reconfiguration would not slow him down as he bested the field and claimed his first win in nearly 5 years. On Saturday, Scotty Neitzel looked poised to back up the previous night's victory with another strong run at the birthplace of the IRA, Wilmot Raceway. In qualifying Neitzel was 3rd quick behind another IRA veteran, Mike Reinke and a former champion in Jake Blackhurst. In the heat race Scotty charged from 4th to 2nd but was beaten by his former crew man, Jeremy Schultz. As the A main went green it was once again Schultz leading over Scotty Neitzel. As the pair entered lapped traffic, Neitzel's words from his Dodge County win 5 years prior rang true, as Scotty had said “I taught him[Schultz] everything he knows, but not everything I know.” Neitzel was able to maneuver past the former IRA and Wilmot Raceway champion and once again as the checkered flags waved, it was Scotty Neitzel victorious, this time for the 25th time in his career and 7th on the all time series win list. Just behind Mike Reinke who captured his 26th win this season at Beaver Dam. The IRA returns to action June 27th as the historic Angell Park Speedway. As always if you cannot be in attendance all races as streamed live on Flo Racing. https://bit.ly/3cWTcPp

Results

Features A Feature Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts and Service Centers A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:15:26.467 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 2. 39-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke[5]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee[8]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[9]; 7. 85-Dustin Daggett[10]; 8. 23-Russel Borland[6]; 9. 20R-Rob Pribnow[12]; 10. 12-Corbin Gurley[11]; 11. 0-John Fahl[7]; 12. 29-Hunter Custer[16]; 13. 68-Dave Uttech[4]; 14. 70-Chris Klemko[15]; 15. 39D-Michael Decker[18]; 16. 24-Scott Conger[20]; 17. 88-Christopher Flick[13]; 18. 43-Jereme Schroeder[14]; 19. 7R-Andy Rein[17]; 20. 61-Zach Hansen[19]; 21. (DNS) 19B-Jack Berger

Dashes

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:02:39.214 1. 39-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[3]; 4. 0-John Fahl[1]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[5] Dash 2 4 Laps 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 2. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 5. 85-Dustin Daggett[5]

Heat Races: Heat 1 Presented by TonyStewarStore.com: Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:04:59.000| TonyStewartStore.com 1. 85-Dustin Daggett[2]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 4. 20R-Rob Pribnow[5]; 5. 29-Hunter Custer[6]; 6. 0-John Fahl[1]; 7. 24-Scott Conger[7] Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance/AutoMeter: Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:05:07.000 | All Star Performance 1. 39-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 2. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 4. 88-Christopher Flick[6]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder[5]; 6. 39D-Michael Decker[7]; 7. (DNS) 19B-Jack Berger Heat 3 Presented by Vahlco Wheels: Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:05:21.000 | Vahlco Wheels 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz[3]; 4. 12-Corbin Gurley[1]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko[5]; 6. 7R-Andy Rein[7]; 7. 61-Zach Hansen[6] ]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:13.049[10]; 2. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.103[20]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.152[9]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.179[1]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.318[4]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.469[7]; 7. 85-Dustin Daggett, 00:13.471[11]; 8. 19B-Jack Berger, 00:13.480[2]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.583[14]; 10. 0-John Fahl, 00:13.618[3]; 11. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.660[6]; 12. 12-Corbin Gurley, 00:13.741[13]; 13. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:13.802[21]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.830[15]; 15. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:13.888[8]; 16. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.938[16]; 17. 88-Christopher Flick, 00:14.053[18]; 18. 61-Zach Hansen, 00:14.107[12]; 19. 24-Scott Conger, 00:14.752[17]; 20. 39D-Michael Decker, 00:15.283[5]; 21. 7R-Andy Rein[19]

Pribnow Gets First IRA Win

Memorial Day Weekend has been called one of racing’s greatest weekends and with a huge slate of big races, 2021 was no different. But come Sunday night, all eyes were on 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, Wisconsin. All three IRA divisions were in the house on what turned out to be a thrilling night.
In the Lightning Sprints Nick Petska was the class of the field as he won his heat race before claiming victory in the A main. CJ Malueg and Mark Heinert rounded out the podium.
The Wisconsin wingLESS sprints feature was run primarily around the bottom of the race track, and it was Johnny Fahl who led the field. Fahl started 3rd but quickly took the lead. He ran smooth laps around the bottom but missed his mark once, when he did Rusty Egan was able to sneak by, but left the bottom open in the next corner and Johnny Fahl took the lead back. After that he held the bottom line perfect and claimed victory over Derek Crane and Rusty Egan.
It was the Bumper to Bumper winged 410 Outlaw Sprints who were the talk of the racing world Sunday night though, as the feature was a race of the year contender. Scotty Neitzel and Scotty Thiel started out on the front row, Neitzel got the lead on the start and Thiel kept close waiting for a mistake from the 2w. The pair ran inches from the wall around the high banked oval. As they entered lapped traffic and began to tiptoe there way past, Danny Schlafer showed his nose and made it a 3 car battle. The race quickly changed though as the bottom groove of the speedway started to come in and it was Robbie Pribnow making it work. Pribnow who stared in third but had fallen as far back as the tenth position was mounting a comeback on the bottom and it was paying off. With just seven laps to go Pribnow would restart second behind Neitzel. It was Neitzel's orange 2W right on the wall while Pribnow's yellow 20R ran right around the infield. Pribnow was close but could not get past the 2w, it looked as if Neitzel would claim victory, but the yellow flag would wave once again setting up a green white checkered finish. Pribnow would have one more chance to make the bottom work, as the field went back green. Neitzel kept to what had been working and pounded the cushion into one while Robbie slow rolled the inside lane. Pribnow was able to keep alongside Neitzel. As they took the white flag it was still the 2w ahead. The pair raced into turns 1 and 2 and down the backstretch, as they entered turns 3 and 4 Pribnow would have his best set of turns the entire race and the run he was able to make off the bottom of turn 4 was enough to move past the 2w and claim victory.
For the first time in his career Robbie Pribnow was able to claim Victory with the IRA sprints, on his 1 year wedding anniversary. Post race Pribnow said Neitzel had been a mentor to him throughout his career and taught him a lot about running the bottom, to which Neitzel responded he was done teaching anyone before the pair embraced. With the fans on there feet, Pribnow took a dip in the infield pond as is customary for winners at 141 Speedway.
The IRA sprints are back in actions this Thursday, for a quartet of races with the Flo Racing All Stars. Thursday will be at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway, Friday at Wilmot Raceway, Saturday at the Plymouth Dirt Track and the weekend concludes Sunday at Angell Park. If you can’t be there in person tune in live on Flo!
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Results

Features
A Feature Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts and Service Centers

A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:22:23.278
1. 20R-Rob Pribnow[3]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 3. 47-Todd King[13]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[15]; 5. 39-Jake Blackhurst[6]; 6. 25-Danny Schlafer[4]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee[8]; 8. 9K-Kyle Schuett[9]; 9. 14R-Sean Rayhall[7]; 10. 77-Wayne Modjeski[17]; 11. 70-Chris Klemko[14]; 12. 68-Dave Uttech[19]; 13. 73-Scotty Thiel[2]; 14. 19B-Jack Berger[18]; 15. 26-Preston Ruh[22]; 16. 7F-Lance Fassbender[20]; 17. 71M-Caden Englehart[24]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer[16]; 19. 45-Matt Wiese[21]; 20. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 21. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[23]; 22. 4B-Scott Biertzer[11]; 23. 10W-Mike Reinke[10]; 24. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[12]
B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:15:12.899
1. 68-Dave Uttech[3]; 2. 7F-Lance Fassbender[4]; 3. 45-Matt Wiese[7]; 4. 26-Preston Ruh[8]; 5. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[2]; 6. 71M-Caden Englehart[6]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[1]; 8. 61-Zach Hansen[9]; 9. 87A-Austin Hartmann[5]; 10. 23-Russel Borland[10]
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Dashes

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:03:29.043
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 2. 20R-Rob Pribnow[3]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 4. 14R-Sean Rayhall[1]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]
Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:00:55.503
1. 73-Scotty Thiel[5]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer[1]; 3. 39-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 5. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]

Heat Races:
Heat 1 Presented by TonyStewarStore.com: Heat 1 10 Laps |
TonyStewartStore.com
1. 25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel[4]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 5. 47-Todd King[5]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 8. 87A-Austin Hartmann[8]; 9. 26-Preston Ruh[9]; 10. 61-Zach Hansen[10]
Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance/AutoMeter: 10 Laps | All Star Performance
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 2. 39-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 3. 4B-Scott Biertzer[5]; 4. 20R-Rob Pribnow[2]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko[7]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer[6]; 7. 7F-Lance Fassbender[8]; 8. 71M-Caden Englehart[9]; 9. 23-Russel Borland[1]
Heat 3 Presented by Vahlco Wheels: 10 Laps | Vahlco Wheels 1. 9K-Kyle Schuett[2]; 2. 14R-Sean Rayhall[3]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 4. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[1]; 5. 77-Wayne Modjeski[8]; 6. 19B-Jack Berger[7]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[5]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese[9]; 9. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[6]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.436[22]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.466[4]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:11.522[2]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:11.636[12]; 5. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.702[7]; 6. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:11.803[11]; 7. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:11.824[21]; 8. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:11.988[5]; 9. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.035[9]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.065[20]; 11. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.082[26]; 12. 4TJ-Brian Kristan, 00:12.092[17]; 13. 47-Todd King, 00:12.128[23]; 14. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.200[25]; 15. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.216[10]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.303[16]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.432[3]; 18. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 00:12.460[13]; 19. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.487[24]; 20. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:12.517[1]; 21. 19B-Jack Berger, 00:12.688[8]; 22. 87A-Austin Hartmann, 00:12.709[6]; 23. 7F-Lance Fassbender, 00:12.788[15]; 24. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.894[28]; 25. 26-Preston Ruh, 00:12.951[19]; 26. 71M-Caden Englehart, 00:13.237[27]; 27. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:13.288[18]; 28. 61-Zach Hansen, 00:13.306[14]

Tatnell Claims Victory at Cedar Lake Speedway

The Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association Sprint Car series first rolled into Cedar Lake Speedway on August 21 of 1999. On that night Travis Whitney picked up the win. Since then 38 more races have been contested with 19 different drivers collecting wins. Scott Winters, in 2010, became the winningest driver in IRA competition at the Cedar Lake Speedway, but it was a record not meant to last.
When the series visited last fall, Brooke Tatnell behind the wheel of the 2KS machine collected his 5th victory with the IRA at the 3/8th mile track to tie Winters. Fast forward to 2021 and Brooke Tatnell is now piloting the famous Dewall 16 and set his sights on toppling Winters record.
A dash win put Tatnell on the front row and in perfect position to claim his 6th victory, but the stacked field with more than 40 combined championships across the Midwest starting behind him would not make it easy. Jake Blackhurst stalked Tatnell and the Dewall owned car through the feature, as Bill Balog, Austin McCarl and Carson McCarl all suffered bad luck taking them out of contention. Through multiple restarts, Blackhurst fended off challenges from series points leader Scotty Thiel all the while attempting to mount a challenge for the lead, but ultimately Tatnell proved to be the strongest car, pulling into Cedar Lake Speedway Victory lane for the 6th time in IRA competition, solidifying his place in the record books.
The IRA outlaw Sprints will be back in action Saturday May 15 with the All Star Circuit of Champions at the Dirt Oval Route 66 in Joliet Illinois. As always if you can’t make it out to the track, it will be streamed live on Flo Racing.
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Results

Features
A Feature Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts and Service Centers
A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:40:43.115 | Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts and Service Centers
1. 16-Brooke Tatnell[1]; 2. 39-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel[6]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[9]; 5. 9N-Wade Nygaard[3]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[13]; 7. 20G-Chris Graf[17]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel[14]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[21]; 10. 11M-Brendan Mullen[12]; 11. 20R-Rob Pribnow[19]; 12. 97-Alan Gilbertson[23]; 13. 12W-Josh Walter[11]; 14. 17A-Austin McCarl[8]; 15. 33-James Broty[22]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 17. 3-Tony Kaus[20]; 18. 50-Chase Viebrock[16]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer[18]; 20. 17B-Bill Balog[10]; 21. 27-Carson McCarl[2]; 22. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 23. 9K-Kyle Schuett[15]; 24. 4B-Scott Biertzer[24]

B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:09:37.526 | Behling Racing
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[10]; 2. 33-James Broty[1]; 3. 97-Alan Gilbertson[4]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer[2]; 5. 19B-Jack Berger[11]; 6. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[5]; 7. 33B-Scott Broty[7]; 8. 199-Ryan Bowers[3]; 9. 15C-Carter Chevalier[6]; 10. 45-Matt Wiese[9]; 11. 91A-alex reed[8]

Dashes

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:02:40.634
1. 16-Brooke Tatnell[1]; 2. 9N-Wade Nygaard[3]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[4]
Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:57.264
1. 27-Carson McCarl[1]; 2. 39-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel[3]; 4. 17A-Austin McCarl[4]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[5]

Heat Races:
Heat 1 Presented by TonyStewarStore.com: Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:04:12.724 | TonyStewartStore.com
1. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel[4]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 4. 9N-Wade Nygaard[3]; 5. 20G-Chris Graf[5]; 6. 199-Ryan Bowers[6]; 7. 33B-Scott Broty[7]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese[8]
Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance/AutoMeter: 10 Laps | 00:06:28.181 | All Star Performance
1. 16-Brooke Tatnell[3]; 2. 27-Carson McCarl[4]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz[2]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]; 5. 3-Tony Kaus[8]; 6. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[7]; 7. 19B-Jack Berger[6]; 8. (DNS) 33-James Broty
Heat 3 Presented by Vahlco Wheels: 10 Laps | 00:03:57.561 | Vahlco Wheels
1. 39-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 2. 12W-Josh Walter[2]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech[3]; 4. 50-Chase Viebrock[6]; 5. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 6. 15C-Carter Chevalier[7]; 7. 4B-Scott Biertzer[1]; 8. (DNS) 5J-Jeremy Schultz
Heat 4 Presented by AutoMeter: 10 Laps | 00:04:09.479 | AutoMeter
1. 17A-Austin McCarl[4]; 2. 11M-Brendan Mullen[1]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[3]; 5. 20R-Rob Pribnow[5]; 6. 97-Alan Gilbertson[6]; 7. 91A-alex reed[7]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.192[1]; 2. 27-Carson McCarl, 00:11.354[5]; 3. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.450[4]; 4. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:11.537[7]; 5. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 00:11.624[17]; 6. 16-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.709[15]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:11.741[21]; 8. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:11.743[14]; 9. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.785[31]; 10. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:11.864[3]; 11. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:11.951[20]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 00:11.957[12]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.973[23]; 14. 33-James Broty, 00:11.994[18]; 15. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.020[16]; 16. 11M-Brendan Mullen, 00:12.093[26]; 17. 20G-Chris Graf, 00:12.158[9]; 18. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.228[24]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.371[22]; 20. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:12.382[19]; 21. 199-Ryan Bowers, 00:12.388[6]; 22. 19B-Jack Berger, 00:12.520[8]; 23. 50-Chase Viebrock, 00:12.602[29]; 24. 97-Alan Gilbertson, 00:12.703[25]; 25. 33B-Scott Broty, 00:12.801[13]; 26. 4TJ-Brian Kristan, 00:12.841[27]; 27. 15C-Carter Chevalier, 00:13.178[28]; 28. 91A-alex reed, 00:13.214[11]; 29. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:13.228[2]; 30. 3-Tony Kaus, 00:13.523[10]; 31. (DNS) 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.523

Carson Short Wins Wilmot Season Opener

As the calendar turned from April to May the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association rolled into the Wilmot Raceway for the second night of the season and the Johnny Reimer Memorial. Wind would be the main talking point all afternoon as track crews fought gusts of nearly 50mph while preparing the track for a night of racing. Once cars finally took to the 3/8th mile oval the conversation switched to who would emerge victorious with perennial favorite Bill Balog not in attendance, as he has moved to racing full time with the All Star Circuit of Champions. It was the veterans of the series who started the night strong. Mike Reinke behind the wheel of Bob Hood's 10w set quick time while Scott Biertzer and Scotty Neitzel picked up heat race wins. On a night honoring a 3 time IRA Champion and 6 time Waukegan Speedway Champion, it was the longtime competitors of the series showing their strength. Heat race 3 saw the tide turn for the young guns though as 25 year old Carson Short rebounded from a terrible qualifying effort and charged from dead last in the heat race to win it in dramatic fashion taking the lead in the last corner. Blake Nimee and Sage Fruit Top Apple Rookie of the Year contender Kyle Schuett picked up the dash wins, putting two young stars of the series on the front row of the feature event. Blake Nimee took the early lead and looked to have the car to beat. Nimee's speed was no surprise as the SRF Painting and Staining Team is made up primarily of team members who helped Tommy Sexton win numerous races and a championship at the Wilmot Raceway. As the race wore on it seemed as if Blake Nimee's set up went away and Carson Short was there to take advantage. Short powered around Nimee and never looked back, earning his 2nd career IRA Sprints victory over Jake Blackhurst and Danny Schlafer. The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints return to action on Saturday May 8th at the Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wisconsin. As always if you can’t make it out to the track, every race in 2021 will be live on Flo Racing! https://bit.ly/3cWTcPp

Results

Features A Feature Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts and Service Centers A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:27:48.144 1. 21-Carson Short[4]; 2. 39-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer[6]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 5. 73-Scotty Thiel[5]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[9]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 8. 12-Corbin Gurley[15]; 9. 4K-Kris Spitz[17]; 10. 9K-Kyle Schuett[1]; 11. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[12]; 12. 12W-Josh Walter[14]; 13. 23-Russel Borland[8]; 14. 19B-Jack Berger[13]; 15. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[11]; 16. 4-Bailey Goldesberry[16]; 17. 14R-Sean Rayhall[19]; 18. 68-Dave Uttech[18]; 19. 43-Jereme Schroeder[20]; 20. 45-Matt Wiese[23]; 21. 4B-Scott Biertzer[10]; 22. 70-Chris Klemko[21]; 23. 29L-Brayton Lynch[22]; 24. 39D-Mike Decker[24]

Dashes

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:02:17.554 1. 9K-Kyle Schuett[2]; 2. 39-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 3. 73-Scotty Thiel[3]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5] Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:08:01.113 1. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 2. 21-Carson Short[3]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[4]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer[1]

Heat Races: Heat 1 Presented by TonyStewarStore.com: 10 Laps | 00:13:33.000 | TonyStewartStore.com 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 2. 9K-Kyle Schuett[2]; 3. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[5]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 5. 19B-Jack Berger[7]; 6. 4-Bailey Goldesberry[8]; 7. 14R-Sean Rayhall[6]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese[9]; 9. 20R-Rob Pribnow[1]; 10. (DNS) 29-Hunter Custer Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance/AutoMeter: 10 Laps | 00:05:16.000 | All Star Performance / AutoMeter 1. 4B-Scott Biertzer[1]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel[4]; 3. 39-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[3]; 5. 12W-Josh Walter[7]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech[5]; 8. 70-Chris Klemko[6]; 9. 39D-Mike Decker[9] Heat 3 Presented by Vahlco Wheels: 10 Laps | 00:08:03.000 | Vahlco Wheels / DMI (Diversified Machine Inc) 1. 21-Carson Short[8]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[1]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 6. 12-Corbin Gurley[5]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[7]; 8. 29L-Brayton Lynch[6]; 9. (DNS) 26-Al Schlafer

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:13.409[18]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.509[3]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.691[22]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.836[17]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.944[19]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.981[20]; 7. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:13.989[10]; 8. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.995[27]; 9. 23-Russel Borland, 00:14.046[16]; 10. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:14.081[7]; 11. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:14.142[25]; 12. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:14.322[14]; 13. 4TJ-Brian Kristan, 00:14.499[5]; 14. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:14.596[24]; 15. 12-Corbin Gurley, 00:14.605[28]; 16. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:14.627[4]; 17. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:14.638[11]; 18. 29L-Brayton Lynch, 00:14.717[2]; 19. 19B-Jack Berger, 00:14.774[6]; 20. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:14.803[26]; 21. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:14.814[9]; 22. 4-Bailey Goldesberry, 00:14.896[21]; 23. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:15.103[1]; 24. 21-Carson Short, 00:15.231[12]; 25. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:15.883[23]; 26. 39D-Mike Decker, 00:16.035[15]; 27. (DNS) 29-Hunter Custer, 00:16.035; 28. (DNS) 26-Al Schlafer, 00:16.035

Balog Wins 2021 Opening Night

The 2021 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association season has been filled with changes. Over the off season, 10 time series champion Bill Balog vacated the seat of the Rhine Auto team and elected to take his own B Squared Motorsports team on the road with the All Star Circuit of Champions. Former champion Jake Blackhurst filled the Rhine Auto seat which made room for Scotty Thiel to combine his Scott Thiel Motorsports operations with the Oz Motorsports team which Blackhurst formally drove. Add to those changes a new class of rookies including Bailey Goldsberry, Jack Berger and Kyle Schuett, and everyone is excited to see what the new season has in store.
With the opening weekend washed out, Beaver Dam Raceway would play host to the first night of the season. 25 cars entered for the night, including Bill Balog who had an off weekend from his All Star commitments. The midweek choice to run Beaver Dam paid off in a big way for Balog, who had a Hans Lein owned Mopar engine under the hood, as he was able to time in 2nd quick and lock into the dash. After starting 6th in the A main, Balog used a great start to propel himself to the lead in less than a lap. The Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup 17B never looked back, leading all 30 laps en route to victory.
Behind Balog was Blake Nimee, who didn’t make much noise in the off season, but returning to the seat of the SRF Painting and Staining 79 he proved that fans should not overlook him as he moved from 4th to 2nd in the dash and quickly moved from 3rd to 2nd in the A. He was able to keep Balog in his sights for the duration of the race but just could not quite beat the veteran in lapped traffic.
Nimee fended off challenges from three drivers who were possibly the most talked about over the off season as championship hopefuls. These challenges came from Scottt Thiel, Jake Blackhurst and eventual 3rd place finisher Jordan Goldesberry, who came into 2021 with a whole new look. Gone is Goldesberry’s well known yellow and blue of old, and in their place are red and black Rockstar Energy colors.
While change has been the most talked about topic this off season, several drivers proved that keeping things the same could pay off as Jeremy Schultz set quick time and won a dash and Russel Borland picked up a heat race victory.
The IRA will be back in action May 1st at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wisconsin. For any fans that are unable to attend in person, be sure to check us out on Flo Racing!

Results

Features
A Feature Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts and Service Centers
30 Laps | 00:31:54.518
1. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel[8]; 5. 39-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 8. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 9. 14R-Sean Rayhall[9]; 10. 23-Russel Borland[10]; 11. 20R-Rob Pribnow[13]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz[18]; 13. 9K-Kyle Schuett[16]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder[14]; 15. 19B-Jack Berger[24]; 16. 25-Danny Schlafer[11]; 17. 68-Dave Uttech[22]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer[20]; 19. 45-Matt Wiese[21]; 20. (DNF) 4TJ-Brian Kristan[12]; 21. (DNF) 35-Skylar Prochaska[17]; 22. (DNF) 4-Bailey Goldesberry[19]; 23. (DNF) 4B-Scott Biertzer[15]; 24. (DNF) 39D-Michael Decker[23]

Dashes

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:03:19.679
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 3. 39-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 5. 14R-Sean Rayhall[3]
Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:03:33.922
1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[1]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel[4]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[5]

Heat Races:
Heat 1 Presented by Allstar Performance: 10 Laps 1. 39-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 2. 73-Scotty Thiel[3]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer[6]; 6. 35-Skylar Prochaska[5]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech[8]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer[7]; 9. (DNS) 61-Zach Hansen
Heat 2 Presented by Vahlco Wheels: 10 Laps 1. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[6]; 5. 20R-Rob Pribnow[1]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[5]; 7. 45-Matt Wiese[7]; 8. 39D-Michael Decker[8]
Heat 3 Presented by Autometer: 10 Laps 1. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 2. 14R-Sean Rayhall[3]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 4. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[7]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder[5]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[1]; 7. 4-Bailey Goldesberry[6]; 8. 19B-Jack Berger[8]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.500[15]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.603[3]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:13.699[6]; 4. 73-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.792[16]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.812[1]; 6. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.853[4]; 7. 39-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.895[18]; 8. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.963[25]; 9. 23-Russel Borland, 00:14.131[19]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:14.133[17]; 11. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:14.138[21]; 12. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:14.217[7]; 13. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 00:14.262[10]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:14.313[13]; 15. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:14.495[9]; 16. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:14.544[22]; 17. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:14.664[20]; 18. 4-Bailey Goldesberry, 00:14.670[5]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.944[14]; 20. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:14.986[8]; 21. 4TJ-Brian Kristan, 00:15.192[23]; 22. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:15.354[12]; 23. 39D-Michael Decker, 00:15.868[24]; 24. 19B-Jack Berger[2]; 25. 61-Zach Hansen[11]

Tony Stewart Store builds partnership with Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series

Brownsburg, Ind. (April 6, 2021) – The Official Store of Tony Stewart is pleased to announce a partnership with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series for the 2021 race season. As part of the partnership, the Tony Stewart Store is set to be IRA’s First Heat title sponsor offering $100 to the winner each race night, plus will add $1,000 ($100 to each of the series top 10) to the IRA points fund. The TSR Store is set to also offer IRA and Flo Racing fans a 14% off discount code to the online store for the entire race season. The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series season is set to kick-off at 34 Raceway and Lasalle Speedway on Friday and Saturday, April 10-11.
“We are excited to be partnering with Steve Sinclair and the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series this race season. Each year the store looks to give back to the local or racing communities in some sort of way and this year we wanted to do something a little different and help support the wing sprint car community. We have a great relationship with Steve, his officials and drivers, so it made sense to partner with them this season,” said Erin Noel, Tony Stewart Racing Merchandise Manager.
The Interstate Racing Association, or better known as the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, is a Wisconsin-based winged 410 sprint car sanctioning body. The IRA was founded in the mid 1960’s with numerous teams from southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois joining the tour. Several outsiders compete with the IRA from time to time, including our leader, Tony Stewart, as well as many of the All Star Circuit of Champion full-timers.

“We are grateful for this partnership with the Tony Stewart Store and Tony Stewart. We have great relationships both on and off the track with many of Tony’s organizations and we look forward to another successful season,” said Steve Sinclair, President of the IRA Outlaw Sprint Series.
“It’s going to be a fun season,” Noel said. “Hopefully, we can continue our partnership with the IRA for many years to come.”
FOLLOW IRA OUTLAW SPRINT SERIES:
Series webpage: http://www.irasprints.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/irasprints
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IRA_sprints

SOCIA MEDIA:
Keep up with the Tony Stewart Store online at https://tonystewartstore.com/ as well on available social media outlets including Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonystewartstore and Twitter: https://twitter.com/TSRStore.

Tony Stewart apparel is now available and can be found at the track, as well as online at http://www.irasprints.com/shopping/https://tonystewartstore.com/. The IRA Outlaw Sprint Series merchandise can also be found trackside and online at http://www.irasprints.com/shopping/.
BROADCAST COVERAGE
Watch the IRA Outlaw Sprint Series online at www.floracing.com

2021 IRA MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE NOW, DISCOUNTED TIL THRU MARCH

  Memberships, for all 3 IRA Divisions for the 2021 season are available now, and discounted if purchased by the end of March. Membership forms can be found on each respective division’s website under Rules and/or Driver Info….www.irasprints.com, www.wisconsinwingless.com, and www.iralightningsprints.com.

   All drivers running for points MUST purchase the GOLD Membership. This includes a $100,000 Excess Medical Insurance Policy thru K&K Insurance. If a OWNER who uses multiple drivers, none of whom will reach the 80% point fund participation eligibility, but wants to run for Owner Points, the Owner then MUST  have a GOLD Membership. We suggest this membership for part-time IRA racers too, that want the additional medical insurance coverage. If purchased before April 1, a 410 or wingLESS GOLD Membership is $200.

   Lightning Sprint GOLD Memberships are discounted to $150 til April 1^st.

   GOLD Memberships purchased AFTER April 1 will cost $250.

   STANDARD Memberships are also discounted til April 1. These memberships are $50. These memberships are for non-point chasing drivers, owners, crew members, and even fans.

   STANDARD Memberships purchased AFTER April 1 will cost $75.

ALL IRA card carrying members, GOLD or STANDARD, will typically NOT pay more than $25 for a pit pass (though there may be a special circumstance where that is not the case).

Memberships are what this sanction uses to purchase and maintain equipment, purchase additional medical insurance for our GOLD members, purchase workers comp insurance for our staff, purchase insurance for our trailers and equipment, etc. Memberships and Sponsorships are our only forms of income, and we can proudly say all sponsorships (every penny) have all gone to the racers, in an event purse increase or point fund. There is definitely an advantage to being a member.

IRA / Jack Berger 410 RoY Candidate

Though only 18 years old, Lake Elmo, Minnesota’s Jack Berger has proven himself to be fast in anything he has driven. At 4 years old he started racing Motocross and then moved into Quarter Midgets, Legends, Go-Karts, and Micro Sprints in a region spanning 12 states. In Quarter Midget he won both championships and big events, but also very importantly a Sportsmanship Trophy too.
In the Micro Sprint ranks, 2014-15 proved to be extremely good for a young Jack, as he picked up both the track championship at St. Croix Valley Speedway and the UMSS Micro Sprint championships consecutively, winning his first Micro race at just 11 years old. Expanding the number of tracks Jack would race on over the next two years leading to him being crowned as the Minnesota Micro Sprint champ in 2017.
In 2018 the high schooler moved up to the ranks of the UMSS Traditional Sprints where he was one of three rookies to share Rookie of the Year honors. In 2019 Jack visited victory lane twice and very impressively picked up 24 top 5’s in just his second year in a sprinter.
2019 brought some change as Jack jumped up to the winged UMSS Sprint Series ranks, but also continued to run his Traditional sprint as well, plus an occasional Micro show when time would allow. The year was highlighted by being named UMSS Sprint Series Rookie of the Year in the winged car, and overall Jack garnered 2 wins, 24 top 5’s, and 41 top 10’s.
2020 was similar as the teenager ran both UMSS classes and impressively won features in both. The season included 3 wins, 14 top 5’s, and 26 top 10’s. Jack raced A LOT, even running his underpowered UMSS car with the NOSA 410 group at the Governor’s Cup in Mandan, North Dakota.
For 2021, Jack would like to announce his intention of running for the Sage Fruit / HRP Big Apple Rookie of the Year Award with the 410 winged rockets of the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. The family operation has backing from MD Construction Co, Hi Performance Engineering, DNC Trucking LLC,Raymond Auto Body and TCB Speed North. Going 410 racing is Jack’s dream, and the team has made connections with past IRA champ Bill Rose, and will run recent Rose WoO cars in IRA competition. The team also plans on hitting some area WoO shows when the schedule allows.
Lots of laps has brought Jack to this time in his young life, he’ll be fulfilling a dream which started when he first pushed the throttle, racing a 410 winged sprint car.

2021 IRA Rookie of the Year Contender
Kyle Schuett

Illinois racer Kyle Schuett has impressively climbed the ladder in open wheel racing. He started in Quarter Midgets where he won numerous races and championships, and then did the same in Micros. Then it was on to Midgets in 2015, where Kyle earned wins and accolades. An outstanding first year in Midgets earned a young Schuett POWRI National Midget Rookie of the Year honors after finishing 4th overall in the season’s point standings. That POWRI success was noticed nationally as the National Midget Driver of the Year named Kyle their 2015 Rookie of the Year. And what a way to end the 2015 season, when the then 20 year old performed an eye opening clean sweep at the Inaugural Indy Invitational race over a star studded field in an event conducted in conjunction with the PRI Show. Schuett would split much of 2016 between Midgets and winged Micros where had several top 5’s in both groups. He did much of the same in 2017-2018 winning in both the Micro, and the Midget, most noticeably capturing the POWRI Midget portion of the prestigious World of Outlaw Ironman event at I-55 Raceway in MO.
So it was only natural that in 2019 Sprint Cars were the next rung on the ladder, so Schuett began locally with the Midwest Open Wheel Assoc (MOWA), where he claimed Rookie of the Year honors finishing a very impressive 3rd in series points, which included some top 5’s and numerous top 10’s. He also made his first feature starts with the World of Outlaws, All Stars, and IRA. During the Covid-year of 2020, Schuett just bounced around looking for places where he could race, competing with several sanctions.
For 2021, the Eastern IL University graduate, who earned a Master’s in Business Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting has decided to take the next step up the ladder in his young racing career. And after claiming rookie of the year honors with both POWRI and MOWA, it only seems natural.
The 25 year old CPA is pleased to announce that he’ll be chasing points with the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series in 2021, and taking aim at their Sage Fruit / HRP Big Apple Rookie of the Year Award. With Illinois initially under stricter Covid restrictions than Wisconsin in 2020, Kyle and his family owned team ventured north to Wisconsin where he ran a limited number of shows with the
IRA, earning a couple of heat wins and dash appearances, with his best A-main finish being an 8th at Dodge County. While the goal of Rookie of the Year is the team’s main objective, certainly taking aim at some podiums, or even a win, are absolutely an objective as well. This step is only natural, Kyle Schuett earned rookie honors in his first year with POWRI, and did the same with MOWA. Could IRA be next, stay tuned……

The AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series has a ambitious schedule for 2021. The series which runs under IRA sanction is based on a two engine option, which is primarily a GM604, though a build your own option is available. Wilmot Raceway will be the primary home of the series which will additionally compete in at 7 other venues. The series point race kicks off at Wilmot Raceway on May 1st, and keeps the group busy throughout September, plus there will be a pair of IRA sanctioned non-point weekends in October. New venues on the schedule include the Dirt Oval @ Route 66 in Joliet, IL as the series will run in a support role on May 15th with the All Star/IRA co-sanctioned 410 event. Gravity Park (Chilton, WI) will have the series on Friday July 16th and kicks off a trio of events that weekend, plus a popular Indiana venue will be including the group in a yet to be announced event Oct 8-9. Beaver Dam Raceway, Angell Park Speedway, 141 Speedway, the Dodge Co Fairgrounds, and the Plymouth Dirt Track will also host events. Please see http://www.wisconsinwingless.com or contact 815-260-2558 for additional info.

May
1 Wilmot Raceway
7 Beaver Dam Raceway
8 Wilmot Raceway
15 Dirt Oval @ Route 66 (IL)
16 Wilmot Raceway
22 Wilmot Raceway
29 Wilmot Raceway
30 141 Speedway
June
4 Wilmot Raceway
12 Wilmot Raceway
13 Angell Park Speedway
18 Wilmot Raceway
26 Wilmot Raceway
29 Wilmot Raceway
July
3 Beaver Dam Raceway
4 Angell Park Speedway
10 Wilmot Raceway
16 Gravity Park USA
17 Wilmot Raceway
18 Angell Park Speedway
24 Wilmot Raceway
31 Wilmot Raceway
August
7 Wilmot Raceway
8 Angell Park Speedway
21 Wilmot Raceway
28 Wilmot Raceway
September
4 Wilmot Raceway
5 Angell Park Speedway
11 Wilmot Raceway
24 Dodge Co Fairgrounds
25 Plymouth Dirt Track
October
1-2 Beaver Dam Raceway
8-9 TBA Indiana

2021 Tentative Schedule

McHenry, IL 12/31/20 The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series is proud to announce their TENTATIVE 2021 schedule. While primarily competing in Wisconsin, events in Illinois and Iowa appear. While the events listed are solid, there are a few others being negotiated, and other requests that we're trying to fit in. While over 30 dates appear, we have done our best to avoid conflict with large nearby World of Outlaw events. We are so very proud of our relationship with the All Star Circuit of Champions as we have 5 co-sanctioned events with them. We also look forward to working with MOWA again. The majority of traditional IRA tracks appear again, as do the premier events on the schedule such as the County Fair races such as the Roger Iles Tribute at Wilmot (Kenosha Co), Plymouth (Sheboygan Co), and ofcourse Corn Fest at Angell Park. We're proud to announce our inaugural County Fair event at the Outagamie Fair (Seymour, WI) too. Another new event will be a $5000 to win IRA event at the Plymouth Dirt Track as we kick-off the inaugural NASCAR weekend at nearby Road America. We are proud to continue the tradition of events such as the Frank Filskov Memorial, Harry Neitzel Tribute, Bill Waite Jr Memorial, Jerry Richert Memorial, Scott Semmelmann Memorial, Checkered Classic / Rick Schmidt Memorial, Founders Night, and concluding with the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships. We will again begin our season at 34 Raceway (IA), and kick off our Wisconsin schedule at Beaver Dam Raceway. We'd like to thank Bumper To Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, Osborn & Son Trucking, Hoosier Tire, TW Metals, Sage Fruit, Carriage Auto Body, and Cummins/Onan for their continued support.
4/10 34 Raceway
4/11 LaSalle Speedway (twi-light)
4/24 Beaver Dam Raceway
5/1 Wilmot Raceway
5/8 Cedar Lake Speedway - Spring Sprint Special
5/15 Dirt Oval @ Route 66 - w/All Stars
5/22 Beaver Dam Raceway
5/29 TBA
5/30 141 Speedway - Open Wheel Spectacular
6/3 Fairbury (FALS) Speedway - w/All Stars
6/4 Wilmot Raceway - w/All Stars
6/5 Plymouth Dirt Track - w/All Stars
6/6 Angell Park Speedway - w/All Stars
6/11 TBA
6/12 TBA
6/27 Angell Park Speedway
7/1 Plymouth Dirt Track - $5000 to win NASCAR Kick Off
7/23 Outagamie Speedway - Fair
7/24 Beaver Dam Raceway
7/31 Plymouth Dirt Track - Frank Filskov Memorial
8/1 Angell Park Speedway
8/7 Wilmot Raceway - Founders Night
8/21 Wilmot Raceway - Fair / Roger Iles Tribute
8/22 Angell Park Speedway - Corn Fest
8/29 Dirt Oval @ Route 66 - Bill Waite Jr Memorial
9/3 Dodge Co Fairgrounds - Harry Neitzel Tribute
9/4 Plymouth Dirt Track - Fair
9/5 141 Speedway
9/10 Outagamie Speedway
9/11 Cedar Lake Speedway - Jerry Richert Memorial
9/18 Beaver Dam Raceway - Scott Semmelmann Memorial
9/24 Dodge County Fairgrounds - Checkered Classic/ Rick Schmidt Memorial
9/25 Plymouth Dirt Track - WI Sprint Car Championships
* Subject To Change / Additions and/or Rotations possible
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The year is 2017, and at the incredible Algarve International Circuit in Portimao, Portugal, a young man by the name of Sean Rayhall has just reached the top of the road racing ladder. He and his teammate John Falb have been crowned European Le Mans series champions. A storied road racing career for Rayhall saw him win in just about every car imaginable; Indy Lights (at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Mid-Ohio), LMP3, Prototype Challenge, Asphalt Legends, Stock Cars, and IMSA Lites. The then 22 year old Rayhall would apparently retire from racing shortly after that in 2018. However, in 2020, at dirt tracks around the country, the Rayhall name popped up once again. Away from the politics and drama of road course racing and an almost complete 180 degree flip from his past; on dirt. Behind the wheel of the fire-breathing monsters that are 410 Winged Outlaw Sprint Cars, as a Sage Fruit Rookie of the Year contender in the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints.

The IRA Sprints have featured some of the best competition in terms of regional 410 Sprint Car racing in the nation. A series whose drivers regularly give incoming National Tours runs for their money, the IRA boasts drivers such as now 10x Champion Bill Balog, 2x Champion Scotty Neitzel, 2018 Champion Jake Blackhurst, 2016 Champion Jeremy Schultz, regular contenders and past winners Blake Nimee, Jordan Goldesberry and Scotty Thiel, as well as frequent visits from outside talent such as Hunter Schuerenberg, Josh Schneiderman, Paul Nienhiser, Chase Stockon and Brooke Tatnell. Needless to say, the IRA series offered up a huge amount of talent for Rayhall to test his mettle against, and a massive challenge for himself and the 14R team.

After a tough start to the 2020 season with DNF’s in South Dakota and Minnesota, it didn’t take long for Rayhall to put together strong results. At an MSA 360 Sprints show at Beaver Dam Raceway on June 27th, Rayhall finished 2nd in his Heat Race after an incredible battle with 2 Time IRA Champion Scotty Neitzel, and would go on to log his first career top 10 in a sprint car with an 8th place finish out of 42 cars present. Then just one week later, Rayhall would start 22nd in the IRA Sprints feature at 141 Speedway and begin a torrid drive through the field to finish 8th, picking up the hard charger award and putting the IRA, its drivers, and fans all on notice that Rayhall and the 14R team were for real, and here to stay.

Rayhall would back up those two fantastic results with back to back Quick Time awards on July 17th and 18th at the Plymouth Dirt Track and Wilmot Raceway, further proving his stellar pace early in the season was no fluke. The end of the IRA season saw Rayhall move back down to the southern United States to compete in select shows with the USCS Outlaw Thunder Tour. In his debut at Chatham Speedway in Louisiana, Rayhall tallied two strong finishes, including a sterling drive from 21st on Night 2. Rayhall originally would line up 14th, but after lap one contact caused the 14R to visit the work area, he was relegated to the very rear of the field. On a largely one lane race track, Rayhall showed impressive speed and pace against some stout competition, powering around the outside of nearly half the field to finish 12th, narrowly missing out on a Top 10 finish at the line. In the Woodstock, GA Native’s maiden dirt track season, he tallied 5 Top Ten finishes, a whopping 16 Top 15 finishes, 2 B Main victories and a 6th place finish in the IRA Points standings, absolutely dominating the Sage Fruit Rookie of the Year battle.

What’s next for Rayhall? The Sippel Racin’ 14R team will look to run upwards of 60-70 races in the 2021 season, spanning across multiple series and the entire US, including a full IRA Sprints schedule. Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks on Sean Rayhall and his plans for racing in 2021.

Article credit: Midwest AutoSports

Balog - Ten Time IRA Champion

The final weekend in September traditionally signals the end of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series season, and while 2020 has brought a lot of change, it did not change the Wisconsin Sprintcar Championships that has quickly became a staple of open wheel racing in the region. Before teams could embark upon the Plymouth Dirt Track they first headed to the Dodge County Fairgrounds for the Rick Schmidt/Fuzzy Fassbender Memorial. At the big Dodge County half mile, the winged 410s were joined for the first time by the Wisconsin wingLESS series. The wingless cars ran their feature first, and Ryan Zielski proved to be the man to beat, taking the early lead. Chris Dodd worked his way into the second spot but the laps were winding down and Zielski had amassed a nearly 4 second lead over Dodd. Dodd begin reeling Zielski in as they worked through lapped traffic, but time was not on Chris Dodd’s side, as the checkered flags waved Ryan Zielski was the winner in the series first visit. Next it was the winged cars turn to take to the wicked fast half mile. Scotty Thiel took the early lead but Bill Balog was right on his tail. Thiel would hold Balog at bay for the majority of the feature event as the duo lapped up to the fifth position. Balog would eventually find a way past Thiel and into the lead. After falling back to second Thiel's luck would turn from bad to worse as contact between him and Blake Nimee would put the Scott Thiel Builders' car into the wall and cut down a tire. Thiel would restart in the fifth position by virtue of being on the lead lap, but there was just not enough time to mount a challenge, and Bill Balog would claim another victory.

Saturday meant it was finally time to crown 4 IRA champions, one in the Bumper to Bumper Winged Outlaw Sprints, one in the Wisconsin wingLESS series, one in the IRA Lightning Sprints, and one in the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown for the winged sprints. The Lightning sprints came into the night with CJ Malueg leading Mike Neau by just 31 points. Meaning Mike Neau could steal the championship away, but he would need to be nearly perfect and see a mistake or two from Johnsburg Illinois’ CJ Malueg. Mike Neau ran a consistent night qualifying fourth and finishing fourth in his heat before a fourth place effort in the A. That consistency would not be enough though as CJ Malueg picked up the feature win by .005 seconds over Mark Heinert claiming the 2020 Lightning Sprint Championship.

For the wingLESS portion of the night, the series ran an abbreviated format with the top 10 in points picked into the A main and a random invert setting their lineup while the rest of the field was split into two heat races based on their points position. Just 10 points separated series points leader Chris Klemko and 2019 Wilmot Raceway wingLESS champion Jimmy Sivia as the feature went green. The pair of championship contenders started side by side in row four and stayed right together for most of the feature race. The pair battled but Klemko was doing a good job of keeping Sivia's 91 machine behind him. Just past the halfway point of the race Sivia was able to work past Klemko but still could not separate himself from the 70 car piloted by Klemko. With just a handful of laps left it appeared Klemko had the championship won when the 6 car driven by Jake Kouba got spun around and Klemko with no where to go drove into him. Klemko would be forced to restart at the tail giving Sivia the edge. As Todd Booker waved the cross Checkered flags, Tim Cox claimed the victory over the Crane brothers, but it was 10th place finishing Jimmy Sivia claiming his first IRA championship. With 2 champions crowned it was now time to run the winged cars. Bill Balog has already clinched his 10th championship so this feature would be all about the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown and bragging rights. Balog quickly took the lead as Scotty Thiel moved into second. Thiel chases Balog into lapped traffic where the pair began to wage war. The duo sliced through lapped traffic exchanging the lead multiple times while moving through traffic. The second half of the race was marred by cautions, keeping the pair out of lapped traffic. With just two laps remaining Balog once again entered lapped traffic and Thiel looked poised to steal the lead back. On the white flag lap the pair ran down the back stretch, Balog entered turn three on the bottom while Thiel went high, Thiel pulled along side Balog in three, but then trouble would strike as Scott Biertzer broke an axle stalling out the 4B machine in turn four stacking cars up and Thiel with nowhere to go spun out. On the green white checkered attempt Balog was unchallenged and picked up the feature win as well as the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown Championship. Scotty Neitzel and Jordan Goldesberry were second and third respectively in the showdown standing while Dave Uttech and Johnny Fahl also received awards from Dean and Stacy Hopf for competing in all five events. Special thanks to Dean and Stacy for all they do for the racers in this area, as well as the IRA. It is greatly appreciated.

Media Results for 9/26/2020 at Plymouth Dirt Track-Sheboygan Co Fgds - Plymouth, WI 410 Sprints 29 Entries A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:33:46.658 1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[6]; 4. 73AF-Joey Moughan[2]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[11]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[8]; 7. 25T-Travis Arenz[17]; 8. 12W-Josh Walter[5]; 9. 23-Russel Borland[13]; 10. 55-Austin Deblauw[10]; 11. 0-John Fahl[20]; 12. 20R-Rob Pribnow[16]; 13. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[15]; 14. 9K-Kyle Schuett[12]; 15. 14R-Sean Rayhall[14]; 16. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 17. 4K-Kris Spitz[23]; 18. 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 19. 43-Jereme Schroeder[24]; 20. 29-Hunter Custer[19]; 21. 4B-Scott Biertzer[9]; 22. 79-Blake Nimee[18]; 23. 14-Jack Routson[21]; 24. 19-Todd Daun[22]

B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:18:12.459 1. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 2. 29-Hunter Custer[2]; 3. 0-John Fahl[3]; 4. 14-Jack Routson[4]; 5. 19-Todd Daun[10]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[5]; 8. 77-Kurt Davis[9]; 9. 7-Scott Uttech[6]; 10. 47-Todd King[8]; 11. 4-Bailey Goldesberry[11]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:00:49.970 1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 3. 12W-Josh Walter[3]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer[5]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:03:08.419 1. 73AF-Joey Moughan[1]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[3]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 5. 55-Austin Deblauw[4]

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:04:46.090 1. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 2. 9K-Kyle Schuett[1]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan[2]; 4. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 5. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[7]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder[9]; 9. 77-Kurt Davis[8]; 10. 4-Bailey Goldesberry[10]

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:03:47.704 1. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke[3]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 4. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 5. 55-Austin Deblauw[2]; 6. 25T-Travis Arenz[10]; 7. 0-John Fahl[7]; 8. 7-Scott Uttech[9]; 9. 29-Hunter Custer[6]; 10. 19-Todd Daun[8]

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:05:28.537 1. 12W-Josh Walter[1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[5]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer[4]; 6. 20R-Rob Pribnow[7]; 7. 14-Jack Routson[8]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[9]; 9. 47-Todd King[6]

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:24.467 | Osborn and Son Trucking 1. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.932[20]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.944[17]; 3. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:11.984[13]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.029[26]; 5. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:12.061[22]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.063[7]; 7. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:12.087[3]; 8. 55-Austin Deblauw, 00:12.095[1]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.135[16]; 10. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.146[24]; 11. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.156[23]; 12. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:12.176[5]; 13. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:12.190[19]; 14. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.237[15]; 15. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.258[27]; 16. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.261[21]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.262[6]; 18. 47-Todd King, 00:12.278[4]; 19. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.278[28]; 20. 0-John Fahl, 00:12.349[2]; 21. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:12.358[9]; 22. 77-Kurt Davis, 00:12.361[14]; 23. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.389[10]; 24. 14-Jack Routson, 00:12.406[12]; 25. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.485[11]; 26. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.529[8]; 27. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.530[25]; 28. 4-Bailey Goldesberry, 00:12.582[18]; 29. 25T-Travis Arenz, 00:12.716[29]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:11:58.216 1. 17B-Bill Balog[26]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[28]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett[24]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke[22]; 5. 25T-Travis Arenz[29]; 6. 73-Jake Blackhurst[20]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech[23]; 8. 23-Russel Borland[27]; 9. 79-Blake Nimee[21]; 10. 77-Kurt Davis[14]; 11. 4K-Kris Spitz[25]; 12. 25-Danny Schlafer[15]; 13. 14-Jack Routson[12]; 14. 64-Scotty Thiel[17]; 15. 14R-Sean Rayhall[19]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder[11]; 17. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[16]; 18. 4-Bailey Goldesberry[18]; 19. 4B-Scott Biertzer[13]; 20. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 21. 20R-Rob Pribnow[9]; 22. 73AF-Joey Moughan[3]; 23. 7-Scott Uttech[8]; 24. 19-Todd Daun[10]; 25. 29-Hunter Custer[6]; 26. 47-Todd King[4]; 27. 12W-Josh Walter[5]; 28. 55-Austin Deblauw[1]; 29. 0-John Fahl[2]

Media Results for 9/25/2020 at Dodge County Fairgrounds - Beaver Dam, WI 410 Sprints 25 Entries A Feature 1 23 Laps | 00:23:57.702 | Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts 1. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[6]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel[1]; 5. 73AF-Joey Moughan[4]; 6. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel[13]; 8. 9K-Kyle Schuett[8]; 9. 23-Russel Borland[15]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[10]; 11. 4B-Scott Biertzer[11]; 12. 12W-Josh Walter[12]; 13. 20R-Rob Pribnow[22]; 14. 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 15. 14-Jack Routson[14]; 16. 47-Todd King[18]; 17. 25-Danny Schlafer[9]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer[17]; 19. 7-Scott Uttech[21]; 20. 0-John Fahl[19]; 21. 20-Doug Wondra[25]; 22. 77-Wayne Modjeski[23]; 23. 14R-Sean Rayhall[16]; 24. 4K-Kris Spitz[24]; 25. 43-Jereme Schroeder[20]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:04:08.950 1. 64-Scotty Thiel[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:03:09.794 1. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan[3]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett[2]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:06:02.998 1. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer[6]; 7. 0-John Fahl[7]; 8. 77-Wayne Modjeski[8]; 9. 20-Doug Wondra[9]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:03:48.688 1. 25-Danny Schlafer[1]; 2. 4B-Scott Biertzer[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[6]; 6. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech[8]; 8. 20R-Rob Pribnow[7]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:04:50.422 1. 9K-Kyle Schuett[1]; 2. 12W-Josh Walter[2]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 4. 73AF-Joey Moughan[4]; 5. 14-Jack Routson[5]; 6. 47-Todd King[6]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[7]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:52.293 | Osborn and Son Trucking 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:16.641[19]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:16.827[17]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:16.898[18]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:17.004[15]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:17.071[1]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:17.076[10]; 7. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:17.085[14]; 8. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:17.126[6]; 9. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:17.214[2]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:17.308[12]; 11. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:17.347[11]; 12. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:17.349[22]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:17.365[13]; 14. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:17.384[20]; 15. 14-Jack Routson, 00:17.426[8]; 16. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:17.446[5]; 17. 23-Russel Borland, 00:17.519[24]; 18. 47-Todd King, 00:17.569[25]; 19. 0-John Fahl, 00:17.768[16]; 20. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:17.870[9]; 21. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:17.916[23]; 22. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:17.980[21]; 23. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:18.159[4]; 24. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:18.276[3]; 25. 20-Doug Wondra, 00:20.240[7]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:02:56.216 1. 64-Scotty Thiel[19]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[17]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan[18]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[12]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[10]; 6. 73-Jake Blackhurst[14]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee[15]; 8. 9K-Kyle Schuett[22]; 9. 14R-Sean Rayhall[20]; 10. 47-Todd King[25]; 11. 25-Danny Schlafer[11]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel[13]; 13. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[1]; 14. 23-Russel Borland[24]; 15. 43-Jereme Schroeder[23]; 16. 0-John Fahl[16]; 17. 12W-Josh Walter[2]; 18. 14-Jack Routson[8]; 19. 4B-Scott Biertzer[6]; 20. 77-Wayne Modjeski[21]; 21. 20R-Rob Pribnow[9]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 23. 7-Scott Uttech[4]; 24. 4K-Kris Spitz[3]; 25. 20-Doug Wondra[7]

Blackhurst Takes Semmelmann Memorial

As the 2020 Bumper to Bumper IRA season nears its end, 32 of the best winged sprint drivers in the Upper Midwest embarked upon the Beaver Dam Raceway for the Scott Semmelmann Memorial.
Qualifying would prove to set up a very interesting night as series points leader Bill Balog would blow an engine before setting a time, and would be forced to start heat race four from the tail. As the heat races rolled off Balog was not the only high profile driver who needed to win a heat race to make the dashes, Jordan Goldesberry, defending Beaver Dam winner qualified 14th and would also need to win his heat race. For Goldesberry a heat win came relatively easy as he started on the pole. Schlafer challenged the yellow and blue 65 for the first couple laps of the heat race but Goldesberry proved to have the stronger car and would win his heat. As heat four rolled onto the track all eyes were on the white and blue 17B starting eighth. A win would mean he made the dash draw, anything else would put him buried deep in the A main line up. On the first lap Balog quickly moved by most of the pack and into third. The North Pole Nightmare would then drive past Todd Daun and into second place with his sights set on Scotty Neitzel. As the checkered flag flew it was Neitzel who was victorious, meaning fans would see Balog attempt to pick up the feature win from the thirteenth starting spot.
The A main got off to a quick start as Joey Moughan and Jake Blackhurst took the top two spots over Russel Borland and Jordan Goldesberry. A caution would wave on lap six when Joey Moughan came to a stop from the lead. Bill Balog has already charged from thirteenth to fourth in those six laps and on the restart quickly moved into second. By lap twelve Bill Balog had worked past Jake Blackhurst and into the lead. Lap nineteen would spell disaster for Bill Balog as he would make contact with an infield tire and knock the front end out of his Rhine Auto 17B, ending his night and handing the lead back to Jake Blackhurst. Blackhurst would lead the remaining laps, surviving multiple cautions, including a red flag on the last lap that would end the race for Scott Biertzer who got upside down on the backstretch. Biertzer would be okay, but due to curfew issues, the checkered would be displayed and the race would be complete. Blackhurst would get Oz Motorsports there first win of the season, followed by Jordan Goldesberry and Scotty Neitzel.

410 Sprints 32 Entries
A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:46:28.983
1. 73-Jake Blackhurst[7]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[8]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 5. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 6. 26T-Travis Arenz[10]; 7. 14R-Sean Rayhall[17]; 8. 55-Austin Deblauw[16]; 9. 20R-Rob Pribnow[23]; 10. 4K-Kris Spitz[19]; 11. 14-Jack Routson[20]; 12. 4B-Scott Biertzer[9]; 13. 77-Wayne Modjeski[18]; 14. 19-Todd Daun[15]; 15. 29-Hunter Custer[21]; 16. 73AF-Joey Moughan[1]; 17. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 18. 17B-Bill Balog[13]; 19. 9K-Kyle Schuett[22]; 20. 25-Danny Schlafer[11]; 21. 43-Jereme Schroeder[24]; 22. 68-Dave Uttech[14]; 23. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[12]; 24. 79-Blake Nimee[3]

B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:05:59.170
1. 29-Hunter Custer[2]; 2. 9K-Kyle Schuett[1]; 3. 20R-Rob Pribnow[6]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder[3]; 5. 30-Doug Wondra[8]; 6. 4-Bailey Goldesberry[4]; 7. 21-Will Gerrits[11]; 8. 7-Scott Uttech[5]; 9. 21H-Tim Haddy[7]; 10. 88-Christopher Flick[10]; 11. 20-Kevin Seidler[12]; 12. 0-John Fahl[9]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:02:07.919
1. 73AF-Joey Moughan[1]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 4. 73-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer[3]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:03:23.111
1. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 5. 26T-Travis Arenz[5]

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:03:05.000
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 4. 55-Austin Deblauw[6]; 5. 77-Wayne Modjeski[5]; 6. 9K-Kyle Schuett[3]; 7. 20R-Rob Pribnow[7]; 8. 88-Christopher Flick[8]

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:02:39.000
1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[1]; 2. 25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer[3]; 5. 14-Jack Routson[6]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech[7]; 7. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 8. 21-Will Gerrits[8]

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:05:03.000
1. 26T-Travis Arenz[1]; 2. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[2]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan[3]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[4]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[5]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder[6]; 7. 21H-Tim Haddy[7]; 8. 20-Kevin Seidler[8]

Heat 4 10 Laps | 00:04:06.000
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 4. 19-Todd Daun[1]; 5. 14R-Sean Rayhall[3]; 6. 4-Bailey Goldesberry[6]; 7. 30-Doug Wondra[7]; 8. 0-John Fahl[5]

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:24.000
1. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:11.606[27]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:11.908[17]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 00:11.939[32]; 4. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.004[23]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.005[16]; 6. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.020[9]; 7. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:12.088[8]; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:12.092[30]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.094[10]; 10. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.112[29]; 11. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 00:12.161[22]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.172[18]; 13. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.179[4]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.179[2]; 15. 26T-Travis Arenz, 00:12.220[25]; 16. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.226[24]; 17. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.262[28]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.270[31]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.279[26]; 20. 0-John Fahl, 00:12.346[14]; 21. 55-Austin Deblauw, 00:12.359[1]; 22. 14-Jack Routson, 00:12.381[19]; 23. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.456[3]; 24. 4-Bailey Goldesberry, 00:12.581[13]; 25. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:12.668[7]; 26. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.678[5]; 27. 21H-Tim Haddy, 00:13.207[21]; 28. 30-Doug Wondra, 00:13.304[12]; 29. 88-Christopher Flick, 00:13.481[6]; 30. 21-Will Gerrits, 00:13.574[15]; 31. 20-Kevin Seidler, 00:13.649[11]; 32. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.649[20]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:04:35.000
1. 17B-Bill Balog[20]; 2. 68-Dave Uttech[4]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer[29]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[27]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[32]; 6. 14R-Sean Rayhall[30]; 7. 10W-Mike Reinke[17]; 8. 14-Jack Routson[19]; 9. 29-Hunter Custer[31]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[10]; 11. 2W-Scott Neitzel[18]; 12. 73AF-Joey Moughan[8]; 13. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[22]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz[26]; 15. 77-Wayne Modjeski[28]; 16. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 17. 9K-Kyle Schuett[16]; 18. 0-John Fahl[14]; 19. 4B-Scott Biertzer[9]; 20. 43-Jereme Schroeder[3]; 21. 7-Scott Uttech[5]; 22. 55-Austin Deblauw[1]; 23. 4-Bailey Goldesberry[13]; 24. 30-Doug Wondra[12]; 25. 21-Will Gerrits[15]; 26. 20R-Rob Pribnow[7]; 27. 88-Christopher Flick[6]; 28. 20-Kevin Seidler[11]; 29. 26T-Travis Arenz[25]; 30. 73-Jake Blackhurst[23]; 31. 19-Todd Daun[24]; 32. 21H-Tim Haddy[21]

Goldesberry Wins Beaver Dam

With August quickly drawing to a close, the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints entered the Beaver Dam Raceway to compete. With 29 cars on hand, Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying was topped by Bill Balog,who had spent the last two nights running without the wing with USAC. Behind Balog it was Scotty Thiel, Blake Nimee and Mike Reinke. Jake Blackhurst in the Oz Motorsports 73 was fifth quick.

Heat race number one saw Bill Balog quickly move from his fourth starting spot into second behind Moughan. As the race continued Balog was able to catch Moughan's 73AF and work his way past, claiming the victory. Moughan was second over Indiana’s Brinton Marvel. Mike Reinke came home in fourth followed by Dave Uttech.

The second heat race was claimed by local favorite and two time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel over Jake Blackhurst and ScottyThiel. Sean Rayhall and Kyle Schuett rounded out the top 5.

The final heat race saw Illinois native Jordan Goldesberry pick up the victory over Blake Nimee. Danny Schlafer would finish in the third position followed by Josh Walter and Jeremy Schultz.

A pair of dashes would be next to set the front five rows of the A main. Dash 1 saw Blake Nimee in the SRF 79 take the victory and claim the pole starting spot for the 30 lap feature. Behind him it was Neitzel, Reinke, Walter and Marvel.

Dash 2 saw Jordan Goldesberry take the initial lead over Balog. Balog followed Goldesberry for the duration of the dash but was unable to make a pass, allowing Goldesberry to claim the outside front row starting position for the A main. Balog would be second over Jake Blackhurst, Scotty Thiel, and Sean Rayhall.

The B main was the last race to set the field for the A main. Todd Daun lead all 12 laps to claim the Checkered flag. Behind Daun was California's Austin Deblauw, Johnny Fahl, Todd King, and a hard charging Robbie Pribnow.

With the field of 24 set it was time for the main event. Blake Nimee took the initial lead, establishing some distance between himself and Jordan Goldesberry. Balog ran in 3rd losing some ground to the pair. As Nimee caught the tail end of the field, Goldesberry and Balog were able to catch him and the trio began to race through traffic. Jordan would seemingly find the right line, using a lap car as a pick to move past Nimees 79 and into the lead. Balog would also attempt to pass Nimee in lapped traffic, but Nimee kept battling back into the second position. Past the halfway point, a series of cautions would litter the end of the race. On each caution, Goldesberry would be able to establish a gap, while Balog would throw a new move at Nimee in an attempt to take the second position. Nimee showed his skill, as he battled back each time, never relinquishing the second spot. As the Checkered flag flew, for the fourth time in his career Jordan Goldesberry was victorious with the IRA. Blake Nimee finished in second, and. Bill Balog who had not lost a regular sanctioned IRA event in 2020 finished third. Mike Reinke and Jake Blackhurst rounded out the top 5.

410 Sprints 29 Entries A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:28:03.485 | Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts 1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke[5]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst[6]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 7. 21-Brinton Marvel[9]; 8. 25-Danny Schlafer[12]; 9. 73AF-Joey Moughan[11]; 10. 4B-Scott Biertzer[16]; 11. 14R-Sean Rayhall[10]; 12. 23-Russel Borland[17]; 13. 20R-Rob Pribnow[23]; 14. 9K-Kyle Schuett[13]; 15. 0-John Fahl[21]; 16. 55-Austin Deblauw[20]; 17. 12W-Josh Walter[7]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz[18]; 19. 19-Todd Daun[19]; 20. 29-Hunter Custer[24]; 21. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[14]; 22. 68-Dave Uttech[15]; 23. 47-Todd King[22]; 24. 64-Scotty Thiel[8]

B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:06:44.798 | AutoMeter 1. 19-Todd Daun[1]; 2. 55-Austin Deblauw[2]; 3. 0-John Fahl[3]; 4. 47-Todd King[4]; 5. 20R-Rob Pribnow[9]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer[6]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech[5]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder[8]; 9. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[7]; 10. 20-Kevin Seidler[10]; 11. (DNS) 77-Wayne Modjeski

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:03:30.913 1. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[2]; 4. 12W-Josh Walter[5]; 5. 21-Brinton Marvel[4]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:37.496 1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 5. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5]

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:05:45.000 | Weld Wheels / HRP 1. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan[1]; 3. 21-Brinton Marvel[2]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke[3]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[6]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 7. 19-Todd Daun[5]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer[8]; 9. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[9]; 10. 20-Kevin Seidler[10]

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:06:56.305 | All Star Performance 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 4. 14R-Sean Rayhall[2]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]; 6. 4B-Scott Biertzer[6]; 7. 0-John Fahl[8]; 8. 55-Austin Deblauw[7]; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder[9]; 10. (DNS) 77-Wayne Modjeski

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:05:03.041 | Behling Racing Products 1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 3. 25-Danny Schlafer[1]; 4. 12W-Josh Walter[3]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[6]; 7. 47-Todd King[8]; 8. 7-Scott Uttech[7]; 9. 20R-Rob Pribnow[9]

Qualifying 1 | 00:15:34.000 | Osborn and Son 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.871[13]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.921[21]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.033[20]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:13.119[3]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.121[24]; 6. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:13.243[29]; 7. 21-Brinton Marvel, 00:13.297[10]; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.316[25]; 9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.469[26]; 10. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:13.546[1]; 11. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.604[19]; 12. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.693[9]; 13. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.702[17]; 14. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:13.759[4]; 15. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.810[16]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.812[12]; 17. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.895[2]; 18. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.953[22]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.980[11]; 20. 55-Austin Deblauw, 00:14.009[23]; 21. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:14.096[18]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.212[15]; 23. 0-John Fahl, 00:14.327[28]; 24. 47-Todd King, 00:14.334[5]; 25. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 00:14.448[8]; 26. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:14.507[6]; 27. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:14.566[27]; 28. 20-Kevin Seidler, 00:15.820[7]; 29. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:15.820[14]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:06:11.000 1. 64-Scotty Thiel[21]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[20]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst[24]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[26]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[13]; 6. 19-Todd Daun[17]; 7. 55-Austin Deblauw[23]; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall[25]; 9. 68-Dave Uttech[12]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[16]; 11. 2W-Scott Neitzel[19]; 12. 20R-Rob Pribnow[27]; 13. 23-Russel Borland[22]; 14. 29-Hunter Custer[15]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz[11]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech[18]; 17. 12W-Josh Walter[29]; 18. 0-John Fahl[28]

Round 3 of Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown at Beaver Dam Raceway 8.29.20

After an extremely successful doubleheader weekend at Wilmot, the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series heads to the Beaver Dam Raceway this Saturday night, Aug 29th, for the Jim Wipperfurth Memorial, it is also Round 3 of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. Labor Day Weekend is a WI Tripleheader kicking off Fri Sept 4th with the Harry Neitzel Tribute at the Dodge Co Fairgrounds in Beaver Dam, Saturday is Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown race 4 and also “what would have been” the Sheboygan Co Fair race at the Plymouth Dirt Track, and the weekend concludes,Sunday Sept 5th, with the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown finale at nearby 141 Speedway. Southeast Wisconsin is an absolute Sprint Car hot bed, come on out and see why. These venues will not disappoint!

8/29/2020
Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI
9/4/2020
Dodge County Fairgrounds - Beaver Dam, WI
9/5/2020
Plymouth Dirt Track-Sheboygan Co Fgds - Plymouth, WI
9/6/2020
141 Speedway - Maribel, WI
9/11/2020
Outagamie Speedway - Seymour, WI
9/12/2020
Cedar Lake Speedway - New Richmond, WI
9/19/2020
Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI
9/25/2020
Dodge County Fairgrounds - Beaver Dam, WI
9/26/2020
Plymouth Dirt Track-Sheboygan Co Fgds - Plymouth, WI

Balog Wins Roger Iles Tribute
 

After doing battle with Tony Stewart’s All Star Circuit of Champions on Friday night, the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association sprint cars returned to the Wilmot Raceway for the 36 lap Roger Iles Tribute. Mike Reinke set quick time in Osborn and Son Trucking qualifications behind the wheel of the Bob Hood owned 10w. Blake Nimee after an impressive performance on Friday night was second quick over Jake Blackhurst, Todd Daun and Jeremy Schultz.

Heat race one saw Reinke charge from the fourth starting position to the lead, picking up the win. Behind him Scotty Thiel piloted the Oz Motorsports 73AF to second followed by Dave Uttech and former Wilmot Raceway track champion Todd Daun. Sussex Wisconsin driver Danny Schlafer rounded out the top 5.

The second heat race was won by Blake Nimee, also coming from the fourth starting spot. Jordan Goldesberry brought his Rock Solid Lawn and Landscape 65 home in second followed by Jeremy Schultz, Scott Biertzer and Sean Rayhall.

The third and final heat race was claimed by Bill Balog from third over Russel Borland. Jake Blackhurst crossed in third over Scott Neitzel and “Mojo” Wayne Modjeski.

The first dash to set the A main lineup saw Mike Reinke use his outside front row starting spot to grab the lead and take the win, setting up the possibility of a sweep of the night. Thiel finished in second with Balog in third, Jeremy Schutlz in fourth and Jordan Goldesberry in fifth.

The second dash, setting the outside first five rows of the A saw Dave Uttech claim the win and front row starting spot over Jake Blackhurst and Blake Nimee. Modjeski and Todd Daun Rounded out the top five.

The A main saw the Bob Hood owned 10w piloted by Reinke take the early lead. Reinke lead over Balog who had charged from the 5th starting spot as they entered lapped traffic on lap nine. Reinke was utilizing the bottom of the Wilmot Raceway while Balog pounded the cushion around the outside. As they reached lapped traffic, the back of the field was all running the bottom. Reinke entered turn one in the middle trying to work his way past the lapped traffic, but Balog was able to carry more momentum through the corner and take the lead. Once Balog had claimed the lead he was able to set sail and claim another victory. Mike Reinke settled for second followed by Blake Nimee, Jeremy Schultz, and Jake Blackhurst.
Special thanks to Carriage Auto Body and Ken Iles for making this event a success!! We really appreciate all that you do.

410 Sprints 26 Entries
A Feature 1 36 Laps | 00:29:40.118 | Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts
1. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke[1]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[7]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[9]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel[12]; 8. 23-Russel Borland[11]; 9. 25-Danny Schlafer[15]; 10. 20R-Rob Pribnow[23]; 11. 4B-Scott Biertzer[13]; 12. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 13. 19-Todd Daun[10]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder[16]; 15. 77-Wayne Modjeski[8]; 16. 14R-Sean Rayhall[14]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer[22]; 18. 2A-Austin Archdale[20]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz[24]; 20. 0-John Fahl[19]; 21. 55-Austin Deblauw[17]; 22. 10V-Matt VandeVere[18]; 23. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[3]; 24. 70-Chris Klemko[25]; 25. (DNS) 5H-Patrick Haynes; 26. (DNS) 14-Jack Routson

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:03:03.309
1. 10W-Mike Reinke[2]; 2. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:08.121
1. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 4. 77-Wayne Modjeski[5]; 5. 19-Todd Daun[4]

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:04:53.000 | Hepfner Racing Products / Weld Wheels
1. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 2. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[1]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 4. 19-Todd Daun[3]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder[6]; 7. 0-John Fahl[8]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 9. 70-Chris Klemko[9]

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:04:49.000 | All Star Performance
1. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer[8]; 5. 14R-Sean Rayhall[1]; 6. 55-Austin Deblauw[6]; 7. 14-Jack Routson[9]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 9. 5H-Patrick Haynes[7]

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:04:32.000 | R&H Enterprises
1. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 5. 77-Wayne Modjeski[2]; 6. 10V-Matt VandeVere[7]; 7. 2A-Austin Archdale[8]; 8. 20R-Rob Pribnow[6]

Qualifying 1 | 00:16:33.000 | Osborn and Son Trucking
1. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:13.304[24]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.385[2]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.515[18]; 4. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.522[26]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.533[4]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.608[13]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.644[14]; 8. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.687[20]; 9. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.692[5]; 10. 73AF-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.718[11]; 11. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.735[7]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.770[1]; 13. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.783[19]; 14. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.793[15]; 15. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.810[17]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.907[3]; 17. 55-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.921[12]; 18. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:13.943[25]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.969[22]; 20. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:13.997[21]; 21. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:14.008[10]; 22. 0-John Fahl, 00:14.048[8]; 23. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:14.070[9]; 24. 2A-Austin Archdale, 00:14.148[23]; 25. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:14.234[16]; 26. 14-Jack Routson, 00:15.326[6]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:05:15.000
1. 25-Danny Schlafer[19]; 2. 19-Todd Daun[26]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[13]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke[24]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[14]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[17]; 7. 2A-Austin Archdale[23]; 8. 73-Jake Blackhurst[18]; 9. 20R-Rob Pribnow[25]; 10. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[11]; 11. 10V-Matt VandeVere[10]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz[22]; 13. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[20]; 14. 55-Austin Deblauw[12]; 15. 70-Chris Klemko[16]; 16. 5H-Patrick Haynes[21]; 17. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 18. 14R-Sean Rayhall[7]; 19. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 20. 29-Hunter Custer[15]; 21. 4B-Scott Biertzer[9]; 22. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 23. 0-John Fahl[8]; 24. 77-Wayne Modjeski[5]; 25. 14-Jack Routson[6]; 26. 43-Jereme Schroeder[3]

Races Continue Without the Fair

While unfortunately there is not a Kenosha County Fair going on this week, however we are extremely fortunate that part of the KCF tradition is going on, as there will be two nights of racing (Aug 21-22) this weekend at Wilmot Raceway. Friday night has Tony Stewart's Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions joining the Wisconsin based Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series in a co-sanctioned Sprint Car SPECTACULAR. And Tony Stewart himself is tentatively scheduled to compete, joining a stout field which includes many of the premier sprint car drivers in the country. And Antioch, IL based HomeTown Hauler has come onboard as the night's title sponsor for Friday and is adding $500 to the highest finishing IRA car. I'm sure that's sweet news to several IRA stars, including Bill Balog who has captured all three previous IRA shows contested at Wilmot this year. Some of the All Star teams expected include Aaron Reutzel (TX), Cory Eliason (CA), Paul McMahan (TN), Zeb Wise (IN), Josh Baughman (TX), Skylar Gee (Canada), Greg Wilson (OH), and Gerald McIntyre (PA). Others expected include former WoO star Shane Stewart (OK), and USAC standout "Sunshine" Tyler Courtney (IN). Some of the IRA teams expected in addition to Balog are, Scotty Neitzel, Jeremy Schultz, Jake Blackhurst, Scotty Thiel, Russ Borland, Sean Rayhall, Kris Spitz, Scott Biertzer, Dave Uttech, Wayne Modjeski, Hunter Custer, Jereme Schroeder. Mike Reinke, Johnny Fahl, Jack Routson, Robbie Pribnow, Todd Daun, Blake Nimee, Austin Deblauw, Jordan Goldesberry, and many more. Add Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Bandits to the card and it's a action packed one with national flare. Saturday is traditionally the biggest night of the Fair, and certainly at the raceway. This Saturday is a big one too. The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints compete in the annual Roger Iles Tribute. The AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints compete in their biggest event of the year, the Bill Grogan Memorial, And the IRA Lightning Sprints and Bandits join in on the Saturday fun too. Wilmot Raceway does have a capacity limit due to COVID, and the same successful plan as utilized all year is in affect. To guarantee yourself a seat, you can purchase yourself an advance ticket at http://www.wilmotraceway.com for either or better yet, both nights. Save yourself $5 by buying your Saturday ticket in advance. Advance tickets can be picked up at WILL CALL booth on race day. Of course tickets and pit passes will be available on both race days too. Special thanks to HomeTown Hauler of Antioch, Ken Iles of Carriage Auto Body of Waukegan, and the numerous other businesses and individuals that have donated to the Bill Grogan Memorial.

Balog Wins at Wilmot Founders Night Views: 39 0 Balog Wins at Wilmot Founders Night

26 of the strongest winged 410 sprint car teams in the upper Midwest signed in to do battle at Wilmot raceway for Founders Night with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. In Osborn and Son Trucking qualifying Bill Balog set quick time in the Rhine Auto 17B over Mike Reinke and Blake Nimee. Russel Borland was fourth quick while multi-time Wilmot Raceway track champion and former IRA series champion Jeremy Schultz was fifth quick. Heat race number one saw Joey Moughan take the early lead but quickly faced a challenge from Bill Balog. Balog would take the lead away from Moughan and take the win. Moughan was second followed by Russel Borland, Scotty Neitzel and Johnny Fahl. The second heat race saw Jeremy Schultz and Mike Reinke make contact on the start that turned the Bob Hood 10w around and sent Reinke to the tail. Once the race got going Scott Biertzer took the lead and never looked back, picking up the win over Brayton Lynch and Todd Daun. Jeremy Schultz finished in fourth and Mike Reinke drove back to the fifth spot. The third and final heat race saw Jake Blackhurst take the lead from pole starting Todd King on the first lap and check out from the field, but with three laps remaining Blake Nimee had moved into second and reeled in Blackhurst, the pair took turns sliding one another in each corner, trading the lead multiple times in the final laps. Ultimately Blake Nimee would come up victorious leaving Blackhurst to settle for second behind them Todd King finished third, Dave Uttech fourth and Kris Spitz fifth. Dash one to set the inside first 5 rows of the A min saw Russel Borland and Dave Uttech run wheel to wheel into turn one. Dave Uttech would eventually take hold of that top spot and claim the win over Russel Borland. Mike Reinke brought the Bob Hood 10w home in third followed by Jake Blackhurst and Brayton Lynch. Dash two saw Balog take the early lead over Jeremy Schultz. Balog would take the win to claim the outside front row starting position in the A main with Jeremy Schultz in second. Jake Blackhurst finished in third followed by Blake Nimee and Scott Biertzer. The A main got off to a rocky start as Dave Uttech tipped his 68 machine over the banking and brought out a red flag. Uttech would be able to continue but would be forced to give up his pole starting position and take the green from the tail of the field. Balog would take the early lead from outside the front row but Russel Borland did not let the 17B get far, the duo entered lapped traffic as Borland kept close to Balog. A yellow for contact between Uttech and Blake Nimee would bring out a yellow and give Balog an open track. Balog proved unstoppable at the birthplace of the IRA amassing a half a lap lead over Russel Borland by the time the Checkered flag flew. Mike Reinkie finished in the 3rd spot with Jeremy Schultz and Scott Biertzer rounding out the top 5.

410 Sprints 26 Entries A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:24:00.426 | Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts 1. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[5]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer[9]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[12]; 7. 20R-Rob Pribnow[16]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[13]; 9. 19-Todd Daun[11]; 10. 25-Danny Schlafer[17]; 11. 43-Jereme Schroeder[15]; 12. 77-Wayne Modjeski[20]; 13. 14R-Sean Rayhall[18]; 14. 55-Austin Deblauw[21]; 15. 29-Hunter Custer[19]; 16. 12-Mike Decker[23]; 17. 51-Chris Larson[24]; 18. 0-John Fahl[14]; 19. 29L-Brayton Lynch[8]; 20. 73-Jake Blackhurst[6]; 21. 47-Todd King[10]; 22. 79-Blake Nimee[7]; 23. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 24. 70-Chris Klemko[22]

B Feature 1 10 Laps | 00:06:52.091 | Behling Racing Products 1. 14R-Sean Rayhall[2]; 2. 14-Jack Routson[1]; 3. 29-Hunter Custer[3]; 4. 77-Wayne Modjeski[4]; 5. 55-Austin Deblauw[5]; 6. 70-Chris Klemko[7]; 7. 12-Mike Decker[6]; 8. 51-Chris Larson[8]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:01:25.629 1. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 3. 10W-Mike Reinke[3]; 4. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 5. 29L-Brayton Lynch[5]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:04.122 1. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan[3]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[5]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer[4]

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:05:00.000 | Weld Wheels / Hepfner Racing Products 1. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan[2]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 5. 0-John Fahl[7]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder[6]; 7. 14-Jack Routson[1]; 8. 55-Austin Deblauw[8]; 9. 51-Chris Larson[9]

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:07:06.000 | All Star Performance 1. 4B-Scott Biertzer[2]; 2. 29L-Brayton Lynch[1]; 3. 19-Todd Daun[6]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 5. 10W-Mike Reinke[4]; 6. 25-Danny Schlafer[9]; 7. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5]; 8. 77-Wayne Modjeski[7]; 9. 70-Chris Klemko[8]

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:05:31.000 | R & H Enterprises 1. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 3. 47-Todd King[1]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[3]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[5]; 6. 20R-Rob Pribnow[7]; 7. 29-Hunter Custer[6]; 8. 12-Mike Decker[8]

Qualifying 1 | 00:17:03.000 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.116[25]; 2. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:13.252[13]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.402[20]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.456[12]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.470[3]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.491[19]; 7. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:13.617[18]; 8. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.672[22]; 9. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.686[11]; 10. 14-Jack Routson, 00:13.712[9]; 11. 29L-Brayton Lynch, 00:13.721[2]; 12. 47-Todd King, 00:13.762[6]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.781[15]; 14. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.795[8]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.796[21]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.807[1]; 17. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.837[7]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.891[4]; 19. 0-John Fahl, 00:13.903[14]; 20. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.994[17]; 21. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:14.024[10]; 22. 55-Austin Deblauw, 00:14.090[16]; 23. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:14.348[5]; 24. 12-Mike Decker, 00:14.765[24]; 25. 51-Chris Larson, 00:14.882[26]; 26. 25-Danny Schlafer[23]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:02:18.000 1. 17B-Bill Balog[25]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[20]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan[18]; 4. 10W-Mike Reinke[13]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst[11]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[12]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech[19]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel[15]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 10. 4K-Kris Spitz[21]; 11. 19-Todd Daun[7]; 12. 29L-Brayton Lynch[2]; 13. 14-Jack Routson[9]; 14. 0-John Fahl[14]; 15. 14R-Sean Rayhall[8]; 16. 20R-Rob Pribnow[10]; 17. 25-Danny Schlafer[23]; 18. 12-Mike Decker[24]; 19. 70-Chris Klemko[5]; 20. 77-Wayne Modjeski[17]; 21. 51-Chris Larson[26]; 22. 47-Todd King[6]; 23. 55-Austin Deblauw[16]; 24. 43-Jereme Schroeder[1]; 25. 29-Hunter Custer[4]; 26. 4B-Scott Biertzer[22]

Balog Wins Again at Antigo

After the fantastic Rayce Rudeen Foundation race at the Plymouth Dirt Track, the teams of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series traveled north to the Langlade County Fairgrounds in Antigo, Wisconsin.

Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifications saw Bill Balog set quick time over “Lady Lightning” Paige Polyak. A pair of IRA champions timed in third and fourth quick as Jeremy Schultz out qualified Scotty Neitzel. Scotty Thiel behind the wheel of the Oz Motorsports 73AF timed in fifth.

Heat race number one saw Russel Borland take the early lead. Behind the Wiese Trucking 23, Bill Balog charged into the second position but could not track Borland down before the checkered flag fell. Scotty Neitzel brought his 2W home in third followed by Josh Walter and Sean Rayhall.

Dave Uttech took the early lead in heat race two over Scotty Thiel and Paige Polyak. Thiel stalked Uttech around the wicked fast half mile, but Uttech ran a perfect race to claim the heat win over Thiel and Polyak. Hunter Custer and Robby Pribnow rounded out the top 5.

The third heat race was claimed by former rookie of the year Todd King over Jeremy Schultz. Jake Blackhurst and Scott Biertzer battled hard for the third position with Biertzer nabbing it. Jeremy Schroeder in the Paddock Lake Bumper to Bumper car finished in the fifth position.

Dash 1 which sets the inside of the first five rows of the A main saw Josh Walter take the early lead from Dave Uttech and never look back, claiming the pole for the A main. Dave Uttech finished in second ahead of Jeremy Schultz, Jake Blackhurst and Paige Polyak.

Dash 2 saw Scotty Thiel amass nearly a straightaway lead over Todd King in route to the win. Bill Balog and Russel Borland fought hard over the third spot, trading it multiple times until Borland made a mistake coming to the white flag and had to get out of the throttle, allowing Balog to take firm hold of third. Borland settled for fourth with Scotty Neitzel in fifth.

An issue pushing off for the feature would send Josh Walter to the pits before the green flag ever dropped, and move Dave Uttech to the pole. On the green Thiel took the lead and quickly checked out to nearly a straightaway advantage over Dave Uttech. A red flag would fly just six laps in for rookie of the year contender Sean Rayhall who got upside down in turn one. After the restart Thiel once again was able to create a huge gap between him and the field. Both Jeremy Schultz and Bill Balog wrestled past Dave Uttech for second and third but would have their work cut out for them to catch “the Big Wheel” Scotty Thiel. Schultz would bobble on the cushion exiting turn two and allow Balog past, but could Balog catch the 73AF? As the laps we’re winding down Balog’s 17B was not making ground on the Oz Motorsports car piloted by Thiel. With just three laps remaining though the left rear wheel would break on the 73AF exiting turn 4 causing Thiel to get upside down and giving Balog the lead. Behind Balog it would be Dave Uttech and Paige Polyak. Balog would not be challenged in the final three laps and would pick up the win. Polyak brought her 19P car home in second over Dave Uttech, Todd King and Russel Borland.

410 Sprints 21 Entries A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:32:30.854 | Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts 1. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 2. 19P-Paige Polyak[7]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 4. 47-Todd King[4]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[8]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[10]; 7. 4B-Scott Biertzer[9]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 9. 77-Wayne Modjeski[14]; 10. 29-Hunter Custer[12]; 11. 0-John Fahl[13]; 12. 11-Tony Wondra[17]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder[11]; 14. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[2]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz[16]; 16. 73-Jake Blackhurst[5]; 17. 14R-Sean Rayhall[15]; 18. 20R-Rob Pribnow[18]; 19. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[20]; 20. 39-Randy Sippel[21]; 21. 12W-Josh Walter[19]

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:04:29.310 1. 12W-Josh Walter[2]; 2. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 4. 73-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 5. 19P-Paige Polyak[5]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:03:07.802 1. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[1]; 2. 47-Todd King[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[4]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:49.116 | R&H Enterprises / Hephfner Racing Products 1. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 4. 12W-Josh Walter[2]; 5. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5]; 6. 77-Wayne Modjeski[6]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:05:44.598 | Behling Racing Procuts 1. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 2. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[3]; 3. 19P-Paige Polyak[4]; 4. 29-Hunter Custer[2]; 5. 20R-Rob Pribnow[5]; 6. 0-John Fahl[6]; 7. 11-Tony Wondra[7]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:59.354 | Weld Wheels 1. 47-Todd King[2]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 3. 4B-Scott Biertzer[1]; 4. 73-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder[5]; 6. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[6]; 7. (DNS) 39-Randy Sippel

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:36.700 | Osborn and Son Trucking 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:16.905[2]; 2. 19P-Paige Polyak, 00:16.927[20]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:17.032[5]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:17.095[6]; 5. 73AF-Scotty Thiel, 00:17.134[3]; 6. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:17.219[11]; 7. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:17.398[17]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:17.402[21]; 9. 47-Todd King, 00:17.428[10]; 10. 23-Russel Borland, 00:17.519[16]; 11. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:17.600[18]; 12. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:17.695[15]; 13. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:17.757[7]; 14. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:17.916[9]; 15. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:17.946[4]; 16. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:18.143[12]; 17. 0-John Fahl, 00:18.153[14]; 18. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 00:18.346[1]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:19.181[8]; 20. 11-Tony Wondra, 00:19.518[13]; 21. (DNS) 39-Randy Sippel, 00:19.518

Hot Laps 1 | 00:02:26.613 1. 73-Jake Blackhurst[11]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[16]; 4. 12W-Josh Walter[17]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[18]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer[21]; 7. 4B-Scott Biertzer[15]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 9. 47-Todd King[10]; 10. 73AF-Scotty Thiel[3]; 11. 14R-Sean Rayhall[7]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel[6]; 13. 20R-Rob Pribnow[9]; 14. 0-John Fahl[14]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder[4]; 17. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[1]; 18. 77-Wayne Modjeski[12]; 19. 11-Tony Wondra[13]; 20. 19P-Paige Polyak[20]; 21. 39-Randy Sippel[19]

Balog Takes Beaver Dam
 

29 teams signed into Beaver Dam Raceway on a sweltering Saturday afternoon to compete with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints.

In Osborn and Son Trucking qualifications Bill Balog set quick time around the 3/8th mile track he has dominated the last few seasons. Scotty Thiel was second quick followed by Joey Moughan and Hunter Schuerenberg. Sussex Wisconsin’s Danny Schlafer rounded out the top 5.

Heat race one saw Bill Balog continue his dominant ways as he quickly drove from fourth to the lead to take the win. Jeremy Schultz would finish second over Hunter Schuerenberg. Paul Nienhiser brought his 9x car home in fourth ahead of Dave Uttech.

The second heat race saw Russel Borland take the early lead while Scotty Thiel quickly charged from fourth to second. With just a handful of laps remaining in the heat Thiel would find his way past Borland and pick up the win. Kyle Schuett finished in third followed by Kris Spitz and Todd Daun.

The third heat race saw two time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel pick up the victory over the SRF 79 of Blake Nimee. Joey Moughan finished in third while Jordan Goldesberry brought his Rock Solid Lawn and Landscape 65 home in fourth followed by Todd King

A pair of dashes were next to line up the first 5 rows of the A main. Dash 1 that would determine the inside line saw Bill Balog take the early lead and continue to show his dominance picking up the dash win and the pole. Behind him it was Scotty Thiel, Jeremy Schultz, Russel Borland and Joey Moughan.

Dash 2 which would set the outside of the first 5 rows say Danny Schlafer took the early lead and never looked back. Behind him it was Blake Nimee over Hunter Schuerenberg. Paul Nienhiser finished in fourth and Scotty Neitzel was fifth.

After the dashes, the B main rolled on track to set the final 6 cars in the feature event. Mike Reinke making his debut behind the wheel of the Bob Hood Motorsports 10w took the early lead. Sean Rayhall moved into second but could not real in Reinke before the checkered flag fell. Behind them it would be Robbie Pribnow, Johnny Fahl, Jeremy Schroeder and Hunter Custer claiming transfer spots.

Danny Schlafer took the early lead in the A main, but Balog quickly took the lead, and Thiel was not far behind taking second from the 25 of Schlafer. As Balog entered lapped traffic, a slip up exiting turn 2 would slow Scotty Thiel and Hunter Schuerenberg, now in third, to close in on him, but Balog proved to be better in traffic and was able to hold off the duo. Balog picked up the win, completing the night sweep, and earning his fifth win of the season. Behind him Schuerenburg passed Thiel in the closing laps to score his second 2nd place finish in as many races while Thiel settled for third. Jordan Goldesberry finished 4th while Neitzel brought his 2w home in fifth.

A Feature 1 30 Laps
1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 55S-Hunter Schuerenberg[6]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[12]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[10]; 6. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[8]; 7. 73AF-Joey Moughan[9]; 8. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 9. 23-Russel Borland[7]; 10. 4B-Scott Biertzer[17]; 11. 9K-Kyle Schuett[11]; 12. 73-Jake Blackhurst[18]; 13. 10W-Mike Reinke[19]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz[13]; 15. 20R-Rob Pribnow[21]; 16. 47-Todd King[15]; 17. 19-Todd Daun[14]; 18. 14R-Sean Rayhall[20]; 19. 68-Dave Uttech[16]; 20. 43-Jereme Schroeder[23]; 21. 29-Hunter Custer[24]; 22. (DNF) 0-John Fahl[22]; 23. (DNF) 25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 24. (DNF) 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]

B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:08:48.919
1. 10W-Mike Reinke[1]; 2. 14R-Sean Rayhall[3]; 3. 20R-Rob Pribnow[4]; 4. 0-John Fahl[2]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder[7]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer[8]; 7. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[5]; 8. 88-Christopher Flick[9]; 9. 51-Chris Larson[10]; 10. 77-Wayne Modjeski[6]

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:05:21.372
1. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 3. 55S-Hunter Schuerenberg[3]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[2]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[6]; 6. 73-Jake Blackhurst[7]; 7. 10W-Mike Reinke[5]; 8. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[8]; 9. 29-Hunter Custer[9]; 10. 51-Chris Larson[10]

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:06:16.676
1. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 3. 9K-Kyle Schuett[5]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 5. 19-Todd Daun[1]; 6. 25-Danny Schlafer[3]; 7. 20R-Rob Pribnow[9]; 8. 0-John Fahl[7]; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder[8]; 10. (DNS) 14-Jack Routson

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:05:09.687
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan[4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[1]; 5. 47-Todd King[5]; 6. 4B-Scott Biertzer[6]; 7. 14R-Sean Rayhall[7]; 8. 77-Wayne Modjeski[8]; 9. 88-Christopher Flick[9]

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:26.023
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.255[27]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.510[3]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:12.527[20]; 4. 55S-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.552[13]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.555[21]; 6. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.563[12]; 7. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 00:12.630[7]; 8. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.634[4]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.640[26]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.664[16]; 11. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.685[22]; 12. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.709[25]; 13. 10W-Mike Reinke, 00:12.767[6]; 14. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:12.788[15]; 15. 47-Todd King, 00:12.795[10]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.896[2]; 17. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.911[1]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.911[14]; 19. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.020[9]; 20. 0-John Fahl, 00:13.093[19]; 21. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.133[8]; 22. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 00:13.475[24]; 23. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.542[23]; 24. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.691[17]; 25. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.942[5]; 26. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:13.951[28]; 27. 88-Christopher Flick, 00:14.338[18]; 28. 51-Chris Larson, 00:14.357[11]; 29. (DNS) 14-Jack Routson, 00:14.357

Dash 1 4 Laps | 00:03:57.386
1. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[1]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[5]; 5. 73AF-Joey Moughan[3]

Dash 2 4 Laps | 00:02:48.870
1. 25-Danny Schlafer[2]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 3. 55S-Hunter Schuerenberg[3]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[4]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]

Hot Laps 1 | 00:29:04.000
1. 17B-Bill Balog[27]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[12]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[26]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[25]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[16]; 6. 55S-Hunter Schuerenberg[13]; 7. 20R-Rob Pribnow[28]; 8. 0-John Fahl[19]; 9. 4K-Kris Spitz[14]; 10. 73-Jake Blackhurst[9]; 11. 43-Jereme Schroeder[23]; 12. 10W-Mike Reinke[6]; 13. 73AF-Joey Moughan[20]; 14. 25-Danny Schlafer[21]; 15. 47-Todd King[10]; 16. 18S-Bryce Schmitt[24]; 17. 23-Russel Borland[4]; 18. 14R-Sean Rayhall[8]; 19. 77-Wayne Modjeski[17]; 20. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 21. 9K-Kyle Schuett[15]; 22. 9X-Paul Nienhiser[7]; 23. 29-Hunter Custer[5]; 24. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 25. 4B-Scott Biertzer[1]; 26. 88-Christopher Flick[18]; 27. 51-Chris Larson[11]

 7/11/2020 at Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI
Wisconsin WingLESS Sprints Presented by the IRA 24 Entries

A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:12:18.241
1. 9-Greg Olsen[2]; 2. 40-Tim Cox[4]; 3. 01-Chris Dodd[10]; 4. 1HD-Zach Hansen[5]; 5. 6B-Vince Bartolotta[7]; 6. 91-Jimmy Sivia[3]; 7. 19K-Derek Crane[16]; 8. 50-Rusty Egan[9]; 9. 7X-Ryan Marshall[8]; 10. 38-Allen Hafford[6]; 11. 20-Natalie Klemko[12]; 12. 54-Scott Grissom[11]; 13. 23Z-Zach Raidart[24]; 14. 22S-Brian Strane[14]; 15. 70-Chris Klemko[19]; 16.
29OG-Tom Eller[13]; 17. 99-Tommy Colburn[18]; 18. 69-TJ Smith[23]; 19. 94-Jim Wehrman[20]; 20. 22-Greg Alt[21]; 21.
41-Dennis Spitz[17]; 22. 39-William Huck[22]; 23. 4-Jordan Paulsen[1]; 24. 1N8-Nathan Crane[15]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:03:55.055
1. 6B-Vince Bartolotta[1]; 2. 4-Jordan Paulsen[3]; 3. 54-Scott Grissom[6]; 4. 40-Tim Cox[4]; 5. 1HD-Zach Hansen[5]; 6. 99- Tommy Colburn[7]; 7. 70-Chris Klemko[2]; 8. 69-TJ Smith[8]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:05:06.690
1. 01-Chris Dodd[3]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia[4]; 3. 7X-Ryan Marshall[2]; 4. 29OG-Tom Eller[7]; 5. 22S-Brian Strane[5]; 6. 41- Dennis Spitz[1]; 7. 94-Jim Wehrman[6]; 8. 23Z-Zach Raidart[8]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:05:15.890
1. 38-Allen Hafford[1]; 2. 9-Greg Olsen[4]; 3. 50-Rusty Egan[3]; 4. 20-Natalie Klemko[5]; 5. 1N8-Nathan Crane[6]; 6. 19K- Derek Crane[2]; 7. 22-Greg Alt[8]; 8. 39-William Huck[7]

Qualifying 1 | 00:04:24.994
1. 40-Tim Cox, 00:15.528[22]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:15.552[7]; 3. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:15.574[3]; 4. 4-Jordan Paulsen,
00:15.591[14]; 5. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:15.658[21]; 6. 50-Rusty Egan, 00:15.705[20]; 7. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:15.707[19]; 8.
7X-Ryan Marshall, 00:15.757[5]; 9. 19K-Derek Crane, 00:15.924[10]; 10. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 00:15.987[17]; 11. 41-Dennis
Spitz, 00:16.003[8]; 12. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:16.008[15]; 13. 1HD-Zach Hansen, 00:16.013[4]; 14. 22S-Brian Strane,
00:16.102[16]; 15. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:16.113[12]; 16. 54-Scott Grissom, 00:16.114[24]; 17. 94-Jim Wehrman,
00:16.207[9]; 18. 1N8-Nathan Crane, 00:16.229[2]; 19. 99-Tommy Colburn, 00:16.407[11]; 20. 29OG-Tom Eller,
00:16.414[1]; 21. 39-William Huck, 00:16.524[18]; 22. 69-TJ Smith, 00:18.167[13]; 23. 22-Greg Alt, 00:18.167[6]; 24. 23Z- Zach Raidart, 00:18.167[23]

Balog Wins Sunday Funday at 141 Speedway

The Interstate Racing Association celebrated July 4th the best way they know how, on Sunday July 5th the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association was joined by the other two IRA sanctioned divisions, the IRA Lightning Sprints and the Wisconsin wingLESS Series, for Sunday Funday at the 141 Speedway.

Scotty Thiel set Osborn and Son Trucking fast time wile Jimmy Sivia was fastest in wingLESS qualifying and Lightning Sprint points leader Ion Stear was fast time with the Lighting Sprints.

Lightning Sprints would be up first with a pair of heat races won by series veterans Mark Heinert and Nick Petska. The wingLESS sprints would take to the track next for a trio of heats. Jimmy Sivia was victorious in heat 1, Tim Cox dominated heat 2 picking up the win and Davey Ray used a last lap pass to win the 3rd heat. Scotty Thiel picked up the win in heat 1 for the winged 410s. Bill Balog snatched the win on the last lap of heat race 2 and Paul Nienhiser won the final heat race of the night.

Ryan Marshall won the wingLESS series B main.

The Oz Motorsports cars won the 2 dashes, Jake Blackhurst winning dash 1 and Paul Nienhiser winning dash 2.

With preliminary action complete, the Lightning Sprints took the track for their feature event. CJ Malueg passed Mark Heinert at the half way point and did not look back claiming the win over Mike Neau and Ion Stear. Heinert settled for 4th and John Kirk rounded out the top 5.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint A main was up next and Jake Blackhurst took the early lead over his team car piloted by Paul Nienhiser. As the field sliced thorough lapped traffic Bill Balog would split the pair of Oz Motorsports cars and took the lead. Balog would lead the remainder of the event to pick up the win over Scotty Thiel and Scotty Neitzel.

The final event of the night would be for the wingLESS sprints. Chris Dodd led early but Saturday nights feature winner Davey Ray quickly took over the top spot. Ray never looked back, claiming they victory over Tim Cox and and Zach Raidart.

410 Sprints 26 Entries
A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:32:41.179 | Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts
1. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[7]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[5]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[11]; 6. 73AF-Paul Nienhiser[2]; 7. 19-Todd Daun[15]; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall[22]; 9. 23-Russel Borland[6]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech[17]; 11. 47-Todd King[16]; 12. 24M-Adam Miller[21]; 13. 77-Wayne Modjeski[20]; 14. 0-John Fahl[25]; 15. 12W-Josh Walter[8]; 16. 14-Jack Routson[19]; 17. 20R-Rob Pribnow[9]; 18. 43-Jereme Schroeder[10]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz[14]; 20. 88-Christopher Flick[23]; 21. 29-Hunter Custer[24]; 22. 73-Jake Blackhurst[1]; 23. 55-Austin Deblauw[18]; 24. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[12]; 25. 25-Danny Schlafer[13]; 26. 4B-Scott Biertzer[26]

Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:07:28.000 | Weld Wheels / R&H Enterprises
1. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder[1]; 5. 19-Todd Daun[7]; 6. 55-Austin Deblauw[8]; 7. 77-Wayne Modjeski[6]; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall[3]; 9. 4B-Scott Biertzer[9]

Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:04:26.000 | All Star Performance
1. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 4. 20R-Rob Pribnow[2]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer[5]; 6. 47-Todd King[6]; 7. 24M-Adam Miller[7]; 8. 88-Christopher Flick[9]; 9. 0-John Fahl[8]

Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:05:35.000 | Behling Racing
1. 73AF-Paul Nienhiser[3]; 2. 12W-Josh Walter[1]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 4. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[5]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 7. 14-Jack Routson[2]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer[8]

Qualifying 1 | 00:00:25.000 | Osborn and Son Trucking
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.032[10]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.073[13]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.344[8]; 4. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:12.509[7]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.519[14]; 6. 73AF-Paul Nienhiser, 00:12.532[22]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.565[24]; 8. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:12.611[5]; 9. 14-Jack Routson, 00:12.612[3]; 10. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.643[1]; 11. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.687[11]; 12. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:12.695[16]; 13. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.788[23]; 14. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.888[6]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.907[12]; 16. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.978[4]; 17. 47-Todd King, 00:12.985[2]; 18. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.040[20]; 19. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.072[19]; 20. 24M-Adam Miller, 00:13.079[25]; 21. 88-Christopher Flick, 00:13.151[9]; 22. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.172[26]; 23. 55-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.462[15]; 24. 0-John Fahl, 00:13.576[21]; 25. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.058[17]; 26. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:40.480[18]

MyRacePassPowered by MyRacePass7/06/2020 2:06PM CST
Media Results for 7/5/2020 at 141 Speedway - Maribel, WI
IRA Lightning Sprints 14 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:06:27.552
1. 13-CJ Malueg[4]; 2. 16-Mike Neau[5]; 3. 19-Ion Stear[6]; 4. 55H-Mark Heinert[1]; 5. 9-John Kirk[2]; 6. 01-Ron Brannan[14]; 7. 6-Jeff Schmidt[3]; 8. 18-Nick Petska[10]; 9. 74-Tim Brannam[9]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Douglas[13]; 11. 51-Shawn McGill[7]; 12. 5K-Kevin Douglas[11]; 13. 74M-Max Brannam[12]; 14. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[8]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:23.559
1. 55H-Mark Heinert[1]; 2. 13-CJ Malueg[3]; 3. 19-Ion Stear[4]; 4. 74-Tim Brannam[5]; 5. 51-Shawn McGill[7]; 6. 5K-Kevin Douglas[6]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Douglas[2]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:02:13.611
1. 18-Nick Petska[1]; 2. 9-John Kirk[2]; 3. 6-Jeff Schmidt[3]; 4. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski[5]; 5. 16-Mike Neau[4]; 6. 74M-Max Brannam[7]; 7. 01-Ron Brannan[6]

Qualifying 1 | 00:01:32.000
1. 19-Ion Stear, 00:13.157[4]; 2. 16-Mike Neau, 00:13.418[1]; 3. 13-CJ Malueg, 00:13.453[3]; 4. 6-Jeff Schmidt, 00:13.490[7]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Douglas, 00:13.549[2]; 6. 9-John Kirk, 00:13.726[13]; 7. 55H-Mark Heinert, 00:13.736[14]; 8. 18-Nick Petska, 00:13.765[12]; 9. 74-Tim Brannam, 00:13.883[6]; 10. K9-Andrew Kiedrowski, 00:14.038[5]; 11. 5K-Kevin Douglas, 00:14.100[8]; 12. 01-Ron Brannan, 00:14.400[11]; 13. 51-Shawn McGill, 00:14.469[10]; 14. 74M-Max Brannam, 00:14.831[9]

MyRacePassPowered by MyRacePass7/06/2020 2:06PM CST
Media Results for 7/5/2020 at 141 Speedway - Maribel, WI
WingLESS Sprints 30 Entries
A Feature 1 20 Laps | 00:14:13.624
1. 14AJ-Davey Ray[3]; 2. 40-Tim Cox[4]; 3. 23Z-Zach Raidart[5]; 4. 6-Jake Kouba[9]; 5. 69-TJ Smith[12]; 6. 70-Chris Klemko[11]; 7. 9-Greg Olsen[7]; 8. 4-Jordan Paulsen[13]; 9. 19-Derek Crane[6]; 10. 1N8-Nathan Crane[14]; 11. 6B-Vince Bartolotta[2]; 12. 7X-Ryan Marshall[19]; 13. 38-Allen Hafford[17]; 14. 91-Jimmy Sivia[8]; 15. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[15]; 16. 99-Tommy Colburn[18]; 17. 2K-Jimmy Kouba[10]; 18. 41-Dennis Spitz[24]; 19. 20-Natalie Klemko[22]; 20. 01-Chris Dodd[1]; 21. 50-Rusty Egan[21]; 22. 22-Greg Alt[16]; 23. 29OG-Tom Eller[23]; 24. 22S-Brian Strane[20]

B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:07:36.593
1. 7X-Ryan Marshall[3]; 2. 22S-Brian Strane[1]; 3. 50-Rusty Egan[4]; 4. 20-Natalie Klemko[5]; 5. 29OG-Tom Eller[2]; 6. 41-Dennis Spitz[7]; 7. 1HD-Zach Hansen[6]; 8. 00-Paul Shaffer[9]; 9. 94-Jim Wehrman[8]; 10. 39-William Huck[10]; 11. 66-Denny Smith[12]; 12. 64-Daniel Walldan[11]

Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:03:45.747
1. 23Z-Zach Raidart[3]; 2. 2K-Jimmy Kouba[1]; 3. 69-TJ Smith[5]; 4. 91-Jimmy Sivia[4]; 5. 6B-Vince Bartolotta[2]; 6. 99-Tommy Colburn[9]; 7. 7X-Ryan Marshall[6]; 8. 1HD-Zach Hansen[10]; 9. 41-Dennis Spitz[7]; 10. 39-William Huck[8]

Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:04:58.180
1. 40-Tim Cox[3]; 2. 70-Chris Klemko[5]; 3. 6-Jake Kouba[1]; 4. 9-Greg Olsen[4]; 5. 1N8-Nathan Crane[6]; 6. 22-Greg Alt[7]; 7. 20-Natalie Klemko[9]; 8. 22S-Brian Strane[2]; 9. 94-Jim Wehrman[8]; 10. 64-Daniel Walldan[10]

Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:06:30.357
1. 14AJ-Davey Ray[3]; 2. 01-Chris Dodd[2]; 3. 19-Derek Crane[4]; 4. 4-Jordan Paulsen[1]; 5. 4TJ-Brian Kristan[6]; 6. 38-Allen Hafford[7]; 7. 50-Rusty Egan[8]; 8. 29OG-Tom Eller[5]; 9. 00-Paul Shaffer[9]; 10. 66-Denny Smith[10]

Qualifying 1 | 00:13:11.000
1. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:13.942[8]; 2. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:14.029[10]; 3. 19-Derek Crane, 00:14.076[17]; 4. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 00:14.099[1]; 5. 40-Tim Cox, 00:14.190[29]; 6. 14AJ-Davey Ray, 00:14.194[27]; 7. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 00:14.196[4]; 8. 22S-Brian Strane, 00:14.238[2]; 9. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:14.252[18]; 10. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 00:14.301[19]; 11. 6-Jake Kouba, 00:14.306[20]; 12. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:14.344[16]; 13. 69-TJ Smith, 00:14.353[7]; 14. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:14.371[15]; 15. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:14.498[14]; 16. 7X-Ryan Marshall, 00:14.500[22]; 17. 1N8-Nathan Crane, 00:14.511[28]; 18. 4TJ-Brian Kristan, 00:14.525[12]; 19. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:14.534[3]; 20. 22-Greg Alt, 00:14.556[9]; 21. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:14.577[21]; 22. 39-William Huck, 00:14.628[6]; 23. 94-Jim Wehrman, 00:14.665[5]; 24. 50-Rusty Egan, 00:14.682[26]; 25. 99-Tommy Colburn, 00:14.764[11]; 26. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:14.826[13]; 27. 00-Paul Shaffer, 00:15.020[23]; 28. 1HD-Zach Hansen, 00:15.155[24]; 29. 64-Daniel Walldan, 00:15.565[25]; 30. 66-Denny Smith, 00:15.879[30]

GET TICKETS NOW | Rayce Rudeen Foundation Race July 30th (Plymouth Dirt Track) with All Star Sprints & Tony Stewart!

Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series (07-02-2020) | Tickets are now available and ON SALE NOW for Wisconsin’s richest ever sprint car race, The Rayce Rudeen Foundation Race. Scheduled for Thursday night, July 30th at the Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wisconsin, featuring a $26,000 TO WIN, co-sanctioned show with the Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions and the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series.

Tickets will be General Admission and with a capacity limit, it is strongly encouraged to purchase in advance. Tickets are available on the schedule page of the IRA website at http://www.irasprints.com or a direct link to the MyRacePass Tickets Marketplace:
https://market.myracepass.com/store/tickets/?i=1212876&store=10337

See Tony Stewart and Bill Balog as they add to their Plymouth rivalry, plus Aaron Reutzel, Cory Eliason, Jeremy Schultz, Scotty Neitzel, Zeb Wise, Paul McMahan, Scotty Thiel, Jake Blackhurst, Greg Wilson, Skylar Gee, Russ Borland, Terry McCarl, Austin McCarl and more, and you'll never know who might just show up, it’s $26,000 TO WIN!

The 2nd annual Rayce Rudeen Foundation Race and first time for this event in the Badger state, the richest race in Wisconsin sprint car history, Thursday night, July 30th at the Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wisconsin.

Come Feel The Thunder!

Balog Wins Wisconsin IRA Opener

June 13 saw the Interstate Racing Association return home to Wisconsin for the first time in 2020. 33 winged 410 teams signed in to compete at the Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot,Wisconsin.
In Osborn and Son Trucking qualifying 9 time IRA champion Bill Balog set quick time over 2018 champion Jake Blackhurst. Russel Borland would time in third quick followed by Michigan native Chad Blonde and former Wilmot and IRA champion Jeremy Schultz.
Heat race one saw Dover, Ohio driver RJ Jacobs take the early lead and never looked back. Jeremy Schultz would finish in second followed by Bill Balog and Todd Daun.
The second heat race was won by Jordan Goldesberry who led from the drop of the green flag. Behind Goldesberry, Jake Blackhurst and Robby Pribnow battled for second but Blackhurst would take control. In the closing laps Pribnow would suffer an issue under the hood and fall to the back giving third place to Scotty Thiel followed by Brayton Lynch and Danny Schlafer.
Heat race three was exciting early as Johnny Fahl got turned around entering turn 3 and at the same time Patrick Haynes jumped the cushion and ended up outside or turns 3 and 4. Scott Biertzer would lead from the restart and take the checkard flag. Behind him Russel Borland would run second ahead of hard charging “Matty V” Matt Vandervere. Kyle Schuett finished in fourth and Johnny Fahl would rebound to finish in fifth.
The final heat race saw a returning Black Nimee pick up the win after an extended absence from the drivers seat over Illinois Joey Moughan and Chad Blonde. Dave Uttech would finish in fourth and Scotty Neitzel rounded out the top 5
In 2020 instead of the traditional redraw to line up the first five rows of the A main it now sets the field for a pair of 4 lap dashes. Dash one sets the inside first five rows while dash two sets the outside of the A main.
In dash one Scott Biertzer once again checked out from the field and led every lap. Behind him Blake Nimee charged from fourth to second place ahead of Brayton Lynch, Jordan Goldesberry, and Chad Blonde.
Dash two saw Bill Balog set the pace, but as the field rolled into turn 1 Russel Borland put his 23 machine on the cushion and threaded the needle between Balog and the wall to take the lead. Borland never looked back and led all 4 laps in route to a front row A main starting position. Balog would settle for second over Jake Blackhurst, Jeremy Schultz and RJ Jacobs.
The B main would set the final 4 spots in the 30 lap A main. Robbie Pribnow would take the early lead, behind him Austin Deblauw who was on the transfer bubble when he lost the handle on his 55 and as he began to spin was hit by rookie contender Jack Routson. Both would continue without the caution flying but just a handful of laps later Routson would spin his 14 car out and bring out the yellow flag. Pribnow would once again take the lead but now Georgia native Sean Rayhall worked his way into second over Jereme Schroeder. With two laps remaining the caution would once again fly when Austin Deblauw spun in turn 4. The caution would not hinder Pribnow and Rayhall as they would finish first and second but behind them Jereme Schroeder would struggle and fall back behind Billy Hafemann and Alan Gilbertson. Jack Routson would finish in fifth making him the alternate starter for the A main.
Russel Borland jumped out to lead the A main, as Bill Balog had a bad start and fell to seventh. Blake Nimee moved past Scott Biertzer and into second just three laps in and set his sights on the blue 23 piloted by Borland. Borland would enter lapped traffic on lap nine and would need to be perfect with Blake Nimee and Bill Balog stalking the Wiese trucking car. At the half way point Balog would be able to utilize lapped traffic to take the lead as Nimee and Borland traded second place. With eleven laps to go the red flag would fly for the 73 of Jake Blackhurst who spun and tipped his car over in turn one. Blackhurst would return to finish the feature.. The restart would see Bill Balog lead Blake Nimee, Russel Borland and Scott Biertzer to the green flag. Would the clear track give Balog the advantage or would the others have a shot to take the win? With five to go the red flag would once again fly setting up a five lap dash to the finish with Bill Balog leading Blake Nimee and Jeremy Schultz. Balog would lead the final five laps uncontested to pick up the win. Jeremy Schultz moved into second by the checkered flag followed by Blake Nimee, Russel Borland and Jordan Goldesberry.

Results

A Feature -Presented by Bumper to Bumper: A Feature 30 Laps
1. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[8]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[7]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[17]; 7. 5B-Chad Blonde[9]; 8. 73AF-Joey Moughan[11]; 9. 10W-Scotty Thiel[12]; 10. 9K-Kyle Schuett[14]; 11. 19-Todd Daun[16]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz[18]; 13. 20R-Robbie Pribnow[21]; 14. 25-Danny Schlafer[19]; 15. 1B-Billy Hafemann[23]; 16. 29L-Brayton Lynch[5]; 17. 14R-Sean Rayhall[22]; 18. 97-Alan Gilbertson[24]; 19. (DNF) 4B-Scott Biertzer[1]; 20. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech[15]; 21. (DNF) 18J-RJ Jacobs[10]; 22. (DNF) 73-Jake Blackhurst[6]; 23. (DNF) 10V-Matt VandeVere[13]; 24. (DNF) 0-John Fahl[20]
B Feature: 12 laps 1. 20R-Robbie Pribnow[1]; 2. 14R-Sean Rayhall[5]; 3. 1B-Billy Hafemann[7]; 4. 97-Alan Gilbertson[9]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder[2]; 6. 70-Chris Klemko[6]; 7. 77-Wayne Modjeski[10]; 8. 88-Chris Flick[12]; 9. 55-Austin Deblauw[4]; 10. 14-Jack Routson[3]; 11. (DNS) 29-Hunter Custer; 12. (DNS) 12-Corbin Gurley; 13. (DNS) 5H-Patrick Haynes

Heat Races:
Heat 1 Presented by Weld Wheels: 10 Laps 1. 18J-RJ Jacobs[1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 4. 19-Todd Daun[2]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 6. 55-Austin Deblauw[7]; 7. (DNF) 29-Hunter Custer[8]; 8. (DNF) 97-Alan Gilbertson[5]; 9. (DNF) 12-Corbin Gurley[9]
Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance: 10 Laps 1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst[4]; 3. 10W-Scotty Thiel[5]; 4. 29L-Brayton Lynch[3]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer[6]; 6. 14R-Sean Rayhall[8]; 7. 77-Wayne Modjeski[7]; 8. (DNF) 20R-Robbie Pribnow[1]
Heat 3 Presented by Behling Racing Products: 10 Laps 1. 4B-Scott Biertzer[2]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[4]; 3. 10V-Matt VandeVere[5]; 4. 9K-Kyle Schuett[3]; 5. 0-John Fahl[6]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder[1]; 7. 70-Chris Klemko[7]; 8. (DNF) 5H-Patrick Haynes[8]
Heat 4 Presented by Hepfner Racing Products: 10 Laps 1. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan[1]; 3. 5B-Chad Blonde[4]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech[3]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 6. 14-Jack Routson[6]; 7. 1B-Billy Hafemann[7]; 8. 88-Chris Flick[8]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.241[15]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.291[5]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.311[13]; 4. 5B-Chad Blonde, 00:13.359[12]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.374[28]; 6. 29L-Brayton Lynch, 00:13.386[2]; 7. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:13.459[18]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.552[8]; 9. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.584[26]; 10. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.601[10]; 11. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.632[20]; 12. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.641[27]; 13. 18J-RJ Jacobs, 00:13.658[1]; 14. 20R-Robbie Pribnow, 00:13.704[4]; 15. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.715[14]; 16. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:13.731[29]; 17. 97-Alan Gilbertson, 00:13.743[9]; 18. 10W-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.768[7]; 19. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:13.824[19]; 20. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.831[25]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.855[6]; 22. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.986[31]; 23. 0-John Fahl, 00:14.165[21]; 24. 14-Jack Routson, 00:14.167[16]; 25. 55-Austin Deblauw, 00:14.183[17]; 26. 77-Wayne Modjeski, 00:14.186[24]; 27. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:14.258[11]; 28. 1B-Billy Hafemann, 00:14.355[33]; 29. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.358[32]; 30. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:14.472[22]; 31. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:14.545[30]; 32. 88-Chris Flick, 00:14.614[3]; 33. (DNS) 12-Corbin Gurley, 00:14.614

5/2320

We thought we'd try and update everyone again as to where we are regarding the start of our 2020 race season. Our Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series would have completed 5 events so far, and will lose another May 9 due to Wisconsin's most recent government order.

We are however, holding out hope for our May 15th race at the Jackson Motorplex. Despite the MN Governor recently extending the current order til May 18th, Jackson track owner Tod Quiring and GM Doug Johnson have been hard at work preparing a plan that has been submitted to the Governor's office. It's a good plan that would provide a safe environment for those attending. IRA appreciates their effort, and Jackson officials sent us a positive email last night, so we all will remain hopeful that we will be racing that weekend, and we should receive an answer sometime this week. We certainly hope so....

While racing in WI with crowds our track partners need to succeed, not to mention the current government order which takes us to May 26th, May racing in Wisconsin, for now, is unlikely. We don't want to prematurely cancel anything, but we, like every dirt racing sanction are searching for alternative locations, and we have sent proposals to a few tracks in other states. As for our schedule moving forward, while it may just begin as is, we believe that there will be changes due to permitted crowd sizes in various states that will certainly cause other series and tracks to reevaluate their originally released schedules too. So we just want our teams to know that we are paying attention and will make adjustments as needed to our schedule. We'll be ready to go whenever we get the green light in WI, worse case, even if pushed back to July on our home turf, we'll still have atleast a 20 race schedule which doesn't even include pushing anything into October, which is certainly an option too. With the uncertainty of late May, we already have make-up dates in place (need be) for our co-sanctions with the All Stars including the Rayce Rudeen Foundation $26k to win event.

Non-spectator events are going on in some states for now, but that business plan in our world is short term. And while the recent South Dakota race was a success as some others have and will be, not all upcoming PPV events are what meets the eye, as sponsor commitments are driving some, over-riding event profitability.

I welcome any calls with questions regarding 2020, and will update and explain what the current lay of the land is. Also, we have tires in stock, and several cases of what we hope aren't 2020 "collectors edition" apparel. Feel free to call, text, or email (815-260-2558, siraprez@sbcglobal.net) with any questions or tire needs. Also, our 2020 rulebook has been posted for awhile now, and was written before knowing the unexpected duration of the Covid-19 crisis, and after our annual preseason meeting was forced to cancel, so we went forward with our rulebook which includes a format change (dashes) and some other language changes, though no changes with car construction. With trying to simply put a schedule together now, teams need to know we may have to do a few non-typical things just to get our season underway as we're all gonna be forced to figure things out on the run and be flexible initially. Everyday is different right now, definitely a changing landscape, so feel free to call and we'll try and explain where we are, as 2020 is going to be different. We had alot of great things in place, and still do!

As for our AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints, and IRA Lightning Sprints.... based on the states we compete in, we're at the mercy of our governors. Our home track at Wilmot will be ready to go as soon as we get the green light, and we're "hoping" we'll be allowed to have full practice(s) towards the end of the month. I also would expect some schedule changes in both divisions, and Lightning teams we'll be working with Mike Neau once we know our options. WingLESS teams, because of your strength in numbers, we are looking for something out of state for you too, just to find you a race, knowing enough of you would probably go just because you want to race. Not sure if that will happen, but have feelers out there. We'll look at pulling a meeting together at Wilmot, and spread you out in the bleachers later this month when we're allowed a small gathering to share some cool ideas we believe will be popular with the group, that we're definitely "gonna" try at Wilmot this year.
We're all in this together, and teams need to know there will be some things that are going to be different initially. It's the world we're forced to live in now. We can't wait to see everyone at the track. Hope you and your loved ones are healthy, and that you are working and financially well. Thank You

IRA and FloRacing Team Up

Photo By: Dave Olson

Daytona Beach, FL (Feb 4, 2020) - The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series is entering the world of online streaming and digital exposure in a big way. FloSports, an innovator in live sports streaming and original content, will be on hand to broadcast the live action from each and every point event on the 2020 IRA Outlaw Sprints schedule exclusively at www.floracing.com. The live coverage begins in early April as IRA begins its 53rd season.
"The IRA produces some of the best racing in the country, and while fans in the upper Midwest already know that, thanks to FloRacing, the rest of the country will discover what we've known for a long time," said longtime IRA President Steve Sinclair. "We're really excited to show off what we've built here in Wisconsin, and now everyone can see firsthand the great racing that IRA produces on their TV, tablet, and phone. If you can't get to one of our many outstanding venues to see IRA do their thing live, FloRacing has you covered. I'm extremely excited about this partnership and appreciate the commitment FloRacing is making to motorsports."
To access live and on-demand racing action from the IRA Outlaw Sprints, visit FloRacing.com and become an annual PRO subscriber. Sprint car fans can see all the All Star Circuit of Champions, and USAC action too. Plus a bunch of late-model racing, and exciting specials from Eldora Speedway and East Bay Raceway too. And remember sprint car action kicks off in Florida this week with the All Stars, while late-models go trackside at East Bay. And the following week USAC kicks off their 2020 season in the Sunshine State too. The subscription unlocks access to premium content across the entire FloSports network. Watch the events across all screens by downloading the FloSports app on IOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire and Chromecast.
Streaming more than 10,000 live competitions per year, FloSports continues to emerge as the global leader in live, in-depth, and on demand digital coverage for passionate sports fans.

The Sage Fruit Top Apple Rookie of the Year


The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series is extremely proud to announce their enhanced 2020 Rookie of the Year program. W ashington State based Sage Fruit which provides "An Exceptional Eating Experience" is also providing new IRA 410 racers, an exceptional rookie experience.
IRA has been hungering to grow its rookie crop, and thanks to Sage Fruit, IRA can produce this tasty treat, The Sage Fruit Top Apple Rookie of the Year Award. IRA's 2020 Sage Fruit Top Apple Rookie of the Year will receive a $2500 check, in addition to all other point fund and
contingency earnings.
Also, with thanks to Hepfner Race Products (HRP), the Sage Fruit Top Apple Rookie of the
Year Award just got sweeter, as The Sage Fruit Top Apple Rookie of the Year will also win a new Top and nose wing courtesy of HRP.
Wow, what a Pear of prizes! How can we Top that? W ell, Sage Fruit and HRP don't want to leave our 2nd place rookie unsatisfied, so the Sage Fruit Top Apple Rookie of the Year program will also provide an Apple Cup to our 2nd place rookie to satisfy that appetite. The Apple Cup
provides a $1250 check, plus HRP is placing a nose wing into our Apple Cup basket too. To be
eligible, rookie teams must compete in at least 80% of scheduled IRA point shows, with the awards going to the top 2 in Sage Fruit Top Apple Rookie of the Year points.
Special thanks to Sage Fruit, and to our long time IRA series supporters over at Hepfner Race
Products, for their generous support of open wheel racing across this great country.

Sage Fruit grows and ships a variety of Apples, Pears and Cherries from the great Northwest. Associated W holesale Grocers of Kenosha supplies Sage Fruit Products to their independent retailers in our region. Please ask your local grocer for Sage Fruit Products.

The IRA's AutoMeter Wisconsoin wingLESS Sprints Series is proud to release their TENTATIVE 2020 schedule. While there may be a few add-ons we thought we'd give everyone something to look forward to as we close out what was a great 2019, and look forward to an even bigger 2020 for has been the countries fastest growing sprint car series over the past few years. Averaging 35 cars per night in 2019, and with Wilmot Raceway as the anchor, and AutoMeter on board as the title sponsor for the 3rd consecutive year.... all combine to provide great optimism for the upcoming AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series campaign. The series is very proud to have been selected as the support class for the June 26-27 $100,000 to win World of Outlaw sanctioned AGCO Jackson Nationals. The group will also appear with their big IRA brother, the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, on ten occasions. The Gandrud Chevrolet backed series kicks off April 18th at the Beaver Dam Raceway.

Apr 18 Beaver Dam Raceway w/IRA
Apr 25 Wilmot Raceway
May 2 Wilmot Raceway
May 9 Wilmot Raceway w/IRA
May 16 Wilmot Raceway
May 17 Angell Park Speedway w/Badger
May 23 Wilmot Raceway
May 24 141 Speedway w/IRA
May 29 Wilmot Raceway w/IRA-Allstars
June 6 Wilmot Raceway
June 13 Wilmot Raceway w/IRA
June 21 Angell Park Speedway w/Badger
June 26 Jackson Speedway (MN) w/WoO
June 27 Jackson Speedway (MN) w/WoO
July 5 141 Speedway w/IRA
July 11 Wilmot Raceway w/WoO
July 18 Wilmot Raceway
July 19 Angell Park Speedway w/Badger
July 25 Wilmot Raceway
Aug 1 Wilmot Raceway
Aug 8 Wilmot Raceway w/IRA
Aug 22 Wilmot Raceway
Aug 29 Wilmot Raceway
Sept 5 Wilmot Raceway
Sept 6 Angell Park Speedway
Sept 12 Wilmot Raceway
Sept 19 Beaver Dam Raceway w/IRA
Sept 26 Plymouth Dirt Track w/IRA

We thought we'd give everyone a glimpse of our
plans for 2020. Lots of things brewing with more
releases and news to come. Tried our best to work
around other schedules, but not easy, especially when
so many are consecutive weeks mid-season that surround us. Still working on
a few dates yet, just wanted to
get something out now so everyone could
plan accordingly so far, formal release yet to come.
On Demand and subscription TV coming too.

TENTATIVE 2020 Schedule
Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series
4/10 ??
4/11 34 Raceway (IA) w/MOWA
4/18 Beaver Dam Raceway (WI) Wipperfurth
4/25 ??
5/1 Outagamie Speedway (WI)
5/2 Cedar Lake Speedway (WI)
5/9 Wilmot Raceway (WI)
5/15 Jackson Speedway (MN)
5/23 Beaver Dam Raceway (WI)
5/24 141 Speedway (WI)
5/29 Wilmot Raceway (WI) w/Allstars
5/30 Plymouth Dirt Track (WI) w/Allstars
5/31 Angell Park Speedway (WI) w/Allstars
6/6 Fairbury Am Legion Speedway (IL) w/MOWA
6/13 Wilmot Raceway (WI)
6/28 Angell Park Speedway (WI)
7/3 Dodge Co Fairgrounds (WI) Neitzel
7/5 141 Speedway (WI)
7/25 Beaver Dam Raceway (WI)
7/31 Langlade Co Speedway (WI) Fair
8/1 Plymouth Dirt Track (WI)
8/8 Wilmot Raceway (WI) Founders
8/22 Wilmot Raceway (WI) Fair
8/23 Angell Park Speedway (WI) Corn Fest
8/29 ??
8/30 Dirt Oval @ Route 66 (IL) w/MOWA Waite
9/4 ?? (holding for rain date as needed)
9/5 Plymouth Dirt Track (WI) Fair
9/6 141 Speedway (WI)
9/12 Cedar Lake Speedway (WI) Richert
9/19 Beaver Dam Wisconsin (WI) Semmelmann
9/25 Dodge Co Fairgrounds Fassbender/Schmidt
9/26 Plymouth Dirt Track (WI) WI Championships
Also incentives for...
(5/16 Knoxvlle Raceway **)
(8/10 Southern IA Speedway** FRC)

** (TENTATIVE) **

BALOG & DODD TOP IRA HONOREES

Milwaukee 11/23 The 52 nd annual Interstate Racing Association Awards Banquet
was held Saturday in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Garden Inn honoring the
accomplishments of teams of the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series,
and IRA’s AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series. A full house of
enthusiastic attendees filled the large room with forty-one teams reaping cash
and contingency benefits for being an 80% participation driver, (and 80%
participation owner too in 410 class). Bill Balog and Chris Dodd were honored as
IRA’s respective champions.
IRA’s comedic and edgy Ray Underwood emceed the event, which IRA proudly
boasts as a party. Photographer extraordinaire Dave Olson, of Studio 360 Photo,
opened the awards portion with a highlight video of the 2019 IRA season.
Bill Balog was honored for winning his 9 th Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw
Sprints championship, tied now with Joe Roe for the most in IRA’s long history.
Led by 9 feature wins, Balog and car owner Mike Urner split the $10,000
championship check. Balog received a spectacular metal print from Studio 360, a
lasered medallion from HRP, and “another” championship jacket from Hoosier.
Urner picked up the owner’s Championship Cup, and his Rhine Auto #17b team
the Crew of the Year Award. The Balog/Urner team’s night got even better later
as they won a Maxim chassis, and other contingencies including a Weld Wheels
package.
Chris Dodd picked up his first IRA championship, by being the 5 th different driver
in the series first five years, to earn the AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint
Series championship. Dodd combined consistency with 3 A-main wins to claim his
popular first championship. Dodd also claimed a gorgeous metal print, and
championship jacket to go with his first place check and contingencies. Dodd’s
father, Roy Dodd, was honored as well being named series Mechanic of the Year
Award.
IRA President Steve Sinclair, who was putting on his 26 th IRA Banquet, spoke of
his pride of the two series and admiration for all those who support them. He also
presented several special awards.
Oz Motorsports (Ozzie & Fran) who are the 410 car owners of the #73 driven by
Ben Schmidt and Jake Blackhurst, and #73AF of Joey Moughan captured IRA’s
version of Outstanding Contribution To The Sport Award by being the named the
honorees for this years Rick Schmidt Memorial / IRA Member of the Year Award.
Both cars always came ready, looking good, and competed for wins on a nightly
basis earning the respect of all those within the IRA.
Joey Moughan (410), and Charlie Spoonmore (wL) were the respective Rookie of
the Year winners. In addition to his RoY check, Moughan also won a HRP wing
combo for his owners (Oz Motorsports #73).
Jeremy Schultz (410) who moved back to the comforts of his own team in late
June and roared back to claim 4 overall A-main wins highlighted by a 16 th to 1 st run
in the season finale, which was good enough to tie him with Scotty Thiel for
second place in 410 points, was honored as the Perseverance Award Winner. And
2018 wingLESS champion Tim Cox fought off the health issues of his beloved
father, plus a few uncharacteristic DNF’s, to storm back to 4 th in series points to
claim the wingLESS Perseverance honor.
Most Improved Driver Awards went to Russel Borland who elevated himself
from a top five competitor to that of a winning threat, and 2 nd year driver Hunter
Custer who picked up his first IRA checkered flags with a couple of B-main wins
were honored as 410 recipients. Most Improved in the wingLESS category went to
Zach Raidart who picked up his first A-main win which led to his series leading 5,
Greg Olsen who scored his first A-main win, and Jordan Paulsen who led many A-
main laps in just his second year in a sprint car.
The Wiese Trucking #23 & #45 of drivers Russel Borland and Matt Wiese won
the Studio 360 Photo Best Appearing 410 Car Award, while the #91 of Jimmy Sivia
was awarded the Jeff Burba Photography Best Appearing Car Award in the
wingLESS class.

Schultz Wins 410 Feature on Wisconsin Sprint Car Championship Night

Jeremy Schults Races Around The Plymouth Dirt Track

With Dodge County raining out on Friday night, championship weekend was cut to one night, for the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships. The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints were joined by the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints, IRA Lightning Sprints and the MSA in crowning a champion on Saturday night at the Plymouth Dirt Track. 31 winged sprint cars were joined by 30 wingLESS cars. The wingLESS cars would run an abbreviated program, locking the top ten in points into the feature, and running two qualifiers and a B main to set the final fourteen cars. Tony Stewart set fast time in qualifying, showing the prowess of the new Ford 410 motor. wingLESS qualifiers were lined up by points, qualifier one was claimed by Jordan Paulsen, the second qualifier was won by Vince Bartolotta. Winged heat race winners included Steve Meyer, Terry McCarl, Austin McCarl and Scotty Neitzel. The wingLESS B main was won by George Gaertner Jr while Bill Balog after heat race troubles won the 410 B main. The wingLESS feature had troubles early and multiple cars tangled in the first few laps exiting turn two. Once the race finally got going, “DC” Derek Crane jumped out front and rolled the bottom perfectly. Another mishap near the front of the field would bring out another red flag. With the race back to green Crane once again took command of the race around the inside of the track. While the majority of the field kept close to the infield tires, Zack Raidart had his 23Z machine blasting around the high side of the raceway. Raidart was making up ground and as the field entered turn four Raidart looked to be gaining momentum through three, building a run through four, it looked like the 23z might make a charge and steal a win, but as he exited turn four he lost the handle on the car and flipped into the fence. Derek Crane would be declared the winner over Allen Hafford and Tim Cox. Chris Klemko finished in fourth and Ryan Zielski was fifth. It was now time for the winged outlaw sprints to take the track. Prairie City, Iowa resident Lynton Jeffery took the early lead over Joey Moughan and Tony Stewart. Stewart would work around Moughan on lap 9, looking to repeat his performance from earlier in the year and claim his 3rd career win at the Plymouth dirt track, but his night quickly turned when fighting throttle issues, Stewart lost the handle on his Rush Truck Centers 14 and sat backwards in turn four. Moughan was all over Lynton Jeffry after the restart, but could not find a way past Jeffery’s white and orange 83. Jeffery was running smooth laps around the bottom of the track while Moughan was on the ragged edge around the top of the speedway. The cushion would bite “The Show Stoppa” when with just eight laps to go he would turn the Oz Motorsports 73AF over in turns three and four. The restart would put Austin McCarl looking to go back to back in feature competition on Jeffrey's rear bumper. McCarl appeared to have the speed, but could not find a way around the 83. With two laps remaining while working through lapped traffic Jeffery would bobble, and Austin McCarl with a run clipped the front end of the 83 sending Lynton flipping wildly down the backstretch. The contact would also end McCarl's night. The restart saw Jeremy Schultz out front, chased by his mentor Scotty Neitzel. Neitzel was able to keep pace with Schultz but could not pass him, a red flag would once again fly, this time for Josh Walters upside down in turn four. On the final restart Neitzel lost power taking the green and pulled into the infield. Jeremy Schultz would take the win over Jake Blackhurst. Bill Balog who would claim his record tying ninth championship finished third from twenty first followed by Russel Borland and Steve Meyer.

Results

A Feature Presented by Bumper to Bumper: 30 laps 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 38:52.287[16]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 38:53.631[9]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 38:54.012[21]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 38:54.472[6]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, 38:55.669[10]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke, 38:55.732[5]; 7. 4-Terry McCarl, 38:56.541[8]; 8. 11-Danny Schlafer, 38:56.835[18]; 9. 4K-Kris Spitz, 38:56.884[15]; 10. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 38:57.758[13]; 11. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 38:58.200[14]; 12. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 38:58.651[23]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 38:59.545[22]; 14. 0-John Fahl, 38:59.761[19]; 15. 25-Al Schlafer, 39:00.557[24]; 16. 29-Hunter Custer, 39:00.985[20]; 17. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 39:01.787[4]; 18. (DNF) 2W-Scott Neitzel, 32:44.039[1]; 19. (DNF) 12W-Josh Walter, 25:36.143[17]; 20. (DNF) 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 25:23.147[2]; 21. (DNF) 17A-Austin McCarl, 25:23.330[7]; 22. (DNF) 14-Tony Stewart, 17:06.263[3]; 23. (DNF) 64-Scotty Thiel, 07:07.032[12]; 24. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech, [11]

B Feature: 12 laps 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 10:47.176[1]; 2. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 10:48.598[2]; 3. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 10:48.667[8]; 4. 25-Al Schlafer, 10:50.798[10]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko, 10:50.808[7]; 6. 45-Matt Wiese, 10:51.996[11]; 7. 22S-Brian Strane, 10:52.271[9]; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 10:52.741[4]; 9. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 09:43.709[3]; 10. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 03:52.535[6]; 11. (DNF) 65D-Austin Deblauw, 03:52.535[5]

Heat Races: Heat 1 Presented by Weld Wheels: 10 Laps 1. 85M-Steve Meyer, 05:04.045[1]; 2. 23-Russel Borland, 05:07.337[3]; 3. 14-Tony Stewart, 05:07.860[4]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, 05:09.364[2]; 5. 11-Danny Schlafer, 05:09.869[5]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 05:12.197[6]; 7. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 05:15.454[8]; 8. 25-Al Schlafer, 05:15.915[7] Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance: 10 Laps 1. 4-Terry McCarl, 04:50.998[3]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:52.144[1]; 3. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 04:54.183[4]; 4. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 04:56.509[2]; 5. 0-John Fahl, 05:00.735[5]; 6. 65D-Austin Deblauw, 05:01.357[8]; 7. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 05:04.251[7]; 8. 22S-Brian Strane, 04:51.304[6] Heat 3 Presented by EMI: 10 Laps 1. 17A-Austin McCarl, 06:13.509[3]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 06:13.747[4]; 3. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 06:14.806[1]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz, 06:17.758[5]; 5. 12W-Josh Walter, 06:20.865[2]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 06:22.834[6]; 7. 70-Chris Klemko, 06:24.705[7]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese, 06:26.785[8] Heat 4 Presented by DMI: 10 Laps 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:36.353[1]; 2. 68-Dave Uttech, 04:37.672[2]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 04:38.331[3]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 04:39.643[5]; 5. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:32.248[6]; 6. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 04:33.876[7]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 04:26.728[4]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:11.905[18]; 2. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:11.909[9]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.942[8]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.971[15]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.002[4]; 6. 4-Terry McCarl, 00:12.022[14]; 7. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:12.028[30]; 8. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:12.030[20]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.141[28]; 10. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.167[24]; 11. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:12.209[13]; 12. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.219[29]; 13. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.251[10]; 14. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.298[25]; 15. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.314[27]; 16. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.319[3]; 17. 11-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.360[16]; 18. 0-John Fahl, 00:12.413[12]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.435[23]; 20. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.442[7]; 21. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.563[5]; 22. 22S-Brian Strane, 00:12.654[1]; 23. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:12.699[11]; 24. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.702[31]; 25. 25-Al Schlafer, 00:12.807[22]; 26. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 00:12.877[2]; 27. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:12.953[6]; 28. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:12.960[17]; 29. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:12.986[26]; 30. 65D-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.023[21]; 31. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:13.568[19]

Interstate Racing Association

Thrilling Nights at Jackson Motorplex Produce Multiple Different Winners

Bill Balog in Victory Lane Friday Night

Photo By: Jeff Burba

With the Interstate Racing Association Bumper to Bumper Outlaw Sprint Series season rapidly approaching its end, teams traveled north to the land of 10,000 lakes and the Jackson Motorplex for the Casey’s General Store Open Wheel Nationals. The Winged 410 teams were joined by the Wisconsin wingLESS teams for the huge two day show. Night one saw 30 winged cars and 30 wingLESS cars take to the 2/5ths mile track. Bill Balog set fast time in the winged car while Greg Olson was fastest in the wingLESS division. Heat race action saw Tasker Phillips, Mark Dobmeier and Scotty Neitzel all pick up wins in the 410s while Tim Cox, Ryan Zielski and Jake Kouba won the crate motored wingLESS heats. Jody Rosenboom and Natalie Klemko picked up the 2B main victories and with that it was time for feature events on night 1. The winged 410 A main saw Jake Blackhurst continue to impress behind the wheel of the Oz Motorsports 73, taking the initial lead. Travis Whitney and Skyler Prohaska would challenge Blackhurst, and lap two saw them both pass the 73, but Blackhurst quickly moved back around them and into the lead once again. Blackhurst would lead until lap 11 when 4th starting Bill Balog would muscle past him and take the lead. Balog would settle into the lead, but with a handful of laps remaining, one of the longest standing rivalries in the Midwest would be reignited, as Terry McCarl worked his way into second position and had his sights set on Balog’s lead. A yellow flag would set up a green white checkered battle between the duo. The pair would trade slide jobs and the lead for the entirety of the green white checkered. As the flags waved, it was the north pole nightmare Bill Balog victorious over McCarl. Mark Dobmeier and Austin McCarl finished third and fourth respectively while Jake Blackhurst finished in fifth. For the wingLESS drivers, Derek Crane took the initial lead, but after just one lap in front of the field, Zack Raidart would move past Crane's 19k and into the lead. Raidart never looked back, picking up the victory, his fifth of the season, in his first visit to the Jackson Motorplex over fourth starting Tim Cox and Derek Crane. Jimmy Kouba finished in the fourth spot, and the top five was rounded out by Johnny Parsons III. On Saturday the teams in both divisions once again took the the beautiful Jackson Motorplex for a great night of racing. Lynton Jeffry set quick time in the winged 410s while Ryan Zielski topped the board in the wingLESS class. Heat races were won by Austin McCarl, Travis Whitney and Mark Dobmeier with wings on and Ryan Zielski, Jake Kouba and Bryan Roach without the wings. With a couple of cars dropping out, the 410s forgone the B main, and Shawn Swim won the wingLESS B setting the stage for two high octane feature events Austin McCarl piloting his 17A took the early lead over Chris Martin and took control of the field. Behind Austin, Terry McCarl quickly worked into second with the intent of grabbing a win away from his son, but his work would not be made easy as Justin Henderson had worked from as far back as eigth early in the race into third and began challenging McCarl. Henderson would take second from Terry McCarl for a brief period, but was unable to keep it, as the Destiny Motorsports 4 worked back into second. Father Terry had nothing for his son Austin as the checker flag flew though, giving the McCarl family a one two finish. Mark Dobmeier brought home a third place finish over Friday night’s winner Bill Balog, and Justin Henderson was regulated to a fifth place finish. Allen Hafford in the Hopf Farms 38 took the lead early in the wingLESS feature, but faced challenges from the Bumper to Bumper backed 01 of Chris Dodd. Dodd worked past the white and blue 38 and into the lead. Behind the leaders, sixth starting Zach Raidart, looming to defend his win from one night prior and worked his way into third, and then second chasing down Chris Dodd. Dodd proved to strong around the bottom of the track though, as Raidart ripped the cushion. With a late race caution, it was going to be a battle for first between Raidart and Dodd. As the Checkered flag fell, Dodd was able to hold off Raidart to claim victory. Raidart finished in second followed by seventh starting Jake Kouba and Allen Hafford. Bryan Roach rounded out the top five.

Friday Results

A Feature -Presented by Bumper to Bumper: 25 laps 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 27:42.307[6]; 2. 4-Terry McCarl, 27:42.572[7]; 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 27:43.671[8]; 4. 17A-Austin McCarl, 27:44.063[9]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 27:44.275[2]; 6. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 27:44.767[3]; 7. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 27:45.152[13]; 8. 7T-Tasker Phillips, 27:45.885[4]; 9. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 27:46.595[11]; 10. 64-Scotty Thiel, 27:46.703[15]; 11. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 27:47.559[20]; 12. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 27:47.572[10]; 13. 35L-Cody Ledger, 27:48.035[21]; 14. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 27:48.250[5]; 15. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 27:48.898[22]; 16. 44-Chris Martin, 27:49.490[14]; 17. 23W-Scott Winters, 27:49.785[23]; 18. 23-Russel Borland, 27:50.224[18]; 19. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 27:50.873[24]; 20. (DNF) 16-Travis Whitney, 26:18.793[1]; 21. (DNF) 7H-Justin Henderson, 22:31.567[12]; 22. (DNF) 14-Jody Rosenboom, 16:25.828[19]; 23. (DNF) 33-James Broty, 08:31.203[17]; 24. (DNF) 7-Eric Lutz, 08:32.599[16]

B Feature -Presented by Behling Racing Products: 1. 14-Jody Rosenboom, [3]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [2]; 3. 35L-Cody Ledger, [5]; 4. 2K-Kevin Ingle, [4]; 5. 23W-Scott Winters, [8]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [9]; 7. 05-Colin Smith, [7]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, [6]; 9. 70-Chris Klemko, [11]; 10. 3-Tony Kaus, [10]; 11. 18-Ryan Roberts, [1]; (DNS) 2KS-Matt Juhl,

Heat Races: Heat 1 Presented by Weld Wheels: 10 Laps 1. 7T-Tasker Phillips, 10:11.988[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 10:13.903[4]; 3. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 10:15.784[6]; 4. 4-Terry McCarl, 10:16.946[3]; 5. 44-Chris Martin, 10:18.112[5]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 10:18.493[7]; 7. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 10:19.906[9]; 8. 05-Colin Smith, 10:20.571[10]; 9. (DNF) 23W-Scott Winters, 07:41.765[8]; 10. (DNF) 2KS-Matt Juhl, 00:37.828[2] Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance: 10 Laps 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:11.893[1]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 04:13.272[4]; 3. 16-Travis Whitney, 04:13.297[2]; 4. 7H-Justin Henderson, 04:13.656[7]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:14.838[5]; 6. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 04:15.790[3]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 04:17.450[6]; 8. 35L-Cody Ledger, 04:17.617[8]; 9. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 04:25.291[9]; 10. 70-Chris Klemko, 04:12.113[10] Heat 3 Presented by EMI / Behling Racing Products: 10 Laps 1. 13-Mark Dobmeier, [2]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst, [1]; 3. 17A-Austin McCarl, [4]; 4. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, [7]; 5. 7-Eric Lutz, [5]; 6. 33-James Broty, [6]; 7. 14-Jody Rosenboom, [8]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, [9]; 9. 3-Tony Kaus, [10]; 10. 18-Ryan Roberts, [3]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.616[5]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:13.650[1]; 3. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:13.672[13]; 4. 4-Terry McCarl, 00:13.677[2]; 5. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 00:13.701[21]; 6. 18-Ryan Roberts, 00:13.719[9]; 7. 2KS-Matt Juhl, 00:13.740[18]; 8. 16-Travis Whitney, 00:13.751[12]; 9. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:13.752[8]; 10. 7T-Tasker Phillips, 00:13.756[10]; 11. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.757[4]; 12. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.795[28]; 13. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.799[11]; 14. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.811[20]; 15. 7-Eric Lutz, 00:13.841[3]; 16. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 00:13.873[14]; 17. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.940[24]; 18. 33-James Broty, 00:13.965[19]; 19. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.966[29]; 20. 7H-Justin Henderson, 00:13.999[27]; 21. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:14.083[26]; 22. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:14.091[30]; 23. 35L-Cody Ledger, 00:14.100[23]; 24. 14-Jody Rosenboom, 00:14.101[16]; 25. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 00:14.364[7]; 26. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:14.482[22]; 27. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.515[17]; 28. 05-Colin Smith, 00:14.516[15]; 29. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:15.324[6]; (DNS) 3-Tony Kaus, 00:15.324

Saturday Results

A Feature -Presented by Bumper to Bumper: 25 laps 1. 17A-Austin McCarl, [2]; 2. 4-Terry McCarl, [4]; 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier, [7]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, [5]; 5. 7H-Justin Henderson, [8]; 6. 55-Brooke Tatnell, [11]; 7. 23W-Scott Winters, [10]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [15]; 9. 73AF-Joey Moughan, [3]; 10. 23-Russel Borland, [12]; 11. 44-Chris Martin, [1]; 12. 35L-Cody Ledger, [16]; 13. 16-Travis Whitney, [6]; 14. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [17]; 15. 35-Skylar Prochaska, [19]; 16. 73-Jake Blackhurst, [22]; 17. 64-Scotty Thiel, [13]; 18. 2K-Kevin Ingle, [21]; 19. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [25]; 20. 7-Eric Lutz, [14]; 21. 14-Jody Rosenboom, [20]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, [23]; 23. 05-Colin Smith, [18]; 24. 70-Chris Klemko, [24]; 25. 3-Tony Kaus, [26]; 26. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, [9]

Heat Races: Heat 1 Presented by Weld Wheels: 10 Laps 1. 17A-Austin McCarl, 03:05.965[2]; 2. 44-Chris Martin, 03:09.378[1]; 3. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 03:11.399[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 03:12.684[5]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 03:13.942[6]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 03:14.615[7]; 7. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 03:16.040[8]; 8. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 03:16.715[3]; 9. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 03:19.076[9] Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance: 10 Laps 1. 16-Travis Whitney, [1]; 2. 4-Terry McCarl, [4]; 3. 55-Brooke Tatnell, [6]; 4. 73AF-Joey Moughan, [3]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog, [2]; 6. 05-Colin Smith, [8]; 7. 35-Skylar Prochaska, [5]; 8. 70-Chris Klemko, [9]; 9. 33-James Broty, [7] Heat 3 Presented by EMI / Behling Racing Products: 10 Laps 1. 13-Mark Dobmeier, [2]; 2. 7H-Justin Henderson, [4]; 3. 23W-Scott Winters, [3]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, [6]; 5. 7-Eric Lutz, [1]; 6. 35L-Cody Ledger, [5]; 7. 14-Jody Rosenboom, [7]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, [8]; 9. 3-Tony Kaus, [9]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:12.813[1]; 2. 4-Terry McCarl, 00:12.833[20]; 3. 7H-Justin Henderson, 00:12.901[23]; 4. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.995[2]; 5. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:13.044[19]; 6. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:13.045[27]; 7. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:13.077[24]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.098[11]; 9. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:13.148[12]; 10. 44-Chris Martin, 00:13.153[7]; 11. 16-Travis Whitney, 00:13.171[21]; 12. 7-Eric Lutz, 00:13.186[15]; 13. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.194[8]; 14. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 00:13.197[16]; 15. 35L-Cody Ledger, 00:13.215[5]; 16. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.225[18]; 17. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 00:13.242[25]; 18. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.247[10]; 19. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.277[26]; 20. 33-James Broty, 00:13.316[14]; 21. 14-Jody Rosenboom, 00:13.434[22]; 22. 2K-Kevin Ingle, 00:13.590[17]; 23. 05-Colin Smith, 00:13.666[13]; 24. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.703[3]; 25. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.731[4]; 26. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:14.606[6]; 27. 3-Tony Kaus, 00:15.214[9]

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Balog and Dodd Victorious at Semmelmann Memorial

On a beautiful September night in Wisconsin, 25 Bumper to Bumper winged outlaw sprints and 37 Wisconsin wingLESS teams entered the Beaver Dam Raceway for the Scott Semmelmann Memorial.

Scotty Neitzel set quick time in front of his hometown crowd in the 410s while Tim Cox was fastest in the wingLESS. Winged heat races were won by Jake Blackhurst, Scotty Thiel and Paul Nienhiser. Wisconsin wingLESS heat race winners were Derek Crane, Jimmy Sivia, Brian Kristan and Mitchell Davis. Hunter Custer won the B main for the 410s while Shawn Swim, and Zach Raidart took the wingLESS B's.

The wingLESS A main saw Chris Dodd take the lead early, but a yellow would negate that and set up a complete restart. Dodd again jumped out in front of the pack, but another caution in the early laps once again caused a restart. Jake Kouba was able to use the restart to propel past Dodd’s 01 and into the lead. Dodd stalked Kouba through lapped traffic looking for a way past. Dodd would find an opening and power around the yellow 6 to take the lead back. Dodd never looked back, picking up the win in dominant fashion. Jake Kouba finished second from the 12th starting position. Tim Cox was third followed by Greg Olsen. Zack Raidart rounded out the top five after starting 18th.

The winged 410 A main saw Scotty Thiel take the lead early in the Scott Thiel Builders 64. Thiel set a blistering pace out front running right against the wall. Thiel established a large gap over Russel Borland in second and Joey Moughan in third. Moughan would go to the bottom of the race track in turns three and four and move past Borland, but could not gain much ground on Thiel. In the closing laps, sixth starting Bill Balog worked into third and began working around Moughan. At the same time Thiel had gotten caught in lapped traffic and could not find the fast way around the surface. With one lap to go, Balog had moved into second and caught Thiel. Scotty Thiel decided to try and run through the middle of turns three and four looking for grip, but Bill Balog was able to get a better run off of turn four and by .055 seconds, the Rhine Auto 17B won. Thiel was second followed by Joey Moughan. Russel Borland was fourth and Jordan Goldesberry was fifth.

Results

A Feature -Presented by Bumper to Bumper: 30 laps 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 26:36.328[9]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 26:36.383[2]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 26:38.674[3]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 26:42.344[6]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 26:42.675[8]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke, 26:43.383[11]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 26:44.115[7]; 8. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 26:46.464[4]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer, 26:47.544[10]; 10. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 26:51.239[16]; 11. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 27:14.219[24]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 26:36.719[1]; 13. 12W-Josh Walter, 26:38.285[12]; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 26:38.329[15]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech, 26:41.878[5]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, 26:43.588[13]; 17. 11-Danny Schlafer, 26:47.261[18]; 18. 0-John Fahl, 26:50.447[21]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer, 26:51.857[19]; 20. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 26:37.646[14]; 21. 22S-Brian Strane, 26:42.795[23]; 22. 45-Matt Wiese, 26:52.877[22]; 23. (DNF) 19-Todd Daun, 11:17.515[17]; 24. (DNF) 63-Nick Matuszewski, 11:01.558[20]; (DNS) 18-Keith Fellner, 11:01.558

B Feature: 10 laps 1. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:37.153[1]; 2. 11-Danny Schlafer, 04:39.250[2]; 3. 0-John Fahl, 04:39.955[3]; 4. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 04:41.675[5]; 5. 22S-Brian Strane, 04:43.240[7]; 6. 45-Matt Wiese, 04:45.287[6]; 7. 18-Keith Fellner, 04:46.394[8]; 8. (DNF) 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 04:23.713[4]

Heat Races:
Heat 1 Presented by Weld Wheels: 10 Laps 1. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 05:23.710[1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 05:26.098[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 05:26.870[4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 05:28.503[3]; 5. 12W-Josh Walter, 05:33.305[6]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 05:36.823[5]; 7. 11-Danny Schlafer, 04:43.447[7]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese, 05:28.997[9]; 9. 22S-Brian Strane, 04:43.447[8]
Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance: 10 Laps 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 05:09.312[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 05:10.576[4]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, 05:17.049[2]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, 05:18.988[3]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 05:19.504[6]; 6. 19-Todd Daun, 05:20.238[5]; 7. 0-John Fahl, 05:09.910[7]; 8. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 05:13.117[8]
Heat 3 Presented by EMI / Behling Racing Products: 10 Laps 1. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 04:52.707[1]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 04:53.880[2]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 04:55.495[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 04:57.165[3]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, 05:00.902[5]; 6. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 05:07.032[9]; 7. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 04:54.715[7]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:55.855[6]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, 04:58.463[8]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.660[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.665[9]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:11.718[21]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:11.787[11]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:11.793[24]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 00:11.830[3]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:11.871[7]; 8. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:11.893[22]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:11.914[23]; 10. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.966[14]; 11. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.006[19]; 12. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 00:12.091[12]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.140[25]; 14. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.184[16]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.202[5]; 16. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:12.242[6]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.314[18]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.343[17]; 19. 11-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.427[1]; 20. 0-John Fahl, 00:12.435[4]; 21. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 00:12.487[15]; 22. 22S-Brian Strane, 00:12.662[13]; 23. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:12.788[10]; 24. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:12.821[20]; 25. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:12.977[8]; (DNS) 20R-Rob Pribnow,

Blackhurst/Balog Victorious on Northern Swing

 

As the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association season nears its conclusion, the series headed north for a pair of races. On Friday night 20 teams entered the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin for the Northern Nationals.
Preliminary action saw former Knoxville Raceway track champion Austin McCarl set quick time. Heat races were won by Brooke Tatnell, Jake Blackhurst and Scotty Neitzel.
As the A main went green, the Australian, Brooke Tatnell jumped out front. Tatnell wouldn’t hold the lead long though as Scotty Thiel was quickly all over the Vermeer 55 for the lead. Thiel would work past Tatnell and take over the point just a few laps in. Thiel established himself as the car to beat, as he controlled the race around the fast oval in northern Wisconsin.
With just 5 laps to go though, Thiel would lose that lead. Jake Blackhurst, once again behind the wheel of the Oz Motorsports 73 had finally muscled around Tatnell and was on Thiel's back door. Blackhurst would work past Thiel and lead the remaining 5 laps in route to his first victory behind the wheel of the 73, and Oz Motorsports second victory of the year. Scotty Thiel brought his Professional Plating 64 home in second followed by multi-time World Series Sprintcar Champion Brooke Tatnell. Bill Balog aboard the Rhine Auto
17b crossed the line in fourth followed by Steve Meyer.
After a long night in Superior, teams traveled to New Richmond, Wisconsin for the Jerry Richert Memorial at the Cedar Lake Speedway. With 24 teams signed in, one of the most prestigious races on the IRA calendar was set to thrill fans once again. In preliminary action Scotty Thiel set quick time while Bill Balog, Chad Boespflug, and Jeremy Schultz all picked up heat race wins.
Justin Henderson took the early lead in the feature event, but Jake Blackhurst would not let the former World of Outlaws regular get away. Blackhurst stalked the 7 of Henderson through lapped traffic looking for an opportunity to pounce. Blackhurst also faced a challenge of his own, longtime friend and IRA series rival Scotty Thiel was in third and challenging the 2018 series champion. On lap 13 however Thiel would throw his car under the Oz Motorsports 73 of Blackhurst, but spin out in his attempt to pass. On the restart Bill Balog and Austin McCarl were now also in the hunt for the win.
The top four battled, none seeming to have a distinct advantage and therefore not being able to emerge on top. With just a handful of laps remaining, Blackhurst and McCarl would see an opportunity to pass Henderson, Blackhurst went high while McCarl went low, both men looked to get around the white 7, but contact would send Henderson around and leave McCarl with a flat tire. Now with just three laps remaining, Jake Blackhurst had inherited the lead. On the restart Balog was able to sneak past Blackhurst and control the race. Bill Balog led the final three laps to claim victory in the Jerry Richert Memorial. Jake Blackhurst finished in second and Jeremy Schultz Rounded out the top three. In 18 runnings of the Jerry Richert Memorial, this was the first ever podium comprised of all IRA series regulars. Mark Dobmeier and Terry McCarl finished fourth and fifth respectively.

Gondik Law Speedway Results

A Feature -Presented by Bumper to Bumper: 20 laps 1. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 06:33.899[3]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 06:34.667[4]; 3. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 06:36.333[2]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 06:36.517[8]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, 06:40.755[1]; 6. 17A-Austin McCarl, 06:40.933[9]; 7. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 06:41.451[7]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 06:42.853[5]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 06:44.869[11]; 10. 44-Chris Martin, 06:46.705[14]; 11. 7S-R.J. Johnson, 06:34.247[19]; 12. 29-Hunter Custer, 06:38.980[6]; 13. 23-Russel Borland, 06:40.381[12]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz, 06:40.762[10]; 15. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 06:50.470[13]; 16. 14AJX-zzzHeikkinen zzzzPatrick, 06:48.903[15]; 17. (DNF) 3-Tony Kaus, 03:34.244[17]; 18. (DNF) 45-Matt Wiese, 02:54.611[16]; 19. (DNF) 4-Terry McCarl, 02:19.996[18]; 20. (DNF) 20-Ray Mandalay, 02:19.996[20]

Heat Races:
Heat 1 Presented by Weld Wheels: 8 Laps 1. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 05:08.120[2]; 2. 17A-Austin McCarl, 05:08.814[4]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, 05:13.877[3]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz, 05:18.272[1]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 05:26.558[5]; 6. 45-Matt Wiese, 05:12.200[6]; 7. 3-Tony Kaus, 05:19.534[7]
Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance: 8 Laps 1. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 04:35.722[2]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 04:37.559[4]; 3. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:43.913[1]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 04:48.020[3]; 5. 44-Chris Martin, 04:50.149[5]; (DNS) 4-Terry McCarl, 04:50.149; (DNS) 20-Ray Mandalay, 04:50.149
Heat 3 Presented by EMI / Behling Racing Products: 8 Laps 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 16:19.139[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 16:22.435[4]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 16:22.822[5]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 16:24.401[2]; 5. 14AJX-zzzHeikkinen zzzzPatrick, 16:29.701[6]; 6. (DNF) 7S-R.J. Johnson, 03:17.039[3]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:13.639[7]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:13.680[19]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.737[5]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.785[14]; 5. 4-Terry McCarl, 00:13.868[16]; 6. 7S-R.J. Johnson, 00:13.886[17]; 7. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 00:13.930[4]; 8. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:14.055[6]; 9. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:14.275[8]; 10. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:14.340[1]; 11. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.350[11]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:14.465[10]; 13. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:14.502[18]; 14. 23-Russel Borland, 00:14.614[15]; 15. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:14.763[13]; 16. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:14.767[3]; 17. 44-Chris Martin, 00:14.904[12]; 18. 14AJX-zzzHeikkinen zzzzPatrick, 00:15.505[2]; (DNS) 3-Tony Kaus, 00:15.505; (DNS) 20-Ray Mandalay, 00:15.505

Cedar Lake Speedway Results

A Feature -Presented by Bumper to Bumper: 30 laps 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 31:14.468[8]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 31:16.145[2]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 31:16.605[4]; 4. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 31:17.434[13]; 5. 4-Terry McCarl, 31:17.899[7]; 6. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 31:17.971[5]; 7. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 31:18.663[10]; 8. 7S-R.J. Johnson, 31:20.210[17]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 31:20.401[11]; 10. 64-Scotty Thiel, 31:21.333[3]; 11. 85M-Steve Meyer, 31:21.865[14]; 12. 2KS-Chad Boespflug, 31:22.710[9]; 13. 23-Russel Borland, 31:22.843[15]; 14. 7-Justin Henderson, 31:29.508[1]; 15. 17A-Austin McCarl, 31:23.313[6]; 16. 44-Chris Martin, 31:24.298[12]; 17. 4K-Kris Spitz, 31:24.417[20]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 31:24.994[21]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer, 31:25.787[16]; 20. 45-Matt Wiese, 31:28.763[18]; 21. 3-Tony Kaus, 24:49.880[23]; 22. (DNF) 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 15:33.278[22]; 23. (DNF) 05-Colin Smith, 08:06.613[19]; 24. (DNF) 14AJX-Harry Hanson, 06:16.057[24]

Heat Races:
Heat 1 Presented by Weld Wheels: 10 Laps 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 10:37.569[3]; 2. 4-Terry McCarl, 10:40.585[2]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, 10:42.392[4]; 4. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 10:43.470[5]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 10:45.001[1]; 6. 45-Matt Wiese, 10:45.570[8]; 7. (DNF) 18S-Bryce Schmitt, [7]; 8. (DNF) 05-Colin Smith, [6]
Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance: 10 Laps 1. 2KS-Chad Boespflug, 03:54.959[2]; 2. 17A-Austin McCarl, 03:55.587[3]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 03:56.079[4]; 4. 44-Chris Martin, 03:57.670[1]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, 03:59.369[5]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:03.185[6]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 03:59.765[7]; 8. 3-Tony Kaus, 04:08.156[8]
Heat 3 Presented by EMI / Behling Racing Products: 10 Laps 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 04:14.074[2]; 2. 7-Justin Henderson, 04:15.347[4]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:19.256[1]; 4. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 04:20.537[3]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 04:21.197[5]; 6. 7S-R.J. Johnson, 04:22.952[7]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, 04:14.506[6]; (DNS) 14AJX-Harry Hanson, 04:14.506

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:10.887[1]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:10.903[2]; 3. 7-Justin Henderson, 00:10.956[6]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.017[10]; 5. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:11.023[19]; 6. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.051[5]; 7. 4-Terry McCarl, 00:11.101[9]; 8. 2KS-Chad Boespflug, 00:11.113[14]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:11.137[22]; 10. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.182[12]; 11. 44-Chris Martin, 00:11.222[8]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.226[15]; 13. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:11.274[18]; 14. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:11.276[4]; 15. 23-Russel Borland, 00:11.396[11]; 16. 05-Colin Smith, 00:11.560[23]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:11.564[3]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:11.593[16]; 19. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 00:11.594[13]; 20. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:11.623[20]; 21. 7S-R.J. Johnson, 00:11.638[21]; 22. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:12.080[7]; (DNS) 14AJX-Harry Hanson, 00:12.080; (DNS) 3-Tony Kaus, 00:12.080

Balog Shines in Hopf Bullring Finale

Bill Balog with the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdon Trophy

To cap off a huge three day weekend, 24 of the Interstate Racing Association's best drivers entered 141 speedway to compete on the final night of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown.
Preliminary action saw Joey Moughan set fast time in the Oz Motorsports 73AF. Heat races were won by Ben Schmidt, Jake Blackhurst and Scotty Thiel.
At the onset of the A main Scotty Thiel took the lead in his Schartner Stone 64 car ahead of Jake Blackhurst and Russel Borland. Balog quickly got to the back door of Russel Borland for third. A caution flag flew for Ben Schmidt who spun his 14AJX car around. The field went green and got one more lap complete before Joey Moughan clipped the front stretch wall, causing a chain reaction ending up in Jordan Goldesberry getting upside down in turn one. After the red flag was lifted Scotty Thiel once again jumped out in front. Jake Blackhurst kept his Oz Motorsports 73 car right on Thiel as they entered lapped traffic. Blackhurst trailed Thiel as the duo worked their way around the back of the pack.
On lap 20 Blackhurst was able to work his way past the Scott Thiel Builders 64 and take the lead. Bill Balog also got to Thiel's tail tank, and on lap 22 worked around him and into second. Balog quickly caught the Black 73 piloted by Blackhurst and set his sights on the lead. With three laps remaining Balog was able to slide his Rhine Auto 17B in front of Blackhurst and took the lead. Blackhurst didn’t give up though, he worked back along side of Balog, taking the lead into turn three but Balog crossed back around him and maintained his lead at the flag stand. On the final lap, Blackhurst once again entered turn three with the lead, Blackhurst drove his car to the bottom of the speedway, while Bill Balog took one last shot around the top side. As the pair exited turn four it was Bill Balog who crossed the line first, claiming the win as well as the 2019 Hopf Farms Bullring Championship. Jake Blackhurst settles for second while Scotty Thiel was relegated to third. Joey Moughan brought his 73AF car home in 4th followed by Mike Reinke.
Bill Balog’s win secured him the Hopf Farms Bullring Championship, over Mike Reinke and Russel Borland. Hunter Custer and Scotty Neitzel also received extra money from Dean and Stacy Hopf for supporting all five races in the Showdown championship.
The IRA would like to thank Dean and Stacy Hopf for everything they do for the IRA and sprint car racing!!! We truly appreciate it all.

Results

A Feature -Presented by Bumper to Bumper: 30 laps 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 27:09.585[6]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 27:09.961[2]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, 27:13.308[1]; 4. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 27:13.618[7]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, 27:13.728[3]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 27:17.365[15]; 7. 23-Russel Borland, 27:17.382[5]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 27:18.106[9]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer, 27:18.579[12]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 27:19.785[11]; 11. 0-John Fahl, 27:23.422[19]; 12. 68-Dave Uttech, 27:11.172[4]; 13. 19-Todd Daun, 27:12.371[13]; 14. 11-Danny Schlafer, 27:12.570[16]; 15. 29-Hunter Custer, 27:14.055[20]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 27:14.516[14]; 17. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 27:15.434[23]; 18. 25-Al Schlafer, 27:17.344[18]; 19. 22S-Brian Strane, 27:22.520[22]; 20. 18-Keith Fellner, 27:13.169[21]; 21. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 25:47.434[8]; 22. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 25:11.510[17]; 23. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 10:07.428[10]; 24. 4K-Kris Spitz, [24]

Heat Races:
Heat 1 Presented by Weld Wheels: 10 Laps 1. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 01:58.792[1]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 01:59.245[2]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 01:59.522[4]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, 02:00.398[3]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 02:03.225[7]; 6. 11-Danny Schlafer, 02:03.699[6]; 7. 18-Keith Fellner, 02:11.294[8]; 8. 22S-Brian Strane, 02:13.823[5]
Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance: 10 Laps 1. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 03:43.882[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 03:45.661[4]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 03:50.370[3]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, 03:50.519[2]; 5. 19-Todd Daun, 03:50.718[5]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 03:55.615[6]; 7. 0-John Fahl, 03:57.167[7]; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 03:46.871[8]
Heat 3 Presented by EMI / Behling Racing Products: 10 Laps 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 03:54.719[2]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 03:55.747[3]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 03:56.952[1]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 04:00.288[4]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 04:02.111[6]; 6. 25-Al Schlafer, 04:07.859[8]; 7. 29-Hunter Custer, 03:56.090[7]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz, 03:12.288[5]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:11.098[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.192[17]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:11.260[12]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:11.311[13]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 00:11.384[15]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:11.453[14]; 7. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:11.498[16]; 8. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:11.537[19]; 9. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.555[22]; 10. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 00:11.601[8]; 11. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.629[18]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.661[21]; 13. 22S-Brian Strane, 00:11.673[5]; 14. 19-Todd Daun, 00:11.720[11]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:11.721[7]; 16. 11-Danny Schlafer, 00:11.721[10]; 17. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:11.917[23]; 18. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:11.932[3]; 19. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:11.955[4]; 20. 0-John Fahl, 00:11.978[1]; 21. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.028[24]; 22. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:12.198[6]; 23. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:12.381[20]; 24. 25-Al Schlafer, 00:12.415[9]

Tony Stewart celebrates in victory lane

With a sold out crowd and the sights and sounds of the Sheboygan County Fair in the background, 26 Bumper to Bumper IRA teams did battle at round 4 of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. Preliminary action saw Bill Balog set quick time in Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying. Heat races were won by Dave Uttech, Jeremy Schultz, and Scotty Neitzel. The B main was won by Danny Schlafer, piloting the Darrell Dodd owned 11. The feature invert draw put Dave Uttech and Tony Stewart on the front row. The initial A main start saw Scotty Thiel get upside down in turn 1 collecting Scotty Neitzel. A complete restart gave Dave Uttech another shot to get the jump on the 3 time NASCAR Champion, but the Ford powered 14 was just to strong, powering around the outside of turns 1 and 2 to take the lead. Stewart was able to pull away from the field as he approached the tail of the pack. Bill Balog quickly moved from his 7th starting spot into the second position. Balog set his sights on once again spoiling Tony Stewart’s hopes of winning at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds. Balog chased Stewart through lapped traffic, looking for any opportunity to work around the Rush Truck Centers 14. Balog tried to slide Stewart on a couple occasions, but got out of the gas because he would not clear Stewart. With just a couple of laps left on the scoreboard, the yellow flag waved for a spinning car, setting up a couple lap dash to the finish. On 3 previous occasions Tony Stewart and Bill Balog had run toe to toe at Plymouth for the win, with Tony winning the first battle and Balog winning the 2nd and 3rd. As the green flag flew, Balog followed Stewart into turns 1 and 2, looking to set up a move. Stewart ran the final laps perfect, holding off the Rhine Auto 17b. The last two times Stewart had ran at the Plymouth Dirt Track Balog took the lead on the final lap between turn 4 and the flagstand. Stewart running a perfect race, had to be concerned about losing the lead again on the final lap. This time however Stewart was unchallenged, putting the record between him and Balog at 2 and 2. Stewart’s win is the first win for a Ford powered 410 sprint car that we were able to find since 2013. Bill Balog settled for second followed by Jeremy Schultz and Dave Uttech. Mike Reinke brought the SCA 02 home in fifth.

Results

A Feature -Presented by Bumper to Bumper: 30 laps 1. 14-Tony Stewart, 27:20.174[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 27:21.495[7]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 27:23.224[3]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, 27:26.011[1]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, 27:26.794[11]; 6. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 27:27.093[10]; 7. 23-Russel Borland, 27:28.192[13]; 8. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 27:28.262[5]; 9. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 27:28.651[4]; 10. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 27:30.150[12]; 11. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 27:30.978[15]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, 27:31.422[18]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 27:31.925[8]; 14. 12W-Josh Walter, 27:33.134[16]; 15. 85M-Steve Meyer, 27:34.413[9]; 16. 11-Danny Schlafer, 27:35.664[19]; 17. 0-John Fahl, 27:20.437[21]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer, 27:22.175[17]; 19. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 27:22.275[20]; 20. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 27:23.659[23]; 21. 22S-Brian Strane, 27:26.435[22]; 22. 18-Keith Fellner, 15:37.924[24]; 23. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [14]; 24. 64-Scotty Thiel, [6]

B Feature: 10 laps 1. 11-Danny Schlafer, 09:51.846[1]; 2. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 09:56.837[2]; 3. 0-John Fahl, 10:00.144[3]; 4. 22S-Brian Strane, 10:03.972[5]; 5. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 10:04.717[7]; 6. 18-Keith Fellner, 09:52.103[8]; 7. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 03:30.010[4]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese, 03:30.722[6]

Heat Races: Heat 1 Presented by Weld Wheels: 10 Laps 1. 68-Dave Uttech, 02:02.295[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 02:03.369[4]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 02:05.203[2]; 4. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 02:07.464[3]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 02:09.035[5]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer, 02:09.733[6]; 7. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 02:10.278[8]; 8. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 02:13.260[7]; 9. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 02:01.404[9] Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance: 10 Laps 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 06:30.871[1]; 2. 14-Tony Stewart, 06:32.703[3]; 3. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 06:33.293[4]; 4. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 06:36.896[2]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 06:39.081[6]; 6. 12W-Josh Walter, 06:42.175[5]; 7. 0-John Fahl, 06:43.374[7]; 8. 22S-Brian Strane, 06:35.437[8]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, 06:36.907[9] Heat 3 Presented by EMI / Behling Racing Products: 10 Laps 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:49.538[1]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 04:51.823[2]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:52.575[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 04:54.918[7]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, 04:56.258[3]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz, 04:57.633[6]; 7. 11-Danny Schlafer, 04:57.967[5]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese, 05:02.345[8]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.601[26]; 2. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.658[6]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.723[8]; 4. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:11.765[3]; 5. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:11.769[21]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:11.775[12]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:11.802[17]; 8. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 00:11.859[9]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:11.892[23]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:11.896[4]; 11. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:11.915[24]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.962[7]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:11.975[15]; 14. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:12.041[10]; 15. 11-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.156[18]; 16. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.177[1]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.185[22]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.194[19]; 19. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:12.373[11]; 20. 0-John Fahl, 00:12.430[5]; 21. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.449[20]; 22. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:12.450[16]; 23. 22S-Brian Strane, 00:12.469[25]; 24. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:12.507[14]; 25. 18S-Bryce Schmitt, 00:12.736[13]; 26. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:12.838[2]

Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown Points: Place Team Car Number Total 1 Rhine Auto 17B 97 2 SCA 02 81 3 Wiese Motrsports 23 75 4 Oz Motorsports 73 69 5 Scott Thiel Motorsports 64 66 6 Oz Motorsports 73AF 61 7 Neitzel 2W 57 8 Meyer Electric 85M 56 9 Spitz 4K 50 11 MoJo Motorsports 14AJ 45 13 Schroeder 43 39 14 Custer 29 35 15 Fellner 18 27 17 1229 Motorsports 63 24 18 Wiese Motrsports 45 15

The King Reigns Supreme At Wilmot

25 Bumper to Bumper IRA sprint car teams entered the Wilmot Raceway on a chilly Friday night in August. The crowd was packed, many fans showed up just to watch 3 time NASCAR champion and NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Tony Stewart.
Preliminary action saw Bill Balog set quick time in Osborn and Son Trucking qualifications. Heat races were won by Scotty Neitzel, Dave Uttech, and Tony Stewart.
With the field set it was time for 30 laps around the 3/8ths mile Wilmot Raceway. Tony Stewart jumped out to the early lead. Stewart in the Rush Truck Centers 14 had a comfortable lead over Todd Daun as he neared lapped traffic. Just as Stewart reached the tail of the field, the yellow flag would fly for a spun out car. The same scenario would repeat itself 3 more times, just as Stewart reached the back of the pack, a caution would fly. These timely cautions would help Bill Balog who had driven from the 10th starting spot, but found himself in a podium position with more then half the race remaining. Scotty Thiel rebounding from motor issues early in the night had also driven from a 25th starting spot to just outside the top 10. A restart with 16 to go would set up a thrilling series of events. As the field clicked laps off, Balog worked past Jeremy Schultz - The King of the Sherm Nation and into second while Scotty Thiel had cracked the top 10. With just a handful of laps remaining Bill Balog had caught Tony Stewart, and the pair looked to add another chapter to their rivalry. The duo would make contact in turns 3 and 4, then Balog’s car appeared to break as he slowed and rolled over the berm in turn 1. While that was happening Scotty Thiel had a wheel break on his Professional Plating machine, both of there nights were over.
It seemed clear now, with 3 laps remaining Stewart looked destined to take the win, but Jeremy Schultz, a former Wilmot Raceway track champion and IRA series champion, would not go down without a fight. Schultz pulled even with Stewart down the backstretch, while Stewart maintained the lead, Schultz wouldn’t let him forget he was there, then as the white flag was about to wave, Stewart spun his car off of turn 4. As the 14 machine sat stopped at the bottom of turn 4, the crowd in disbelief, we were once again yellow. This time a 2 lap shootout would decide the winner. Schultz would set the pace, but Joey Moughan was starting in 2nd. Schultz was able to get a good restart and carried that to the feature win over Moughan and Scotty Neitzel. Ben Schmidt and Jordan Goldesberrry rounded out the top 5.

Results

A Feature -Presented by Bumper to Bumper: 30 laps 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 33:20.310[5]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 33:21.251[9]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 33:22.568[3]; 4. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 33:22.796[4]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 33:23.889[7]; 6. 11-Danny Schlafer, 33:24.873[18]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, 33:25.244[12]; 8. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 33:25.847[13]; 9. 68-Dave Uttech, 33:26.227[6]; 10. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 33:26.957[11]; 11. 14-Tony Stewart, 33:31.113[1]; 12. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 33:28.791[16]; 13. 29-Hunter Custer, 33:29.288[17]; 14. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 33:29.575[19]; 15. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 33:30.454[24]; 16. 0-John Fahl, 33:30.825[20]; 17. 22S-Brian Strane, 33:31.425[22]; 18. (DNF) 23-Russel Borland, 30:07.881[8]; 19. (DNF) 17B-Bill Balog, 25:48.882[10]; 20. (DNF) 64-Scotty Thiel, 25:55.259[25]; 21. (DNF) 70-Chris Klemko, 26:04.241[15]; 22. (DNF) 19-Todd Daun, 19:35.161[2]; 23. (DNF) 65D-Austin Deblauw, 17:14.059[14]; 24. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 14:35.176[23]; 25. (DNF) 45-Matt Wiese, 14:44.878[21]

Heat Races:
Heat 1 Presented by Weld Wheels: 10 Laps 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 07:13.556[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 07:14.164[4]; 3. 19-Todd Daun, 07:16.948[2]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz, 07:17.932[3]; 5. 65D-Austin Deblauw, 07:21.192[6]; 6. 11-Danny Schlafer, 07:21.854[5]; 7. 45-Matt Wiese, 07:24.049[8]; 8. (DNF) 5H-Patrick Haynes, 05:33.680[7]; (DNS) 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.783
Heat 2 Presented by All Star Performance: 10 Laps 1. 68-Dave Uttech, 06:17.489[2]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 06:18.652[4]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 06:20.474[3]; 4. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, [1]; 5. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 06:23.039[5]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer, 06:26.976[6]; 7. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 06:26.976[7]; 8. 22S-Brian Strane, 06:26.976[8]
Heat 3 Presented by EMI / Behling Racing Products: 10 Laps 1. 14-Tony Stewart, 03:58.495[3]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 03:58.735[2]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 04:01.009[4]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 04:04.770[1]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko, 04:08.511[6]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 04:09.498[5]; 7. 0-John Fahl, 04:10.163[7]

Qualifying Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking: 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.982[10]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:13.061[14]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.187[9]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.225[1]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.230[24]; 6. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:13.336[19]; 7. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.348[18]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.366[17]; 9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.417[20]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.438[16]; 11. 14AJX-Ben Schmidt, 00:13.490[13]; 12. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.506[22]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.542[12]; 14. 73-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.556[6]; 15. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.615[23]; 16. 65D-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.667[11]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.672[2]; 18. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:13.796[15]; 19. 11-Danny Schlafer, 00:13.832[3]; 20. 14R-Sean Rayhall, 00:13.905[25]; 21. 0-John Fahl, 00:13.930[5]; 22. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:14.088[21]; 23. 22S-Brian Strane, 00:14.486[8]; 24. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [4]; 25. 5H-Patrick Haynes, [7]

The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series has ten races remaining on the 2019 schedule. While most series in the midwest are winding down, September has traditionally been big for the winged/410 IRA contingent. Many of the dates are traditional, some have increased pay, some are in tribute to some local racing icons or past area racers, and some are both. Standard IRA purse pays $3k to win, $2k for 2nd, $1500 for 3rd, etc.... several Sept shows pay more.......
Aug 30 - Wilmot Raceway (Tony Stewart Night)
Aug 31 - Plymouth Dirt Track - Sheboygan County Fair (Hopf Bullring Showdown Round 4) Professional Plating - $4k to win
Sept 1 - 141 Speedway - Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown Finale
Sept 6 - Gondik Law (Superior) Speedway - Northern Nationals
Sept 7 - Cedar Lake Speedway - Jerry Richert Memorial - $5k to win, $500 to start
Sept 14 - Beaver Dam Raceway - Scott Semmelmann Memorial
Sept 20-21 Jackson Motorplex - Casey's Open Wheel Nationals - 4k to win Sat
Sept 27 - Dodge Co Fairgrounds - Fuzzy Fassbender Tribute / Checkered Classic - $3500 to win
Sept 28 - Plymouth Dirt Track - WI State Sprint Championships

Balog Victorious in Roger Iles Tribute at Kenosha County Fair

31 winged 410 sprint cars were on hand for the Roger Iles tribute race on Saturday night of the Kenosha County Fair. Scotty Thiel set quick time over Joey Moughan and Bill Balog. Former Wilmot Raceway track champion Todd Daun was fourth quick with Scott Biertzer in fifth.

Heat race number one saw Scotty Thiel quickly move from fourth to second behind Ben Schmidt. Thiel stalked Schmidt around the 3/8th oval for the entirety of the heat race but could not manage a pass. Schmidt claimed the victory over Thiel. Scott Biertzer was third followed by Steve Meyer and Dave Uttech.

The second heat race was claimed by Indiana’s Brandon Wimmer who led all ten laps en-route to victory. Russel Borland and Joey Moughan crossed the line in second and third followed by Bill Wirth and former Wilmot Raceway track record holder Brett Tripplet.

Heat three saw two former IRA champions do battle as Jeremy Schultz and Bill Balog fought for the lead. Schultz would claim the victory piloting the Captain Jim’s Yacht Sales 5J while Balog was forced to settle for second spot. The California transplant Austin Deblauw finished in the third position while Hunter Custer and Johnny Fahl rounded out the top five.

The fourth and final heat race saw another former IRA champion claim the victory, as Scotty Neitzel was first under the checkers. Jordan Goldesberry brought the Rock Solid 65 home in second followed by Todd Daun, Brayton Lynch and Nick Matuszewski.

The B main was claimed by the driver of the Bumper to Bumper of Paddock Lake 43, Jereme Schroeder. Brett Triplet brought the Darrell Dodd owned 11 home in second. Kris Spitz and Wayne Modjeski claimed the final transfer spots into the A main.

With the field set it was time for the 36 lap Roger Iles Tribute race. Scott Neitzel took the early lead in his 2w machine. Bill Balog started in the 5th position and slowly crept his way through the pack and Neitzel worked through lapped traffic. On lap 15 Balog had worked his way into second and set his sights on Neitzel. Just four laps later Balog was able to work his white and black car around Neitzel's orange car and take the lead. Balog wouldn’t look back, leading the remainder of the race and claiming the $3600 prize. Neitzel would cross in second spot followed by Ben Schmidt. Scotty Thiel brought his 64 machine home in fourth followed by Brandon Wimmer.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:34:48.221 Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 34:48.221[5]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 34:51.080[2]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 34:52.165[4]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 34:52.443[10]; 5. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 34:52.450[1]; 6. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 34:53.508[8]; 7. 19-Todd Daun, 34:54.895[9]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 34:55.366[7]; 9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 34:56.340[11]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech, 34:58.251[18]; 11. 85M-Steve Meyer, 34:58.605[16]; 12. 11-Bret Tripplett, 35:00.466[22]; 13. 65D-Austin Deblauw, 07:40.963[13]; 14. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 35:00.838[19]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 35:01.673[23]; 16. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 35:02.114[20]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 35:02.634[15]; 18. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 35:03.438[21]; 19. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 34:50.362[24]; 20. 23-Russel Borland, 35:03.486[12]; 21. 0-John Fahl, 34:49.481[17]; 22. (DNF) 53W-Bill Wirth, 20:47.770[3]; 23. (DNF) 4B-Scott Biertzer, 20:50.778[6]; 24. (DNF) 29L-Brayton Lynch, 07:40.963[14]
B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:17:26.509 Presented by Behling Racing Equipment
1. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 17:26.509[1]; 2. 11-Bret Tripplett, 17:28.331[2]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz, 17:29.929[5]; 4. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 17:32.761[3]; 5. 45-Matt Wiese, 17:36.422[6]; 6. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 17:37.348[10]; 7. 70-Chris Klemko, 17:39.085[9]; 8. (DNF) 18-Keith Fellner, [7]; 9. (DNF) 5H-Patrick Haynes, 03:59.902[4]; 10. (DNF) 22S-Brian Strane, 04:01.156[8]; 11. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker, 04:01.425[11]
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:04:37.716 Presented by Weld Wheels
1. 73-Ben Schmidt, 04:37.716[2]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:38.410[4]; 3. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 04:43.168[3]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, 04:44.178[7]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, 04:45.253[5]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 04:45.418[1]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, 04:48.705[6]; 8. 70-Chris Klemko, 04:37.996[8]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:06:58.800 Presented by All Star Performance
1. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 06:58.800[1]; 2. 53W-Bill Wirth, 07:00.764[3]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 07:01.318[2]; 4. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 07:02.461[4]; 5. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 07:03.423[6]; 6. 11-Bret Tripplett, 07:05.880[5]; 7. 45-Matt Wiese, 07:08.016[7]; 8. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 07:12.842[8]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:04:07.873 Presented by EMI
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 04:07.873[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 04:09.639[4]; 3. 65D-Austin Deblauw, 04:15.465[1]; 4. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:17.421[5]; 5. 0-John Fahl, 04:19.578[3]; 6. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 04:20.817[6]; 7. 18-Keith Fellner, 04:12.392[7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, 04:13.391[8]
Heat 4 10 laps | 00:03:54.358 Presented by AutoMeter
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 03:54.358[2]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 03:55.729[1]; 3. 19-Todd Daun, 03:56.294[4]; 4. 29L-Brayton Lynch, 04:00.808[3]; 5. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 04:04.480[6]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 04:05.724[5]; 7. 22S-Brian Strane, 02:06.944[7]
Qualifying 1 00:01:24.964 Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [5]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, [6]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [16]; 4. 19-Todd Daun, [2]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [7]; 6. 53W-Bill Wirth, [27]; 7. 0-John Fahl, [17]; 8. 29L-Brayton Lynch, [13]; 9. 73-Ben Schmidt, [1]; 10. 23-Russel Borland, [19]; 11. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [15]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [30]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [11]; 14. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, [21]; 15. 65D-Austin Deblauw, [31]; 16. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [22]; 17. 68-Dave Uttech, [14]; 18. 11-Bret Tripplett, [9]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer, [3]; 20. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [25]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz, [28]; 22. 9K-Kyle Schuett, [23]; 23. 5H-Patrick Haynes, [4]; 24. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [29]; 25. 85M-Steve Meyer, [20]; 26. 45-Matt Wiese, [8]; 27. 18-Keith Fellner, [18]; 28. 22S-Brian Strane, [24]; 29. 70-Chris Klemko, [10]; 30. 20R-Rob Pribnow, [26]; 31. 12-Michael Decker, [12]

Eighteen Bumper to Bumper IRA winged sprint teams made the continued track through the north woods for the third night of a huge four day weekend. Scotty Thiel set quick time over “The Gladiator” Ben Schmidt. Springfield Illinois’ Jordan Goldesberry timed third quick followed by Jeremy Schultz and Bill Balog.

Heat race number one saw Steve Meyer pick up the win in his Meyer Electric backed machine over Scotty Thiel. Jeremy Schultz crossed in third with Jereme Schroeder in fourth and Joey Moughan in fifth.

The second heat race was claimed by IRA stalwart Scotty Neitzel over a pair of Bills with Bill Wirth in second and Bill Balog in third. Ben Schmidt brought his Oz Motorsports car home in fourth over Nick Matuszewski.

The final heat race saw Russel Borland reach the checkered flag first ahead of Jordan Goldesberry and Scott Biertzer. Dave Uttech finished fourth and Borland’s car owner Matt Wiese finished in the fifth spot.

Scotty Thiel took the lead early, and led most of the feature. Bill Balog who started in the eigth position had charged to second when a caution with just a couple laps left put “The Northpole Nightmare” on the rear bumper of Thiel. On the restart Balog would work around “The Big Wheel” and as the pair entered the next corner Thiel lost the handle of his 64 car and spun out. Balog would lead the remaining laps and claim the victory. Jeremy Schultz finished in the second spot followed by Jordan Goldesberry, Scotty Neitzel
and Scott Biertzer.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:00:00 Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts
1. 17B-Bill Balog, [8]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [3]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [6]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [5]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [12]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, [9]; 7. 73AF-Joey Moughan, [4]; 8. 23-Russel Borland, [7]; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [13]; 10. 64-Scotty Thiel, [2]; 11. (DNF) 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 12. (DNF) 45-Matt Wiese, [14]; 13. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, [10]; 14. (DNF) 53W-Bill Wirth, [11]; 15. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [16]; 16. (DNF) 63-Nick Matuszewski, [15]; (DNS) 29-Hunter Custer, ; (DNS) 14AJX-zzzHeikkinen zzzzPatrick,
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:00:00 Presented by Weld Wheels / EMI
1. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [3]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [5]; 5. 73AF-Joey Moughan, [2]; 6. 14AJX-zzzHeikkinen zzzzPatrick, [6]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:00:00 Presented by All Star Performance
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 2. 53W-Bill Wirth, [1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [3]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, [4]; 5. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [6]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [5]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:00:00 Presented by AutoMeter / Behling Racing Products
1. 23-Russel Borland, [1]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [4]; 3. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [2]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, [3]; 5. 45-Matt Wiese, [5]; (DNS) 29-Hunter Custer,
Qualifying 1 00:00:00 Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.611[10]; 2. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.745[1]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.820[2]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.840[12]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.858[14]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.898[6]; 7. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:12.923[15]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.924[7]; 9. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.197[3]; 10. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.287[8]; 11. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:13.420[17]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.550[11]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.553[5]; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.612[4]; 15. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:13.990[9]; 16. 14AJX-zzzHeikkinen zzzzPatrick, 00:14.652[16]; 17. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [13]; 18. (DNF) 29-Hunter Custer, [18]

IRA Sprints

Jeremy Schultz led all 20 laps enroute to the victory at the Langlade County Fair in Antigo, Wisconsin. As the checkered flags flew the Jerry’s Automotive 5J led the field across the line. Fifth starting Bill Balog was able to work his way into the second spot, but could not catch Schultz. Steve Meyer finished in the third position while Scotty Thiel and Ben Schmidt filled out the top five.

Twenty Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 sprint car teams traveled up to the north woods to do battle at the Langlade County Fair. Bill Balog set quick time over Scotty Neitzel. Followed by Steve Meyer. Jeremy Schultz timed his 5J machine in fourth and Scotty Thiel rounded out the top five.

Heat race number one was claimed by Bill Balog, who needed just one lap to work from his fouth starting position into the lead. Jeremy Schultz would finish in second followed by a returning Bill Wirth. Jereme Schroeder brought his black and pink car home in fourth with Nick Matuszewski in fifth.

Scott Biertzer drove his Hopf Farms sponsored 4B to the victory in heat two, followed by Scotty Thiel and Scotty Neitzel. Jordan Goldesberry piloting the Rock Solid Lawn Care 65 finished in fourh, while Wayne Modjeski was fifth.

Heat three saw Dave Uttech pick up the win over Russel Borland. Steve Meyer brought the Meyer Electric car home in third ahead of Chippewa Falls native Hunter Custer. Johnny Fahl of Brown Deer, Wisconsin rounded out the top five.

A Feature 1 20 laps | 00:13:03.715 Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13:03.715[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 13:05.437[5]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, 13:08.373[1]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 13:08.792[3]; 5. 73-Ben Schmidt, 13:09.239[4]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 13:10.140[6]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13:11.028[7]; 8. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 13:12.272[8]; 9. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 13:12.933[9]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech, 13:18.457[10]; 11. 53W-Bill Wirth, 13:07.881[20]; 12. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 13:10.379[14]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 13:12.050[12]; 14. 45-Matt Wiese, 13:07.996[16]; 15. (DNF) 29-Hunter Custer, 10:09.423[11]; 16. (DNF) 0-John Fahl, 09:19.137[19]; 17. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 08:51.207[13]; 18. (DNF) 73AF-Joey Moughan, 07:30.385[15]; 19. (DNF) 14AJX-Bernie Miller, 07:08.811[18]; (DNS) 4K-Kris Spitz, 07:08.811 Heat 1 8 laps | 00:08:36 Presented by Weld Wheels / EMI 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 08:36.485[4]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 08:39.143[3]; 3. 53W-Bill Wirth, 08:42.033[2]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 08:46.207[5]; 5. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 08:48.002[6]; 6. 73-Ben Schmidt, 08:49.760[1]; 7. 45-Matt Wiese, 08:50.469[7] Heat 2 8 laps | 00:04:36 Presented by All Star Performance 1. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 04:36.617[2]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:37.271[3]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:37.523[4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 04:39.011[1]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 04:46.545[6]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz, 04:06.441[5]; (DNS) 14AJX-Bernie Miller, 04:06.441 Heat 3 8 laps | 00:04:14 Presented by AutoMeter / Behling Racing 1. 68-Dave Uttech, 04:14.970[2]; 2. 23-Russel Borland, 04:16.693[1]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, 04:17.896[4]; 4. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:21.979[3]; 5. (DNF) 0-John Fahl, 03:51.513[6]; 6. (DNF) 73AF-Joey Moughan, 01:58.108[5] Qualifying 1 00:00:36 Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:16.752[10]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:17.035[4]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:17.052[14]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:17.102[17]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:17.198[13]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 00:17.239[15]; 7. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:17.279[9]; 8. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:17.303[16]; 9. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:17.351[8]; 10. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:17.377[6]; 11. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:17.539[19]; 12. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:17.544[12]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:17.664[18]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:17.681[20]; 15. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:17.697[5]; 16. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:17.833[11]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:17.937[2]; 18. 0-John Fahl, 00:17.977[3]; 19. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:18.137[1]; 20. 14AJX-Bernie Miller, 00:21.602[7]

After a grueling weekend, that saw many teams tear up equipment and were not able to get it back together in the quick turnaround of a mid-week race, 19 Bumper to Bumper IRA teams signed in for action on Wednesday night at the Dodge County Fairgrounds for the Harry Neitzel Tribute. Terry McCarl set quick time in qualifying, followed by the leading contender for rookie of the year, Joey Moughan. Mike Reinke timed the SCA 02 in third over defending Knoxville Raceway champion Austin McCarl. Jeremy Schultz would time in the fifth spot.

Heat race number one saw an absolutely dominate performance by Bill Balog. Balog took the early lead and never looked back leading all eight laps en route to the win over the father and son duo of Terry and Austin McCarl. Jereme Schroeder brought his MLS Auto Clinic 43 home in fourth and Wayne Modjeski rounded out the top five.

In heat race two the action started before the race ever went green, as Jeremy Schultz got on the gas to catch the tail of the field, his car entered turns 1 and 2 and appeared to suffer a mechanical issue, causing him to get into the wall and upside down, ending his night. Once the race did get underway, Joey Moughan showed the strength of the Oz Motorsports team, charging from fourth to the lead around the wicked fast half mile. Moughan would take the victory over the Hopf Farms backed 4B of Scott Biertzer. Scotty Neitzel was third followed by Kris Spitz and Bryon Walters.

The third and final heat race was won by the driver of the Professional Plating 64, Scotty Thiel. Russel Borland brought his Wiese Motorsports mount home in second followed across the line by Mike Reinke and Hunter Custer. The second Wiese Motorsports entry, piloted by Matt Wiese finished in fifth.

The A main treated fans to the latest installment of the battle between Bill Balog and Terry McCarl. Balog took the early lead but McCarl was not far behind, an early yellow flag would give T-Mac the opportunity he needed. As the field restarted Terry threw the Mondak Portables 4 car to the bottom of turn 1 and was able to slide up the track into turn 2 in front of the Rhine Auto 17B. Balog attempted to cross under McCarl but could not make the pass. Balog settled into second and followed the 7 time Knoxville Raceway champion as he entered lapped traffic. The white and blue machine piloted by Balog never let Terry McCarl's black and blue car get far, but his runs seemed to come at the wrong time, often interrupted by the need to get around a lapped car. In the end as the checkered flag flew Terry McCarl was victorious for the 15th time in IRA competition. Bill Balog would finish in second followed by Mike Reinke, Austin McCarl, and Joey Moughan.

A Feature 1 25 laps | 00:00:00 Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts
1. 4-Terry McCarl, [2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, [1]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, [4]; 4. 17A-Austin McCarl, [5]; 5. 73AF-Joey Moughan, [6]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [3]; 7. 64-Scotty Thiel, [8]; 8. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [9]; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [11]; 10. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [10]; 11. 4K-Kris Spitz, [12]; 12. 45-Matt Wiese, [15]; 13. (DNF) 29-Hunter Custer, [13]; 14. (DNF) 63-Nick Matuszewski, [16]; 15. (DNF) 23-Russel Borland, [7]; 16. (DNF) 5W-Bryon Walters, [14]; 17. (DNF) 14AJK-Kurt Davis, [17]; (DNS) 73-Ben Schmidt, ; (DNS) 5J-Jeremy Schultz,
Heat 1 8 laps | 00:00:00 Presented by Weld Wheels / EMI
1. 17B-Bill Balog, [2]; 2. 4-Terry McCarl, [4]; 3. 17A-Austin McCarl, [3]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [5]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [1]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [6]; 7. (DNF) 14AJK-Kurt Davis, [7]
Heat 2 8 laps | 00:00:00 Presented by All Star Performance / Autometer
1. 73AF-Joey Moughan, [4]; 2. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [1]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz, [5]; 5. 5W-Bryon Walters, [6]; 6. (DNF) 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [3]
Heat 3 8 laps | 00:00:00 Presented by Behling Racing Products
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [3]; 2. 23-Russel Borland, [2]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, [4]; 4. 29-Hunter Custer, [5]; 5. 45-Matt Wiese, [6]; 6. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, [1]
Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:00:00 Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking
1. 4-Terry McCarl, 00:16.712[5]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:16.781[2]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:16.862[16]; 4. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:16.876[8]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:16.892[15]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:16.899[10]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:16.912[12]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:17.086[17]; 9. 23-Russel Borland, 00:17.251[3]; 10. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:17.378[4]; 11. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:17.591[1]; 12. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:17.611[13]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:17.928[6]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:17.976[9]; 15. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:18.045[19]; 16. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:18.091[11]; 17. 5W-Bryon Walters, 00:18.326[7]; 18. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:18.365[18]; (DNS) 14AJK-Kurt Davis,

Jeremy Schultz, behind the wheel of the Captain Jim’s Yacht Sales 10w, would lead the early portion of the Raymond Neeve Memorial Feature. Scotty Thiel and Bill Balog charged through the field into second and third and began to chase down the Bob Hood owned 10w. A red flag for Matt Vandervere who got upside down in turn one would put Thiel and Balog on Schultz's bumper. Schultz got a good restart but after a handful of laps Thiel was along side and battling for the lead. Racing contact between the 64 and 10w would result in Schultz flipping into turn one. Thiel would inherit the lead, and prove he was the strongest car over the final laps. As the race was in the final ten laps, Thiel bobbled on the cushion allowing Balog to get back to his bumper, but a rare mistake by Balog a lap later would result in the 17b stopped over the cushion of turn three. Thiel would hold the field off on the final restart to claim victory over Joey Moughan. Russel Borland would bring his 23 car home in third followed by Todd Daun and Scotty Neitzel.

With 23 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) 410 sprint car teams on hand at Wilmot on a cool June night, fans were sure to be in for a treat on Father’s Day weekend. Osborn and Son Trucking qualifying saw Jake Blackhurst set a new track record, as he piloted his 25 machine around the 3/8th mile in just 12.407 seconds. Russel Borland was second quick followed by current points leader Bill Balog. Jeremy Schultz and Scotty Thiel rounded out the top five.

Heat race number one saw Joey Moughan in the 73AF lead all 10 laps en-route to the win ahead of Jeremy Schultz and Scotty Neitzel. Jake Blackhurst brought the Kitchen Cooked 25 across the line in fourth over Dave Uttech.

The second heat was interesting before the green even waved as Scotty Thiel who was scheduled to start from the thirrd position had to go to the work area. Thiel would repair that car and start at the tail. Former Wilmot Champion Todd Daun would take the win, but the excitement was behind him as Thiel charged to the second position by the time the checkered flag flew. Russel Borland would finish in third while Jereme Schroeder and Scott Biertzer rounded out the top five.

The third and final heat race was claimed by Bill Balog. Defending Wilmot sprint car champion Matt Vandervere was second followed by “Mojo” Wayne Modjeski. Ben Schmidt would bring the Oz Motorsports 73 home in fourth and Jim Fifield was fifth.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:45:17.743 Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 45:17.743[5]; 2. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 45:20.238[2]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 45:22.949[3]; 4. 19-Todd Daun, 45:23.646[7]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 45:23.919[13]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, 45:26.804[4]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, 45:27.450[16]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 45:28.023[10]; 9. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 45:28.294[14]; 10. 73-Ben Schmidt, 45:28.873[6]; 11. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 45:29.933[12]; 12. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 45:30.693[9]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 45:31.347[8]; 14. 14F-Jim Fifield, 45:33.110[15]; 15. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 45:18.634[21]; 16. 45-Matt Wiese, 45:19.591[22]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 45:21.942[18]; 18. (DNF) 65D-Austin Deblauw, 36:43.022[19]; 19. (DNF) 85M-Steve Meyer, 28:43.537[17]; 20. (DNF) 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 17:50.692[1]; 21. (DNF) 18-Keith Fellner, 23:25.328[23]; 22. (DNF) 10V-Matt VandeVere, 07:16.428[11]; 23. (DNF) 5H-Patrick Haynes, 14:31.182[20]
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:04:38.746
1. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 04:40.256[1]; 2. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 04:41.177[3]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:43.501[5]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 04:44.826[4]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, 04:46.354[2]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz, 04:47.737[6]; 7. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 04:50.467[7]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese, 04:40.256[8]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:05:33.108
1. 19-Todd Daun, 05:33.108[1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 05:34.152[3]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 05:36.828[4]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 05:38.711[2]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 05:38.998[7]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, 05:40.165[6]; 7. 65D-Austin Deblauw, 05:40.974[5]; 8. 18-Keith Fellner, 05:47.467[8]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:04:29.828
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 04:29.828[4]; 2. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 04:31.004[1]; 3. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 04:35.421[2]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, 04:35.718[3]; 5. 14F-Jim Fifield, 04:41.064[7]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:41.539[6]; 7. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 04:44.642[5]
Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:15:36.228 Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking
1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.407[13]; 2. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.548[20]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.707[15]; 4. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.735[4]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.930[22]; 6. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.985[17]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.006[16]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.016[1]; 9. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.016[23]; 10. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:13.024[3]; 11. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.063[8]; 12. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:13.189[7]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.199[6]; 14. 65D-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.233[21]; 15. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:13.308[2]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.334[11]; 17. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.375[18]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.506[14]; 19. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.510[19]; 20. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.592[10]; 21. 14F-Jim Fifield, 00:13.777[5]; 22. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:14.084[9]; 23. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.228[12]
Hotlaps 1 00:02:27.845
1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.710[13]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.814[15]; 3. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.062[4]; 4. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:13.113[3]; 5. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:13.200[17]; 6. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:13.227[7]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.290[1]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.297[16]; 9. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.318[22]; 10. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.350[20]; 11. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.365[6]; 12. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.410[18]; 13. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.441[10]; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.457[23]; 15. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:13.664[2]; 16. 14F-Jim Fifield, 00:13.892[5]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.910[14]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.957[11]; 19. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:13.993[9]; 20. 65D-Austin Deblauw, 00:14.042[21]; 21. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:14.098[19]; 22. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.868[12]; 23. 19-Todd Daun, 00:14.868[8]

The Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association A main was exciting as the first 20 laps went caution free. Bill Balog had worked his way into the lead and was quickly cutting through traffic, working to keep Indiana's Brandon Wimmer behind him. A caution with just 10 laps to go would give Wimmer a chance on open track to work around the Rhine Auto 17B, but Balog proved to strong and drove away from Wimmer and into victory lane. Wimmer would hang onto second over Jeremy Schultz. Jake Blackhurst would finish in the fourth position followed by two time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel.

22 teams were on hand at Angell Park in Sun Prairie on what turned out to be a beautiful night in Wisconsin. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifications saw Scotty Thiel set quick time behind the wheel of the Professional Plating 64 car. Bill Balog was second quick over the previous nights winner, Jake Blackhurst. 2018 IRA rookie of the year Hunter Custer was fourth quick and Dave Uttech rounded out the top five.

Heat race number one saw fourth starting Scotty Thiel pound the cushion all the way around the historic oval to gain the lead. Brandon Wimmer brought his 7TW across in second followed by Scotty Neitzel and Hunter Custer. Steve Meyer in the Meyer Electric 85M finished in the fifth position.

The second heat saw Joey Moughan in the Oz Motorsports 73AF jump out to the early lead. Moughan would face challenge from Bill Balog but as the ten lap affair concluded it was Illinois’ Joey Moughan victorious over Balog. Jeremy Schultz brought his Bob Hood owned machine home in third followed by Dave Uttech and Mike Reinke.

Heat three saw Russel Borland quickly drive from his third place starting spot to the lead. Jake Blackhurst would follow Borland to the front, but as the heat race came to an end, Blackhurst could not reel Borland in as the Wiese Trucking 23 car took the checkered flag. Blackhurst would settle for second. Austin Deblauw, originally from California would finish in third while Jordan Goldesberry and Kris Spitz rounded out the top five.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:28:38.406 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 28:38.406[5]; 2. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 28:39.800[1]; 3. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 28:40.619[2]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 28:41.716[4]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 28:42.085[3]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel, 28:42.553[9]; 7. 65X-Jordan Goldesberry, 28:43.246[12]; 8. 23-Russel Borland, 28:43.440[10]; 9. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 28:43.799[8]; 10. 02-Mike Reinke, 28:44.157[14]; 11. 85M-Steve Meyer, 28:44.452[13]; 12. 73-Ben Schmidt, 28:44.953[19]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, 28:45.447[15]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 28:46.373[16]; 15. 4-Danny Smith, 28:46.442[17]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 28:47.331[6]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 28:47.427[22]; 18. 65-Austin Deblauw, 19:12.006[11]; 19. 5W-Bryon Walters, 28:48.335[20]; 20. 45-Matt Wiese, 28:49.051[21]; 21. (DNF) 29-Hunter Custer, 13:20.775[7]; 22. (DNF) 63-Nick Matuszewski, 10:38.612[18] Heat 1 10 laps | 00:04:40.771 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:40.771[4]; 2. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 04:41.526[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:42.436[1]; 4. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:46.649[3]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, 04:47.435[5]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 04:51.830[6]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 04:52.724[8]; 8. 5W-Bryon Walters, 04:53.158[7] Heat 2 10 laps | 00:04:40.170 1. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 04:40.170[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 04:41.396[4]; 3. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 04:43.995[2]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, 04:46.366[3]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, 04:47.118[5]; 6. 4-Danny Smith, 04:50.495[6]; 7. 45-Matt Wiese, 04:45.121[7] Heat 3 10 laps | 00:08:30.614 1. 23-Russel Borland, 08:30.614[3]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 08:33.023[4]; 3. 65-Austin Deblauw, 08:36.373[1]; 4. 65X-Jordan Goldesberry, 08:37.918[5]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, 08:38.186[7]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 08:46.683[6]; 7. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, 03:13.467[2] Qualifying 1 00:00:42.393 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.958[7]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.105[12]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.187[6]; 4. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.228[1]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.245[22]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.266[15]; 7. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:12.267[3]; 8. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.388[5]; 9. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.408[19]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.427[20]; 11. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:12.443[4]; 12. 65-Austin Deblauw, 00:12.464[2]; 13. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.471[9]; 14. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.475[18]; 15. 65X-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.577[16]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.590[14]; 17. 4-Danny Smith, 00:12.708[13]; 18. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:12.802[8]; 19. 5W-Bryon Walters, 00:12.867[11]; 20. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:12.966[21]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.981[10]; 22. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.990[17]

Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association

22 teams were on hand at Angell Park in Sun Prairie on what turned out to be a beautiful night in Wisconsin. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifications saw Scotty Thiel set quick time behind the wheel of the Professional Plating 64 car. Bill Balog was second quick over the previous nights winner, Jake Blackhurst. 2018 IRA rookie of the year Hunter Custer was fourth quick and Dave Uttech rounded out the top five.

Heat race number one saw fourth starting Scotty Thiel pound the cushion all the way around the historic oval to gain the lead. Brandon Wimmer brought his 7TW across in second followed by Scotty Neitzel and Hunter Custer. Steve Meyer in the Meyer Electric 85M finished in the fifth position.

The second heat saw Joey Moughan in the Oz Motorsports 73AF jump out to the early lead. Moughan would face challenge from Bill Balog but as the ten lap affair concluded it was Illinois’ Joey Moughan victorious over Balog. Jeremy Schultz brought his Bob Hood owned machine home in third followed by Dave Uttech and Mike Reinke.

Heat three saw Russel Borland quickly drive from his third place starting spot to the lead. Jake Blackhurst would follow Borland to the front, but as the heat race came to an end, Blackhurst could not reel Borland in as the Wiese Trucking 23 car took the checkered flag. Blackhurst would settle for second. Austin Deblauw, originally from California would finish in third while Jordan Goldesberry and Kris Spitz rounded out the top five.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:28:38.406
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 28:38.406[5]; 2. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 28:39.800[1]; 3. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 28:40.619[2]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 28:41.716[4]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 28:42.085[3]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel, 28:42.553[9]; 7. 65X-Jordan Goldesberry, 28:43.246[12]; 8. 23-Russel Borland, 28:43.440[10]; 9. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 28:43.799[8]; 10. 02-Mike Reinke, 28:44.157[14]; 11. 85M-Steve Meyer, 28:44.452[13]; 12. 73-Ben Schmidt, 28:44.953[19]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, 28:45.447[15]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 28:46.373[16]; 15. 4-Danny Smith, 28:46.442[17]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 28:47.331[6]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 28:47.427[22]; 18. 65-Austin Deblauw, 19:12.006[11]; 19. 5W-Bryon Walters, 28:48.335[20]; 20. 45-Matt Wiese, 28:49.051[21]; 21. (DNF) 29-Hunter Custer, 13:20.775[7]; 22. (DNF) 63-Nick Matuszewski, 10:38.612[18]
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:04:40.771
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:40.771[4]; 2. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 04:41.526[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:42.436[1]; 4. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:46.649[3]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, 04:47.435[5]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 04:51.830[6]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 04:52.724[8]; 8. 5W-Bryon Walters, 04:53.158[7]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:04:40.170
1. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 04:40.170[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 04:41.396[4]; 3. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 04:43.995[2]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, 04:46.366[3]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, 04:47.118[5]; 6. 4-Danny Smith, 04:50.495[6]; 7. 45-Matt Wiese, 04:45.121[7]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:08:30.614
1. 23-Russel Borland, 08:30.614[3]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 08:33.023[4]; 3. 65-Austin Deblauw, 08:36.373[1]; 4. 65X-Jordan Goldesberry, 08:37.918[5]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, 08:38.186[7]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 08:46.683[6]; 7. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, 03:13.467[2]
Qualifying 1 00:00:42.393
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.958[7]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.105[12]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.187[6]; 4. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.228[1]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.245[22]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.266[15]; 7. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:12.267[3]; 8. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.388[5]; 9. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.408[19]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.427[20]; 11. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:12.443[4]; 12. 65-Austin Deblauw, 00:12.464[2]; 13. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.471[9]; 14. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.475[18]; 15. 65X-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.577[16]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.590[14]; 17. 4-Danny Smith, 00:12.708[13]; 18. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:12.802[8]; 19. 5W-Bryon Walters, 00:12.867[11]; 20. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:12.966[21]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.981[10]; 22. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.990[17]

Jake Blackhurst stood victorious for the first time in 2019 on night two of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown at the Plymouth Dirt Track.

A main action was fast and furious, as Ben Schmidt took the initial lead over the field. The Howards Grove, Wisconsin native would quickly face challenge from Dave Uttech. Uttech would muscle past Schmidt and take command of the race. At lap 10 yellow would put the 7th place starting “North Pole Nightmare” Bill Balog on Uttech's bumper. Balog would have his work cut out for him as Uttech fended off Balog’s challenges for multiple laps. Eventually The Rhine Auto 17B worked his way into the lead. As Balog entered lapped traffic he faced a challenge of his own as Jake Blackhurst had moved past Dave Uttech and now had his sights set on the 8 time IRA champion. Blackhurst would use lapped cars to help drive around the 17B and take the lead. “The Hannah City Outlaw” was not able to take strong command either though, as Balog stayed glued to his rear bumper through lapped traffic around the 1/4th mile bullring. The duo traded the lead multiple times as they diced through lapped traffic in the closing laps. As the crossed checkered flags waved it was the Hanna City, Illinois native, Jake Blackhurst standing victorious, in the same place he claimed his first sprint car championship just last year. Balog would cross in second just behind Balckhurst. Steve Meyer would bring his blue and white machine home in third followed by Scotty Neitzel and “The Show Stoppa” Joey Moughan.

28 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) teams signed in to compete at the Plymouth Dirt Track(PDT) on night two of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifications saw “The Gladiator” Ben Schmidt set quick time over defending champion Jake Blackhurst. Eight time champion Bill Balog was third quick followed by Russel Borland and Mike Reinke.

Heat race number one saw former Plymouth Dirt Track regular Scotty Thiel take the victory over Steve Meyer. Russel Borland came home in third ahead of another former PDT regular in Ben Schmidt. Indiana’s Brandon Wimmer finished in the fifth position.

The second heat race saw Mike Reinke move from the second row to the front. Reinke picked up the win ahead of Wayne Modjeski and Jake Blackhurst. Dave Uttech and Todd Daun would round out the top five.

The third and final heat race was a star studded one as former multi time IRA champions Scotty Neitzel and Bill Balog battled for the win. Neitzel would come out victorious while Balog settled for second. Behind them National Sprintcar Hall of Famer Danny Smith brought his 4 machine home in third. Californian Austin Deblauw finished in fourth and Joey Moughan was fifth.

The B main was won by Kris Spitz over Hunter Custer. Scott Biertzer finished in the third position while Jereme Schultz brought his Pink and Black MLS Auto Clinic machine across in fourth. Bryon Walters in his purple and yellow 5w was fifth.

Current Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown points after two rounds. PLACE TEAM CAR NUMBER TOTAL 1 Rhine Auto 17B 49 2 Blackhurst 25 46 3 Scott Thiel Motorsports 64 43 4 Bob Hood 10W 41 5 SCA 02 40 6 Wiese Motrsports 23 39 7 Meyer Electric 85M 38 8 Neitzel 2W 35 9 Uttech 68 26 11 Oz Motorsports 73 24 12 Schroeder 43 23 13 MoJo Motorsports 14AJ 22 14 Spitz 4K 22 15 Oz Motorsports 73AF 22 17 Deblauw 65 21 18 King 22 19 19 1229 Motorsports 63 17 20 Biertzer 4B 16 21 Custer 29 15 23 Fellner 18 12 24 Strane 22S 8 25 Wiese Motrsports 45 4

The 410 A main saw the leaders enter lapped traffic in just a handful of laps. Bill Balog led the charge through lapped traffic, but Scotty Thiel was hot on his heels. The pair diced through traffic until the caution flag waved on lap 15. On the restart Thiel slid Balog for the lead but the “North Pole Nightmare” was able to cross under the Scott Thiel Builders 64 and regain the lead. Balog would continue to lead till the end, picking up the victory over Thiel. Jeremy Schultz brought the Bob Hood Motorsports 10w home in 3rd followed by Russel Borland and Jake Blackhurst.

After the Bumper to Bumper Winged 410s had their fun, it was time for the Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS feature. Rusty Egan started on the pole, and used that positioning to take the early lead. Egan would begin to gap the field led by Derek Crane. Crane began to reel Egan in around the halfway point of the feature, and a caution flag with 7 laps to go would give Crane a shot at the win. Crane could not find a way past Egan on the restart and “The Rocket” led the final laps ensuring his first career victory.

Crane would settle for 2nd position over Tim Cox and a late race charging Jimmy Sivia. Ryan Zielski would bring his 21z home in 5th.

Qualifying for the Wisconsin wingLESS series saw series point leader Chris Dodd set quicktime over Craig Campton. Jimmy Sivia timed in 3rd quick while Tim Cox and Zach Raidart rounded out the top 5.

Osborn and Son Trucking qualifying for the Bumper to Bumper 410 Outlaw Sprints was won by Bill Balog, who was the only driver into the 10 second bracket. Jeremy Schultz was 2nd quick followed by Ben Schmidt. Scott Biertzer timed his 4B machine in 4th and Mike Reinke was 5th.

The wingLESS series had the first set of heats on track, and in heat race one Allen Hafford picked up the win over Chris Dodd. Ryan Zielski was third across the line followed by Greg Olsen and Tim Cox.

The second heat was dominated by Rusty Egan, a sign of how his night would go. Behind Egan, Zach Raidart had a great run bringing his 23z car home in second over Jordan Paulsen, Scott Grissom and Chris Klemko.

The third and final heat was picked up by Jimmy Sivia in the Grand Appliance 91 over Dennis Spitz. Shawn Swim finished in third followed by Derek Crane and Charles Spoonmore.

Next it was time for the winged outlaws to hit the track for heat race action. Scotty Thiel took off from the front of heat race one and began to pull away from the field. Bill Balog meanwhile worked his way into the second position but could not real the 64 of Thiel in before the checkered flag waved. Behind Thiel and Balog it was Joey Moughan in third, Scott Biertzer in fourth and Dave Uttech in fifth.

The second heat race was won by defending series champion Jake Blackhurst over Todd King. Jeremy Schultz would finish in third over a pair of IRA veterans in Mike Reinke and Scotty Neitzel.

The final heat was picked up by the Wiese Trucking 23 car piloted by Russel Borland. Ben Schmidt brought the Oz Motorsports car home in second followed by Steve Meyer. The California transplant Austin Deblauw finished in the fourth position and Wayne Modjeski was fifth.

With the 410 feature set all that was left was the wingLESS series B main before it was time for the main events. In the B main Paul Shaffer led all ten laps to lock himself into the A along with Natalie Klemko, George Gaertner, James Walldan, William Huck and Tom Eller.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:36:16.284
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 36:16.284[1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 36:17.068[3]; 3. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 36:22.621[9]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 36:23.560[5]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 36:25.430[4]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke, 36:26.329[10]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 36:28.195[15]; 8. 22-Todd King, 36:30.730[11]; 9. 4K-Kris Spitz, 36:32.187[17]; 10. 7F-Lance Fassbender, 36:36.103[21]; 11. 85M-Steve Meyer, 36:10.866[12]; 12. 73-Ben Schmidt, 36:12.180[8]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 36:12.649[14]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 36:18.300[16]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech, 36:18.677[13]; 16. 4-Paul Pokorski, 36:44.822[23]; 17. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 39:36.683[18]; 18. 29-Hunter Custer, 36:22.805[19]; 19. 22S-Brian Strane, 36:24.527[24]; 20. 18-Keith Fellner, 36:27.249[25]; 21. 65-Austin Deblauw, 31:21.681[7]; 22. 24M-Adam Miller, 31:10.582[20]; 23. 45-Matt Wiese, 31:12.038[22]; 24. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 23:03.513[2]; 25. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 23:09.144[6]
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:09:48.058
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 09:48.058[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 09:50.914[4]; 3. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 09:54.070[1]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 09:55.007[3]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, 09:55.642[5]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 09:59.093[6]; 7. 29-Hunter Custer, 09:48.686[8]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese, 09:50.188[7]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, 09:51.640[9]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:00:00
1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [2]; 2. 22-Todd King, [1]; 3. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, [4]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, [3]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [5]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz, [6]; 7. 24M-Adam Miller, [7]; 8. 4-Paul Pokorski, [8]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:02:34.558
1. 23-Russel Borland, 02:34.558[2]; 2. 73-Ben Schmidt, 02:36.011[4]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, 02:37.255[1]; 4. 65-Austin Deblauw, 02:39.036[3]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 02:39.286[5]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 02:43.014[6]; 7. 7F-Lance Fassbender, 02:45.546[7]; 8. 22S-Brian Strane, 02:35.690[8]
Qualifying 1 1 laps | 00:21:36.764
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:10.989[8]; 2. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:11.282[12]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:11.339[13]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:11.346[2]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:11.355[22]; 6. 65-Austin Deblauw, 00:11.366[3]; 7. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.374[20]; 8. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.405[19]; 9. 23-Russel Borland, 00:11.445[17]; 10. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:11.516[15]; 11. 22-Todd King, 00:11.570[10]; 12. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:11.571[5]; 13. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:11.712[11]; 14. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.774[21]; 15. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:11.907[16]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.021[9]; 17. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.062[18]; 18. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:12.176[23]; 19. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:12.232[14]; 20. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.252[24]; 21. 24M-Adam Miller, 00:12.350[6]; 22. 7F-Lance Fassbender, 00:12.370[7]; 23. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:12.555[1]; 24. 4-Paul Pokorski, 00:12.581[25]; 25. 22S-Brian Strane, 00:12.650[4]

Jeremy Schultz out dueled Bill Balog for the victory on night number three of IRA competition. The A main got off to an exciting start with Jeremy Schultz taking the early lead over Ben Schmidt. Schmidt chased the Bob Hood 10w piloted by Schultz. As the feature continued Indiana’s Brandon Wimmer moved his 7TW car past Schmidt and into second place and tried his hand at reeling in Schultz. Behind Wimmer, Bill Balog worked past Schmidt and into third. Schultz reached the tail of the field and began navigating lapped traffic, allowing Balog and Wimmer to get to his rear bumper. Contact between Wimmer’s 7TW and Balog’s 17B would send Wimmer around bringing out the caution. This would set up a 5 lap dash to the finish with Schultz setting the pace. Balog stalked Jeremy Schultz for the closing laps waiting for a mistake that would never come. As the checkered flag fell Jeremy Schultz was victorious by .085 seconds over the North Pole Nightmare. 11th Starting Rico Abreu came home third followed by Paul Nienhiser and defending IRA champion Jake Blackhurst.

28 teams pulled into the pits at Wilmot Raceway for the third night of Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) competition. Qualifying saw Bill Balog set quick time in Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying. Brandon Wimmer timed in second quick ahead of Ben Schmidt and Todd Daun. Former Wilmot and IRA champion Jeremy Schultz was fifth quick.

Heat race number one saw a pair for former champions battling for the top spot as Scotty Neitzel emerged victorious over Bill Balog. Steve Meyer brought his Meyer Electric 85M home in third followed by Scotty Thiel and Todd Daun.

The second heat race was dominated by Mike Reinke. Reinke brought the SCA 02 across the line in first over California's Rico Abreu. Brandon Wimmer came home in third while Jeremy Schultz and Joey Moughan rounded out the top 5.

Heat race number three was won by Joey Moughan's teammate Ben Schmidt. Paul Neinhiser came home in second followed by Russel Borland and Jake Blackhurst. Dave Uttech brought his black and blue 68 across in fifth.

B main action saw Wayne Modjeski lead all twelve laps en route to victory ahead of Jimmy Fifeld and Brayton Lynch. The California transplant Austin Deblauw finished in the fourth position with Kris Spitz rounding out the top five.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:23:24.158 Presented by Bumper To Bumper Auto Parts 1. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 23:24.158[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 23:24.242[7]; 3. 24-Rico Abreu, 23:25.270[11]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 23:26.758[12]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 23:27.716[8]; 6. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 23:28.660[14]; 7. 64-Scotty Thiel, 23:29.387[13]; 8. 85M-Steve Meyer, 23:29.492[3]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, 23:29.713[10]; 10. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 23:30.815[17]; 11. 19-Todd Daun, 23:31.791[2]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 23:32.216[9]; 13. 65-Austin Deblauw, 23:33.332[22]; 14. 29L-Brayton Lynch, 23:34.136[21]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech, 23:34.311[15]; 16. 14F-Jim Fifield, 23:35.499[20]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 23:36.085[19]; 18. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 23:36.382[18]; 19. 23-Russel Borland, 23:36.874[5]; 20. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 23:37.457[16]; 21. 29-Hunter Custer, 23:38.927[24]; 22. 73-Ben Schmidt, 23:04.945[4]; 23. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 18:56.992[6]; 24. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz, 06:14.092[23] B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:05:17.613 Presented by Behling Racing 1. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 05:17.613[1]; 2. 14F-Jim Fifield, 05:21.676[2]; 3. 29L-Brayton Lynch, 05:22.604[4]; 4. 65Austin Deblauw, 05:22.782[3]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, 05:23.348[9]; 6. 29-Hunter Custer, 05:23.813[5]; 7. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 05:25.869[6]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese, 05:29.103[8]; 9. 22S-Brian Strane, 05:33.241[7]; (DNS) 18-Keith Fellner, 05:33.241 Heat 1 10 laps | 00:11:37 Presented by Weld Wheels 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 11:37.474[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 11:40.501[4]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, 11:41.811[2]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 11:43.208[7]; 5. 19-Todd Daun, 11:44.175[3]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 11:46.400[5]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 11:47.217[6]; 8. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 11:49.606[8]; 9. 4K-Kris Spitz, 11:51.689[10]; 10. (DNF) 18-Keith Fellner, 03:39.544[9] Heat 2 10 laps | 00:05:53 Presented by All Star Performance / AutoMeter 1. 02-Mike Reinke, 05:53.066[2]; 2. 24-Rico Abreu, 05:54.330[1]; 3. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 05:55.720[4]; 4. 10WJeremy Schultz, 05:58.130[3]; 5. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 05:59.297[5]; 6. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 06:02.137[6]; 7. 14F-Jim Fifield, 06:05.467[8]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, 06:07.657[7]; 9. 22S-Brian Strane, 05:57.722[9] Heat 3 10 laps | 00:04:24 Presented by EMI 1. 73-Ben Schmidt, 04:24.281[4]; 2. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 04:25.768[1]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 04:28.545[2]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 04:31.048[3]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, 04:32.805[7]; 6. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 04:33.188[6]; 7. 65-Austin Deblauw, 04:33.723[8]; 8. 29L-Brayton Lynch, 04:35.275[5]; 9. 45-Matt Wiese, 04:38.857[9] 5/5/2019 IRA Sprints - 5/4/19 - Wilmot Raceway

Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:17:57 Presented by Osborn and Sons Trucking 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.315[12]; 2. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:13.520[2]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:13.543[6]; 4. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.635[16]; 5. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.688[15]; 6. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.731[5]; 7. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.737[10]; 8. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:13.819[27]; 9. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.825[7]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.870[20]; 11. 24-Rico Abreu, 00:13.930[4]; 12. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 00:14.010[22]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:14.016[23]; 14. 73AF-Joey Moughan, 00:14.060[18]; 15. 29L-Brayton Lynch, 00:14.137[14]; 16. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:14.146[17]; 17. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:14.183[24]; 18. 20I-Kelsey Ivy, 00:14.200[26]; 19. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:14.268[19]; 20. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.326[28]; 21. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:14.345[13]; 22. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:14.469[1]; 23. 14F-Jim Fifield, 00:14.490[8]; 24. 65-Austin Deblauw, 00:14.547[21]; 25. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.893[3]; 26. 22S-Brian Strane, 00:15.168[9]; 27. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:15.253[25]; 28. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:16.197[11]

Bill Balog who had just stood victorious over the field of Badger Midgets, charged from his 10th place starting spot to win over Scotty Neitzel and Indiana’s Brandon Wimmer.

25 teams signed in to compete at Beaver Dam Raceway on a beautiful April day. Bill Balog set quick time in Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifications. Defending champion Jake Blackhurst timed in 2nd quick over Ben Schmidt. Mike Reinke qualified his yellow 02 in 4th, and Brandon Wimmer was 5th.

Steve Meyer would power past Dave Uttech to take the lead of heat race 1. Mike Reinke moved into 2nd and would reel Meyer in. The pair battled for the lead, allowing Bill Balog to catch them and make it a 3 car battle for the lead. Mike Reinke would snag the win over Meyer and Balog. Dave Uttech came home in 4th with Scott Biertzer in 5th.

Heat 2 was dominated by Jeremy Schultz who lead all 10 laps. Brandon Wimmer would bring his 7tw car home in 2nd followed by defending champion Jake Blackhurst. Josh Walter would finish in 4th and Jereme Schroeder would rebound for a first lap issue to finish 5th.

Heat 3 was picked up by former two time champion Scotty Neitzel. Scotty Thiel brought his Professional Plating 64 home in 2nd ahead of Ben Schmidt and Russel Borland. Kris Spitz would cross in 5th behind the wheel of his red #4k.

Steve Meyer took the early lead in the A main, but soon faced a challenge from Scotty Neitzel. Neitzel would take the lead and set sail into lapped traffic but a caution near the halfway point would bunch the field back up and put defending champion Jake Blackhurst and eight time champion Bill Balog on Neitzel's tail. Neitzel would once again take off from the field and into lapped traffic, but as the race neared it’s conclusion Bill Balog who started in 10 place used the high side in turns 3 and 4 to power past Neitzel's orange 2w and into the lead. Balog would pick up the win over Scotty Neitzel. Brandon Wimmer who was 6th with 3 laps to go charged to 3rd followed by Jeremy Schultz and Jake Blackhurst.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:25:21.038
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 25:21.038[9]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 25:22.539[3]; 3. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 25:23.184[7]; 4. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 25:23.411[6]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 25:24.108[2]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke, 25:24.579[8]; 7. 64-Scotty Thiel, 25:25.658[5]; 8. 85M-Steve Meyer, 25:25.950[1]; 9. 15M-Justin Miller, 25:27.633[19]; 10. 23-Russel Borland, 25:28.739[10]; 11. 12W-Josh Walter, 25:29.019[13]; 12. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 25:29.683[14]; 13. 7-Zane Devault, 25:30.050[11]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 25:30.867[15]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 25:31.523[16]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 25:31.234[12]; 17. 8-Jack Croaker, 25:32.242[22]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 25:32.601[24]; 19. 24M-Adam Miller, 25:33.160[18]; 20. 20A-Jordan Adams, 25:33.703[23]; 21. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 25:35.913[21]; 22. 45-Matt Wiese, 25:37.162[17]; 23. (DNF) 29-Hunter Custer, 20:50.372[20]; 24. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, 07:06.407[4]; (DNS) 26T-Tyler Tiscchendorf, 07:06.407
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:09:06.736 Presented by Weld Wheels / EMI
1. 02-Mike Reinke, 09:06.736[3]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer, 09:08.816[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 09:09.506[4]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, 09:14.890[1]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 09:14.900[5]; 6. 24M-Adam Miller, 09:17.236[8]; 7. 29-Hunter Custer, 09:18.762[7]; 8. 8-Jack Croaker, 09:18.962[6]; (DNS) 26T-Tyler Tiscchendorf, 09:18.962
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:09:19.095 Presented by All Star Performance / AutoMeter
1. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 09:19.095[1]; 2. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 09:20.535[3]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 09:21.579[4]; 4. 12W-Josh Walter, 09:24.604[7]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 09:25.910[5]; 6. 15M-Justin Miller, 09:26.552[8]; 7. 7-Zane Devault, 09:27.170[2]; 8. 20A-Jordan Adams, 09:30.712[6]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:04:44.398 Presented by Behling Racing
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:44.398[1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:49.164[2]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 04:49.834[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 04:51.925[3]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, 04:54.559[5]; 6. 45-Matt Wiese, 04:49.089[7]; 7. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 04:50.605[8]; 8. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 03:56.274[6]
Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:00:25 Presented by Osborn and Sons Trucking
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.015[13]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.028[4]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.071[5]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.168[18]; 5. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:12.180[14]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.304[19]; 7. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.338[6]; 8. 7-Zane Devault, 00:12.338[10]; 9. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.369[15]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.384[11]; 11. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.465[9]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.532[1]; 13. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.589[7]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.694[23]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.705[17]; 16. 8-Jack Croaker, 00:13.000[24]; 17. 20A-Jordan Adams, 00:13.111[8]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.175[21]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.252[16]; 20. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:13.442[25]; 21. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:13.654[2]; 22. 24M-Adam Miller, 00:13.911[3]; 23. 15M-Justin Miller, 00:13.975[12]; 24. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:14.100[22]; (DNS) 26T-Tyler Tiscchendorf, 00:09.999
Hotlaps 1 00:15:17
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.402[15]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.551[18]; 3. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:12.658[14]; 4. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.827[9]; 5. 7-Zane Devault, 00:12.854[10]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.860[13]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.935[21]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.940[17]; 9. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.101[19]; 10. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:13.153[5]; 11. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.276[23]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.406[1]; 13. 8-Jack Croaker, 00:13.414[24]; 14. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.432[6]; 15. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:13.643[25]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.646[11]; 17. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.708[16]; 18. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.844[4]; 19. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.937[22]; 20. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:14.044[7]; 21. 15M-Justin Miller, 00:14.211[12]; 22. 24M-Adam Miller, 00:14.241[3]; 23. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:14.517[2]; 24. 20A-Jordan Adams, 00:09.999[8]; 25. 26T-Tyler Tiscchendorf, 00:09.999[20]

Wisconsin wingLESS

Matt Vandervere used a late race move to drive under Doug Schenck and pick up the win in the Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS feature at Beaver Dam Raceway. This would be Vandervere's 3rd win in as many wingLESS races at Beaver Dam.

33 AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Series preserves by the IRA teams showed up at the Beaver Dam Raceway to compete in the Wipperfurth Memorial. Doug Schenk was quick time over teammate Craig Campton. Chris Dodd was 3rd quick, followed by another pair of teammates in Matt Vandervere and Allen Hafford.

Wisconsin wingLESS Heat Race 1 saw Jordan Paulsen take the early lead. Former champion Doug Schenck would move into 2nd. Schenck was able to get to Paulsen's back bumper in the closing laps but could not find a way around the white 4. Paulsen would collect the win followed by Doug Schenck. Allen Hafford would come home in 3rd ahead of Vince Bartolotta.

Heat race 2 was led early by Scott Grissom. Craig Campton got past Grissom but a caution would negate the pass and put Grissom back in the lead. Campton would be able to pass Grissom once again on the restart and never looked back, taking the win. Ryan Zielski would also get around Grissom to take 2nd with Grissom coming home 3rd. Nick Petska would bring his car home in 4th over Chris Klemko in 5th.

The 3rd heat saw an early battle for the lead as Chris Dodd rolled the bottom while Dennis Spitz powered through the the middle, Dodd would eventually come out on top taking the lead, and the eventually win. Rusty Egan would bring his #50 car home 2nd followed by Spitz. Denny Smith would finish in the 4th spot followed by James Walldan.

Jimmy Sivia led all 8 laps of heat 4 to win. Matt Vandervere brought the Hafford 38v home in 2nd followed by Greg Olsen and Rod Colburn. Natalie Klemko would round out the top 5 in her Merit Asphalt car.

Zach Raidart led the field to green for the B main, he would keep that lead for the majority of the race, but a spin in the closing laps would cost him the lead, and a feature starting position. Randy Stanford would pick up the win over Tom Eller. Zach Hanson would finish in the 3rd spot and William Huck would finish in the 4th and final transfer position.

Matt Vandervere jumped out to the early lead over Doug Schenck. Vandervere would lead for most of the feature but with about 6 laps to go, Doug Schenck would use a lapped car to pass “Matty V” for the lead. A caution just one lap later would give Vandervere a chance to take the lead back. Schenck got a great restart and kept the lead but with 2 laps Vandervere was able to get under Schenck and take the lead back. Vandervere would take home the win, his 3rd win at Beaver Dam Raceway in as many wingLESS events at the track. Schenck would settle for 2nd over Chris Dodd, Jordan Paulsen and Chris Dodd would round out the top 5.

A Feature 1 25 laps | 00:21:48.900
1. 38V-Matt VandeVere, 21:48.900[1]; 2. 71S-Doug Schenck, 21:49.941[4]; 3. 01-Chris Dodd, 21:50.214[2]; 4. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 21:51.756[6]; 5. 41-Dennis Spitz, 21:53.689[11]; 6. 21-Ryan Zielski, 21:55.017[9]; 7. 9-Greg Olsen, 21:55.126[13]; 8. 54-Scott Grissom, 21:55.764[12]; 9. 70-Chris Klemko, 21:56.054[19]; 10. 77-James Walldan, 21:56.367[17]; 11. 20-Natalie Klemko, 21:57.234[20]; 12. 29-Randy Stanford, 21:57.906[21]; 13. 50-Rusty Egan, 21:58.033[8]; 14. 51-Charles Spoonmore, 21:58.808[18]; 15. 7S-Craig Campton, 21:58.900[3]; 16. 29OG-Tom Eller, 21:59.924[22]; 17. 38-Allen Hafford, 22:01.489[10]; 18. 61-Zach Hansen, 22:00.335[23]; 19. 39-William Huck, 22:00.786[24]; 20. (DNF) 1-Rod Colburn, 16:56.489[16]; 21. (DNF) 6-Vince Bartolotta, 16:15.525[14]; 22. (DNF) 66-Denny Smith, 10:28.287[15]; 23. (DNF) 18-Nick Petska, 10:28.287[5]; 24. (DNF) 91-Jimmy Sivia, 10:28.287[7]
B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:14:39.182
1. 29-Randy Stanford, 14:39.182[2]; 2. 29OG-Tom Eller, 14:39.412[3]; 3. 61-Zach Hansen, 14:40.323[4]; 4. 39-William Huck, 14:40.805[5]; 5. 11-Lance Walldan, 14:42.873[6]; 6. 22W-Bruce Waterworth, 14:45.126[8]; 7. 22-Greg Alt, 06:01.606[7]; 8. (DNF) 23Z-Zach Raidart, 05:55.358[1]; 9. (DNF) 2-Tommy Colbourn, 05:58.486[10]; 10. (DNF) 00-Paul Shaffer, 06:01.606[9]; (DNS) 19K-Derek Crane, 06:01.606; (DNS) 12-Shawn Swim, 06:01.606
Heat 1 8 laps | 00:04:59.366
1. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 04:59.366[2]; 2. 71S-Doug Schenck, 04:59.630[4]; 3. 38-Allen Hafford, 05:01.390[3]; 4. 6-Vince Bartolotta, 05:02.564[1]; 5. 51-Charles Spoonmore, 05:03.460[5]; 6. 29-Randy Stanford, 05:05.216[6]; 7. 22-Greg Alt, 05:11.942[8]; 8. 00-Paul Shaffer, 05:12.142[7]
Heat 2 8 laps | 00:06:42.748
1. 7S-Craig Campton, 06:42.748[4]; 2. 21-Ryan Zielski, 06:43.326[3]; 3. 54-Scott Grissom, 06:43.783[1]; 4. 18-Nick Petska, 06:44.476[2]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko, 06:45.642[5]; 6. 29OG-Tom Eller, 06:49.585[6]; 7. 22W-Bruce Waterworth, 06:52.020[8]; 8. (DNF) 2-Tommy Colbourn, 06:00.596[7]
Heat 3 8 laps | 00:06:21.773
1. 01-Chris Dodd, 06:21.773[4]; 2. 50-Rusty Egan, 06:22.376[3]; 3. 41-Dennis Spitz, 06:22.934[2]; 4. 66-Denny Smith, 06:23.889[5]; 5. 77-James Walldan, 06:24.580[1]; 6. 61-Zach Hansen, 06:25.805[7]; 7. 39-William Huck, 06:26.772[6]; (DNS) 12-Shawn Swim, 06:26.772
Heat 4 8 laps | 00:05:54.850
1. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 05:54.850[3]; 2. 38V-Matt VandeVere, 05:55.954[4]; 3. 9-Greg Olsen, 05:57.091[1]; 4. 1-Rod Colburn, 05:58.538[5]; 5. 20-Natalie Klemko, 05:58.957[6]; 6. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 05:59.460[2]; 7. 11-Lance Walldan, 06:03.165[7]; (DNS) 19K-Derek Crane, 06:03.165
Qualifying 1 00:04:32
1. 71S-Doug Schenck, 00:14.850[26]; 2. 7S-Craig Campton, 00:14.864[12]; 3. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:14.978[28]; 4. 38V-Matt VandeVere, 00:15.074[5]; 5. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:15.076[8]; 6. 21-Ryan Zielski, 00:15.165[13]; 7. 50-Rusty Egan, 00:15.239[11]; 8. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:15.359[25]; 9. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:15.419[27]; 10. 19K-Derek Crane, 00:15.470[4]; 11. 18-Nick Petska, 00:15.492[22]; 12. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:15.597[1]; 13. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 00:15.609[21]; 14. 6-Vince Bartolotta, 00:15.807[3]; 15. 54-Scott Grissom, 00:15.881[9]; 16. 77-James Walldan, 00:15.931[14]; 17. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:15.946[32]; 18. 51-Charles Spoonmore, 00:15.956[7]; 19. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:16.069[17]; 20. 66-Denny Smith, 00:16.085[30]; 21. 1-Rod Colburn, 00:16.093[19]; 22. 29-Randy Stanford, 00:16.366[15]; 23. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:16.466[18]; 24. 39-William Huck, 00:16.607[10]; 25. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:16.719[29]; 26. 00-Paul Shaffer, 00:17.150[31]; 27. 2-Tommy Colbourn, 00:17.503[23]; 28. 61-Zach Hansen, 00:17.571[16]; 29. 11-Lance Walldan, 00:17.877[24]; 30. 22-Greg Alt, 00:19.750[20]; 31. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:19.750[6]; 32. 22W-Bruce Waterworth, 00:19.750[2]

Much is going on with the IRA to  start the 2019 racing season. The 52nd season of IRA  sanctioning made a successful debut with the Bumper To  Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series at Iowa's 34 Raceway on  April 6th. IRA is preparing for double duty at Beaver Dam  Raceway this coming Saturday night, April 20th, as the  Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, and IRA's AutoMeter  Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints both take on the third-mile for  the annual Jim Wipperfurth Memorial. April 27th is Wilmot  Raceway's opener and it will feature two of their regular  Saturday night feature attractions for 2019, as the  AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints, and the IRA Lightning  Sprints (formerly the WIMS Mini Sprints) kick off the first  of a season full of Saturday night race's at Wilmot. And  then on May 4th, the complete trio of IRA sanctioned series  combine at Wilmot Raceway for a diverse tripleheader of  sprint car racing including the winged/410 Bumper To Bumper  IRA Outlaw Sprints, the GM604 powered AutoMeter Wisconsin  wingLESS Sprints, and the newly renamed winged/1000cc IRA  Lightning Sprints. "Like we weren't busy enough," stated IRA  President Steve Sinclair who is in his 26th year at the  helm. "It's a great opportunity for IRA, Wilmot Raceway, and  the open wheel racers in the region as this will hopefully  provide a progression opportunity, for those interested,  within ourself. Each series is special in its' own right,  but having the option of progressing, or competing like a  professional but at a local level is something unique for  our region of sprint racers and fans. We have helped  sanctioned the long standing WIMS Mini Sprint group the past  two years, and are extremely flattered that they approached  us about the name change to IRA Lightning Sprints. Now we  just need a presenting sponsor for them." The IRA Lightning  Sprints will follow the same successful format used by the  other two IRA classes.

IRA/MOWA

Marion,Illinois' Carson Short out duels Iowa’s Austin McCarl at 34 Raceway to claim his first career IRA win. The feature saw 4 different leaders during the 25 laps, but it was Short who with the help of a late race restart was the strongest of the field.

On a beautiful April day, 36 teams signed in to complete in the season opening race for both the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA), as well as the Midwest Open Wheel Association(MOWA) at Burlington Iowa’s 34 Raceway. Qualifying saw 8 time IRA champion Bill Balog set quick time over defending Knoxville Raceway track champion Austin McCarl. Carson short timed in 3rd with Joey Moughan in 4th and Jeremy Schultz in 5th.

Heat race number 1 was dominated by local favorite Josh Schneiderman. Joe B Miller would bring his 51B home in 2nd ahead of Bill Balog and Parker Price-Miller. Lynton Jeffery’s, who now calls Iowa home would finish 5th.
Heat 2 saw IRA veteran Mike Reinke pick up the win over Iowa’s Chris Martin. Behind them, fans saw a great battle for 3rd through 5th and Austin McCarl and Paul Nienhiser swapped the spots with IRA regular Scotty Thiel. When the checkered fell it was McCarl in 3rd followed by Nienhiser and Thiel.
The 3rd heat was won by Carson Short, who recently picked up and win in Tennessee. Scotty Neitzel would come home in 2nd ahead of Jake Blackhurst who charged from his 6th starting spot. Steve Meyer would bring his Meyer Electric 85m home in 4th and Tanner Gebhardt was 5th.
The 4th and final heat race was won by the Australian Brooke Tatnell. Joey Moughan raced into 2nd position after a fierce battle with Russel Borland who would settle for 3rd followed by Ben Schmidt and Craig Dollansky, making his return to sprint car racing.

The B main would see the final 4 transfers into the A main. Kris Spitz lead from the drop of the green flag, but Jeremy Schultz making his debut in the Bob Hood owned 10w would eventually find his was past Spitz and pick up the victory. Spitz would come home in 2nd followed by Robbie Standridge and Brayden Fox, who snatched the 4th position in the closing laps. Jacob Patton would finish in the 5th spot but that would not be enough to make the A main.

Scotty Thiel took the early lead in the A main but just a couple laps in, he would drift over the top of turn 2 and fall back to 3rd behind Scotty Neitzel and Austin McCarl. Neitzel would hold the lead for a handful of laps before spinning and collecting Scotty Thiel. Austin McCarl would claim the lead on the restart over Carson Short and Mike Reinke. 14th starting Jake Blackhurst would pass Reinke on the restart and move into 3rd. Carson Short and Austin McCarl battled hard for the lead, as the battle was entering leaped traffic and caution with 10 laps to go would bunch the field back up. Carson Short would get by Austin McCarl on the restart and never looked back. Austin McCarl finished 2nd over Brooke Tatnell and Jake Blackhurst, and Ben Schmidt.

A Feature 1 25 laps | 00:37:44.253
1. 21-Carson Short, 37:44.253[6]; 2. 2KS-Austin McCarl, 37:45.079[4]; 3. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 37:46.951[8]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 37:48.635[14]; 5. 73-Ben Schmidt, 37:50.042[5]; 6. 29M-Joey Moughan, 37:50.415[9]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 37:51.052[10]; 8. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 37:51.421[15]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, 37:53.133[3]; 10. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 37:54.234[19]; 11. 96-Parker Price-Miller, 37:55.209[17]; 12. 64-Scotty Thiel, 37:56.004[2]; 13. 44-Chris Martin, 37:56.958[11]; 14. 53-Brayden Fox, 37:57.722[24]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 37:59.558[22]; 16. 51B-Joe B. Miller, 38:00.073[12]; 17. 17-Robbie Standridge, 37:45.596[23]; 18. (DNF) 50-Craig Dollansky, 36:35.785[18]; 19. (DNF) 23-Russel Borland, 34:06.482[13]; 20. (DNF) 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 25:13.707[21]; 21. (DNF) 49-Josh Schneiderman, 24:27.295[7]; 22. (DNF) 2W-Scott Neitzel, 10:36.784[1]; 23. (DNF) 85M-Steve Meyer, 10:42.721[16]; 24. (DNF) 81-Tanner Gebhardt, 10:33.184[20]
B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:07:15 Presented by Behling
1. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 07:15.067[1]; 2. 4K-Kris Spitz, 07:17.453[2]; 3. 17-Robbie Standridge, 07:19.226[3]; 4. 53-Brayden Fox, 07:22.104[5]; 5. 79J-Jacob Patton, 07:24.521[7]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 07:24.794[6]; 7. 9D-Daniel Bergquist, 07:25.748[8]; 8. 8S-Steve Short, 07:27.266[4]; 9. 99-John Schulz, 07:27.834[10]; 10. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, 07:30.087[9]; 11. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 07:15.889[11]; 12. 29-Hunter Custer, 07:19.647[12]
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:02:36 Presented by Weld Wheels
1. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 02:19.878[2]; 2. 51B-Joe B. Miller, 02:20.634[1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 02:21.752[4]; 4. 96-Parker Price-Miller, 02:23.533[6]; 5. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 02:25.026[7]; 6. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 02:27.291[3]; 7. 53-Brayden Fox, 02:32.780[5]; 8. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, 02:36.225[9]; 9. 5D-Zach Daum, 02:09.187[8]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:09:04 Presented by All Star Performance
1. 02-Mike Reinke, 09:04.798[1]; 2. 44-Chris Martin, 09:05.679[2]; 3. 2KS-Austin McCarl, 09:06.982[4]; 4. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 09:07.270[5]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel, 09:07.388[3]; 6. 8S-Steve Short, 09:09.440[8]; 7. 9D-Daniel Bergquist, 09:10.062[9]; 8. (DNF) 40C-Cody Wehrle, 06:57.071[6]; 9. (DNF) 44X-Cory Bruns, 06:57.071[7]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:02:47 Presented by EMI
1. 21-Carson Short, 02:32.782[4]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 02:35.676[3]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 02:39.012[6]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, 02:41.796[5]; 5. 81-Tanner Gebhardt, 02:42.633[7]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz, 02:44.363[2]; 7. 79J-Jacob Patton, 02:44.887[8]; 8. 51J-Ryan Jamison, 02:47.827[1]; 9. 29-Hunter Custer, 02:37.675[9]
Heat 4 10 laps | 00:09:08 Presented by AutoMeter
1. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 09:08.498[1]; 2. 29M-Joey Moughan, 09:09.921[4]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 09:10.231[2]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, 09:11.031[3]; 5. 50-Craig Dollansky, 09:11.994[5]; 6. 17-Robbie Standridge, 09:14.081[7]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 09:15.493[6]; 8. 99-John Schulz, 09:15.979[9]; 9. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 09:16.962[8]
Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:26:38 Presented by Osborn and Sons Trucking
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.278[10]; 2. 2KS-Austin McCarl, 00:13.463[17]; 3. 21-Carson Short, 00:13.636[1]; 4. 29M-Joey Moughan, 00:13.636[7]; 5. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.771[8]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.808[16]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.835[3]; 8. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:14.163[25]; 9. 49-Josh Schneiderman, 00:14.194[23]; 10. 44-Chris Martin, 00:14.230[6]; 11. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:14.250[4]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 00:14.288[18]; 13. 51B-Joe B. Miller, 00:14.304[22]; 14. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:14.316[24]; 15. 51J-Ryan Jamison, 00:14.413[5]; 16. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 00:14.430[19]; 17. 53-Brayden Fox, 00:14.435[13]; 18. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, 00:14.439[28]; 19. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:14.499[12]; 20. 50-Craig Dollansky, 00:14.504[21]; 21. 96-Parker Price-Miller, 00:14.574[26]; 22. 40C-Cody Wehrle, 00:14.593[15]; 23. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:14.605[29]; 24. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:14.622[31]; 25. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:14.685[27]; 26. 44X-Cory Bruns, 00:14.768[36]; 27. 81-Tanner Gebhardt, 00:14.822[14]; 28. 17-Robbie Standridge, 00:14.854[9]; 29. 5D-Zach Daum, 00:14.870[33]; 30. 8S-Steve Short, 00:14.948[11]; 31. 79J-Jacob Patton, 00:15.139[20]; 32. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:15.287[2]; 33. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, 00:15.737[32]; 34. 9D-Daniel Bergquist, 00:15.873[34]; 35. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:16.956[35]; 36. (DNF) 99-John Schulz, [30]
Hotlaps 1 00:01:13
1. 99-John Schulz, [30]; 2. 50-Craig Dollansky, [21]; 3. 29-Hunter Custer, [35]; 4. 49-Josh Schneiderman, [23]; 5. 2KS-Austin McCarl, [17]; 6. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [29]; 7. 81-Tanner Gebhardt, [14]; 8. 85M-Steve Meyer, [12]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, [24]; 10. 51B-Joe B. Miller, [22]; 11. 9X-Paul Nienhiser, [28]; 12. 44X-Cory Bruns, [36]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [3]; 14. 53-Brayden Fox, [13]; 15. 40C-Cody Wehrle, [15]; 16. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [31]; 17. 96-Parker Price-Miller, [26]; 18. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, [32]; 19. 17-Robbie Standridge, [9]; 20. 64-Scotty Thiel, [16]; 21. 51J-Ryan Jamison, [5]; 22. 9D-Daniel Bergquist, [34]; 23. 79J-Jacob Patton, [20]; 24. 23-Russel Borland, [18]; 25. 83-Lynton Jeffrey, [27]; 26. 21-Carson Short, 00:14.317[1]; 27. 10W-Jeremy Schultz, 00:14.409[8]; 28. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:14.788[10]; 29. 29M-Joey Moughan, 00:14.884[7]; 30. 44-Chris Martin, 00:14.990[6]; 31. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:15.200[4]; 32. 9K-Kyle Schuett, 00:15.226[2]; 33. 8S-Steve Short, 00:15.755[11]; 34. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:15.915[25]; 35. 5D-Zach Daum, 00:16.007[33]; 36. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 00:16.007[19]

The Wilmot Raceway proudly announces their 2019 schedule for the third-mile Wisconsin dirt oval located on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds. Not many other tracks have a schedule as diverse and filled with quality specials, including both premier national and regional tours. Of course Wilmot's weekly Saturday night card is unique as well as it is the only track that can call itself the home of the AutoMeter Wisconsin Sprint Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet Performance Parts, and the WIMS Mini Sprints. The wingLESS group which has had the most growth of any sprint car division anywhere in the country will compete at Wilmot 19 times in 2019. Plus Wilmot Raceway has a stellar Modified, Street Stock, and 4 cyl Bandit divisions. Wilmot Raceway opens the 2019 racing season April 27th and concludes its weekly racing on Sept 7th. The only week Wilmot Raceway will sit quiet is the that of Aug 10th as the facility preps for the Kenosha County Fair which will have motorsport activities throughout the Fair, Aug 14-18. Numerous special events fill the schedule beginning May 4th as the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints headline the first of the five appearances. Tony Stewart's Ollies Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions co-sanctions the IRA / All Star Challenge on Friday night May 17th. The IRA winged 410's will also appear June 15th for the Raymond Neeve Memorial, Aug 3rd as a Kenosha County Fair prelude, and highlight their Wilmot Raceway season during the Fair with the annual Roger Iles Tribute event Aug 17th. The NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series invades Wilmot for the annual Badger 40 on Saturday night July 13th. This event has proven itself to be spectacular, contact www.slspromotions.com for tickets and info for the Greatest Show On Dirt. The UMP Late Model Summer Nationals make their only Wisconsin appearance at Wilmot on Tuesday Night July 2nd. The Wilmot date is part of the popular "Hell Tour" which features the best Late Models in the region battling it out over 30 grueling days in a row. If you're a Late Model fan, you don't want to miss this one! The 2nd annual Jim "Wildman" Watson Dirt King Late Model event is slated for Saturday night Sept 7th. This is will be 3rd consecutive year the Dirt King Tour has visited Wilmot Raceway, and please note this popular event is one week earlier this year. And of course the Kenosha County Fair kicks off Wed night Aug14th with UTV/ATV racing, Aug 15th has Ttruck/Tractor Pulls and the unique Combine Demo Derby, Aug 16th will feature 3 divisions of Wilmot Raceway classes plus a soon to be announced "thrilling" addition. Aug 17th feature the IRA Outlaw Sprints plus two more Wilmot classes, and Aug 18th is the big KCF Demo Derby. Wilmot Raceway is proud to highlight many of its weekly core racing divisions in support roles at all these special events. Come on out and support your local race track, see www.wilmotraceway.com for updates and information. Look for preseason practices/techg days to begin as soon as weather allows in April.

The IRA sanctioned AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet Performance Parts is proud to announce their 30 race 2019 schedule. The series which had the most growth of any sprint car series in the country over the past two years, will open their 5th season April 20th at Beaver Dam Raceway as part of the Jim Wipperfurth Memorial sharing the card in the all open wheel with the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and the Badger Midgets.The same trio returns to Beaver Dam Raceway Sept 14th for the Scott Semmelmann Memorial.
Wilmot Raceway, which is the Saturday night home of the series, will host 19 series dates beginning April 27th. The group which is based on a 2-engine option, will have several special events at Wilmot including playing part of the support role for the NOS Energy World of Outlaw Sprints July 13th, running with their big brother Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints May 4, June 15, Aug 3, and Aug 17 during the Kenosha County Fair. The series will also be on the Wilmot Raceway card May 17th for the big Friday show featuring the Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions / Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints co-sanctioned event. The WI wingLESS gang will also combine at Wilmot with the Badger Midgets July 6th, and share the card with the WIMS Mini Sprints 15 times. Wilmot Raceway which has a proud open wheel history is the weekly home of both the AutoMeter WI wingLESS Sprints and the WIMS Mini Sprints.
The historic Angell Park Speedway has four WI wingLESS dates on their traditional Sunday schedule as they share the card with the Badger Midgets June 23, Aug 4, and Sept 1. The AutoMeter WI wingLESS Sprints will again proudly participate in Angell Park's big Pepsi Nationals event with the POWRI National Midgets July 7th.
The popular 141 Speedway has all three IRA groups, the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, AutoMeter WI wingLESS, and WIMS Mini Sprints together for a pair of Sunday night shows, May 26, and June 30.
Minnesota's Jackson Motorplex, one of the finest dirt tack facilities in the country, who has adopted a very similar rules package for its' non-wing class as the WI wingLESS is bringing the two groups together for the Open Wheel Nationals Sept 20-21 for a 2-day affair. And Wisconsin will be well reprresnted as their 410 IRA Outlaw brothers are going too. 305 sprints will complete the three sprint division spectacular.
The AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet Performane Parts will conclude their 2019 campaign Saturday Sept 28th at the Plymouth Dirt Track with the 3rd annual Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships which includes IRA's Outlaw 410's and WIMS Mini Sprints, plus the MSA/PDTR 360's.
Checkout www.wisconsinwingless.com for more information.

2019 AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by Gandrud
SCHEDULE
Apr 20 Beaver Dam Raceway
27 Wilmot Raceway
May 4 Wilmot Raceway *
11 Wilmot Raceway
17 Wilmot Raceway (Fri/ *I)
25 Wilmot Raceway
26 141 Speedway
June 1 Wilmot Raceway
8 Wilmot Raceway
15 Wilmot Raceway
22 Wilmot Raceway
23 Angell Park Speedway
29 Wilmot Raceway
30 141 Speedway
July 6 Wilmot Raceway
7 Angell Park Speedway
13 Wilmot Raceway (WoO/ *I)
? 20 Wilmot Raceway (?)
27 Wilmot Raceway
Aug 3 Wilmot Raceway *
4 Angell Park Speedway
17 Wilmot Raceway
24 Wilmot Raceway
31 Wilmot Raceway
Sept 1 Angell Park Speedway
7 Wilmot Raceway
14 Beaver Dam Raceway
20-21 Jackson Motorplex (MN / *) Fall Nationals
28 Plymouth Dirt Track (Championship / * I)

• * = Format to be determined
• I = Invitational, x number of cars only, based on points or participation

IRA SALUTES ITS’ CHAMPIONS, BLACKHURST & COX
12/15 Milwaukee, WI The Interstate Racing Association (IRA) hosted its’ 52nd annual Awards Banquet, honoring their Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints presented by Gandrud Chevrolet, Saturday at Milwaukee’s Hilton Garden Inn Grand Ballroom. A capacity crowd of 350 filled the festive room honoring the 43 combined eligible teams.
The comedic voice of the IRA, Ray Underwood, kept the large room entertained, while photographer extraordinaire Dave Olson’s video opened the enthusiastic gala. IRA President Steve Sinclair proudly hosted his 26th consecutive IRA banquet and helped present numerous special awards. Fifteen winged 410 teams, and a remarkable twenty-eight wingLESS teams met the 80% participation requirements needed to be point fund eligible. All teams were represented at the banquet.
Jake Blackhurst topped the recipients as he was crowned the 2018 Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Champion, adding his name to the prestigious list of IRA champions dating back to 1966. The young charger who alongside his father Paul made the long tows north from their Illinois home pay off. Blackhurst and Scotty Thiel had a great back and forth points battle all season long which ended with the youngster taking the title by a mere 7 points. Blackhurst took home the $10,000 first place check, a set of HRP wings, and numerous other contingency awards for their efforts, plus a beautiful painting courtesy of Dave Olson’s Studio 360, and the traditional Hoosier championship jacket.
The Blackhurst’s big night wasn’t over though, as Paul Blackhurst was named as the Smith Titanium/Allstar Performance IRA Mechanic of the Year.
Veteran racer Tim Cox captured proved his formula of consistency to be the right one, claiming his first AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet championship. Despite only winning one A-main, Cox’s dominance with top 5 finishes led him to a popular championship among the 4th year group. The versatile Cox, who has competed strongly in numerous other series on both dirt and pavement throughout his stellar career proved again that he is a class actand a great representative of this country’s fastest growing sprint series, as car counts of 40 were commonplace. Cox took home the lion’s share of the cash awards plus the tallest hardware of the night and an outstanding championship tribute painting by Dave Olson’s Studio 360. Cox also received the traditional Hoosier tire championship jacket plus a contingency envelope topped by a prize from Triple X. Tim’s accolades were completed as he was honored as the series Allstar Performance Mechanic of the Year too, as he properly made the set up calls on his unique four coil chassis.
Runnerup finishers, Scotty Thiel in the Bumper To Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, and Doug Schenck in the AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS each made two of the best speeches of the night as each has finished second in their respective divisions the past three years in a row, and despite having outstanding years, explained how it felt to fall just short of their championship aspirations. Both put passion and humor in their remarks entertaining the overflow gathering.
Brandon McMullen, a past 360 sprint champion who piloted the gorgeous Bob Hood entry with IRA this year, finished a solid 8th in the 410 points chase and claimed the Hepfner Race Products (HRP) Rookie of the Yearhonors. In addition to the cash bonus, Dave Olson Studio 360 painting, and Hoosier jacket, the team also won a wing combo courtesy of HRP. The Hood Team continued their big night by claiming the Super Shox package which provides them with shocks for the 2019 season as their choice in the popular Contingency Product Drawing which is such a unique part of the IRA banquet.
Greg Olsen won Rookie of the Year honors in the AutoMeter WI wingLESS division. The criteria in this division is that a driver couldn’t have run a full size sprint car of any type more than 3 times prior to a full season with the group. Olsen showed steady improvement all season eventually finishing 17th in points.
Dean and Stacy Hopf of Hopf Farms were awarded the prestigious Rick Schmidt Memorial IRA Member of the Year honors. The Hopf’s not only put up sponsor funds for their own Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown mini-series, but they helped along with Roy Fenske to raise the purse dramatically for the season ending Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships. But most importantly, the couple is passionate for both local racing and local race teams, as they contribute to numerous IRA teams, as the familiar Hopf Farms logo is seen on several cars.
IRA has been blessed with many generous supporters of their efforts throughout the years. Local businessmen such as Gene Wright, Bill Grogan, Rick Schmidt, Howie Gleason, and Dean Osborn to name a few, stand out for their generosity in their overall support of IRA sprint car racing over the years, and this year Ken Iles of Carriage Auto Body was recognized with a JBP photo award for his long time contribution to his late father Roger’s annual tribute race.
Mike Decker was honored as the Bumper To Bumper To Bumper IRA Sprint Series Most Improved Driver. Decker, a 100% participation driver, picked up a career best 5th place effort gathering Hard Charger honors at the 141 Speedway event back in May, leading to Decker’s career best 13th place in the final points chase.
Likeable Tom Eller was named AutoMeter WI wingLESS Most Improved Driver. Eller’s perseverance throughout the past two years provided constant improvement leading him to a 23rd place points finish.
Jeremy Schultz’s #5j was awarded the Studio 360 Best Appearing Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Car, receiving a uninque curved photo displkay courtesy of Dave Olson.
Allen Hafford’s first edition 2018 entry was awaded the Jeff Burba Photography (JBP) Best Appearing AutoMeter WI wingLESS Car and was awarded a nicely framed photo of his #38.
The Contingency Product Drawing is a big part of the night and a IRA tradition which has all point fund eligible teams involved as prize packages are created for the exact number of eligible teams, and then teams are randomly selected to choose which prize package they want, thus every eligible team has an equal chance to pick first. Some of the more notable 410 series winners were Scotty Neitzel and Steve Meyer each winning 2019 Maxim chassis. Neitzel had a huge night as he also won a set of All Pro cylinder heads, a Walker air filter, a MSD box, and set of Outerwears prefilters. Scott Uttech a Wilwood inboard brake kit and a Simpson helmet, and Impact belts. Bill Balog a complete DMI driveline and KSE power steering pump. Kris Spitz a pair of Weld wheels and front hubs. Jeremy Schultz a complete front-end assembly courtesy of R&H Enterprises plus prizes Smith Titanium, Bell, and Ultrashield. Russel Borland netted a DMI hub/spindle/kingpin kit plus product from EMI, Smith and J&J. Nick Matuszewski took home a VELOCITY top & nose wing combo plus a DMI hub/spindle/kingpin kit, and J&J items. Scotty Thiel took the Triple X chassis package, Ti22 hubs, and awards from Velocita and Behling Racing Equipment. Wayne Modjeski took a HRP wing combo and items from XYZ Machining. Hunter Custer claimed a DMI driveline kit, a set of Schoenfeld headers, and a award from Slade Shock Technology. Ben Schmidt claimed Maxim parts plus items from M&W and a set of FK Rod ends. And Mike Decker also took Maxim partsplus Afco shocks and a Velocity nose wing. Additionally several other certificates from companies such as Quarter Master, AutoMeter, Weld, Allstar, Saldana, Pyrotect, Simpson, Behling, and R&H were included.
With 28 teams eligible for the product drawing in the wingLESS class, all eyes were on the big prize, a new GM604 engine courtesy of Gandrud Chevrolet. And the drama was worth it as an ecstatic Jim Sivia (who can still be heard screaming throughout the Milwaukee area) was the winner. While all 28 teams went home with something in addition to their point fund checks, “some” of the more notable prize winners were; Nick Petska and Paul Shaffer winning Maxim parts. Nathan Crane a set of Schoenfeld headers, Natalie Klemko a Wilwood inboard brake kit, Jimmy Kouba won the use of Super Shox for the 2019 season. Ryan ZielskiButlerbilt front axle and king pin tethers. Allen Hafford product from EMI, Jordan Mattson a set of Impact belts. Greg Olsen an Impact h&n device. Vince Bartolotta a front axle courtesy of Behling’s. Rod Colburn and Derek Crane each won a pair of DMI torsion bars, and numerous teams went home with Quarter Master gear sets, and other goodies.

Following champion Jake Blackhurst in the 410 eligible points were second place Scotty Thiel, 3rd Jeremy Schultz, 4th Bill Balog, 5th Steve Meyer, 6th Scotty Neitzel, 7th Russel Borland, 8th Brandon McMullen, 9th Scott Uttech, 10th Kris Spitz, 11th Wayne Modjeski, 12th Ben Schmidt, 13th Mike Decker, 14th Hunter Custer, and 15th Nick Matuszewski.
The 28 teams in AutoMeter WI wingLESS points following champion Tim Cox were, 2 Doug Schenck, 3 Ryan Zielski, 4 Allen Hafford, 5 Jordan Mattson, 6 Nathan Crane, 7 (tie) Jimmy Sivia and Jimmy Kouba, 9 Craig Campton, 10 Matt Vandervere, 11 Chris Klemko, 12 Derek Crane, 13 Nick Petska, 14 Chris Dodd, 15 Jake Kouba, 16 Dennis Spitz, 17 Greg Olsen, 18 Natalie Klemko, 19 James Walldan, 20 Shawn Swim, 21 Jordan Paulsen, 22 Vince Bartolotta, 23 Tom Eller, 24 Rod Colburn, 25 William Huck, 26 Randy Stanford, 27 Jim Wehrman, and 28 Paul Shaffer
The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints open their 2019 season April 6th at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, IA.
The AutoMeter WI wingLESS Sprints open their 2019 season at Beaver Dam Raceway in Wisconsin, and will be joined by the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, and Badger Midgets on April 20th.

The Interstate Racing Association (IRA) is best known for their very successful 410/winged Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. In 2015, in conjunction with Wilmot Raceway, IRA created a second IRA group, the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints. Beginning in 2018, the wingLESS concept which is based on a economy two-engine option, absolutely exploded and became the AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet. From it's humble 8-12 cars in 2015, the series drew 40 cars on a regular basis at Wilmot the second half of 2018. It is absolutely the biggest success story in Sprint Car racing in recent years. The drivers are a mix of veterans who mostly came from a wing background of some type, absolute true racing rookies who never raced anything prior, to some drivers who raced in other classes such as Modifieds, Street Stocks, Legends, Midgets, Mini Sprints, and even pavement stock cars. While the series is based on a economy engine, the rest of the rolling chassis is no different than that of any other premier group, including this group's big brother, the IRA "outlaw" machines. While Wilmot Raceway is the "home track" for the group, the series also competed at Angell Park Speedway, Beaver Dam Raceway, 141 Speedway, the Plymouth Dirt Track, and even ventured to Illinois' LaSalle Speedway in 2018. Nineteen point races were held, with eleven being contested at Wilmot. Additionally some non-point races were run, including a pair with the 410 & 360 powerplants of the POWRI WAR Series, and many of the WI wingLESS group not only made the show, but several ran competitively, with some even racing near the front. The two engine option class, the GM604, which is allowed to be rebuilt within a specific (and teched) base OEM criteria, and a build your own "spec engine" series completed 19 point races and produced 12 different winners. Veteran IRA winged campaigner Matt Vandervere led the win list with 4, while other IRA winged veterans Alan Hafford (3), and Chris Dodd (2) also picked up multiple wins. 2017 series champ Jordan Mattson also captured a pair. However it was veteran "racer" Tim Cox who displayed perfect consistency throughout the season who captured the overall championship, winning his lone event on the final weekend, but his 14 top 5's, and never placing outside the top 10 is what led him to his well deserved title. Other series event winners included Doug Schenck, Ryan Zielski, Nathan Crane, Jimmy Sivia, Jake Kouba, Dennis Spitz, and Bill Balog. To see more on IRA's AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by Gandrud Chevrolet, see www.wisconsinwingless.com

Bill Balog once again used a last corner pass to beat Tony Stewart, while Ryan Zielski went 4 wide at the flag stand to pick up the Wisconsin wingLESS victory on a night that saw the largest non co-sanctioned event purse in IRA history, largest count of sprint cars in the state of Wisconsin and multiple series champions crowned.

All eyes were on the Plymouth Dirt Track for night two of the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships, as well as the final night of both the Rocky Rococo Pizza Challenge and the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown, all in honor of Roy Fenske, Frank Filskov, Rick Schmidt and former IRA officials Dick Whitt and Dick Symoens. Jake Blackhurst entered the night with just a 15 point lead over Scotty Thiel for the IRA championship and that would be the battle everyone kept their eyes on. Scotty Thiel set quick time in qualifying over Bill Balog and Phillip Mock. Mike Reinke timed in 4th followed by Ben Schmidt. Jake Blackhurst would qualify in 6th, meaning his points lead was cut to just 9 points entering the heat races.

Heat race number one was dominated by Scotty Neitzel, as he led all 10 laps and picked up the win. Mike Reinke would bring the SCA 02 home in 2nd over Brandon McMullen. Scotty Thiel would settle for a 4th place finish over Scott Biertzer. Sammy Swindell to the initial lead of heat 2 but Tony Stewart muscled his way past the Brandon Thone owned 1 machine to take the lead. Stewart would hold that lead for the duration, fending off multiple challenges from Swindell to take the win. “Slammin Sammy” would be forced to settle with 2nd over Bill Balog and Ben Schmidt. Russel Borland would round out the top 5. “The Badger” Jason Johnson would take the win in heat race 3 over Jeremy Schultz. Jake Blackhurst would bring his Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips car home in 3rd, bringing his points lead to 10 over Thiel. Steve Meyer and Phillip Mock would finish 4th and 5th respectively.

The winged 410 cars were not the only ones racing for their championship, they were joined by the Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS series who with the previous nights top 6 locked into the A main already would run 2 qualifying races to set their feature line up. Greg Olsen would take the lead at the start of the first qualifier, but a yellow flag was thrown and as the field slowed, Olsen jumped a wheel and got upside down. Jimmy Kouba would inherit the lead on the restart. He would hold the lead for the duration of the race, taking home the win over Nathan Crane. Jordan Paulsen would come home in 3rd followed by Douge Schenck and Rod Colburn. Jordan Mattson would lead every lap of qualifier 2 to lock himself into the feature. Johnny Fahl would finish in 2nd over Chris Klemko and Jimmy Sivia. Derek Crane would finish in the 5th position.

With weather looming on the horizon the winged 410 A main would be up first. Scotty Thiel started on the pole but seemed to get a bad start and quickly fell to 4th. Tony Stewart led the field from the outset. Bill Balog charged to 2nd and began chasing down the Rush Truck Centers 14. Balog trailed Stewart through traffic never seeming to find the opportunity he needed to move past Stewart. That is until the last corner when Balog once again found just enough to pass Tony Stewart exiting turn 4 and stand in victory lane, winning $6000. Stewart would settle for 2nd, but he was crowned the Rocky Rococo Challenge champion. Mike Reinke came home in 3rd ahead of the most watched battle on track as Scotty Thiel brought his Scott Thiel Motorsports 64 across the line in 4th over Jake Blackhurst in 5th. Thiel's fourth place finish would be enough to win him the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown championship but not enough to claim the IRA season championship. Jake Blackhurst's fifth place finish gave him enough points to stand victorious as season champion by a mere seven markers.

The excitement wasn’t over though, as the wingLESS series still had a feature to be ran. Nick Petska would jump out to the early lead over Ryan Zielski. Chris Dodd settled into 3rd and the trio began to gap the field by just a bit. As lap 16 started it appeared Chris Dodd was about to make his move but the yellow flag came out as rain began to fall on the Plymouth Dirt Track. The track crews never gave up and after a 20 minute delay the track was race ready again and the cars had re-fired. Petska once again led the field as behind him cars jockeyed for position, Petska looked to have the race soundly in his possession until the final lap, as a bobble from him caused the top 4 to cross the line together, and Ryan Zielski came out on top. Jordan Mattson brought his Lien Acres car across in 2nd followed by Chris Dodd and then Nick Petska. Allen Hafford would finish in the 5th position. Tim Cox came home in 6th which would be enough to earn his first series championship with the series.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:18:20.089 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 18:20.089[3]; 2. 14-Tony Stewart, 18:20.242[4]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, 18:22.981[2]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 18:23.300[1]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 18:24.192[6]; 6. 1-Sammy Swindell, 18:24.681[12]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 18:30.651[11]; 8. 44-Jason Johnson, 18:31.333[10]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 18:32.102[8]; 10. 1M-Phillip Mock, 18:32.210[5]; 11. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 18:33.012[7]; 12. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 18:33.685[16]; 13. 73-Ben Schmidt, 18:34.157[9]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz, 18:22.228[20]; 15. 85M-Steve Meyer, 18:25.469[13]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech, 18:27.708[22]; 17. 23-Russel Borland, 18:29.468[14]; 18. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 18:30.364[19]; 19. 12-Michael Decker, 18:23.481[23]; 20. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 18:26.518[17]; 21. 18-Keith Fellner, 18:27.064[18]; 22. 45-Matt Wiese, 18:29.017[25]; 23. 29-Hunter Custer, 18:26.156[24]; 24. (DNF) 22-Todd King, 11:35.515[21]; 25. (DNF) 4B-Scott Biertzer, 11:35.515[15] Heat 1 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, [3]; 3. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [2]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [7]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [8]; 7. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, [6]; 8. 7-Scott Uttech, [5]; 9. 45-Matt Wiese, [9] Heat 2 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 14-Tony Stewart, [2]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell, [1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, [3]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, [5]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [6]; 7. 22-Todd King, [7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, [9]; 9. 29-Hunter Custer, [8] Heat 3 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 44-Jason Johnson, [1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [2]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [3]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, [5]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock, [4]; 6. 18-Keith Fellner, [8]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, [6]; (DNS) 68-Dave Uttech, ; (DNS) 43-Jereme Schroeder, Qualifying 1 00:00:00 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.818[14]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.108[21]; 3. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:12.117[16]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.126[20]; 5. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.153[11]; 6. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.154[27]; 7. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:12.197[10]; 8. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:12.197[22]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.219[1]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.239[12]; 11. 1-Sammy Swindell, 00:12.275[9]; 12. 44-Jason Johnson, 00:12.325[5]; 13. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.407[13]; 14. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.456[7]; 15. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.514[23]; 16. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 00:12.556[26]; 17. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.559[8]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.576[2]; 19. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.586[25]; 20. 22-Todd King, 00:12.750[24]; 21. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.817[3]; 22. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.147[15]; 23. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.219[6]; 24. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:13.426[4]; 25. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:13.495[17]; 26. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.633[19]; (DNS) 43-Jereme Schroeder, 9/30/2018 3:37PM CSTMyRacePassPowered by MyRacePass Media Results for 9/29/18 - Plymouth Dirt Track-Sheboygan Co Fgds - Plymouth, WI WingLESS Sprints A Feature 1 20 laps | 00:33:20.408 1. 21-Ryan Zielski, 33:20.408[1]; 2. 2-Jordan Mattson, 33:20.436[7]; 3. 01-Chris Dodd, 33:20.628[3]; 4. 18-Nick Petska, 33:20.713[2]; 5. 38-Allen Hafford, 33:20.966[4]; 6. 40-Tim Cox, 33:21.416[8]; 7. 71S-Doug Schenck, 33:21.769[13]; 8. 7S-Craig Campton, 33:22.068[5]; 9. 0-John Fahl, 33:22.886[6]; 10. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 33:23.219[9]; 11. 97-Nathan Crane, 33:23.986[10]; 12. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 33:24.573[14]; 13. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 33:25.140[19]; 14. 70-Chris Klemko, 33:25.418[12]; 15. 1-Rod Colburn, 33:25.664[15]; 16. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 33:25.739[11]; 17. 48-Jason Cox, 33:26.290[17]; 18. 19K-Derek Crane, 33:26.336[16]; 19. 12-Shawn Swim, 33:26.888[22]; 20. 20-Natalie Klemko, 33:27.626[18]; 21. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 33:29.026[20]; 22. 00-Paul Shaffer, 33:29.122[24]; 23. 39-William Huck, 33:31.222[23]; 24. 29OG-Tom Eller, 33:31.222[21] Special 1 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [3]; 2. 97-Nathan Crane, [2]; 3. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [7]; 4. 71S-Doug Schenck, [5]; 5. 1-Rod Colburn, [4]; 6. 48-Jason Cox, [6]; 7. 23Z-Zach Raidart, [8]; 8. 29OG-Tom Eller, [9]; 9. 39-William Huck, [11]; 10. (DNF) 22-Bruce Waterworth, [10]; 11. (DNF) 9-Greg Olsen, [1] Special 2 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 2-Jordan Mattson, [1]; 2. 0-John Fahl, [4]; 3. 70-Chris Klemko, [3]; 4. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [6]; 5. 19K-Derek Crane, [2]; 6. 20-Natalie Klemko, [5]; 7. 12-Shawn Swim, [10]; 8. 00-Paul Shaffer, [9]; 9. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7]; 10. (DNF) 15H-Kevin Hinich, [11]; 11. (DNF) T-Ryan Irwin, [12]

Scotty Thiel fended off challenges from a trio of veteran drivers to pick up the win at Plymouth Dirt Track and reduce Jake Blackhurst’s points lead to just 15 points heading into the final night. In wingLESS competition Tim Cox used a late race mistake by Allen Hafford to take the lead and the win.

29 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car teams and 33 AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS series presented by the IRA teams braved the cold September conditions to compete on night one of the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships at the Plymouth Dirt Track.
410 qualifying saw points leader Jake Blackhurst set quick time over Bill Balog. Scotty Thiel who comes into the weekend trailing Blackhurst by just 36 points timed in 3rd. Local favorite and Rookie of the Year contender Brandon McMullen was 4th quick, and Sammy Swindell aboard the Thone Motorsports 1 machine was 5th quick.
The wingLESS series fast time award went to Chris Dodd in the Hopf Farms backed 01. Ryan Zielski timed in 2nd followed by Nick Petska and Greg Olson. The series most recent winner, Allen Hafford was 5th quick.

The wingLESS series would hit the track first for there heat races, the first of which saw Tim Cox lead from the start, Jimmy Kouba stalked Cox around the 1/4th mile oval, and with just 2 laps to go would work past Cox and bring Chris Dodd with him relegating the Don's Auto 40 of Cox back to 3rd, but it would be all for naught as the red flag would fly for Randy Stanford who got upside down in turn 1. Cox was able to hold everyone off on the restart to take home the victory, followed by Chris Dodd and Jimmy Kouba. Allen Hafford came home in 4th and Johnny Fahl was 5th.
Heat race number 2 saw Chris Klemko lead the first 7 laps, but in turns 3 and 4 on the final lap Ryan Zielski who started 4th worked past Klemko and took the win. Klemko was relegated to 2nd ahead of Dennis Spitz and Jordan Mattson. Kevin Hinnich in a Dan Wade owned car finished in 5th.
Rod Colburn led much of the 3rd heat race but faces pressure from Craig Campton. Campton would work his way past Colburn but soon faced a challenge of his own as Matt Vandervere had worked into 2nd. As the checkered flag fell Vandervere was victorious over Campton. Nick Petska brought his 18 across the line in 3rd with Zack Raidart in 4th. Colburn who controlled much of the race was forced to settle for a 5th place finish.
The 4th and final heat race saw Doug Schenck lead every lap in route to the win. Jimmy Sivia would finish in 2nd followed by Nathan Crane. The battle for the 4th and final transfer spot was exciting as Jason Cox worked the high side and Natalie Klemko rolled the bottom perfect. As they crossed the line, Klemko edged out Cox for 4th.

Heat race 1 for the winged 410s saw a great battle between series veterans Scotty Neitzel and Mike Reinke. Neitzel would eventually get the best of the battle and pick up the victory. Reinke settled for 2nd followed by Jake Blackhurst. Scott Biertzer came home in 4th and Brandon McMullen in 5th.
Jeremy Schultz took the initial lead of heat race 2, but quickly faced challenge for Sammy Swindell. The former World of Outlaw Champion threw everything he had at “the King of the Sherm Nation”. Schultz seemed to be in control but Swindell, the Veteran eventually worked his way past Schultz and took the win. The 5J crossed in 2nd with Bill Balog in 3rd. Jordan Goldesberry came home in 4th followed by Scott Uttech.
Tony Stewart firmly held control of heat race 3, leading all 10 laps and getting the win. Ben Schmidt brought his 73 car home in 2nd followed by Scotty Thiel. Steve Meyer aboard the Meyer Electric 85m finished in 4th and Kris Spitz was 5th.

The wingLESS series B main was won by Rod Colburn over park City Illinois’s Jason Cox. Greg Olson would finish in 3rd ahead of Johnny Fahl and Derek Crane.

The 410 B main saw Todd King and Phillip Mock battle hard for the lead. When the checkered flag fell Todd King was victorious over Mock. Matt Vandervere brought the Portschy 55e car home in 3rd over Jereme Schroeder and Mike Decker.

With preliminary action complete it was now time for A mains, and the wingLESS would be first up. Allen Hafford followed the bottom line of the Plymouth Dirt Track to near perfection leading 24 of the 25 laps, but exiting turn 2 on the final lap Hafford’s 38 car drifted up the track giving Tim Cox just the room he needed to sneak under the 38 and take the win. Hafford was forced to settle for 2nd ahead of Nick Petska. Craig Campton in the 7s claimed 4th followed by the Hopf Farms backed 01 of Chris Dodd.

Scotty Thiel and Steve Meyer made up the front row of the Bumper to Bumper 410 A main, the pair dueled for the lead for the beginning 5 laps or so until while racing each other and trying to work around a lapped car Steve Meyer spun his 85m car around and brought out the yellow. Sammy Swindell in the Hopf Farms backed 1 car was now starting 2nd on Thiel’s bumper. This time “Slammin Sammy” and “The Big Wheel” battled hard for the lead until lap 17 when Swindell hit the wall and brought his mount to a stop. Thiel was able to gap the field this time on the restart, but Tony Stewart found some speed on the high side and was reeling Thiel in with just 2 laps to go when Dave Uttech got into the wall exiting turn 2, nearly collecting Thiel, and bringing out the caution. Fans would now see Thiel lead Tony Stewart and Jeremy Schultz back to the green flag. Thiel was able to hold off the Rush Truck Centers 14 and take home the win. Tony Stewart would settle for 2nd over Jeremy Schultz. Brandon McMullen brought the Bob Hood 10w home 4th ahead over Mike Reinke.

IRA Interstate Racing Association
A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:00:00
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [2]; 2. 14-Tony Stewart, [10]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [3]; 4. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [6]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, [5]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, [9]; 7. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [7]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [8]; 9. 1M-Phillip Mock, [20]; 10. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [12]; 11. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [13]; 12. 7-Scott Uttech, [14]; 13. 23-Russel Borland, [18]; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [17]; 15. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 16. 22-Todd King, [19]; 17. 4K-Kris Spitz, [15]; 18. 73-Ben Schmidt, [11]; 19. 12-Michael Decker, [23]; 20. 10V-Matt VandeVere, [21]; 21. 32-Jeremy Hunt, [24]; 22. 68-Dave Uttech, [16]; 23. 1-Sammy Swindell, [4]; 24. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [22]
B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:00:00
1. 22-Todd King, [1]; 2. 1M-Phillip Mock, [4]; 3. 10V-Matt VandeVere, [3]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [2]; 5. 12-Michael Decker, [5]; 6. 32-Jeremy Hunt, [6]; 7. 11X-Tony Wondra, [9]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, [7]; 9. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [11]; 10. 45-Matt Wiese, [10]; (DNS) 18-Keith Fellner,
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:00:00
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, [1]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [4]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [5]; 5. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [3]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [6]; 7. 22-Todd King, [7]; 8. 32-Jeremy Hunt, [10]; 9. 11X-Tony Wondra, [9]; 10. 45-Matt Wiese, [8]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:00:00
1. 1-Sammy Swindell, [3]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [1]; 5. 7-Scott Uttech, [5]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, [6]; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock, [10]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [7]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, [8]; 10. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [9]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:00:00
1. 14-Tony Stewart, [2]; 2. 73-Ben Schmidt, [1]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, [3]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, [6]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, [5]; 7. 10V-Matt VandeVere, [8]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, [9]; 9. 29-Hunter Custer, [7]
Qualifying 1 00:00:00
1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.803[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.853[11]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.926[26]; 4. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:11.954[5]; 5. 1-Sammy Swindell, 00:11.970[28]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.023[4]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.066[20]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.085[27]; 9. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:12.109[17]; 10. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:12.116[6]; 11. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.125[15]; 12. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.145[18]; 13. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.202[16]; 14. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.252[9]; 15. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.279[1]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.306[14]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.316[10]; 18. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.326[8]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.469[24]; 20. 22-Todd King, 00:12.547[19]; 21. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.602[21]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:12.799[13]; 23. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:12.917[7]; 24. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:12.943[25]; 25. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:13.050[3]; 26. 11X-Tony Wondra, 00:13.138[29]; 27. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.218[22]; 28. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.313[12]; 29. 32-Jeremy Hunt, 00:14.034[23]
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Media Results for 9/28/18 - Plymouth Dirt Track-Sheboygan Co Fgds - Plymouth, WI
WingLESS Sprints
A Feature 1 25 laps | 00:00:00
1. 40-Tim Cox, [6]; 2. 38-Allen Hafford, [1]; 3. 18-Nick Petska, [2]; 4. 7S-Craig Campton, [9]; 5. 01-Chris Dodd, [4]; 6. 21-Ryan Zielski, [3]; 7. 97-Nathan Crane, [14]; 8. 2-Jordan Mattson, [10]; 9. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [7]; 10. 19K-Derek Crane, [21]; 11. 70-Chris Klemko, [11]; 12. 1-Rod Colburn, [17]; 13. 0-John Fahl, [20]; 14. 48-Jason Cox, [18]; 15. 20-Natalie Klemko, [16]; 16. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [22]; 17. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [12]; 18. 71S-Doug Schenck, [8]; 19. 9-Greg Olsen, [19]; 20. 15V-Matt VandeVere, [5]; 21. 23Z-Zach Raidart, [15]; 22. 41-Dennis Spitz, [13]
B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:00:00
1. 1-Rod Colburn, [2]; 2. 48-Jason Cox, [3]; 3. 9-Greg Olsen, [1]; 4. 0-John Fahl, [4]; 5. 19K-Derek Crane, [9]; 6. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [6]; 7. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [8]; 8. 29OG-Tom Eller, [11]; 9. 94-Jim Wehrman, [14]; 10. 00-Paul Shaffer, [10]; 11. 22-Bruce Waterworth, [12]; 12. 12-Shawn Swim, [7]; 13. 39-William Huck, [15]; 14. (DNF) 15H-Kevin Hinich, [5]; (DNS) 29-Randy Stanford, ; (DNS) 70K-Jake Kouba, ; (DNS) 77-James Walldan,
Heat 1 8 laps | 00:00:00
1. 40-Tim Cox, [1]; 2. 01-Chris Dodd, [4]; 3. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [2]; 4. 38-Allen Hafford, [3]; 5. 0-John Fahl, [6]; 6. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [5]; 7. 22-Bruce Waterworth, [8]; 8. (DNF) 29-Randy Stanford, [7]; (DNS) 77-James Walldan,
Heat 2 8 laps | 00:00:00
1. 21-Ryan Zielski, [4]; 2. 70-Chris Klemko, [2]; 3. 41-Dennis Spitz, [1]; 4. 2-Jordan Mattson, [3]; 5. 15H-Kevin Hinich, [6]; 6. 12-Shawn Swim, [5]; 7. 00-Paul Shaffer, [7]; 8. 94-Jim Wehrman, [8]
Heat 3 8 laps | 00:00:00
1. 15V-Matt VandeVere, [5]; 2. 7S-Craig Campton, [3]; 3. 18-Nick Petska, [4]; 4. 23Z-Zach Raidart, [2]; 5. 1-Rod Colburn, [1]; 6. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [6]; 7. 29OG-Tom Eller, [7]; 8. 39-William Huck, [8]
Heat 4 8 laps | 00:00:00
1. 71S-Doug Schenck, [3]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [2]; 3. 97-Nathan Crane, [5]; 4. 20-Natalie Klemko, [7]; 5. 48-Jason Cox, [1]; 6. 19K-Derek Crane, [6]; 7. 9-Greg Olsen, [4]; (DNS) 70K-Jake Kouba,
Qualifying 1 00:00:00
1. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:14.358[33]; 2. 21-Ryan Zielski, 00:14.437[14]; 3. 18-Nick Petska, 00:14.595[12]; 4. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:14.611[4]; 5. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:14.653[27]; 6. 2-Jordan Mattson, 00:14.660[30]; 7. 7S-Craig Campton, 00:14.675[25]; 8. 71S-Doug Schenck, 00:14.686[19]; 9. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 00:14.697[3]; 10. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:14.721[26]; 11. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 00:14.740[10]; 12. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:14.778[28]; 13. 40-Tim Cox, 00:14.797[7]; 14. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:14.809[17]; 15. 1-Rod Colburn, 00:14.840[15]; 16. 48-Jason Cox, 00:14.858[1]; 17. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:14.860[16]; 18. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:14.886[5]; 19. 15V-Matt VandeVere, 00:14.914[24]; 20. 97-Nathan Crane, 00:15.040[29]; 21. 0-John Fahl, 00:15.113[13]; 22. 15H-Kevin Hinich, 00:15.113[9]; 23. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 00:15.140[8]; 24. 19K-Derek Crane, 00:15.142[31]; 25. 29-Randy Stanford, 00:15.155[21]; 26. 00-Paul Shaffer, 00:15.400[2]; 27. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:15.507[22]; 28. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:15.525[20]; 29. 22-Bruce Waterworth, 00:15.628[6]; 30. 94-Jim Wehrman, 00:15.851[23]; 31. 39-William Huck, 00:16.272[11]; (DNS) 70K-Jake Kouba, ; (DNS) 77-James Walldan,

Parker Price-Miller was dominate on the high side of the 1/4th mile LaSalle Speedway in the winged 410, while Beach Park, Illinois’ Allen Hafford was able to best the field of 31 wingLESS Sprints.

On a warm September Sunday 35 Bumper to a Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) 410 winged sprint cars signed in to La Salle Speedway to compete in the Bill Waite Jr. Memorial. The winged 410 sprint cars were joined by 31 Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS series presented by the IRA teams.
Kerry Madsen behind the wheel of the Go Muddy 2m set quick time over “T-Mac” Terry McCarl. Parker Price-Miller in the Indy Race Parts 71p was 3rd quick with Scotty Thiel in 4th and Mike Terry Jr. in 5th.
wingLESS quick time was picked up by Tim Cox in the Don's Auto 48. Mitchell Davis was 2nd quick ahead of Rod Colburn and Craig Campton. Allen Hafford would time in 5th in the Dave’s American Muffler 38.

Wisconsin wingLESS heats were first up and treated fans to an exciting show, as heat 1 saw Jake Kouba behind the wheel of a second Chris Klemko owned 70 machine dominate the race and pick up the win, behind him though a trio of drivers traded the 2nd position. As the checkered fell Ryan Zielski who started 7th managed to snag the 2nd position over Jimmy Sivia and Allen Hafford. Patrick Haynes finished in the 5th spot.
Heat race 2 was dominated by Mitchell Davis, who gapped the field by nearly half a lap. Behind him though 2nd position was highly contested as the the brothers Crane traded the spot multiple times. When the race ended Derek Crane had a strong hold of 2nd over Nathan Crane in 3rd. Natalie Klemko claimed the 4th spot ahead of George Gaertner III.
Greg Olson took the initial lead of heat 3, but saw many challenges from Jordan Mattson. The defending champion, Mattson couldn’t find a way past Olson, and Olson would pick up the win. Mattson settled for 2nd over Rod Colburn and Zach Raidart. Jordan Paulson claimed the 5th and final transfer position.
The final wingLESS heat race was claimed by veteran driver Dennis Spitz. Chris Klemko finished in the 2nd position over Craig Campton and Travis Mahoney. George Gaertner Jr crossed in the 5th position.

It was now time for the Winged 410 heats, heat race one was won by Chapin Illinois’ Paul Nienhiser over the Missouri Native Joe B Miller. Kerry Madsen brought his 2m home in 3rd with Chris Urish in 4th and Mike Terry Jr in 5th.
Heat 2 saw Jake Blackhurst make a daring move to split Jordan Goldesberry and the wall to take the lead exiting turn 2. Blackhurst had created a large gap between him and Goldesberry when Patrick Haynes had spun his 5h machine in turn 1, and collected both Blackhurst and Goldesberry. Terry McCarl inherited the lead with just 3 laps to go. McCarl saw no challenge in the final 3 laps and picked up the win. Jeremy Schultz crossed the line in 2nd followed by Jason Keith and Ben Schmidt. Jim Moughan saw a challenge from Jake Blackhurst in the final lap for the 5th position but was able to hang onto it and transfer into the A main.
Heat race 3 saw Tony Stewart win in dominating fashion over a pair of Indy Race Parts cars, Gio Scelzi finishing in 2nd and Parker Price-Miller in 3rd. Max McGhee claimed 4th and Kris Spitz finished in 5th.
Mike Reinke took the early lead in heat 4 but was pressured from Bill Balog for the entire 10 lap heat race. As Jim Barr waved the checkered it was Mike Reinke victorious over Balog. Brandon Wimmer brought his beautiful throwback 7tw car across in 3rd followed by Scotty Thiel and Jeremy Standridge.

The Wisconsin wingLESS B main was dominated by a pair of racing veterans as Tim Cox picked up the win over Doug Schenck. George Gaertner III finished in 3rd with Jordan Paulsen in 4th and George Gaertner Jr. in 5th.

Jake Blackhurst rebounded from his heat race troubles to pick up the B main win. Joey Moughan finished in 2nd over Scotty Neitzel, and Russel Borland nabbed the final transfer position.

The wingLESS series would be the first A main to run. Allen Hafford took the early lead, as most of the field ran tight around the infield berm Hafford was able to gap the rest of the pack. A late caution would set up a 7 lap dash to the finish. Hafford would pick up the win over Craig Campton and Mitchell Davis. Jordan Mattson who restarted in 15th utilized the high side to charge into 4th at the fall of the checkered. Rod Colburn brought his Harley Davidson 1 car home in 5th.

In the winged A Main, Parker Price-Miller took the early lead while his teammate Gio Scelzi worked his way into 2nd. A lap 7 red flag for Mike Reinke and Kerry Madsen would bunch the field back up and relieve Price-Miller of the lapped traffic he was about to encounter. Price-Miller was stalked by Scelzi thought the duration of the feature but could not get around his teammate. Parker Price-Miller would take the win followed by Scelzi. Tony Stewart rounded out the podium over Scotty Thiel and Indiana’s Brandon Wimmer came home in 5th.
A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:27:17.431 Presented by Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts
1. 71P-Parker Price-Miller, 27:17.431[1]; 2. 71-Gio Scelzi, 27:18.150[6]; 3. 14-Tony Stewart, 27:19.833[8]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 27:21.245[5]; 5. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 27:22.304[14]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 27:23.865[11]; 7. 24-Terry McCarl, 27:25.087[2]; 8. 85-Mike Terry Jr., 27:25.492[3]; 9. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 27:25.710[21]; 10. 51B-Joe B. Miller, 27:25.960[12]; 11. 29M-Joey Moughan, 27:26.667[22]; 12. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 27:26.785[4]; 13. 9-Paul Nienhiser, 27:27.134[9]; 14. 15M-Jason Keith, 27:28.579[15]; 15. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 27:28.719[13]; 16. 11-Max McGhee, 27:28.834[18]; 17. 73-Ben Schmidt, 27:29.190[17]; 18. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 27:29.746[23]; 19. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, 27:30.662[20]; 20. 77U-Chris Urish, 27:30.846[16]; 21. 23-Russel Borland, 27:31.535[24]; 22. 4K-Kris Spitz, 27:31.677[19]; 23. (DNF) 2M-Kerry Madsen, 07:01.776[7]; 24. (DNF) 02-Mike Reinke, 07:03.743[10]
B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:08:39.429 Presented by Behling Racing Equipment
1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 08:39.429[1]; 2. 29M-Joey Moughan, 08:48.839[7]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 08:42.010[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, 08:42.610[6]; 5. 51J-Ryan Jamison, 08:42.970[9]; 6. 21-Brinton Marvel, 08:43.742[3]; 7. 79J-Jacob Patton, 08:44.133[10]; 8. 88-Terry Babb, 08:44.628[5]; 9. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 08:45.398[8]; 10. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 08:46.526[12]; 11. 7-Scott Uttech, 08:46.917[11]; 12. 29-Hunter Custer, 08:47.522[13]; 13. 14F-Jim Fifield, 08:48.839[14]; (DNS) 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 08:48.839; (DNS) 44-Cory Bruns, 08:48.839
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:08:29.050 Presented by Real Wheels
1. 9-Paul Nienhiser, 08:29.050[2]; 2. 51B-Joe B. Miller, 08:30.926[1]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 08:31.708[4]; 4. 77U-Chris Urish, 08:33.629[5]; 5. 85-Mike Terry Jr., 08:35.585[3]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 08:37.044[6]; 7. 29M-Joey Moughan, 08:38.088[7]; 8. 7-Scott Uttech, 08:39.263[8]; 9. 14F-Jim Fifield, 08:34.334[9]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:09:29.729 Presented by Diversified Machine Inc
1. 24-Terry McCarl, 09:29.729[4]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 09:31.297[7]; 3. 15M-Jason Keith, 09:31.988[6]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, 09:33.091[5]; 5. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 09:33.427[3]; 6. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 09:34.503[2]; 7. 51J-Ryan Jamison, 09:35.578[9]; 8. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 09:37.087[8]; 9. (DNF) 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 04:12.961[1]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:00:00 Presented by All Star Performance
1. 14-Tony Stewart, [2]; 2. 71-Gio Scelzi, [3]; 3. 71P-Parker Price-Miller, [4]; 4. 11-Max McGhee, [6]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, [1]; 6. 88-Terry Babb, [8]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [7]; 8. (DNF) 79J-Jacob Patton, [5]; (DNS) 44-Cory Bruns,
Heat 4 10 laps | 00:04:31.536 Presented by R&H Enterprises
1. 02-Mike Reinke, 04:31.536[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 04:32.051[3]; 3. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 04:34.960[2]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:36.387[4]; 5. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, 04:38.453[7]; 6. 21-Brinton Marvel, 04:39.765[5]; 7. 23-Russel Borland, 04:41.678[6]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:35.638[8]
Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:00:41.432 Presented by Osborn and Son Trucking
1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 00:12.904[30]; 2. 24-Terry McCarl, 00:12.980[4]; 3. 71P-Parker Price-Miller, 00:12.983[32]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.065[6]; 5. 85-Mike Terry Jr., 00:13.109[7]; 6. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 00:13.131[3]; 7. 71-Gio Scelzi, 00:13.191[24]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.204[35]; 9. 9-Paul Nienhiser, 00:13.235[2]; 10. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.285[12]; 11. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:13.347[5]; 12. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:13.487[17]; 13. 51B-Joe B. Miller, 00:13.506[29]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.516[23]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.529[14]; 16. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:13.596[28]; 17. 77U-Chris Urish, 00:13.622[33]; 18. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:13.631[34]; 19. 79J-Jacob Patton, 00:13.732[1]; 20. 21-Brinton Marvel, 00:13.785[21]; 21. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.810[25]; 22. 15M-Jason Keith, 00:13.827[10]; 23. 11-Max McGhee, 00:13.865[19]; 24. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.884[27]; 25. 29M-Joey Moughan, 00:13.917[20]; 26. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:14.100[26]; 27. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:14.129[8]; 28. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, 00:14.191[15]; 29. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:14.276[22]; 30. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:14.376[9]; 31. 88-Terry Babb, 00:14.449[16]; 32. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.882[13]; 33. 14F-Jim Fifield, 00:15.049[31]; (DNS) 44-Cory Bruns, ; (DQ) 51J-Ryan Jamison, 00:14.647[18]
Hotlaps 1 00:05:27.037
1. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, [15]; 2. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:12.472[17]; 3. 71P-Parker Price-Miller, 00:12.662[32]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.754[6]; 5. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 00:12.760[30]; 6. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.791[12]; 7. 71-Gio Scelzi, 00:12.871[24]; 8. 24-Terry McCarl, 00:12.922[4]; 9. 44-Cory Bruns, 00:12.941[11]; 10. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 00:12.970[3]; 11. 15M-Jason Keith, 00:13.005[10]; 12. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.011[35]; 13. 9-Paul Nienhiser, 00:13.025[2]; 14. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.054[26]; 15. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:13.093[5]; 16. 88-Terry Babb, 00:13.164[16]; 17. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:13.258[28]; 18. 85-Mike Terry Jr., 00:13.275[7]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.302[14]; 20. 51B-Joe B. Miller, 00:13.330[29]; 21. 79J-Jacob Patton, 00:13.487[1]; 22. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:13.513[34]; 23. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:13.539[9]; 24. 77U-Chris Urish, 00:13.740[33]; 25. 14F-Jim Fifield, 00:14.239[31]; 26. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:14.315[8]; 27. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:25.943[23]; 28. 29M-Joey Moughan, 00:59.383[20]; 29. 21-Brinton Marvel, 01:02.086[21]; 30. 23-Russel Borland, 01:02.086[27]; 31. 29-Hunter Custer, 01:02.086[13]; 32. 51J-Ryan Jamison, 01:02.086[18]; 33. 11-Max McGhee, 01:02.086[19]; 34. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 01:02.086[25]; 35. 7-Scott Uttech, 01:02.086[22]
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Media Results for 9/23/18 - LaSalle Speedway - Lasalle, IL
WingLESS Sprints
A Feature 1 20 laps | 00:11:19 Presented by Autometer
1. 38-Allen Hafford, 11:19.896[1]; 2. 7S-Craig Campton, 11:20.726[2]; 3. 10-Mitchell Davis, 11:20.920[4]; 4. 2-Jordan Mattson, 11:21.690[11]; 5. 1-Rod Colburn, 11:23.594[3]; 6. 40-Tim Cox, 11:23.979[17]; 7. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 11:24.140[7]; 8. 70-Chris Klemko, 11:24.288[8]; 9. 21-Ryan Zielski, 11:24.929[13]; 10. 97-Nathan Crane, 11:25.147[10]; 11. 70K-Jake Kouba, 11:25.686[6]; 12. 41-Dennis Spitz, 11:25.856[5]; 13. 89-George Gaertner Jr, 11:25.975[21]; 14. 19K-Derek Crane, 11:26.226[12]; 15. 71S-Doug Schenck, 11:27.659[18]; 16. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 11:28.690[15]; 17. 20-Natalie Klemko, 11:29.062[16]; 18. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 11:30.132[20]; 19. 39-William Huck, 11:30.995[22]; 20. 9-Greg Olsen, 11:29.276[9]; 21. 4G-George Gaertner III, 11:34.447[19]; 22. (DNF) 93-Travis Mahoney, 06:24.515[14]
B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:10:25
1. 40-Tim Cox, 10:25.899[1]; 2. 71S-Doug Schenck, 10:26.612[2]; 3. 4G-George Gaertner III, 10:29.981[5]; 4. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 10:30.346[6]; 5. 89-George Gaertner Jr, 10:30.875[4]; 6. 39-William Huck, 10:31.330[9]; 7. 77-James Walldan, 10:31.960[10]; 8. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 10:32.772[7]; 9. 94-Jim Wehrman, 10:32.891[8]; 10. 29OG-Tom Eller, 10:35.267[12]; 11. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 10:35.335[13]; 12. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 10:36.375[3]; 13. 00-Paul Shaffer, 10:36.459[14]; 14. 7-Steve Clott, 05:47.857[11]; (DNS) 12-Shawn Swim, 05:47.857
Heat 1 8 laps | 00:08:53
1. 70K-Jake Kouba, 08:53.624[1]; 2. 21-Ryan Zielski, 08:54.220[7]; 3. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 08:54.613[2]; 4. 38-Allen Hafford, 08:56.012[3]; 5. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 08:57.022[5]; 6. 77-James Walldan, 08:57.659[8]; 7. (DNF) 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 02:06.974[6]; 8. (DNF) 40-Tim Cox, 02:07.526[4]
Heat 2 8 laps | 00:05:46
1. 10-Mitchell Davis, 05:46.447[4]; 2. 19K-Derek Crane, 05:52.803[6]; 3. 97-Nathan Crane, 05:54.399[3]; 4. 20-Natalie Klemko, 05:55.021[7]; 5. 4G-George Gaertner III, 05:55.922[8]; 6. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 05:56.803[1]; 7. 7-Steve Clott, 06:00.625[5]; 8. (DNF) 71S-Doug Schenck, 06:00.625[2]
Heat 3 8 laps | 00:03:29
1. 9-Greg Olsen, 03:29.027[3]; 2. 2-Jordan Mattson, 03:30.519[1]; 3. 1-Rod Colburn, 03:32.950[4]; 4. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 03:33.265[5]; 5. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 03:35.246[8]; 6. 94-Jim Wehrman, 03:37.110[6]; 7. 00-Paul Shaffer, 03:38.868[7]; 8. (DNF) 12-Shawn Swim, 01:47.847[2]
Heat 4 8 laps | 00:03:31
1. 41-Dennis Spitz, 03:31.092[1]; 2. 70-Chris Klemko, 03:32.670[3]; 3. 7S-Craig Campton, 03:33.881[4]; 4. 93-Travis Mahoney, 03:36.264[2]; 5. 89-George Gaertner Jr, 03:36.856[6]; 6. 39-William Huck, 03:38.010[7]; 7. 29OG-Tom Eller, 03:39.514[5]
Qualifying 1 00:14:36
1. 40-Tim Cox, 00:15.145[13]; 2. 10-Mitchell Davis, 00:15.149[28]; 3. 1-Rod Colburn, 00:15.264[22]; 4. 7S-Craig Campton, 00:15.324[14]; 5. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:15.345[15]; 6. 97-Nathan Crane, 00:15.467[6]; 7. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:15.496[31]; 8. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:15.533[21]; 9. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:15.553[11]; 10. 71S-Doug Schenck, 00:15.570[17]; 11. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:15.604[19]; 12. 93-Travis Mahoney, 00:15.622[29]; 13. 70K-Jake Kouba, 00:15.658[9]; 14. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 00:15.660[26]; 15. 2-Jordan Mattson, 00:15.675[7]; 16. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:15.749[27]; 17. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:15.763[2]; 18. 7-Steve Clott, 00:15.770[30]; 19. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 00:15.814[8]; 20. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:15.821[24]; 21. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 00:15.878[5]; 22. 19K-Derek Crane, 00:15.957[16]; 23. 94-Jim Wehrman, 00:16.005[1]; 24. 89-George Gaertner Jr, 00:16.027[12]; 25. 21-Ryan Zielski, 00:16.146[25]; 26. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:16.179[18]; 27. 00-Paul Shaffer, 00:16.238[20]; 28. 39-William Huck, 00:16.354[10]; 29. 77-James Walldan, 00:16.359[23]; 30. 4G-George Gaertner III, 00:16.433[4]; 31. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:16.478[3]

Brooke Tatnell out dueled fellow Australian Kerry Madsen to claim the 18th Annual Jerry Richert Memorial, in honor of his father in law and the 1962 Knoxville Nationals Champion Jerry Richert.

Heat race number 1 saw Jeremy Schultz take the early lead in the Captain Jim’s Yacht Sales 5J. Travis Whitney challenged Schultz hard for the lead in the early laps before his DeWall Motorsports 16 popped out of gear sending him to the tail. Kerry Madsen would challenge Schultz for the lead on the restart but could not get around the 5J. Jeremy Schultz claimed the win over Madsen. Hunter Schurenburg finished in 3rd followed by Lynton Jeffrey and Russel Borland.
The 2nd heat race was dominated by Minnesota’s Davey Heskin. Brooke Tatnell brought his 55 home in 2nd after fending off many challenges from the 2018 Knoxville Raceway rookie of the year Carson McCarl. McCarl settled for 3rd in front of Mike Reinke and Wayne Modjeski picked up the 5th and final transfer spot in the Oz Motorsports 73.
Heat 3 saw Scotty Thiel take the early lead but a motor problem at halfway would sideline the Professional Platting 64, giving the lead to Terry McCarl. McCarl would claim the win, followed by Parker Price-Miller. Sammy Swindell picked up 3rd with current points leader Jake Blackhurst in 4th and Jason Johnson in 5th.
The 4th heat race saw Wade Nygaard lead flag to flag picking up the win. Behind Nygaard, Bill Balog and Mark Dobmeier battled fiercely for second. Balog eventually getting the better of the two and finishing in second. Dobmeier was relegated to third over Brandon McMullen and Steve Meyer.

The B main saw Austin McCarl take the early lead but Travis Whitney quickly moved past the 17A and into the lead. McCarl took the lead back near the halfway point. A red flag with 1 to go for Tori Knutson getting upside down would create a green white checkered restart with McCarl leading over Skyler Gee. McCarl got a good restart and was able to use that to claim victory over Gee and Scott Winters. RJ Johnson would grab the 4th and final transfer spot over Travis Whitney who faded after leading early.

In The A main Lynton Jeffrey took the initial lead but quickly faced challenges from Brooke Tatnell. Tatnell would eventually take the lead from Jeffery as they neared lapped traffic. Kerry Madsen drove into 2nd and set his sights on Tatnell. A caution for Mark Dobmeier who stopped in turn three would set up a four lap dash to the finish. The pair of Australians dueled for the victory with Brooke Tatnell coming out on top of the Jerry Richert Memorial for the third time in his career. Madsen took second and Terry McCarl stood on the bottom step of the podium. Davey Heskin would bring his 56n home in 4th with Hunter Schuerenberg in 5th.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:33:50.497
1. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 33:50.497[4]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 33:50.787[9]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl, 33:53.949[7]; 4. 56N-Davey Heskin, 33:54.725[1]; 5. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg, 33:55.210[13]; 6. 12L-Lynton Jeffrey, 33:55.770[2]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 33:55.931[11]; 8. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 33:56.390[16]; 9. 17A-Austin McCarl, 33:56.933[21]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 33:57.170[6]; 11. 85M-Steve Meyer, 33:57.745[19]; 12. 99X-Skylar Gee, 33:58.244[22]; 13. 44-Jason Johnson, 33:58.567[17]; 14. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 33:59.165[5]; 15. 1-Sammy Swindell, 33:59.296[8]; 16. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 34:00.149[24]; 17. 02-Mike Reinke, 34:00.671[3]; 18. 73-Wayne Modjeski, 34:00.544[20]; 19. (DNF) 23-Russel Borland, 33:51.254[18]; 20. (DNF) 13-Mark Dobmeier, 27:30.912[14]; 21. (DNF) 23W-Scott Winters, 26:58.131[23]; 22. (DNF) 7X-Carson McCarl, 25:41.866[12]; 23. (DNF) 10W-Brandon McMullen, 25:13.614[15]; 24. (DNF) 71-Parker Price-Miller, 16:02.235[10]
B Feature 1 15 laps | 00:20:29.604
1. 17A-Austin McCarl, 20:29.604[1]; 2. 99X-Skylar Gee, 20:30.767[3]; 3. 23W-Scott Winters, 20:31.469[6]; 4. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 20:31.719[4]; 5. 16-Travis Whitney, 20:31.991[2]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech, 20:33.343[7]; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock, 20:33.377[5]; 8. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, 20:34.239[9]; 9. 05-Colin Smith, 20:34.861[12]; 10. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 20:36.166[8]; 11. 29-Hunter Custer, 20:36.596[13]; 12. 14K-Victoria (Tori) Knutson, 11:35.478[10]; 13. 12-Michael Decker, 11:40.127[11]; (DNS) 64-Scotty Thiel, 11:40.127; (DNS) 35-Skylar Prochaska, 11:40.127; (DNS) 14AJX-Heikkinen Patrick, 11:40.127
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:08:17.049
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 08:17.049[1]; 2. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 08:18.344[4]; 3. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg, 08:20.959[5]; 4. 12L-Lynton Jeffrey, 08:21.791[3]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 08:23.341[6]; 6. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 08:24.127[7]; 7. 16-Travis Whitney, 08:25.087[2]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, 08:27.337[9]; 9. 05-Colin Smith, 08:27.557[8]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:04:23.082
1. 56N-Davey Heskin, 04:23.082[1]; 2. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 04:28.648[4]; 3. 7X-Carson McCarl, 04:28.992[2]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, 04:29.595[3]; 5. 73-Wayne Modjeski, 04:30.422[7]; 6. 99X-Skylar Gee, 04:31.653[5]; 7. 23W-Scott Winters, 04:33.065[6]; 8. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, 04:34.614[8]; 9. 29-Hunter Custer, 04:37.062[9]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:03:49.607
1. 24-Terry McCarl, 03:49.607[2]; 2. 71-Parker Price-Miller, 03:50.602[3]; 3. 1-Sammy Swindell, 03:51.915[4]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 03:53.408[6]; 5. 44-Jason Johnson, 03:55.353[5]; 6. 1M-Phillip Mock, 03:55.928[7]; 7. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 04:02.716[8]; 8. (DNF) 64-Scotty Thiel, 04:21.271[1]
64 with blown motor
Heat 4 10 laps | 00:04:42.442
1. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 04:42.442[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 04:43.452[3]; 3. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 04:43.938[5]; 4. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 04:44.772[2]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, 04:45.352[6]; 6. 17A-Austin McCarl, 04:46.670[4]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech, 04:49.104[7]; 8. 14K-Victoria (Tori) Knutson, 04:51.606[8]; (DNS) 35-Skylar Prochaska, 04:51.606
Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:18:09
1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 00:11.591[4]; 2. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.721[16]; 3. 1-Sammy Swindell, 00:11.806[14]; 4. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:11.890[20]; 5. 12L-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:11.895[1]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:11.938[5]; 7. 71-Parker Price-Miller, 00:12.001[25]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.042[17]; 9. 16-Travis Whitney, 00:12.053[13]; 10. 7X-Carson McCarl, 00:12.080[11]; 11. 24-Terry McCarl, 00:12.096[30]; 12. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:12.117[9]; 13. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.127[8]; 14. 56N-Davey Heskin, 00:12.135[12]; 15. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.156[7]; 16. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 00:12.226[18]; 17. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.285[26]; 18. 99X-Skylar Gee, 00:12.366[3]; 19. 44-Jason Johnson, 00:12.366[15]; 20. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:12.369[19]; 21. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.371[6]; 22. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:12.385[21]; 23. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.423[23]; 24. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.450[10]; 25. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 00:12.561[24]; 26. 73-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.742[29]; 27. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:12.799[33]; 28. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.986[34]; 29. 05-Colin Smith, 00:13.105[35]; 30. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, 00:13.134[32]; 31. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.298[22]; 32. 14K-Victoria (Tori) Knutson, 00:13.616[27]; 33. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.807[28]; 34. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.276[31]; (DNS) 35-Skylar Prochaska,
Hotlaps 1 00:17:05
1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 00:11.734[4]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell, 00:11.755[14]; 3. 12L-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:11.761[1]; 4. 56N-Davey Heskin, 00:11.834[12]; 5. 71-Parker Price-Miller, 00:11.882[25]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.942[17]; 7. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 00:11.962[16]; 8. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:11.969[5]; 9. 44-Jason Johnson, 00:11.971[15]; 10. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.977[7]; 11. 16-Travis Whitney, 00:11.986[13]; 12. 99X-Skylar Gee, 00:11.994[3]; 13. 35-Skylar Prochaska, 00:12.010[2]; 14. 7X-Carson McCarl, 00:12.021[11]; 15. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:12.094[20]; 16. 24-Terry McCarl, 00:12.137[30]; 17. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.148[8]; 18. 97G-Hunter Schuerenberg, 00:12.200[26]; 19. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 00:12.215[24]; 20. 9N-Wade Nygaard, 00:12.228[18]; 21. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.283[10]; 22. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:12.290[9]; 23. 13-Mark Dobmeier, 00:12.363[19]; 24. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.381[6]; 25. 23W-Scott Winters, 00:12.385[21]; 26. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.500[23]; 27. 05-Colin Smith, 00:12.750[35]; 28. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:12.812[33]; 29. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.898[34]; 30. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, 00:12.898[32]; 31. 73-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.903[29]; 32. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.098[31]; 33. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.134[22]; 34. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.325[28]; 35. 14K-Victoria (Tori) Knutson, 00:13.326[27]

Kerry Madson used lapped traffic to maneuver past Skyler Gee in the closing laps of the feature to claim his 2nd career Northern Nationals Victory.

26 teams signed in to compete with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) at the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin for the annual Northern Nationals. Qualifying was claimed by Indiana’s Parker Price-Miller. Sammy Swindell timed the Thone Motorsport car in 2nd followed by Kerry Madsen, Terry McCarl, and Skyler Gee.

Heat race number 1 saw Bill Balog take the lead on the start and never look back. Parker Price-Miller quickly moved from 4th to 2nd behind Balog but could not catch him. Alan Gilbertson would bring his 97 machine home 3rd with Terry McCarl 4th and Ben Schmidt 5th.
Heat race 2 saw trouble on the initial green flag as Jeremy Schultz and Sammy Swindell would make contact both cars getting upside down. Once the race restarted Jake Blackhust jumped out in front of the field and claimed the victory. Steve Meyer crossed the line in 2nd followed by Skyler Gee and Jon Agan. Russel Borland would round out the top 5 with his Wiese Trucking 23.
The 3rd heat race was won by 4th place starting Kerry Madsen over Lynton Jeffrey. Scotty Thiel brought his Scott Thiel Builders 64 across in 3rd trailed by RJ Johnson and Travis Whitney.

The A main kept fans on the edge of their seat as Skyler Gee grabbed the lead at the drop of the green flag. Jake Blackhust settled into 2nd with Bill Balog in 3rd. The caution flag would fly bunching the field up. On the restart Gee once again gapped the field into 1 while Balog threw a slider on Blackhurst for 2nd. The caution would once again fly, erasing Balog’s pass. This time on the restart Blackhurst knew what to expect and was able to break Balog’s momentum before he would complete the pass. As the trio settled back into line, Kerry Madsen went to work on Bill Balog for 3rd. Madsen and Balog battled hard, exchanging slide jobs and nearly touching multiple times. The Mad Man eventually came out on top and set his sights on 2nd place Jake Blackhurst. A caution flag would once again bunch the field up and give Madsen the chance he needed to pass the Hanna City, Illinois native and grab 2nd place. Madsen now set to work tracking down Gee’s 99 machine. As the laps began to wind down, Gee entered heavy lapped traffic, and that would give Kerry Madsen the break he needed. Madsen used a lapped car to sneak past the Pat Buck Motorsports car piloted by Gee and take the lead. The Australian never looked back, leading the final laps and claiming victory. Gee settled for 2nd after leading much of the feature and 7th starting Terry McCarl rounded out the podium. Bill Balog who had a right rear go flat in the final laps, limped his 17b across in 4th and Jake Blackhurst was 5th.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:32:03.616 Presented by Bumper to Bumber Auto
1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 32:03.616[5]; 2. 99-Skylar Gee, 32:05.702[1]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl, 32:06.443[7]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 32:11.572[3]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 32:13.158[2]; 6. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 32:11.825[10]; 7. 73-Ben Schmidt, 32:13.660[13]; 8. 64-Scotty Thiel, 32:14.916[11]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer, 32:16.147[8]; 10. 1-Sammy Swindell, 32:14.250[24]; 11. 16-Travis Whitney, 32:17.799[14]; 12. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 32:19.681[18]; 13. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, 32:26.927[4]; 14. 12L-Lynton Jeffrey, 31:55.836[6]; 15. 12-Michael Decker, 32:21.933[17]; 16. 23-Russel Borland, 32:28.178[15]; 17. 03-Jamey Ogston, 32:30.032[23]; 18. 44-Jason Johnson, 32:29.576[16]; 19. 7-Scott Uttech, 32:31.385[19]; 20. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 32:35.768[21]; 21. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 26:56.568[25]; 22. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz, 26:12.745[20]; 23. (DNF) 4-Jon Agan, 24:27.455[12]; 24. (DNF) 71-Parker Price-Miller, 18:03.839[9]; 25. (DNF) 29-Hunter Custer, 08:32.643[22]
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:05:13 Presented by Real Wheels
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 05:13.624[2]; 2. 71-Parker Price-Miller, 05:14.292[4]; 3. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, 05:19.219[1]; 4. 24-Terry McCarl, 05:19.676[3]; 5. 73-Ben Schmidt, 05:20.091[5]; 6. 44-Jason Johnson, 05:22.646[6]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech, 05:27.958[7]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, 05:25.320[8]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:13:36 Presented by DMI
1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 13:36.808[1]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer, 13:38.630[2]; 3. 99-Skylar Gee, 13:39.373[3]; 4. 4-Jon Agan, 13:45.875[8]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 13:46.766[6]; 6. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 11:24.954[9]; 7. (DNF) 1-Sammy Swindell, [4]; 8. (DNF) 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [5]; 9. (DNF) 03-Jamey Ogston, [7]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:07:21 Presented by All Star Performance / R&H Enterprises
1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 07:21.373[4]; 2. 12L-Lynton Jeffrey, 07:24.385[2]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, 07:24.493[1]; 4. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 07:26.717[3]; 5. 16-Travis Whitney, 07:29.254[5]; 6. 12-Michael Decker, 07:32.203[6]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, 07:35.547[9]; 8. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 07:35.757[7]; 9. 14AJX-Heikkinen Patrick, 07:24.787[8]
Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:00:29 Presented by Osborne and Sons Trucking
1. 71-Parker Price-Miller, 00:13.969[16]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell, 00:13.984[18]; 3. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 00:14.100[6]; 4. 24-Terry McCarl, 00:14.132[14]; 5. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:14.150[9]; 6. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 00:14.164[19]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:14.165[15]; 8. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:14.201[11]; 9. 12L-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:14.222[26]; 10. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, 00:14.285[2]; 11. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:14.309[21]; 12. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:14.352[3]; 13. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:14.353[25]; 14. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:14.369[17]; 15. 16-Travis Whitney, 00:14.469[23]; 16. 44-Jason Johnson, 00:14.473[12]; 17. 23-Russel Borland, 00:14.535[24]; 18. 12-Michael Decker, 00:14.739[1]; 19. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:14.905[13]; 20. 03-Jamey Ogston, 00:14.974[7]; 21. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:14.993[10]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:15.024[8]; 23. 4-Jon Agan, 00:15.038[20]; 24. 14AJX-Heikkinen Patrick, 00:16.162[5]; 25. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:19.246[22]; 26. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz, [4]
Hotlaps 1 00:10:32
1. 2M-Kerry Madsen, 00:13.926[6]; 2. 1-Sammy Swindell, 00:14.141[18]; 3. 71-Parker Price-Miller, 00:14.223[16]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:14.238[15]; 5. 19L-R.J. Johnson, 00:14.286[19]; 6. 99-Skylar Gee, 00:14.317[9]; 7. 12L-Lynton Jeffrey, 00:14.324[26]; 8. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:14.336[21]; 9. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:14.412[25]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:14.428[17]; 11. 24-Terry McCarl, 00:14.506[14]; 12. 16-Travis Whitney, 00:14.623[23]; 13. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:14.657[11]; 14. 44-Jason Johnson, 00:14.668[12]; 15. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:14.747[3]; 16. 23-Russel Borland, 00:14.809[24]; 17. 4-Jon Agan, 00:14.813[20]; 18. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:15.012[10]; 19. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, 00:15.264[2]; 20. 12-Michael Decker, 00:15.375[1]; 21. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:15.391[13]; 22. 03-Jamey Ogston, 00:15.397[7]; 23. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:15.400[4]; 24. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:15.697[8]; 25. 14AJX-Heikkinen Patrick, 00:16.798[5]; 26. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:19.223[22]

In 2013 Bill Balog and Tony Stewart traded the lead multiple times in the closing laps of the feature, eventually ending with Tony Stewart beating Balog to the checkered by half a car length. 5 years later the pair squared off again as Balog ran Stewart down in the closing laps. The pair once again exited turn four side by side coming to the checkered flag, this time however Balog stood victorious.

Qualifying saw Jake Blackhurst set quicktime over Mike Reinke. Ben Schmidt would qualify the Oz Motorsports 73 in 3rd. Bill Balog timed in 4th and Scotty Thiel was 5th.

Heat race 1 saw former IRA champion Jeremy Schultz pick up the victory over Jake Blackhurst. Bill Balog brought the Rhine Auto 17b across in 3rd with Todd King in 4th and Wayne Modjeski in 5th. Heat number 2 saw Tony Stewart lead all 10 laps in route to victory over Scotty Thiel. Mike Reinke was 3rd ahead of Brandon McMullen and Phillip Mock. The 3rd heat race was claimed by California’s Cory Eliason aboard the Brandon Thone owned 59. Steve Meyer finished in 2nd followed by Ben Schmidt. Dave Uttech and Matt Vandervere rounded out the top 5.

The feature was exciting as Tony Stewart took the early lead over Ben Schmidt and Cory Eliason. Contact between Eliason and Schmidt would send the Thone Motorsports 59 around on the front stretch and bring out the yellow. On the restart Tony Stewart’s car appeared to lose power and Ben Schmidt got into the back of Stewart’s 14, bringing the caution back out and sending Schmidt to the work area. The running order now saw Stewart ahead of Bill Balog and Scotty Thiel. Stewart once again took off from the field, but one last caution would bunch the pack back up. On the restart Balog would throw a slider on Stewart, at the same time Thiel stuck the bottom perfectly in 1 and 2 and the trio went 3 wide down the backstretch, with the Scott Thiel Motorsports 64 in the lead. As they entered turn 3, Stewart once again took the lead as Balog regained 2nd and Thiel settled into 3rd. Stewart began to gap Balog again until lapped traffic became a factor. In the closing laps Balog ran down the Rush Truck Centers 14 and entering turn 3 on the last lap, he threw one last slider at Tony Stewart, and Stewart crossed under, the pair exited 4 side by side and charged to the finish line. Balog would beat Stewart to the line by a mere 0.004 seconds, the closest margin of victory for the IRA since electronic scoring was introduced. Thiel finished in 3rd followed by Jake Blackhurst and Brandon McMullen.

410 Sprints IRA Interstate Racing Association A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:34:21.054 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 34:21.054[7]; 2. 14-Tony Stewart, 34:21.058[1]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, 34:23.298[4]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 34:23.540[8]; 5. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 34:24.342[6]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, 34:24.899[11]; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock, 34:25.126[13]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 34:26.119[9]; 9. 59-Cory Eliason, 34:26.572[2]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 34:29.478[19]; 11. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 33:44.322[14]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, 34:31.637[16]; 13. 73-Ben Schmidt, 34:33.527[5]; 14. 68-Dave Uttech, 34:36.186[12]; 15. 19-Todd Daun, 34:36.291[17]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech, 34:22.035[20]; 17. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 34:22.119[18]; 18. 02-Mike Reinke, 34:22.240[10]; 19. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 34:22.622[22]; 20. 23-Russel Borland, 34:24.197[21]; 21. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 34:29.382[23]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, 34:30.764[24]; 23. (DNF) 10V-Matt VandeVere, 33:55.798[15]; 24. (DNF) 22-Todd King, 07:03.059[3] B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:10:26.353 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 10:26.353[1]; 2. 7-Scott Uttech, 10:27.538[3]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 10:28.920[2]; 4. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 10:29.607[4]; 5. 12-Michael Decker, 10:30.106[6]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 10:31.141[8]; 7. 29-Hunter Custer, 10:31.726[5]; 8. 18-Keith Fellner, 10:32.307[9]; 9. 10WX-Dan Wade, 10:33.208[7] Heat 1 10 laps | 00:06:14.363 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 06:14.363[2]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 06:15.215[4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 06:16.015[3]; 4. 22-Todd King, 06:16.939[1]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 06:21.806[6]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz, 06:21.849[5]; 7. 23-Russel Borland, 06:22.148[7]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, 06:23.889[8]; 9. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 06:14.463[9] Heat 2 10 laps | 00:05:42.240 1. 14-Tony Stewart, 05:45.036[1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 05:47.124[3]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, 05:49.798[4]; 4. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 05:50.541[2]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock, 05:51.231[5]; 6. 19-Todd Daun, 05:52.040[6]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech, 05:53.465[7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, 05:42.240[8]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, 02:52.634[9] Heat 3 10 laps | 00:04:50.250 1. 59-Cory Eliason, 04:50.250[3]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer, 04:53.836[1]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 04:54.883[4]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, 04:56.595[5]; 5. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 04:59.212[7]; 6. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 05:00.416[6]; 7. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 05:01.978[8]; 8. 10WX-Dan Wade, 04:59.212[9]; (DNS) 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:59.212 Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:00:24.448 1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.043[4]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.071[10]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.103[2]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.145[20]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.188[24]; 6. 59-Cory Eliason, 00:12.277[15]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.298[3]; 8. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:12.337[6]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.355[22]; 10. 22-Todd King, 00:12.383[9]; 11. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:12.390[26]; 12. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.408[14]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.481[23]; 14. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:12.494[8]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.538[21]; 16. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.556[5]; 17. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.563[18]; 18. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.643[1]; 19. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.649[17]; 20. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.777[13]; 21. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:13.042[7]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.245[16]; 23. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.295[27]; 24. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:13.425[19]; 25. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.519[12]; 26. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:13.809[11]; 27. 10WX-Dan Wade, 00:14.741[25]

In 2013 Bill Balog and Tony Stewart traded the lead multiple times in the closing laps of the feature, eventually ending with Tony Stewart beating Balog to the checkered by half a car length. 5 years later the pair squared off again as Balog ran Stewart down in the closing laps. The pair once again exited turn four side by side coming to the checkered flag, this time however Balog stood victorious.

Qualifying saw Jake Blackhurst set quicktime over Mike Reinke. Ben Schmidt would qualify the Oz Motorsports 73 in 3rd. Bill Balog timed in 4th and Scotty Thiel was 5th.

Heat race 1 saw former IRA champion Jeremy Schultz pick up the victory over Jake Blackhurst. Bill Balog brought the Rhine Auto 17b across in 3rd with Todd King in 4th and Wayne Modjeski in 5th.
Heat number 2 saw Tony Stewart lead all 10 laps in route to victory over Scotty Thiel. Mike Reinke was 3rd ahead of Brandon McMullen and Phillip Mock.
The 3rd heat race was claimed by California’s Cory Eliason aboard the Brandon Thone owned 59. Steve Meyer finished in 2nd followed by Ben Schmidt. Dave Uttech and Matt Vandervere rounded out the top 5.

The feature was exciting as Tony Stewart took the early lead over Ben Schmidt and Cory Eliason. Contact between Eliason and Schmidt would send the Thone Motorsports 59 around on the front stretch and bring out the yellow. On the restart Tony Stewart’s car appeared to lose power and Ben Schmidt got into the back of Stewart’s 14, bringing the caution back out and sending Schmidt to the work area. The running order now saw Stewart ahead of Bill Balog and Scotty Thiel. Stewart once again took off from the field, but one last caution would bunch the pack back up. On the restart Balog would throw a slider on Stewart, at the same time Thiel stuck the bottom perfectly in 1 and 2 and the trio went 3 wide down the backstretch, with the Scott Thiel Motorsports 64 in the lead. As they entered turn 3, Stewart once again took the lead as Balog regained 2nd and Thiel settled into 3rd. Stewart began to gap Balog again until lapped traffic became a factor. In the closing laps Balog ran down the Rush Truck Centers 14 and entering turn 3 on the last lap, he threw one last slider at Tony Stewart, and Stewart crossed under, the pair exited 4 side by side and charged to the finish line. Balog would beat Stewart to the line by a mere 0.004 seconds, the closest margin of victory for the IRA since electronic scoring was introduced. Thiel finished in 3rd followed by Jake Blackhurst and Brandon McMullen.

410 Sprints
IRA Interstate Racing Association
A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:34:21.054
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 34:21.054[7]; 2. 14-Tony Stewart, 34:21.058[1]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, 34:23.298[4]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 34:23.540[8]; 5. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 34:24.342[6]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, 34:24.899[11]; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock, 34:25.126[13]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 34:26.119[9]; 9. 59-Cory Eliason, 34:26.572[2]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 34:29.478[19]; 11. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 33:44.322[14]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, 34:31.637[16]; 13. 73-Ben Schmidt, 34:33.527[5]; 14. 68-Dave Uttech, 34:36.186[12]; 15. 19-Todd Daun, 34:36.291[17]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech, 34:22.035[20]; 17. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 34:22.119[18]; 18. 02-Mike Reinke, 34:22.240[10]; 19. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 34:22.622[22]; 20. 23-Russel Borland, 34:24.197[21]; 21. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 34:29.382[23]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, 34:30.764[24]; 23. (DNF) 10V-Matt VandeVere, 33:55.798[15]; 24. (DNF) 22-Todd King, 07:03.059[3]
B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:10:26.353
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 10:26.353[1]; 2. 7-Scott Uttech, 10:27.538[3]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, 10:28.920[2]; 4. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 10:29.607[4]; 5. 12-Michael Decker, 10:30.106[6]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 10:31.141[8]; 7. 29-Hunter Custer, 10:31.726[5]; 8. 18-Keith Fellner, 10:32.307[9]; 9. 10WX-Dan Wade, 10:33.208[7]
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:06:14.363
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 06:14.363[2]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 06:15.215[4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 06:16.015[3]; 4. 22-Todd King, 06:16.939[1]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 06:21.806[6]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz, 06:21.849[5]; 7. 23-Russel Borland, 06:22.148[7]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, 06:23.889[8]; 9. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 06:14.463[9]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:05:42.240
1. 14-Tony Stewart, 05:45.036[1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 05:47.124[3]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, 05:49.798[4]; 4. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 05:50.541[2]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock, 05:51.231[5]; 6. 19-Todd Daun, 05:52.040[6]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech, 05:53.465[7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, 05:42.240[8]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, 02:52.634[9]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:04:50.250
1. 59-Cory Eliason, 04:50.250[3]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer, 04:53.836[1]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 04:54.883[4]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, 04:56.595[5]; 5. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 04:59.212[7]; 6. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 05:00.416[6]; 7. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 05:01.978[8]; 8. 10WX-Dan Wade, 04:59.212[9]; (DNS) 2W-Scott Neitzel, 04:59.212
Qualifying 1 2 laps | 00:00:24.448
1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.043[4]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.071[10]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.103[2]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.145[20]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.188[24]; 6. 59-Cory Eliason, 00:12.277[15]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.298[3]; 8. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:12.337[6]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.355[22]; 10. 22-Todd King, 00:12.383[9]; 11. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:12.390[26]; 12. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.408[14]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.481[23]; 14. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:12.494[8]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.538[21]; 16. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.556[5]; 17. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.563[18]; 18. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.643[1]; 19. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.649[17]; 20. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.777[13]; 21. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:13.042[7]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.245[16]; 23. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.295[27]; 24. 20R-Rob Pribnow, 00:13.425[19]; 25. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.519[12]; 26. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:13.809[11]; 27. 10WX-Dan Wade, 00:14.741[25]

Scotty Thiel and his Scott Thiel Motorsports team we’re finally able to overcome their bad luck and break back into victory lane at the annual Corn Fest at Angell Park.

23 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association sprint cars signed in for action at Angell Park for the huge Corn Fest Race night. Qualifying saw Jeremy Schultz set quick time over Bill Balog. Paul Nienhiser would time 3rd with Scotty Thiel in 4th and Australian Brooke Tatnell in 5th.

Heat race number one saw Illinois' Jim Moughan pick up the win over Scotty Thiel, who was on a mission to regain the points lead he lost the night previous at Wilmot. Schultz would finish in 3rd with 2 time little 500 champion Jacob Wilson in 4th. Brandon McMullen rounded out the top 5 in his Bob Hood Motorsports 10w.

Heat number two was won by two time series champion Scotty Neitzel over Steve Meyer. Bill Balog finished in third followed by Brooke Tatnell and Jake Blackhurst, who entered the night leading points.

The third and final heat race was claimed by Indiana’s Brandon Wimmer. Paul Nienhiser grabbed seconnd away from Russel Borland in the last corner. Jordan Goldesberry claimed 4th and Kris Spitz was 5th.

A main action went quick and Scotty Thiel took the early lead and never looked back. Thiel lead all 30 laps around the the tricky bullring, to pick up the victory and finally snap the streak of bad luck that has been plaguing his team. Bill Balog moved from 6th to 2nd and was closing in on Thiel but ran out of time when the checkered flags fell. Third went to Jeremy Schultz followed by Jordan Goldesberry in 4th and 11th starting Steve Meyer in 5th.

A Feature 1 00:00:00
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, [6]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [5]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [4]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, [11]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 7. 9-Paul Nienhiser, [9]; 8. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, [8]; 9. 1M-Jim Moughan Jr, [7]; 10. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [13]; 11. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [14]; 12. 07-Jacob Wilson, [3]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, [15]; 14. 23-Russel Borland, [12]; 15. 7-Scott Uttech, [18]; 16. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [17]; 17. 68-Dave Uttech, [16]; 18. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [21]; 19. 12-Michael Decker, [22]; 20. 65A-Austin Deblauw, [19]; 21. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [20]; 22. 29-Hunter Custer, [23]; 23. 55-Brooke Tatnell, [10]
Heat 1 00:00:00
1. 1M-Jim Moughan Jr, [1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [3]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [4]; 4. 07-Jacob Wilson, [2]; 5. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [5]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, [6]; 7. 65A-Austin Deblauw, [7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, [8]
Heat 2 00:00:00
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 4. 55-Brooke Tatnell, [3]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [5]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [6]; 7. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [7]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, [8]
Heat 3 00:00:00
1. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, [2]; 2. 9-Paul Nienhiser, [4]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, [1]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [3]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, [5]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech, [6]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [7]
Qualifying 1 00:00:00
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.168[1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.203[12]; 3. 9-Paul Nienhiser, 00:12.208[6]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.210[8]; 5. 55-Brooke Tatnell, 00:12.416[13]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.417[20]; 7. 07-Jacob Wilson, 00:12.423[10]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.435[23]; 9. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:12.507[4]; 10. 1M-Jim Moughan Jr, 00:12.521[21]; 11. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.560[17]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.565[16]; 13. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:12.586[19]; 14. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.593[11]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.647[3]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.699[15]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.786[14]; 18. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.807[2]; 19. 65A-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.040[9]; 20. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.211[5]; 21. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.297[22]; 22. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.322[18]; 23. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.531[7]

Jake Blackhurst fended off challenges from Scotty Thiel and Brandon Wimmer to lead all 36 laps around the Wilmot Raceway and be victorious with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints in front of a packed fair night crowd. Allen Hafford piloted his #38 machine from the 4th starting position to grab the win in the Wisconsin wingLESS series feature.

With 28 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association Winged 410 sprint cars in the pits, all eyes were on qualifying as Liftpro had put up $1000 to any driver who could perform a clean sweep of the night, setting quick time, winning their heat race, and winning the 36 lap Roger Iles Tribute feature. Brandon Wimmer aboard the throwback 7TW machine set quick time. Jeremy Schultz timed in 2nd quick over Jake Blackhurst and Scotty Thiel. Russel Borland in his Wiese Motorsports car timed 5th.
Heat race number one saw Brandon Wimmer move from his 4th place starting position to the lead. Wimmer would pick up the win, keeping him eligible for the extra $1000 if he could win the feature. Scotty Thiel came home in 2nd followed by Bill Balog. Todd Daun would finish in 4th with Brandon McMullen in 5th.
The 2nd heat race was won by multi time Wilmot track champion Jeremy Schultz. Wayne Modjeski brought the Fatfro 14AJ car across the line in 2nd as Kris Spitz was 3rd. Jordan Goldesberry and Russel Borland rounded out the top 5.
The 3rd and final heat race saw the battle for the 2018 Wilmot track championship play out, as Matt Vandervere started 1st with Steve Meyer in 2nd, the pair separated by just 21 points. When the checkered flag fell Meyer was victorious over Vandervere meaning the duo would go into the final winged sprint car feature at Wilmot in 2018 separated by 19 points. Behind them, Scotty Neitzel finished 3rd, Jake Blackhurst 4th and Scott Uttech 5th.
The B main was won by Johnny Fahl over Chris Dodd, who was piloting the famous Darrell Dodd owned number 11. Michael Decker and Nick Matuszewski. Jereme Schroeder would finish in 5th.
The A main saw Jake Blackhurst start on the pole, in a car that just twelve or so hours earlier had only been half together in the shop. After finding a problem on the primary car while loading it for Wilmot, Jake and and his dad Paul made the decision to finish putting together their other car and take that one to Wilmot instead. When the green flag dropped Jake quickly jumped out in front of the field. Todd Daun settled into 2nd as Scotty Thiel tried every line on the racetrack looking for a way around Daun. On a restart at the halfway point in the race, Thiel was able to slide Daun and move into 2nd. Thiel began to stalk Blackhurst through traffic, until with just 6 laps to go, mechanical trouble would once again strike the Professional Plating 64, causing Thiel to stop on the front stretch and sending him to the tail. On the restart Blackhurst would have control, followed by 8th starting Brandon Wimmer who if he could get by Blackhurst could take home an extra $1000, and 11th starting Matt Vandervere. The last 6 laps went by quick, and Wimmer tried everything he could but could not get past the Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips 25 of Blackhurst. As the checkered flags fell over the field, it was the 22 year old Hanna City, Illinois native, Jake Blackhurst victorious over Brandon Wimmer. Matt Vandervere would claim 3rd place, securing his 2nd consecutive Wilmot Raceway 410 sprint car track championship. Steve Meyer would finish in 4th and Bill Balog would come home 5th.

The Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS presented by the IRA saw 40 drivers sign in to compete. Jimmy Sivia set quick time over Doug Schenck and Allen Hafford. Craig Campton would time 4th with Nick Petska 5th.
Heat race number one was won by Jimmy Sivia over Jimmy Kouba. Derek Crane and Nick Petska would finish 3rd and 4th, and lock themselves into the feature.
Heat two saw Chris Dodd pick up the win ahead of Zach Raidart. Tim Cox would finish in 3rd and Doug Schenk would claim the 4th and final transfer position.
The 3rd heat race was led most of the way by Matt Vandervere but in the closing laps Allen Hafford took the lead and the win. Vandervere would settle for 2nd followed by Ryan Zielski. Jake Kouba finished in 4th, punching his ticket to the big dance later in the night.
The 4th and final heat race was won by former wingLESS champion Jordan Mattson. Greg Olson came home in 2nd followed by Craig Campton and Rusty Egan.
A pair of B mains would transfer 3 cars each to complete the 22 car starting field. B main number one was won by Craig Lager over Nathan Crane. Garrett Deieso would grab the 3rd and final transfer spot. B main two was won by longtime sprint car veteran Dennis Spitz. Chris Klemko and Jordan Paulson would finish 2nd and 3rd and move on to the feature.
The A main saw Tim Cox take the early lead. Cox would lead the first 16 laps of the 20 lap feature, but much like in his heat race, as the race wound down, Allen Hafford worked past the leader and would bring his 38 machine home in 1st place. Cox would be relegated to 2nd followed by Doug Schenk and Jordan Mattson. Matt Vandervere would round out the top 5 behind the wheel of the Dan Wade owned 15v.

A Feature 1 00:31:51.458
1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 31:51.458[1]; 2. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 31:52.152[8]; 3. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 31:52.886[11]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, 31:54.784[4]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog, 31:54.993[9]; 6. 19-Todd Daun, 31:55.888[2]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 31:56.783[7]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 31:57.182[5]; 9. 4K-Kris Spitz, 31:57.772[12]; 10. 44-Jason Johnson, 31:58.600[16]; 11. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 31:58.839[13]; 12. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 31:59.038[15]; 13. 23-Russel Borland, 32:00.547[10]; 14. 68-Dave Uttech, 32:01.988[18]; 15. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 32:03.158[17]; 16. 12-Michael Decker, 32:03.569[21]; 17. 7-Scott Uttech, 32:04.125[14]; 18. 64-Scotty Thiel, 32:04.471[3]; 19. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 32:05.887[23]; 20. 0-John Fahl, 32:06.728[19]; 21. (DNF) 5H-Patrick Haynes, 26:41.323[24]; 22. (DNF) 11-Chris Dodd, 24:12.332[20]; 23. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 23:58.343[6]; 24. (DNF) 63-Nick Matuszewski, 23:58.343[22]
B Feature 1 00:06:05.099
1. 0-John Fahl, 06:05.099[1]; 2. 11-Chris Dodd, 06:05.525[6]; 3. 12-Michael Decker, 06:05.810[4]; 4. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 06:07.844[2]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 06:08.682[3]; 6. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 06:08.990[9]; 7. 65A-Austin Deblauw, 06:09.492[5]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, 06:09.769[7]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, 06:11.237[8]; (DNS) 73-Ben Schmidt, 06:11.237
Heat 1 00:07:04.670
1. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 07:04.670[4]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 07:05.555[3]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 07:07.708[2]; 4. 19-Todd Daun, 07:09.178[1]; 5. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 07:09.962[6]; 6. 44-Jason Johnson, 07:10.773[5]; 7. 0-John Fahl, 07:12.901[7]; 8. 11-Chris Dodd, 07:14.158[10]; 9. 29-Hunter Custer, 07:14.896[9]; 10. (DNF) 5H-Patrick Haynes, 03:34.411[8]
Heat 2 00:05:34.423
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 05:34.423[4]; 2. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 05:34.448[2]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz, 05:35.747[5]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 05:36.105[6]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 05:37.067[3]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, 05:37.854[7]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 05:39.475[8]; 8. 65A-Austin Deblauw, 05:39.557[9]; 9. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, 03:11.236[1]
Heat 3 00:03:36.864
1. 85M-Steve Meyer, 03:36.864[2]; 2. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 03:38.388[1]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 03:39.841[3]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 03:40.159[4]; 5. 7-Scott Uttech, 03:42.530[5]; 6. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 03:46.153[6]; 7. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 03:47.270[7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, 03:48.055[8]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, 03:50.146[9]
Qualifying 1 00:00:28.903
1. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:12.872[26]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.885[25]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.927[19]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.975[18]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.017[14]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.045[21]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.063[23]; 8. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.120[12]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.156[8]; 10. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.251[10]; 11. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:13.278[15]; 12. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:13.294[20]; 13. 44-Jason Johnson, 00:13.351[2]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.426[7]; 15. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:13.483[4]; 16. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:13.508[5]; 17. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.527[24]; 18. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 00:13.609[16]; 19. 0-John Fahl, 00:13.819[28]; 20. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.833[3]; 21. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.879[9]; 22. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:13.894[17]; 23. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.895[22]; 24. 12-Michael Decker, 00:14.001[27]; 25. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.135[13]; 26. 65A-Austin Deblauw, 00:14.137[1]; 27. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.413[11]; (DQ) 11-Chris Dodd, 00:13.874[6]
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Media Results for 8/18/18 - Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI
WingLESS Sprints
A Feature 1 00:13:59.095
1. 38-Allen Hafford, 13:59.095[4]; 2. 40-Tim Cox, 13:59.430[1]; 3. 71S-Doug Schenck, 14:01.364[5]; 4. 2-Jordan Mattson, 14:01.685[7]; 5. 15V-Matt VandeVere, 14:02.950[11]; 6. 18-Nick Petska, 14:03.273[2]; 7. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 14:04.391[6]; 8. 01-Chris Dodd, 14:04.843[8]; 9. 7S-Craig Campton, 14:05.540[3]; 10. 21-Ryan Zielski, 14:05.602[10]; 11. 19K-Derek Crane, 14:06.030[14]; 12. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 14:06.326[9]; 13. 41-Dennis Spitz, 14:06.725[18]; 14. 6-Jake Kouba, 14:07.577[15]; 15. 9-Greg Olsen, 14:07.898[12]; 16. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 14:08.107[13]; 17. 70-Chris Klemko, 14:08.806[20]; 18. 52-Craig Lager, 14:09.267[17]; 19. 97-Nathan Crane, 14:10.079[19]; 20. 5-Garrett Deieso, 14:10.193[21]; 21. (DNF) 4-Jordan Paulsen, 08:11.124[22]; 22. (DNF) 7C-Rusty Egan, 08:11.593[16]
B Feature 1 00:06:40.215
1. 52-Craig Lager, 06:40.215[2]; 2. 97-Nathan Crane, 06:42.828[1]; 3. 5-Garrett Deieso, 06:43.510[3]; 4. 12-Shawn Swim, 06:43.954[4]; 5. 77-James Walldan, 06:45.323[5]; 6. 7-Steve Clott, 06:48.055[8]; 7. 20-Natalie Klemko, 06:48.477[9]; 8. 29-Randy Stanford, 06:48.871[7]; 9. 00-Paul Shaffer, 06:49.696[11]; 10. 1-Rod Colburn, 06:50.444[6]; 11. 94-Jim Wehrman, 06:51.520[10]; 12. 77X-Lance Walldan, 06:43.806[12]
B Feature 2 00:09:34.439
1. 41-Dennis Spitz, 09:34.439[5]; 2. 70-Chris Klemko, 09:34.621[2]; 3. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 09:35.664[1]; 4. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 09:36.530[3]; 5. 89-George Gaertner Jr, 09:37.066[4]; 6. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 09:37.430[7]; 7. 4G-George Gaertner III, 09:38.191[8]; 8. 29OG-Tom Eller, 09:38.722[9]; 9. 39-William Huck, 09:39.485[10]; 10. (DNF) 26T-Tyler Tischendorf, 07:28.999[6]; 11. (DNF) 1HD-Zach Hansen, 03:51.147[11]; (DNS) 54-Scott Grissom, 03:51.147
Heat 1 00:02:15.311
1. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 02:02.084[4]; 2. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 02:03.519[2]; 3. 19K-Derek Crane, 02:06.285[1]; 4. 18-Nick Petska, 02:06.299[3]; 5. 52-Craig Lager, 02:06.524[5]; 6. 12-Shawn Swim, 02:08.160[7]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, 02:09.586[6]; 8. 7-Steve Clott, 02:10.217[9]; 9. 20-Natalie Klemko, 02:13.516[8]; 10. 1HD-Zach Hansen, 02:15.311[10]
Heat 2 00:02:15.072
1. 01-Chris Dodd, 02:02.208[2]; 2. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 02:04.806[1]; 3. 40-Tim Cox, 02:05.094[3]; 4. 71S-Doug Schenck, 02:05.663[4]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko, 02:06.313[6]; 6. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 02:06.918[5]; 7. 26T-Tyler Tischendorf, 02:07.959[7]; 8. 29-Randy Stanford, 02:10.346[8]; 9. 94-Jim Wehrman, 02:15.072[10]; 10. (DNF) 00-Paul Shaffer, 00:18.355[9]
Heat 3 00:03:29.686
1. 38-Allen Hafford, 03:29.686[4]; 2. 15V-Matt VandeVere, 03:30.039[2]; 3. 21-Ryan Zielski, 03:30.713[3]; 4. 6-Jake Kouba, 03:31.187[5]; 5. 5-Garrett Deieso, 03:32.331[7]; 6. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 03:33.919[1]; 7. 1-Rod Colburn, 03:35.300[6]; 8. 4G-George Gaertner III, 03:38.011[8]; 9. 39-William Huck, 03:41.541[9]; (DNS) 54-Scott Grissom, 03:41.541
Heat 4 00:03:43.613
1. 2-Jordan Mattson, 03:43.613[1]; 2. 9-Greg Olsen, 03:43.929[2]; 3. 7S-Craig Campton, 03:45.691[4]; 4. 7C-Rusty Egan, 03:46.556[6]; 5. 97-Nathan Crane, 03:46.856[3]; 6. 89-George Gaertner Jr, 03:47.657[7]; 7. 77-James Walldan, 03:48.366[5]; 8. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 03:48.907[8]; 9. 29OG-Tom Eller, 03:49.934[9]; 10. 77X-Lance Walldan, 03:45.482[10]
Qualifying 1 00:00:00
1. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:14.772[33]; 2. 71S-Doug Schenck, 00:14.832[35]; 3. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:14.871[17]; 4. 7S-Craig Campton, 00:14.888[26]; 5. 18-Nick Petska, 00:14.891[14]; 6. 40-Tim Cox, 00:14.944[24]; 7. 21-Ryan Zielski, 00:15.001[13]; 8. 97-Nathan Crane, 00:15.064[8]; 9. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 00:15.072[25]; 10. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:15.113[19]; 11. 15V-Matt VandeVere, 00:15.145[3]; 12. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:15.249[27]; 13. 19K-Derek Crane, 00:15.284[1]; 14. 23Z-Zach Raidart, 00:15.355[23]; 15. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:15.370[16]; 16. 2-Jordan Mattson, 00:15.385[36]; 17. 52-Craig Lager, 00:15.388[30]; 18. 5H-Patrick Haynes, 00:15.395[40]; 19. 6-Jake Kouba, 00:15.406[28]; 20. 77-James Walldan, 00:15.418[32]; 21. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:15.567[20]; 22. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:15.617[7]; 23. 7C-Rusty Egan, 00:15.628[38]; 24. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:15.628[15]; 25. 26T-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:15.707[34]; 26. 5-Garrett Deieso, 00:15.760[2]; 27. 89-George Gaertner Jr, 00:15.813[5]; 28. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:15.831[22]; 29. 29-Randy Stanford, 00:15.881[9]; 30. 54-Scott Grissom, 00:15.884[31]; 31. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 00:15.889[37]; 32. 7-Steve Clott, 00:15.937[12]; 33. 00-Paul Shaffer, 00:15.983[18]; 34. 4G-George Gaertner III, 00:16.168[29]; 35. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:16.282[4]; 36. 1HD-Zach Hansen, 00:16.285[21]; 37. 94-Jim Wehrman, 00:16.405[6]; 38. 39-William Huck, 00:16.946[39]; 39. 1-Rod Colburn, 52:41.562[10]; (DNS) 77X-Lance Walldan,

Jake Blackhurst of Hanna City, Illinois added his name to the prestigious Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Founders Trophy with his first win at Wilmot Raceway on Saturday, August 4. Blackhurst joins Dale Blaney from Ohio, who won the first two Founders features in 2014 and 2015, and 8-time IRA Champion Bill Balog, originally from Alaska now residing in Hartland, Wisconsin, who won in 2016 and 2017.
In his first full season with the IRA, Blackhurst won his third feature overtaking IRA Rookie Brandon McMullen of Plymouth who led the first 20 laps. "Brandon is a good driver, and things just came my way," said Blackhurst, whose previous wins were at Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway in Beaver Dam and Langlade County Fairgrounds in Antigo. "It means a lot to win such a prestigious race."
The IRA was founded 51 years ago by Ray Toft, Whitey Harris and the late Junior Dodd. Wilmot was the original home track of the IRA for many years prior to it becoming a traveling series.
Darrell Dodd, Junior's son and former IRA and Wilmot champion, presented the traveling trophy sponsored by Southeastern Wisconsin Racing Hall of Fame which houses the award at the Museum in Hartland.
"These young guys make it a real challenge," said Scotty Neitzel of Beaver Dam who came on in the closing laps to overtake McMullen for second after starting tenth. "Maybe we can move up one spot when we come back in two weeks (Saturday, August 18)."
"I just let it get to me the closing laps when we got into traffic," said McMullen, noting it was his first podium finish with the IRA. "It would have been nice to win, but it's still a good run."
"I never saw this race track before and it was a challenge," said Kyle Cummins of Princeton, Indiana after scoring the win in the 25-lap Lucas Oil Powri WAR League - Autometer Wisconsin WingLess Sprint Challenge feature. "It feels good to win my first feature in Wisconsin. Hopefully we will get a chance to come back again."
Korey Weyant of Springfield, Ill. was second. Mitch Wissmiller of Saybrook, Ill. was third. Rob Caho Jr. of Wyoming, MN was fourth. Landon Smith of Brownsburg, IN was fifth.
Matt Vandervere of Zion, Ill. was moved up from 18th starting spot to finish fourth. Salem's Kris Spitz moved up to fifth from 20th starting spot.
Waukesha;s Mark Heinert chalked up his second 20-lap Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprint feature of the season. "It was a tricky track," said Heinert, noting he won the feature two weeks before fair night last season and is hoping to make it a repeat when he returns on August 18. "The car was set up perfectly."
Genoa City's Morgan Sheppard who led the early part of the main ended up second. C.J. Malueg of Johnsburg, Ill. was third. Tim Brannam of Holiday Hills, Ill. was fourth. Kenosha's Mike Neau was fifth.
The BADGER Midgets return to Wilmot's one-third mile clay oval for the Harry Turner Classic in their final appearance of the season Saturday, August 11. AutoMeter Wisconsin WingLess Sprints, Modifieds, street stocks and Vintage Modifieds are also on the card. Grandstands open at 5:00 p.m. with on track activity at 5:45 p.m. and racing to follow. Grandstand admission is $15.00 for ages 12 and over; $5.00 for ages 7-11 with 6 & under admitted free. Active military personnel with an ID card receive a $5.00 discount.
The Annual Kenosha County Fair begins on Wednesday, August 15. Oval racing will be on Friday, August 17 featuring the Dirt King Late Models Dairyland Duel plus the rescheduled Tommy Homan Street Stock Special along with modifieds and Bandit 4-Cylinder Stock Cars.
On Saturday, August 18 will be an all sprint car program featuring the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints in the Roger Iles Tribute plus the AutoMeter Wisconsin WingLess Sprints and the Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprints.
The fair winds up with Derby Icons presenting a doubleheader of demolition derbies on Sunday, August 18. Grandstand action with be UTV-ATV Stadium Racing on Wednesday, August 15 with the truck and tractor pull along with the combine demolition derby Thursday, August 16.
Wilmot Raceway is located on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds in Wilmot, Wisconsin.
SUMMARY - WILMOT RACEWAY, WILMOT, WISCONSIN - SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018 - 5TH ANNUAL INTERSTATES RACING ASSOCIATION(IRA) FOUNDERS NIGHT
BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW WINGED SPRINTS: 30-LAP FEATURE: 1. Jake Blackhurst, Hanna City, IL; 2. Scott Neitzel, Beaver Dam; 3. Brandon McMullen, Plymouth; 4. Matt Vandervere, Zion, IL; 5. Kris Spitz, Salem; 6. Russel Borland, Kewauskum; 7. Scott Uttech, New Berlin; 8. Steve Meyer, Sheboygan Falls; 9. Jeremy Schultz, Beaver Dam; 10. Wayne Modjeski, Oak Creek; 11. Trey Datweiler, Herscher, IL; 12. Mike Decker, Silver Lake; 13. Jereme Schroeder, Lake Villa, IL; 14. Todd Daun, Pleasant Prairie; 15. Raymond Hensley, Trevor; 16. Hunter Custer, Chippewa Falls; 17. Ben Schmidt, Howards Grove; 18. Austin Deblauw, Holiday Hills, IL; 19. Phillip Mock, Pleasant Prairie; 20. Scott Biertzer, West Bend; 21. Jimmy Fifield, Newark, IL; 22. Mike Reinke, Howards Grove; 23. Scotty Thiel, Sheboygan; 24. Patrick Haynes, Bradley, IL.
10-LAP "B" MAIN: 1. Deblauw; 2. K. Spitz; 3. Decker; 4. Schroeder; 5. Custer; 6. Haynes; 7. Keith Fellner, Sturtevant; 8. Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL; 9. Johnny Fahl, Brown Deer; 10. Nick Matuszewski, Antigo; 11. Rick Kelsey, Waukesha.
10-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Meyer; Schmidt; Modjeski.
FAST QUALIFIER: Reinke(:12.983 seconds).
AUTOMETER WISCONSIN WINGLESS SPRINTS-LUCAS OIL POWRI WAR LEAGUE CHALLENGE: 25-LAP FEATURE: 1. Kyle Cummins, Princeton, IN; 2. Korey Weyant, Springfield, IL; 3. Mitch Wissmiller, Saybrook, IL; 4. Rob Caho Jr., Wyoming, MN; 5. Landon Simon, Brownsburg, IN; 6. Slater Helt, Harrisonville, MO; 7. T.J. Artz, Lincoln, NE; 8. Mitchell Davis, Auburn, IL; 9. Jordan Mattson, Milwaukee; 10. Doug Schenck, Cottage Grove; 11. Chris Dodd, Trevor; 12. Dennis Spitz, Lewisburg, KY; 13. Jimmy Kouba, Byron, MN; 14. Jimmy Sivia, Winthrop Harbor, IL; 15. Jake Kouba, Minneapolis, MN; 16. Natalie Klemko, Grayslake, IL; 17. Craig Lager, Union Grove; 18. Matt Vandervere, Zion, IL; 19. James Lyerla, Hillsboro, IL; 20. Jori Hughes, Tower, MN; 21. Patrick Haynes, Bradley, IL; 22. Katlynn Leer, Moulton, IA.
1st 12-LAP "B" MAIN: 1. D. Spitz; 2. Jake Kouba; 3. N. Klemko; 4. Clinton Bruns, Little Rock, IA; 5. Brandon Stevenson, Holstein, IA; 6. Randy Stanford, Kenosha; 7. Chris Klemko, Bristol; 8. Jim Wehrman, Kenosha; 9. Tom Eller, Zion; 10. Bryon Walters, Wilmot; 11. George Gaertner Jr., Salem; 12. Mike Dapra, Knoxville, IA; 13. Chris Howerton, McHenry, IL; 14. Dan Swim, Kenosha.
2nd 12-LAP "B" MAIN: 1. Jimmy Kouba; 2. Lager; 3. Haynes; 4. Jeff Pellersels, Woodbury, MN; 5. Steve Thomas, Rantoul, IL; 6. Greg Olsen, Round Lake Heights, IL; 7. Austin Sears, Macomb, IL; 8. Jordan Paulsen, Trevor; 9. William Huck, Mukwonago; 10. Kevin Hinich, Kenosha; 11. Tyler Tischendorf, Waupaca; 12. Steve Clott, Madison; 13. Allen Hafford, Beach Park, IL; 14. Vince Bartolotta, Muskego.
8-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Cummins; Schenck; Vandervere; Sivia; Caho Jr.
WISCONSIN-ILLINOIS MINI-SPRINTS: 20-LAP FEATURE: 1. Mark Heinert, Waukesha; 2. Morgan Sheppard, Genoa City; 3. C.J. Malueg, Johnsburg, IL; 4. Tim Brannam, Holiday Hills, IL; 5. Mike Neau, Kenosha; 6. Adam Schroeder, Zion, IL; 7. Ron Brannam, Barrington, IL; 8. Jeff Schmidt, Slinger; 9. Kevin Frederiksen, Hales Corners; 10. John Kirk, Johnsburg; 11. Ion Stear, Harvard, IL; 12. Mike Ungar, Madison; 13. Bob Jeziorski, Kewaskum.
8-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Malueg; T. Brannam.
FAST QUALIFIER: Heinert(:15.144 seconds).

Bill Balog utilized his pole starting position in Sunday night’s 20 lap feature to dominate the field and pick up his 2nd career Autometer Wisconsin wingLESS series presented by the IRA victory during Angell Park Speedways Pepsi Nationals.

32 teams signed in for action at Angell Park on Sunday night for the Pepsi Nationals. Doug Schenck set quick time behind the wheel of his 71s machine. 2nd quick would be Tim Cox with Allen Hafford in 3rd. Randy Stanford and Derek Crane would time in 4th and 5th respectively.

Heat 1 would be claimed by Doug Schenck who started 4th. Zack Raidart would finish in 2nd followed by Jimmy Kouba, Saturday night’s Wilmot raceway feature winner Nathan Crane finished in 4th ahead of Nick Petska.
The 2nd heat race would be picked up by Ryan Zielski. Tim Cox brought his Dons Auto car home in 2nd trailed by Derek Crane and Tyler Tischendorf. Paul Shaffer rounded out the top 5.
Heat 3 was dominated by a pair of IRA winged 410 regulars as Matt Vandervere picked up the win over Bill Balog. Jake Kouba would finish in 3rd over Greg Olson and Jimmy Sivia.

The B main was claimed by Allen Hafford over Dennis Spitz. Rod Colburn brought his Harley Davidson number 1 machine home in 3rd followed by Chris Klemko and Johnny Fahl.

The A main saw Bill Balog jump out form his pole starting position to the lead. Balog would dominate the 20 lap feature, leading all laps to claim his 2nd career wingLESS series win and first of the 2018 season. Doug Schenck would drive into the 2nd position but didn’t appear able to challenge Balog for the lead, and would settle for 2nd. Matt Vandervere moved from the 8th starting position to 3rd place at the finish. Tim Cox would claim fourth place honors and in 5th place was 12th starting Jimmy Kouba.

Jordan Goldesberry battled off challenges from Scotty Thiel and Jake Blackhurst to claim victory at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway in his home state of Illinois.

40 teams singled in for action with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) and Midwest Open Wheel Association(MOWA) at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway. Qualifying saw Ohio driver Travis Philo set quicktime over IRA point leader Scotty Thiel. Bill Balog timed in 3rd ahead of Friday night’s feature winner Jake Blackhurst. 5th quick was Brandon Wimmer behind the wheel of the Hartnell Motorsports 7TW.

Heat race number 1 was claimed by Joe B Miller over Brandon Wimmer. Jeremy Schultz rebounded from his 25th place qualifying effort to finish 3rd ahead of Travis Philo and Jim Moughan. Heat number 2 saw Justin Peck and Scotty Thiel battle hard for the lead, Peck would eventually claim the win with Thiel settling for 2nd. Russel Borland would take 3rd place with Wayne Modjeski in 4th and Phillip Mock in 5th. The 3rd heat race was exciting as Joey Moughan took the early lead, but Jordan Goldesberry was hot on his heels. Goldesberry pulled alongside Moughan many times but could not seem to find a way past. As the pair took the white flag Goldesberry was finally able to complete the pass on Moughan with the help of a lapped car. Goldesberry took the win and at the line Balog also moved past Moughan for 2nd. Moughan crossed in 3rd followed by Steve Meyer and Trey Deitweiler. Heat race 4 was claimed by Kody Kinser over rookie of the year contender Brandon McMullen. Jake Blackhurst finished in the 3rd position ahead of Chris Urish. Kris Spitz would claim the 5th position and final transfer spot to the A main.

The B main started with Scotty Neitzel on the pole, he quickly took the lead over Clinton Boyles. Boyles challenged Neitzel but could never find a way past Neitzels Orange 2w. Neitzel would claim the B main win over Boyles and MOWA point leader Jacob Patton. Michael Decker would claim the 4th and final transfer position, fending off a late race charge from 16th starting Mike Terry Jr who would have to settle for 5th.

The A main saw Jake Blackhurst start on the pole, but a massive wheel stand on the front stretch would allow Jordan Goldesberry to take the lead, Jordan would hold the lead through a pair of cautions, first for Jeremy Schultz and then for a pair of 1m cars, driven by Phillip Mock and Jim Moughan. Behind Goldesberry Scotty Thiel and Jake Blackhurst battled hard for 2nd, swapping the position multiple times in the opening laps. On the 2nd restart Thiel got a huge run out of 4 and would pass Goldesberry, the duo would swap the lead a few times in the next lap and a half before Thiel would final claim the lead. Thiel would hold that lead until lapped traffic held him up allowing Goldesberry and Blackhurst to get back to him and with 16 laps to go the pair would pass Thiel as he made contact with Kris Spitz on the front stretch. The caution would fly for Spitz getting turned around, but Thiel would maintain the 3rd position on the restart as his number 64 machine never came to a stop. Goldesberry would pull away on the restart, and with the last 16 laps going without caution, he would not be challenged. Jordan Goldesberry claimed the victory in his home state of Illinois over fellow Illini Jake Blackhurst. Bill Balog would bring his 17b home in 3rd followed by Joe B Miller and Brandon Wimmer.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:00:00 1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [2]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [6]; 4. 51B-Joe B. Miller, [8]; 5. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, [9]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo, [3]; 7. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 8. 11D-Joey Moughan, [11]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer, [14]; 10. 98-Clinton Boyles, [22]; 11. 4KK-Kody Kinser, [10]; 12. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [7]; 13. 79J-Jacob Patton, [23]; 14. 77U-Chris Urish, [15]; 15. 23-Russel Borland, [12]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, [18]; 17. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [21]; 18. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [13]; 19. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [16]; 20. 12-Michael Decker, [24]; 21. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [19]; 22. 5X-Justin Peck, [5]; 23. (DNF) 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, [20]; 24. (DNF) 1M-Phillip Mock, [17] B Feature 1 15 laps | 00:00:00 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 2. 98-Clinton Boyles, [3]; 3. 79J-Jacob Patton, [2]; 4. 12-Michael Decker, [9]; 5. 85-Mike Terry Jr., [16]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech, [4]; 7. 53-Brayden Fox, [6]; 8. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, [8]; 9. 52F-Logan Faucon, [10]; 10. 9T-Dylan Tuxhorn, [5]; 11. 14-Jim Fifield, [15]; 12. 21-Brinton Marvel, [12]; 13. 29-Hunter Custer, [17]; 14. 18-Keith Fellner, [14]; 15. (DNF) 82-John Parker, [11]; (DNS) 70-Raymond Hensley, ; (DNS) 51J-Ryan Jamison, ; (DNS) 1T-Tyler Shoemaker, ; (DNS) 84-Nathan Charron, ; (DNS) 4B-Scott Biertzer, Heat 1 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 51B-Joe B. Miller, [1]; 2. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, [3]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [7]; 4. 5T-Travis Philo, [4]; 5. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, [6]; 6. 79J-Jacob Patton, [5]; 7. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, [9]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, [10]; 10. 51J-Ryan Jamison, [8] Heat 2 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 5X-Justin Peck, [3]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, [1]; 4. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [6]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock, [2]; 6. 98-Clinton Boyles, [8]; 7. 12-Michael Decker, [9]; 8. 52F-Logan Faucon, [7]; 9. 14-Jim Fifield, [10]; 10. 85-Mike Terry Jr., [5] Heat 3 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [3]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 3. 11D-Joey Moughan, [2]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 5. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [5]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech, [9]; 7. 53-Brayden Fox, [6]; 8. 82-John Parker, [7]; 9. 1T-Tyler Shoemaker, [8]; 10. 29-Hunter Custer, [10] Heat 4 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 4KK-Kody Kinser, [2]; 2. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [3]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [4]; 4. 77U-Chris Urish, [5]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, [1]; 6. 9T-Dylan Tuxhorn, [9]; 7. 70-Raymond Hensley, [6]; 8. 84-Nathan Charron, [8]; 9. 21-Brinton Marvel, [7] Qualifying 1 00:00:00 1. 5T-Travis Philo, 00:11.258[3]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.416[4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.431[25]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.541[27]; 5. 7TW-Brandon Wimmer, 00:11.598[30]; 6. 5X-Justin Peck, 00:11.618[14]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:11.639[26]; 8. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:11.649[16]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.702[20]; 10. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:11.839[37]; 11. 11D-Joey Moughan, 00:11.908[18]; 12. 4KK-Kody Kinser, 00:11.951[32]; 13. 51B-Joe B. Miller, 00:11.981[1]; 14. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.006[6]; 15. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.022[8]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.081[24]; 17. 79J-Jacob Patton, 00:12.091[40]; 18. 85-Mike Terry Jr., 00:12.098[31]; 19. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 00:12.129[22]; 20. 77U-Chris Urish, 00:12.166[34]; 21. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 00:12.167[21]; 22. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.288[7]; 23. 53-Brayden Fox, 00:12.321[15]; 24. 70-Raymond Hensley, 00:12.400[28]; 25. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.486[13]; 26. 52F-Logan Faucon, 00:12.554[9]; 27. 82-John Parker, 00:12.577[10]; 28. 21-Brinton Marvel, 00:12.589[2]; 29. 51J-Ryan Jamison, 00:12.638[11]; 30. 98-Clinton Boyles, 00:12.955[33]; 31. 1T-Tyler Shoemaker, 00:13.115[5]; 32. 84-Nathan Charron, 00:13.146[38]; 33. 10S-Jeremy Standridge, 00:13.553[23]; 34. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.748[39]; 35. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:13.821[17]; 36. 9T-Dylan Tuxhorn, 00:14.030[35]; 37. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.051[12]; 38. 14-Jim Fifield, 00:14.330[36]; 39. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:14.371[19]; (DNS) 4B-Scott Biertzer,

Independence Week Spectacular Round II was most memorable to Nathan Crane of Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, July 7.
Leading every lap of the AutoMeter Wisconsin WingLess Sprint 20-lap feature, Crane ended a 16-year drought of all types of racing by winning his first ever non-wing sprint car main event ever at Wilmot Raceway.
"This is unbelieveable," said Crane, joined in victory lane by his brother, Derek, who ironically was the first alternate into the feature out of the record setting 37-car field and had to watch from the pits. "I knew Matt(Vandervere) was coming on at the end, and Tim (Cox) was right there for a while, along with Natalie (Klemko) who started along side me in the front row. I have to thank my family, sponsors, the fans, everyone associated with Wilmot Raceway. This is awesome."
A series of late race cautions kept erasing Crane's early lead, but each time the former go-kart and speed skater racer was up to the challenge. Matt Vanderver of Zion, Illinois charged from 13th starting spot to finish runner-up. Trevor's Chris Dodd was third. Tim Cox of Park City, Illinois took fourth. Jake Kouba of Minneapolis, Minnesota completed the top five.
"This car has been set up perfectly," said Ion Stear of Harvard, Illinois following his fourth 20-lap Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprint(WIMS) feature win of the season at Wilmot leading every lap, and fifth overall in the WIMS series. "We kind of lucked out with a zero pill draw to start on the pole, but we'll take it. I have to thank my family, especially my wife, for all of her support."
Waukesha's Mark Heinert finished second; C.J. Malueg of Johnsburg, Illinois third; Adam Schroeder of Zion fourth; Kenosha's Mike Neau fifth.
"It's been a long time since I've been in victory lane here at Wilmot," said Muskego's Al Atkinson following a flag to flag win in the 20-lap modified feature.
"It's been a lot of fun racing with this division," added Atkinson, who has won Wilmot championships in other classes, along with titles at Hales Corners Speedway, Manitowoc Fairgrounds Speedway and Crown Point, Indiana, but never in the open-wheel modifieds. "I have to thank Mike Knurr, my teammate, family, sponsors, the fans, everybody."
Genoa City's Mike Simons II came from 10th starting spot to finish second. Mukwonago's Mike Knurr was third. Genoa City's Nick Simons improved from seventh to fourth. Tony Izzo of Capron, Illinois came up from 14th to round out the top five.
"I guess I owe Pat (Rossmann) a little for some repairs," said Rob Maule of Hebron, Illinois after scoring the 20-lap street stock feature win in a borrowed car. "Pat and his family are camping up north, and he called and told me the car was in the garage if I wanted to get it. I have to thank my wife, Brooke, my daughters, if they are still awake in the stands. Special thanks to Pat and his family for letting me do this."
Maule, who started originally 10th, was the fourth different leader in the hotly contested feature. Cody Erickson of Algonquin came from ninth to second. Bristol's Dustin Richards, who lead for a while prior to Maule working into the point during the closing laps, came from eighth to third. Kenosha's Craig Kreuser wheeled an ill-handling machine following an early race incident to come from seventh to fourth. Carl Sturt of Wadsworth, Illinois started last methodically working his way into a fifth place.
"I don't know if the first one (feature win) does feel better than the second," said Milwaukee's Tony Barron, who took his first ever 15-lap Bandit 4-cylinder main victory June 23. "This still feels pretty good."
Barron was followed at the finish by Steve Doherty of Sugar Grove, Illinois in his first start of the season. Early race leader Scott Ellis of Lake Villa, Illinois ended up third. Burlington's Brad Becker took fourth. Scott Quarnstrom of Lake Villa was fifth.
Wilmot Raceway's one-third mile clay oval on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds hosts AutoMeter Wisconsin WingLess Sprints, Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprints, Modifieds and street stocks Saturday, July 14. Wisconsin WingLess Sprints have been added to Saturday, July 21 along with Tommy Homan Family Night Street Stock Special, mini-sprints and Bandit 4-cylinders.
Grandstand admission July 14 is $15.00 for everyone ages 12 and over, $5.00 ages 7-11, with ages 6 & under admitted free.
For updates phone the trackside race line 262-862-2090, check the Raceway web site wilmotraceway.com or the official Wilmot Raceway Facebook page.

SUMMARY - SATURDAY, JULY 7, 2018 - WILMOT RACEWAY, WILMOT, WIS.
- INDEPENDENCE WEEK SPECTACULAR ROUND II
AUTTOMETER WISCONSIN WINGLESS SPRINTS: 20-LAP FEATURE: 1. Nathan Crane, Waukegan, IL; 2. Matt Vandervere, Zion, IL; 3. Chris Dodd, Trevor; 4. Tim Cox, Park City, IL; 5. Jake Kouba, Minneapolis, MN; 6. Jimmy Kouba, Byron, MN; 7. Natalie Klemko, Grayslake, IL; 8. Jimmy Sivia, Winthrop Harbor, IL; 9. Doug Schenck, Cottage Grove; 10. Jordan Mattson, Milwaukee; 11. Chris Klemko, Bristol; 12. Nick Petska, Spring Grove, IL; 13. Greg Olsen, Round Lake Beach, IL; 14. Rusty Egan, Round Lake Beach, IL; 15. Allen Hafford, Beach Park, IL; 16. Garrett Deieso, Wadsworth, IL; 17. Ryan Zielski, Oconomowoc; 18. Travis Mahoney, Olgelsby, IL; 19. Shawn Swim, Winthrop Harbor; 20. James Walldan, Winthrop Harbor; 21. Mitchell Davis, Auburn, IL; 22. Rod Colburn, New Berlin.
1st 12-LAP "B" MAIN: 1. Deieso; 2. Swim; 3. Petska; 4. Steve Clott, Madison; 5. Craig Lager, Union Grove; 6. Zach Raidart, Antioch, IL; 7. Vince Bartolotta, Muskego; 8. Paul Shaffer, Milwaukee; 9. Jordan Paulsen, Trevor; 10. William Huck, Mukwonago; 11. Scott Grissom, Winthrop Harbor.
2nd 12-LAP "B" MAIN: 1. Hafford; 2. Egan; 3. Mahoney; 4. Derek Crane, Waukegan; 5. Randy Stanford, Kenosha; 6. Johnny Fahl, Brown Deer; 7. Dennis Spitz, Lewisburg, KY; 8. Tim Eller, Zion; 9. James Wehrman, Kenosha; 10. Steve Clott, Madison.
8-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Jake Kouba; Schenck; N. Klemko; N. Crane.
FAST QUALIFIER: Davis(:15.073 seconds).
WISCONSIN-ILLINOIS MINI-SPRINTS: 20-LAP FEATURE: 1. Ion Stear, Harvard, IL; 2. Mark Heinert, Waukesha; 3. C.J. Malueg, Johnsburg, IL; 4. Adam Schroeder, Zion; 5. Mike Neau, Kenosha; 6. Ron Brannam, Barrington, IL; 7. Jeff Schmidt, Slinger; 8. Michael Ungar, Madison; 9. Tim Brannam, Holiday Hills, IL; 10. Morgan Sheppard, Genoa City; 11. Kevin Frederiksen, Hales Corners; 12. Nick Petska, Spring Grove; 13. John Kirk, Johnsburg; 14. Josh Rehberg, Kenosha; 15. Tim Christenson, Winthrop Harbor.
8-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Kirk; Stear.
FAST QUALIFIER: Sheppard(:15.169 seconds).
MODIFIEDS: 20-LAP FEATURE: 1. Al Atkinson, Muskego; 2. Mike Simons II, Genoa City; 3. Mike Knurr, Mukwonago; 4. Nick Simons, Genoa City; 5. Tony Izzo, Capron, IL; 6. Scott Barnharst, Franklin; 7. John Dost, Bristol; 8. Jared Spalding, Woodstock, IL; 9. Jack Williams, Rockford, IL; 10. Lee Tibbitts, Hebron, IL; 11. David Wirth, Milwaukee; 12. Andrew Kiedrowski, Waupaca; 13. Brad McGuire, New Berlin; 14. Terry Hilgendorf, McHenry, IL; 15. Steve Mueller, Eagle; 16. Jason Wirth, Elkhorn; 17. Mike Conn, Big Bend.
8-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Mueller; Knurr.
FAST QUALIFIER: M. Simons(:16.834 seconds).
STREET STOCKS: 20-LAP FEATURE: 1. Rob Maule, Hebron, IL; 2. Cody Erickson, Algonquin, IL; 3. Dustin Richards, Bristol; 4. Craig Kreuser, Kenosha; 5. Carl Sturt, Wadsworth; 6. Nate Coon, Hebron; 7. Kevin Domrose, Big Bend; 8. Jeremy Olson, Lake Villa, IL; 9. Mark Baker, Big Bend; 10. Joe Marcomb, Antioch; 11. Brandon Mertes, Antioch; 12. Courtney Atkinson, Muksego.
8-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Mertes; Baker.
FAST QUALIFIER: Maule(:18.515 seconds).
BANDIT 4-CYLINDER STOCK CARS: 15-LAP FEATURE: 1. Tony Barron, Milwaukee; 2. Steve Doherty, Sugar Grove, IL; 3. Scott Ellis, Lake Villa; 4. Brad Becker, Burlington; 5. Scott Quarnstrom, Lake Villa; 6. Steve Ellis, Pleasant Prairie; 7. Brandon Feit, Union Grove; 8. Rob Wachsmuth, Williams Bay; 9. Cody Molitor, Lake Villa; 10. Ryan Braun, Brookfield; 11. John Cole, McHenry; 12. John Tuttle, Chicago, IL; 13. Jonathon Smith, Bristol; 14. Kyle Sudduth, Waterford.
8-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Quarnstrom; Cole.

Jake Blackhurst avoids trouble with Bill Balog and went on to dominates the field and win his first career IRA feature at the 2nd annual Harry Neitzel Tribute on the Dodge County Fairgrounds.

23 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 sprintcar teams pulled into “the Horsepower Half Mile” on July 6th for the Harry Neitzel Tribute. Qualifying saw Terry McCarl set quicktime over Bill Balog. Jeremy Schultz timed in 3rd followed by Brandon McMullen and Ben Schmidt.

Heat race number 1 was won by Hanna City, Illinois' Jake Blackhurst. Scotty Thiel rebounded from trouble in qualifying to finish 2nd from his 5th place starting spot. Terry McCarl came home in 3rd ahead of Brandon McMullen and Scott Biertzer. The 2nd heat race was claimed by hometown favorite Scotty Neitzel. Jordan Goldesberry finished in the 2nd position over Bill Balog. Ben Schmidt and Bill Wirth rounded out the top 5. Heat race 3 saw Mike Reinke pick up the victory over Jeremy Schultz. Todd King brought his number 22 machine across in 3rd ahead of Russel Borland and Wayne Modjeski.

A main action saw Jake Blackhurst take the early lead over Mike Reinke. With just 4 laps in while battling for the 3rd position Terry McCarl would end up in the turn 3 wall ending his night. On the restart Blackhurst once again jumped out front over Reinke and Bill Balog. Balog would move into 2nd position and start reeling in Blackhurst. Catching a much slower car, Blackhurst quickly moved to the inside entering turn 1, Balog who was attempting to pass Blackhurst on the inside then moved lower to avoid contact, causing him to hit one of the tracks water barrels marking the turn. The impact would cause damage to the front end of the Rhine Auto 17b ending Balog’s night. Blackhurst led the rest of the 25 lap feature unchallenged to pick up the first win of his career in the state of Wisconsin. Mike Reinke would come home in 2nd followed by Jeremy Schultz who started 10th. 12th starting Scotty Thiel charged to the 4th position and Scotty Neitzel rounded out the top 5 on the night honoring his father.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:00:00 1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [1]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, [2]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [10]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, [12]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [3]; 6. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [7]; 7. 85M-Steve Meyer, [8]; 8. 53W-Bill Wirth, [14]; 9. 22-Todd King, [13]; 10. 7-Scott Uttech, [18]; 11. 23-Russel Borland, [9]; 12. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [22]; 13. 0-John Fahl, [21]; 14. (DNF) 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [11]; 15. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, [5]; 16. (DNF) 4B-Scott Biertzer, [16]; 17. (DNF) 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 18. (DNF) 11K-Rick Kelsey, [17]; 19. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker, [20]; 20. (DNF) 24-Terry McCarl, [6]; 21. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz, [19]; 22. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [15]; 23. (DNF) 29-Hunter Custer, [23] Heat 1 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [5]; 3. 24-Terry McCarl, [4]; 4. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [3]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [6]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, [2]; 7. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz, [7]; (DNS) 29-Hunter Custer, Heat 2 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, [3]; 5. 53W-Bill Wirth, [5]; 6. 11K-Rick Kelsey, [6]; 7. 0-John Fahl, [8]; 8. (DNF) 63-Nick Matuszewski, [7] Heat 3 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 02-Mike Reinke, [2]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [4]; 3. 22-Todd King, [1]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, [3]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [5]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech, [6]; 7. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker, [7] Qualifying 1 00:00:00 1. 24-Terry McCarl, 00:16.826[3]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:16.939[17]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:17.082[2]; 4. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:17.188[10]; 5. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:17.242[5]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 00:17.398[12]; 7. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:17.423[9]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:17.424[16]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:17.542[4]; 10. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:17.587[15]; 11. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:17.830[13]; 12. 22-Todd King, 00:17.844[7]; 13. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:17.958[8]; 14. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:18.019[21]; 15. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:18.029[22]; 16. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:18.315[20]; 17. 11K-Rick Kelsey, 00:18.415[1]; 18. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:18.509[14]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:18.516[18]; 20. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:19.648[19]; 21. 12-Michael Decker, 00:19.997[11]; (DNS) 29-Hunter Custer, ; (DNS) 0-John Fahl,

Matt Vandervere used the high side around the Angell Park Speedway to drive from his 10th place starting position to the lead, and score the win.

33 Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints took to the historic Angell Park Speedway on a hot Father’s Day evening. Doug Schenck set quick time over Jimmy Sivia. Chris Dodd would time in 3rd quick followed by Mitchell Davis and Craig Campton.

Heat race 1 was won by Allen Hafford over Craig Campton. Minnesota native Jake Kouba would finish in 3rd followed by quick qualifier Doug Schenck. Natalie Klemko would bring her number 20 machine home in 5th position.
Heat 2 saw Matt Vandervere move from 3rd position to the lead by the time the checkered flag fell. Vandervere's 15v was followed across the line by Jordan Mattson and Jimmy Sivia. Jimmy Kouba brought his 2K home in 4th followed by Tyler Tischendorf.
The 3rd heat race was won by multiple time mini sprint champion Nick Petska. Tim Cox brought his Don's Auto car across in 2nd followed by Chris Klemko and Johnny Fahl. Ryan Zielski who entered the night 2nd in points would finish 5th.
Mitchell Davis in his first night competing with the wingLESS Sprints won heat race 4, using his midget experience at the historic track. Greg Olson finished in 2nd followed by the Crane Brothers, Derek in 3rd and Nathan in 4th. Vince Bartolotta brought his 6B across the line in 5th.

B main competition saw Ryan Zielski and James Walldan pick up wins. Tyler Tischendorf and Shawn Swim would also transfer out of B main number 1. B main number two saw Natalie Klemko and Rod Colburn transfer as well.

As the A main went green Doug Schenck quickly took the lead. Matt Vandervere drove the Vandervere/Wade Racing 15v to the top side of the Angell Park Speedway, and began to make a charge to the front of the pack. Quickly Vandervere had worked his way into 2nd and set his sites on Doug Schenck. In lapped traffic “Matty V” was able to drive past Schencks 71s and began to pull away. A caution with just 2 laps remaining would set up a green white checkered finish, and give Schenck one more shot at Vandervere. As Jim Barr waved the checkered flag, Matt Vandervere claimed victory over Schenck and Jordan Mattson. Pole starting Craig Campton would come home in 4th and Allen Hafford rounded out the top 5.

A Feature 1 20 laps | 00:00:00
1. 15V-Matt VandeVere, [10]; 2. 71S-Doug Schenck, [4]; 3. 2-Jordan Mattson, [6]; 4. 7S-Craig Campton, [1]; 5. 38-Allen Hafford, [7]; 6. 10-Mitchell Davis, [2]; 7. 9-Greg Olsen, [11]; 8. 6-Jake Kouba, [13]; 9. 18-Nick Petska, [5]; 10. 40-Tim Cox, [9]; 11. 97-Nathan Crane, [8]; 12. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [15]; 13. 21-Ryan Zielski, [17]; 14. 70-Chris Klemko, [14]; 15. 20-Natalie Klemko, [20]; 16. 77-James Walldan, [18]; 17. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [3]; 18. 12-Shawn Swim, [21]; 19. 1-Rod Colburn, [22]; 20. 0-John Fahl, [16]; 21. (DNF) 26T-Tyler Tischendorf, [19]; (DNS) 19K-Derek Crane,
B Feature 1 10 laps | 00:00:00
1. 21-Ryan Zielski, [3]; 2. 26T-Tyler Tischendorf, [1]; 3. 12-Shawn Swim, [5]; 4. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [2]; 5. 00-Paul Shaffer, [4]; 6. 39-William Huck, [7]; 7. 94-Jim Wehrman, [6]; 8. 23Z-Zach Raidart, [8]
B Feature 2 10 laps | 00:00:00
1. 77-James Walldan, [1]; 2. 20-Natalie Klemko, [2]; 3. 1-Rod Colburn, [5]; 4. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [7]; 5. 22-Bruce Waterworth, [4]; 6. 41-Dennis Spitz, [6]; 7. 29OG-Tom Eller, [3]
Heat 1 8 laps | 00:00:00
1. 38-Allen Hafford, [2]; 2. 7S-Craig Campton, [3]; 3. 6-Jake Kouba, [1]; 4. 71S-Doug Schenck, [4]; 5. 20-Natalie Klemko, [6]; 6. 29OG-Tom Eller, [5]; 7. 1-Rod Colburn, [7]; 8. 39-William Huck, [8]
Heat 2 8 laps | 00:00:00
1. 15V-Matt VandeVere, [3]; 2. 2-Jordan Mattson, [2]; 3. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [4]; 4. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [5]; 5. 26T-Tyler Tischendorf, [1]; 6. 00-Paul Shaffer, [7]; 7. 94-Jim Wehrman, [8]; 8. (DNF) 41-Dennis Spitz, [6]
Heat 3 8 laps | 00:00:00
1. 18-Nick Petska, [1]; 2. 40-Tim Cox, [3]; 3. 70-Chris Klemko, [5]; 4. 0-John Fahl, [7]; 5. 21-Ryan Zielski, [8]; 6. 01-Chris Dodd, [4]; 7. 77-James Walldan, [2]; 8. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [6]
Heat 4 8 laps | 00:00:00
1. 10-Mitchell Davis, [4]; 2. 9-Greg Olsen, [1]; 3. 19K-Derek Crane, [2]; 4. 97-Nathan Crane, [3]; 5. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [5]; 6. 22-Bruce Waterworth, [7]; 7. 12-Shawn Swim, [6]; 8. 23Z-Zach Raidart, [8]
Qualifying 1 00:00:00
1. 71S-Doug Schenck, 00:15.533[1]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:15.614[5]; 3. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:15.631[6]; 4. 10-Mitchell Davis, 00:15.640[7]; 5. 7S-Craig Campton, 00:15.886[8]; 6. 15V-Matt VandeVere, 00:15.907[32]; 7. 40-Tim Cox, 00:15.909[12]; 8. 97-Nathan Crane, 00:15.971[16]; 9. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:16.004[17]; 10. 2-Jordan Mattson, 00:16.106[21]; 11. 77-James Walldan, 00:16.121[3]; 12. 19K-Derek Crane, 00:16.175[23]; 13. 6-Jake Kouba, 00:16.219[4]; 14. 26T-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:16.219[11]; 15. 18-Nick Petska, 00:16.238[18]; 16. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:16.299[26]; 17. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:16.478[14]; 18. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 00:16.485[19]; 19. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:16.501[10]; 20. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 00:16.507[15]; 21. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:16.602[20]; 22. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:16.641[28]; 23. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:16.649[9]; 24. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:16.759[31]; 25. 54-Scott Grissom, 00:16.868[24]; 26. 1-Rod Colburn, 00:16.902[13]; 27. 00-Paul Shaffer, 00:17.001[27]; 28. 0-John Fahl, 00:17.015[33]; 29. 22-Bruce Waterworth, 00:17.310[22]; 30. 39-William Huck, 00:17.338[25]; 31. 94-Jim Wehrman, 00:18.247[2]; 32. (DNF) 21-Ryan Zielski, [29]; (DNS) 23Z-Zach Raidart,

Jordan Mattson, in typical 141 tradition, jumped into the pond in 141’s infield, after dominating the Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS series presented by the IRA A main feature action.

28 wingLESS cars attempted to qualify at the high banked 1/4th mile speedway. Saturday night’s feature winner Jimmy Sivia set quicktime over Nathan Crane and Jake Kouba. Veteran drivers Doug Schenck and Jimmy Kouba rounded out the top 5.

Heat race one would be dominated by a pair of veterans as Tim Cox would win over Doug Schenck. Former Mini Sprint standout Nick Petska would finish in 3rd with Matt Vandervere and Natalie Klemko in 4th and 5th respectively.
Heat 2 would see Jordan Mattson charge from his 5th place starting position to the win. Allen Hafford would bring his Dave’s American Muffler 38 home in 2nd ahead of Craig Campton and Nathan Crane. Jimmy Kouba would finish in the 5th and final transfer position.
The 3rd heat race would be claimed by Chris Dodd. Ryan Zielski crossed the line in 2nd and Randy Stanford was 3rd. Jake Kouba would finish in the 4th position and James Walldan was 5th.

The B feature saw Derek Crane charge from 5th to the lead and grab the win. Jimmy Sivia brought his 91 home in 2nd followed by Greg Olson and Vince Bartolotta. Chris Klemko would snag the 5th and final transfer position into the A.

The A main would be dominated by defending champion Jordan Mattson. Mattson would take the early lead and though Tim Cox challenged him, he never gave up the position. As the dust settled it was Jordan Mattson standing victorious over Tim Cox. Chris Dodd came home in 3rd over Ryan Zielski. Jake Kouba charged from his 9th place starting position to finish in 5th.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:00:00
1. 2-Jordan Mattson, [1]; 2. 40-Tim Cox, [2]; 3. 01-Chris Dodd, [3]; 4. 21-Ryan Zielski, [6]; 5. 6-Jake Kouba, [9]; 6. 38-Allen Hafford, [4]; 7. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [7]; 8. 15V-Matt VandeVere, [13]; 9. 97-Nathan Crane, [10]; 10. 7S-Craig Campton, [11]; 11. 71S-Doug Schenck, [8]; 12. 70-Chris Klemko, [20]; 13. 20-Natalie Klemko, [15]; 14. 19K-Derek Crane, [16]; 15. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [19]; 16. 29-Randy Stanford, [12]; 17. 77-James Walldan, [14]; 18. 18-Nick Petska, [5]; 19. 9-Greg Olsen, [18]; 20. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [17]
B Feature 1 12 laps | 00:00:00
1. 19K-Derek Crane, [5]; 2. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [1]; 3. 9-Greg Olsen, [2]; 4. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [3]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko, [4]; 6. 12-Shawn Swim, [10]; 7. 5-Garrett Deieso, [8]; 8. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [7]; 9. 41-Dennis Spitz, [6]; 10. 22-Bruce Waterworth, [12]; 11. 39-William Huck, [11]; 12. 29OG-Tom Eller, [9]
Heat 1 10 laps | 00:00:00
1. 40-Tim Cox, [5]; 2. 71S-Doug Schenck, [3]; 3. 18-Nick Petska, [2]; 4. 15V-Matt VandeVere, [1]; 5. 20-Natalie Klemko, [7]; 6. 9-Greg Olsen, [6]; 7. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [4]; 8. 29OG-Tom Eller, [9]; 9. 12-Shawn Swim, [8]
Heat 2 10 laps | 00:00:00
1. 2-Jordan Mattson, [5]; 2. 38-Allen Hafford, [2]; 3. 7S-Craig Campton, [1]; 4. 97-Nathan Crane, [4]; 5. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [3]; 6. 70-Chris Klemko, [8]; 7. 19K-Derek Crane, [6]; 8. 5-Garrett Deieso, [7]; 9. 39-William Huck, [9]
Heat 3 10 laps | 00:00:00
1. 01-Chris Dodd, [2]; 2. 21-Ryan Zielski, [3]; 3. 29-Randy Stanford, [1]; 4. 6-Jake Kouba, [4]; 5. 77-James Walldan, [5]; 6. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [7]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [8]; 8. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [6]; 9. 22-Bruce Waterworth, [9]
Qualifying 1 00:00:00
1. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:13.905[13]; 2. 97-Nathan Crane, 00:14.066[18]; 3. 6-Jake Kouba, 00:14.152[28]; 4. 71S-Doug Schenck, 00:14.159[19]; 5. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 00:14.277[23]; 6. 21-Ryan Zielski, 00:14.322[25]; 7. 18-Nick Petska, 00:14.415[16]; 8. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:14.498[8]; 9. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:14.503[11]; 10. 15V-Matt VandeVere, 00:14.560[15]; 11. 7S-Craig Campton, 00:14.574[21]; 12. 29-Randy Stanford, 00:14.588[20]; 13. 40-Tim Cox, 00:14.617[5]; 14. 2-Jordan Mattson, 00:14.625[3]; 15. 77-James Walldan, 00:14.669[27]; 16. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:14.763[7]; 17. 19K-Derek Crane, 00:14.783[2]; 18. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:14.807[17]; 19. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:14.860[24]; 20. 5-Garrett Deieso, 00:14.963[26]; 21. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 00:15.127[12]; 22. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:15.215[22]; 23. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:15.445[14]; 24. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:15.780[10]; 25. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:15.799[1]; 26. 39-William Huck, 00:16.569[6]; 27. 22-Bruce Waterworth, 00:20.965[9]; (DNS) 26T-Tyler Tischendorf,

Bill Balog led all 30 laps around the 1/4th mile oval 141 Speedway in Maribel, Wisconsin. Jake Blackhurst and 2016 IRA champion Jeremy Schultz rounded out the podium.

24 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association winged 410 sprint cars signed in to compete on night two of the Memorial Day doubleheader weekend. Hanna City, Illinois’ Jake Blackhurst set quick time in his Kitchen Cooked 25 machine. Scotty Thiel would time in 2nd ahead of Jeremy Schultz and Mike Reinke. Ben Schmidt timed his Ozzie Motorsports 73 in 5th.

Heat race number one saw pole sitter Scotty Neitzel jump out to the lead. Neitzel would bring his orange 2w across the checkered flag in first ahead of quick qualifier Blackhurst and Mike Reinke. Matt Vandervere who stayed up all night building a new car after last night’s crash would finish in the 4th position over Scott Beirtzer. Heat race 2 would be dominated by crowd favorite Ben Schmidt. Brandon McMullen would finish 2nd behind Schmidt. Scotty Thiel brought his 64 machine across in 3rd and Bill Wirth and Wayne Modjeski would complete the top 5. The 3rd heat race would be won by Steve Meyer followed by Jeremy Schultz and Bill Balog. Michael Decker moved from his 7th place starting position to 4th and Kris Spitz was 5th.

The A main saw Bill Balog utilize his 2nd starting position to grab the early lead. Jake Blackhurst settled into 2nd and Mike Reinke, Steve Meyer, and Jeremy Schultz battled for 3rd. Scotty Thiel would bring the caution out early after making hard contact with the turn 4 wall, and would be unable to restart. Balog held the lead on the restart while Schultz took command of third. When the checkered flag finally fell, it was Bill Balog standing victorious over Jake Blackhurst and Jeremy Schultz. Mike Reinke backed up last night’s 3rd place finish with a strong 4th place run and Michael Decker recorded a career best 5th place finish.

A Feature 1 30 laps | 00:00:00 1. 17B-Bill Balog, [2]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [1]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [9]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, [5]; 5. 12-Michael Decker, [13]; 6. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [10]; 7. 85M-Steve Meyer, [7]; 8. 22-Todd King, [17]; 9. 10V-Matt VandeVere, [12]; 10. 73-Ben Schmidt, [3]; 11. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [14]; 12. 7-Scott Uttech, [16]; 13. 68-Dave Uttech, [19]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [24]; 15. 23-Russel Borland, [20]; 16. 83-Justin Henderson, [18]; 17. 4K-Kris Spitz, [15]; 18. 18-Keith Fellner, [21]; 19. 29-Hunter Custer, [23]; 20. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [6]; 21. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [4]; 22. 53W-Bill Wirth, [11]; 23. 64-Scotty Thiel, [8]; 24. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [22] Heat 1 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [4]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, [3]; 4. 10V-Matt VandeVere, [6]; 5. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [2]; 6. 22-Todd King, [5]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech, [7]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [8] Heat 2 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 73-Ben Schmidt, [3]; 2. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [2]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 4. 53W-Bill Wirth, [1]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [6]; 6. 83-Justin Henderson, [5]; 7. 23-Russel Borland, [8]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, [7] Heat 3 10 laps | 00:00:00 1. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [3]; 4. 12-Michael Decker, [7]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, [6]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech, [2]; 7. 18-Keith Fellner, [8]; 8. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [5] Qualifying 1 00:00:00 1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.988[2]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.013[7]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.042[8]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.100[4]; 5. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.151[9]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.195[17]; 7. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:12.266[1]; 8. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:12.518[16]; 9. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.574[13]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.577[20]; 11. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:12.595[21]; 12. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.597[15]; 13. 22-Todd King, 00:12.602[6]; 14. 83-Justin Henderson, 00:12.651[22]; 15. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:12.949[5]; 16. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:12.978[24]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.075[11]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.097[10]; 19. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.119[19]; 20. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:13.264[3]; 21. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.356[12]; 22. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.391[14]; 23. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.456[23]; 24. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:13.784[18]

Matt Vandervere utilized the high side at Wilmot Raceway to fend off Scotty Thiel for the duration of the 30 lap IRA feature. This would be Vandervere’s second career win with the series, both coming at the Wilmot Raceway.

Thiel started the night out strong setting quicktime in Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying. The gladiator Ben Schmidt would time in 2nd over Illinois drivers Jim Moughan and Jake Blackhurst. 3 time Wilmot track champion Jeremy Schultz would round out the top 5.

Heat Race 1 action saw last weeks Wilmot Raceway 410 winner Steve Meyer take the early lead. Meyer would hold the lead for much of the race but in the closing laps Thiel would muscle past the black and white 85m of Steve Meyer and pick up the win. Meyer settled for 2nd over Blackhurst. A pair of Scott’s finished out the top 5 with Biertzer ahead of Uttech.
Heat 2 saw a pair of 10s start on the front row as Brandon McMullen and Vandervere brought the field to green. For the first half of the race McMullen would lead into turn 1 where Vandevere would throw a slide job but McMullen would cross under Matty V and take the lead back. Around the halfway point Vandervere was finally able to wrestle the lead away from McMullen and set sail. As the checkered flag flew it was a trio of Wilmot stand outs at the front as Vandervere led Raymond Hensley and Jeremy Schultz across the line. Jake Blackhurst would settle for 4th and Brandon McMullen would be regulated to a 5th place finish.
Mike Reinke used his front row starting spot to take the early lead in heat Race 3 and never looked back. Behind Reinke’s yellow numbered 02 would be Russel Borland and 2 time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel. Jim Moughan would finish 4th and Kris Spitz rounded out the top 5.

B main action saw Wayne Modjeski drive from 5th to the lead and pick up the win. Behind him would be Jereme Schroeder and the golden state driver Austin Deblauw. Indiana’s Brinton Marvel in just his 7th 410 sprint car race would finish 4th followed by Keith Fellner.

The A main was exciting as Matt Vandervere jumped out to the early lead over Scotty Thiel. Vandevere was able to create a gap between him and the white and yellow 64 until they entered lapped traffic. Thiel would use lapped traffic to sneak past the Grandstand Video machine of Vandervere but it would not last long and Matty V was able to put a slider on Thiel and regain the lead. Thiel would continue to follow Vandervere through traffic but could never find a way back around him. As the checkered flag waved it would be Matt Vandervere victorious for the 2nd time in his career over Thiel and Jeremy Schultz. Steve Meyer utilized the bottom of the race track to drive from 11th to 4th and Jake Blackhurst who ran 3rd much of the race would be forced to settle for 5th.

A Feature 1 30 laps
1. 10V-Matt VandeVere, [1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [2]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [4]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, [11]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [6]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke, [5]; 7. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [3]; 8. 73-Ben Schmidt, [7]; 9. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, [10]; 10. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [8]; 11. 70-Raymond Hensley, [13]; 12. 53W-Bill Wirth, [17]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [9]; 14. 7-Scott Uttech, [14]; 15. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [19]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, [15]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [20]; 18. 23-Russel Borland, [12]; 19. 19-Todd Daun, [18]; 20. 21-Brinton Marvel, [22]; 21. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [16]; 22. 65-Austin Deblauw, [21]; 23. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [24]; 24. (DNF) 18-Keith Fellner, [23]
B Feature 1 12 laps
1. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [5]; 2. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [2]; 3. 65-Austin Deblauw, [1]; 4. 21-Brinton Marvel, [4]; 5. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]; 6. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [8]; 7. 45-Matt Wiese, [3]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, [6]; (DNS) 12-Michael Decker, ; (DNS) 11-Joey Moughan,
Heat 1 10 laps
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [3]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [2]; 5. 7-Scott Uttech, [5]; 6. 53W-Bill Wirth, [6]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [7]; 8. 21-Brinton Marvel, [8]; 9. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [9]; (DNS) 11-Joey Moughan,
Heat 2 10 laps
1. 10V-Matt VandeVere, [1]; 2. 70-Raymond Hensley, [5]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [3]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, [4]; 5. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [2]; 6. 19-Todd Daun, [7]; 7. 65-Austin Deblauw, [6]; 8. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [8]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]
Heat 3 10 laps
1. 02-Mike Reinke, [2]; 2. 23-Russel Borland, [1]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [3]; 4. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, [4]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, [6]; 6. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [5]; 7. 45-Matt Wiese, [8]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, [9]; 9. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker, [7]
Qualifying 1
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.940[5]; 2. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:13.308[1]; 3. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 00:13.318[3]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.341[12]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.367[23]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.396[9]; 7. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:13.397[15]; 8. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:13.453[14]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:13.573[21]; 10. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.584[25]; 11. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:13.646[19]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.704[8]; 13. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:13.734[17]; 14. 70-Raymond Hensley, 00:13.799[4]; 15. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 00:13.847[22]; 16. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:13.863[28]; 17. 65-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.964[27]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:14.055[24]; 19. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:14.103[6]; 20. 19-Todd Daun, 00:14.230[26]; 21. 12-Michael Decker, 00:14.244[2]; 22. 21-Brinton Marvel, 00:14.440[13]; 23. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:14.585[10]; 24. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:14.604[16]; 25. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:14.643[20]; 26. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:15.104[7]; 27. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:15.276[11]; (DNS) 11-Joey Moughan,
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Matty V Picks Up Night #2 of Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints presented by the IRA In Action

Matt Vandervere behind the wheel of the Dan Wade owned 15v utilized the high side of the high banked Beaver Dam Raceway to lead all 20 laps in route to victory with the Auto Meter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints presented by the IRA.

Qualifying saw Jimmy Sivia set quick time over Nick Petska. Nathan Crane would qualify in 3rd with Chris Dodd in 4th and Ryan Zelski in 5th.

Heat 1 saw Sivia keep his hopes of sweeping the night stay alive as he picked up the heat win over Scott Grissom. Chris Dodd brought his Bumper to Bumper sponsored 01 home in 3rd over Craig Campton and Derek Crane.
Heat 2 was won by veteran driver Tim Cox. Ryan Zielski brought his 21 across the line in 2nd followed by Randy Stanford. Chris Klemko would finish in 4th and former IRA winged 410 standout Dennis Spitz rounded out the top 5.
Heat Race 3 would see a pair of 2 dominate as Byron Minnesota’s Jimmy Kouba picked up the win over defending Champion Jordan Mattson. Nathan Crane finished 3rd over Jake Kouba, and Matt Vandervere finished in the 5th position.

The B main saw rookie competitor and former Beaver Dam Legends driver Vince Bartolotta pick up the win over former wingLESS series champion Doug Schenck. Craig Lager would finish in 3rd position over Anna Hippe and Shawn Swim.

As the A main got underway, most of the field went to the bottom of the Beaver Dam Raceway, but Matt Vandervere took the white and red 15v up to the cushion and took the early lead. Through cautions and restarts Matty V hung on to the top spot and would not be bested. After 20 laps of green flag action the Dan Wade owned 15v machine pulled into victory lane. Craig Campton brought the Final Effort Racing 7 car home in 2nd position with Nathan Crane rounding out the podium. Ryan Zielski would finish in the 4th spot and Tom Cox in the Meyer #40 would round out the top 5.

A Feature 1 20 laps
1. 15V-Matt VandeVere, [2]; 2. 7S-Craig Campton, [1]; 3. 97-Nathan Crane, [7]; 4. 21-Ryan Zielski, [5]; 5. 40-Tim Cox, [10]; 6. 01-Chris Dodd, [6]; 7. 29-Randy Stanford, [3]; 8. 6-Jake Kouba, [14]; 9. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [9]; 10. 70-Chris Klemko, [13]; 11. 52-Craig Lager, [17]; 12. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [18]; 13. 19K-Derek Crane, [12]; 14. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [8]; 15. 2-Jordan Mattson, [11]; 16. 54-Scott Grissom, [4]; 17. 41-Dennis Spitz, [15]; 18. 71S-Doug Schenck, [16]; 19. 16-Anna Hippe, [19]; 20. 12-Shawn Swim, [20]
B Feature 1 12 laps
1. 71S-Doug Schenck, [2]; 2. 52-Craig Lager, [11]; 3. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [5]; 4. 16-Anna Hippe, [6]; 5. 12-Shawn Swim, [7]; 6. 9-Greg Olsen, [13]; 7. 18-Nick Petska, [1]; 8. 20-Natalie Klemko, [4]; 9. 29OG-Tom Eller, [9]; 10. 39-William Huck, [12]; 11. (DNF) 1-Rod Colburn, [8]; 12. (DNF) 77-James Walldan, [3]; 13. (DNF) 4-Jordan Paulsen, [10]; (DNS) 26T-Tyler Tischendorf,
Heat 1 8 laps
1. 91-Jimmy Sivia, [4]; 2. 54-Scott Grissom, [2]; 3. 01-Chris Dodd, [3]; 4. 19K-Derek Crane, [6]; 5. 7S-Craig Campton, [1]; 6. 77-James Walldan, [5]; 7. 12-Shawn Swim, [8]; 8. 29OG-Tom Eller, [9]; 9. 52-Craig Lager, [7]; 10. 9-Greg Olsen, [10]
Heat 2 8 laps
1. 40-Tim Cox, [1]; 2. 21-Ryan Zielski, [3]; 3. 29-Randy Stanford, [2]; 4. 70-Chris Klemko, [6]; 5. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7]; 6. 20-Natalie Klemko, [8]; 7. 16-Anna Hippe, [5]; 8. 4-Jordan Paulsen, [9]; 9. 39-William Huck, [10]; 10. (DNF) 18-Nick Petska, [4]
Heat 3 8 laps
1. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, [5]; 2. 2-Jordan Mattson, [1]; 3. 97-Nathan Crane, [4]; 4. 6-Jake Kouba, [6]; 5. 15V-Matt VandeVere, [2]; 6. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, [8]; (DNS) 71S-Doug Schenck, ; (DNS) 1-Rod Colburn, ; (DNS) 26T-Tyler Tischendorf,
Qualifying 1
1. 91-Jimmy Sivia, 00:15.698[2]; 2. 18-Nick Petska, 00:15.819[7]; 3. 97-Nathan Crane, 00:15.847[3]; 4. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:15.923[19]; 5. 21-Ryan Zielski, 00:15.933[6]; 6. 71S-Doug Schenck, 00:16.080[4]; 7. 54-Scott Grissom, 00:16.104[5]; 8. 29-Randy Stanford, 00:16.199[1]; 9. 15V-Matt VandeVere, 00:16.357[8]; 10. 7S-Craig Campton, 00:16.480[14]; 11. 40-Tim Cox, 00:16.514[21]; 12. 2-Jordan Mattson, 00:16.697[10]; 13. 77-James Walldan, 00:16.774[9]; 14. 16-Anna Hippe, 00:16.778[16]; 15. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 00:16.884[25]; 16. 19K-Derek Crane, 00:16.914[29]; 17. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:17.021[13]; 18. 6-Jake Kouba, 00:17.043[23]; 19. 52-Craig Lager, 00:17.046[24]; 20. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:17.075[27]; 21. 1-Rod Colburn, 00:17.092[11]; 22. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:17.101[12]; 23. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:17.146[20]; 24. 6B-Vince Bartolotta, 00:17.663[18]; 25. 29OG-Tom Eller, 00:18.108[15]; 26. 4-Jordan Paulsen, 00:18.320[28]; 27. 26T-Tyler Tischendorf, 00:18.350[22]; 28. 9-Greg Olsen, 00:18.473[17]; 29. 39-William Huck, 00:18.524[26]

Meyer Wins Opening Night with Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints

Steve Meyer and Justin Henderson traded the lead multiple times as they battled around the high banked Beaver Dam Raceway. When the checkered flag fell it was Meyer victorious over Henderson and Jake Blackhurst.

27 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 sprintcars signed in to compete at Beaver Dam Raceway for the Wipperfurth Memorial Triple Crown. Qualifying saw Scotty Thiel set quick time over Mike Reinke and Brandon McMullen. Ben Schmidt would be 4th and Justin Henderson rounded out the top 5.

Heat Race 1 saw Scotty Thiel drive from 4th to 1st to pick up the win and have a chance to sweep the night. Ham Lake Minnesota’s Ryan Bowers would finish in 2nd over 2016 champion Jeremy Schultz. Jake Blackhurst would bring his #25 car home in 4th followed by the racing policeman Paul Pokorski.
Heat 2 would see the Thone Motorsports entry piloted by Justin Henderson pick up the win over defending champion Bill Balog. Scotty Neitzel and Mike Reinkie would finish in 4th and 5th respectively. Russel Borland driving for the new Wiese Motorsports would round out the top 5.
Heat Race 3 would be won by Kris Spitz in his red #4k machine. Steve Meyer would finish 2nd over Matt Vandervere. Brandon McMullen and Tim Haddy would finish in 4th and 5th.

B main action saw Ben Schmidt pick up the win over Mike Decker. Scott Biertzer would finish 3rd over Illinois' Trey Datweiler and Nick Matuszewski.

The A main got off to an exciting start as Kris Spitz took the lead but quickly saw pressure from Steve Meyer. The pair would battle early but the caution would soon wave as Tim Haddy got upside down in his 21H machine. Meyer would use the restart to get around Spitz and gap the field. With Meyer out front Justin Henderson worked his way into the 2nd position and began to real Meyer in. Henderson would eventually work his #83 around the #85M of Meyer but it would not last long as Steve Meyer battled back and took not only the lead but the win. Henderson would settle for 2nd. Jake Blackhurst moved around Balog in the closing laps to finish on the final step of the podium. Bill Balog and Scotty Thiel rounded out the top 5.

The IRA will be back in action next Saturday night at Wilmot Raceway.

A Feature 1 30 laps
1. 85M-Steve Meyer, [2]; 2. 83-Justin Henderson, [6]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [13]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, [11]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel, [10]; 6. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [3]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [4]; 8. 73-Ben Schmidt, [19]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, [9]; 10. 4K-Kris Spitz, [5]; 11. 10V-Matt VandeVere, [12]; 12. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [21]; 13. 23-Russel Borland, [14]; 14. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [22]; 15. 4-Paul Pokorski, [15]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [18]; 17. 7-Scott Uttech, [16]; 18. 12-Michael Decker, [20]; 19. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, [17]; 20. 18-Keith Fellner, [24]; 21. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [23]; 22. 5-Ryan Bowers, [1]; 23. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [8]; 24. 21H-Tim Haddy, [7]
B Feature 1 12 laps
1. 73-Ben Schmidt, [1]; 2. 12-Michael Decker, [5]; 3. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [2]; 4. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [3]; 5. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [7]; 6. 18-Keith Fellner, [4]; 7. 29-Hunter Custer, [6]; 8. 45-Matt Wiese, [8]; (DNS) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski,
Heat 1 10 laps
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 2. 5-Ryan Bowers, [1]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [2]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [5]; 5. 4-Paul Pokorski, [6]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [7]; 7. 18-Keith Fellner, [8]; 8. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [9]; 9. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, [3]
Heat 2 10 laps
1. 83-Justin Henderson, [3]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, [5]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, [4]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, [1]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech, [6]; 7. 4B-Scott Biertzer, [7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, [8]; 9. 45-Matt Wiese, [9]
Heat 3 10 laps
1. 4K-Kris Spitz, [1]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer, [3]; 3. 10V-Matt VandeVere, [5]; 4. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [4]; 5. 21H-Tim Haddy, [2]; 6. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, [6]; 7. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [7]; 8. 29-Hunter Custer, [8]; (DNS) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski,
Qualifying 1
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:14.546[4]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:14.720[10]; 3. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:15.390[15]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:15.422[14]; 5. 83-Justin Henderson, 00:15.429[18]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:15.551[9]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:15.689[8]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:15.740[23]; 9. 21H-Tim Haddy, 00:15.870[6]; 10. 5-Ryan Bowers, 00:15.889[12]; 11. 23-Russel Borland, 00:15.895[2]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:15.905[13]; 13. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:15.943[24]; 14. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:16.021[22]; 15. 10V-Matt VandeVere, 00:16.123[17]; 16. 4-Paul Pokorski, 00:16.246[19]; 17. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:16.337[11]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:16.409[21]; 19. 97X-Alan Gilbertson, 00:16.507[20]; 20. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:16.592[1]; 21. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 00:16.609[5]; 22. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 00:16.623[3]; 23. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:16.654[7]; 24. 12-Michael Decker, 00:16.932[26]; 25. 29-Hunter Custer, 00:17.347[27]; 26. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:17.357[25]; 27. 45-Matt Wiese, 00:17.414[16]

Wilmot Raceway 2018 Frigid Opener Sparks Hot Action

 (Wilmot, Wisconsin, Saturday, April 28, 2018)--Saving the best for last proved true on Wilmot Raceway's 2018 season opening night Saturday, April 28.
 Allen Hafford of Beach Park, Illinois scored a win of a lifetime overtaking Tim Cox of Park City, Illinois in the second turn on the white flag circuit of the 20-lap WI WingLESS Sprints presented by AutoMeter feature.
 "I appreciate these fans coming out and staying," said Hafford, who pulled into victory lane with an unexplained flat left front tire. "Tim drifted just wide enough and I got him."
 Cottage Grove's Doug Schenck followed Hafford low down the backstretch to take second. Cox faded to third. Defending Wilmot champion Milwaukee's Jordan Matson came from 11th starting spot to finish fourth. Jimmy Kouba of Byron, Minnesota was fifth.
 "It's been a long time," said Sheboygan Falls' Steve Meyer, noting he won a Wilmot Open back in the 1990s the last time he scored a victory at the Kenosha County Fairgrounds one-third mile clay oval. "It was a lot of fun battling my teammate (Ben Schmidt)."
 Schmidt, of Plymouth who ended up second, commented "I didn't think I would battle the other car which came out of my trailer." The teammates swapped the lead several times throughout the last half of the 20-lap feature. Defending Wilmot Champion Matt Vandervere of Beach Park was third. Alan Gilbertson of Minneapolis, Minnesota was fourth. Salem's Kris Spitz finished fifth.
 "It was great battling with Steve (Mueller) and then my brother(Nick) who sets the car up was right on me at the finish," said Genoa City's Mike Simons as the defending champion started the season with a clean sweep taking the heat and 20-lap modified feature.
 M. Simons took the point just past the halfway mark. N. Simons of Genoa City came on to take second. Mueller of Eagle was third. Sheboygan's Joel Seegert fourth. Franklin's Scott Barnharst fifth.
 "I had some help from everybody on my team," said an emotional Ion Stear of Harvard, Illinois following the 20-lap Wisconsin-Illinois mini-sprint feature win. "I am just the monkey who gets behind the wheel and drives it."
 Stear was followed by Wilmot defending champion Waukesha's Mark Heinert in second. Tim Brannam of Holiday Hills, Illinois was third. First-year driver Waupaca's Andrew Kiedrowski fourth. C.J. Maleug of Johnsburg, Illinois fifth.
 The traveling Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association Outlaw Sprint Car Series returns to their original home track Saturday, May 5. The WingLESS Sprints, Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprints and modifieds are on the program.
 Grandstand gates open at 5:00 p.m. with on track activity slated for 6:00 p.m. and racing to follow. Grandstand admission for ages 12 and over is $20.00, ages 7-11 are $5.00, with 6 and under admitted free.
 For Raceway updates phone the trackside race line 262-862-2090, the official track website wilmotraceway.com or Facebook page.
 SUMMARY - WILMOT RACEWAY, WILMOT, WISCONSIN - SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2018
 WISCONSIN WINGLESS SPRINTS: 20-LAP FEATURE: 1. Allen Hafford, Beach Park, IL; 2. Doug Schenck, Cottage Grove; 3. Tim Cox, Park City, IL; 4. Jordan Mattson, Milwaukee; 5. Jimmy Kouba, Byron, MN; 6. Craig Campton, Madison; 7. Matt Vandervere, Beach Park; 8. Derek Crane, Waukegan, IL; 9. Nick Petska, Spring Grove, IL; 10. Chris Dodd, Trevor; 11. Jimmy Sivia, Winthrop Harbor, IL; 12. Jake kouba, Minneapolis, MN; 13. Garrett Deieso, Wadsworth, IL; 14. Dennis Spitz, Lewisburg, KY; 15. Chris Klemko, Bristol; 16. Anna Hippe, Albertville, MN; 17. Randy Stanford, Kenosha; 18. Shawn Swim, Winthrop Harbor; 19. James Walldan, Winthrop Harbor; 20. Nathan Crane, Waukegan.
 15-LAP "B" MAIN: 1. Jake Kouba; 2. Scott Grissom, Winthrop Harbor; 3. Swim; 4. C. Klemko; 5. Hippe; 6. Stanford; 7. Natalie Klemko, Grayslake, IL; 8. Tom Eller, Zion, IL; 9. Greg Olsen, Round Lake Heights, IL; 10. Rod Colburn, New Berlin; 11. James Wahrman, Kenosha; 12. William Huck, Madison; 13. Jordan Paulsen, Trevor; 14. Vince Bartolotta, Muskego; 15. Ryan Zielski, Ixonia.
 10-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Schenck; Jimmy Kouba; Petska.
 FAST QUALIFIER: D. Crane(:15.370 seconds).
 410-WINGED SPRINTS: 1. Steve Meyer, Sheboygan Falls; 2. Ben Schmidt, Plymouth; 3. Matt Vandervere, Beach Park; 4. Alan Gilbertson, Minneapolis, MN; 5. Kris Spitz, Salem; 6. Russ Borland, Beaver Dam; 7. Michael Decker, Silver Lake; 8. Ryan Bowers, Ham Lake, MN; 9. Jereme Schroeder, Lake Villa, IL; 10. Matt Wiese, Plymouth; 11. Austin DeBlauw, Holiday Hills, IL; 12. Todd Daun, Pleasant Prairie; 13. Jeremy Schultz, Beaver Dam.
 10-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Schmidt; K. Spitz.
 WISCONSIN-ILLINOIS MINI-SPRINTS: 20-LAP FEATURE: 1. Ian Stear, Harvard, IL; 2. Mark Heinert, Waukesha; 3. Tim Brannam, Holiday Hills, IL; 4. Andrew Kiedrowski, Waupaca; 5. C.J. Malueg, Johnsburg, IL; 6. Ron Brannam, Barrington, IL; 7. Jeff Schmidt, Slinger; 8. John Smith, St. Charles, IL; 9. Mike Neau, Kenosha; 10. Randy Stanford, Kenosha; 11. Morgan Sheppard, Genoa City; 12. Darren Ihrke, Hebron, IL; 13. Tim Christenson, Winthrop Harbor;
 8-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Heinert; Stear.
 FAST QUALIFIER: Heinert(:15.527 seconds).
 MODIFIEDS: 20-LAP FEATURE: 1. Mike Simons II, Genoa City; 2. Nick Simons, Genoa City; 3. Steve Mueller, Eagle; 4. Joel Seegert, Sheboygan; 5. Scott Barnharst, Franklin; 6. Brad McGuire, New Berlin; 7. Josh Heinze, Waterford; 8. Mike Wittenburg, Waterford; 9. John Dost, Bristol; 10. Tony Izzo, Capron, IL; 11. Jack Williams, Rockford, IL; 12. Terry Hilgendorf, McHenry, IL; 13. Dan Walter, Burlington; 14. Al Atkinson, Muskego; 15. Mike Knurr, Mukwonago(Did Not Start); 16. Blaze March, North Prairie(DNS); 17. Dustin Jackson, New Berlin(DNS); 18. John Hill, Waterford(DNS); 19. Lee Tibbitts, Hebron, IL.
 8-LAP HEAT WINNERS: Seegert; M. Simons; N. Simons.
 FAST QUALIFIER: Atkinson(:17.198 seconds).
 (SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL H. BABICZ - 262-206-5465)

The IRA's Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series is proud to announce that Sycamore, IL based AutoMeter is coming onboard as presenting sponsor of the series for 2018. "AutoMeter is proud to be the presenting sponsor of this growing IRA series. We are always looking for different ways to support the racer and this is an excellent opportunity. The open wheel market is growing and we want to be a part of it. We have been developing new products specifically for the open wheel and dirt markets and this is a great way to promote them," says Marc Erickson, Director of Motorsports for AutoMeter.
The series is entering its' 4th season and the level of competition and explosive growth of the series has made it one of the true success stories in all of motorsports over this time. "The car itself is no different than any other sprint car, whether it be a USAC, WoO, IRA, ASCoC roller etc. The only difference is the engine, as only two options are allowed, the GM604 or (build your own) spec option. We also allow the crates to be freshened and repaired unlike many other groups. We have a good tech process in place and we keep the local engine builders in the game. The engines utilize a 4 barrel alcohol carb. We made the right choice with the engine, it's a Sprint Car! Some other groups utilizing a crate engine have chosen to use the 602, which is a good engine but a little less powerful and is more frequently found in a B-Mod or Street Stock" states IRA President Steve Sinclair. "We truly do have something special here. We have found proven success and longevity with our 410/winged Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and to have a nationally recognized company such as AutoMeter add their name to the newer wingLESS group is something that shows we are taking the right steps with this group too. We're really proud of this. It goes right into their point fund."
IRA's Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by AutoMeter opens the 2018 season April 21st at Beaver Dam Raceway, in a show which also includes the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints and Badger Midgets. The series calls Wilmot Raceway home, but also ventures to off to select other area venues and will participate in 25-30 events in 2018, including backing up the World of Outlaws at Wilmot June 2nd. For info on the series, see Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints or www.wilmotraceway.com

Wilmot Raceway

Kenosha, WI

An overflow crowd jammed the Brat Stop's Pawkway Chateau for Wilmot Raceway's annual Awards Party. Trophies and checks were handed out to the top 5 point finishers in each of Wilmot's six core classes. Additionally the champions received jackets from Hoosier Tire and framed 8x10 photos from Bruce Palla of Mindtz Photography. Matt Vandervere (410 Winged Sprints), Jordan Mattson (wingLESS Sprints), Mark Heinert (winged 1000cc Mini Sprints), Mike Simons II (Modifieds), Pat Rossmann (Street Stocks), and Courtney Atkinson (Bandits) were crowned 2017 Wilmot Raceway Champions. Several other special awards were handed out, including; Crane Family Racing's two-car effort of wingLESS drivers Derek & Nathan Crane being recognized as Wilmot Raceway's Team of the Year. Bandit driver Tony Barron was the raceways Rookie of the Year. And past 9-time IRA Champion turned co-Race Director Joe Roe received a pair of Dedication Awards including one of the Henry Babicz Memorial Awards presented by long time Wilmot Raceway announcer Mike Babicz. Some of the other very special awards went to The Simons Family, veteran sprint racer Dennis Spitz, The Klemko Family, rookie Rod Colburn, mini sprint team Larry & Mike Nau, and SS champ Rossmann. Mindtz Photograpy choices for Best Appearing cars went to the #03 Modified of ageless Lee Tibitts, mini sprint racer Nick Sheridan's #88, Bandit racer David McKellips Hot Wheels #12, SS racer #65 of Mark Baker, #14aj of 410 racer Wayne Modjeski, and wingLESS racer #91s of Jimmy Sivia. Kenosha County Fair's Denise Zirbel spoke of the dedication and investment the fairboard will continue to put towards the raceway, and thanked co-race directors Steve Sinclair & Joe Roe, Kim Tennyson and Tiffany Taylor, Nick Simons,and the entire Wilmot Raceway staff for their efforts. She also pointed out Ken Iles of Carriage Auto Body for his generous donation towads a new scoreboard he made in 2016, which became a reality in 2017. The colorful Ray Underwood and Babicz shared the emcee duties, and as per usual Grandstand Video's Jeff Fischer opened the party in style with a music/video highlighting a memorable 2017 season. The 2018 season gets underway April 28th with weekly racing. Several special events are on tap for the historic third-mile including visits by the World of Outlaw Sprints, The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, The Dirt King Late Models, The American Ethanol LM Tour, POWRI Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League, Badger Midgets, Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints, WIMS Mini Sprints, and much more. Special thanks to track point fund sponsors; Hoosier Tire, R.A Adams Enterprises, Don's Auto & Machine, Paddock Lake Bumper To Bumper, Fec's Place, Silver Lake Auto Body, and Fox Lake Harbor.

THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS ANNOUNCE 2018 SCHEDULE
12/28/17 McHenry, IL
The 2018 season will mark the 52nd year for the Interstate Racing Association (IRA). IRA proudly announces its’ Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series schedule which will consist of 30 full point races, including co-sanctioned events with the Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions (ASCoC), and the Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA). Additionally there is a “Show Up” points ONLY weekend, and 4 “Non-Point” events listed which have incentives attached for IRA member teams. Full points will be awarded at races held at 15 different venues within a 4 state region. Wisconsin, particularly the southeast part of the state, is home for the series as IRA fixture facilities such as Beaver Dam Raceway, Wilmot Raceway, Plymouth Dirt Track, and Angell Park Speedway will each host 4 events. 141 Speedway has the IRA winged/410 group 3 times, with the popular Dodge County Fairgrounds having a pair of dates. And the Outagamie Speedway (Seymour) returns to the schedule after a year’s absence.
The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will again headline annual Fair & Festival events such as the Langlade County Fair (July 27), the Kenosha County Fair’s Roger Iles Tribute (Aug 18), Sun Prairie’s Miller Lite Corn Fest (Aug 19), the Sheboygan County Fair (Sept 1), and the Clay Co Fair in Spencer, IA in a non-point affair on Sept 14.
Other popular annual events will again include, The Wipperfirth Memorial at Beaver Dam (April 21), the Norm Nelson Classic at Angell Park (June 17), the Harry Neitzel Tribute at Dodge Co (July 6), the Filskov Memorial at Plymouth (July 21), the Schmidt Memorial at Dodge Co (Aug 24), the Northern Nationals at Superior (Sept 7), the Richert Memorial at Cedar Lake (Sept 8), the Semmelmann Memorial at Beaver Dam (Sept 22), and the Waite Jr Memorial at LaSalle (Sept 23).
141 Speedway will again host a trio of events around holiday weekends, May 27, July 1, and Sept 2. The first two are all IRA events as IRA’s Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints Series, and the WIMS Mini Sprints share the card.
The IRA has a trio of co-sanctioned IRA / All Star Challenge races with Tony Stewart’s Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions. Those major events will go trackside at Plymouth (May 19), Angell Park (May 20), and the Dirt Oval @ Route 66 (June 30). All 3 of these races were chose by the ASCoC to be included in their 2018 limited MAVTV package. The Joliet event at Route 66 is Saturday night of Chicagoland Speedway’s big NASCAR weekend, following the conclusion of the NASCAR Xfinity race just across the street.
The IRA officially has the events at 34 Raceway, Fairbury American Legion Speedway, and LaSalle Speedway listed as co-sanctioned races with MOWA, though it is likely that the MOWA sanction will be added to enhance one or two of the currently listed multiple race Wisconsin weekends too.
While Deer Creek isn’t new to the IRA schedule, it’s been several years since the series has run at the 3/8 highbanks, as last year’s return visit fell victim to rain.
As mentioned there are some co-sanctions, but the overall the majority of the schedule is filled with numerous special events where other sanctions such as the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints (9), WIMS Mini Sprints (7), MSA Sprints (6), Badger Midgets (4), POWRI Midgets (2), UMSS Sprints (2), POWRI Lucas Oil WAR Sprints (2), Dirt King Late Models (1), plus others too that will share the race night line-up card with IRA in 2018. A FEW examples include Beaver Dam (April 21 & Sept 22) as IRA, WI wingLESS, and the Badger Midgets all compete on the same night. Dodge Co (July 6) includes IRA, MSA, and the Dirt King Late Models. Fairbury (July 7) & Angell Park (Aug 19) includes IRA and the POWRI Nat’l Midgets. Wilmot (Aug 4) has IRA, the POWRI Lucas Oil WAR non-wing Sprints, and WIMS. Cedar Lake (Sept 8) & Deer Creek (Sept 15) include IRA, and both UMSS 360 and UMSS Traditional Sprints on the card. Those are just some of the outstanding combinations fans can expect in 2018!
The IRA is also proud to announce that the overwhelming majority of the 2018 schedule will pay $3000 (or more) to win!
The 4 non-point events listed on the schedule have participation incentives tied to them for any IRA member team that competes, and are also purposely included to allow IRA teams, that want to race at major events like the Knoxville Nationals, and/or Jackson Nationals, some laps at those venues prior to those big events. Same holds true of Oskaloosa which has a very similar shape as Knoxville, plus the Osky event is officiated in part by the IRA staff. And lastly, our friends at SLS Promotions are putting on the Clay Co Fair event and the IRA staff will officiate it again… plus it provides a good travel tie-in for those who want to race another show in conjunction with the full point event at Deer Creek the next night.
The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will conclude their “full” point season again by headlining the 2nd annual Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships, at Plymouth (Sept 29). The event will include MSA, WI wingLESS, and WIMS in their championship full point finales too.
The IRA is proud to have Bumper To Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers as their title sponsor, and thank Osborn & Son Trucking, Hoosier Tire, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, Carriage Auto Body, and Hopf Farms for their continued loyal, and generous support.
The 2018 Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series schedule
Apr 7 34 Raceway (IA) w/MOWA
Apr 21 Beaver Dam (WI) Raceway
May 5 Wilmot Raceway (WI)
May 11* Jackson Motorplex (MN) *Non-Points
May 12* Knoxville Raceway (IA) *Non-Points
May 19 Plymouth Dirt Track (WI) w/ASCoC
May 20 Angell Park Speedway (WI) w/ASCoC
May 26 Beaver Dam Raceway
May 27 141 Speedway
Jun 15 Outagamie Speedway (WI)
Jun 16 Wilmot Raceway
Jun 17 Angell Park Speedway
Jun 30 Dirt Oval @ Route 66 (IL) w/ASCoC
Jul 1 141 Speedway
Jul 6 Dodge Co Fairgrounds (WI)
Jul 7 Fairbury American Legion Speedway (IL) w/MOWA
Jul 21 Plymouth Dirt Track
Jul 22 Angell Park Speedway
Jul 27 Langlade Co Fair (WI)
Jul 28 Beaver Dam Raceway
Aug 4 Wilmot Raceway
Aug 6 * Southern Iowa Speedway (IA) *Non-Points
Aug 18 Wilmot Raceway
Aug 19 Angell Park Speedway
Aug 24 Dodge Co Fairgrounds
Sep 1 Plymouth Dirt Track
Sep 2 141 Speedway
Sep 7 Superior Speedway (WI)
Sep 8 Cedar Lake Speedway (WI)
Sep 14 * Clay Co Fair (IA) *Non-Points
Sep 15 Deer Creek Speedway (MN)
Sep 22 Beaver Dam Raceway
Sep 23 LaSalle Speedway (IL) w/MOWA
Sept 29 Plymouth Dirt Track
Oct 5 ** Fairbury American Legion Speedway w/MOWA **Show Pts Only
Oct 6 ** Fairbury American Legion Speedway w/MOWA **Show Pts Only
*Non-Points ** Show Points Only

IRA ANNOUNCES 2018 WISCONSIN wingLESS SPRINT SERIES Schedule
12/26/17 The 4th edition of IRA’s Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series demonstrates how far this unique series has come in such a short time. Something that was only an idea just over three years ago is set to go trackside for their 4th season. A schedule of opportunity exists, beginning with 22 full point events contested at 5 different facilities. Wilmot Raceway, which is home for the series, will host 13 point events, while Angell Park Speedway is home for 4, with Beaver Dam Raceway and 141 Speedway having two each. And the series full point season finale will again be part of the 4-sprint division Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships at the Plymouth Dirt Track.
All five of the above venues have events in which the wingLESS group will share the card with their big brothers of the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. This combination will run together on 9 occasions, 5 of which will include IRA’s WIMS Mini Sprints too, creating a 3 sprint division program which will surely be fan favorites. One of those will be Saturday night of the Kenosha County Fair. The wingLESS bunch will be included again as part of Wilmot’s World of Outlaw date too! And the wingLESS crew will also be part of the annual Pepsi Nationals event at Angell Park with the POWRI/Badger National Midgets.
And for those teams that want to race more than the 22 points shows, the group has several (non-point) co-sanctioned opportunities, including dates with the UMSS Traditional Sprints, the POWRI Lucas Oil WAR Sprint League, and the Midwest Sprint Car Association in a unique 2nd year event. UMSS has invited WI wingLESS teams up to Cedar Lake Speedway April 5-7, and again Aug 24-25. UMSS has also extended an invite to their July 13th race at Spring Lake Speedway too. The POWRI/WAR group will be coming to WI for the first time ever with a Wilmot / Angell Park combo Aug 4-5. And the MSA group will shed their wings at Wilmot again this Sept 15th as part of the big “Wildman” Watson Memorial. Stay tuned for another “possible” late season announcement too!
The first Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series point race will go green at Beaver Dam Raceway on April 21st.

TENTATIVE 2018 WISCONSIN wingLESS Sprint Series Schedule
4/21 Beaver Dam Raceway w/IRA 410 & Badger Midgets
4/28 Wilmot Raceway w/Wilmot 410 & WIMS
5/5 Wilmot Raceway w/IRA 410 & WIMS
5/12 Wilmot Raceway w/WIMS
5/26 Wilmot Raceway
5/27 141 Speedway w/IRA 410 & WIMS
6/2 Wilmot Raceway w/WoO & WIMS
6/9 Wilmot Raceway
6/17 Angell Park Speedway w/IRA 410 & Badger Midgets
6/23 Wilmot Raceway
7/1 141 Speedway w/IRA 410 & WIMS
7/7 Wilmot Raceway w/WIMS
7/8 Angell Park Speedway w/POWRI Nat’l & Badger Midget co-sanction
7/14 Wilmot Raceway w/WIMS
7/22 Angell Park Speedway w/IRA 410
7/28 Wilmot Raceway
8/4 * Wilmot (non-points) co-sanctioned w/POWRI Lucas Oil WAR Sprints
8/5 * Angell Park (non-points) co-sanctioned w/POWRI Lucas Oil WAR Sprints
8/11 Wilmot Raceway w/Badger Midgets
8/18 Wilmot Raceway w/IRA 410 & WIMS - FAIR NIGHT
8/24 *Cedar Lake Speedway w/UMSS (non-points)
8/25 *Cedar Lake Speedway w/UMSS (non-points)
9/1 Wilmot Raceway w/WIMS (Wilmot WL Championship Night)
9/2 Angell Park Speedway w/Badger Midgets
9/15 *Wilmot Raceway w/MSA Non-Wing Challenge (non-points)
9/22 Beaver Dam Raceway w/IRA 410 & Badger Midgets
9/29 Plymouth Dirt Track w/IRA 410, WIMS, & MSA (Championship Night)
10/5-6 TBA (non-points) or possible (show pts only)

BALOG AND MATTSON TOP HONOREES AT IRA AWARDS PARTY
11/18 Brookfield, WI… The ballroom at the Embassy Suites Brookfield/Milwaukee was jammed Saturday for the 51st annual Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Awards Banquet. This year’s party was a combined affair honoring both the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series and the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by the IRA. Twenty-eight teams met point fund eligibility requirements, thus receiving cash, contingency product, and hardware.
Bill Balog, piloting the Mike Urner/Rhine Auto Maxim #17B, dominated every category enroute to claiming his 8th series title. Balog won 12 of the 30 A-main events, including scoring his 100th and 101st IRA feature victories in the process. Balog, and car owner Urner, split the $10,000 first place banquet award, plus an additional $500 bonus for competing in 100% of the series scheduled events (as received by all eligible 100% 410 teams). The duo received contingency certificates, including substantial product awards from DMI and Wilwood. The 2017 schedule took the 410/winged group to 15 different venues within the 3 state region of WI, IL, and IA.
Jordan Mattson topped fellow competitors Doug Schenck and Tim Cox in the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series title chase which went down to the final checkered flag of the season. Mattson captured 2 A-main wins on his way to scoring his first series title, in a division which IRA proudly boasts as one of the biggest success stories in the sprint car industry this year, as its’ quality and quantity has exploded in a positive manner over its first 3 years of existence. Mattson steered the Hans Lein owned #2 to a popular championship. While Wilmot Raceway is home base for this division, the wingLESS group completed 19 events contested at 5 Wisconsin facilities.
Both IRA champs also received custom painted artwork from Dave Olson of Studio 360 and Hoosier champion’s jackets, in addition to their unique hardware.
IRA President, (since 1994), Steve Sinclair addressed the gathering thanking his outstanding staff for their dedication and loyalty, and expressing to the teams how special and proud they should be for their accomplishments with IRA, which over time has become a significant regional player within the industry.
Sinclair then presented numerous special awards. Fred Ebler who has been part of the IRA for over 25 years, as a past owner/driver and now an official, was the 2017 recipient of the prestigious Rick Schmidt Memorial IRA Member of the Year Award. Dedication Awards were presented to the Father & Son team of Bill and Wayne Modjeski, and to Dennis Spitz who has continued to compete with the series for close to 30 year span. Spitz also held the IRA Presidency back in the late 80’s. Series Appreciation Awards were handed out to banquet emcee and the voice of the IRA, Ray Underwood, whose unique talents have helped make an IRA event more than just a race. Additionally both Ken Iles of Carriage Auto Body, and Dean & Stacy Hopf from Hopf Farms were both presented Appreciation Awards, not just for their sponsor support of IRA, but in appreciation for all they do to help numerous IRA teams and the entire local racing community. Scotty Neitzel received a photo commemorating his family’s long time support of IRA and that of the 1st annual Harry Neitzel Tribute Race.
Rod Colburn was named wingLESS Rookie of the Year, while 2nd year driver Nathan Crane was recognized as that series Most Improved Driver. Scotty Thiel won 4 winged/410 A-mains this season, and has won several others over the past few years, but in 2017 he demonstrated he wasn’t just a good driver, he became a “really” good driver thus being named that divisions Most Improved.
The wingLESS Best Appearing Car Award was presented by Jeff Burba of Jeff Burba Photography (JBP) and went to Natalie Klemko’s #20. Dave Olson’s Studio 360 Best Appearing winged car went to Russel Borland’s #23.
Jeff Fischer and “Video Dave” Lazansky combined to provide the action used in this year’s Grandstand Video produced music video which is always a big part of the evening.
Each team also received numerous certificates in their point fund packets, one example is that the top 10 in each division were provided a certificate good for a Quarter Master gear set.
The popular IRA Product Drawing is a great way to enhance an already solid point fund, and each of the eligible teams in their respective division has an equal opportunity to reap the benefits of product prize packages as they choose the package they go home with, and the order selection is based upon a random draw as to who goes first and so on. Some examples of these awards and packages include; Kris Spitz and Scotty Neitzel both won 2018 Maxim chassis. Scott Uttech won a set of All Pro cylinder head castings. Dennis Spitz, Steve Meyer, and Scott Uttech all won HRP wing combos. Wayne Modjeski and Allen Hafford each won a FREE lease program for the 2018 season from Super Shox. Mike Decker won a Velocity wing combo and a KSE power steering pump, and Kris Spitz a pair of Weld wheels and hubs. Jimmy Sivia and Blake Nimee took home product from Eagle. Scotty Thiel, Chris Klemko, and Jordan Mattson grabbed product from Triple X. Dave Uttech won a complete front-end assembly courtesy of R&H Enterprises, and Dan Wade took Race Quip and PEM merchandise courtesy of Behling Racing Equipment. And etc, etc, ……. Every team went home a winner!
Kyle Crane and Matt Flynn were the respective All Star Performance Mechanics of the Year.
The very generous Hagar Nelson and Dean Hopf threw in extra dollars, for no other reason other than to help some more racers out because that’s the kind of special people they are. So 5 teams went home with extra random cash based upon these two gentleman’s generosity, awesome!
14 teams from each division met participation requirements.
The top 14 in Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series points were; Bill Balog, Scotty Thiel, Scotty Neitzel, Jeremy Schultz, Kyle Marten, Steve Meyer, Wayne Modjeski, Dave Uttech, Kris Spitz, Russel Borland, Dennis Spitz, Scott Uttech, and Mike Decker.
The top 14 in the Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series presented by IRA points are; Jordan Mattson, Doug Schenck, Tim Cox, Allen Hafford, Derek Crane, Chris Klemko, Nathan Crane, Jimmy Sivia, Rod Colburn, George Gaertner Jr, Dan Wade, Nick Petska, Natalie Klemko, and James Walldan.
Special Thanks to Kim Tennyson and the entire Tennyson family, Tiffany Taylor, and recent Southeastern WI Short Track Hall of Fame inductee Gil Radtke for setting up the banquet. Ray Underwood for his comedic and sincere delivery which keeps the room alive, Jeff Fischer for his tremendous editing abilities, Dave Olson for his great artwork, and to all the companies who donated product and certificates to our product drawing.
Very special thanks to our point fund contributors and sponsors…. Bumper To Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Carriage Auto Body.
Thanks to all for their support of the Interstate Racing Association in 2017.

Another Double Header Weekend Ahead for the IRA

With only 3 point races left on the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) schedule, the year is quickly coming to a close. This weekend the series will make its final visit of the year at both the Beaver Dam Raceway and it's only visit of the year to the the LaSalle Speedway.

Saturday September 23rd, the IRA will head back to the Beaver Dam Raceway for the 3rd annual Scott Semmelman Memorial. Beaver Dam Raceway has been one of Bill Balog's strongest tracks, with him winning all 3 previous visits there this year in IRA competition. Coming off a week that saw Balog win his 100th career IRA feature win Wednesday night at the Dirt Oval 66, as well as a UMSS 360 win Friday night in Spencer, Iowa, and then win his first career Wisconsin wingLESS series presented by the IRA feature win Saturday at Wilmot Raceway, Balog is riding into Beaver Dam on a huge wave of momentum and will be looking to carry that all the way to victory lane. The Scott Semmelman Memorial however, has been Balog's Achilles heel, as he has been unable to win in the prior two running's despite being so strong at the high banked 1/3rd mile oval. One driver who could beat Balog this Saturday, is inaugural Scott Semmelman memorial winner Jordan Goldesberry. Goldesberry carries 2 career IRA wins into Beaver Dam and leads a group of veterans who are yet to get a victory in IRA competition this year. Others in that group include 2 time champion Scotty Neitzel, former Knoxville Track Record holder Mike Reinke and the man who was victorious twice at the Beaver Dam Raceway in 2014, Phillip Mock. Scotty Thiel could also be a strong contender, after two great charges this past week, driving from 11th to 5th Wednesday night in Joliet, and then an incredible 22nd to 6th run against a stacked field of cars at the Clay County Fairgrounds.

Sunday the series heads to LaSalle Speedway for Bill Waite Jr. Memorial, an event that is always exciting as the Midwest Open Wheel Association(MOWA) co sanctions the event with the IRA, and boasts one of the biggest purses of the year for the IRA, paying $5000 to win and $500 to start. Bill Balog is the defending event winner and will be looking to repeat, but will face challenges from not only the IRAs top competitors like Jeremy Schultz and Kyle Martin but also from the top MOWA drivers. Former ASCS regional champion Brad Loyet leads the MOWA Points as they head to LaSalle and will surely be at the front when the checkered flag drops Sunday night. Other top MOWA drivers include Jim Moughan, AJ Bruns and Jacob Patton. Another man to watch will be Bret Tripplett, who just recently picked up his first MOWA feature win. Hot laps to begin at 4:30 on Sunday, so be sure to get to LaSalle early as it is expected to be a packed house.

Mufflers are required at Beaver Dam, but will not be required Sunday at LaSalle.

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

IRA Races Through Northern Wisconsin

When the calendar turns to September and the weather starts to cool down, fans know it's time for one of the biggest weekends of the year for the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA). Friday night, September 8th the series heads to the Amsoil Speedway in Superior Wisconsin for night 1 of their annual Northern Nationals. Then on Saturday the teams head to New Richmond Wisconsin’s Cedar Lake Speedway for the Jerry Richert Memorial.

The Northern Nationals is always a huge event for the Amsoil Speedway, and with all their camping spots already sold out it seems this year will be no different. A standing room only crowd is expected to witness what is always an exciting show. Bill Balog will be trying to repeat his feature winning performance from one year ago, but an IRA driver has not been able to win back to back at the Northern Nationals since Balog himself won 3 in a row from 2010-2012. Since 2012, 2 time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel picked up a win, as well as Knoxville regulars Dusty Zomer and Davey Heskin. This year should once again see IRAs best up against some of the best from Knoxville and around the Midwest.

On Saturday fans will witness the 2017 Jerry Richert Memorial, a race that pays honor to the winner of the 2nd annual Knoxville Nationals, and the father to longtime Midwest driver Jerry Richert Jr, as well as father-in-law to Brooke Tatnell. The Richert Memorial is always one of the biggest shows all year and this year with $5000 up for grabs it’s sure to be no different. Bill Balog will be looking for a repeat win at Cedar Lake, just like Amsoil Speedway, and if he can win both nights, he will become the first driver in IRA history to enter triple digit career wins, as he currently sits at 98 wins. But with numerous IRA veterans like Scotty Neitzel still looking for there first win of 2017, and young guns like Scotty Thiel and Kyle Marten, wins will not come easy. Throw in a handful of Knoxville regulars and Midwest heavy hitters, and fans will be treated to two nights of great racing at two spectacular venues.

The IRA would like to thank our loyal sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

Balog Wins Labor Day Weekend at 141 Speedway

After a very rainy Saturday caused the Sheboygan County Fair race to be canceled, the final night for the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown was moved to Sunday at the 141 Speedway. 32 teams signed in for action on the Labor Day weekend Sunday night. In Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying Bill Balog set quick time over 2016 IRA champion Jeremy Schultz. Justin Henderson would time in 3rd followed by Todd King and Ben Schmidt.

Weld Wheels Heat Race 1 saw Ben Schmidt move from 3rd into 1st and never looked back. Bill Balog would get to 2nd but could not get his 17b machine around Schmidt. Blake Nimee would claim 3rd place honors with Dave Uttech in 4th and 2 time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel in 5th.

In Allstar Performance Heat Race 2 Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown point leader, Scotty Thiel utilized his front row starting spot to take the lead and eventually the checkered flag. Kris Spitz would bring his 4K home in 2nd ahead of Schultz. Mike Reinke would bring his 02 car home in 4th and Johnny Fahl would round out the top 5.

DMI Racing Heat Race 3 would be claimed by pole starting Matt Vandervere. Matt would hold off hard charging Justin Henderson for the win. Brandon McMullen would bring the Bob Hood Motorsports 10w across in 3rd with Kyle Marten in 4th and Danny Schlafer in 5th.

R&H Enterprises Heat Race 4 saw Phillip Mock claim the win in his 1m over a hard charging Bill Wirth who started 5th. Todd Daun would claim 3rd place and Mike Decker was 4th. Todd King brought his 22 machine across the line in 5th.

Behling Racing Equipment B main saw Steve Meyer lead flag to flag in his Meyer Electric sponsored sprint car. Josh Walter would bring his 12w home 2nd and KenJay Fiedler in 3rd. Scott Uttech would finish in the 4th position with Ty Bartz would round out the top 5 as the first non transfer car to the A main.

A main action was exciting. Balog took the early lead but Thiel quickly moved into 2nd. With 10 laps complete Fiedler would hit an infield tire and bring out a caution. On the restart Balog led Thiel and Schmidt, but just a couple of laps later Schmidt 73 would come to a stop, ending his night. Once again Balog would jump out to the lead but Thiel held 2nd, just a few laps later Dave Uttech’s 68 would get turned around and Thiel would get caught up attempting to avoid Uttech and the flipping King. Thiel's chances of winning the Bullring Showdown would be all but over. The field would go back to green with 15 laps to go, Balog leading over Reinke and Henderson. Balog would lead the last 15 laps in route to winning his 10th IRA feature and co-winning the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown with Thone Motorsports. Justin Henderson brought the Thone Motorsports car home in 2nd with Mike Reinke rounding out the podium. Bill Wirth would bring his 53w car across in 4th and Steve Meyer would finish 5th after charging from 20th.

The IRA would like to thank our loyal sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

410 Sprints
IRA Interstate Racing Association
A Feature 1 30 laps
1. 17B-Bill Balog, [2]; 2. 80K-Justin Henderson, [8]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, [6]; 4. 53W-Bill Wirth, [12]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, [21]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [18]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, [11]; 8. 19-Todd Daun, [13]; 9. 12W-Josh Walter, [22]; 10. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [15]; 11. 99-Kyle Marten, [9]; 12. 12-Michael Decker, [17]; 13. 79-Blake Nimee, [14]; 14. 0-John Fahl, [19]; 15. 7-Scott Uttech, [24]; 16. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 17. 1M-Phillip Mock, [7]; 18. 68-Dave Uttech, [16]; 19. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [10]; 20. 22-Todd King, [1]; 21. 73-Ben Schmidt, [5]; 22. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [3]; 23. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, [23]; 24. 25-Danny Schlafer, [20]
B Feature 1 12 laps
1. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 2. 12W-Josh Walter, [4]; 3. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, [3]; 4. 7-Scott Uttech, [5]; 5. 95B-Ty Bartz, [9]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, [7]; 7. 5-Bryon Walters, [11]; 8. 7R-Andy Rein, [2]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, [8]; 10. 41-Dennis Spitz, [6]; 11. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [10]; (DNS) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski,
Heat 1 10 laps
1. 73-Ben Schmidt, [3]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, [5]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, [2]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 6. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, [7]; 7. 23-Russel Borland, [8]; 8. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [6]
Heat 2 10 laps
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [2]; 2. 4K-Kris Spitz, [1]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [4]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, [3]; 5. 0-John Fahl, [5]; 6. 12W-Josh Walter, [7]; 7. 18-Keith Fellner, [8]; 8. (DNF) 95B-Ty Bartz, [6]
Heat 3 10 laps
1. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [1]; 2. 80K-Justin Henderson, [4]; 3. 10W-Brandon McMullen, [5]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten, [3]; 5. 25-Danny Schlafer, [6]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, [2]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7]; 8. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [8]
Heat 4 10 laps
1. 1M-Phillip Mock, [2]; 2. 53W-Bill Wirth, [5]; 3. 19-Todd Daun, [3]; 4. 12-Michael Decker, [7]; 5. 22-Todd King, [4]; 6. 7R-Andy Rein, [1]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech, [6]; (DNS) 5-Bryon Walters,
Qualifying 1
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.238[2]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:11.332[4]; 3. 80K-Justin Henderson, 00:11.436[1]; 4. 22-Todd King, 00:11.601[6]; 5. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:11.752[22]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:11.765[26]; 7. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:11.796[12]; 8. 19-Todd Daun, 00:11.831[15]; 9. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:11.863[13]; 10. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.890[30]; 11. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:11.936[10]; 12. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:11.969[17]; 13. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.981[18]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:11.997[11]; 15. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:12.066[20]; 16. 7R-Andy Rein, 00:12.071[8]; 17. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.109[21]; 18. 0-John Fahl, 00:12.146[5]; 19. 10W-Brandon McMullen, 00:12.194[29]; 20. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:12.268[31]; 21. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.304[23]; 22. 95B-Ty Bartz, 00:12.344[3]; 23. 25-Danny Schlafer, 00:12.381[16]; 24. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.387[7]; 25. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, 00:12.471[24]; 26. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:12.490[9]; 27. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:12.512[27]; 28. 12-Michael Decker, 00:12.529[25]; 29. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.532[32]; 30. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:13.069[28]; 31. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:13.073[19]; (DNS) 5-Bryon Walters,

 As the calendar turns from August to September, Knoxville’s season has ended and most other groups and tracks are wrapping their schedules up, but the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) still has plenty of racing left to do. This coming weekend, September 2nd and 3rd marks the first of 4 straight two race weekends for the Wisconsin based winged 410 sprint car group.
 Saturday September 2nd is a huge night for the IRA as they return to the Plymouth Dirt Track, during the Sheboygan County Fair. Not only will it be a fun night of slide jobs and carnival rides, but Saturday night will be the culmination of the 5 race Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. The 4 previous Hopf Farms Races have treated the fans to great racing and different faces in victory lane as a different driver won each of the previous 4 races. Kyle Marten and Scotty Thiel have both picked up wins this season at the Plymouth Dirt Track and are likely to be up front all night on Saturday, but both men will have to contend with the Hopf Farms backed 17b entry of Bill Balog who always finds his way to the front of the field.
 Hot laps Saturday night will begin at 5pm with racing to follow.
 Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown Points
 Scotty Thiel. 80
 Mike Kertscher. 79
 Kyle Marten. 75
 Bill Balog. 71
 Jeremy Schultz. 67
 Scotty Neitzel. 66
 Mike Reinke. 62
 Blake Nimee. 60
 Steve Meyer. 54
 Matt Vandervere. 50

 On Sunday the teams will travel to Francis Creek Wisconsin for the 2nd time this season to compete at 141 Speedway. 141 Speedway is perhaps the area's most unique track, and offers fans some great viewing areas to watch the high powered 410 cars do battle. The last time the IRA visited Francis Creek, Scotty Thiel stood victorious on a night that would start a hot streak he carried through most of July. Matt Vandervere was 2nd and Balog recovered from an early incident with a 3rd place run. Expect to see those 3 men battling hard again this weekend. Past IRA feature winners Mike Reinke , Scotty Neitzel, Jeremy Schultz, Steve Meyer, Phillip Mock, Blake Nimee, Ben Schmidt, and Scott Uttech are also usually strong at the high banked oval and with the season winding down expect them to run hard as they can still looking for their first IRA win of 2017. Wayne Modjeski, and Dave Uttech have been hot of late too, could they score their first career IRA win? Stay tuned...

 IRA Points
 Bill Balog (17B). 3094
 Scotty Thiel (64). 2922
 Scotty Neitzel (2W). 2656
 Kyle Marten (99). 2441
 Jeremy Schultz (5J). 2367
 Blake Nimee (79). 2250
 Steve Meyer (85M). 2181
 Russel Borland (23). 2181
 Dave Uttech (68). 2083
 Wayne Modjeski (14AJ). 2008
 Scott Uttech (7). 1965
 Kris Spitz (4K). 1945
 Matt Vandervere (10V). 1885
 Dennis Spitz (41). 1882
 Michael Decker (12). 1632
 Mike Reinke (02). 1555
 Mike Kertscher (80K). 1239
 Ben Schmidt (73). 1130
 Jordan Goldesberry (65). 1091
 Jereme Schroeder (43). 1067

 The IRA would like to thank our loyal sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.
 

Balog Sweeps the Kenosha County Fair

34 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Outlaw Sprint teams signed in to compete on night two of the Roger Iles tribute weekend at the Kenosha County Fair. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying saw Bill Balog set quick time for the 6th consecutive IRA event. For the 2nd night in a row Scotty Thiel would qualify in 2nd followed by 2006 IRA rookie of the year Mike Kertscher. Kokomo, Indiana’s Parker Price-Miller would end up 4th quick and Ben Schmidt was 5th.

Weld Wheels Heat Race 1 saw Phillip Mock and Matt Vandervere battle early for the lead. As the race drew to a close Bill Balog had worked his 17b around Vandervere and into 2nd place as the caution flag flew. On the restart Balog battled side by side with Mock for the last 2 laps. As the checkered flag fell Balog was victorious over Mock and newly crowned 2017 Wilmot Raceway Champion Matt Vandervere. Kris Spitz would bring his 4K home in 4th over Wayne Modjeski.

Allstar Performance Heat Race 2 saw Scott Uttech utilize his pole starting position to take the lead and eventually the checkered flag. Behind Uttech defending IRA champion Jeremy Schultz fended off challenges from Scotty Thiel to eventually claim 2nd place. Thiel would settle for 3rd over Joe B Miller, Blake Nimee would claim 5th.

Much like heat 2, DMI Racing Heat Race 3 would be won by the pole sitter, this time being Bill Wirth. Jordan Goldesberry would bring his Rock Solid Lawn Care 65 machine home in 2nd over Jake Blackhurst and Kyle Marten. Mike Kertscher would bring his Hopf Farms backed 80k car across in 5th.

R&H Enterprises Heat Race 4 would see 2 time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel charge from 3rd place to claim the win over former Wilmot track champion Todd Daun. Parker Price-Miller would finish in the 3rd spot ahead of Raymond Hensley and Dave Uttech.

Behling Racing Equipment B Main was won by the Oz Motorsports 73 piloted by Ben Schmidt. Jereme Schroeder would cross in 2nd ahead of Mike Decker. “The Bluegrass Bandit” Dennis Spitz would finish in 4th and Andy Rein would come home 5th in his Cab Construction 7R.

A Main action saw Jake Blackhurst take the early lead over Jeremy Schultz and Phillip Mock. Bill Balog quickly moved his way into 2nd position and set his sights on Hanna City Illinois’ Jake Blackhurst. The 17b trailed the 25 until Blackhurst bounced off the treacherous cushion and gave Balog the opening he needed to take the lead. Once his Rhine Auto Machine was out front Balog never looked back, claiming the win on Night 2 of the Roger Iles tribute weekend, and for the 2nd time in his career sweeping both nights of the Kenosha County Fair. Mike Kertscher would use a late race caution to get past Jeremy Schultz for 2nd but could not run Balog down. Schultz settled for 3rd. Scotty Thiel would bring his Professional Plating machine across the line in 4th followed by Joe B Miller in 5th.

The IRA would like to thank our loyal sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

A Feature 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 2. 80K-Mike Kertscher, [10]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [1]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, [6]; 5. 51B-Joe B. Miller, [14]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [9]; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock, [3]; 8. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [2]; 9. 79-Blake Nimee, [18]; 10. 53W-Bill Wirth, [7]; 11. 2-Parker Price-Miller, [5]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, [17]; 13. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [13]; 14. 19-Todd Daun, [11]; 15. 99-Kyle Marten, [15]; 16. 70-Raymond Hensley, [16]; 17. 73-Ben Schmidt, [21]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [19]; 19. 68-Dave Uttech, [20]; 20. 41-Dennis Spitz, [24]; 21. (DNF) 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [12]; 22. (DNF) 43-Jereme Schroeder, [22]; 23. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker, [23]; 24. (DNF) 7-Scott Uttech, [8] B Feature 1 1. 73-Ben Schmidt, [1]; 2. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [7]; 3. 12-Michael Decker, [6]; 4. 41-Dennis Spitz, [9]; 5. 7R-Andy Rein, [10]; 6. 18-Keith Fellner, [11]; 7. 14-Jim Fifield, [8]; 8. (DNF) 63-Nick Matuszewski, [12]; 9. (DNF) 78E-Kevin Eltz, [5]; 10. (DNF) 65D-Austin Deblauw, [3]; 11. (DNF) 0-John Fahl, [4]; 12. (DNF) 23-Russel Borland, [2] Heat 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 2. 1M-Phillip Mock, [2]; 3. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [1]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz, [5]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [6]; 6. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [8]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7]; 8. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, [3]; (DNS) 01-Chris Dodd, Heat 2 1. 7-Scott Uttech, [1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [3]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 4. 51B-Joe B. Miller, [2]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee, [5]; 6. 65D-Austin Deblauw, [7]; 7. 12-Michael Decker, [6]; 8. 18-Keith Fellner, [8]; (DNS) 5K-Brian Kristan, Heat 3 1. 53W-Bill Wirth, [1]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [5]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [3]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten, [2]; 5. 80K-Mike Kertscher, [4]; 6. 0-John Fahl, [7]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [6]; 8. 63-Nick Matuszewski, [8] Heat 4 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [3]; 2. 19-Todd Daun, [2]; 3. 2-Parker Price-Miller, [4]; 4. 70-Raymond Hensley, [1]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, [8]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, [5]; 7. 14-Jim Fifield, [6]; 8. (DNF) 7R-Andy Rein, [7] Qualifying 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.845[33]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.847[31]; 3. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 00:12.867[13]; 4. 2-Parker Price-Miller, 00:12.892[14]; 5. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.939[1]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.957[18]; 7. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.984[15]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.034[20]; 9. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:13.036[19]; 10. 51B-Joe B. Miller, 00:13.065[24]; 11. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:13.069[3]; 12. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.078[23]; 13. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:13.081[21]; 14. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:13.148[17]; 15. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:13.166[26]; 16. 70-Raymond Hensley, 00:13.186[11]; 17. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.228[25]; 18. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.239[4]; 19. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.365[2]; 20. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.444[22]; 21. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.454[30]; 22. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.505[16]; 23. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.531[10]; 24. 14-Jim Fifield, 00:13.619[29]; 25. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:13.741[8]; 26. 65D-Austin Deblauw, 00:13.761[12]; 27. 0-John Fahl, 00:13.846[6]; 28. 7R-Andy Rein, 00:14.012[7]; 29. 78E-Kevin Eltz, 00:14.244[32]; 30. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.349[9]; 31. 63-Nick Matuszewski, 00:15.411[5]; 32. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech, [27]; (DNS) 5K-Brian Kristan, ; (DNS) 01-Chris Dodd,

Balog Wins Night One of the Kenosha County Fair

31 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) teams signed in for action for the Raymond Neeve Memorial/Founders Night taking place on night one of the Kenosha County Fair/Roger Iles Tribute Weekend. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying saw series point leader Bill Balog set quick time over “The Big Wheel” Scotty Thiel. Mike Kertscher was 3rd quick behind the wheel of the Thone Motorsports 80k followed by Blake Nimee and Jeremy Schultz.

Weld Wheels Heat Race 1 saw Phillip Mock take the early lead, a lead he would hold for the duration of the race. Balog would quickly move from his 4th place starting position into 2nd but could not get around Mock’s 1m machine. Nimee would come home 3rd followed by Jake Blackhurst and Brian Kristan. Allstar Performance Heat 2 saw Scotty Thiel quickly drive from 4th to the lead, and claim the checkered flag. Matt Vandervere would cross in 2nd followed by 2 former Wilmot Raceway track champions, Todd Daun and Jeremy Schultz. Two time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel would round out the top 5. DMI Racing/ R&H Enterprises Heat Race 3 would be claimed by Kyle Marten over Jordan Goldesberry. Dave Uttech brought his black and blue 68 across in 3rd. Missouri’s Joe B Miller ran 4th and Scott Uttech was 5th.

Behling Racing Equipment B main action saw Raymond Hensley pick up the win over Chris Dodd. Russel Borland brought his Weise Trucking 23 across the line in 3rd ahead of Wayne Modjeski and Johnny Fahl.

A main action saw Joe B Miller take the early lead over Jake Blackhurst. Scotty Thiel and Bill Balog had quickly worked their way to 3rd and 4th. Multiple collisions on track left numerous cars out of the field. Under caution Thiel pulled to the work area with a flat tire and was forced to the rear of the field. Balog worked around Blackhurst and Miller and drove away from the field to claim the win. Blake Nimee made a drive to 2nd in the closing laps and Jake Blackhurst rounded out the podium. Jordan Goldesberry finished in the 4th position and Matt Vandervere brought his Grandstand Video 10v across the line in the 5th position.

The IRA would like to thank our loyal sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

Three Days of Fairs, Friends and 410's

With sprint car racing's biggest event, the Knoxville Nationals, in the rearview mirror, most tracks and series’ are wrapping their seasons up, but the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association still has plenty of racing left to do in 2017. This August 18-20 is one of IRA’s biggest weekends and certainly has a festive party atmosphere attached to it. Friday and Saturday, August 18th and 19th the series headlines the Kenosha County Fair at the Wilmot Raceway. In addition to headlining the Kenosha County Fair both nights, it’s also the Roger Iles Tribute weekend concluding with the 36 lap $3600 to win finale on Saturday, courtesy of Carriage Auto Body. Friday will have an increased purse too as it is the Raymond Neeve Memorial and also Wilmot Founder’s Night. Then on Sunday the teams will take the short drive to Sun Prairie for the popular annual CornFest celebration at Angell Park Speedway.

In the two previous IRA races at Wilmot this year Matt Vandervere and Bill Balog each picked up a victory. Joey Moughan and Scotty Thiel also have 410 winged sprint car victories at the birthplace of the IRA in 2017. Balog and Thiel have been the class of the field all season and will both be trying to get their 2nd win of the season at Wilmot but to do so they will have beat some very tough competition. Steve Meyer is still looking for his first win of the year and has been able to drive his Meyer Electric 85m to a win at Wilmot before. Former Wilmot Raceway champion Mike Kertscher will also be in attendance this weekend behind the wheel of the Thone Motorsports 80k. And Washington states’ Taylor Malsam and the Rudeen Racing Team have indicated that there beautiful blue and black 26 machine will be in attendance all weekend. Other surprise visitors are likely to join in on the fun too.

If the racing action wasn't enough to get you excited for Friday and Saturday night the fair should. Families can come out early to sample some of the great food the fair has to offer and enjoy the carnival rides as well as other goings on around at both festivals and you never know what drivers and teams you may see enjoying their day as well. The entire weekend is filled with a great atmosphere and large crowds.

The IRA would like to thank our loyal sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

It's fair season in Wisconsin, and this Friday night the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) makes its first appearance at a fair in 2017, as the Winged 410 sprint cars headline Friday night of the Langlade County Fair in Antigo Wisconsin.

Bill Balog has been dominate this season and will likely be many fans pick to win, but half mile tracks seem to be Balog's weakest. To find Balog's last half mile win in IRA competition you have to go back to the July 25th 2014 Langlade County Speedway Race when Balog was victorious over Mike Reinke and Steve Meyer. Meyer has since been able to claim a win of his own at the Langlade County Speedway, winning the 2016 event and should be a contender this Friday night. Meyer has proven to be strong on the big tracks and and will use that skill to try and claim his first win of the 2017 season.

Look for two time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel to be out front at the end as well. Neitzel has countless years of experience, and his orange 2w machine always seems to find its way to the front of the field, especially on the big tracks like Langlade County Speedway and his home track the Dodge County Fairgrounds. Scotty Thiel is another driver fans should keep an eye on. The Scott Thiel Motorsports team has found their groove in the month of July Scoring 2 wins and nearly beating Balog this past Saturday in Beaver Dam.

If the thought of watching winged 410 sprint cars while you eat a funnel cake isn't enough to get you out to the Langlade County Fair this Friday, California hot shoe and son of legendary drag racer Gary Scelzi, Dominic Scelzi has indicated that he intends to bring his Scelzi Enterprises 41 car to Antigo Wisconsin to have some fun with the stars of the IRA.

Top 20 in Points:

17b Bill Balog 2336

64 Scotty Thiel 2227

2w Scotty Neitzel 2049

5J Jeremy Schultz 2018

99 Kyle Marten 1922

85m Steve Meyer 1836

23 Russel Borland 1723

79 Blake Nimee 1665

4K Kris Spitz 1581

10V Matt Vandervere 1545

7 Scott Uttech 1498

68 Dave Uttech 1494

14aj Wayne Modjeski 1469

41 Dennis Spitz 1439

12 Mike Decker 1326

O2 Mike Reinke 1253

26 Taylor Malsam 900

18 Keith Fellner 885

73 Ben Schmidt 818

80K Mike Kertscher 802

The IRA would like to thank our loyal sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

Balog Sweeps Beaver Dam

22 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) 410 sprint car teams signed in for action on the high banks of the Beaver Dam Raceway. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying saw Bill Balog go out first and set a time that no one else could top, earning him fast time honors. Jeremy Schultz would end up second quick followed by Illinois’ Jake Blackhurst. Ben Schmidt and Blake Nimee would qualify in 4th and 5th respectively.

Weld Wheels Heat Race 1 saw Scotty Neitzel take the early lead but quickly the Rhine Auto 17b had moved into 2nd and went to work on challenging for the lead. It would not take long for the 17b to get around the orange 2w of Neitzel taking the lead and the eventual win. Neitzel would settle for 2nd ahead of a hard charging Kris Spitz. Schmidt would finish 4th and Phillip Mock was 5th. Allstar Performance Heat Race 2 would see Jeremy Schultz take the lead. Scotty Thiel would challenge Schultz multiple times for the lead but couldn't find a line around the “King of the Sherm Nation”. As the checkered flew it was Schultz grabbing the win and Thiel in 2nd. Trey Datweiler brought his T&E Auto Haulers 23d across in 3rd followed by Bill Wirth and Blake Nimee. In DMI Racing/ R&H Enterprises Heat Race 3, 2015 IRA champion Bill Rose took the early lead in the Bob Hood Motorsports 10w machine. In the closing laps Steve Meyer would work his way around Rose and take the win. Rose would cross in 2nd followed by Blackhurst. Mike Reinke would bring his 02 home in 4th and Russel Borland took 5th.

The A main saw Ben Schmidt jump out to the early lead but quickly Scotty Thiel worked his Professional Plating 64 in 2nd. Thiel would work around Schmidt and try to run away from the field, as Thiel worked through lapped traffic 7 time IRA champion Bill Balog had worked from 7th up to second and had reeled Thiel in. Balog would use lapped traffic to pass Thiel for the lead. Jeremy Schultz would spin out in turn one bring out the yellow flag with 13 laps to go. On the restart Thiel would stay on Balog's bumper but could not make a run for the lead, they battled through lapped traffic again and as the white flag flew Thiel looked to have a shot, Balog took the high line in turn 3 and Thiel went low and slid in front of fhe “North Pole Nightmare” briefly taking the lead, but Balog was able to cross under him and take the lead back as they exited turn 4. Balog would pick up his 7th IRA victory of the season and 95th of his career. Thiel would come home in 2nd and Russel Borland would bring his 23 machine home with a 3rd place finish, his best finish since a 2nd place run at Wilmot in August of 2014. Ben Schmidt would cross the line in 4th and Mike Reinke would round out the top 5.

Fans can catch the IRA back in action this coming Friday night at the Langlade County Speedway in Antigo, Wisconsin. Then the stars and cars return to the Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wisconsin on August 5th.

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s half pound cookies and Hoosier Tire.

A Feature 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, [7]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, [6]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, [1]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, [14]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [8]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee, [3]; 8. 85M-Steve Meyer, [10]; 9. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [9]; 10. 4K-Kris Spitz, [11]; 11. 53W-Bill Wirth, [13]; 12. 19-Todd Daun, [18]; 13. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [12]; 14. 1M-Phillip Mock, [15]; 15. 99-Kyle Marten, [16]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech, [20]; 17. 68-Dave Uttech, [17]; 18. 0-John Fahl, [21]; 19. 41-Dennis Spitz, [22]; 20. 10W-Bill Rose, [2]; 21. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [5]; 22. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [19] Heat 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz, [5]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, [3]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock, [1]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, [6]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [7]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz, [8] Heat 2 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [4]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [2]; 3. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [6]; 4. 53W-Bill Wirth, [1]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee, [3]; 6. 99-Kyle Marten, [5]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech, [7] Heat 3 1. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 2. 10W-Bill Rose, [2]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [4]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, [5]; 5. 23-Russel Borland, [3]; 6. 19-Todd Daun, [6]; 7. 0-John Fahl, [7] Qualifying 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.048[1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.093[3]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:12.119[5]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.122[2]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.328[13]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.342[4]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.345[15]; 8. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.349[7]; 9. 10W-Bill Rose, 00:12.350[12]; 10. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:12.420[17]; 11. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:12.422[10]; 12. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.456[8]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.587[6]; 14. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:12.608[20]; 15. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.615[19]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.628[9]; 17. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 00:12.731[11]; 18. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.074[16]; 19. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.335[21]; 20. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:13.420[22]; 21. 0-John Fahl, 00:13.539[18]; 22. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:13.683[14]

Beaver Dam Ahead for IRA Sprints

This Saturday, July 22nd, the cars and stars of the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association return to the high banked 1/3rd mile Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. In recent times Beaver Dam has been dominated by Bill Balog who has won on 7 of his last 9 appearances at Beaver Dam Raceway including the 2016 World of Outlaws event. Hometown hero Scotty Neitzel will be trying hard to dethrone Balog as the King of Beaver Dam, as will another hometown driver and king in his own right, the King Of the Sherm Nation, Jeremy Schultz. It seems though that the driver that stands the best chance of beating Balog is the driver of the Scott Thiel Builders 64 machine, Scotty Thiel. Thiel has won 2 of the last 4 IRA shows and 3 of his last 5 races overall. The STM team has come on strong in July and if they want to challenge Balog for the 2017 IRA championship, they will need to keep the momentum going. Kyle Marten and Steve Meyer have both proven consistent as well this season, as Meyer has scored 6 top tens, and has continually been fast. Marten has been even stronger with 11 top tens and one win on the season, he will be looking to continue that momentum on Saturday.

Saturday the pit gates will open at 3:30 with grandstands opening at 4:30. Qualifying is scheduled for 6 with racing to follow.

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

Thiel Victorious Again with Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints

22 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) sprint car teams signed in to compete in the Norm Nelson Classic at the Historic Angell Park Speedway. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying saw Bill Balog take quick time over Jeremy Schultz and Paul Nienhiser. Scotty Thiel and and Scotty Neitzel rounded out the top 5.

Weld Wheels Heat Race 1 saw Thiel quickly move from 3rd to the lead followed close behind by Balog. Balog would make a few challenges for the lead, but could not find a way around Thiel’s Professional Plating machine. At the line it would be Thiel over Balog. Todd Daun came across in 3rd followed by Steve Meyer and Mike Reinke. Allstar Performance Heat Race 2 would be dominated by outside front row starter, Phillip Mock. Mock picked up the win over Neitzel and Russel Borland. Schultz and Ben Schmidt would finish 4th and 5th respectively. DMI Racing/ R&H Enterprises Heat Race 3 was won by pole sitter Kyle Marten in the Oostburg Concrete 99. Nienhiser would come home in 2nd ahead of Wayne Modjeski and Tayler Malsam. Scott Uttech would complete the top 5 in his 7 machine.

A main action saw Neitzel take the early lead but soon Thiel was on his bumper. Thiel was able to get around the 2w of Neitzel and take off from the field. As the race wore on Schultz moved into 2nd ahead of Nienhiser. Balog had moved from his 10th starting position into 4 when the caution flag fell with just 3 laps remaining for Steve Meyer who blew a tire. The restart gave Balog a chance to move around Nienhiser for 3rd, and Schultz an opportunity to challenge for the win, but the 64 machine was just too strong and it was Scotty Thiel pulling into victory lane for the 2nd time this year in IRA competition. Schultz would settle for 2nd and Balog would come home 3rd. Scotty Neitzel would bring his 2w across in 4th and Nienhiser would finish in 5th.

The IRA is set to return to action Saturday night July 22nd at the Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Then the teams travel north to the Langlade County Speedway in Antigo, Wisconsin on July 28.

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire..

A Feature 1 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [5]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [10]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 5. 9-Paul Nienhiser, [7]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke, [13]; 7. 99-Kyle Marten, [6]; 8. 26-Tayler Malsam, [3]; 9. 1M-Phillip Mock, [2]; 10. 85M-Steve Meyer, [12]; 11. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [17]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, [11]; 13. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [9]; 14. 7-Scott Uttech, [15]; 15. 73-Ben Schmidt, [14]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, [19]; 17. 0-John Fahl, [16]; 18. 12-Michael Decker, [20]; 19. 19-Todd Daun, [8]; 20. 68-Dave Uttech, [18]; 21. 41-Dennis Spitz, [21]; 22. 18-Keith Fellner, [22] Heat 1 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [3]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 3. 19-Todd Daun, [2]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, [5]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, [6]; 6. 0-John Fahl, [1]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, [7]; 8. 18-Keith Fellner, [8] Heat 2 1. 1M-Phillip Mock, [2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [3]; 3. 23-Russel Borland, [1]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [4]; 5. 73-Ben Schmidt, [6]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [5]; 7. 12-Michael Decker, [7] Heat 3 1. 99-Kyle Marten, [1]; 2. 9-Paul Nienhiser, [4]; 3. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [2]; 4. 26-Tayler Malsam, [3]; 5. 7-Scott Uttech, [6]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, [5]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7] Qualifying 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.203[16]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.217[1]; 3. 9-Paul Nienhiser, 00:12.351[19]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.452[22]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.487[10]; 6. 26-Tayler Malsam, 00:12.492[8]; 7. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.513[6]; 8. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:12.526[9]; 9. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.529[4]; 10. 0-John Fahl, 00:12.541[7]; 11. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.545[2]; 12. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:12.554[18]; 13. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.604[12]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.695[13]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.725[14]; 16. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.741[20]; 17. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:12.759[21]; 18. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.793[11]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.908[15]; 20. 12-Michael Decker, 00:12.923[5]; 21. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:13.444[17]; 22. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.132[3]

Macedo Sweeps Sprint Car Return to FALS With IRA/MOWA Sprints

39 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA)/Neal Tire Midwest Open Wheel Association(MOWA) teams signed in for action at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway for the first sprint car race at the facility in 15 years. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying saw Lemoore, California’s Carson Macedo set quick time over Paul Nienhiser and Blake Nimee. Scotty Thiel would qualify in 4th and Brad Loyet was 5th.

Weld Wheels Heat Race 1 saw Macedo charge from his 4th starting position to the win. AJ Bruins would bring his 44 machine across in 2nd ahead of Tayler Malsam. MOWA point leader Brad Loyet finished in 4th and Logan Faucon would grab the 5th and final transfer position in the closing laps. Allstar Performance Heat 2 would be claimed by Kraig Kinser over Paul Nienhiser. Scotty Neitzel would bring his 2w home in 3rd followed by Scott Uttech and Jim Moughan in 4th and 5th. DMI heat 3 would see the Blue and Black 68 of Dave Uttech take the checkers. Behind Uttech, Blake Nimee and Kris Spitz battled hard most of the heat for 2nd. Nimee would best Spitz and claim 2nd relegating Spitz to 3rd. Jordan Goldesberry would cross in 4th and National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Danny Smith would finish 5th. R&H Enterprises Heat Race 4 would see 2 former IRA champions battle as Bill Balog challenged Jeremy Schultz hard for the lead but could not find a way around the 5j, and as the checkered flag wove it was Schultz over Balog. Scotty Thiel was 3rd ahead of Jacob Patton and Jeremy Standridge.

Behling Racing Products B main saw Brett Tripplett bring home the win over Wayne Modjeski. Matt Vandervere brought his 10v car across the line ahead of the T&E Auto Haulers 23d of Trey Datweiler. Ryan Bunton would finish in the 5th position, one spot out of transferring to the A main.

The A main saw Jeremy Schultz take the early lead over Tayler Malsam and Scotty Thiel. Carson Macedo would quickly work from his 5th starting position into 2nd and challenge Schultz for the lead. Macedo would grab the lead from the 5j and Thiel would soon pass Schultz as well. As the race came to a close, Balog who had worked from his 9th starting position into 3rd would utilize lapped traffic to work around the 64 of Thiel but could not make a run at Macedo and the lead. As the dust settled it was the 3G piloted by Macedo in victory lane. Balog and Thiel would round out the podium. Paul Nienhiser finished in 4th with Schultz in 5th.

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

Illinois/Wisconsin Double Header Weekend for IRA

This weekend the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association has two big shows on tap. Saturday at the Fairbury American Legion Speedway, and Sunday at Angell Park Speedway.

Saturday July 15th the IRA makes their first visit to Fairbury American Legion Speedway(FALS) in over a decade. The Neil Tire Midwest Open Wheel Association will join the IRA at the 1/4th mile Illinois oval, in what is sure to be a great night of racing. Boston Reid picked up the win on the IRA’s only previous event at FALS. With most of the IRA team's never having ran the semi banked Illinois oval, the winner will likely be the team who can adapt to the new track the quickest.

Sunday the series travels back to Wisconsin for another trip to Angell Park Speedway. Bill Balog has won both previous IRA events at Angell Park Speedway in 2017 and will surely be the man to beat this Sunday. Scotty Thiel has been Balog's toughest competition all season and the month of July has been good to him, picking up two 410 sprint car wins already this month, look for him to challenge the Rhine Auto 17b on Sunday.

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

Harry and Rick Graced Us With a Great Night of Racing

22 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) 410 sprint car teams signed in to do action in front of a capacity crowd at the The Dodge County Fairgrounds. It was a night meant to Honor 2 great men, Harry Neitzel and Rick Schmidt. Although Mother Nature tried to end it early, Harry and Rick made sure the race went on.

Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying saw Bill Balog set quick time on lap number one, then he would back the car into the fence on lap two forcing his team to make numerous repairs. Tony Stewart would claim 2nd quick followed by Kyle Marten. Jeremy Schultz would bring his 5j home in 4th followed by Mike Reinke.

Weld Wheels Heat Race 1 saw Jake Blackhurst take the early lead and hold onto it until the checkered fell. Behind him Schultz would work his way to 2nd and Austin McCarl was 3rd. Balog would come home in 4th and Phillip Mock rounded out the top 5.
Allstar Performance Heat Race 2 would see outside front row starter Justin Henderson take the early lead and eventually the checkered. Tony Stewart would drive from his 4th place starting position into 2nd and Mike Reinke followed in 3rd. Steve Meyer would come home in 4th and Scott Uttech was 5th.
DMI Racing/ R&H Enterprises Heat race 3 was won by Terry McCarl over Scotty Thiel in the Bob Hood Motorsports 64. Scotty Neitzel brought his 2w across in 3rd followed by Kyle Marten and Dave Uttech.

The A main saw Terry McCarl utilize his 1st place invert draw to get the jump on the field. Schultz caught McCarl and slid him in turns 1 and 2 but Terry was able to drive back around Jeremy. Schultz was able to drive his 5j back to the Bumper of McCarl's 24 on multiple occasions but could not find a line around him and when the dust settled it was Terry McCarl standing on the stage with the Neitzel and Schmidt families as the winner. Schultz would settle for 2nd ahead of Terry’s son Austin McCarl. Tony Stewart would bring his Rush Truck Centers Machine home in 4th and Scotty Neitzel would finish in 5th.

The IRA is back in action next Saturday and Sunday. Saturday 7/15 sees the series return to the Fairbury American Legion Speedway. Sunday 7/16 the IRA visits the Angell Park Speedway.

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, Hoosier Tire, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, and Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies.

A Feature 1
1. 24-Terry McCarl, [1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [2]; 3. 17A-Austin McCarl, [4]; 4. 14-Tony Stewart, [7]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [8]; 6. 59-Justin Henderson, [9]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, [6]; 8. 99-Kyle Marten, [10]; 9. 64-Scotty Thiel, [11]; 10. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [3]; 11. 02-Mike Reinke, [5]; 12. 85M-Steve Meyer, [12]; 13. 23-Russel Borland, [16]; 14. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [18]; 15. 1M-Phillip Mock, [14]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech, [13]; 17. 68-Dave Uttech, [15]; 18. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [17]; 19. (DNF) 41-Dennis Spitz, [19]; 20. (DNF) 12-Chris Gurley, [20]; (DNS) 7R-Billy Hafemann, ; (DNS) 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler,
Heat 1
1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [3]; 3. 17A-Austin McCarl, [2]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock, [6]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [5]; 7. 12-Chris Gurley, [7]; (DNS) 7R-Billy Hafemann,
Heat 2
1. 59-Justin Henderson, [2]; 2. 14-Tony Stewart, [4]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, [3]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 5. 7-Scott Uttech, [5]; 6. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [7]; 7. (DNF) 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, [6]
Heat 3
1. 24-Terry McCarl, [1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [3]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten, [4]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, [6]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, [5]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7]
Qualifying 1
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:16.627[17]; 2. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:17.664[8]; 3. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:17.671[6]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:17.682[11]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:17.806[15]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:17.831[13]; 7. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:17.887[16]; 8. 59-Justin Henderson, 00:17.970[18]; 9. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:17.981[1]; 10. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:18.216[2]; 11. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:18.244[20]; 12. 24-Terry McCarl, 00:18.291[4]; 13. 7R-Billy Hafemann, 00:18.625[14]; 14. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:18.661[7]; 15. 23-Russel Borland, 00:18.677[9]; 16. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:18.791[19]; 17. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, 00:18.948[5]; 18. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:19.078[3]; 19. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:19.127[12]; 20. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:19.128[10]; 21. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:19.783[21]; 22. 12-Chris Gurley, 00:20.016[22]

Harry Neitzel Tribute/Rick Schmidt Memorial this Friday at Dodge County Fairgrounds

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series only has one event this weekend, but it's a big one! The series heads to the big half mile Dodge County Fairgrounds in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin for the Harry Neitzel Tribute/Rick Schmidt Memorial. The series will be joined by both the MSA sprint cars as well as the Dirt King Late Models. If all that wasn't enough to make this one of the biggest shows all year, a very special guest will be making his 2nd start this year with the IRA, “Smoke” Tony Stewart will be in the house.

Friday’s event is in honor of the long time supporter of Wisconsin sprint car racing and father of series regular Scotty Neitzel, Harry Neitzel. We also race in honor of the longtime IRA supporter Rick Schmidt, who was both a driver as well as car owner for his son Al.
Scotty Neitzel, a winner last year at the big half mile, will surely be tough to beat on Friday. His biggest challenge could come in the form of his former crew man and mentee, Jeremy Schultz. Schultz, who ran second to Neitzel the last time the 410s visited the Dodge County Fairgrounds, has shown this year he has the speed to win but bad luck has kept him out of victory lane.

Pits will open at 3, and spectator gates at 4:30. Warm Ups will begin at 6:00, followed by IRA Qualifying, Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for 7:15.
Ticket prices will be: Adults $25, kids 6-12 yrs $5, kids 5 & under FREE. Pit Pass $30

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

Car # Name Total Points
17b Bill Balog 1763
64 Scotty Thiel 1692
2w Scotty Neitzel 1579
99 Kyle Marten 1518
5J Jeremy Schultz 1510
85m Steve Meyer 1438
79 Blake Nimee 1424
10V Matt Vandervere 1335
23 Russel Borland 1316
4K Kris Spitz 1272

Thiel, Crane and Neau Victorious in 141 Speedway Sprint Car Spectacular

31 Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Winged 410 sprint cars signed in to do battle at the beautiful 141 Speedway for night 4 of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. Osborn and Son Trucking qualifying saw the “North Pole Nightmare” Bill Balog set quick time over Mike Reinke and Blake Nimee. Matt Vandervere was 4th quick in his Grandstand Video 10v and Scotty Neitzel was 5th.

Weld Wheels Heat Race 1 saw Ben Schmidt take the early lead, with 4 laps to go, contact sidelined Schmidt and gave Schultz the lead. Schultz would take the win over Balog and Vandervere. Russel Borland brought his Hopf Farms sponsored machine across in 4th and Josh Walter rounded out the top 5.
In Allstar Performance Heat Race 2 Todd King utilized the high line on the start, and led the field all the way to the checkered. Neitzel moved into the 2nd position followed by Phillip Mock and Reinke. Jordan Goldesberry brought his blue and yellow 65 home in 5th.
DMI Racing/R&H Enterprises Heat Race 3 was won by 4th starting Blake Nimee. Scotty Thiel in his Professional Plating Machine came home in 2nd followed by Steve Meyer. Todd Daun and Dave Uttech finished 4th and 5th respectively.

Behling Race Products B Main saw Kris Spitz take the lead for the first half of the race, but eventually would be out run by Ben Schmidt. Spitz followed Schmidt across the line in 2nd followed by Mike Decker in 3rd. KenJay Fiedler would cross in 4th and Jereme Schroeder was 5th.

Bumper to Bumper A Main action saw contact bring out a red on the start for the 02 of Mike Reinke and the 17b of Bill Balog. Balog’s team was able to make repairs and get him restarted. Once the race got going, Meyer was able to get the early lead. Through numerous cautions, Scotty Thiel was able to work his way into the 2nd position when the caution flag once again flew, this time for 3rd running Phillip Mock. On the restart it was Meyer leading over Thiel and Vandervere. The 17b of Balog had worked his way through the field and was now in the 4th position as the race went back green. On the restart Meyer climbed the back stretch wall, after initially continuing, the 85m machine would come to a stop setting up a green white checkered finish. On the restart, Vandervere had a chance at Thiel, but couldn't complete the pass and Thiel would go on to claim his 1st victory of the season. Vandervere and Balog rounded out the podium. Neitzel came across in 4th followed by Nimee in 5th.

In Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints presented by the IRA action Jordan Mattson, Tim Cox and Doug Schenck picked up heat race wins. The A main saw George Gaertner lead the first half, until Derek Crane, and Tim Cox were both able to move past him and do battle for the lead. Crane was able to gap Cox in lapped traffic and eventually claim the win. Cox ran 2nd and Derek Crane’s brother Nathan rounded out the podium.

Wisconsin Illinois Mini Sprint competition saw Derrick Fortier and Tim Brannam both nab heat race wins. In the A main, Mike Neau jumped out to the early lead. A red flag for Bobby Tackman bunched the field back up, but no one could best Neau. When the checkered flag fell, Neau was victorious over the Daywalt brothers, Kyle and Nick respectively.

Bumper to Bumper IRA 410 winged sprint cars return to action Friday night July 7th at the Dodge County Fairgrounds for the Harry Neitzel Tribute/Rick Schmidt Memorial. And then on July 15 it's the return of the IRA to Fairbury American Legion Speedway in Illinois.

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, Hopf Farms, Hagar’s Half Pound Cookies and Hoosier Tire.

A Feature 1
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [8]; 2. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [9]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [5]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [6]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee, [4]; 6. 80K-Mike Kertscher, [17]; 7. 22-Todd King, [10]; 8. 99-Kyle Marten, [16]; 9. 73-Ben Schmidt, [19]; 10. 23-Russel Borland, [11]; 11. 1M-Phillip Mock, [7]; 12. 19-Todd Daun, [12]; 13. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, [22]; 14. 4K-Kris Spitz, [20]; 15. 12W-Josh Walter, [14]; 16. 12-Michael Decker, [21]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [23]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [18]; 19. 85M-Steve Meyer, [3]; 20. 95X-Ty Bartz, [24]; 21. 68-Dave Uttech, [13]; 22. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [2]; 23. 02-Mike Reinke, [1]; 24. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [15]
B Feature 1
1. 73-Ben Schmidt, [1]; 2. 4K-Kris Spitz, [2]; 3. 12-Michael Decker, [3]; 4. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, [4]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [6]; 6. 95X-Ty Bartz, [9]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [5]; 8. 81-Andrew Westphal, [12]; 9. 4-Paul Pokorski, [10]; 10. 18-Keith Fellner, [11]; 11. 7R-Andy Rein, [13]; 12. 6-Shane Wenninger, [7]; 13. 55E-Emily Portschy, [8]
Heat 1
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 3. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [3]; 4. 23-Russel Borland, [6]; 5. 12W-Josh Walter, [5]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [7]; 7. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, [8]; 8. 6-Shane Wenninger, [9]; 9. 4-Paul Pokorski, [11]; 10. 18-Keith Fellner, [10]; 11. (DNF) 73-Ben Schmidt, [1]
Heat 2
1. 22-Todd King, [2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [3]; 3. 1M-Phillip Mock, [1]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, [4]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [6]; 6. 99-Kyle Marten, [5]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, [7]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz, [8]; 9. 55E-Emily Portschy, [9]; 10. 81-Andrew Westphal, [10]
Heat 3
1. 79-Blake Nimee, [4]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [3]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, [2]; 4. 19-Todd Daun, [6]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, [1]; 6. 80K-Mike Kertscher, [5]; 7. 12-Michael Decker, [7]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [8]; 9. 95X-Ty Bartz, [9]; 10. 7R-Andy Rein, [10]
Qualifying 1
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.325[25]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:11.477[11]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:11.492[9]; 4. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:11.504[19]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:11.551[1]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.617[21]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:11.632[10]; 8. 22-Todd King, 00:11.703[12]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:11.761[27]; 10. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:11.768[5]; 11. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:11.798[16]; 12. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:11.922[2]; 13. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:11.933[13]; 14. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:11.939[20]; 15. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 00:11.992[15]; 16. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.021[6]; 17. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:12.056[18]; 18. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.090[23]; 19. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.109[22]; 20. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.162[26]; 21. 12-Michael Decker, 00:12.283[14]; 22. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, 00:12.328[7]; 23. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:12.393[8]; 24. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.546[3]; 25. 6-Shane Wenninger, 00:12.610[4]; 26. 55E-Emily Portschy, 00:12.893[30]; 27. 95X-Ty Bartz, 00:13.042[28]; 28. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:13.163[17]; 29. 81-Andrew Westphal, 00:13.271[24]; 30. 7R-Andy Rein, 00:13.274[31]; 31. 4-Paul Pokorski, 00:13.278[29]
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Media Results for 7/2/17 - 141 Speedway - Francis Creek, WI

WingLESS Sprints
A Feature 1
1. 91-Derek Crane, [4]; 2. 48-Tim Cox, [7]; 3. 97-Nathan Crane, [6]; 4. 38-Allen Hafford, [5]; 5. 89-George Gaertner Jr, [1]; 6. 71S-Doug Schenck, [3]; 7. 96.5-Rod Colburn, [11]; 8. 70-Chris Klemko, [2]; 9. 15-Dan Wade, [13]; 10. 91S-Jimmy Sivia, [10]; 11. 2-Jordan Mattson, [8]; 12. 4G-George Gaertner III, [9]; 13. 5-Garrett Deieso, [12]; 14. 20-Natalie Klemko, [14]; 15. 32-Jeremy Hunt, [19]; 16. 29-Randy Stanford, [17]; 17. 77-James Walldan, [18]; 18. (DNF) 21-Ryan Zielski, [16]; 19. (DNF) 52-Craig Lager, [15]; (DNS) 54-Scott Grissom,
Heat 1
1. 2-Jordan Mattson, [4]; 2. 91S-Jimmy Sivia, [1]; 3. 38-Allen Hafford, [3]; 4. 96.5-Rod Colburn, [5]; 5. 20-Natalie Klemko, [6]; 6. 21-Ryan Zielski, [2]; 7. 32-Jeremy Hunt, [7]; (DNS) 12-Shawn Swim,
Heat 2
1. 48-Tim Cox, [4]; 2. 4G-George Gaertner III, [1]; 3. 91-Derek Crane, [3]; 4. 15-Dan Wade, [6]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko, [2]; 6. 77-James Walldan, [5]; 7. 54-Scott Grissom, [7]
Heat 3
1. 71S-Doug Schenck, [3]; 2. 89-George Gaertner Jr, [2]; 3. 97-Nathan Crane, [4]; 4. 5-Garrett Deieso, [5]; 5. 52-Craig Lager, [6]; 6. 29-Randy Stanford, [1]; (DNS) 7S-Craig Campton,
Qualifying 1
1. 2-Jordan Mattson, 00:14.235[1]; 2. 48-Tim Cox, 00:14.276[2]; 3. 97-Nathan Crane, 00:14.368[8]; 4. 38-Allen Hafford, 00:14.413[4]; 5. 91-Derek Crane, 00:14.441[5]; 6. 71S-Doug Schenck, 00:14.460[3]; 7. 21-Ryan Zielski, 00:14.657[15]; 8. 70-Chris Klemko, 00:14.822[7]; 9. 89-George Gaertner Jr, 00:14.857[6]; 10. 91S-Jimmy Sivia, 00:14.860[10]; 11. 7S-Craig Campton, 00:14.880[9]; 12. 4G-George Gaertner III, 00:14.900[16]; 13. 29-Randy Stanford, 00:14.910[20]; 14. 96.5-Rod Colburn, 00:14.995[13]; 15. 77-James Walldan, 00:15.074[14]; 16. 5-Garrett Deieso, 00:15.127[17]; 17. 12-Shawn Swim, 00:15.156[19]; 18. 20-Natalie Klemko, 00:15.183[12]; 19. 15-Dan Wade, 00:15.207[11]; 20. 52-Craig Lager, 00:15.276[18]; 21. 32-Jeremy Hunt, 00:15.388[21]; 22. 54-Scott Grissom, 00:15.482[22]

Balog Sweeps Night in Bumper to Bumper IRA Competition at Wilmot Raceway

26 cars signed in for action at the birthplace of the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA). In Osborn and Son Trucking qualifying, series point leader Bill Balog set quick time over Scotty Thiel. Dave Uttech would be 3rd in his 68 machine followed by Blake Nimee and Jake Blackhurst.

Weld Wheels heat race 1 saw Balog drive from his 4th place starting position to the win. Scotty Neitzel brought his orange 2w to 2nd. Nimee was 3rd ahead of Rusty Egan. Steve Meyer would round out the top 5 in his Meyer Electric 85m. Allstar Performance heat race 2 saw Jordan Goldesberry lead all but the final corner, as Thiel utilized lapped traffic to get around the Rock Solid Lawn Care 65 and claim the win. Goldesberry would cross in 2nd with former Wilmot track champion Todd Daun in 3rd. Blackhurst came home in 4th and Wayne Modjeski was 5th. DMI Racing/R&H Enterprises heat race 3, California’s Carson Macedo utilized a front row starting spot to take the early lead and eventually the win. Kris Spitz brought his 4k home in 2nd followed by Kyle Marten. Matt Vandervere and Brett Tripplet rounded out the top 5.

Behling Race Products B main saw Scott Uttech lead flag to flag to claim a spot in the A main, unfortunately due to mechanical issues Uttech would be forced to scratch from the feature. Behind Uttech, Chris Dodd came home in 2nd and Dennis Spitz in 3rd. Jeremy Schroeder brought his Bumper to Bumper of Paddock Lake 43 machine home in 4th and Mike Decker would finish in 5th.

A main Competition saw Neitzel take the early lead, over Kyle Marten and Dave Uttech. Jeremy Schultz worked his way to 3rd before mechanical issues would force him to retire for the night. As the race wore on, Carson Macedo and Bill Balog slowly worked their way through the field. With just 2 laps to go Macedo and Balog had gotten around Neitzel and ran in the 1st and 2nd position until Carson looped the Allstar Performance 3G around and brought out the caution. Balog would inherit the lead on the green white checkered. Balog was unbeatable on the restart and would claim IRA career win number 94. Neitzel claimed 2nd and Thiel snuck into 3rd at the finish. Kyle Marten finished in the 4th position and Blackhurst rounded out the top 5

A Feature 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, [10]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, [7]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten, [4]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [9]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, [2]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, [11]; 8. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [13]; 9. 79-Blake Nimee, [3]; 10. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [6]; 11. 01-Chris Dodd, [20]; 12. 19-Todd Daun, [12]; 13. 85M-Steve Meyer, [17]; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [15]; 15. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [22]; 16. 3G-Carson Macedo, [8]; 17. 12-Michael Decker, [21]; 18. 23-Russel Borland, [18]; 19. 41-Dennis Spitz, [19]; 20. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [5]; 21. 50-Rusty Egan, [14]; 22. 22-Bret Tripplett, [16]; 23. 18-Keith Fellner, [23]; 24. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [24] B Feature 1 1. 7-Scott Uttech, [1]; 2. 01-Chris Dodd, [2]; 3. 41-Dennis Spitz, [3]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [4]; 5. 12-Michael Decker, [6]; 6. 18-Keith Fellner, [7]; 7. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [8]; 8. 14-Jim Fifield, [5] Heat 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, [3]; 4. 50-Rusty Egan, [8]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, [7]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [2]; 7. 01-Chris Dodd, [6]; 8. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]; 9. (DNF) 7-Scott Uttech, [5] Heat 2 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [2]; 3. 19-Todd Daun, [1]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [3]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [5]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, [7]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [8]; 8. 14-Jim Fifield, [6]; 9. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [9] Heat 3 1. 3G-Carson Macedo, [2]; 2. 4K-Kris Spitz, [1]; 3. 99-Kyle Marten, [3]; 4. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [5]; 5. 22-Bret Tripplett, [6]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, [4]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, [8] Qualifying 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.699[10]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.712[17]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.886[11]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.019[13]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.086[12]; 6. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:13.094[16]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.128[6]; 8. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.171[14]; 9. 3G-Carson Macedo, 00:13.197[25]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.278[22]; 11. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.294[15]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.324[3]; 13. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:13.334[4]; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.347[20]; 15. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:13.378[7]; 16. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:13.413[2]; 17. 14-Jim Fifield, 00:13.429[19]; 18. 22-Bret Tripplett, 00:13.441[5]; 19. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.483[1]; 20. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.600[26]; 21. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:13.657[23]; 22. 50-Rusty Egan, 00:13.664[18]; 23. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.804[24]; 24. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.820[21]; 25. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.050[9]; 26. 78E-Kevin Eltz, 00:14.491[8]

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, and Hoosier Tire.26 cars signed in for action at the birthplace of the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA). In Osborn and Son Trucking qualifying, series point leader Bill Balog set quick time over Scotty Thiel. Dave Uttech would be 3rd in his 68 machine followed by Blake Nimee and Jake Blackhurst.

Weld Wheels heat race 1 saw Balog drive from his 4th place starting position to the win. Scotty Neitzel brought his orange 2w to 2nd. Nimee was 3rd ahead of Rusty Egan. Steve Meyer would round out the top 5 in his Meyer Electric 85m. Allstar Performance heat race 2 saw Jordan Goldesberry lead all but the final corner, as Thiel utilized lapped traffic to get around the Rock Solid Lawn Care 65 and claim the win. Goldesberry would cross in 2nd with former Wilmot track champion Todd Daun in 3rd. Blackhurst came home in 4th and Wayne Modjeski was 5th. DMI Racing/R&H Enterprises heat race 3, California’s Carson Macedo utilized a front row starting spot to take the early lead and eventually the win. Kris Spitz brought his 4k home in 2nd followed by Kyle Marten. Matt Vandervere and Brett Tripplet rounded out the top 5.

Behling Race Products B main saw Scott Uttech lead flag to flag to claim a spot in the A main, unfortunately due to mechanical issues Uttech would be forced to scratch from the feature. Behind Uttech, Chris Dodd came home in 2nd and Dennis Spitz in 3rd. Jeremy Schroeder brought his Bumper to Bumper of Paddock Lake 43 machine home in 4th and Mike Decker would finish in 5th.

A main Competition saw Neitzel take the early lead, over Kyle Marten and Dave Uttech. Jeremy Schultz worked his way to 3rd before mechanical issues would force him to retire for the night. As the race wore on, Carson Macedo and Bill Balog slowly worked their way through the field. With just 2 laps to go Macedo and Balog had gotten around Neitzel and ran in the 1st and 2nd position until Carson looped the Allstar Performance 3G around and brought out the caution. Balog would inherit the lead on the green white checkered. Balog was unbeatable on the restart and would claim IRA career win number 94. Neitzel claimed 2nd and Thiel snuck into 3rd at the finish. Kyle Marten finished in the 4th position and Blackhurst rounded out the top 5

A Feature 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, [10]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, [7]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten, [4]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [9]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, [2]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, [11]; 8. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [13]; 9. 79-Blake Nimee, [3]; 10. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [6]; 11. 01-Chris Dodd, [20]; 12. 19-Todd Daun, [12]; 13. 85M-Steve Meyer, [17]; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [15]; 15. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [22]; 16. 3G-Carson Macedo, [8]; 17. 12-Michael Decker, [21]; 18. 23-Russel Borland, [18]; 19. 41-Dennis Spitz, [19]; 20. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [5]; 21. 50-Rusty Egan, [14]; 22. 22-Bret Tripplett, [16]; 23. 18-Keith Fellner, [23]; 24. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [24] B Feature 1 1. 7-Scott Uttech, [1]; 2. 01-Chris Dodd, [2]; 3. 41-Dennis Spitz, [3]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [4]; 5. 12-Michael Decker, [6]; 6. 18-Keith Fellner, [7]; 7. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [8]; 8. 14-Jim Fifield, [5] Heat 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, [3]; 4. 50-Rusty Egan, [8]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, [7]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [2]; 7. 01-Chris Dodd, [6]; 8. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]; 9. (DNF) 7-Scott Uttech, [5] Heat 2 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [2]; 3. 19-Todd Daun, [1]; 4. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [3]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [5]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, [7]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [8]; 8. 14-Jim Fifield, [6]; 9. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [9] Heat 3 1. 3G-Carson Macedo, [2]; 2. 4K-Kris Spitz, [1]; 3. 99-Kyle Marten, [3]; 4. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [5]; 5. 22-Bret Tripplett, [6]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, [4]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, [8] Qualifying 1 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.699[10]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.712[17]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.886[11]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.019[13]; 5. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:13.086[12]; 6. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:13.094[16]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.128[6]; 8. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.171[14]; 9. 3G-Carson Macedo, 00:13.197[25]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.278[22]; 11. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.294[15]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.324[3]; 13. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:13.334[4]; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.347[20]; 15. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:13.378[7]; 16. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:13.413[2]; 17. 14-Jim Fifield, 00:13.429[19]; 18. 22-Bret Tripplett, 00:13.441[5]; 19. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.483[1]; 20. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.600[26]; 21. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:13.657[23]; 22. 50-Rusty Egan, 00:13.664[18]; 23. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.804[24]; 24. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.820[21]; 25. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.050[9]; 26. 78E-Kevin Eltz, 00:14.491[8]

The IRA would like to thank our wonderful sponsors, Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts, Osborn and Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, Cummins Onan, and Hoosier Tire.

Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association

After a week off, the teams of the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) prepare to do battle once again, as this weekend features a pair of races.
Saturday July 1st the series returns to Wilmot Raceway, then on Sunday July 2nd they head to 141 Speedway.

Saturday the IRA returns to its birth place, the Wilmot Raceway. The series was last there on June 10th, when fans saw history as Matt Vandervere scored his first career victory after holding off Bill Balog on multiple restarts. Vandervere will surely be a fan favorite to pick up another win this Saturday night but to do so he will have to once again beat Balog who has proven to be tough to beat any time he rolls onto a track. Jeremy Schultz has to be another driver to keep your eyes on as he has been the Wilmot track champion 3 of the last 4 years but he is still looking for his first win of 2017.

Sunday the series heads north to Francis Creek Wisconsin and the 141 Speedway for what is sure to be a huge show for any fan of open wheel racing. The Bumper to Bumper IRA 410 sprint cars will be joined by not one, but both of the IRA’s other divisions, the Wisconsin WingLESS Sprints and the Wisconsin Illinois Mini Sprints. Fans will be treated to a 3 division night of open wheel racing around one of the most unique tracks in the midwest. If three divisions of IRA Sprints wasn't enough, Sunday is also night 4 of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. Night 3 saw Kyle Marten score a win and move him within striking distance of the Showdown points lead.
IRA Points as of 6/18
B. Balog(17B) - 1458
S. Thiel(64) - 1396
J. Schultz(5J) - 1324
S. Neitzel(2W) - 1313
K. Marten(99) - 1274

Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown Points
J. Schultz(5J) - 63
M. Reinke(02) - 60
M. Kertscher(80K) - 60
K. Marten(99) - 58
S. Thiel(64) - 56

The last time the Wisconsin Illinois Mini Sprints ran, it was at Beaver Dam Raceway with the World of Outlaws. After a night prolonged by rain, Nick Daywalt stood victorious over Mark Heinert and Mike Neau. This would be Nick Daywalt’s 3rd win of the season. Mark Heinert and CJ Malueg each have one win a piece on the season.
WIMS Points as of 6/24
N. Daywalt(66) - 484
M. Heinert(55H) - 459
K. Daywalt(11) - 431
A. Schroeder(42) - 421
CJ Malueg(13) - 408

The Wisconsin WingLESS Series presented by the IRA last ran on June 10, where Jordan Mattson picked up the win. Tim Cox ran 2nd and Doug Schenck rounded out the podium. In WingLESS competition 5 drivers have wins in 2017. Tim Cox has 2 wins, and Jordan Mattson, Doug Schenck, Allen Hafford and Derek Crane all have 1 win each.
WingLESS Points as of 6/10
J. Mattson(2) - 885
T. Cox(48) - 833
D. Schenck(71S) - 806
A. Hafford(38) - 715
D. Crane(91) - 699

Balog and Scelzi Thrill Angell Park Crowd with Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints

26 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA) drivers signed in for action at the beautiful Angell Park Speedway for their Father's Day Festival. Osborn and Son Trucking qualifying saw Howards Grove, Wisconsin’s Mike Reinke set quick time. Scotty Thiel would time in 2nd followed by California’s Dominic Scelzi. Todd Daun would qualify in 4th and Wayne Modjeski would round out the top 5 in his Fatfro Motorsports 14aj.

Heat race 1 would be brought to the green flag by Steve Meyer and Phillip Mock, and that's how they would stay all the way to the checkered. Mike Reinke would move into 3rd place by the finish, followed by Jeremy Schultz and Seattle Washington native, Taylor Malsam.
Heat 2 saw series point leader Bill Balog take the early lead, and run away from the field. As the checkered flag fell Balog was victorious over Mike Kertscher. Thiel brought his Professional Plating 64 machine home 3rd with Saturday nights feature winner, Kyle Marten in 4th. The top 5 would be completed by the 19 of Todd Daun.
Heat 3 would be called red on lap 1 when Bill Wirth tipped his 53w car over on the backstretch. When the race was restarted the orange 2w of Scotty Neitzel took the lead, and held it for the duration of the race. Behind him Blake Nimee came home 2nd and Scelzi moved his 41s into 3rd. Modjeski came home 4th followed by the 7 machine of Scott Uttech in 5th.

The B main was lead by Bill Wirth for the first 6 of 8 laps, but with 2 laps to go Wirth would suffer mechanical issues and forced to pull into the infield. Russel Borland would inherit the lead and pick up the win over Dennis Spitz and Chris Dodd. Mike Decker brought his 12 car home in 4th and Keith Fellner would come across the line in 5th.

The A main was brought to the green flag by a pair of west coast drivers in Malsam and Scelzi. The first start saw Marten and Nimee get upside down and bring out a red flag. After a complete restart Scelzi took the lead over Malsam and Balog moved into 3rd. Quickly the 17b got past Malsam’s 26 and into 2nd. As the field moved through lapped traffic Balog got to Scelzi’s bumper and would soon take the lead. Multiple incidents would bring the yellow flag back out, but Scelzi couldn't get his 41s machine past the Rhine Auto car of Balog. When the checkered flag fell it was Balog atop the podium with his 5th victory of the season. Scelzi settled for second ahead of Malsam. Scotty Neitzel came home in 4th and Phillip Mock in just his 2nd start of 2017 brought his 1m machine home in 5th.

A Feature 1
1. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 2. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, [2]; 3. 26-Tayler Malsam, [1]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [5]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock, [3]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel, [7]; 7. 85M-Steve Meyer, [10]; 8. 80K-Mike Kertscher, [11]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, [8]; 10. 68-Dave Uttech, [17]; 11. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [16]; 12. 19-Todd Daun, [9]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, [18]; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [6]; 15. 12-Michael Decker, [22]; 16. 01-Chris Dodd, [21]; 17. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [13]; 18. 23-Russel Borland, [19]; 19. 7-Scott Uttech, [15]; 20. 53W-Bill Wirth, [24]; 21. 41-Dennis Spitz, [20]; 22. 18-Keith Fellner, [23]; 23. 79-Blake Nimee, [12]; 24. 99-Kyle Marten, [14]
B Feature 1
1. 23-Russel Borland, [2]; 2. 41-Dennis Spitz, [3]; 3. 01-Chris Dodd, [4]; 4. 12-Michael Decker, [5]; 5. 18-Keith Fellner, [8]; 6. 53W-Bill Wirth, [1]; (DNS) 78E-Kevin Eltz, ; (DNS) 5W-Bryon Walters,
Heat 1
1. 85M-Steve Meyer, [1]; 2. 1M-Phillip Mock, [2]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, [4]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [5]; 5. 26-Tayler Malsam, [3]; 6. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [6]; 7. 23-Russel Borland, [7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, [8]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]
Heat 2
1. 17B-Bill Balog, [2]; 2. 80K-Mike Kertscher, [1]; 3. 99-Kyle Marten, [5]; 4. 19-Todd Daun, [3]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech, [6]; 6. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7]; 7. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [9]; 8. 5W-Bryon Walters, [8]
Heat 3
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee, [1]; 3. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, [4]; 4. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [3]; 5. 7-Scott Uttech, [7]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz, [6]; 7. 01-Chris Dodd, [8]; 8. (DNF) 53W-Bill Wirth, [5]
Qualifying 1
1. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.339[4]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.364[1]; 3. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 00:12.441[9]; 4. 26-Tayler Malsam, 00:12.442[25]; 5. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.453[7]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.459[8]; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:12.468[19]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.504[20]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.514[26]; 10. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.520[21]; 11. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 00:12.540[12]; 12. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:12.543[22]; 13. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.547[18]; 14. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:12.663[17]; 15. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:12.761[13]; 16. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:12.771[11]; 17. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.903[10]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.952[24]; 19. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.963[6]; 20. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:13.082[2]; 21. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:13.148[14]; 22. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.421[23]; 23. 5W-Bryon Walters, 00:13.500[16]; 24. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:13.535[5]; 25. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.185[3]; 26. 78E-Kevin Eltz, 00:14.492[15]

Marten Victorious in Night Three of Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown

31 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) teams signed in for action under threatening skies over the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds for night number 3 of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. Osborn and Son Trucking Qualifying saw Showdown point leader Bill Balog set quick time over Blake Nimee. Wayne Modjeski used his countless laps of experience around the 1/4th mile oval to qualify in 3rd followed by Ben Schmidt and Mike Reinke.

Heat race 1 saw Scotty Thiel use his outside front row starting position to jump out to the early lead and would stay in front of the Rhine Auto 17b for the duration of the heat. Balog came home 2nd with Schmidt in 3rd. Kyle Marten would finish in 4th and Trey Datweiler in 5th.
Heat 2 would be won by Hanna City Illinois’ Jake Blackhurst. Hopf Farms driver Russel Borland brought his 23 machine home 2nd ahead of Reinke in 3rd. Nimee finished 4th followed across the line by Joey Moughan in 5th.
Heat race 3 saw Jeremy Schultz get a popular victory over Kris Spitz in 2nd. Modjeski brought his 14aj car across the line in 3rd with Mike Kertscher in the Thone Motorsports car in 4th. Bill Wirth rounded out the top 5 in his 53w.

The B main saw Dave Uttech take the early lead, followed quickly behind by his cousin Scott Uttech. Scott made multiple challenges but couldn't get around the blue and black machine of Dave. Todd Daun finished in 3rd, followed by Dennis Spitz in 4th and last Saturday nights feature winner Matt Vandervere in 5th.

A main action saw a trio of Plymouth veterans and IRA young guns jump out front. Marten took the early lead over Thiel and Schultz. Schultz and Balog both worked their way past Thiel in lapped traffic when a spinning Dennis Spitz collected both Balog and Thiel. Balog's damage would be too severe to continue. Kyle Marten would lead the rest of the way, en route to his 3rd career IRA win and first IRA win at the Plymouth dirt track. After many challenges to Marten, Schultz would settle for 2nd at the line and Blackhurst would come home 3rd. Mike Kertscher finished in the 4th position and Mike Reinke rounded out the top 5.

Top 5 in Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown points are
1) Jeremy Schultz- 63
2) Mike Reinke- 60
3) Mike Kertscher- 60
4) Kyle Marten- 58
5) Scotty Thiel- 56

A Feature 1
1. 99-Kyle Marten, [2]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [3]; 3. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [6]; 4. 80K-Mike Kertscher, [7]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, [10]; 6. 73-Ben Schmidt, [5]; 7. 11-Joey Moughan, [15]; 8. 1M-Phillip Mock, [16]; 9. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [13]; 10. 85M-Steve Meyer, [17]; 11. 79-Blake Nimee, [9]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, [11]; 13. 64-Scotty Thiel, [1]; 14. 53W-Bill Wirth, [14]; 15. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [24]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz, [12]; 17. 68-Dave Uttech, [19]; 18. 7-Scott Uttech, [20]; 19. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [23]; 20. 12W-Josh Walter, [18]; 21. 19-Todd Daun, [21]; 22. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [4]; 23. 17B-Bill Balog, [8]; 24. 41-Dennis Spitz, [22]
B Feature 1
1. 68-Dave Uttech, [2]; 2. 7-Scott Uttech, [3]; 3. 19-Todd Daun, [5]; 4. 41-Dennis Spitz, [4]; 5. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [6]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [9]; 7. 01-Chris Dodd, [7]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [8]; 9. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [13]; 10. 18-Keith Fellner, [10]; 11. 12-Michael Decker, [11]; 12. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner, [1]; 13. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, [12]
Heat 1
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, [2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, [3]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten, [1]; 5. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [6]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, [7]; 7. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner, [5]; 8. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [8]; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [9]; 10. 18-Keith Fellner, [10]; 11. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [11]
Heat 2
1. 25-Jake Blackhurst, [2]; 2. 23-Russel Borland, [1]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, [3]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee, [4]; 5. 11-Joey Moughan, [8]; 6. 1M-Phillip Mock, [5]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech, [7]; 8. 19-Todd Daun, [6]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [9]; 10. 12-Michael Decker, [10]
Heat 3
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [1]; 2. 4K-Kris Spitz, [2]; 3. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [3]; 4. 80K-Mike Kertscher, [4]; 5. 53W-Bill Wirth, [5]; 6. 12W-Josh Walter, [6]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech, [8]; 9. 01-Chris Dodd, [9]; 10. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, [10]
Qualifying 1
1. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:11.517[16]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:11.594[9]; 3. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:11.645[3]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:11.696[27]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:11.711[23]; 6. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 00:11.754[29]; 7. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:11.822[20]; 8. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 00:11.869[18]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:11.874[22]; 10. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:11.927[30]; 11. 23-Russel Borland, 00:12.010[25]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:12.025[13]; 13. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner, 00:12.066[10]; 14. 1M-Phillip Mock, 00:12.085[28]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:12.120[19]; 16. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 00:12.151[1]; 17. 19-Todd Daun, 00:12.166[12]; 18. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:12.179[7]; 19. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.180[21]; 20. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:12.182[6]; 21. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:12.189[2]; 22. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:12.234[14]; 23. 11-Joey Moughan, 00:12.239[4]; 24. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:12.266[11]; 25. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:12.458[15]; 26. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.466[26]; 27. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:12.902[24]; 28. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:13.015[8]; 29. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.137[5]; 30. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, 00:13.668[17]; 31. 78E-Kevin Eltz, 00:14.456[31]

Huge 2 Day Weekend Ahead for Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints

 This weekend, June 17th and 18th the cars and stars of the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) will take to two of the nicest dirt tracks in Wisconsin. Saturday night the series makes its first visit to the Plymouth Dirt Track in 2017. On Sunday, the series travels southwest to Sun Prairie WI, and the Angell Park Speedway.

Saturdays race is night 3 of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. Bill Balog leads Showdown points and won night one at Beaver Dam. Night 2 at Oshkosh was won by another Hopf car, the Thone Motorsports 80k of Mike Kertscher. Other Hopf drivers will surely be looking to get Dean and Stacy Hopf back in victory lane at their home track. Steve Meyer, the newest Hopf Farms sponsored IRA driver will be one of the biggest challenges to Balog and Kertscher on Saturday night. If a driver can keep Hopf out of victory lane, it will be the man 2nd in Showdown points, “The Big Wheel” Scotty Thiel. Coming off of two 3rd place finishes and a 4th place finish last weekend Thiel is hungry to get that first win of 2017, and what better place than where he cut his teeth racing sprint cars?

Sunday Thiel has to be the driver to watch as last Thursday night at Angell Park he looked to have the race won when a late caution bunched the field back up and gave Balog the shot he needed to pass Thiel and win. Neitzel will also be a driver to watch as he is the most recent sprint car winner at Angell Park after picking up a win this past Sunday in MSA 360 competition.

Top 10 in Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown Points as of 06/13/17 1)Bill Balog- 47 2)Scotty Thiel- 44 3)Jeremy Schultz- 41 4)Mike Reinke- 40 5)Mike Kertscher- 39 6)Scotty Neitzel-35 7)Kyle Marten- 34 8)Steve Meyer- 33 9)Blake Nimee-26 10)Russel Borland- 21

Matt Vandervere Gets First Win at Wilmot

29 drivers pulled into Wilmot Raceway on a hot Saturday afternoon to do battle with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA). Seattle Washington native Tayler Malsam set fast time in Osborn and Son Trucking qualifying. Bill Balog would be 2nd quick, followed by Scotty Thiel and 3 time Wilmot track champion Jeremy Schultz. Kyle Marten rounded out the top 5.

Heat race 1 would be led early by the Grandstand Video 10v of Matt Vandervere, but on the final lap Schultz was able to find a line around Vandervere and get the heat win. Vandervere would come home in 2nd followed by Malsam. “Wild” Bill Wirth and Ryan Irwin would finish 4th and 5th respectively.

Heat 2 saw Scott Uttech take the early lead, and keep his 7 machine in front of the field for all 10 laps in route to victory over Marten and Balog. Wayne Modjeski would cross the line in 4th followed by the 79 piloted by Blake Nimee in 5th.

Heat race 3 saw its front row, Scotty Neitzel and Joey Moughan battle for the front position for much of the race. When the checkered flag fell it was Neitzel’s orange 2w ahead of Moughan’s red white and blue 11. Steve Meyer brought his 85m home in 3rd, with Thiel in 4th and Rusty Egan in 5th.

The B main was led to the green flag by a pair of 23s, Russel Borland’s 23 and Trey Datweiler’s 23d. Borland would get the lead and hold on to it until the conclusion, for the B main win. Jordan Goldesberry would finish 2nd followed by Datweiler. A pair of Spitz's would round out the top 5, with Kris in 4th and Dennis in 5th.

The A main saw local favorite Matt Vandervere start from the pole. “Matty V” took the early lead in his Grandstand Video 10v and pulled away from the field. Neitzel ran in 2nd with Malsam in 3rd. Balog quickly worked his way into 3rd and set his sights on Neitzel. As the yellow flag flew on lap 15 for a spinning Russel Borland, the running order was Vandervere, Balog and Neitzel. The Grandstand Video 10v got a great restart and pulled away from the North Pole Nightmare. All would be for naught though as the yellow flag once again flew for Joey Moughan who had came to rest on the front stretch after losing his left rear wheel. Through a series of restarts Vandervere was able to continually drive away from the field. The final green flag run was 12 laps, just long enough for the leaders to catch lapped traffic and give Balog a shot at the 10v, but Vandervere kept his cool and hit his marks and when the dust settled it was the red 10v sitting in victory lane. Balog finished 2nd and Thiel 3rd. Defending IRA champion, Schultz brought his 5j machine across in 4th and Scotty Neitzel rounded out the top 5.

A Feature 1

1. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, [3]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, [6]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [9]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 6. 99-Kyle Marten, [8]; 7. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [20]; 8. 85M-Steve Meyer, [5]; 9. 26-Tayler Malsam, [4]; 10. 7-Scott Uttech, [7]; 11. 53W-Bill Wirth, [13]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, [19]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz, [22]; 14. 79-Blake Nimee, [14]; 15. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [21]; 16. 19-Todd Daun, [16]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [18]; 18. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech, [24]; 19. (DNF) 70-Raymond Hensley, [17]; 20. (DNF) 56-Ryan Irwin, [10]; 21. (DNF) 50-Rusty Egan, [15]; 22. (DNF) 41-Dennis Spitz, [23]; 23. (DNF) 11-Joey Moughan, [11]; 24. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [12]

B Feature 1

1. 23-Russel Borland, [1]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [5]; 3. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [2]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz, [3]; 5. 41-Dennis Spitz, [4]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, [6]; 7. 14-Jim Fifield, [8]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, [7]; 9. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [10]; 10. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]

Heat 1

1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [3]; 2. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [2]; 3. 26-Tayler Malsam, [4]; 4. 53W-Bill Wirth, [5]; 5. 56-Ryan Irwin, [1]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [8]; 7. 23D-Trey Datweiler, [6]; 8. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [7]; 9. 14-Jim Fifield, [9]; 10. 78E-Kevin Eltz, [10]

Heat 2

1. 7-Scott Uttech, [2]; 2. 99-Kyle Marten, [3]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, [4]; 4. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [1]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee, [6]; 6. 70-Raymond Hensley, [7]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz, [8]; 8. 12-Michael Decker, [9]; 9. (DNF) 23-Russel Borland, [5]

Heat 3

1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [2]; 2. 11-Joey Moughan, [1]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, [3]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 5. 50-Rusty Egan, [7]; 6. 19-Todd Daun, [5]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz, [6]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech, [8]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]

Qualifying 1

1. 26-Tayler Malsam, 00:13.167[3]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:13.178[7]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:13.287[13]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:13.313[18]; 5. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:13.431[28]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:13.439[6]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:13.443[12]; 8. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:13.476[4]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:13.536[27]; 10. 56-Ryan Irwin, 00:13.549[21]; 11. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:13.558[9]; 12. 11-Joey Moughan, 00:13.570[11]; 13. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:13.611[19]; 14. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.684[5]; 15. 19-Todd Daun, 00:13.738[16]; 16. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 00:13.745[14]; 17. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.752[25]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.754[2]; 19. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:13.890[1]; 20. 70-Raymond Hensley, 00:13.984[15]; 21. 50-Rusty Egan, 00:13.990[22]; 22. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:14.016[23]; 23. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:14.123[26]; 24. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:14.138[20]; 25. 14-Jim Fifield, 00:14.140[8]; 26. 12-Michael Decker, 00:14.342[24]; 27. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:15.059[10]; 28. 78E-Kevin Eltz, 00:15.749[17]

Article Credit- Gared Tennyson

Kertscher Nets Thone Motorsports First Victory in Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints Competition

27 teams pulled into the Oshkosh Speedzone for night 2 of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown for the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association. In qualifying defending champion Jeremy Schultz set quick time, over Jordan Goldsberry. Matt Vandervere in the Grandstand Video 10v was 3rd followed by Kyle Marten and Scotty Neitzel.

Heat race one saw Seattle, Washington’s Tayler Malsam jump out to the early lead ahead of Schultz. Schultz would try to reel in the Rudeen Racing 26 but as the checkered flag dropped Malsam was victorious over Schultz and Marten. Wayne Modjeski in the Fatfro 14aj came home in 4th ahead of Scott Uttech in 5th.
In heat 2, Bill Balog was able to utilize a 2nd place starting position to take the early lead and drive away from the pack, eventually claiming the win. Behind Balog, Scotty Thiel drove from a 7th place starting position into 2nd place but would find himself unable to catch the Rhine Auto 17b, and would be forced to settle for 2nd at the finish. Ben Schmidt would bring the 73 car home in 3rd followed by Goldesberry and Steve Meyer in 4th and 5th respectively.
Heat race three saw Mike Kertscher behind the wheel of the Thone Motorsports 80k take the lead at the start followed by Mike Reinke and Neitzel. With a few laps to go Neitzel looped his Bob Hood 2w machine around and would be forced to the tail. Kertscher kept his lead on the restart, but a second caution with two laps to go for a spinning Rusty Egan would bunch the field back up and give Reinke the chance he needed. Going into turn three Reinke was able to power by the 80k and bring home the checkered flag, followed by Kertscher in 2nd and Todd King in 3rd. Jereme Schroeder brought his Bumper to Bumper of Paddock Lake 43 across the line in 4th with Mike Decker in 5th.

In the B main Neitzel utilized his pole starting position to bring home the win. Blake Nimee in the Woodcrafters 79 came home 2nd with Josh Walters in 3rd. Dave Uttech brought his Blue and Black 68 machine across in 4th and Kris Spitz rounded out the top 5.

The A main treated fans to a great show. Mike Reinke was able to power past the Thone 80k on the opening lap but Kertscher never let the yellow 02 out of his sight. Balog drove around Kertscher for 2nd but lap traffic would pay off for the Thone team as Kertscher maneuvered through lapped traffic better than anyone and was able to sneak around both the 17b and the 02, bringing home the first ever victory for the Thone Motorsports Team. Balog and Reinke would finish 2nd and 3rd. 4th place would be claimed by Scotty Thiel who drove his Scott Thiel Builders 64 from 11th place, and Schultz would finish in the 5th position.

A Feature 1
1. 80K-Mike Kertscher, [1]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, [5]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, [2]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel, [11]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [6]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [9]; 7. 99-Kyle Marten, [4]; 8. 26-Tayler Malsam, [3]; 9. 22-Todd King, [13]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [19]; 11. 53W-Bill Wirth, [7]; 12. 73-Ben Schmidt, [12]; 13. 79-Blake Nimee, [20]; 14. 85M-Steve Meyer, [18]; 15. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [10]; 16. 23-Russel Borland, [17]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [14]; 18. 12W-Josh Walter, [21]; 19. 7-Scott Uttech, [15]; 20. 4K-Kris Spitz, [23]; 21. 68-Dave Uttech, [22]; 22. 12-Michael Decker, [16]; 23. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [8]; 24. 41-Dennis Spitz, [24]
B Feature 1
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee, [3]; 3. 12W-Josh Walter, [4]; 4. 68-Dave Uttech, [2]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz, [6]; 6. 41-Dennis Spitz, [8]; 7. 14AJX-Alex Bliesner, [5]; 8. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]; 9. 50-Rusty Egan, [7]
Heat 1
1. 26-Tayler Malsam, [2]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [4]; 3. 99-Kyle Marten, [3]; 4. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [1]; 5. 7-Scott Uttech, [6]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, [5]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee, [8]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz, [7]; 9. 41-Dennis Spitz, [9]
Heat 2
1. 17B-Bill Balog, [2]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, [7]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt, [6]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, [4]; 5. 53W-Bill Wirth, [1]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, [5]; 7. 12W-Josh Walter, [8]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [3]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]
Heat 3
1. 02-Mike Reinke, [1]; 2. 80K-Mike Kertscher, [2]; 3. 22-Todd King, [6]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [7]; 5. 12-Michael Decker, [9]; 6. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [4]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech, [3]; 8. 14AJX-Alex Bliesner, [5]; 9. 50-Rusty Egan, [8]
Qualifying 1
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:14.914[1]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 00:15.014[12]; 3. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:15.044[2]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:15.175[18]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:15.202[10]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:15.222[4]; 7. 26-Tayler Malsam, 00:15.308[23]; 8. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:15.447[26]; 9. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 00:15.451[8]; 10. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:15.471[15]; 11. 53W-Bill Wirth, 00:15.532[14]; 12. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:15.537[20]; 13. 23-Russel Borland, 00:15.577[5]; 14. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:15.582[24]; 15. 14AJX-Alex Bliesner, 00:15.601[6]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech, 00:15.652[16]; 17. 73-Ben Schmidt, 00:15.665[19]; 18. 22-Todd King, 00:15.699[25]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:15.710[11]; 20. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:15.714[17]; 21. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:15.745[13]; 22. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:15.749[21]; 23. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:15.757[7]; 24. 50-Rusty Egan, 00:15.842[9]; 25. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:16.100[22]; 26. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:16.505[3]; 27. 12-Michael Decker, 00:16.789[27]

Balog Four for Six in Bumper to Bumper IRA Competition in 2017
News Date: 6/9/2017 | Submitted: 6/9/2017
30 drivers from all across the country and 2 continents signed in for action on Thursday night with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA). When the cars hit the track for qualifying, it was Sydney New South Wales Australia’s Ian Madsen atop the time charts. Scotty Thiel qualified in 2nd ahead of Taylor Malsam in the Rudeen Racing 26. Parker Price-Miller was 4th and Smoke Tony Stewart was 5th.
When heat race one went green Austin McCarl took the early lead ahead of Ian Madsen, series point leader Bill Balog ran in 3rd. Just after the halfway point of the race Balog muscled his way past the Aspin Air 18 of Madsen and set his sights on A-Mac. As the white flag waved Balog was able to pass McCarl exiting 2 in route to a win in heat race 1. Austin McCarl would come home 2nd, with Madsen 3rd. Price-Miller would bring his 2 car home 4th with Terry McCarl rounding out the top 5.
Heat 2 saw Scotty Neitzel with the early lead. Behind him Thiel and Stewart battled side by side for 2nd. A few times it seemed Thiel might out duel Stewart but eventually he settled into 3rd, as Smoke tried to run down the orange 2w piloted by Neitzel. On the white flag lap Stewart was able to maneuver his Rush Truck Centers 14 past Neitzel to pick up the win. Neitzel then Thiel followed him across the line, with Mike Reinke and Kyle Marten in 4th and 5th respectively.
Heat 3 would see pole sitter Daniel Harding in the Jolly Good Auto Electrics 12H take the lead, he would hold that lead all the way to the checkered flag. Danny Lasoski would finish in 2nd followed by the Meyer Electric 85m of Steve Meyer. 2016 IRA champion Jeremy Schultz would bring his machine home 4th with Malsam in 5th.
B main competition saw Wayne “Mojo” Modjeski take the early lead and led all 12 laps to pick up the win and transfer to the A main. Josh Walters in the 12w came home 2nd followed by Blake Nimee and Jereme Schroeder. Mike Decker brought his Merlin's 200,000 Mile Shops 12 car across the line in 5th.
The A main saw Stewart get the early jump for his first place starting position, with Malsam in 2nd and Thiel in 3rd. After a few laps Thiel powered by Malsam to move into 2nd behind Stewart. On lap 10 Thiel was able to use a lapped car as a pick and drive by Stewart and into the lead, behind him Balog had moved from 5th into 2nd with Smoke in 3rd. Lap 24 saw Nimee get upside down and collect Meyer, setting up a 6 lap dash to the finish on the restart Thiel was able to hold off Balog's challenge for a lap but with 5 to go The North Pole Nightmare was able to power by Thiel and drive to the Checkered. Behind Balog, Madsen was also able to get by Thiel for a 2nd place finish. Thiel would settle for 3rd followed by Price-Miller. The Dude Danny Lasoski would bring his 1m home in 5th.
A Feature 1
1. 17B-Bill Balog, [5]; 2. 18M-Ian Madsen, [7]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, [2]; 4. 2-Parker Price-Miller, [9]; 5. 1M-Danny Lasoski, [8]; 6. 14-Tony Stewart, [1]; 7. 26-Tayler Malsam, [3]; 8. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [13]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke, [10]; 10. 99-Kyle Marten, [15]; 11. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [12]; 12. 24-Terry McCarl, [14]; 13. 17A-Austin McCarl, [11]; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [19]; 15. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [16]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech, [18]; 17. 12-Michael Decker, [23]; 18. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [22]; 19. 12H-Daniel Harding, [6]; 20. 12W-Josh Walter, [20]; 21. 23-Russel Borland, [17]; 22. (DNF) 85M-Steve Meyer, [4]; 23. (DNF) 79-Blake Nimee, [21]; 24. (DNF) 01-Chris Dodd, [24]
B Feature 1
1. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [1]; 2. 12W-Josh Walter, [2]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, [4]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [3]; 5. 12-Michael Decker, [8]; 6. 01-Chris Dodd, [5]; 7. 71-Max McGhee, [12]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech, [10]; 9. 41-Dennis Spitz, [7]; 10. 56-Ryan Irwin, [6]; 11. 4K-Kris Spitz, [11]; 12. 18-Keith Fellner, [9]
Heat 1
1. 17B-Bill Balog, [2]; 2. 17A-Austin McCarl, [1]; 3. 18M-Ian Madsen, [4]; 4. 2-Parker Price-Miller, [3]; 5. 24-Terry McCarl, [5]; 6. 10V-Matt Vandevere, [6]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder, [7]; 8. 01-Chris Dodd, [9]; 9. 12-Michael Decker, [10]; 10. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech, [8]
Heat 2
1. 14-Tony Stewart, [3]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, [1]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, [4]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, [2]; 5. 99-Kyle Marten, [5]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, [7]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, [6]; 8. 56-Ryan Irwin, [9]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner, [10]; (DNS) 4K-Kris Spitz,
Heat 3
1. 12H-Daniel Harding, [1]; 2. 1M-Danny Lasoski, [3]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, [2]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, [5]; 5. 26-Tayler Malsam, [4]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech, [10]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee, [7]; 8. 12W-Josh Walter, [6]; 9. 41-Dennis Spitz, [8]; 10. 71-Max McGhee, [9]
Qualifying 1
1. 18M-Ian Madsen, 00:11.913[4]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 00:12.181[6]; 3. 26-Tayler Malsam, 00:12.290[1]; 4. 2-Parker Price-Miller, 00:12.294[12]; 5. 14-Tony Stewart, 00:12.373[3]; 6. 1M-Danny Lasoski, 00:12.406[27]; 7. 17B-Bill Balog, 00:12.464[10]; 8. 02-Mike Reinke, 00:12.557[14]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer, 00:12.582[8]; 10. 17A-Austin McCarl, 00:12.591[16]; 11. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 00:12.671[23]; 12. 12H-Daniel Harding, 00:12.675[13]; 13. 24-Terry McCarl, 00:12.714[18]; 14. 99-Kyle Marten, 00:12.736[22]; 15. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 00:12.781[19]; 16. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 00:12.895[20]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 00:12.951[11]; 18. 12W-Josh Walter, 00:13.072[5]; 19. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 00:13.078[15]; 20. 23-Russel Borland, 00:13.091[9]; 21. 79-Blake Nimee, 00:13.219[21]; 22. 68-Dave Uttech, 00:13.303[29]; 23. 4K-Kris Spitz, 00:13.340[28]; 24. 41-Dennis Spitz, 00:13.368[24]; 25. 01-Chris Dodd, 00:13.449[7]; 26. 56-Ryan Irwin, 00:13.742[26]; 27. 71-Max McGhee, 00:13.782[30]; 28. 12-Michael Decker, 00:13.953[25]; 29. 18-Keith Fellner, 00:14.054[2]; (DNS) 7-Scott Uttech,
Article Credit: Gared Tennyson

Huge 3 Day Weekend Ahead For Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints The stars and cars of the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association are gearing up for a huge 3-day weekend. Thursday night, teams will take to the historic Angell Park Speedway to make up the rained out All Stars-IRA showdown from 5/21. Then on Friday the series heads to the Oshkosh Speedzone, and on Saturday the IRA returns to its former home, the Wilmot Raceway.

Thursday night should see a large field of cars, as many of the 51 cars in attendance on May 21st have indicated their plans to return, as well as others who were not there on the 21st. Tony Stewart has confirmed he will be bringing his Rush Truck Centers 14 car back to take his shot at the $5000 to win purse. He will have to contend with Scotty Thiel though, who has shown immense speed all year and proven he can navigate the 1/3rd mile dirt oval as well as anyone.

Friday when the field rolls into Oshkosh it will be for night 2 of the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown, and could very well be the last sprint car event ever held at the Speed Zone. Mike Reinke will be the man to keep your eyes on as he is always strong. But if any driver wants to pick up the win Friday they will have to beat the Rhine Auto 17b piloted by Bill Balog. Balog is the most recent series winner and has shown time and time again he is a dominate force anywhere he goes.

Saturday night the IRA will return to its home, the Wilmot Raceway. When cars hit the track, eyes will surely be on the Jerrys Automotive 5j of Jeremy Schultz, the 3 time and defending Wilmot Raceway champion, as well as defending IRA champion. If the 5j team will be beat, it likely could come from a team with historic Wilmot lineage, the Darrell Dodd owned 11 machine with Springfield Illinois’ Joey Moughan behind the wheel. The Dodd Moughan combination proved this past Saturday night they have what it takes to find victory lane and beat the Schultz team, but can they do it again when the IRA roll into town?

Nightmare in the North Woods

20 drivers from the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Outlaw Sprints made the long tow up to the beautiful ABC Raceway in Ashland, Wisconsin. In qualifying, point leader Scotty Thiel aboard his Professional Plating 64 Machine set a new track record of 12:373. Former track record holder Bill Balog would qualify 2nd followed by Blake Nimee. Justin Henderson behind the wheel of the Thone Motorsports 59H would qualify in 4th and Todd King would round out the top 5.

Heat race one saw 2016 champion Jeremy Schultz use his pole starting position to take the early lead and he would never look back, winning the heat race by more than half a lap over Craig Dollansky. Thiel would come home 3rd in front of 4th finishing Henderson and Russel Borland would bring his Weiss Trucking 23 home in 5th.
Heat race two would see Kyle Marten from outside row 1 take the early lead but Balog was hot on his heels. Marten lead the first 9 laps but Balog would slide him going into turn 3, Marten crossed back under in attempt to grab the win but at the line Balog was victorious by 0.016 seconds over Marten. Kris Spitz brought his 4K machine home 3rd ahead of King. MSA 360 regular Andrew Westphal would complete the top 5.
Heat 3 saw Nimee’s bad luck continue as he jumped the cushion in turn 3 and got into the wall, ending his heat race. Meanwhile, Scotty Neitzel would take the lead over Steve Meyer. Mike Kertscher in his second night with the Thone Motorsports team would muscle his way around Meyer and into 2nd but could not catch Neitzel. When the checkered fell Neitzel would be victorious, followed by Kertscher and Meyer. Minnesota's Trent Stengl would finish 4th and Dennis Spitz would bring his 41 home 5th.

The feature saw Justin Henderson roll off from the pole and take the early lead. With just a single lap in Henderson jumped the cushion and got into the wall, sending his car upside down bringing out a red flag. Dollansky who suffered some wing damage from the Henderson incident elected not to take his 14aj car to the work area and restarted from the 1st position. On the restart Scotty Neitzel was able to move around Dollansky into the lead, Schultz quickly worked his way from his 5th starting position to 2nd following behind fellow Beaver Dam driver Neitzel. Lap 10 saw Thiel make contact with an infield tire and spin to a stop bringing out the yellow flag. The restart gave Schultz the shot he needed to get around Neitzel and take the lead. As the race wore on Balog had quietly moved from his 10th starting position into 3rd place. As Schultz reached lapped traffic, he had the 2w and 17b breathing down his neck. Balog utilized a lap car to get around Neitzel and set his eyes on Schultz. While Balog kept on Schultz’s tail through lapped cars, King muscled around Neitzel and into 3rd. With just 3 laps to go Balog used a bobble from Schultz to take the lead. The “King of the Sherm Nation” stayed on the bumper of the 17b but could not get back around him. As the checkered flag waved for Balog, a slowing car in turn 4 brought out a yellow flag, causing the race to end under yellow checkers circumstances and revert to lap 29 for the finish. Balog picked up his 4th win in 4 tries at the ABC Raceway, followed by Schultz. Todd King crossed the line in 3rd on lap 29 but an illegally mounted part would result in him being scored last, giving 3rd place to Neitzel followed by Marten in the Oostburg Concrete 99. The Meyer Electric 85m piloted by Steve Meyer would round out the top 5.

A Feature 1 30 laps
1. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten[7]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer[11]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[13]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee[16]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[2]; 9. 80K-Mike Kertscher[9]; 10. 14AJ-Craig Dollansky[3]; 11. 7T-Trent Stengl[12]; 12. 81-Andrew Westphal[15]; 13. 14AJX-Wayne Modjeski[19]; 14. 12-Michael Decker[18]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech[17]; 16. 41-Dennis Spitz[14]; 17. 64-Scotty Thiel[10]; 18. 59H-Justin Henderson[1]; 19. 19-Todd King[6]; (DNS) 7-Scott Uttech
Heat 1 10 laps
1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 2. 14AJ-Craig Dollansky[2]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 4. 59H-Justin Henderson[3]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[6]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech[5]; 7. 14AJX-Wayne Modjeski[7]
Heat 2 10 laps
1. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 2. 99-Kyle Marten[2]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz[1]; 4. 19-Todd King[3]; 5. 81-Andrew Westphal[6]; 6. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker[5]; (DNS) 7-Scott Uttech
Heat 3 10 laps
1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 2. 80K-Mike Kertscher[3]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer[1]; 4. 7T-Trent Stengl[5]; 5. 41-Dennis Spitz[6]; 6. (DNF) 79-Blake Nimee[4]
Qualifying 1
1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.373[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.671[9]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.736[6]; 4. 59H-Justin Henderson, 12.766[13]; 5. 19-Todd King, 12.880[4]; 6. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 12.887[7]; 7. 14AJ-Craig Dollansky, 12.964[10]; 8. 99-Kyle Marten, 13.056[3]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13.183[16]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.197[18]; 11. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.387[14]; 12. 85M-Steve Meyer, 13.390[19]; 13. 68-Dave Uttech, 13.395[1]; 14. 12-Michael Decker, 13.566[11]; 15. 7T-Trent Stengl, 13.588[17]; 16. 23-Russel Borland, 13.591[20]; 17. 7-Scott Uttech, 13.623[12]; 18. 41-Dennis Spitz, 13.693[8]; 19. 14AJX-Wayne Modjeski, 13.695[5]; 20. 81-Andrew Westphal, 14.323[15]

ABC Raceway and 141 Speedway Next For Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association

After what was destined to be the biggest weekend for sprint cars in the state of Wisconsin was lost to rain, the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association is set to get back on the road for another two-day weekend. May 27th the series will make its return to Ashland, Wisconsin’s ABC Raceway. Then on the 28th the IRA will make its first of three appearances at 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, Wisconsin.

Saturday, the fans in the North Woods will be treated to the return of the IRA for the first time this season, and the first appearance at ABC Raceway since 2014. On three occasions the IRA has completed events at ABC, and each time Bill Balog stood victorious at night's end. Fans will be sure to keep their eyes on the “North Pole Nightmare” as he attempts to keep his perfect record. This year, however, Balog will face his toughest challenge yet on the red clay: series point leader Scotty Thiel. In 2014, his rookie season, Thiel charged from his 8th place starting position to 2nd behind Balog. This year he brings with him seasons of experience and multiple trips to victory lane. Scotty Neitzel has also proven in the past to be a contender in Ashland, as he has recorded two 3rd place finishes and a 5th, making him the only driver besides Balog to record a top 5 on every appearance at ABC Raceway.

On Sunday, the teams head south to the unique 141 Speedway. The high banked 1/3rd mile oval hosted its first IRA event in 2010 and quickly became a fan favorite. Bill Balog has won 8 of the last 10 events at the formerly paved oval. His strongest challenge on Sunday night will likely come from the Meyer Electric 85m piloted by Steve Meyer. Meyer who currently sits 4th in points has shown great speed all season and is always in contention to win at 141 Speedway. Another likely challenge could come from Aurora, Illinois’ Blake Nimee. Nimee’s 79 team has had great speed all year, including setting fast time at Beaver Dam Raceway earlier this year but mechanical issues have plagued the team thus far. With the mechanical gremlins ironed out for this weekend Nimee is sure to be a front runner.

Saturday tickets at ABC Raceway will be $22 for adults and $8 for children with hot laps starting at 6:15. Sunday Pit Passes will be $30 with $20 for grandstand admission.

Article Credit: Gared Tennyson

Star Studded Weekend Ahead for Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints

This weekend, May 20th and 21st is quickly shaping up to the biggest weekend for sprintcar racing in Wisconsin ever. Tony Stewart's Arctic Cat All Stars Circuit of Champions(ASCoC) are heading north to do battle with Wisconsin's finest, the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association(IRA). When the rigs roll into Wisconsin this weekend, multi-time ASCoC champion Chad Kemenah will lead the largest field of All Stars to ever visit the Badger state. The field just keeps getting bigger, as ASCoC owner Tony Stewart will be bringing his Rush Truck Centers 14 machine with him, and we will be joined by the latest World of Outlaws Feature winner and 2017 IRA feature winner, Parker Price-Miller. California's Rico Abreu will also be making the trip to Wisconsin for these two huge shows.

The travelers will have their work cut out for them this weekend if they want to leave Wisconsin with victories. Jeremy Schultz is a 3 time and defending Wilmot Raceway champion as well as the defending IRA champion and last year’s dash winner during the Wilmot ASCoC race, he will be a strong contender to walk away with the checkered flag Saturday night. But Jeremy will not only have to contend with the huge group of out of state drivers, but also the IRA’s own Matt Vandervere, who has proven he can navigate the tricky Wilmot Raceway as good as anyone. 2017 IRA point leader Scotty Thiel proved last year that he can run Wilmot as well as anyone when the All Stars came to town, but he must have Angell Park circled on his calendar as he was victorious there twice last year and will definitely be someone to watch this coming Sunday. The Thone Motorsports machine will be back on track this weekend with Justin Henderson behind the wheel, and they proved 2 weeks ago that is a potent combination that will be tough to beat this weekend. All the traveling drivers must certainty have their eyes set on the Rhine Auto 17B as the car to beat though, as Bill Balog has proven time and time again he is one of the best in the country. The last time Tony Stewart strapped into a car in Wisconsin he battled hard all race with Balog and beat him by a bumper, and last year when the Outlaws rolled into Beaver Dam Wi, it was Balog standing on top of the podium at night's end. With two wins on the season already the North Pole Nightmare must be a fan favorite to claim the checkered flag both nights this coming weekend.

Saturday the pit gate will open at 3, and grandstands at 5. Tickets are $28 for adults, children 6-11 $5 and children under 6 are free. Sunday Pit Gates Open at 2:00 and grandstands at 4:30. Ticket are $30 for adults, students 12 to 18 $20, Kids (under 12) free with adult.

Balog, Thiel, Meyer Top Night One of Hopf Farms Showdown

With an extra $3000 purse for the Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown, 27 drivers signed in for action at Beaver Dam Raceway for race one of the five race series. When the cars hit the track for qualifying Scotty Thiel in his Scott Thiel Builders 64 car showed why he is the point leader setting quick time. 2nd quick would be the returning Mike Kertscher, behind the wheel of the potent Thone Motorsports machine. The top 5 would be rounded out by Mike Reinke, Steve Meyer, and Wayne Modjeski.

When heat 1 went green, The King of the Sherm Nation Jeremy Schultz jumped to the early lead. When the checkered flag fell, Schultz was victorious, followed by the Meyer Electric 85m of Meyer. Thiel would come across in 3rd followed by Scott Uttech and Ryan Bowers who would complete the top 5. Heat race 2 would see hometown hero Scott Neitzel lead all 10 laps in route to victory over Hanna City Illinois’ Jake Blackhurst. Kertscher would come home 3rd with Hopf Farms backed Russel Borland in 4th, and Modjeski in 5th Heat race 3 saw Kris Spitz take the early lead, a lead he would hold until the closing laps when Dennis Spitz looped his 41 machine around and collected son Kris. Bill Balog would inherit the lead on the restart and use it to pick up the win. Kyle Marten would follow Balog across the line in 2nd. Joey Moughan behind the wheel of Darrell Dodd’s 11 would come home 3rd with Reinke and Dave Uttech rounding out the top 5. B main action saw Matt Vandervere rebound from heat race troubles to lead all 12 laps and bring home the win. Behind him Blake Nimee and California transplant Austin DeBlauw battled hard for the 6th and final transfer spot for much of the race, until issues late in the race for Dennis Spitz would bring out a caution and move them both forward. Once the checkered fell, Vandervere picked up the win followed by Jereme Schroeder. Nimee used the caution to make a late race charge to 3rd followed by Rusty Egan, DeBlauw would come home 5th.

A main action saw Thiel take the early lead over Balog. Thiel and Balog would battle for the lead in the early laps until a bobble from Thiel would allow Balog to assume the lead. Through lap traffic Thiel would keep on Balog's bumper waiting for a mistake that never came. Balog and Thiel would cross the finish line in that order, followed by Meyer. The Beaver Dam duo of Schultz and Neitzel would complete the top 5. Behind them 12th starting Moughan would charge to 6th while 21st starting Nimee moved up to 11th, netting him the hard charger award.

A Feature 1 30 laps 1. 17B-Bill Balog[2]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[1]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer[4]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[7]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 6. 11-Joey Moughan[12]; 7. 02-Mike Reinke[5]; 8. 25-Jake Blackhurst[6]; 9. 99-Kyle Marten[11]; 10. 80K-Mike Kertscher[9]; 11. 79-Blake Nimee[21]; 12. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[8]; 13. 23-Russel Borland[14]; 14. 10V-Matt Vandevere[19]; 15. 73-Ryan Bowers[10]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech[13]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder[20]; 18. 12W-Josh Walter[18]; 19. 68-Dave Uttech[15]; 20. 4K-Kris Spitz[16]; 21. 14-Jim Fifield[24]; 22. 12-Michael Decker[17]; 23. 50-Rusty Egan[22]; 24. 65-Austin Deblauw[23] B Feature 1 12 laps 1. 10V-Matt Vandevere[2]; 2. 43-Jereme Schroeder[6]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[8]; 4. 50-Rusty Egan[1]; 5. 65-Austin Deblauw[5]; 6. 14-Jim Fifield[9]; 7. 18-Keith Fellner[7]; 8. (DNF) 41-Dennis Spitz[4]; 9. (DNF) 01-Chris Dodd[3] Heat 1: Lineup 10 laps 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer[3]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 4. 7-Scott Uttech[5]; 5. 73-Ryan Bowers[2]; 6. 12-Michael Decker[7]; 7. 50-Rusty Egan[6]; 8. 65-Austin Deblauw[9]; 9. 14-Jim Fifield[8] Heat 2 10 laps 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 2. 25-Jake Blackhurst[2]; 3. 80K-Mike Kertscher[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[5]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[3]; 6. 12W-Josh Walter[7]; 7. 01-Chris Dodd[8]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder[9]; 9. (DNF) 10V-Matt Vandevere[6] Heat 3 10 laps 1. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 2. 99-Kyle Marten[2]; 3. 11-Joey Moughan[7]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke[4]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[5]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[1]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; 8. 18-Keith Fellner[9]; 9. (DNF) 79-Blake Nimee[6] Qualifying 1 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.446[15]; 2. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 12.500[17]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke, 12.605[6]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer, 12.683[8]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 12.700[13]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.712[23]; 7. 73-Ryan Bowers, 12.744[4]; 8. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 12.769[5]; 9. 99-Kyle Marten, 12.880[2]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.064[24]; 11. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13.085[3]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.135[21]; 13. 7-Scott Uttech, 13.252[19]; 14. 23-Russel Borland, 13.314[26]; 15. 68-Dave Uttech, 13.395[1]; 16. 50-Rusty Egan, 13.560[16]; 17. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 13.575[14]; 18. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.646[25]; 19. 12-Michael Decker, 13.659[11]; 20. 12W-Josh Walter, 13.669[7]; 21. 11-Joey Moughan, 13.686[10]; 22. 14-Jim Fifield, 13.884[27]; 23. 01-Chris Dodd, 13.897[12]; 24. 41-Dennis Spitz, 13.917[9]; 25. 65-Austin Deblauw, 14.061[22]; 26. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 14.162[20]; 27. 18-Keith Fellner, 14.991[18]

Article credit: Gared Tennyson

Round One of Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown Ahead for Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints

Saturday night, May 13th, when the stars of the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) hit the track it will be night 1 of the first annual Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown. Dean and Stacy Hopf, huge supporters of dirt track racing in southeastern Wisconsin, have put together a 5 event series that will pay $3000 to 5 drivers.

The Hopf Farms Bullring showdown will consist of 5 IRA events during the 2017 season at 4 tracks. Beaver Dam will host the 1st night, with subsequent dates at the Oshkosh Speedzone, Sheboygan County Fairgrounds and 141 Speedway. All drivers who compete at all 5 events will be awarded points based on their feature finishes. The top 3 points finishers after the 5 races will be awarded point fund money. Subsequently, 2 more drivers who participated in all 5 events will be randomly selected to receive bonus money courtesy of Hopf Farms.

Hometown driver Scotty Neitzel looked strong last time the IRA raced the high banks in Beaver Dam, but to pick up his first win of the season he will have his work cut out for him. Multiple cars are carrying the Hopf Farms colors in 2017, and will surely be hoping to run well. Bill Balog will surely be trying to continue his success on the high banked 3/8ths mile, and bring Hopf Farms a win on night one of the showdown. Russel Borland will also be trying to impress the Beaver Dam crowd in his Hopf sponsored 23. However, the biggest challenger may roll out behind the wheel of the Thone Motorsports 59, as his first start of 2017 will be 2003 IRA Rookie of the year and 2012 Wilmot Raceway champion Mike Kertscher. If Kertscher can quickly shake off the rust from the off season, he will undoubtedly be a contender to win Saturday night.

Grandstands will open at 4:30 with qualifying at 6 and racing to follow. Adult tickets are $20 with students aged 6-11 $10 and children 5 and younger free.

-Article credit Gared Tennyson

Second Attempt at First Double Header Weekend for Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints

After a weekend of rainouts, the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) are set to return to action this Friday and Saturday, May 5th and 6th. Friday night will see the return of the 410 sprint cars to the Oshkosh Speedzone in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. On Saturday, the series will venture north to New Richmond, Wisconsin and the Cedar Lake Speedway.

Friday night will be the series’ first trip to Oshkosh's red clay oval since July 22nd of last year, an event that would be won by surprise entrant Brad Loyet. Mike Reinke was 2nd on that night and is always strong at the Speedzone, so expect him to challenge for the checkered flag Friday night. He won't walk out of Oshkosh with a win easily though, as Tea, South Dakota's Justin Henderson is expected to make an appearance behind the wheel of the Thone Motorsports 59H. Henderson has previously piloted the Thone car once in IRA competition and finished 2nd to Carson Macedo so a strong run is expected. Craig Dollansky is expected to be back in action this weekend, as well as Southern Illinois Jim Moughan who is always a threat anytime his 1mx car rolls out of the trailer.

Saturday when the IRA rolls into Cedar Lake Speedway, it will be for the annual Triple Crown. An event paying $3000 to win and $300 to start, for all 3 classes racing. Bill Balog will surely be the man to beat as the last time he did not win the spring Cedar Lake IRA race was in 2012. Balog will have plenty of challengers though, as series point leader Scotty Thiel has shown great speed this year, and Scotty Neitzel proved at Beaver Dam he could challenge Balog. Set to challenge the series regulars on Saturday, is not only Henderson, but also a pair of Minnesota drivers with countless laps on the 3/8th mile high banked oval. Travis Whitney and Craig Dollansky will use their experience at Cedar Lake to contend for that $3000 Winner's Check.

Defending series champion Jeremy Schultz has been fast but has no results this far, and he is looking for that speed to turn into positive results this weekend. Blake Nimee, Matt Vandervere, and Kyle Marten will also be contenders.

Friday night the grandstands will open at 5pm with a race time of 7pm. Ticket prices are $20 for adults and $10 for students 11-15. Saturday at Cedar Lake, the grandstands will open at 5pm with a race time of 6pm. Ticket prices are $25 for adults and $12 for students 6-16, children 5 and under are free. If you can’t make it up north on Saturday, Cedar Lake has live paperview of their races this season on their website (cedarlakespeedway.com).

Balog Continues Dominance at Beaver Dam Raceway in Bumper to Bumper IRA competition

With beautiful weather, 29 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association winged 410 sprint cars converged upon the Beaver Dam Raceway for the Jim Wipperfurth memorial. A stacked field of IRA regulars would face a challenging field of invading drivers including Parker Price-Miller, Craig Dollansky, Ryan Robinson and Joe B Miller. In Osborn and Sons qualifying the Duffy Fleet Service 79 driven by Blake Nimee was fastest over Robinson and Price-Miller who were 2nd and 3rd respectively. Hometown drivers Jeremy Schultz and Scotty Neitzel would round out the top 5. Heat race 1 saw 2nd place starting Scott Uttech jump out to a lead which he would hold until the checkered flag fell. Behind Uttech, fast qualifier Nimee would work his way to 2nd. The top five would be rounded out by Miller, Schultz and Kris Spitz. Heat race 2, in similar fashion to heat one, would see the 2nd place starter, Mike Reinke, pick up the win followed by 4th starting Robinson. Matt Vandervere, Neitzel and Josh Walter would complete the top 5. And just like deja vu, heat 3 would see the winner come from the 2nd starting position, this time it was Craig Dollansky winning over 4th starting Price-Miller. Ben Schmidt would finish 3rd over Bill Balog and Russel Borland, who finished 4th and 5th respectively. With 18 cars locked into the 30 lap feature, the B main cars would hit the track to battle for the final 6 feature starting spots. When the checkered flag fell, series point leader Scotty Thiel was victorious over Steve Meyer and IRA rookie Ryan Bowers. Rusty Egan would finish 4th over Tim Haddy and the 6th and final transfer spot to the A main would be claimed by Trey Datweiler. The 30 lap A main saw pole sitter Balog take the early lead. Neitzel and Price-Miller would quickly work into a battle for 2nd. Cautions on two occasions, first for Chris Dodd spinning in turn 1 and second for Schmidt spinning and collecting the 5j of Schultz, would bunch the field back up and give Neitzel and Price-Miller both shots at Balog but neither were successful in their attempts. The podium would consist of Balog who led all 30 laps, followed by Neitzel and Price-Miller. Robinson driving the potent Keith Kunz car and Miller would round out the top 5.

A Feature 1 30 laps 1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 3. 2-Parker Price-Miller[3]; 4. 67-Ryan Robinson[8]; 5. 51B-Joe B. Miller[4]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke[10]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandevere[11]; 8. 64-Scotty Thiel[19]; 9. 14AJ-Craig Dollansky[9]; 10. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 11. 85M-Steve Meyer[20]; 12. 21H-Tim Haddy[23]; 13. 7-Scott Uttech[2]; 14. 25-Jake Blackhurst[18]; 15. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[7]; 16. 99-Kyle Marten[16]; 17. 23D-Trey Datweiler[24]; 18. 23-Russel Borland[14]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz[15]; 20. 73-Ryan Bowers[21]; 21. 01-Chris Dodd[17]; 22. 59-Ben Schmidt[12]; 23. (DNF) 50-Rusty Egan[22]; 24. (DNF) 12W-Josh Walter[13] B Feature 1 12 laps 1. 64-Scotty Thiel[2]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer[7]; 3. 73-Ryan Bowers[3]; 4. 50-Rusty Egan[4]; 5. 21H-Tim Haddy[8]; 6. 23D-Trey Datweiler[5]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz[1]; 8. 12-Michael Decker[10]; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder[6]; 10. 18-Keith Fellner[9]; 11. 68-Mike Uttech[11] Heat 1 10 laps 1. 7-Scott Uttech[2]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 3. 51B-Joe B. Miller[1]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 6. 99-Kyle Marten[7]; 7. 73-Ryan Bowers[6]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz[5]; 9. 21H-Tim Haddy[9]; 10. 68-Mike Uttech[10] Heat 2 10 laps 1. 02-Mike Reinke[2]; 2. 67-Ryan Robinson[4]; 3. 10V-Matt Vandevere[6]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 5. 12W-Josh Walter[1]; 6. 25-Jake Blackhurst[10]; 7. 23D-Trey Datweiler[8]; 8. 64-Scotty Thiel[5]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer[7]; 10. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker[9] Heat 3 10 laps 1. 14AJ-Craig Dollansky[2]; 2. 2-Parker Price-Miller[4]; 3. 59-Ben Schmidt[6]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 6. 01-Chris Dodd[8]; 7. 50-Rusty Egan[7]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder[5]; 9. 18-Keith Fellner[9] Qualifying 1 2 laps 1. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.045[6]; 2. 67-Ryan Robinson, 12.299[17]; 3. 2-Parker Price-Miller, 12.310[7]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.357[13]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 12.521[5]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.538[21]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech, 12.545[4]; 8. 02-Mike Reinke, 12.583[18]; 9. 14AJ-Craig Dollansky, 12.612[20]; 10. 51B-Joe B. Miller, 12.628[3]; 11. 12W-Josh Walter, 12.643[9]; 12. 23-Russel Borland, 12.746[19]; 13. 41-Dennis Spitz, 12.854[2]; 14. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.878[26]; 15. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 12.936[15]; 16. 73-Ryan Bowers, 12.964[16]; 17. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 13.049[24]; 18. 59-Ben Schmidt, 13.078[27]; 19. 99-Kyle Marten, 13.106[22]; 20. 85M-Steve Meyer, 13.116[11]; 21. 50-Rusty Egan, 13.118[29]; 22. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.193[25]; 23. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 13.204[23]; 24. 01-Chris Dodd, 13.234[14]; 25. 21H-Tim Haddy, 13.536[12]; 26. 12-Michael Decker, 13.590[28]; 27. 18-Keith Fellner, 14.214[10]; 28. 68-Mike Uttech, 15.698[1]; 29. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 15.977[8]

Return of Smoke to Wisconsin

The May 20th and 21st races at Wilmot Raceway and Angell Park Speedway just got a lot more exciting. As the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) and The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions roll into two of southern Wisconsin's finest dirt tracks, they will be joined by a very special guest. Tony Stewart, known to many as Smoke, owner of the All Stars will be bringing his Rush Truck Centers 14 car with him. Tony expressed his hopes for more IRA and All Star co-sanctioned events saying, “Our All Star guys love going to Wisconsin so hopefully we can continue to the grow the involvement between the two Series’. We’ve got a handful of young rookies running with us this year so expect to see some new faces competing for wins.”

Tony's last visit to Wisconsin came in 2013 when he and now 7 time IRA champion, Bill Balog treated fans to one of the best races in IRA history as the pair traded the lead multiple times in the closing laps. Stewart would go on to win by less than a car length. Tony planned a return trip in 2013 to compete with the IRA at Wilmot but a leg injury would force his Wilmot winged sprint debut to be postponed until now. When asked about the trip Tony said, “I’m really looking forward to getting back into my sprint car up in Wisconsin in May. It’s always fun running with the IRA sprints with Steve Sinclair. Steve and his team do a great job up there and I’m really excited that we have been able to expand the weekend to include Angell Park this year with the All Stars. It should be a fun couple of days with great weather. The last time I raced in Wisconsin, I had a great battle with Bill Balog at Sheboygan, I think that was in 2013. It’s probably been 15 years since I raced at Angell Park and I’m not sure I have ever raced at Wilmot, so we can check that track off the list. Hopefully, I can show some consistency and compete for wins both nights.” Tony, a member of the National Midget Hall of Fame, who has ran countless midget laps at Angell Park knows that even though he has considerable experience on the historic oval he will have his work cut out for him if he wants to visit victory lane either night of the weekend, as both nights will have a strong field of drivers who will contend for the win. Stewart explained “We’ve got 18 full time All Star members this year, together with the IRA sprints, we should have a spectacular car count.”

Wilmot’s All Star races have previously been dominated by Dale Blaney but as he is not a series regular this year the door has been left wide open for Stewart, or someone else, to claim a big victory. 3 time Wilmot track champion, defending IRA champion and last years dash winner Jeremy Schultz, driver of the Crawford Oil and Propane 5J, is definitely at the top of the list of names to watch on May 20th. Also keep an eye out for Tony’s biggest competition from 2013, Bill Balog, who won his first career World of Outlaws race just last year and proved he is a tough competitor anytime his Rhine Auto/Buesser Concrete 17B hits the track. On May 21st as the cars roll into Sun Prairie Wisconsin's Angell Park Speedway eyes will surely be on Scotty Thiel. Thiel who parked his Professional Plating 64 in the historic Angell Park victory lane on two different occasions last year became the first repeat winner in winged sprint action since the 2014 return of the IRA to the 1/3rd mile dirt oval. If Tony can use his countless laps at Angell Park to quickly adapt to the winged car he will surely be a strong contender, as he hopes to become the 11th winner in 12 IRA races at Angell Park.

The IRA looks forward to hosting Tony and his All Stars for two exciting nights of dirt track racing. Saturday May 20th will see the series do battle at the Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wisconsin located directly between Chicago and Milwaukee. Sunday May 21st will see the driver's head north to Sun Prairie Wisconsin’s Angell Park Speedway. Be sure to arrive early both nights as the stands will be packed for the return of Smoke to Wisconsin.

Return of Smoke to Wisconsin
 

The May 20th and 21st races at Wilmot Raceway and Angell Park Speedway just got a lot more exciting. As the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) and The Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions roll into two of southern Wisconsin's finest dirt tracks, they will be joined by a very special guest. Tony Stewart, known to many as Smoke, owner of the All Stars will be bringing his Rush Truck Centers 14 car with him. Tony expressed his hopes for more IRA and All Star co-sanctioned events saying, “Our All Star guys love going to Wisconsin so hopefully we can continue to the grow the involvement between the two Series’. We’ve got a handful of young rookies running with us this year so expect to see some new faces competing for wins.”

Tony's last visit to Wisconsin came in 2013 when he and now 7 time IRA champion, Bill Balog treated fans to one of the best races in IRA history as the pair traded the lead multiple times in the closing laps. Stewart would go on to win by less than a car length. Tony planned a return trip in 2013 to compete with the IRA at Wilmot but a leg injury would force his Wilmot debut to be postponed until now. When asked about the trip Tony said,
“I’m really looking forward to getting back into my sprint car up in Wisconsin in May. It’s always fun running with the IRA sprints with Steve Sinclair. Steve and his team do a great job up there and I’m really excited that we have been able to expand the weekend to include Angell Park this year with the All Stars. It should be a fun couple of days with great weather. The last time I raced in Wisconsin, I had a great battle with Bill Balog at Sheboygan, I think that was in 2013. It’s probably been 15 years since I raced at Angell Park and I’m not sure I have ever raced at Wilmot, so we can check that track off the list. Hopefully, I can show some consistency and compete for wins both nights.”
Tony, a member of the National Midget Hall of Fame, who has ran countless midget laps at Angell Park knows that even though he has considerable experience on the historic oval he will have his work cut out for him if he wants to visit victory lane either night of the weekend, as both nights will have a strong field of drivers who will contend for the win. Stewart explained “We’ve got 18 full time All Star members this year, together with the IRA sprints, we should have a spectacular car count.”

Wilmot’s All Star races have previously been dominated by Dale Blaney but as he is not a series regular this year the door has been left wide open for Stewart, or someone else, to claim a big victory. 3 time Wilmot track champion, defending IRA champion and last years dash winner Jeremy Schultz, driver of the Crawford Oil and Propane 5J, is definitely at the top of the list of names to watch on May 20th. Also keep an eye out for Tony’s biggest competition from 2013, Bill Balog, who won his first career World of Outlaws race just last year and proved he is a tough competitor anytime his Rhine Auto/Buesser Concrete 17B hits the track. On May 21st as the cars roll into Sun Prairie Wisconsin's Angell Park Speedway eyes will surely be on Scotty Thiel. Thiel who parked his Professional Plating 64 in the historic Angell Park victory lane on two different occasions last year became the first repeat winner in winged sprint action since the 2014 return of the IRA to the 1/3rd mile dirt oval. If Tony can use his countless laps at Angell Park to quickly adapt to the winged car he will surely be a strong contender, as he hopes to become the 11th winner in 12 IRA races at Angell Park.

The IRA looks forward to hosting Tony and his All Stars for two exciting nights of dirt track racing. Saturday May 20th will see the series do battle at the Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wisconsin located directly between Chicago and Milwaukee. Sunday May 21st will see the driver's head north to Sun Prairie Wisconsin’s Angell Park Speedway. Be sure to arrive early both nights as the stands will be packed for the return of Smoke to Wisconsin.

Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Releases 2017 Tentative Schedule
12/27/16 McHenry, IL
The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series is proud to release their 2017 tentative schedule which includes a 35 race point schedule contested at 17 different venues in a 4 state region. Wisconsin is absolutely still home as 30 of the 35 events appearing on the points schedule are in the Badger state.
Wisconsin venues include Beaver Dam Raceway, Luxemburg Speedway, Dodge Co Fairgrounds, Oshkosh SpeedZone, Cedar Lake Speedway, Wilmot Raceway, Angell Park Speedway, ABC Raceway, 141 Speedway, Sheboygan Co Fair Park, Langlade Co Fairgrounds, and Amsoil Speedway. Luxemburg, and ABC are back on the IRA schedule after a year’s absence.
A pair of northern Illinois tracks will host events as LaSalle continues to be a fixture, and then after more than a decade the American Legion Speedway in Fairbury returns to the schedule. 410 winged Sprints haven’t appeared at this historic venue since IRA’s last visit.
Southeast Iowa’s 34 Raceway is back on the schedule after a several year absence, and for the first time ever IRA will appear and sanction the big Clay Co Fair race in Spencer.
And after a several year absence, the Deer Creek Speedway in Minnesota is back on the schedule by popular demand.
Please remember this is a tentative schedule at this point, and the possibility of a change or date swap could happen yet, though IRA felt it was time to release something publically. We still have some talks still in the works.
Several more dates in 2017 will pay above and beyond IRA’s standard purse and details will be released on those scheduled events in the very near future. And more exciting news is on the horizon as the dates for the first ever Hopf Farms Bullring Showdown mini-series will be formally announced in the coming weeks as selected dates from our schedule at Sheboygan Co and 141 will be chosen.
There are 5 co-sanctioned dates on the schedule with IRA & MOWA combining to continue their solid relationship for a trio of events, and IRA is growing its’ Arctic Cat AllStar Circuit of Champions Challenge from a single date to a weekend.
What makes this schedule so appealing is that it provides the IRA base teams with the largest portion of the schedule being contested close to home as the bulk of the IRA core comes out of southeastern WI. The events outside the region are premier events at popular venues which allow our teams and sponsors increased exposure. And several dates have some other premier divisions on the card too, such as Late Models, IRA wingLESS, MSA Sprints, Badger Midgets, WIMS/IRA Mini Sprints, UMSS winged & traditional sprints, and much more creating some truly outstanding events.
Additionally this schedule allows for the flow, both in & out, of teams across the region as there are very few non-Saturday conflicts with IRA. One example is there are no conflicts with any Friday night events at Jackson MN. IRA point chasing teams are open to compete at numerous World of Outlaw events in our region without conflict including June 1-3 Jackson MN, June 23 West Liberty IA, June 24 Beaver Dam WI, June 27 Joliet IL, June 29 Deer Creek MN, July 8 Cedar Lake, July 11 Attica, July 13-14 Eldora, July 29 Wilmot, and of course the Aug 9-12 Knoxville Nationals. IRA has also worked with the Allstars and left open their dates at Kokomo May 19th and 34 Raceway on June 11th. While the IRA season opens April 8th at 34 Raceway, the Wisconsin opener isn’t until April 22nd at Beaver Dam Raceway, thus allowing teams to travel to Knoxville or Attica April 14-15 without conflict if they so desire.
Lastly, the IRA staff may likely be hired to “help” coordinate some NON-POINT events that won’t appear on our point schedule, these events will be outside of WI. Details on these additional events are forthcoming.
Stay tuned for more exciting news from the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series at they embark on their 51st season in 2017.

TENTATIVE – 2017 Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series schedule

4/8 Sat 34 Raceway (West Burlington, IA) w/MOWA
22 Sat Beaver Dam Raceway (WI) – Wipperfurth Memorial
28 Fri Luxemburg Speedway (WI) Battle By The Bay
30 Sun Dodge Co Fairgrounds (Beaver Dam, WI)
5/5 Fri Oshkosh SpeedZone (WI)
6 Sat Cedar Lake Speedway (New Richmond, WI) Triple Crown
13 Sat Beaver Dam Raceway (WI)
19 Sat Wilmot Raceway (WI) w/Allstars
20 Sun Angell Park Speedway (Sun Prairie, WI) w/Allstars
27 Sat ABC Raceway (Ashland, WI)
28 Sun 141 Speedway (Francis Creek, WI)
6/9 Fri Oshkosh SpeedZone (WI)
10 Sat Wilmot Raceway (WI)
17 Sat Sheboygan Co Fair Park (Plymouth, WI)
18 Sun Angell Park Speedway (WI) – Norm Nelson Classic
7/1 Sat Wilmot Raceway (WI)
2 Sun 141 Speedway (WI)
7 Fri Dodge County Fairgrounds (WI) Rick Schmidt Memorial
15 Sat American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL) w/MOWA
16 Sun Angell Park Speedway (WI)
22 Sat Beaver Dam Raceway (WI)
28 Fri Langlade Co Speedway (Antigo, WI) - Langlade Co Fair
8/5 Sat Sheboygan Co Fair Park (WI)
18 Fri Wilmot Raceway (WI) – Kenosha Co Fair
19 Sat Wilmot Raceway (WI) – Kenosha Co Fair Roger Iles Tribute
20 Sun Angell Park Speedway (WI) – Corn Fest
26 Sat LaSalle Speedway (IL) w/MOWA – Bill Waite Jr Memorial
9/2 Sat Sheboygan Co Fair Park (WI) - Sheboygan Co Fair
3 Sun 141 Speedway (WI)
8 Fri Amsoil Speedway (Superior, WI) – Northern Nationals
9 Sat Cedar Lake Speedway (WI) – Richert Memorial
15 Fri Clay Co Speedway (Spencer, IA) Clay Co Fair
16 Sat Deer Creek Speedway (Spring Valley, MN)
23 Sat Beaver Dam Raceway (WI) – Semmelmann Memorial
30 Sat Sheboygan Co Fair Park (WI) – Checkered Classic

IRA Banquet

Brookfield, WI The Interstate Racing Association concluded their 50th anniversary season by combining the accomplishments of the established Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, and their upstart Meyer Valves & Vacs Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series this past Saturday at the Embassy Suites in Brookfield, Wisconsin. A packed main ballroom greeted the honorees for the festivities emceed by the comedic and talented Ray Underwood.
Jeff Fischer of Grandstand Video opened the program with a wonderfully done video showing IRA's humble beginnings fifty years ago, to how and where the series is now, showing a cast of characters that helped form the IRA.
Jeremy Schultz was honored as Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints Champion. In 29 starts Schultz scored a pair of A-main wins, 17 top 5's, and 22 top 10's. Schultz, a former IRA Rookie of the Year also won his 3rd Wilmot Raceway 410 Sprint title this season, and who is a former MSA 360 Champion, piloted his #5j Maxim supported by his father Jerry Schultz, with talented a crew led by chassisman Dan Nesper and engine tuner Dave Ranthum. It's a true family operation as Jeremy's brothers Jason & Cory are big pieces of the crew. In addition to the $10,300 champion's check Schultz went home with a new Maxim chassis, a set of All Pro cylinder head castings, a Walker air filter system, an incredible original metal photo by Dave Olson of Studio 360, and much more.
Scotty Thiel came home just 80 points behind to finish in the runnerup slot over perennial IRA title contender Scotty Neitzel, with Bill Balog, and Kyle Marten completing the top 5.
Balog, who led the series with 11 wins, and 8 Osborn & Son Trucking Fast Times was presented a special award by Larry Hillerud of SLS Promotions, a custom laser cut trophy for his inaugural World of Outlaw series win, the first ever by a IRA driver, which came back in June at Beaver Dam Raceway.
7th place finishing Matt Vandervere was named the Carriage Auto Body Most Improved Driver on th 410 side. Ranthum the Mechanix Wear Mechanic of the Year Award, while Thiel's #64 edged the Cowman/Reinke #02 for Best Appearing Car honors. Long time series supporter Ken Iles of Carriage Auto Body received the 410 IRA Dedication Award.
Todd Lehr captured the Meyer Valves & Vacs Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series title and did so in dominating fashion picking up 7 A-main wins and setting 9 fast times in just 16 events. Lehr credited much of his success to the efforts of crew chief Tony Jenkins. 2016 marked the second season overall for the series which is anchored at Wilmot Raceway, but the first under IRA sanction.
Lehr topped inaugural series champ Doug Schenck, rookie sensation Derek Crane, with Alan Hafford, and Mike Sullivan completing the top five. Crane who captured 3 series wins was named Rookie of the Year, while James Walldan the Most Improved Driver honors. Greg Buric of Wm. M. Meyer & Sons was honored with the series Dedication Award.
The father & son duo of Tom & Gared Tennyson who handle the souvenir side for IRA were honored as co-recipients of the annual Rick Schmidt Memorial IRA Member of the Year Award.
Kyle Marten also won a Maxim chassis as all 26 teams eligible teams were present and all shared in the contingency portion of the program which featured great support from so many companies. Thanks to Behling's, HRP, Lane, R&H, Velocity for their gracious assistance with that program.
IRA SecretaryTreasuer Kim Tennyson honored IRA President Steve Sinclair with a personalized bottle of Gentleman Jack for his 24 years heading up the IRA.
The night was a memorable one, and many special thanks go to the entire Tennyson family, and Tiffany Taylor for their tireless efforts in creating a special event.
IRA would like to thank long time series sponsor Bumper To Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, Osborn & Son Trucking, Hoosier Tire, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, Carriage Auto Body, and Wm. M. Meyer & Sons for their support.

Bumper To Bumper Outlaw Sprint Series 75% Point Fund eligible team point standings.
1. Jeremy Schultz 2. Scotty Thiel 3. Scotty Neitzel 4. Bill Balog 5. Kyle Marten 6. Blake Nimee 7. Matt Vandervere 8. Mike Reinke 9. Wayne Modjeski 10. Scott Uttech 11. Ben Schmidt 12. Dennis Spitz 13. Kris Spitz 14. Steve Meyer 15. Russel Borland 16. Bill Wirth 17. Mike Decker

Meyer Valves & Vacs Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series, eligible team point standings.
1. Todd Lehr 2. Doug Schenck 3. Derek Crane 4. Alan Hafford 5. Mike Sullivan 6. Chris Klemko 7. James Walldan 8. George Gaertner Jr 9. Dan Wade

Some fast facts regarding the 2016 Interstate Racing Association (IRA) season.

 IRA celebrated its’ 50th anniversary season by expanding to two divisions of Sprint Cars in 2016. The established Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series completed 29 of the 35 races scheduled and contested at 14 different venues throughout Wisconsin and northern Illinois. 13 different drivers visited victory lane with Jeremy Schultz being crowned the champion. Schultz had 2 feature wins, 17 top 5’s, and 22 top 10’s. New to the IRA banner this year was the Meyer Valves & Vacs Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series which utilizes Wilmot Raceway as its’ home track, but also competed 3 times at Angell Park Speedway. This division is actually in its’ 2nd year, though 2016 was the first under the IRA sanction. The GM604 based wingLESS group completed 16 of 20 events and had 7 different feature winners, led by champion Todd Lehr’s 7 visits to victory lane. 17 winged 410 teams met participation requirements, while 9 wingLESS teams hit the mark making them point fund eligible. The IRA Outlaws still boast one of the strongest member car counts per event in all of sprint car racing, averaging just under 30. While the upstart wingLESS group was at a 16 average. 2017 is already well into the planning stages with both groups expected to grow even more.

Schultz had a solid season picking up both his wins at Sheboygan County Fair Parks’ Plymouth Dirt Track. Capturing the dash win with in the co-sanctioned event with the All Stars at Wilmot on TV was a feather in the young chargers hat as well. Schultz also claimed the Wilmot Raceway track championship this year, his third. Schultz topped fellow 360 graduate Scotty Thiel in the point chase by a mere 86 points. Thiel grabbed 3 feature wins including a pair of wins at Angell Park, and one at Plymouth. Scotty Neitzel, a past 2-time IRA Champion and perennial title contender scored 2 wins enroute to yet another solid points finish, scoring wins at Manitowoc and Dodge Co. Bill Balog visited IRA victory lane 11 times, truly remarkable. Balog’s 19 top 5’s kept him in 4th place despite missing a few races. Balog topped many of IRA’s premier events including the Bill Waite Jr Memorial at LaSalle, Jerry Richert Memorial at Cedar Lake, Northern Nationals at Amsoil/Superior, and the Roger Iles Tribute Kenosha County Fair weekend at Wilmot. Young Kyle Marten topped another youngster in Blake Nimee, and the much improved Matt Vandervere for 5th in the point chase as just 20 points separated 5th to 7th. Mike Reinke, a surging Wayne Modjeski, and Scott Uttech completed the top ten. Other Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series event winners included Steve Meyer and Mike Kertscher who each scored 2, plus Parker Price-Miller, Brandon Wimmer, Carson Macedo, Dusty Zomer, Brad Loyet, plus Danny Holtgraver and Donny Schatz in co-sanctioned races with the All Stars and World of Outlaws respectively. Ben Schmidt, Dennis Spitz, Kris Spitz, Meyer, Russel Borland, Bill Wirth, and Mike Decker are the other point fund eligible drivers.

Lehr was the winningest (7) driver in the wingLESS class leading him to the title including the sweep of the Angell Park events. Last years champ Doug Schenck grabbed 1 win to go along with numerous consistent runs to finish in the runnerup slot. Impressive dirt track rookie Derek Crane captured 3 features enrote to a very solid 3rd place showing. Past 410 racer Allen Hafford came home 4th over past Wilmot Modified Champion Mike Sullivan. Chris Klemko, James Walldan, George Gaertner, and Dan Wade finished 6th thru 9th and complete the point fund eligibility list. Other race winners in the Meyer Vacs & Valves Wisconsin wingLESS Sprint Series included Craig Lager, Jordan Mattson, Tommy Sexton with 1 each, while Minnesota traveler Jimmy Kouba scored 2.

The IRA Banquet is slated for Saturday November 19th at the Brookfied Inn & Suites / Embassy Suites in Brookfield, WI. Discounted tickets are available if ordered (postmarked) by today, otherwise regular price tickets are available beginning tomorrow (Oct 4). See www.irasprints.com and/or www.wisconsinwingless.com for details.

Special Thanks to Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Carriage Auto Body, and Cummins Onan as associate point fund sponsors.

50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON CONCLUDES FOR THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS WITH THE CHECKERED FLAG CLASSIC AT THE DODGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS THIS SATURDAY!

FAST CARS, AND POINT CHASES, MEANS BIG ACTION AT THE DODGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS HORSEPOWER HALF-MILE THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!

September 27, 2016; Appleton, WI – The 50th Anniversary season for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will draw to a close this Saturday night in a big way. The Checkered Flag Classic will be held at one of the largest, and fastest tracks on the IRA tour as the Winged 900 horsepower machines invade the Dodge County Fairgrounds half-mile clay oval located just three miles east of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

Tight point battles in several top ten positions within the IRA Sprint series standings will add additional drama to an already action-packed program that will also feature the final point night for the MSA 360 Sprints.

Fans will get event more high-speed action with the addition of Late Models to the program. This gives fans a chance to see the fastest cars on clay, both open-wheeled and fendered. The Late Model portion of the show will showcase the fastest full-bodied cars to race in the state. If speed is the attraction the Dodge County Fairgrounds needs to be your destination this Saturday night.

Heading into the program the 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series title is still on the line but it’s currently in the hands of 2013 Rookie of the Year Jeremy Schultz to seal the deal and bring home the title. Schultz, who wrapped up his third Wilmot Raceway Sprint Car title last weekend comes into the show with an 86 point lead on his nearest rival Scotty Thiel.

To make the crown his Schultz needs to lock himself in the main event and take the green flag, once that happens he will earn his first career Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series title. Schultz will have earned the crown with an impressive 22 top ten finishes in 29 starts, and 17 top five performances which included a streak of nine straight top five runs during the mid-portion of the 2016 campaign.

Thiel remains a mathematical possibility for the championship but he will need help. Not only will he have to increase his odds by claiming the victory, which would be his fourth of the season, he will need to see Schultz have some bad luck and somehow miss the main event.

No matter the outcome Thiel has a breakout season with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints this year having collected three victories including back to back wins during a weekend main event sweep back in mid-June.

However, the closest point battle among the leaders will determine the fifth through seventh position. Last season’s Rookie of the Year Kyle Marten holds down the fifth spot with a 17-point gap on Blake Nimee. Marten has remained consistent throughout the year while Nimee has been hampered by various mechanical troubles and plain bad luck. For either driver, a top five point finish is a solid foundation heading into 2017.

Not to be counted out of the battle of Matt Vandervere. The young charger had turned in an impressive season and has showcased his developing talent. Whatever the outcome for Vandervere the 2016 season will go into the books as a breakout year for the talented racer. Vandervere is a mere 20 points back from the fifth spot.

The other battle to watch for is for the final top ten position.

Scott Uttech currently has the spot by 13 points over Ben Schmidt. Uttech who competes on a modest budget had performed well when avoiding mechanical ills that have plagued his late season performances. Schmidt on the other had made a dramatic comeback after losing a ride with a race team he had been with for years. Schmidt has driven the 2016 schedule behind the wheel with four different race teams before landing a ride owned by Brandon Thone.

A top ten finish for either driver is perhaps salvation for a rather trying year.

Other drivers expected to make some noise this Saturday night include Scotty Neitzel. The two-time Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series champ won the most recent IRA event at the track held back in August and confidence is high in the Neitzel camp for a repeat.

Mike Kertscher is another driver to watch having won two events over the past two weekends. First, he outran Mike Reinke for the victory at the Beaver Dam Raceway in the most recent IRA event that was held two weeks ago. Then he captured the win on championship night at Wilmot Raceway. A victory at Dodge County Fairgrounds would allow Kertscher to conclude his season running the table with three straight wins.

Reinke who pressured Kertscher at Beaver Dam is running his 25th season in motorsports and would like to close out the campaign with a victory. Reinke has three runner-up performances this year but thus far a victory has eluded him. Remarkably quick, Reinke remains one of the hardest charging drivers on the circuit and the Dodge County Fairgrounds track plays directly to his driving style.

Add to the mix seven-time series champ Bill Balog who is seeking to earn one more win this year to close out the season with an even dozen checkered flags to his credit.

Fans can witness all the drama this Saturday Night, October 1st at the Dodge County Fairgrounds.

The event will showcase the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints which will be joined by the MSA/PDTR 360’s and area WDLMA Late Models.

Pit Gates will open at 3:00 pm, spectator gates open 5:00 pm, with warm-ups at 6pm with hot laps to follow, qualifying is set for 6:45 pm with racing to follow at the completion of qualifying.

Spectator Admission is $25 for adults, with children ages 6-12 admitted for $5. Children ages 5 and younger are FREE with an adult admission.

The Dodge County Fairgrounds is located on highway 33, just 2 miles east of Beaver Dam and just west of highway 26.

For additional information please see http://www.dodgecountyfairgrounds.com

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

KERTSCHER FENDS OFF REINKE, COLLECTS SCOTT SEMMELMANN MEMORIAL AT BEAVER DAM RACEWAY IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT ACTION!

KERTSCHER VICTORY STOPS BALOG BEAVER DAM RACEWAY VICTORY STREAK! SCHULTZ ZEROS IN ON BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT SERIES TITLE!

September 17, 2016; Beaver Dam, WI – The intensity ratcheted up as the season is winding down in Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car series action. Following the action during of the 2nd Annual Scott Semmelmann memorial race held at Beaver Dam Raceway 2013 IRA Sprint Series Rookie of the Year Jeremy Schultz is close to wrapping up the series title but while Schultz is winning the war the evening’s battle was captured by Mike Kertscher.

Kertscher known for his hard-charging driving style blew past early race leader Todd Daun coming off a restart early in the contest and then was able to fend off the challenges of Mike Reinke to claim the victory in the evening’s 30 lap headliner.

Heavy rain throughout the week left the racing surface on the third-mile clay oval tacky throughout the evening rewarding drivers that had the courage to keep the right foot planted in their 900 horsepower machines.

Kertscher and Reinke excelled in that area taking their battle to the front of the pack while fighting through lapped traffic. When the checkered flag fell it was Kertscher who was victorious for the second time this season with Reinke in the second spot less than two car lengths behind. Steve Meyer who joins Kertscher with two event wins this season finished solidly in the final podium spot after fending off the challenges of seven-time series champ Bill Balog.

Balog came into the night having won every 410 Winged Sprint event this season at Beaver Dam Raceway having tallied up three wins in Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint action as week as having captured the World of Outlaws event. Tonight he had the chance to sweep the season but came up just a bit short after advancing from his 10th place starting spot.

Meanwhile, the season long point battle became a bit clearer as current point leader finished ahead of his nearest point rivals. All three title contenders finished in the top ten, but it was Schultz, with his fifth place finish who took a major step in securing his first IRA title. The two-time Wilmot Raceway and former 360 sprint car title champion now holds a solid point lead heading into the final event of the season at the Dodge County Fairgrounds in two weeks. Schultz will have to qualify for, and take the green flag in the final A-main of the year to secure the crown.

With a solid late season showing of 34 participants the field was narrowed down to the 24 fastest drivers for the start of the 30 lap Scott Semmelmann memorial race.

With tons of bite thanks to a heaping of moisture throughout the week, the third-mile clay oval was still full of grip as the main event began. Wheel stands added to the action throughout the contest.

Before the first lap could be completed an accordion effect in mid-pack resulted in contact between several cars with Jereme Schroeder ultimately having the worst outcome hitting one of the infield tires in turn three before coming to a halt drawing a caution and forcing a restart of the race.

When the action did finally get underway it was polesitter Todd Daun blasting into the lead with Kertscher who had started outside the front row dropping into the second spot and immediately applying pressure to the leader. Reinke who had started in the second row assumed the third position ahead of Matt Juhl who made the long trek from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Juhl’s evening would come to a grinding halt on lap six as he became involved in wild three-car melee which resulted in Ben Schmidt and Trey Datweiler both flipping down the backstretch resulting in a red flag. Schmidt who had been doing battle with Juhl for a top five spot took a wild end over end tumble but quickly crawled from his machine uninjured. All three drivers retired from the contest and the race resumed after the clean-up.

When the green flag returned Daun came under immediate pressure from Kertscher. Kertscher wasted no time in getting to the front diving under Daun in turn two and completing the pass before lap seven began.

The race was slowed for the second time when the caution appeared on lap ten when Kris Spitz came to a halt in turn two on the tenth lap. It was the final slowdown of the event.

The green flag quickly returned and Kertscher went back to setting the pace. The second spot changed hands as Reinke got a solid run on Daun powering into the second spot.

At the halfway point in the contest, Kertscher was out front beginning to work lapped traffic with Reinke, Daun, Meyer and Balog holding down the top five spots.

The battle between Kertscher and Reinke intensified as the final ten circuits began as Reinke had closed the gap and awaited any miscue by Kertscher as the leader negotiated lapped cars.

On lap 23 Daun gave up the final podium spot as Meyer advanced to third bringing Balog with him. Daun would fade throughout the closing laps.

With four laps to go lapped traffic began to hinder Kertscher allowing Reinke to make an attempt on the lead, but Kertscher made a daring move between lapped cars and once he was able to thread the needle past them he extended his gap on Reinke.

Over the closing laps, Reinke was again able to reel in Kertscher but Kertscher remained flawless to secure the win by a three car lengths. Reinke had to settle for second. Meyer meanwhile had his hand full with Balog in the third spot but he held tight to the position with the veteran racer earning the third position.

Balog crossed the line in fourth, and while he was unable to sweep the season in 410 sprint action at the track he did complete every race in the top five.

Schultz completed the top five finishers having bested his nearest point rival Scotty Thiel who crossed the line in the sixth spot. Thiel remains the only driver with a mathematical chance to unseat Schultz from the top of the point standings during the final race of the year.

Blake Nimee, who had captured the B-main turned in a solid showing with a seventh place finish while Daun, the early race leader, faded to the eighth spot.

Todd Hepfner making a rare start this season completed the contest in ninth followed by Scotty Neitzel who completed the top ten finishers.

Attrition took it’s toll late in the race with cars pulling into the infield every couple laps. 14 of the 24 starters were able to complete the contest.

Earlier in the program, the B-main was hotly contested for the final transfer spots. Nimee had dominated the contest followed by Kris Spitz and Johnny Fahl. Scott Uttech had been in the final transfer spot until the last lap when he came to a halt giving the final transfer position to Datweiler.

Heat race victories were captured this evening by Juhl, Daun, Reinke and Kertscher.

Wayne Modjeski was one of the last cars to qualify and he turned in a blistering lap of 11.829 seconds to take top honors. That lap bumped Balog into the second spot after pacing most of the qualifying session with a lap of 11.972 seconds. Nimee was the only other driver to crack the 12-second barrier earning the third fastest time of the night with a lap of 11.997 seconds

The series has one week off before concluding the 2016 racing season on Saturday Night October 1st at the Dodge County Fairgrounds in Beaver Dam, WI.

The show will feature the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints along with the MSA 360 Sprint series and the WDLMA Late Models.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Remaining 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

10/1/2016 – Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 80K-Mike Kertscher[2]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke[3]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer[5]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[9]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[7]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel[12]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee[11]; 8. 19-Todd Daun[1]; 9. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner[13]; 10. 2W-Scott Neitzel[14]; 11. 99-Kyle Marten[16]; 12. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[10]; 13. 10V-Matt Vandevere[20]; 14. 73-Brandon McMullen[15]; 15. (DNF) 7V-Tim Vandervere[21]; 16. (DNF) 0-John Fahl[23]; 17. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech[6]; 18. (DNF) 01-Chris Dodd[19]; 19. (DNF) 53W-Bill Wirth[18]; 20. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz[22]; 21. (DNF) 09-Matt Juhl[4]; 22. (DNF) 59-Ben Schmidt[8]; 23. (DNF) 23D-Trey Datweiler[24]; 24. (DNF) 43-Jereme Schroeder[17]

Behling Racing Equipment B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 2. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 3. 0-John Fahl[2]; 4. 23D-Trey Datweiler[5]; 5. 21H-Tim Haddy[7]; 6. 15M-Justin Miller[10]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech[3]; 8. 55-Jeff Ludwig[9]; 9. (DNF) 7Y-Mitchel Yurmanovich[11]; 10. (DNF) 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; 11. (DNF) 14X-Scott Hatton[4]; (DNS) 65-Jordan Goldesberry; (DNS) 1-Joe (Doc) Probst; (DNS) 32-Jeremy Hunt

Real Wheels Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 09-Matt Juhl[4]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 3. 10V-Matt Vandevere[7]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder[1]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[6]; 6. 21H-Tim Haddy[8]; 7. 7Y-Mitchel Yurmanovich[9]; 8. (DNF) 0-John Fahl[3]; 9. (DNF) 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 19-Todd Daun[2]; 2. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner[4]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[5]; 6. 1-Joe (Doc) Probst[1]; 7. 23D-Trey Datweiler[7]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; (DNS) 32-Jeremy Hunt

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 02-Mike Reinke[4]; 2. 73-Brandon McMullen[3]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer[5]; 4. 53W-Bill Wirth[1]; 5. 7V-Tim Vandervere[7]; 6. 55-Jeff Ludwig[8]; 7. (DNF) 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 8. (DNF) 14X-Scott Hatton[2]

R&H Enterprises Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 80K-Mike Kertscher[4]; 2. 99-Kyle Marten[2]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[5]; 4. 01-Chris Dodd[1]; 5. 59-Ben Schmidt[6]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech[3]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 8. 15M-Justin Miller[8]

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 11.829[31]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog, 11.972[6]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, 11.997[22]; 4. 59-Ben Schmidt, 12.010[20]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.071[29]; 6. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.116[15]; 7. 85M-Steve Meyer, 12.134[33]; 8. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.138[3]; 9. 09-Matt Juhl, 12.173[7]; 10. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner, 12.196[14]; 11. 02-Mike Reinke, 12.211[9]; 12. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 12.231[11]; 13. 0-John Fahl, 12.321[34]; 14. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 12.322[28]; 15. 73-Brandon McMullen, 12.332[2]; 16. 7-Scott Uttech, 12.378[5]; 17. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.379[19]; 18. 19-Todd Daun, 12.413[30]; 19. 14X-Scott Hatton, 12.418[26]; 20. 99-Kyle Marten, 12.490[1]; 21. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 12.520[25]; 22. 1-Joe (Doc) Probst, 12.520[27]; 23. 53W-Bill Wirth, 12.541[21]; 24. 01-Chris Dodd, 12.558[17]; 25. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 12.634[4]; 26. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 12.732[16]; 27. 7V-Tim Vandervere, 12.816[12]; 28. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.860[13]; 29. 21H-Tim Haddy, 12.961[23]; 30. 41-Dennis Spitz, 12.961[32]; 31. 55-Jeff Ludwig, 13.461[10]; 32. 15M-Justin Miller, 13.540[24]; 33. 7Y-Mitchel Yurmanovich, 13.752[18]; 34. 32-Jeremy Hunt[8]

THE END IS NEAR! IT’S TIME TO MAKE A POINT! BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS HEAD TO BEAVER DAM RACEWAY THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!

TWO RACES REMAIN IN 2016 POINT CHASE FOR THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS!

September 15, 2016; Appleton, WI – It’s been a hectic season for the drivers of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series.

28 races are already in the books and two events remain on the 2016 season schedule. The first event is this Saturday evening at Beaver Dam Raceway with the running of the 2nd annual Scott Semmelman Memorial race. The season finale will be held two weeks later on Saturday night October 1st at the Dodge County Fairgrounds

While the goal of any driver is to win races, but attention has also focused on the season point standings. The battle isn’t just for the championship but for as high a position as possible.

In Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series action, there is a very complex system of earning points based on performance. As a base, a driver can earn a maximum of 150 points for their finishing position in qualifying, heat races, and the main events. In addition, points are awarded for passing. Winning the main event itself will earn a driver 65 points. The difference between first and last in the main event is 48 points. There are many ways to both gain and lose points to another driver.

With that information, we can begin to decipher just where the point battles lie.

Looking down from the top Jeremy Schultz heads the way with an 82 point advantage. Schultz, who has racked up a pair of titles at Wilmot Raceway and has earned championships in 360 sprint action before joining the IRA back in 2013 does not have a mathematical lock on the title. However, the crown is his for the taking if he can put together a good performance at either of the remaining 2016 events. For Schultz it’s simple, earn a spot in the A-mains and run a solid race. That will be the key to his first career Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series title.

Scotty Thiel remains a title threat but for Thiel to steal the point lead he will have to win. Thiel’s first career IRA victory was earned at Beaver Dam Raceway in August of 2014 so he has done well at the track. This season Thiel notched three victories and had led the standings during the first half of the season.

However is has been Schultz who then turned in an amazing string of nine straight top five finishes starting in mid-June who has climbed to the top. Schultz took over the top of the standings with that performance by early August.

Though not mathematically eliminated two-time series champion Scotty Neitzel has an outside shot of a third crown but to earn such accolades Neitzel would not only have to sweep the final two races, but misfortune would have to befall both Schultz and Thiel. Neitzel, who is 154 markers from the lead, will likely finish third in the season standings.

Seven-time IRA champ, Bill Balog has been an influence this season in spite of missing several contests. He has racked up 11 victories. He’s fourth in the standings in spite of missing five events.

While the battle at the front has been interesting, perhaps the tightest battle lies in the fifth through ninth positions where a mere 101 points separate the spots.

2015 Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series Rookie of the Year Kyle Marten holds down the fifth spot by a mere 28 markers over young charger Matt Vandervere. Both drivers are having the best season of their careers in IRA competition and nailing down that final top five spot would make for a solid chapter in their IRA history book.

Just behind the pair in the seventh spot is Blake Nimee. Nimee who had a banner year last season when he won his first two career IRA victories has been hampered this year by bad luck. Still, the hard charging racer from Northern Illinois has maintained a top ten position in the points and has a shot at the top five sitting 31 markers behind Marten and just 10 behind Vandervere.

In eighth currently, resides veteran racer Mike Reinke who is celebrating his 25th year behind the wheel. Reinke missed several events this year choosing to focus on racing at various events that he’s attended in his impressive career. Reinke is not one to chase points but rather wins. He is 101 markers behind Marten who holds the fifth spot. For Reinke, a victory at either of the two remaining races would be a greater thrill than a higher position in the standings.

Three drivers are battling for two spots to stay inside the top ten.

Currently in ninth is Wayne Modjeski who has the position by 38 points over Scott Uttech who holds down the final top ten position.

Ben Schmidt is the outside driving looking in. Schmidt who has driven cars for four different teams has seemed to find a home in a ride owned by Brandon Thone. Since he’s taken the wheel for that team he’s climbed back up the standings from being nearly outside the top 20, to having a shot at cracking the top ten. He would have to gain 33 points on Uttech to do so.

The last item of interest is a family rivalry for bragging rights. Kris Spitz holds a 22 point advantage on his father Dennis to maintain the 12th spot. The question will be which of the Spitz family sits in the top dozen and which earns the lucky 13th place position!

The program this Saturday night at Beaver Dame Raceway will feature the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints.

Joining IRA will be Legends, Grand Nationals, and Modifieds for a full evening of racing action.

Pits will open at 3:30pm with the grandstands opening at 4:30pm. Racing is set to take place at 6:30pm.

Tickets are just $20 for adults, $10 for students age 6-11 and kids 5 and younger are free. Qualifying begins at 5 p.m., with racing to follow.

Event information can be found on the Beaver Dam Raceway website at www.wismotorsports.net or by calling the track at (920) 887-1600. Beaver Dam Raceway is located on Racetrack Road just east of the intersection of Hwy 151 and 33 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Remaining 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

9/17/2016 – Beaver Dam Raceway – Beaver Dam, WI

10/1/2016 – Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

BALOG MAKES THE 16th ANNUAL RICHERT MEMORIAL VERY MEMORABLE
New Richmond, WI The 16th annual running of the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series sanctioned Jerry Richert Memorial will go down as one of the most memorable sprint car events ever contested at Cedar Lake Speedway. The main reason was simply following the night of Bill Balog. After nearly crashing on his first qualifying lap in turns 3-4, he rebounded to record second quick time over the twenty-six car field on his second lap. While challenging for second in his heat, Balog and Blake Nimee had contact with both crashing and Balog actually flipping over the wall but landing on his wheels in the grass just outside the turn 2. Then after making repairs and starting 18th in the A-main, and capitalizing on a few early yellows, The North Pole Nightmare would put on one of the most determined charges in modern IRA competition enroute to winning one of IRA's most prestigeous events, the 16th annual Jerry Richert Memorial, and the $4000 pay day that comes with it.
Travis Whitney and Mike Reinke swapped the lead at the start with Whitney taking the point only to spin from the lead with four laps in. Third running Brooke Tatnell also pulled in early with mechanical woes. Reinke would then lead with challenges from Tasker Phillips, that battle was halted when Kris Spitz had something break entering turn one bringing out another yellow. Balog thundered to the outside on both early restarts roaring around several cars each time keeping the lead pack in his sites. Reinke made some contact with the front stretch wall hindering his handling and he began to fade allowing Phillips to take the lead with Reinke trying to fend off Jeremy Schultz, Davey Heskin, Ben Schmidt, Scotty Thiel, Scotty Neitzel, and a charging Balog. Phillips continued to lead while Balog continued to rim-ride his way forward. Reinke was fading as Schultz and Heskin moved ahead while Balog continued his mission, and once he cleared Heskin and Schultz, it was only time before he reeled in Phillips. Despite Phillips driving an excellent race, Balog was not going to be denied as he rocketed to the front in the races final laps completing one of the most impressive charges ever witnessed by many. Philips came a solid third with Schultz edging a challenging Thiel in a (scoring loop) finish for third. Heskin ounded out a very fast top five. Schmidt and Reinke came home sixth and seventh respectively while Matt Vandervere charged his way from the back to score eighth, with Steve Meyer and Wayne Modjeski rounding out the top ten. IRA title contender Scotty Neitzel limped home 11th wih front end damage while Whitney rebounded to 12th. Twenty cars were still running at the finish.
Heskin set fast time while Schmidt, Scott Bogucki, and Kyle Marten won heats. Schultz leads Thiel and Neitzel in the point chase with two events remaining, Sept 17 at Beaver Dam Raceway, and October 1 at the Dodge County Fairgrounds.
A-main finish: 1. Bill Balog, Tasker Phillips, Jeremy Schultz, Scotty Thiel, Davey Heskin, Ben Schmidt, Mike Reinke, Matt Vandervere, Steve Meyer, Wayne Modjeski, Scotty Neitzel, Travis Whitney, Scott Uttech, Blake Nimee, Kyle Marten, Rob Caho, Dave Glennon, Leigh Thomas, Tim Vandervere, Dennis Spitz, Kris Spitz, Joe Symoens, Brooke Tatnell, Scott Bogucki

BALOG SIMPLY SUPERIOR AT NORTHERN NATIONALS

Superior, WI The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series make their annual longest tow each year as they headline the Northern Nationals at Amsoil Speedway in Superior, WI. When the checkered flag waved it was Bill Balog that was superior. Ben Schmidt led from first six laps before fourth running Davey Heskin spun and was hit by Steve Meyer. Heskin would be done for the night, while Meyer changed a tire and restarted at the tail. Balog made his move to the lead a few laps later and truly set sail putting in a dominating performance in front of the standing room only crowd. Schmidt would continue in second while a tremendous battle for positions throughout the top ten were hotly contested. Balog checked out as the race went all green for the final 24 laps. Schmidt had a very solid run again coming home second just a car length ahead of Scotty Neitzel who edged Scotty Thiel in a great battle for third. Blake Nimee charged to a solid fifth place finish over a fading Jeremy Schultz who ran much of the race in third. Scott Uttech came home a strong seventh holding off a determined Kyle Marten, whileKris Spitz and Wayme Modjeski rounded out the top ten. Heskin set fast time overthe 20 car field,with hat wins going to Meyer, Thiel, and Nimee. A-main finish: 1. Bill Balog, Ben Schmidt, Scotty Neitzel, Scotty Thiel, Blake Nimee, Jeremy Schultz, Scott Uttech, Kyle Marten, Kris Spitz, Wayne Modjeski, Ozzie Wiesner, Rob Caho, Seve Meyer, Dennis Spitz, Tim Vandervere, Mike Decker, Patrick Heikkinen, Davey Heskin, Matt Vandervere.

BALOG OUT DUELS McCARL IN 141 THRILLER
9/4 Francis Creek, WI Bill Balog demonstrated once again why he has been one of the winningest sprint car drivers in the country over the past several years as he ran down a fleet Austin McCarl and overtook the young second generation driver enroute to scoring yet another thrilling victory as the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series visited 141 Speedway. McCarl started from the pole and jumped out an immediate lead on a very fast and tacky 141 surface. Fourth starting Balog slid past Mike Reinke and Ben Schmidt and proceeded with his relentless pursuit of McCarl.
The two numbered seventeen machines put on a great show for the lead, while Schmidt, Reinke, and Scotty Thiel battled hard within the top five just a few car lengths behind the lead duo. Another great battle within the top ten waged between title contenders Scotty Neitzel and Jeremy Schultz plus young chargers Blake Nimee, Brandon McMullen, and Kyle Marten.
McCarl struggled with the fourth turn cushion which allowed Balog to dive under him and slid into the lead durig the final stages. McCarl tried to battle back but with no avail. Schmidt came home a solid third edging Reinke and Thiel who put on a great battle for fourth. Neitzel, Schultz, Nimee, Marten, and a charging Todd Daun completed a very fast top ten.
Balog set fast time over the 29 car field, with Thiel, Wayne Modjeski, and McMullen winning the heats. Daun captured the B-main.
IRA is supported by Bumper To Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, Hoosier, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Carriage Auto Body. Schultz leads Thiel and Neitzel in the point chase going into yet another doubleheader weekend with two annual events on tap next, Friday's Northern Nationals at Amsoil Speedway in Superior, and the annual Jerry Rihert Memorial at Cedar Lake Saturday.
A-main Summary: 1. Bill Balog, Austin McCarl, Ben Schmidt, Mike Reinke, Scotty Thiel, Scotty Neitzel, Jeremy Schultz, Blake Nimee, Kyle Marten, Todd Daun, Brandon McMullen, Mike Kertscher, Ken Jay Fiedler, Kris Spitz, Mike Decker, Matt Vandervere, Lance Fassbender, Scott Uttech, Bill Wirth, Wayne Modjeski, Tim Haddy, TyBartz, Kurt Davis, Steve Meyer.

MEYER GETS LEAD REPRIEVE, WINS BATTLE WITH SCHULTZ FOR VICTORY IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT CONTEST AT ANGELL PARK!

MEYER SCORES SECOND WIN OF 2016 SEASON IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT ACTION, TAKING THE CHECKERED AT ANGELL PARK SPEEDWAY!

August 28, 2016; Sun Prairie, WI – Steve Meyer took the lead, lost the lead and then held tenaciously onto the lead in the closing stages of the main event Sunday evening at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

One month ago the veteran racer scored top honors at Langlade County Speedway snapping a winless streak that had dated back to 2007. Meyer had no intention of having such a dry spell again.

One month later he stood in victory lane here at Angell Park Speedway after fending off the challenges of title contender Jeremy Schultz.

Meyer was thrilled to be back in victory lane in what was a car he basically pulled out of retirement.

“We tore up a car a couple weeks ago and that one was junk. We all kind of looked around and everyone was wondering are we going to get a new one? I said no, what we are going to do is bring a car out we ran really good with three or four years ago. We had it in storage. I said let’s bring that car out, make a few changes to it. Seems like it paid off!”, exclaimed Meyer.

The battle for the win was full of drama.

Meyer had overhauled Jordan Goldesberry for the lead on lap 21 of the 30 lap A-main. On the next circuit, Goldesberry had a mechanical failure that sent his car head first into the turn one wall forcing a red flag.

On the restart Schultz got the jump on Meyer and flew into the lead but before the lap was complete Dennis Spitz spun in turn two placing Meyer back at the front of the field. Once the second restart Meyer was flawless fending off the challenges of Schultz to maintain the lead to the checkered flag to win by four car lengths.

“Steve was just a little better. I had showed him the nose on that last yellow. I had got by him had that stuck I think we would have won that thing. On that last restart he knew what I was going to do and he had a good start.

“I’m just glad to be back on the podium tonight after the melee last night. For us we’ll keep chugging along”, noted Schultz.

The podium was completed with Parker Price-Miller advancing up to the third spot after a torrid battle with seven-time IRA champion Bill Balog over the final circuits.

The 30 lap main event rolled off with 25 starters taking to the third-mile clay oval and the drivers saluted the fans at Angell Park Speedway for the final time this season.

It was Goldesberry who appeared to have things going his way when the race began. The hard charging racer from Springfield, Illinois launched from his outside front row starting berth into the initial lead as Meyer who had started on the outside front row filtered into the second spot.

Just four laps were in the books when the first caution flew when Tim Vandervere spun in turn two.

The race quickly resumed with Goldesberry, Meyer, Schultz and Balog running in tight formation. Goldesberry had just begun to open a small advantage on the field when the caution flew again, this time for Ben Schmidt who wound up against the turn one wall.

Schmidt who had a successful showing the night before with a solid showing at Knoxville Raceway found himself unceremoniously hauled away on the back of a wrecker this evening after running inside the top ten.

When again began again Goldesberry went back to setting the pace and as before he began to open a gap on Meyer who was unable to match the leaders pace.

By the halfway point Goldesberry had opened a dozen car length lead before he encountered lapped traffic. Meyer meanwhile narrowly avoided having his evening go awry as he tagged the wall on the backstretch allowing third running Schultz to reel him in. Meyer was able to gather up his ride and continued on.

As lapped traffic got thicker Meyer began to reel in Goldesberry who was unable to match his earlier pace. By lap 20 Meyer had closed within striking distance and on the next lap, Meyer made a well-timed pass to take over the lead spot.

Goldesberry appeared to rally and sought a way back to his former lead position but on the next circuit, calamity struck. Heading into turn one Goldesberry had something break on the front end of his car sending him hard into the turn one wall. The red flag was quickly shown due to the severity of the impact.

After a moment Goldesberry climbed from his battered vehicle uninjured but obviously done for the evening.

The field pushed off again and after the green flag returned. Schultz was quick to react getting the jump on Meyer. Schultz darted to the bottom of the track and came away with the lead but second later the caution flew as Dennis Spitz got crossed up exiting turn two.

The caution gave Meyer a reprieve, negating the pass by Schultz thus returning him to the top spot for the restart.

When the race began again Meyer wasted no time, launching out ahead of Schultz as the green flag waved. Behind the lead pair Balog was running third pressure by Price-Miller who had advanced up from his 10th place starting spot.

Meyer’s pace out front allowed him to slowed pull away from Schultz and attention focused on the battle between Balog and Price-Miller. With just two laps to go Price-Miller found room under Balog to annex the third spot and he quickly closed the gap on Schultz.

Meyer quickly brought the race to it’s conclusion accepting the victory by four car lengths over Schultz. Price Miller reached the line in third another two car lengths behind.

Balog claimed the fourth position after having won the Bill Waite Jr. Memorial at LaSalle Speedway last evening. Mike Reinke who spent the entire main event running in the top five completed a solid showing with a fifth place finish.

Blake Nimee who had earlier dominated his heat race crossed the line in sixth. Jim Moughan finished seventh followed by Scotty Neitzel, Chris Windom ,and Brandon McMullen.

20 of the 25 starters were still on track at the finish.

Heat race victories were captured by Jon B. Miller; Balog and Nimee.

The evening proved to be challenging for title contender Scotty Thiel. Thiel expired a motor during qualifying and the crew quickly changed engines. He was able to return to action for his heat race and promptly clicked off a second place finish putting him solidly in the feature.

Thiel was then running well within the top ten when he suddenly dropped from the contest when he lost oil pressure.

Thiel, along with Schultz and Neitzel are the remaining title contenders for the 2016 season championship.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints series continues with six events left on the 2016 season schedule. Next weekend will see two contests take place with a Friday Night show at the Plymouth Dirt Track during the running of the Sheboygan County Fair. Then on Sunday the series will head to 141 Speedway located just north of Francis Creek, Wisconsin.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Remaining 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

9/2/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

9/4/2016 – 141 Speedway – Francis Creek, WI

9/9/2016 – Amsoil Speedway – Superior, WI

9/10/2016 – Cedar Lake Speedway – New Richmond, WI

9/17/2016 – Beaver Dam Raceway – Beaver Dam, WI

10/1/2016 – Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series A-Main - (30 Laps) - 1. Steve Mayer; 2. Jeremy Schultz; 3. Parker Price-Miller; 4. Bill Balog; 5. Mike Reinke; 6. Blake Nimee; 7. Jim Moughan; 8. Scotty Neitzel; 9. Chris Windom; 10. Brandon McMullen; 11. Kyle Marten; 12. Kris Spitz; 13. Russel Borland; 14. John B. Miller; 15. Matt Vandervere; 16. Bill Wirth; 17. Wayne Modjeski; 18. Dennis Spitz; 19. Michael Decker; 20. Scott Uttech; 21. Scotty Thiel; 22. Tim Vandervere; 23. Jordan Goldesberry; 24. Ben Schmidt; 25. Dave Uttech

JOINING FORCES – BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS AND THE MIDWEST OPEN WHEEL ASSOCIATION PRESENT CO-SANCTIONED TWO STATE DOUBLEHEADER WEEKEND!

LA SALLE SPEEDWAY AND ANGELL PARK SPEEDWAY TO SEE LARGE FIELDS THANKS TO CO-SANCTIONED IRA VS MOWA SHOWDOWN!

August 25, 2016; Appleton, WI – Last weekend the teams of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint survived a grueling three-race weekend, they ran the gauntlet of back to back events at Wilmot Raceway and an epic joining of forces with the World of Outlaws at Angell Park Speedway.

This weekend the pressure continues as the title chase will rage on at a pair of joint sanctioned contests presented by the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints and the Midwest Open Wheel Associations.

The two organizations coming together will mean two things. Fierce competition and a large turnout of 410 sprint cars.

The first event of the doubleheader weekend is the 6th Annual Bill Waite Jr. Memorial Race held at the LaSalle Speedway on Saturday night August 27th, in north central Illinois. Of the pair of weekend events the show is closest to the southern Illinois homebase of the Midwest Open Wheel Association, which will be well represented as the teams challenge the best of the IRA for bragging rights.

Last year it was an outsider, Roger Crockett from Medford, Oregon who bested both the IRA and MOWA teams to earn the top prize in the Bill Waite Jr. Memorial. Earlier this season Parker-Price Miller won the opening race of the year for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints at LaSalle. However, it had been Bill Balog, the seven-time IRA champion who has earned the lion's share of prize money from the event having captured four checkered flags in the contests.

This year $5,000 is on the line for the winner and the top drivers from both organizations want to lay claim to the award.

The Bill Waite Jr. Memorial event is known as a fan favorite with a large number of off track activities including a special driver and race car photo session behind the grandstand at 4:30pm for fans arriving early at the track.

The throughout the night fans have a variety of ways to win prizes. T-shirt and Frisbee tosses will be held throughout the evening and fans can earn racing related items by filling out fan surveys.

On track action is set to get underway with hot laps at 6:00pm and the first racing action is scheduled for 7:00pm.

In addition to the large field of 410 sprints, Badger Midgets, Mini-Sprints and UMP Street Stocks will be adding to the action on the banked quarter-mile bullrings.

Tickets are $25 for adults and $5 for high-school students with ID. Children ages 13 and under are admitted for FREE with an adult.

The high-banked quarter-mile oval is located at E. 578 on U.S. Highway 6 in LaSalle, Illinois, which is just east of I-39 on Highway 6. The track is 60 miles west of Joliet, 80 miles east of the Quad Cities, 70 miles south of Rockford, and 60 miles north of Bloomington. The track can be reached by calling (815) 223-6900.

After the program, the teams will pack up and head north to Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

One week ago the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints joined forces with the World of Outlaws at the historic third-mile oval with multi-time WoO champion Donny Schatz claiming bragging rights.

This week's show will again showcase an outstanding field of 410 sprints and fans have the added benefit of saving an addition $5 off their admission ticket of they have a ticket stub from attending that event.

Normal adult admission is $20, while a student ticket is $15 for those ages 12 to 18. Children under the age of 12 are admitted FREE.

Again a ticket stub from the join IRA/WoO event last week will save an additional $5.

In addition to the 410 Sprints, Badger Midgets and Wisconsin Dirt Legends are on the card.

Hot laps are set to begin at 6:00pm with time trials and racing action to follow hot laps.

To reach the track, take the Highway 19 exit East off of Highway 151. Head through the town of Sun Prairie. On the east side of town take County Trunk N (Grove Street) south one block to Miller Drive. Turn onto Miller Drive and you will see the raceway.

Additional information can be found at www.angellparkspeedway.com

Point battles within the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints remain hotly contested as the season reaches it’s final month of action. On top of the current standings Jeremy Schultz leads the way with a 66 point advantage of Scotty Thiel. Two-time series champ Scotty Neitzel is just another 20 markers back as the trio continue to tussle for the 2016 crown.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

8/27/2016 – LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, IL

8/28/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

9/2/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

9/4/2016 – 141 Speedway – Francis Creek, WI

9/9/2016 – Amsoil Speedway – Superior, WI

9/10/2016 – Cedar Lake Speedway – New Richmond, WI

SCHATZ DOMINATES IRA/WORLD OF OUTLAWS CO-SANCTIONED CONTEST DURING CORNFEST AT ANGELL PARK SPEEDWAY!

SPRINTFEST MEETS CORNFEST AT ANGELL PARK WITH SCHATZ TAKING VICTORY IN FRONT OF STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD!

August 21, 2016; Sun Prairie, WI – It would be easy to run out of adjectives to describe just how wildly successful the joint sanctioned contest with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints and the Craftsman World of Outlaws was.

You simply had to be at Angell Park Speedway to understand the excitement, anticipation and thrills as the best drivers in open-wheeled racing descended upon the third-mile clay oval.

The show, run on Sunday evening during the Sun Prairie Corn Festival had a carnival-like atmosphere with the main attraction being the thrills only 900 horsepower winged can bring. It resulted in a standing room only crowd.

Donny Schatz from Minot, North Dakota turned in a dominating performance en route to victory in the 40 lap A-main outrunning Daryn Pittman to collect the first place prize of $10,000. Schatz a seven-time series champion and current point leader in the World of Outlaws nearly completed a sweep of the evening’s events.

He had started the night setting a new track record blistering around the track in 11.718 seconds. Later he captured his heat race and narrowly missed the sweep by claiming third in the dash an event captured by Pittman who would be the main nemesis of Schatz throughout the evening.

From the IRA standpoint, the tried and true blue collar racers which make up the lifeblood of the series fought valiantly against the World of Outlaws traveling professional racers.

Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint car teams had earned ten spots in the main event and showcased a race long battle between Mike Reinke, Scotty Neitzel and Bill Balog for bragging rights amongst the IRA series competitors. Reinke, in rim riding fashion, managed to fend off several challenges from Balog to earn an IRA best 12th place finish. Neitzel in the thick of a title hunt worked past a fading Balog late in the race to grab 13th overall and second among the IRA competitors.

Balog, Mike Kertscher, and Jeremy Schultz comprised the top five IRA runners when the checkered flag fell after 40 laps of A-main action.

The 40 lap headliner had it’s challenges to get underway.

Pittman who had started on the pole got the jump on Brad Sweet at the drop of the green flag leading the way to the stripe to complete the first circuit, Schatz who began the contest in third rumbled into the second position before the caution flew for Kertscher who came to a halt in turn four. Kertscher’s crew made quick repairs to his machine under yellow and he was able to rejoin the contest.

The race resumed with a double-wide restart but before a lap was completed Brandon McMullen jumped the cushion in turn one and tagged the wall resulting in a quick flip. For McMullen, it was an abrupt ending to an otherwise very successful night. Making just his second ever 410 sprint car start McMullen was impressive. The former 360 sprint champ qualified 14th quick among the 37 car field and had raced is way into the big show after a solid performance in his heat race. It was unfortunate his evening ended on lap one in the main event, with a 24th place official finish driving an Ozzie Weisner owned machine.

A single file restart proved successful and the main event continued.

Pittman looked to have the speed in the early going to keep Schatz at bay as the leaders worked through back markers. Sweet continued to hold down the third spot shadowing the lead duo.

On several occasions, Schatz appeared to get a run on Pittman only to be repelled by Pittman’s determination.

Amongst the IRA drivers Reinke was having a throwdown battle with Balog, as they, along with Nietzel were working to crack the top ten.

On lap 17, Scotty Thiel slammed the wall coming off turn four. The hard hit resulted in a red flag. Thiel was able to climb from his battered machine unhurt but his evening was done and he finished in the 22nd position.

The green flag returned and the final 23 laps completed without further incident. Schatz however, needed just one more circuit to overhaul Pittman for the top spot as he surged ahead into the lead down the backstretch on lap 18.

Once out front Schatz slowly increased his lead and accepted the checkered flag. Pittman earned the second spot finishing a dozen car lengths behind Schatz. Sweet managed the final podium spot after coming out on top of a spirited battle with David Gravel over the final circuits. Gravel and Logan Schuchart completed the top five.

Earlier in the night the current Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series point leader Jeremy Schultz captured top honors in B-main to advance to the main event. IRA drivers took three of the four transfer spots with Wayne Modjeski earning second, Greg Wilson third and Kyle Marten fourth.

The final transfer spot came down to a last-lap pass. Ben Schmidt had been running in the fourth positions but had been showing signs of struggling with handling problems in the waning laps. Schmidt suffered a flat tire on the final circuit allowing Marten to slip past for fourth. Schmidt’s fifth place finish made him the first alternate for the main event.

Heat race victories were captured by Schatz, Gravel, Shane Stewart and Joey Saldana.

Pittman captured the dash.

Schatz led the 37 car field in qualifying with a record setting 11.718-second tour of the raceway. Stewart’s 11.881 was second quick followed by Saldana with 11.926.

32 of the 37 drivers in attendance all qualified within a second of the fastest time set by Schatz.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints continues with a very busy late season schedule. Six events will take place over the next three weeks.

The season continues with the 6th Annual Bill Waite Jr. Memorial at LaSalle Speedway next Saturday night August 27th. The contest will be a jointly sanctioned show with the Midwest Open Wheel Association joining the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints.

The co-sanctioned format will continue on to Sunday Night, August 28th when an encore show will take place at Angell Park Speedway giving fans back to back weeks of 410 sprint action after a very successful program this week. Fans who have a ticket stub from the World of Outlaws/IRA event will receive an additional $5.00 their admission ticket.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

8/21/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

8/27/2016 – LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, IL

8/28/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

9/2/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

9/4/2016 – 141 Speedway – Francis Creek, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

A-Main - (40 Laps) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz[3][$10,000]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman[1][$5,500]; 3. 49-Brad Sweet[2][$3,200]; 4. 5-David Gravel[4][$2,800]; 5. 1S-Logan Schuchart[11][$2,500]; 6. 2-Shane Stewart[8][$2,300]; 7. 41-Jason Johnson[7][$2,200]; 8. 83-Joey Saldana[5][$2,100]; 9. 1A-Jacob Allen[10][$2,050]; 10. 7-Paul McMahan[13][$2,000]; 11. 7S-Jason Sides[6][$1,500]; 12. O2-Mike Reinke[15][$1,200]; 13. 2W-Scotty Neitzel[9][$1,100]; 14. 17B-Bill Balog[19][$1,050]; 15. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[20][$1,000]; 16. W20-Greg Wilson[23][$900]; 17. 80K-Mike Kertscher[16][$800]; 18. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[21][$800]; 19. 99-Kyle Marten[24][$800]; 20. 2X-Parker Price-Miller[18][$800]; 21. 65-Jordon Goldesberry[12][$800]; 22. 64-Scotty Thiel[17][$800]; 23. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[22][$800]; 24. 73-Brandon McMullen[14][$800]. Lap Leaders: Daryn Pittman 1-17, Donny Schatz 18-40. KSE Hard Charger Award: W20-Greg Wilson[+7].

Qualifying - 1. 15-Donny Schatz, 11.718; 2. 5-David Gravel, 11.812; 3. 2-Shane Stewart, 11.881; 4. 83-Joey Saldana, 11.926; 5. 7-Paul McMahan, 11.977; 6. 9-Daryn Pittman, 12.004; 7. 41-Jason Johnson, 12.016; 8. 7S-Jason Sides, 12.031; 9. 49-Brad Sweet, 12.036; 10. 1A-Jacob Allen, 12.052; 11. 1S-Logan Schuchart, 12.067; 12. 65-Jordon Goldesberry, 12.090; 13. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.195; 14. 73-Brandon McMullen, 12.208; 15. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.281; 16. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 12.308; 17. 2W-Scotty Neitzel, 12.319; 18. 2X-Parker Price-Miller, 12.331; 19. O2-Mike Reinke, 12.405; 20. 59-Ben Schmidt, 12.426; 21. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.341; 22. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 12.452; 23. 1M-Phillip Mock, 12.465; 24. 41X-Dominic Scelzi, 12.469; 25. W20-Greg Wilson, 12.578; 26. 99-Kyle Marten, 12.623; 27. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.666; 28. 23B-Russell Borland, 12.675; 29. 7U-Scott Uttech, 12.732; 30. 53W-Bill Wirth, 12.751; 31. 12-Mike Decker, 12.772; 32. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.844; 33. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.944; 34. 13-Clyde Knipp, 12.967; 35. 10V-Matt Vandervere, 13.099; 36. 41D-Dennis Spitz, 13.155; 37. 7V-Tim Vandervere, 13.260

Heat 1 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 15-Donny Schatz[1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[3]; 3. 2W-Scotty Neitzel[5]; 4. 7-Paul McMahan[2]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 7. W20-Greg Wilson[7]; 8. 7U-Scott Uttech[8]; 9. 79-Blake Nimee[9]; 10. 7V-Tim Vandervere[10]

Heat 2 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5-David Gravel[1]; 2. 9-Daryn Pittman[2]; 3. 1A-Jacob Allen[3]; 4. 73-Brandon McMullen[4]; 5. 2X-Parker Price-Miller[5]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[6]; 7. 99-Kyle Marten[7]; 8. 53W-Bill Wirth[8]; 9. 13-Clyde Knipp[9]

Heat 3 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 2-Shane Stewart[1]; 2. 41-Jason Johnson[2]; 3. 1S-Logan Schuchart[3]; 4. O2-Mike Reinke[5]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 6. 1M-Phillip Mock[6]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandervere[9]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 9. 12-Mike Decker[8]

Heat 4 - (10 Laps - Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 83-Joey Saldana[1]; 2. 7S-Jason Sides[2]; 3. 65-Jordon Goldesberry[3]; 4. 80K-Mike Kertscher[4]; 5. 41X-Dominic Scelzi[6]; 6. 59-Ben Schmidt[5]; 7. 23B-Russell Borland[7]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 9. 41D-Dennis Spitz[9]

Craftsman Club Dash - (6 Laps, finishing order determined first 8 starting positions of A-feature) - 1. 9-Daryn Pittman[1]; 2. 49-Brad Sweet[2]; 3. 15-Donny Schatz[6]; 4. 5-David Gravel[5]; 5. 83-Joey Saldana[3]; 6. 7S-Jason Sides[8]; 7. 41-Jason Johnson[7]; 8. 2-Shane Stewart[4]

Last Chance Showdown - (12 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) - 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2] [-]; 2. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[3] [-]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson[5] [-]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten[6] [-]; 5. 59-Ben Schmidt[1] [$300]; 6. 1M-Phillip Mock[4] [$250]; 7. 7U-Scott Uttech[9] [$225]; 8. 79-Blake Nimee[13] [$200]; 9. 23B-Russell Borland[8] [$200]; 10. 13-Clyde Knipp[14] [$200]; 11. 10V-Matt Vandervere[15] [$200]; 12. 53W-Bill Wirth[10] [$200]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz[12] [$200]; 14. 41D-Dennis Spitz[16] [$200]; 15. 7V-Tim Vandervere[17] [$200]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech[7] [$200]; 17. 12-Mike Decker[11] [$200]

BALOG GOES BACK TO BACK, TAKES ROGER ILES MEMORIAL EVENT IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT ACTION AT WILMOT RACEWAY!

BALOG MASTERS TRAFFIC, MAKES MID-RACE PASS ON PARKER PRICE-MILLER TO TAKE WILMOT RACEWAY WEEKEND SWEEP!

August 20, 2016; Kenosha, WI – Fans who have followed the exploits of sevn-time series champion Bill Balog in the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series race have come to know his mastery of traffic.

When the battle for the lead takes place amongst lapped cars Balog is relentless in his pursuit and quick to strike.

Parker Price-Miller is the latest driver to witness Balog’s proficiency as he was overtaken by Balog’s charge when he got temporarily caught behind a lapped car.

Once Balog made his move he was not to be denied, moving ahead to a comfortable margin to earn his seventh win in IRA sprint action this season. Tonight’s victory capped off a sweep of the two Kenosha County Fair races held at Wilmot Raceway. Balog also swept the night having also won his heat race and setting fast time to begin the program.

During the early portion of the contest it appeared Price-Miller who had won the season opening IRA event at LaSalle in April might have the speed to capture the event as Balog was mired in traffic, but as the race developed Balog found a groove to his liking and quickly picked off cars until only Price-Miller remained in front of him.

On lap 20 Balog maneuvered by a couple lapped cars surpassing Price-Miller in the process. Balog increased his lead to the checkered leaving Price-Miller to battle with Mike Kertscher, Kertscher had closed within striking distance of the second spot but eventually had to settle for the third position. It was Kertscher’s first podium since his victory at Seymour Speedway in July.

The 36 lap A-main boasting a first place prize of $3,600 saw a field of 24 of the Midwest’s finest 410 sprint pilots accept the green flag. Pole-sitter Bill Wirth who earlier in the evening captured his heat race took the opening lead after outrunning fellow front row starter Jordan Goldesberry.

Ben Schmidt, now sporting the number 59 on his Brandon Thone prepared machine powered past Wirth for the top spot before the completion of lap two.

Price-Miller wasted little time surging forward from his seventh place starting spot, earning the second position after a brief duel with Wirth.

Schmidt continued to work the high line around the third-mile paper-clip shaped raceway clinging precariously to his lead.

Price-Miller opted for the lower groove and slowly reeled in Schmidt. On lap eight Price-Miller executed the pass for the top spot.

A spin by Kris Spitz on lap 13 coming off turn two created the first of just two slowdowns in the event.

Price-Miller led Schmidt, Phillip Mock, Balog and Scotty Thiel as the race resumed.

Balog wasted no time surpassing Mock for third and soon began to pressure Schmidt for the second position. Balog worked both the high and low grooves in an attempt to overtake Schmidt who managed to repel several challenges.

Out front Price-Miller began to reach the tail of the field.

On lap 17 Balog jumped to the high line and made his way by Schmidt, he then began to quickly close on Price-Miller whose pace was slowed by several lapped cars.

Balog was quick to take advantage of the situation and on lap 20 he roared past Price-Miller for the top spot.

A spin on the backstretch by heat race winner Blake Nimee on lap 23 drew the final caution and bunched the field.

With the green flag waving Balog again set sail pulling away from the pack while Price-Miller and Schmidt contested the second spot.

Further back Kertscher ramped up his pace cracking the top five with ten laps to go. Kertscher was relentless in his charge moving past Mock and Thiel before knocking Schmidt off the podium annexing third as the final few laps approached.

With Balog a full straightaway out front attention focused on Kertscher who made a brief attempt to garner second as the white flag flew.

Balog comfortably accepted the checkered flag after 36 laps surpassed. Price-Miller won the battle for second with Kertscher settling for third.

On the final lap World of Outlaw Series regular Greg Wilson who had began the contest in 17th made a successful pass of Schmidt to earn fourth.

Schmidt completed the top five.

Thiel was the highest finishing of the title contenders taking sixth just ahead of Jordan Goldesberry. Mock, Russel Borland and Wirth completed the top ten finishers.

Earlier in the night the B-main was hotly contested as Jeremy Schultz and Borland tossed the lead back and forth. Schultz gained the hand during the final laps to win the event with Borland having to settle for second. Borland faired best in the main event however as he was the highest finishing of the B-main cars.

Other transfer cars from the B-main included Johnny Fahl in third and Dave Uttech in fourth. Uttech earned the final transfer spot on the final circuit edging out Kyle Marten.

Balog, Dominic Scelzi, Nimee and Wirth captured heat race wins.

Balog was the quickest of the 31 cars checked into the pit area this evening in qualifying.

After two nights of racing at the Wilmot Raceway it’s time for an epic gathering of sprint car racing at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

For the first time ever the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series will be joining forces with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Series. The event on Sunday, August 21st takes place during the annual Sweet Corn Festival, will be the Outlaws first ever appearance at the historic, 1/3-mile Angell Park.

The epic gathering is known as the Sun Prairie Sprint Car classic at the third-mile clay oval will feature not only the stars of the IRA sprints but sprint car standouts such as Donny Schatz, the seven-time and defending series champion who leads the way for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. David Gravel, who was victorious last month in Wisconsin at Wilmot Raceway is second in points, followed by Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman and Joey Saldana.

Shane Stewart, who won the opening night of the Knoxville Nationals on August 10, is currently sixth in points, with Jason Johnson seventh, Logan Schuchart eighth, Jason Sides ninth and Paul McMahan 10th.

The IRA Sprints will have the home field advantage for this contest and Scotty Thiel who had captured both IRA Sprint contests at the track this season has proven to be the man to catch on the unique third-mile clay oval.

The Badger Midgets will also be on hand adding to a great night of open-wheeled racing action.

Pit gates will open at 2:00pm with the grandstands opening at 4:00pm. The first cars will hit the track at 6:30pm and racing action is set to get underway at 7:30pm.

Tickets for the Sun Prairie Sprint Car Classic, featuring the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series and Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Cars at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on Sunday, August 21 can be purchased online at https://slspromotions.ticketforce.com or by phone at 815-344-2023.

For more information on tickets, visit https://slspromotions.ticketforce.com.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION

ROGER ILES MEMORIAL 36-LAP FEATURE: 1. Bill Balog; 2, Parker Price-Miller; 3. Mike Kertscher; 4. Greg Wilson; 5. Ben Schmidt; 6. Scotty Thiel; 7. Jordan Goldesberry; 8. Phillip Mock; 9. Russel Borland; 10. Bill Wirth; 11. Todd Hepfner; 12. Dominic Scelzi; 13. Johnny Fahl; 14. Scotty Neitzel; 15. Scott Uttech; 16. Jereme Schroeder; 17. Jeremy Schultz; 18. Raymond Hensley; 19. Matt Vandervere; 20. Blake Nimee; 21. Wayne Modjeski; 22. Dave Uttech; 23. Todd Daun; 24. Kris Spitz

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

8/21/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

8/27/2016 – LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, IL

8/28/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

9/2/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

9/4/2016 – 141 Speedway – Francis Creek, WI

BALOG OPENS KENOSHA COUNTY FAIR WEEKEND WITH VICTORY IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINT SERIES ACTION!

POINT LEADER JEREMY SCHULTZ CHASES BILL BALOG TO CHECKERED IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT ACTION AT WILMOT RACEWAY!

August 19, 2016; Kenosha, WI – For a brief time on Friday morning before teams arrived at Wilmot Raceway for the opening round of the Kenosha County Fair and the first day of the Carriage Auto Body Roger Illes Memorial it appeared the event might be threatened by weather and possibly postponed.

Track officials managed to whip the track into raceable condition after morning rain and threatening weather gave way to a great night of racing action.

Seven-time Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series champion Bill Balog had captured the most recent IRA contest at the paper clip shaped third-mile clay oval back in July and entered this event seeking a series-leading sixth victory in the 2016 campaign. To get to the winner’s circle however Balog would have to outrun Jeremy Schultz, a two-time Wilmot Raceway champion and IRA series point leader.

Schultz whose run to the top of the current standings has included an impressive ten straight top-five finishes and a victory in the last IRA contest that was held two weeks ago at the Plymouth Dirt Track.

It was no surprise then that the two hard charging racers would square off for victory this evening.

The 30 lap A-main began with polesitter Scotty Neitzel launching into the opening lead after getting the upper hand on Schultz who had started the contest on the outside front row.

Neitzel, who is also in the thick of the season long point chase is seeking to add a third crown to his two previous series championships.

Neitzel was still leading Schultz, with Balog running in the third spot when the caution flew on lap seven which occurred as a result of a Scotty Thiel spin.

Thiel had been leading the series standings until recently had suffered numerous setbacks in his title chase in recent events and is now attempting to run down Schultz to regain the point lead. Tonight Thiel recorded a 17th place nursing a car with brake issues, which did not help his title hopes.

On the restart Schultz replaced Neitzel on top the leaderboard and Balog was able to claim second from Neitzel moments later.

The battle for the top spot between Schultz and Balog was halted just before the halfway mark when Brandon Wimmer expired a motor while running inside the top ten.

Balog wasted no time in getting to the front when action resumed taking over the top spot.

Schultz would give chase for the duration of the contest but no opportunity presented itself to regain the lead.

Balog spent the final laps placing lapped machines between himself and Schultz to secure the win. Schultz held off a hard charging Parker-Price Miller to earn second with Kokomo, Indiana native Miller taking the final podium spot in third.

Local favorite Phillip Mock crossed the line in fourth matching his performance from the most recent IRA contest two weeks ago. Neitzel completed the top five.

Todd Daun earned sixth followed by Mike Kertscher who advanced the most spots of any driver in the feature vaulting from 19th up to seventh. Matt Vandervere, Blake Nimee and Mike Reinke completed the top ten.

19 of the 24 starters were still on the track at the finish.

In earlier action, Ben Schmidt, sporting a new number this evening placed his #59 machine in the winner’s circle in the B-main. Reinke, Kris Spitz, Dave Uttech, Johnny Fahl and Chris Dodd completed the top six drivers who advanced to the feature.

Heat race wins were claimed by Kyle Marten, Vandervere and Bill Wirth.

31 drivers had checked in for action with Mock earning the fastest time by a mere .001 seconds. Mock’s lap of 13.587 seconds edged out Price-Miller’s 13.588 an almost undetectable margin. If both cars were competing side by side, Mock’s machine would have reached the finish line first by just over one inch. Balog was third quick at 13.637 seconds.

The teams of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints are right back in action again at Wilmot Raceway for the second day of the Kenosha County Fair.

The Saturday, August 20th program will be day two of the Carriage Auto Body Roger Illes Memorial as the IRA sprint cars make their final appearance of their 50th Anniversary Season Tour at their original home track. Saturday's annual Roger Iles Tribute will pay $3600 to win the 36 lap finale. Modifieds, Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprints and Bandit 4-cylinder stock cars are on the August 20 program as well.

Cars will take to the track starting at 6:00pm.

Attending the event requires a fair admission. Kenosha County Fair admission is $9.00 daily for adults ages 12 and over, $5.00 for children ages 8-11, with youth ages 7 and under admitted free. General parking is free.

For the latest information on the fair go to the official web site www.kenoshacofair.com.

Admission into the grandstands for the races requires an additional $5.00 ticket for everyone ages 12 and older, with children ages 11 and under admitted free.

For additional information on the races, you can check out the Wilmot Raceway web site www.wilmotraceway.com, the track Facebook page or trackside race line 262-862-2090.

Wilmot Raceway is located on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds in Wilmot, Wisconsin. Take I-94 to Kenosha County Hwy. C, C west to downtown Wilmot. Go north on County Hwy. W (Fox River Road) one-quarter mile to the fairgrounds and the Raceway.

After two nights at the Wilmot Raceway it’s time for an epic gathering of sprint car racing at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

For the first time ever the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series will be joining forces with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Series. The event on Sunday, August 21st takes place during the annual Sweet Corn Festival, will be the Outlaws first ever appearance at the historic, 1/3-mile Angell Park.

The epic gathering is known as the Sun Prairie Sprint Car classic at the third-mile clay oval will feature not only the stars of the IRA sprints but sprint car standouts such as Donny Schatz, the seven-time and defending series champion who leads the way for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. David Gravel, who was victorious last month in Wisconsin at Wilmot Raceway is second in points, followed by Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman and Joey Saldana.

Shane Stewart, who won the opening night of the Knoxville Nationals on August 10, is currently sixth in points, with Jason Johnson seventh, Logan Schuchart eighth, Jason Sides ninth and Paul McMahan 10th.

The IRA Sprints will have the home field advantage for this contest and Scotty Thiel who had captured both IRA Sprint contests at the track this season has proven to be the man to catch on the unique third-mile clay oval.

The Badger Midgets will also be on hand adding to a great night of open-wheeled racing action.

Pit gates will open at 2:00pm with the grandstands opening at 4:00pm. The first cars will hit the track at 6:30pm and racing action is set to get underway at 7:30pm.

Tickets for the Sun Prairie Sprint Car Classic, featuring the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series and Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Cars at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on Sunday, August 21 can be purchased online at https://slspromotions.ticketforce.com or by phone at 815-344-2023.

For more information on tickets, visit https://slspromotions.ticketforce.com.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

BUMPER TO BUMPER INTERSTATE RACING ASSOCIATION

ROGER ILES TRIBUTE 30-LAP FEATURE: 1. Bill Balog, Hartland; 2. Jeremy Schultz, Beaver Dam; 3. Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, Indiana; 4. Phillip Mock, Pleasant Prairie; 5. Scott Nietzel, Beaver Dam; 6. Todd Daun, Pleasant Prairie; 7. Mike Kertscher, Howards Grove; 8. Matt Vandervere, Beach Park, Illinois; 9. Blake Nimee, Oswego, IL; 10. Mike Reinke, Howards Grove; 11. Kyle Marten, Sheboygan Falls; 12. Raymond Hensley, Trevor; 13. Bill Wirth, Cudahy; 14. Wayne Modjeski, Oak Creek; 15. Ben Schmidt, Plymouth; 16. Russell Borland, Beaver Dam; 17. Scott Thiel, Sheboygan; 18. Scott Uttech, New Berlin; 19. Jereme Schroeder, Lake Villa, IL; 20. Chris Dodd, Winthrop Harbor, IL; 21. Dave Uttech, Kenosha; 22. Brandom Wimmer, Fairmont, IN; 23. Kris Spitz, Salem; 24. Johnny Fahl, Brown Deer.

12-LAP "B" MAIN: 1. Schmidt; 2. Reinke; 3. K. Spitz; 4. D. Uttech; 5. Fahl; 6. Dodd; 7. Dennis Spitz, Lewisburg, Kentucky; 8. Tim Vandervere, Beach Park; 9. Mike Decker, Silver Lake; 10. Zach Raidart, Zion, IL; 11. Jimmy Fifield, Hewitt, IL; 12. Ryan Irwin, Genoa City; 13. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, California(DNS).

HEAT WINNERS: Wirth; Marten; M. Vandervere.

FAST QUALIFIER: Mock(:13.587 seconds).

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

8/20/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/21/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

8/27/2016 – LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, IL

8/28/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

9/2/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

9/4/2016 – 141 Speedway – Francis Creek, WI

HISTORIC TRIPLE HEADER WEEKEND LOOMS AHEAD – 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON FOR THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS CONTINUES AT WILMOT AND SUN PRAIRIE!

BACK TO BACK FAIR RACES AT WILMOT, FIRST EVER WORLD OF OUTLAWS CO-SANCTIONED RACE AT SUN PRAIRIE LIE AHEAD THIS WEEKEND!

August 17, 2016; Appleton, WI – The teams of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series are about to get busy, really busy. Over the next six weeks, teams will battle in 11 contests, and it all begins with a challenging three-race weekend that will begin this Friday.

One of the longest running traditions on the IRA schedule is the Kenosha County Fair races. Rich in history this year's events at the fair will again be run back to back on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Starting on Friday Night Carriage Auto Body of Waukegan, Illinois will present day one of the Roger Illes Memorial. In addition to the 410 sprints track tracks own Meyer Valves & Vacs Wingless Sprint Series presented by the IRA, street stocks and Bandit 4-cylinder stock cars will be on the car for a full night of racing action.

A scant 24 hours later on Saturday evening the teams are right back at it tossing clay at the Wilmot Raceway and thrilling fans with the high speed adventures created when you placed 900 horsepower winged sprints on a semi-banked third-mile clay oval.

The Saturday, August 20 will be day two of the Carriage Auto Body Roger Illes Memorial as the IRA sprint cars make their final appearance of their 50th Anniversary Season Tour at their original home track. Saturday's annual Roger Iles Tribute will pay $3600 to win the 36 lap finale. Modifieds, Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprints and Bandit 4-cylinder stock cars are on the August 20 program as well.

Cars will take to the track starting at 6:00pm both days.

The Wilmot Raceway contests will be pivotal in the battle for the 2016 season title for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints. Jeremy Schultz, a two-time champion at the Wilmot Raceway and winner of the most recent IRA contest held at the Plymouth Dirt Track two weeks ago heads up the points heading into the shows. Scotty Thiel of had sat atop the standings for much of the season now has become the chaser in the point battle with a margin of 48 markers to make up. Two-time series champion Scotty Neitzel is also in the thick of the battle making his patented late-season charge. He sits only 90 points from the top spot.

Both programs run during the fair require fair admission. Kenosha County Fair admission is $9.00 daily for adults ages 12 and over, $5.00 for children ages 8-11, with youth ages 7 and under admitted free. Wednesday through Friday 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. senior citizens ages 62 have a reduced admission of $6.00. Active or retired military with an ID are admitted free daily between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Season passes are available as is a special lifetime pass, which is available at the fair office only. General parking is free.

For the latest information on the fair go to the official web site www.kenoshacofair.com.

Admission into the grandstands for the races requires an additional $5.00 ticket for everyone ages 12 and older, with children ages 11 and under admitted free.

For additional information on the races, you can check out the Wilmot Raceway web site www.wilmotraceway.com, the track Facebook page or trackside race line 262-862-2090.

Wilmot Raceway is located on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds in Wilmot, Wisconsin. Take I-94 to Kenosha County Hwy. C, C west to downtown Wilmot. Go north on County Hwy. W (Fox River Road) one-quarter mile to the fairgrounds and the Raceway.

After two nights at the Wilmot Raceway it’s time for an epic gathering of sprint car racing at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

For the first time ever the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series will be joining forces with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Series. The event on Sunday, August 21st takes place during the annual Sweet Corn Festival, will be the Outlaws first ever appearance at the historic, 1/3-mile Angell Park.

The epic gathering is known as the Sun Prairie Sprint Car classic at the third-mile clay oval will feature not only the stars of the IRA sprints but sprint car standouts such as Donny Schatz, the seven-time and defending series champion who leads the way for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. David Gravel, who was victorious last month in Wisconsin at Wilmot Raceway is second in points, followed by Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman and Joey Saldana.

Shane Stewart, who won the opening night of the Knoxville Nationals on August 10, is currently sixth in points, with Jason Johnson seventh, Logan Schuchart eighth, Jason Sides ninth and Paul McMahan 10th.

The IRA Sprints will have the home field advantage for this contest and Scotty Thiel who had captured both IRA Sprint contests at the track this season has proven to be the man to catch on the unique third-mile clay oval.

The Badger Midgets will also be on hand adding to a great night of open-wheeled racing action.

Pit gates will open at 2:00pm with the grandstands opening at 4:00pm. The first cars will hit the track at 6:30pm and racing action is set to get underway at 7:30pm.

Tickets for the Sun Prairie Sprint Car Classic, featuring the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series and Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Cars at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on Sunday, August 21 can be purchased online at https://slspromotions.ticketforce.com or by phone at 815-344-2023.

For more information on tickets, visit https://slspromotions.ticketforce.com.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

8/19/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/20/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/21/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

8/27/2016 – LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, IL

8/28/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

POINT LEADER JEREMY SCHULTZ DELIVERS BIRTHDAY GIFT TO FATHER FROM VICTORY LANE DURING THE 20TH RUNNING OF THE FRANK FILSKOV MEMORIAL RACE AT PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK!

SCHULTZ DENIES BALOG … SCORES NAILBITER VICTORY IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINT ACTION AT THE PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK!

August 6, 2016; Plymouth, WI – It would be hard for Hollywood to write a script more dramatic than the events which played out at the prestigious 20th Annual Frank Filskov Memorial race Saturday Night at the Plymouth Dirt Track.

Heading into the evening Jeremy Schultz, once a weekly competitor in the tough 360 sprint car division on the tight third-mile clay oval, led the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints to the track from his perch atop the point standings.

Still, he had come to the event seeking his first Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint victory of the season. In spite of an impressive string of eight straight top five finishes including a pair of runner-up performances the past two events Schultz had been seeking an elusive win.

He was due for a victory.

Add to that the fact on this evening, his father Jerry was celebrating his 59th birthday. What better way to honor the man who helped shape his racing career by giving him a triumph.

Jeremy would deliver in a dramatic way, pacing a majority of the 27 lap distance, a length which was chosen to honor Filskov whose number matched the length of the contest. It was the final lap however that got fans on their feet.

Seven-time IRA series champion Bill Balog had methodically picked his way through the field from his tenth place starting spot, and after the white flag flew he put a perfectly timed slider on Schultz to briefly hold the top spot. Schultz countered with and expertly crafted cross-over move and he then won the drag race into the final turns where he was able to repel any further challenge from Balog. He packaged up the victory and delivered. By less than a car length.

Chalk one up for a storybook ending, except the unscripted action was real.

“I’m ecstatic. Thanks to all the fans, love you guys!”, Schultz shouted after climbing from the car. We got it done tonight, I’m excited about that. Thanks for coming out and thanks to Hopf Farms for what they did (providing extra money to the field),” Schultz stated.

“We were not good early in the night, we got in the invert luckily and Bill (Balog) pulled me a good draw for the front row. We’ll take it. I’m glad we came out on top especially racing against Bill, he’s a hell of a racer. I hope he does us proud down in Knoxville next week”, as Schultz wished his fellow competitor well at the prestigious Knoxville Nationals coming up next week!

Balog came up just short of his sixth win of the year having to settle for second. For Balog finishing second was as much about sportsman ship as speed. The last lap slide job was made knowing it could be done cleanly.

“I probably should have done it a couple laps sooner, I had a little better run but I wanted to make a real clean pass and there wasn’t a lot of racetrack left to do that kind of thing”, Balog noted on his last-ditch effort to steal the win.

“Congratulations to Jeremy he did a great job up there banging around on that cushion. We were pretty good on the bottom and middle, passing cars down there. We weren’t good on the top early but eventually we had to get up there”, Balog said of his late-race transition to the cushion.

Mike Reinke, who at one point in the contest appeared to have the fastest car on the track was stymied by a late race caution where he had been running second and was closing on Schultz. Balog had slipped past on the restart and Reinke spent the balance of the contest trying to chase down the lead pair, eventually having to settle for third.

The 27 lap A-main greeted the fans with the tradition four-wide salute and then it was down to business.

Bill Rose, the defending Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series champion from Plainsfield, Indiana was making just his third start of the season and put tonight’s opportunity to good use taking the opening lead from his pole starting berth.

Schultz meanwhile had started outside the front row. Ironically it was Balog who drew the invert number by virtue of his fast time. Balog placed himself 10th on the grid with the draw.

Schultz took advantage of the starting spot, dogging Rose during the opening circuits. Schultz preferring to run the high groove swept past Rose on the backstretch after the first circuit and started to pull away.

Third was hotly contested between Reinke and Blake Nimee whose team managed to return to action tonight after a hard crash last evening at the Dodge County Fairgrounds. The battle between Reinke and Nimee allowed them to overtake Rose and filter into the second and third spots by lap five.

Schultz began to work through lapped traffic by lap seven and had built a dozen car length lead on Reinke.

The laps ticked off at a brisk pace until lap 15 when Matt Vandervere executed a 360 spin between turns one and two when he was forced to stand on the brakes to avoid overrunning another car. This resulted in the first caution period and as a result, he went to the tail of the field.

Schultz, Reinke, Nimee, Philip Mock and Balog were shown in the top five as the second half of the race began.

Balog quickly annexed the fourth spot from Mock on lap 16 and he then set his sights on Nimee.

Out front, Schultz had gone back to commanding the contest outrunning Reinke who maintained second.

Nimee’s podium hopes ended with a spin in turn four on lap 20 while running in the third spot.

The incident elevated Balog to the third position behind Schultz and Reinke. The final seven laps were run caution free.

Schultz got an excellent restart while Reinke was forced to battle with Balog for the second spot. Balog, with a signature slider, overtook Reinke for second on lap 21 and he then set out after Schultz.

By lap 25 Balog had closed within a car length and then had to choose the time to make a passing attempt. As the white flag flew Balog made a bold move to the inside, and while he led briefly Schultz was able to return to the throttle faster and power ahead over the final half lap taking the win. It was his first in IRA action since a victory at Angell Park Speedway one year ago. It was also his first series win at Plymouth Dirt Track.

Balog and Reinke crossed the line in second and third respectively.

Mock who was making his first start in nearly a month after expiring a motor returned with an impressive performance nailing down the fourth spot.

Ken Jay Fielder turned in a breakthrough performance this evening. Fielder who has won championships at Plymouth Dirt Track in the former Supermodified class has been a steadfast competitor in the tracks 360 sprint division. Running double duty tonight Fielder battled in the lead pack all night recording a fifth place finish.

Ben Schmidt who had topped the B-main this evening clawed his way forward throughout the contest earning a respectable sixth place showing. Rose faded to the seventh spot by the checkered chased to the line by Scotty Thiel.

Thiel’s run to eighth was an advancement of 11 spots from his 19th place-starting berth. He had passed the most cars of any driver in the main event.

Scotty Neitzel, the winner of the main event last evening at the Dodge County Fairgrounds earned ninth this evening and Todd Daun completed the top ten finishers.

21 of the 24 starters were still on the track at the finish.

In earlier action Schmidt laid claim to the B-main chased to the finish by Vandervere, Mike Kertscher, Chris Dodd, Tim Vandervere and Alex Bliesner who earned the final transfer spot on the last lap.

Heat race wins went to Rose, Reinke, and Mock.

Balog’s trip around the track in 12.222 seconds headed up the 30 cars field. Matt Vandervere turned in a 12.459 effort for second quickest and Ryan Bowers who was a guest driver in the Ozzie Weinser owned #73 machine was impressive with a lap of 12.518 seconds, the third quickest of the night.

The series now takes a brief break for the Knoxville Nationals before a daunting triple-header weekend. The first two events run during the Kenosha County Fair will take place on back to back Friday and Saturday evenings, August 19th and August 20th at Wilmot Raceway.

The series then heads to Angell Park Speedway for a Sunday, August 21st event run during the community’s Corn Festival.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

8/19/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/20/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/21/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

8/27/2016 – LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, IL

8/28/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (27 Laps): 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[10]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke[4]; 4. 1M-Phillip Mock[6]; 5. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[7]; 6. 94B-Ben Schmidt[12]; 7. 6-Bill Rose[1]; 8. 64-Scotty Thiel[19]; 9. 2W-Scott Neitzel[15]; 10. 19-Todd Daun[8]; 11. 80K-Mike Kertscher[21]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz[13]; 13. 10V-Matt Vandevere[11]; 14. 99-Kyle Marten[5]; 15. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 16. 0-John Fahl[20]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder[16]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[17]; 19. 7-Scott Uttech[18]; 20. 7V-Tim Vandevere[23]; 21. 73-Ryan Bowers[9]; 22. (DNF) 14X-Alex Bleisner[24]; 23. (DNF) 01-Chris Dodd[22]; 24. (DNF) 23D-Trey Datweiler[14]

Behling Racing Equipment B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 94B-Ben Schmidt[2]; 2. 10V-Matt Vandevere[1]; 3. 80K-Mike Kertscher[9]; 4. 01-Chris Dodd[3]; 5. 7V-Tim Vandevere[7]; 6. 14X-Alex Bleisner[10]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz[5]; 8. 6X-Kenny Gouws[8]; 9. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech[4]; 10. (DNF) 11-Todd King[6]; (DNS) 85M-Steve Meyer; (DNS) 23-Russel Borland

Real Wheels Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 6-Bill Rose[1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 4. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[4]; 5. 99-Kyle Marten[3]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 7. 94B-Ben Schmidt[5]; 8. 7V-Tim Vandevere[9]; 9. 80K-Mike Kertscher[10]; 10. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 02-Mike Reinke[3]; 2. 4K-Kris Spitz[1]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[10]; 4. 19-Todd Daun[5]; 5. 7-Scott Uttech[8]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder[7]; 7. 01-Chris Dodd[4]; 8. 10V-Matt Vandevere[6]; 9. 68-Dave Uttech[2]; 10. 6X-Kenny Gouws[9]

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 1M-Phillip Mock[4]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 3. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[7]; 4. 73-Ryan Bowers[6]; 5. 23D-Trey Datweiler[1]; 6. 0-John Fahl[10]; 7. 11-Todd King[8]; 8. (DNF) 85M-Steve Meyer[2]; 9. (DNF) 23-Russel Borland[5]; (DNS) 14X-Alex Bleisner

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts Qualifying 1: 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.222[5]; 2. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 12.459[4]; 3. 73-Ryan Bowers, 12.518[1]; 4. 94B-Ben Schmidt, 12.623[3]; 5. 19-Todd Daun, 12.704[2]; 6. 23-Russel Borland, 12.716[9]; 7. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, 12.756[8]; 8. 01-Chris Dodd, 12.780[15]; 9. 1M-Phillip Mock, 12.789[18]; 10. 99-Kyle Marten, 12.850[26]; 11. 02-Mike Reinke, 12.857[21]; 12. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.904[20]; 13. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.925[24]; 14. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.949[12]; 15. 85M-Steve Meyer, 13.079[16]; 16. 6-Bill Rose, 13.102[11]; 17. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.133[14]; 18. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 13.140[7]; 19. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13.169[25]; 20. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 13.205[19]; 21. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 13.220[6]; 22. 41-Dennis Spitz, 13.325[17]; 23. 7-Scott Uttech, 13.627[29]; 24. 11-Todd King, 13.659[22]; 25. 7V-Tim Vandevere, 13.724[27]; 26. 6X-Kenny Gouws, 13.741[10]; 27. 14X-Alex Bleisner, 13.984[13]; 28. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 15.064[23]; 29. (DNF) 64-Scotty Thiel[28]; 30. (DNF) 0-John Fahl[30]

NEITZEL BESTS RIVALS, CLAIMS VICTORY IN THE SCAG SHOOTOUT AT THE DODGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS!

NEITHER WALLS NOR JEREMY SCHULTZ COULD STOP NEITZEL FROM BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT VICTORY AT THE DODGE COUNTY!

August 5, 2016; Beaver Dam, WI – To say Scotty Neitzel was not to be denied a victory at the SCAG Shootout at the Dodge County Fairgrounds might be a bit of an understatement. Neither hard charging rival Jeremy Schultz, nor the Dodge County Fairgrounds walls backed up by the weight of the earth, could slow his high flying #2w R&H Enterprises machine this evening.

In front of a partisan hometown crowd Neitzel outran the field to earn his second Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series victory of the 2016 season as he left the field in his wake blazing around the big half-mile clay oval. Schultz was the only other driver to lead the contest and his time up front was brief.

Schultz, who grew up learning about sprint car racing by helping in Neitzel’s team shop, was the only driver who could match Neitzel’s pace. When Neitzel slapped the wall coming off turn four on lap 13 of the 25 lap contest it appeared Schultz would have his opportunity to steal the victory. Neitzel slowed is pace briefly to assure the car was okay before getting back on the gas, retaking the lead and outrunning the field to capture the victory.

Neitzel elaborated on the incident from victory lane.

“I was really just trying to watch the lapped cars, a lot of them really hang the tail around here with the big corners. That was all me down there, I was looking at the 99’s (Kyle Marten) right rear tire and the next thing you know I looked up and I’m on top of the fence. Boy I got into it hard, it rattled my teeth and I slowed down for a lap or two. Jeremy (Schultz) went by and I just said well, I think it (the car) is still under me so I just kept getting on the gas”, Neitzel explained of the hair-raising incident.

Once he realized the car was still capable to continue he continued his battle out front. Neitzel obviously enjoyed his battle with Schultz whom he helped early in his racing career.

“I taught Jeremy’s everything he knows but not everything I know”, exclaimed an excited Neitzel.

Already a two-time series champion Neitzel was asked if he had started looking at the points situation.

“It’s just business as usual. We’ve been fortunate enough to win some championships. These are good guys helping me I just want to win some races. If you win some races it might come or it might not. I’d like to win it for those guys. They work hard all night and I’m just the guy that drives it into the fence”, concluded Neitzel.

Schultz was also pleased with his run as he’s taken over the series point lead.

“I’m happy for them guys (Neitzel and his crew). I should have raced him a little harder, but I wanted to race him clean. Scotty gets around this place fantastic. My guys worked hard all night getting the car better and better, and tonight it felt so good. I guess I left a little out there and it’s easy to look back at, but this was good”, noted Schultz on his performance.

Schultz was also asked about the points be he too brushed it off.

“It’s still too early. Scotty (Thiel) had a couple tough nights and there is nothing saying we can’t have a couple of them too in the next couple of weeks. If we get to late September and we’re still in this position then we’ll think about it”, indicated Schultz.

While Neitzel’s win thrust him into the thick of the season long point battle it was the misfortune of point leader Scotty Thiel that has now placed Schultz atop the standings as the final one-third of the season begins.

The 25 lap A-main came to full song with 22 drivers taking the green flag. Steve Meyer, who won the most recent Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series event which was held at Langlade County Speedway last Friday sat on the pole.

Meyer led briefly into turn one at the drop of the green flag, but Neitzel, who started to his outside, used the momentum of the high line to power past into the lead down the backstretch.

With Neitzel pulling away, Meyer now had his hand full with Schultz and fast qualifier Bill Balog as the trio all did battle for second.

Contact between Meyer and Balog on lap two drew the caution as both machines lost speed and the field darted around them. Both teams attended to their cars but the damage was too severe to continue with Meyer and Balog forced to retire from the contest.

Neitzel led Schultz back to the green on the restart and immediately began to pull away. 2015 Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series champ Bill Rose, who was making just his second start of the season with the IRA Sprints ran solidly in the third spot with Blake Nimee and Scotty Thiel contesting the fourth position.

Neitzel continued to stretch his advantage as Thiel saw his night go awry with mechanical ills dropping into the infield and falling from the contest while running in the top five. He would be credited with a 17th place finish.

Neitzel’s lead stabilized at a full straightaway as he negotiated back markers.

While attempting to put a lap on Kyle Marten who was running just outside the top ten, Neitzel went wide off of turn four, slapping the wall. Running well over 100 mph at the time Neitzel briefly slowed his pace to assure the car would be able to continue and this allowed Schultz to close rapidly.

While sorting out the car Neitzel ran conservatively the next couple circuits as Schultz reeled him in. On lap 15 going down the backstretch Schultz roared by with an inside move, but Neitzel, now confident the car would stay in one piece fought back on the outside.

Neitzel was able to regain the top spot with Schultz in tow, while Rose held onto third some distance back fending off Mike Reinke for the position.

A major shakeup occurred as the race reached five laps to go. On the backstretch, Nimee had a mechanical issue while running fifth which caused him to slide off the racing surface and into some water barrels protecting a light pole.

Meanwhile up in turn four Ben Schmidt came to a halt after contact with the wall forcing the yellow flag to fly. Rose also dropped from the contest with mechanical ills at this time.

The major rash of attrition changed the running order.

Once the field was sorted out Neitzel and Schultz led the way Reinke was now in the third spot with several lapped cars between himself and the leaders.

Underway the final time Neitzel was able to keep Schultz behind him and made his way to the finish with the lead in hand. Schultz crossed the line in second becoming the new point leader in the process. Reinke earned the final podium position in third.

Scott Uttech who earlier in the night was victorious in his heat race patiently picked his way forward throughout the contest avoiding other’s misfortune to finish fourth, matching his best run of the year. Mike Kertscher completed the top five finishers.

Russel Borland would be the final car on the lead lap finishing sixth narrowly missing back to back top five finishes.

Matt Vandervere finished in seventh followed by Todd King, Kyle Marten and Dennis Spitz.

The high attrition rate reduced the starting field from 22 starters down to 12 cars running at the finish.

A trio of drivers made their first start of the year including the first ever start from a driver from South Africa. Kenny Gouws, who lives in Alberton Gauteng, South Africa, competes in asphalt sprint competition in his home country. Tonight he drove a spare car owned by Bill Rose but he dropped from the contest in the early going being credited with finishing 19th.

Dan Wade and Ryan Bowers also made their first runs of the 2016 season but neither were able to finish.

In heat race action Uttech outran Bowers to earn the victory in the first heat. Kertscher captured the win in heat two fending off a fast closing Schmidt. Heat three went to Nimee who took the win by a huge margin over Todd King.

Balog turned in the fastest lap of the evening with a lap of 17.049 Seconds. Reinke was second quick at 17.209, while Schultz was third with at 17.258 seconds.

Then the teams will make a short trip over to the Plymouth Dirt Track on Saturday Night, August 6th for the running of the 20th annual Frank Filskov Memorial race.

Located at the Sheboygan County Fairpark in Plymouth, Wisconsin the track there is a sharp contrast to Dodge County. The tight third-mile bullring isn’t about raw speed, but rather nerves of steal while making daring moves to get to the front of the field and the ability of the leader to work lapped machines where racing space is a premium.

All three title contenders have had their success at the track.

Thiel and Schultz are graduates of the tough weekly 360 sprint ranks. Drivers who have graduated from weekly competition at Plymouth have brought an influx of talent to the IRA series in recent years. It would be appropriate to say Thiel and Schultz have a home field advantage. Thiel was, in fact, the winner of the last IRA contest held at the track back in June.

That doesn’t leave Neitzel out of the mix however. Neitzel’s name is officially etched into the record book having won the first sprint car race held on the track after it’s most recent revamp a couple years ago. When the track debuted it’s new shape it was Neitzel who was first to find the fast way around the track.

The MSA/PDTR 360 sprints will again joined the IRA Sprints in the action, with Micro Sprints added as a third class to give fans an all-open wheel showdown.

Pit gates will open at 2:30pm, spectator gates at 4:30pm. Driver's meeting is scheduled for 5:00pm with warm ups slated for 5:30pm, and IRA qualifying to follow.

Opening ceremonies are slated for 6:30pm. Adult tickets are just $20, children 6-12 years are $5, and kids 5 & under are FREE.

The track is located on the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds just off Fairview Drive (CTY O ) in Plymouth, Wisconsin. The track website can be found at www.plymouthdtr.com

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

8/6/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

8/19/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/20/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/21/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

8/27/2016 – LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, IL

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke[5]; 4. 7-Scott Uttech[9]; 5. 80K-Mike Kertscher[7]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[13]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandevere[18]; 8. 22-Todd King[14]; 9. 99-Kyle Marten[15]; 10. 41-Dennis Spitz[16]; 11. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[17]; 12. 12-Michael Decker[19]; 13. 94B-Ben Schmidt[11]; 14. 6-Bill Rose[3]; 15. 79-Blake Nimee[8]; 16. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[12]; 17. 64-Scotty Thiel[10]; 18. 7V-Dan Wade[22]; 19. 6X-Kenny Gouws[20]; 20. 85M-Steve Meyer[1]; 21. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 22. 14X-Alex Bleisner[21]; 23. 73-Ryan Bowers[23]

Real Wheels Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Scott Uttech[2]; 2. 73-Ryan Bowers[3]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 5. 41-Dennis Spitz[1]; 6. 6-Bill Rose[5]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandevere[7]; 8. 6X-Kenny Gouws[8]

DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 80K-Mike Kertscher[1]; 2. 94B-Ben Schmidt[4]; 3. 99-Kyle Marten[2]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke[6]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 7. 12-Michael Decker[7]; 8. 7V-Dan Wade[8]

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 2. 22-Todd King[3]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer[5]; 5. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[1]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[4]; 7. (DNF) 14X-Alex Bleisner[7]

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 17.049[17]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 17.209[9]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 17.258[8]; 4. 6-Bill Rose, 17.304[6]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 17.330[16]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer, 17.385[11]; 7. 64-Scotty Thiel, 17.486[21]; 8. 94B-Ben Schmidt, 17.489[15]; 9. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 17.639[1]; 10. 73-Ryan Bowers, 17.663[18]; 11. 23-Russel Borland, 17.814[2]; 12. 22-Todd King, 17.836[14]; 13. 7-Scott Uttech, 17.901[10]; 14. 99-Kyle Marten, 17.911[13]; 15. 79-Blake Nimee, 18.014[4]; 16. 41-Dennis Spitz, 18.208[5]; 17. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 18.351[12]; 18. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, 18.440[23]; 19. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 18.534[22]; 20. 12-Michael Decker, 19.257[20]; 21. 14X-Alex Bleisner, 20.541[3]; 22. 6X-Kenny Gouws, 20.817[7]; 23. 7V-Dan Wade, 20.965[19]

POINT BATTLE TIGHTENS AS CONTRASTING CONTESTS LOOM AHEAD THIS WEEKEND FOR THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS!

DODGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK TO SEE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINT SERIES ACTION!

August 1, 2016; Appleton, WI – A very busy two months lie ahead at the 2016 title chase for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series begins to come into focus. This weekend’s SCAG Shootout and then the 20th Annual Frank Filskov Memorial race are the next rungs on the ladder to the 2016 championship.

There is a wide variety of tracks on the remaining schedule and this weekends events at the Dodge County Fairgrounds on Friday night and the Plymouth Dirt Track on Saturday, will require two vastly different driving styles for the teams of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series.

The point battle, which began brewing 17 events ago, is gathering steam and currently a trio of title contenders has separated themselves from their rivals. This weekend will test their adaptability.

Scotty Thiel currently tops the point charts by a scant 11 markers over two-time Wilmot Raceway champ and 2013 IRA Rookie of the year Jeremy Schultz. Cagey veteran Scotty Neitzel, who already has two IRA crowns to his credit is poised for a title run down the stretch as he is only 70 points out of the top spots. Neitzel has historically been at his best as a season nears it’s conclusion.

The first stop this weekend takes place on Friday Night, August 5th will be a trip to the wide open Dodge County Fairgrounds for the SCAG Shootout. The big half-mile oval rewards a heavy right foot and nerves of steel as the 900 horsepower winged sprints surpass the 130mph mark on the long straights.

Dodge County is unique in the fact the events typically draw in outside cars, true Outlaw racers who travel to win prize money. It’s these outsiders that the IRA teams will have to beat to earn the top prize. For Thiel, Schultz and Neitzel defending the home turf might be the biggest challenge of the upcoming weekend.

The Dodge County Fairground event the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will be joined by the MSA/PDTR 360’s and area IMCA Type Modifieds.

Pit Gates will open at 3:00 pm, spectator gates open 5:00 pm, with warm-ups at 6pm with hot laps to follow, qualifying is set for 6:45 pm with racing to follow at the completion of qualifying.

Spectator Admission is $20 for adults, with children ages 6-12 admitted for $5. Children ages 5 and younger are FREE with an adult admission.

The Dodge County Fairgrounds is located on highway 33, just 2 miles east of Beaver Dam and just west of highway 26.

For additional information please see http://www.dodgecountyfairgrounds.com

Then the teams will make a short trip over to the Plymouth Dirt Track on Saturday Night, August 6th .for the running of the 20th annual Frank Filskov Memorial race.

Located at the Sheboygan County Fairpark in Plymouth, Wisconsin the track there is a sharp contrast to Dodge County. The tight third-mile bullring isn’t about raw speed, but rather nerves of steal while making daring moves to get to the front of the field and the ability of the leader to work lapped machines where racing space is a premium.

All three title contenders have had their success at the track.

Thiel and Schultz are graduates of the tough weekly 360 sprint ranks. Drivers who have graduated from weekly competition at Plymouth have brought an influx of talent to the IRA series in recent years. It would be appropriate to say Thiel and Schultz have a home field advantage. Thiel was, in fact, the winner of the last IRA contest held at the track back in June.

That doesn’t leave Neitzel out of the mix however. Neitzel’s name is officially etched into the record book having won the first sprint car race held on the track after it’s most recent revamp a couple years ago. When the track debuted it’s new shape it was Neitzel who was first to find the fast way around the track.

The MSA/PDTR 360 sprints will again joined the IRA Sprints in the action, with Micro Sprints added as a third class to give fans an all-open wheel showdown.

Pit gates will open at 2:30pm, spectator gates at 4:30pm. Driver's meeting is scheduled for 5:00pm with warm ups slated for 5:30pm, and IRA qualifying to follow.

Opening ceremonies are slated for 6:30pm. Adult tickets are just $20, children 6-12 years are $5, and kids 5 & under are FREE.

The track is located on the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds just off Fairview Drive (CTY O ) in Plymouth, Wisconsin. The track website can be found at www.plymouthdtr.com

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

8/5/2016 – Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

8/6/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

8/19/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/20/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/21/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

8/27/2016 – LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, IL

MEYER MASTERS LANGLADE COUNTY SPEEDWAY, ENDS VICTORY DROUGHT IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS!

MEYER FINDS REDEMPTION IN ANTIGO, OUTRUNS SHULTZ FOR VICTORY ON WISCONSIN’S FASTEST CLAY OVAL!

July 29, 2016; Antigo, WI – To say Steve Meyer enjoys racing at the Langlade County Speedway may actually be an understatement. More so after Friday nights racing program as he stood in victory lane and he celebrated a win on the ultra fast half-mile clay oval with his family.

The win ended a dry spell that goes back to a victory in Brainerd, MN during the 2007 racing season. Since that time Meyer had been stymied in spite of the fact on a good number of occasions he had been the fastest car on track.

At Langlade County Speedway Meyer was within striking distance of a win on several occasions. In fact when the series returned to the track in 2013 Meyer paced all but the final circuit finishing in the runner-up spot to seven–time series champion Bill Balog. In 2014 Meyer again came within laps the victory only to have to settle for bridesmaid honors.

This year Meyer was not to be denied. After powering past race leader Blake Nimee on a restart, Meyer then was able to fend off championship contender Jeremy Schultz to earn the win. Schultz had closed within a car length when the leaders approached lapped traffic, but a daring three-wide pass by Meyer on a pair of back markers down the front stretch in the closing laps all but sealed up the victory as Schultz was unable to perform the same feat.

Meyer found himself with a 12-car length advantage as he crossed the finish line ahead of Schultz. Two-time series champ Scotty Neitzel made his way to the finish line in the third spot.

Fans had cheered loudly after Meyer accepted the checked flag, many of which may have witnessed his close calls with victory in the past.

“A lot of the people hollering who have been here have probably seen how disappointing a couple years ago was. Two years in a row I had led all but one lap. This is good redemption!”, Meyer exclaimed as he was hugged by his family in victory lane.

“It’s been a long time since we have been here”, said Meyer said of his victory. “This place has always been a favorite of mine, as far as I’m concerned we could come here four or five times a year!” Meyer went on to recall how 24 years ago he had come to the track to put on an exhibition event for a promoter prior to the first ever IRA race at the track.

While he was at the track his wife gave birth to his daughter at home as he gave insight to another reason the track is full of fond memories.

For runner-up Schultz, the evening was both rewarding and frustrating. Rewarding in the fact his finish had placed him in the thick of the title chase.

Schultz explained his performance after the event. “It’s was pretty good, I have to say congratulations to Steve and his whole team. I couldn’t get through traffic quite as good as he (Meyer ) did there at the end,” noting how Meyer broke away during the final circuits. “We gave him a hell of a run. Thanks to the fans for coming out and supporting us. Hopefully, we’ll see you next year”, said Schultz who surely wants another shot at a victory at the track.

20 drivers had been scheduled to start the 25 lap main event but an expired engine for Bill Wirth reduced the starting grid to 19.

Pole sitter Blake Nimee launched into the lead at the drop of the green flag leaving fellow front row starter Wayne Modjeski in his wake. Modjeski quickly faded and would soon drop from the contest with mechanical ills.

By the end of the first circuit, Nimee had established himself in the lead spot with Meyer filtering into second. Current point leader Scotty Thiel had placed himself into the third position and he set out after the lead duo.

By the eighth lap, the leaders began to encounter lapped traffic with Nimee leading the chain through the back markers. Nimee’s lead was precarious as Meyer, Thiel, Schultz and Scotty Neitzel all were within striking distance.

The only slowdown of the contest would have major implications in the point battle. Thiel, the series point leader, had been working to catching Meyer for second when he lost grip and spun coming off turn two. The field behind him scattered but sixth running Mike Reinke had nowhere to go and slammed into Thiel’s errant machine. The hard impact necessitated a red flag.

Both drivers were able to walk away uninsured but both were done for the evening.

Crews were allowed to tend to their driver’s machines and refuel the cars under the open red flag. The high-speed track had the 410 cubic inch engines consuming fuel at nearly a gallon per lap and the open red flag period alleviated any chance of fuel mileage playing a factor in the race outcome.

Once the field re-fired Nimee resumed setting the pace. He would come under immediate pressure from Meyer. On lap 14 Meyer made his was past Nimee into the lead and he began to pull away.

Nimee’s ride began to slow and he soon pulled into the infield turning the second spot over to Schultz while Neitzel advanced into the third position.

In the closing laps the leaders again began to encounter lapped traffic. With five laps to go Meyer temporarily got caught behind them and Schultz closed the lead down to less than a car length. On the next circuit Meyer made a daring three-wide pass coming off turn four and diving down to the very inside of the track.

The move proved successful and as Schultz got caught behind the lapped cars Meyer sailed away with the lead.

Over the final circuits, Meyer was able to maintain the gap on Schultz taking the win in convincing fashion.

Schultz earned the second spot a dozen car lengths behind repelling the challenges of Neitzel who claimed the final podium spot with his third place finish.

Todd King turned in his best effort of the 2016 season earning the fourth spot staying inside the top five almost the entire distance.

Russel Borland also turned in his best run of the year cracking the top five after earlier securing a heat race win.

Scott Uttech charged from his 18th place starting spot all the way up to sixth improving the most positions of any driver in the field this evening. 2015 Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series rookie of the year Kyle Marten earned the seventh spot as he also made a big charge after starting 17th.

Matt Vandervere claimed eighth followed by Dennis Spitz and Ken Jay Fiedler who completed the top ten finishers.

Earlier in the night the heat races also had their drama.

In the first heat, Ben Schmidt who is now driving for Brandon Thone started the evening looking for success. Schmidt had turned in the fastest qualifying lap and had been challenging for the lead when his engine failed. The team then switched motors but Schmidt was one of the first cars to drop out of the main event. The heat was won by Borland who had outran Schultz for the victory.

In heat two Bill Wirth seemingly had the event in hand when he too suffered an engine failure. Thiel would take the win.

In heat three ageless veteran Dennis Spitz laid claim to top honors. The most senior driver in IRA competition Spitz indicated his was his first ever heat race win on a half-mile.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints has an action packed schedule next week with a sharp contrast in the two events planned for next weekend. It begins on Friday evening August 5th at the Dodge County Fairgrounds located just east of Beaver Dam. The wide open half-mile track will feature the 900 horsepower cars exceeding 130mph. Then on Saturday, August 6th it will be a return trip to the Sheboygan County Fairpark in Plymouth, WI for a battle on the tight third-mile bullring.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

8/5/2016 – Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

8/6/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

8/19/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/20/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/21/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

8/27/2016 – LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, IL

IRA SPRINTS TO SHOW FANS ‘WIDE OPEN RACING’ AT THE LANGLADE COUNTY SPEEDWAY IN ANTIGO THIS FRIDAY!

410 SPRINTS SHOWCASE SPEED AND FURY ON WISCONSIN’S BIGGEST DIRT TRACK – THE LANGLADE COUNTY SPEEDWAY!

July 27, 2016; Appleton, WI – The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints present some of the highest horsepower machines to take to a dirt track. The high horsepower to weight ratio make the cars the fastest machines on dirt but at many tracks drivers seldom get to utilize all that horsepower. Effective throttle control is often the key to success at many of the short tracks the series competes on in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.

Getting to full throttle won’t be an issue this coming Friday Night, July 29th as the series heads to the Langlade County Speedway in Antigo, Wisconsin. The event is the highlight of the Langlade County Fair.

The big 5/8-mile dirt track is arguably the fastest on the circuit rivaled only by the Dodge County Fairgrounds.

The raceway, that once operated weekly had been dormant for several seasons when the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints woke it from it’s slumber four years ago. The yearly tradition of brining the 410 sprints to Wisconsin’s north woods has occurred ever since and the races have often played out in nearly full grandstands.

Seven time series champion Bill Balog captured the contests in 2013 and 2014. Both times he made late race passes on Steve Meyer who had led the most laps on both contests. In each case Meyer seemingly had the race in hand when cautions has allowed Balog to close in and steal the victory.

Last year it was Travis Whitney grabbing top honors outrunning Scotty Neitzel for the win.

IMCA Stock Cars will run in support of the two-dozen or more 410 winged sprints that will hit speeds in excess of 130 mph at the track,

Hot laps will begin at 6:00pm, with Qualifying at 6:30pm and Racing set to begin at 7:00pm.

The fairgrounds are located at the northern end of town. Follow Highway 45 through Antigo to North Avenue and you will be at the location of the Langlade County Fairgrounds.

For addition information check out http://www.langladecountyfair.com

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

8/5/2016 – Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

8/6/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

8/19/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/20/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

8/21/2016 – Angell Park Speedway, Sun Prairie, WI

LOYET MAKES SURPRISE APPEARANCE, OUTRUNS REINKE FOR BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINT CAR VICTORY AT OSHKOSH!

ON TRACK ACTION AS HOT AS THE WEATHER! LOYET CAPTURES SPEEDZONE VICTORY AFTER SURPRISE APPEARANCE!

July 22, 2016; Oshkosh, WI – The pit area filled with a number of surprise entries as the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series presented a program on an evening where the on track action was a hothot as the weather. A solid turnout of dedicated race fans were on hand to witness the action showcased by the 900 horsepower machines on the semi-banked third mile oval in spite of the heat index being near 100 degrees.

With drivers swapping rides, racers returning to action and outright surprise competitors, the fans had a lot to look forward to before racing even began.

Brad Loyet, a native of Sunset Hills, Missouri is currently on the national tour with the American Sprint Car Series where he has captured a pair of victories this season. He’s been an occasional competitor with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints and tonight he made the most of those limited appearances. Loyet’s crew rebuilt a car that had been sitting dormant since an accident last year and used the Oshkosh event to shake down the reassembled ride. In spite of missing hot laps, Loyet quickly found the handle earning a spot in the main event.

The three time POWRi National midget champion then spent the first 9 laps of the 30 lap contest chasing two-time Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series title holder Scotty Neitzel before making a move in lapped traffic to take over the top spot.

From that point, he was able to fend off a hard changing Mike Reinke and survive a late race caution to secure the victory.

“It feels good to get a win that’s for sure”, Loyet exclaimed as he began to explain the effort it took to get his car ready for the evening’s show.

“We built this car this week. It was one we crashed last year and we just finally put it together. We didn’t get any hot laps, it was one of those new car deals you always find some stuff that’s wrong”, noted Loyet on his appearance with the IRA.

“We bolted some new shocks on for the heat race and they were not where we thought they were. We got them where they needed to be for the feature. That’s what it takes to win these races, hard work and my guys did a great job”, as he gave his crew credit for the victory.

Loyet’s victory goes into the record books as the tenth different winner in IRA action this season.

Mike Reinke may have had a bigger say in that outcome if not for a late-race caution.

Celebrating his 25th season of racing, Reinke was closing on Loyet as the event was nearing it’s conclusion having nibbled a straightaway lead down to a few car lengths when the yellow flag appeared. When racing went back green Loyet got a good jump on Reinke who no longer was able to match Loyet’s pace. He would have to settle for second six car lengths behind at the checkered flag.

Scotty Neitzel was the final driver making the podium after rebounding over the final circuits to come out on top of a torrid battle for the third spot.

30 entries had checked into the pit area and there were many surprises. Dave Uttech and Phillip Mock returned to action after time off due to mechanical ills, while Tim Vandervere made his first start in several seasons making a surprise return to action.

Additionally, two drivers made their debut in Bumper to Bumper IRA competition. Emily Portschy became the first new female competitor in several years to enter an IRA race, while second generation racer Brandon McMullen enthralled many in attendance with an impressive debut.

McMullen is a standout competitor in area 360 sprint ranks where he had captured the 2015 MSA series title. He turned heads by setting the fastest lap of the evening in qualifying and later finishing a solid 7th in the main event behind the wheel of a car prepared by Ozzie Weisner that was most recently driven by Ben Schmidt. Schmidt meanwhile also return to action after a several race absence wheeling a car owned by Brandon Thone earning a respectable eighth place.

Due to a late start of the program a group qualifying format was utilized with McMullen’s 13.261 second effort being the quickest of the session. Blake Nimee who had been hampered by mechanical ills recently was second quickest of the night with a lap of 13.269 seconds. Nimee would go on to capture his heat race in convincing fashion. He later finished 11th in the main event with challenged by a broken nose wing. Title contender Jeremy Schultz was third quickest on the evening with a lap of 13.285 seconds.

24 cars rolled trackside on a tacky racing surface that allowed for plenty of rim-riding high-speed action.

Neitzel who had started on the outside of the front row got the jump on Loyet blasting into the lead. Loyet opted to try a lower line in an effort to wrestle the top spot from Neitzel, but Neitzel maintained a slim lead over the opening circuits.

Third place would remain hotly contested throughout the event. Steve Meyer and Reinke battled for the spot during the opening rounds joined by Schultz and Kertscher who were also seeking to advance.

Neitzel encountered lapped traffic by lap eight. Loyet used the opportunity to close the gap on the leader and as the pair worked past backmarkers on the next circuit, Loyet dove to the inside of Neitzel down the backstretch and wrestled away the lead.

Once out front Loyet slowly began to open up the lead as Neitzel gave chase.

On lap ten Meyer lost grip in turn two going for a quick spin drawing the first of two cautions.

The action quickly resumed with Loyet and Neitzel pulling away from a hotly contested third place battle between Reinke and Schultz. On lap 12 Schultz annexed the position and tried to close on the lead pair.

Running hard Schultz found room under Neitzel for the second spot on lap 19 briefly making his way to the second spot.

The battle for second intensified as soon Schultz, Reinke and Neitzel were all running within a couple car lengths as they weaved through lapped cars.

Loyet meanwhile had built a solid lead.

Reinke began his charge on lap 20 displacing Schultz and setting out after Loyet. Reinke began to blaze past lapped machines picking them off quickly and he started to reel in Loyet.

With five laps to go Reinke had removed all the lapped cars between himself and the leader and had closed within six car lengths.

The charge was halted on the next circuit when Nimee, who had been fighting for a top five spot, looped his ride in turn four.

This bunched the field and placed Reinke within striking distance of Loyet.

However when the green flag return Loyet got a good jump and Reinke wasn’t able to match Loyet’s speed. Over the final circuits, Loyet maintained the gap of a half-dozen car lengths.

Over the final laps, Neitzel would impress working back past several cars to claim the third spot. Schultz reached the line in the fourth position.

Current Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series point leader Scotty Thiel made the best of a challenging night after he was collected in his heat race accident. In the main event, he pressed forward from his 13th place starting spot to finish fifth and maintain his point lead.

Kertscher spent his evening contesting for a top five spot eventually having to settle for sixth. Brandon McMullen in his 410 sprint debut got an impressive seventh. Last season’s point runner-up Ben Schmidt has now driven four different cars this season and has proven his adaptability. Tonight he got his first start behind the wheel of a Brandon Thone owned machine that had been driven by Robbie Pribnow. Schmidt put the car in eighth place at the checkered.

Russel Borland made the most of a last-minute engine change. Having just received his powerplant Borland and his crew managed to make the program tonight taking a rewarding ninth place finish. Jordan Goldesberry completed the top ten after starting 19th.

20 of the 24 starters were still on track at the checkered.

The B-main was captured by Todd Daun who was chased to the finish by Jereme Schroeder, Matt Vandervere, and Dennis Spitz. Ken Jay Fiedler and Wayne Modjeski finished fifth and sixth and were the final transfer cars. Michael Decker was the first alternate for the main after finishing seventh.

Heat race victories were captured by Kertscher, Nimee, and Mock.

Then the series had planned to contest an event at Eagle Valley Speedway located near Jim Fall, WI on Saturday but with bad weather rolling into the area the event was canceled.

The series will now head to Langlade County Fairgrounds in Antigo, Wi for a program next Friday evening, July 29th.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/29/2016 – Langlade County Speedway – Antigo, WI

8/5/2016 – Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

8/6/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. O5-Brad Loyet[1]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke[5]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[2]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel[13]; 6. 80K-Mike Kertscher[10]; 7. 73-Brandon McMullen[8]; 8. 94R-Ben Schmidt[12]; 9. 23-Russel Borland[11]; 10. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[15]; 11. 79-Blake Nimee[7]; 12. 7-Scott Uttech[3]; 13. 99-Kyle Marten[14]; 14. 19-Todd Daun[20]; 15. 53W-Bill Wirth[17]; 16. 41-Dennis Spitz[22]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder[19]; 18. 85M-Steve Meyer[4]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz[18]; 20. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[24]; 21. (DNF) 1M-Phillip Mock[9]; 22. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech[16]; 23. (DNF) 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[23]; 24. (DNF) 10V-Matt Vandevere[21]

Behling Racing Equipment B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 19-Todd Daun[6]; 2. 43-Jereme Schroeder[1]; 3. 10V-Matt Vandevere[4]; 4. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; 5. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[2]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[5]; 7. 12-Michael Decker[3]; 8. 7V-Tim Vandevere[7]; 9. 33R-Douglas Pietz[9]; (DNS) 14AJX-Darren Struve; (DNS) 0-John Fahl; (DNS) 55E-Emily Portschy

Real Wheels Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 80K-Mike Kertscher[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 3. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 4. 94R-Ben Schmidt[3]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke[5]; 6. 73-Brandon McMullen[6]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[7]; 8. 19-Todd Daun[9]; 9. 33R-Douglas Pietz[8]; (DNS) 0-John Fahl

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 2. 85M-Steve Meyer[5]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 4. 53W-Bill Wirth[1]; 5. O5-Brad Loyet[4]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandevere[8]; 8. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[7]; 9. 7V-Tim Vandevere[9]; 10. 55E-Emily Portschy[10]

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 1M-Phillip Mock[2]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[4]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[1]; 5. 7-Scott Uttech[5]; 6. 99-Kyle Marten[3]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[8]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz[9]; 9. 12-Michael Decker[7]; 10. (DNF) 14AJX-Darren Struve[10]

Osborn & Son Qualifying: 1. 73-Brandon McMullen, 13.261[14]; 2. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.269[22]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.285[23]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, 13.361[26]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer, 13.486[16]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech, 13.529[20]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13.563[7]; 8. O5-Brad Loyet, 13.596[21]; 9. 23-Russel Borland, 13.686[19]; 10. 94R-Ben Schmidt, 13.780[12]; 11. 64-Scotty Thiel, 13.828[17]; 12. 99-Kyle Marten, 13.844[25]; 13. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 13.868[24]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 13.873[4]; 15. 1M-Phillip Mock, 13.910[27]; 16. 68-Dave Uttech, 13.921[30]; 17. 53W-Bill Wirth, 13.997[10]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 14.141[8]; 19. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 14.160[15]; 20. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, 14.198[9]; 21. 12-Michael Decker, 14.228[11]; 22. 0-John Fahl, 14.303[29]; 23. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 14.316[5]; 24. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 14.346[13]; 25. 19-Todd Daun, 14.545[3]; 26. 7V-Tim Vandevere, 14.597[28]; 27. 41-Dennis Spitz, 14.639[6]; 28. 33R-Douglas Pietz, 15.835[18]; 29. 55E-Emily Portschy, 16.553[1]; (DNS) 14AJX-Darren Struve

OSHKOSH SPEEDZONE AND EAGLE VALLEY SPEEDWAY HOSTS BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS THIS WEEKEND!

ONLY APPEARANCE FOR OUTLAW 410 SORINTS AT TWO TRACKS TAKES PLACE THIS WEEKEND AS BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINT SEASON HEAD TO OSHKOSH AND JIM FALLS!

July 20, 2016; Appleton, WI – The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints relationship with Mother Nature was strained a little bit more this past weekend as a planned double header consisting of events at Wilmot Raceway and Angell Park Speedway were reduced from two events to one.

While Wilmot Raceway successfully hosted a very special Founder’s Night event captured by Bill Balog the planned contest at Angell Park Speedway the following evening fell to weather. Soaking rains in the morning and the forecast for potential severe weather for cancellation of the event.

It was the fourth rainout of a busy 2016 season for the series, which consists of 34 events.

This weekend the goal is to complete the double as the shows will mark the only events to be held at the respective tracks this year.

It begins Friday Night, July 22nd at the Oshkosh Speedzone as the semi-banked third mile clay oval located in the southern Fox Valley area will start the weekend off. For the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Cars in what will be their first appearance in over a year. Last time the 900 horsepower winged machines visited the track it was Scott Uttech putting on a unwavering performance to earn the victory over two-time series champion Scotty Neitzel.

This Friday night the Sprints will be joined by the tracks own Modified special marking the

second round of the IMCA Modified King of the Ring series. The IMCA Sport Mods and IMCA Stock Cars are also part of the big night.

Pit gates will open at 4:00pm, the grandstands will open at 5:00pm. Sprint car hot laps will take place at 6:00pm, with qualifying scheduled for 6:30pm. The first green flag is set to wave at 7:00pm

Adult admission for this special event is $20, with a student ticket available to those ages 11 to 15 for $10. Children ages 10 and under are FREE.

Oshkosh Speedzone Raceway is a 1/3 mile semi-banked clay oval located at the Sunnyview Expo Center which resides near the intersection of Highways 76 and County Trunk Y in Oshkosh. Fans and drivers can find additional details on the contest by visiting the track website at www.oshkoshspeedzone.net

Then the series packs up and heads West. Eagle Valley Speedway located near Jim Fall, WI will be presenting the first show of the season in West Central Wisconsin for the 410 sprints. The high banked 3/8 mile oval feature high speed action on a track where the straights have a roller coaster effect, heading downhill on the front stretch and uphill on the backstretch. The high banked turns are also ideal for as they result in the exceptionally high speeds obtained at the raceway.

It has been two years since the series last appeared at the track as weather had washed out the only scheduled event at the facility last season.

When the series last appeared in 2014 it was seven-time series champ, Bill Balog earning the rights to victory lane as he outran Mike Reinke and Travis Whitney.

This Saturday’s event is being billed as the tracks biggest show of the year at the track and in addition to the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, the raceway’s own WISSOTA Modifieds will be in action along with the track’s first ever Hornet Swarm special for 4 cylinder cars. T he show will also feature the first ever appearance of the Upper Midwest Sprint Series Traditional Sprints. The IRA sanctioned Wisconsin WingLESS Sprint Series will join the UMSS events that evening running under their own rules.

Pit gates are to open at 4:00pm for this year’s show with the spectator gates opening at 4:30pm. Hot laps are to get underway at 5:30pm with racing set to begin at 6:00pm.

For ticket pricing information please call the raceway at: 715-382-5367 or consult the track website at www.eaglevalleyspeedway.net

Eagle Valley Speedway is located just north of Jim Falls, WI just off Highway 178. Head north out of town of Highway 178 and turn west (left) onto 150th Avenue.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/23/2016 – Eagle Valley Speedway – Jim Falls, WI

7/29/2016 – Langlade County Speedway – Antigo, WI

8/5/2016 – Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

8/6/2016 – Plymouth Dirt Track – Plymouth, WI

BALOG TOPS BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA WAIN AT WILMOT RACEWAY’S FOUNDERS NIGHT ACTION!

BALOG FENDS OFF LATE RACE CHARGE BY POINT LEADER THIEL FOR VICTORY AT WILMOT RACEWAY!

July 16, 2016, Wilmot, WI – Seven-time Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series champion Bill Balog goes into the record books as the winner of Saturday Night’s event as Wilmot Raceway. What isn’t recorded in the tally is just how hard he had to work for the victory.

Balog had started in the eighth position and quickly had worked toward the front of the field. He had been attempting to work past Brandon Wimmer, when Wimmer bicycled his car slamming back onto it’s wheel breaking it’s suspension.

This gave the lead to Balog but the race was far from over. For the remaining distance current Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series point leader Scotty Thiel harassed Balog endlessly.

A final restart with just eight laps to go gave Thiel one last shot to run down Balog, but Balog expertly worked lapped traffic over the final two laps to score his fifth series victory of the 2016 season.

Thiel had to settle for runner-up honors. It also continued his remarkable consistency having finished in the top five in 7 of the past 9 events.

Third place went to two-time Wilmot Raceway champ Jeremy Schultz. Schultz, victorious in 410 sprint action at the track one week ago spent the final half of the contest trying to run down the lead duo of Balog and Thiel. Just like Thiel, he has been remarkably consistent of late having recorded four top five finishes in the past five events.

Not surprisingly Schultz provides the biggest challenge to Thiel’s point lead.

The event started with Scott Uttech and Ryan Irwin making up the front row. Uttech gained the upper hand at the drop of the green and was pacing the field when the first caution flew for a spin by Jordan Goldesberry in turn two.

The field realigned with Uttech leading Irwin, Wimmer and Thiel back to the green flag.

The race resumed with Wimmer blasting past Uttech for the top spot while Balog rim-rode the track gaining positions in rapid succession.

On lap five Robbie Pribnow got upside down in turn two forcing a red flag. Pribnow emerged unhurt but his ride was done for the evening.

Wimmer powered away with the lead as racing got back underway while Balog made quick work of Uttech to garner second.

On lap eight Thiel rambled past Uttech to reach third.

The next circuit saw the yellow flag wave again, this time for a twin spin as both Todd Daun and Goldesberry got headed the wrong direction in turn four.

The race quickly got back full speed with Wimmer, Balog and Thiel leading the field around the semi-banked third-mile clay oval.

Wimmer’s time at the front lasted just two more laps when he bicycled his car in turn three, nearly flipping. Though he landed on his wheels, the suspension broke on his machine ending his night and thereby turning the lead over to Balog.

This left Balog, Thiel and Uttech in the top three spots as action again resumed.

While Balog had the lead he was unable to get much of a gap on Thiel who followed Balog’s every move.

The third position meanwhile became a test of wills between Uttech and Schultz who was working the high line.

Just before the halfway point the yellow flag waved yet again as Michael Decker and Trey Datweiler locked horns in turn four. Both were able to continue when the race went green yet again.

Balog and Thiel broke away from traffic with Schultz running a distant third when the final yellow flag flew on lap 22.

The final eight laps would go into the record books without further incident.

Balog got a great restart leaving a small gap on Thiel who ran eight car lengths behind. Over the final two circuits Balog again encountered lapped traffic. Though Thiel managed to close the gap, Balog made the correct moved and reached the finish line with a two car length advantage for the win.

Thiel had to settle for second spot. Schultz held fast to the final podium position in third.

Uttech’s fourth place finish was his best effort so far in 2016, Mike Reinke nailed down the final top five position.

Todd Hepfner, Raymond Hensley, Scotty Nietzel, Bill Wirth and Kris Spitz completed the top ten.

Due to mechanical difficulties for Blake Nimee and Rusty Egan which reduced the field no B-main was needed this evening.

Heat race victories were collected by Wirth, Thiel and Modjeski.

Balog paced the 27 car field this evening in qualifying with a lap of 13.382 seconds. Reinke turned in the second quickest lap at 13.44 seconds. Schultz was third quick at 13.502 seconds.

The top 25 cars in qualifying all timed within one second of the quickest lap turning in by Balog.

The series now heads Angell Park Speedway for the Norm Nelson Classic.

The Sunday evening show will feature the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints which will be joined by the Badger Midgets and Wisconsin Dirt Legends series.

All tickets and pit passes from the June 5th rain out at the track will be honored. You must bring your ticket and pit pass to redeem it for a new ticket/pit pass.

Admission prices are $20 for adults, with Students ages 12 to 18 admitted for $15. Children under the age of 12 are admitted FREE with an adult.

Pit gates will open at 2:00pm, with spectator gates opening at 4:30pm. Hot laps begin at 6:00pm with racing to follow.

For more information, visit www.angellparkspeedway.net.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/17/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

7/22/2016 – Oshkosh Speedzone – Oshkosh, WI

7/23/2016 – Eagle Valley Speedway – Jim Falls, WI

7/29/2016 – Langlade County Speedway – Antigo, WI

8/6/2016 – Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 4. 7-Scott Uttech[2]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke[7]; 6. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner[13]; 7. 70-Raymond Hensley[18]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel[12]; 9. 53W-Bill Wirth[10]; 10. 4K-Kris Spitz[15]; 11. 11-Joey Moughan[20]; 12. 56-Ryan Irwin[1]; 13. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[9]; 14. 41-Dennis Spitz[22]; 15. 10V-Matt Vandevere[21]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder[17]; 17. 23D-Trey Datweiler[24]; 18. 0-John Fahl[23]; 19. 99-Kyle Marten[5]; 20. 12-Michael Decker[25]; 21. (DNF) 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr[16]; 22. (DNF) 48-Brandon Wimmer[3]; 23. (DNF) 19-Todd Daun[19]; 24. (DNF) 65-Jordan Goldesberry[11]; 25. (DNF) 94R-Rob Pribnow[14]

Real Wheels Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 53W-Bill Wirth[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 4. 43-Jereme Schroeder[1]; 5. 7-Scott Uttech[4]; 6. 99-Kyle Marten[5]; 7. 19-Todd Daun[7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker[9]; 9. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 64-Scotty Thiel[5]; 2. 4K-Kris Spitz[2]; 3. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner[3]; 4. 70-Raymond Hensley[1]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke[6]; 6. 56-Ryan Irwin[4]; 7. 0-John Fahl[8]; 8. (DNF) 11-Joey Moughan[7]; (DNS) 79-Blake Nimee

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[1]; 2. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr[2]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 4. 94R-Rob Pribnow[3]; 5. 48-Brandon Wimmer[5]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandevere[7]; 8. 23D-Trey Datweiler[8]; (DNS) 50-Rusty Egan

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.382[22]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 13.444[24]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.502[5]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten, 13.503[8]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel, 13.525[11]; 6. 48-Brandon Wimmer, 13.539[15]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech, 13.540[13]; 8. 56-Ryan Irwin, 13.571[14]; 9. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.662[16]; 10. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 13.671[23]; 11. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13.681[3]; 12. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner, 13.763[17]; 13. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 13.780[10]; 14. 53W-Bill Wirth, 13.787[26]; 15. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.805[7]; 16. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 13.843[25]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 13.856[19]; 18. 70-Raymond Hensley, 13.889[12]; 19. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 13.901[9]; 20. 19-Todd Daun, 13.904[1]; 21. 11-Joey Moughan, 13.984[27]; 22. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 14.009[6]; 23. 41-Dennis Spitz, 14.032[2]; 24. 0-John Fahl, 14.318[21]; 25. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 14.368[20]; 26. 12-Michael Decker, 14.692[4]; (DNS) 50-Rusty Egan

SECOND HALF OF 2016 SEASON BEGINS FOR THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS WITH WILMOT – SUN PRAIRIE DOUBLE HEADER!

TEAMS PREPARE FOR SECOND HALF OF CHALLENGING BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINT SEASON!

July 13, 2016; Appleton, WI – The challenging 34 date schedule for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series will cross the midpoint this weekend as the series makes stops at two of it’s most prolific tracks. On Saturday Night July 16th Wilmot Raceway will see the 900 horsepower winged sprints showcase their speed and fury and then on Sunday Night, July 17th fans at Angell Park Speedway will witness the and addition helping of the spectacle of speed.

Teams have mainly been divided into two camps so far this season. Those, which have been able to stay on task and complete, and those that have been challenged by fate and mechanical ills and are seeking a return to racing action.

The former group will be ready for Saturday evening, as Wilmot Raceway will host four divisions of action highlighted by the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints. Joining the program will be the Wisconsin WingLESS Sprint Series, which has become especially popular as one of the featured weekly divisions at the track. Mini-Sprints and Modifieds will also be on the card.

The event will mark the third of five appearances for the series this season. So far outsiders have captured the two events run. In the first contest Dusty Zomer outran Brandon Wimmer for the win, while Danny Holtgraver came up victorious in the All-Stars vs IRA Challenge event.

The track has also hosted an addition pair of 410 sprint shows. Wimmer ran down Jeremy Schultz for the win in the first contest while Schultz, a two-time track champion and the 2013 IRA Rookie of the Year earned the victory in the second event.

Given that performance Schultz could use his knowledge of the raceway as a means to cut into the point lead of Scotty Thiel who has earned three victories in Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series competition this season. Schultz meanwhile is looking to get back to victory lane in IRA action at a track that rewarded him with several IRA victories.

Grandstands open at 5:00 p.m. with racing slated at 6:45. Grandstand admission is $20.00 for adults ages 12 and over; $5.00 for youth ages 7-11; and free for children ages 6 and under. For the latest updates check the trackside race line 262-862-2090, the official track web site www.wilmotraceway.com or the track Facebook page.

On Sunday the series will make a trip to Angell Park Speedway. The historic facility has become a favorite of both fans and drivers for the intense racing action it has provided.

All totaled the series is making six stops at the uniquely shaped third-mile track giving it the most events on the 2016 schedule.

So far this year only the weather has bested IRA point leader Scotty Thiel at the track as rain took out one of the first three shows. Thiel has captured both events that have been completed so far this season.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will be joined by the Badger Midgets and Wisconsin Dirt Legends series.

All tickets and pit passes from the June 5th rain out will be honored. You must bring your ticket and pit pass to redeem it for a new ticket/pit pass.

Admission prices are $20 for adults, with Students ages 12 to 18 admitted for $15. Children under the age of 12 are admitted FREE with an adult.

Pit gates will open at 2:00pm, with spectator gates opening at 4:30pm. Hot laps begin at 6:00pm with racing to follow.

For more information, visit www.angellparkspeedway.net.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/16/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

7/17/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

7/22/2016 – Oshkosh Speedzone – Oshkosh, WI

7/23/2016 – Eagle Valley Speedway – Jim Falls, WI

7/29/2016 – Langlade County Speedway – Antigo, WI

8/6/2016 – Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

CARSON MACEDO DOMINATES DODGE COUNTY FOR FIRST CAREER BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT SERIES WIN!

MACEDO LOSES BRAKES AND SPANKS FIELD IN RICK SCHMIDT MEMORIAL RACE AT THE DODGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS!

July 8, 2016; Beaver Dam, WI – Those in attendance at the Rick Schmidt Memorial Race at the Dodge County Fairgrounds witnessed one of the most dominant victories in the history of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series.

Carson Macedo of Lamoore, CA put on a clinic on the big half-mile clay oval tanking a convincing win and becoming the ninth different winner in IRA Sprint action this season.

Except for a brief time when he got held up in lapped traffic Macedo held fast to the front running position lapping all the way to the fifth spot. It was his second win in Wisconsin in less than a week. Macedo had competed in a Midget at Angell Park Speedway on July 3rd and won the 35th annual Pepsi Nationals at Angell Park Speedway. Macedo is only the fourth driver to win the Pepsi Nationals in their first attempt.

Tonight he hopped behind the wheel of the Hans Lein owed #17 machine, which has been piloted with success by seven-time IRA champion Bill Balog. Macedo wasted no time in adapting to the high horsepower winged 410 sprint car.

Macedo was thrilled with tonight’s outcome.

“Oh man, Hans Lein and everyboy put a great race car together”, exclaimed Macedo. “I can’t thank them enough for giving me the opportunity to do my best in a race car. I got the battling with Justin ( Henderson ), he was really good. I knew I would have to make some really good moves to get back by him”, said Macedo.

Macedo found the lapped cars to be quite challenging when leading the event.

“I luckily got through there and I’m sure Justin ( Henderson) would agree that lapped traffic was tough. It only takes one second of making the wrong move to mess yourself up”, Macedo said of the lead changes while doing battle through lapped cars.

Macedo also was hindered in the closing laps by brake issues but it did not seem to slow his pace once clear of lapped cars.

“The brakes went all the way down to the floorboard, I didn’t have any more bakes”, Macedo stated and closed stating “All and all it was just a great night!”

Only Justin Henderson of Sioux Falls, SD who was piloting a machine owned by Brandon Thone had the speed to match Macedo. He led briefly when Macedo got stuck behind lapped cars. However, once Macedo made his way back past Henderson all his competition could do is try and stay in the same time zone. When the checkered flag waved Macedo had nearly a half lap advantage on Henderson who was his nearest rival.

Henderson, who had already enjoyed a victory with the IRA Bumper to Bumper Outlaw Sprints at the Dodge County Fairgrounds back in July of 2012 was the only driver who posed a threat to the lead. Henderson craftily worked lapped traffic to briefly place himself out front, but once Macedo was able to retake the top spot all Henderson could do was secure the second position.

Henderson felt that he was responsible for giving up the lead.

“I gave it up plain and simple there, we really don’t have any excuses. The car was really good”, Henderson noted.

Giving a nod to his youthful rival Henderson joked, “The whippersnapper got to me there in lapped traffic”. Henderson further explained, “I got caught up on the #7 car there. It wasn’t his fault and I just needed to find a way by. I didn’t get the job done”. Congratulations to Carson he put on a great show there”.

The final podium spot went to Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series point leader Scotty Thiel. Thiel had started in the 10th spot and managed to crack the top five during the first half of the contest. In the closing laps he would ambush Jeremy Schultz who seemingly had the final podium spot in hand. With his third place finish Thiel manage to maintain his point lead as the second half of the season has begun.

22 cars were scheduled to started the 23 lap A-main event, but an unfortunate accident had eliminated Mike Reinke in his heat race. Reinke had a wheel leave his car as had entered turn four that resulted in an end over end tumble. Though Reinke was unhurt he was unable to start the main event.

This left 21 cars taking the green flag for the 23 lap Rick Schmidt Memorial race.

Macedo had started on the pole of the contest and wasted no time in getting the upper hand on fellow front row starter Robbie Pribnow. Henderson surpassed Pribnow at the drop of the green flag to reach second.

Only one lap went in the books before the first and only slowdown of the event took place. 2015 Rookie of the Year Kyle Marten, and Mike Kertscher who had won the most recent IRA event less than a week ago at Seymour Speedway became tangled in turn two drawing the caution.

Neither driver was able to continue.

The final 22 laps of the contest clicked off without interruption resulting in Macedo spending plenty of time working lapped traffic.

As the field returned to speed Macedo and Henderson broke away from the pack. Pribnow, running in the third spot kept the lead pair in his sights for the first five laps before the lead duo pulled away.

As lapped traffic thickened Macedo briefly slowed his pace allowing Henderson to strike. With no hesitation Henderson charged to the top spot on lap six.

On lap nine Macedo returned the favor. This time Henderson was momentarily trapped behind a lapped car coming off turn two and Macedo shot past to reclaim the lead.

Once out front Macedo began to pull away.

Moments later attention focused on the third spot were Schultz managed to work past Pribnow for the position. Further back Thiel cracked the top five.

By the halfway point Macedo’s pace allowed him to lap up to the eighth place car and he would be relentless in his charge continuing to build a cushion on Henderson who was now a dozen car lengths behind.

While the top two remained constant, Thiel was working his way forward. He slipped past Pribnow for the fourth spot and then ran down Schultz to challenge for third as the final laps approached.

Out front Macedo was about to reach Pribnow in the fifth position to put him a lap down when the checkered flag waved.

Macedo’s margin of victory had extended to nearly a half lap in spite of losing his brakes during the final circuits. Henderson finished a distant second. Thiel worked a late race pass on Schultz for third. Schultz claimed fourth and Pribnow comprised the top five.

Steve Meyer, fresh from a podium a week ago at Seymour earned the sixth spot, going one lap down in the closing laps. Scotty Neitzel earned seventh after overcoming mechanical troubles in hot laps. Russel Borland finished in the eighth spot. He had been challenging for a top five position early in the contest.

Blake Nimee made his way to the checker in ninth while Bill Wirth claimed the final top ten spot.

15 of the 21 starters were still doing battle when the event reached its conclusion.

In earlier action heat race wins went to Borland, Macedo and Nimee.

Schultz nailed down the fastest qualifying lap of the event, pacing the 22 drivers who had checked in for action.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints now prepare for a double-header weekend of action. Next Saturday Night July 16th the series heads to it’s birthplace at the Wilmot Raceway and then on Sunday evening it’s time for another trek to the popular Angell Park Speedway venue.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/16/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

7/17/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

7/22/2016 – Oshkosh Speedzone – Oshkosh, WI

7/23/2016 – Eagle Valley Speedway – Jim Falls, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (23 Laps): 1. 17B-Carson Macedo[1]; 2. 94-Justin Henderson[3]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[10]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 5. 94R-Rob Pribnow[2]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer[11]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel[9]; 8. 23-Russel Borland[6]; 9. 79-Blake Nimee[5]; 10. 53W-Bill Wirth[17]; 11. 7-Scott Uttech[12]; 12. 10V-Matt Vandevere[21]; 13. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[13]; 14. 41-Dennis Spitz[16]; 15. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[14]; 16. (DNF) 0-John Fahl[15]; 17. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker[18]; 18. (DNF) 6K-Kurt Davis[20]; 19. (DNF) 80K-Mike Kertscher[8]; 20. (DNF) 99-Kyle Marten[7]; 21. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz[19]; (DNS) 02-Mike Reinke

Real Wheels Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer[3]; 5. 94R-Rob Pribnow[5]; 6. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[1]; 7. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker[7]; 8. (DNF) 6K-Kurt Davis[8]

DMI Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17B-Carson Macedo[3]; 2. 94-Justin Henderson[5]; 3. 80K-Mike Kertscher[4]; 4. 7-Scott Uttech[1]; 5. (DNF) 0-John Fahl[6]; 6. (DNF) 10V-Matt Vandevere[2]; (DNS) 53W-Bill Wirth

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 2. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[1]; 3. 99-Kyle Marten[4]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 5. 41-Dennis Spitz[7]; 6. 4K-Kris Spitz[5]; 7. (DNF) 02-Mike Reinke[6]

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 2. 94-Justin Henderson[21]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke[3]; 4. 94R-Rob Pribnow[4]; 5. 17B-Carson Macedo[13]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel[5]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel[12]; 8. 80K-Mike Kertscher[17]; 9. 99-Kyle Marten[16]; 10. 85M-Steve Meyer[20]; 11. 7-Scott Uttech[9]; 12. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[18]; 13. 23-Russel Borland[19]; 14. 10V-Matt Vandevere[1]; 15. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 16. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[11]; 17. 0-John Fahl[22]; 18. 53W-Bill Wirth[10]; 19. 41-Dennis Spitz[14]; 20. 12-Michael Decker[15]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; (DNS) 6K-Kurt Davis

DODGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS TO SHOWCASE THE RICK SCHMIDT MEMORIAL RACE FOR THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT!

SPEEDS TO APPROACH 130MPH AS THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS CRANK IT UP AT THE HOSEPOWER HALF-MILE!

July 5, 2016; Appleton, WI – The 900 horsepower machines wheeled by the drivers on the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint tour will have a chance to stretch their legs this Friday evening July 8th at the Dodge County Fairgrounds.

The big half-mile clay oval, with it’s wide sweeping turns will all drivers to test their skills at speeds of up to 130mph. It’s a show not for the feint of heart as the winged warriors are set to begin the second half of their 2016 campaign at one of the fastest tracks on the circuit.

Two dozen 410 outlaw sprints car are expected to participate in the Rick Schmidt Memorial race.

Show will continue to showcase the intense battles that have been seeing throughout the 2016 campaign. Currently Scotty Thiel is heading up the series standings on the strength of three victories for far this season.

Thiel had a breakout performance in mid-June where he swept and entire weekend of action with victories at the Plymouth Dirt Track and Angell Park Speedway.

2013 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series rookie of the year Jeremy Schultz is currently sitting second in the standings. Though still seeking his first win the two-time Wilmot Raceway 410 sprint champion has been very consistent this season and is seeking to score his first victory of 2015.

Scotty Neitzel comes into the show third in points and with plenty of momentum after taking a thrilling last lap victory at the final 410 sprint show ever at the Manitowoc Speedway. Neitzel has had some exceptionally strong performances the past several years at the big Dodge County Fairgrounds track.

Seven-time series champion Bill Balog comes into the weekend fourth in points followed by 2012 Rookie of the Year Robbie Pribnow.

In addition to the anticipated two dozen series regulars the Dodge County Fairgrounds events has attracted many surprise sprint car stars.

Last year Dusty Zomer and Rico Abreu had made surprise visits and both came away besting the IRA regulars. The IRA stars are looking to event the score and repel any invaders this season.

Fans have turned out in droves for the past several seasons for the Dodge County Fairgrounds events and those seeking the best seating are encouraged to arrive early to grab the best seats.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will be joined by the MSA 360 sprints along with IMCA type modifieds to make for a full evening of racing action.

Pit Gates will open at 3:00 pm, spectator gates open 5:00 pm, with warm ups at 6pm with hot laps to follow, qualifying is set for 6:45 pm with racing to follow at the completion of qualifying.

Spectator Admission is $20 for adults, with children ages 6-12 admitted for $5. Children ages 5 and younger are FREE with an adult admission.

The Dodge County Fairgrounds is located on highway 33, just 2 miles east of Beaver Dam and just west of highway 26.

For additional information please see http://www.dodgecountyfairgrounds.com

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/8/2016 - Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

7/16/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

7/17/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

7/22/2016 – Oshkosh Speedzone – Oshkosh, WI

7/23/2016 – Eagle Valley Speedway – Jim Falls, WI

KERTSCHER COMPLETES HIS RETURN TO BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS WITH THRILLING VICTORY AT SEYMOUR RACEWAY PARK!

KERTSCHER EDGES BALOG FOR VICTORY AS BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS VISIT SEYMOUR RACEWAY PARK!

July 3, 2016; Sun Prairie, WI – Some of the most intense on track battles over the years have taken place between the hard charging Mike Kertscher and multi-time IRA champion Bill Balog. They’ve battled to the wire in many events.

For the past several seasons fans have not had opportunity to witness those battles as Kertscher took some time away from the sport as other obligations placed a premium on his time.

Off season rumors indicated he would return to action in 2016 and it hasn’t taken long to return to the hard driving nature that has earned him many A-main victories over the year.

With ideal weather conditions Seymour Raceway Park hosted the return of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints as the last two scheduled events at the track had fallen to weather.

This evening Kertscher and Balog renewed their old rivalry as they did battle in the closing laps for supremacy on a track that favored a narrow high line around the banked third-mile clay oval.

Coming off the final turn Balog dove to the bottom of the track and moved alongside Kertscher but Kertscher maintained his momentum with a flawless drive off the high line to score the win by a car length.

It was Kertscher’s first win since back-to-back victories at the beginning of the 2013 season.

“This feels really good”, Kertscher exclaimed as his victory interview began with series announcer Ray Underwood.

“I mean to run with the likes of a guy that wins a World of Outlaws feature this last week. This is fantastic. That makes the IRA look good I’m just happy to run with these guys”, Kertscher stated giving acknowledgement to Balog on his recent World of Outlaws victory at Beaver Dam.

Kertscher was well aware that Balog would make a bid for the win in the closing laps. “I knew he was back there somewhere. Normally I’m chasing him”, Kertscher stated of the late race challenge for the victory.

Kertscher got the call during the offseason to drive for his new team. “I want to thank the team and Cab Construction. They’ve given me a shot to drive this car it’s been nothing but a pleasure, all they guys that work on the car all week so I can go out and have some fun”, said Kertscher appreciative of the opportunity.

Kertscher also indicated he may be able to run more events as the season progresses as his work schedule at Road America gets a bit lighter. “June is a really aggressive month for me at Road America, Indy car was last weekend now I can start getting some time away to have some fun here”, he concluded.

For Balog he would wind up just short of his fifth win of the 2016 season and while he had to settle for second he was pleased with the performance of his car.

“We were pretty good there, better than we have been. It’s the third night in this car”, noted Balog of his recent offer to drive the Rhine Auto Motorsports machine. “Congratulations to Mike ( Kertscher ) he did a great job. Especially running up there in one and two with the limited amount of seat time he’s had, he’s done a really good job.

Balog indicated he was holding nothing back in going for the win. “I was running as hard as I could, in one and two it was just hard to really gain much. Your were pretty much touching the wall to get a bit of grip there. I was just trying to be as smooth as possible. When the white came out I just tried to throw a big slider on him but I lifted a bit and he drove by and got the win”, noted Balog.

“I want to thank everyone for coming out and we’ll get em next time”, Balog concluded.

Steve Meyer who finished third joined Kertscher and Balog on the podium. Meyer had perhaps the fastest car on the track throughout the contest and was especially quick in the closing laps. He had spun on the first lap of the race and had to restart the contest dead last in the 22 car field. He brilliantly worked traffic and made a final lap pass of Jeremy Schultz to earn the position.

22 drivers took to the track for the 30 lap A-main.

A tire was knocked onto the racing surface at the initial start and a second effort to get the race underway also went awry as drivers fought to get to the narrow preferred line on the high side of the track. Meyer went spun around and was avoided by the field but had to give up his sixth place starting spot for a position outside the top 20 when the race finally began.

Outside front row starter Joey Moughan shot into the opening lead while polesitter Kyle Marten fought on the low groove only to find it difficult to maintain the pace on the bottom.

Kertscher who had started fourth placed himself in the second spot by the end of lap two, with Jeremy Schultz following.

Moughan was blistering wound the track steadily increasing his gap on Kertscher. His pace was so quick that by lap six he already began to encounter lapped traffic.

The race changed drastically on lap nine for the race leader. Heading into turn two Kurt Davis had a mechanical failure that caused him to spin in turn two. Moughan was unable to avoid contact and the pair became tangled resulting in a caution.

Neither driver was able to continue the race, turning the lead over to Kertscher.

On the restart Kertscher maintained the top spot with Schultz following in his tire tracks. Scotty Neitzel, the winner of the most recent IRA race, which was held at Manitowoc Speedway two nights ago, filed into the third positions and began to challenge Schultz for runner-up honors.

Balog meanwhile had worked into the fourth spot after starting tenth. He would continue his charge annexing third at Neitzel’s expense on lap 14 and he then began to try and run down Schultz.

On lap 19 the red flag flew for a scary incident involving Robbie Pribnow who jumped the cushion slamming into the track exit tire barrier. Pribnow who had been doing battle in the top five was unhurt in the incident but was done for the evening.

The final 11 laps ran without interruption.

As the green flag flew Kertscher got a good jump on Schultz who had his hand full as Balog. Balog wasted no time in maneuvering past Schultz and he now set his sights on Kertscher.

As Kertscher and Balog drew away from the field attention focused on Meyer who was carving his way toward the front.

Meyer cracked the top five with just five laps to go in the contest and outdrove his competition as he wheeled forward. After making quick work of point leader Scotty Thiel to reach fourth he quickly narrowed the gap on third running Schultz.

Out front Kertscher and Balog ran in tandem as the white flag flew.

In the final turns Balog attempted one last ditch effort to replace Kertscher in the lead but the effort fell short with Kertscher taking the win. In similar fashion Meyer attempted the pass on Schultz for third. In this case the pass would prove successful with Meyer earning the position.

Schultz took fourth after being knocked off the podium on the final lap. Thiel claimed fifth and as a result continues to lead the point standings.

Blake Nimee advanced from his eleventh place starting berth and spent much of the time working on a top five finish before eventually having to settle for the sixth spot. Neitzel earned seventh followed by a solid showing for Kris Spitz in eighth. Bill Wirth and Matt Vandervere completed the top ten finishers.

14 of the 22 starters were still on the track at the finish as attrition took its toll in the contest.

Earlier in the program heat race wins were collected by Wayne Modjeski, Brian Kristan and Kyle Marten. Oddly none of the heat winners has much success in the featured event with only Marten finishing the contest taking 11th.

The evening began with Balog establishing a new track record rocketing around the banked third-mile clay oval at 12.191 seconds with the average speed just shy of 100mph.

Neitzel turned in the second quickest lap at 12.474 seconds and Meyer was third fast with a 12.566 second effort.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints now head to the Dodge County Fairgrounds for a Friday Night program on the big-half mile oval. The July 8th program will also have the MSA 360 sprints and IMCA type modifieds on the card. Qualifying is set to get underway at 6:30pm with racing thereafter.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/8/2016 - Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

7/16/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

7/17/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

7/22/2016 – Oshkosh Speedzone – Oshkosh, WI

7/23/2016 – Eagle Valley Speedway – Jim Falls, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 80K-Mike Kertscher[4]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[8]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer[6]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel[12]; 6. 79-Blake Nimee[11]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[14]; 9. 53W-Bill Wirth[13]; 10. 10V-Matt Vandevere[15]; 11. 99-Kyle Marten[1]; 12. 41-Dennis Spitz[19]; 13. 0-John Fahl[16]; 14. 33R-Douglas Pietz[20]; 15. (DNF) 94R-Rob Pribnow[3]; 16. (DNF) 21H-Tim Haddy[17]; 17. (DNF) 29-Joey Moughan[2]; 18. (DNF) 6-Kurt Davis[18]; 19. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[10]; 20. (DNF) 6K-Alex Bleisner[21]; 21. (DNF) 14AJX-Darren Struve; 22. (DNF) 5K-Brian Kristan[9]; (DNS) 7-Scott Uttech

Real Wheels Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[1]; 2. 10V-Matt Vandevere[2]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 4. 29-Joey Moughan[4]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 7. 33R-Douglas Pietz[7]; (DNS) 14AJX-Darren Struve

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5K-Brian Kristan[1]; 2. 53W-Bill Wirth[3]; 3. 80K-Mike Kertscher[5]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel[6]; 6. 6-Kurt Davis[7]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz[2]; (DNS) 7-Scott Uttech

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Kyle Marten[4]; 2. 94R-Rob Pribnow[5]; 3. 21H-Tim Haddy[1]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer[6]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[3]; 6. 0-John Fahl[2]; 7. (DNF) 6K-Alex Bleisner[7]

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 17B-Bill Balog[16]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[12]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer[3]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[21]; 5. 80K-Mike Kertscher[19]; 6. 94R-Rob Pribnow[10]; 7. 29-Joey Moughan[7]; 8. 79-Blake Nimee[15]; 9. 99-Kyle Marten[8]; 10. 64-Scotty Thiel[11]; 11. 53W-Bill Wirth[20]; 12. 4K-Kris Spitz[4]; 13. 10V-Matt Vandevere[23]; 14. 41-Dennis Spitz[13]; 15. 0-John Fahl[1]; 16. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[17]; 17. 5K-Brian Kristan[22]; 18. 21H-Tim Haddy[18]; 19. 33R-Douglas Pietz[6]; 20. 6-Kurt Davis[5]; 21. 6K-Alex Bleisner[2]; 22. 14AJX-Darren Struve[14]; (DNS) 7-Scott Uttech

NEITZEL OUT-DUELS WIMMER TO GO INTO RECORD BOOKS AS FINAL EVER BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT WINNER AT MANITOWOC SPEEDWAY!

NEITZEL TURNS TABLES ON WIMMER, TAKES CLOSEST A-MAIN WIN OF THE 2016 SEASON!

Manitowoc, WI – When the question is asked, who won the final 410 Sprint race at Manitowoc Speedway, anyone in attendance in the standing room crowd will be able to answer.

Scotty Neitzel.

It was his first victory in just over a year as he last won at Angell Park Speedway in June of 2015. Since that time he recorded five runner-up performances.

Not only was the victory popular but in a great gesture of sportsmanship Neitzel donated his bonus winnings this evening to local racer Shane Wenninger who was injured in nearby sprint car show.

“It’s been a long time coming”, exclaimed Neitzel from victory lane. “It was nice for me to win the last one up here. We used to come up here with a small 355 and run against the 410’s when if was a big half-mile. The fans up here have always been great It’s really sad to see this one go”, Neitzel reflected on the impending closing of the track.

The third-mile semi-banked clay oval will be demolished to make way for a food store at the conclusion of the 2016 season. Friday night’s program was a celebration and a sendoff as the final Bumper to Bumper 410 Sprint program ever to be held at the track provided amazing drama in the closing laps.

Two months ago, two-time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel had paced the A-main event at the same raceway until the closing laps only to fall to Brandon Wimmer’s charge. He had forfeited the the lead with two laps to go and watched as Wimmer took the win.

This evening it was Neitzel on the charge. Running the low groove with impressive power off the turns, Neitzel ran down Wimmer who had used the cushion to power into the lead early in the contest.

Over the final two laps Neitzel traded the lead with Wimmer and in a drag race off the final turn, Neitzel would emerge victorious reaching the finish line with the lead by less than a car length for his first victory of 2016. Wimmer had to settle for runner-up honors this evening.

Wimmer was surprised by Neitzel’s ambush in the closing laps.

“It’s kind of reversed from last time were were here. It’s better to be in second because you never know what the second place guy is going to do. We still should have had him, but we’ll take second and move on to tomorrow night”, noted Wimmer.

Wimmer was pleased with the track and his ability to run anywhere on the surface and aware of the significance of the nights events.

“It’s a sad day because this track is awesome, you could run the bottom and the top. We need to do something as fans and drivers to stop this kind of thing from happening. It’s happening too much these days”, Wimmer concluded.

The 30 lap A-main pushed off with fireworks going off in the background as a salute to the fans for packing the stands this evening.

Brian Kristan sat on the pole of the contest, but it was outside front row starter Jeremy Schultz bolting into the lead from his outside front row starting berth.

Wimmer wasted little time working his way past Kristan for second before the third lap began.

Schultz kept his car on the high side of the track while Wimmer experimented in finding the fast line, working both high and low on the racing surface.

On lap five Wimmer dove to the bottom of the track and shot past Schultz for the lead.

Further back Neitzel was hugging the inside of the track and making steady progress moving forward. He had worked into the fourth spot when the caution flag flew when Kris Spitz came to a halt in turn two.

Under the caution Scott Biertzer had his throttle stick and he rolled onto his side while trying to reign in errant ride creating the rare situation where the red flag actually came out during a caution period.

Biertzer was unhurt in the incident but unable to continue while Spitz was able to rejoin the contest.

Back underway Wimmer continued to set the pace with Schultz in tow. Neitzel was able to slip past Kristan for third prior to the next caution which flew when Mike Reinke tagged the wall in turn four. Reinke was able to rejoin the contest which quickly went back to green.

Neitzel again got a good restart and quickly annexed the second spot, now having only the high flying Wimmer ahead of him.

The complexion for the race changed dramatically on lap 21. Scotty Thiel, who was seeking his third straight Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series victory and been working into contention when he lost grip of the racing surface in turn two. Thiel spun and while several cars were able to avoid him seven-time IRA champ and recent World of Outlaws winner Bill Balog was unable to avoid contact. The incident also collected Robbie Pribnow who was running just outside the top five.

Due to the challenge of removing cars from the racing surface officials elected to throw the red flag to expedite the cleanup process.

The final nine laps would go without any further interruption.

As soon as the green flag flew Wimmer went right to the cushion while Neitzel hugged the low line around the track. Schultz followed in third with Josh Walter, having perhaps the strongest run of his short career in IRA competition was challenging from the fourth spot.

Walter’s fine run ended with four laps to go as he pulled into the infield while running fourth.

Fans attention was focused on the lead as Neitzel edged ahead with two laps to go, only to see Wimmer rally and retake the top spot as the white flag flew. Wimmer drifted up the track slightly allowing Neitzel one last opportunity to seek out the top spot.

It was the only break he needed. Neitzel rolled back alongside Wimmer and charging off the final turn he gained the momentum to steal the win. Wimmer and Schultz joined Neitzel in victory lane as podium finishers.

2015 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Rookie of the Year Kyle Marten earned his first top five finish since taking a victory last September at Luxemburg Speedway when he crossed the line in fourth place tonight.

Blake Nimee put recent mechanical ills behind hime by advancing up to the fifth place spot by the checkered this evening.

Kristan finished sixth followed by Phillip Mock. Russel Borland and Mike Kertscher finished eighth and ninth respectively while Reinke completed an impressive charge working back to tenth after starting at the tail of the field just nine laps earlier when he drew a caution.

19 of the 23 starters were still on the track at the finish.

Due to mechanical difficulties for Steve Meyer and Mike Decker reducing the field no B-main was needed this evening.

Heat race victories were collected by Balog, Biertzer and Nimee.

Todd King paced the 27 car field this evening in qualifying with a lap of 12.881 seconds. Neitzel was second fast at 12.951. Mock was third click turning in a 13.001 second lap.

The series now heads to Seymour Speedway for a Sunday evening contest. The show will be the only appearance for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints this season as an earlier race fell to weather and was not rescheduled.

The forecast is looking for nearly ideal conditions to present the Budweiser Summer Holiday Classic series which will feature the 50th Anniversary tour for the IRA Sprints along with the first appearance for the IMCA Modifieds. Rounding out the night will be the IMCA Sport Mods.

Qualifying will begin at 6:00pm with racing action to follow.

Admission for the program is $20 for adults, while students and seniors are admitted for $15. Children under the age of 12 are admitted FREE.

The track is location at 637 N Main St, in Seymour, Wisconsin at the Outagamie County Fairgrounds. The main gate is on Highway 55 just north of downtown Seymour.

Additional information can be found at the track website www.gosrp.net. The race day phone is 920-833-7726

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/1/2016 – Manitowoc Speedway – Manitowoc, WI

7/3/2016 – Seymour Speedway – Seymour, WI

7/8/2016 - Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

7/16/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

7/17/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 2. 48-Brandon Wimmer[3]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten[17]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee[9]; 6. 5K-Brian Kristan[1]; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock[6]; 8. 23-Russel Borland[14]; 9. 80K-Mike Kertscher[11]; 10. 02-Mike Reinke[4]; 11. 41-Dennis Spitz[19]; 12. 0-John Fahl[23]; 13. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 14. 53W-Bill Wirth[18]; 15. 10V-Matt Vandevere[21]; 16. 22-Todd King[8]; 17. 94R-Rob Pribnow[12]; 18. 7-Scott Uttech[22]; 19. 4-Paul Pokorski[24]; 20. (DNF) 12W-Josh Walter[15]; 21. (DNF) 64-Scotty Thiel[13]; 22. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[16]; 23. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz[20]; 24. (DNF) 4B-Scott Biertzer[10]

Real Wheels Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 3. 12W-Josh Walter[1]; 4. 22-Todd King[6]; 5. 80K-Mike Kertscher[3]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz[7]; 8. 10V-Matt Vandevere[8]; 9. 4-Paul Pokorski[9]

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 4B-Scott Biertzer[2]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke[5]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[6]; 4. 94R-Rob Pribnow[3]; 5. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[1]; 6. 53W-Bill Wirth[7]; 7. 73-Ben Schmidt[4]; 8. (DNF) 7-Scott Uttech[8]; (DNS) 85M-Steve Meyer

DMI Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 3. 48-Brandon Wimmer[5]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten[1]; 5. 5K-Brian Kristan[4]; 6. 1M-Phillip Mock[6]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 8. 0-John Fahl[8]; (DNS) 12-Michael Decker

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 22-Todd King, 12.881[3]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 12.951[1]; 3. 1M-Phillip Mock, 13.001[21]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.106[19]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, 13.225[26]; 6. 48-Brandon Wimmer, 13.259[18]; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.297[25]; 8. 73-Ben Schmidt, 13.302[16]; 9. 5K-Brian Kristan, 13.310[9]; 10. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 13.338[14]; 11. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 13.363[7]; 12. 64-Scotty Thiel, 13.368[20]; 13. 23-Russel Borland, 13.378[2]; 14. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 13.405[12]; 15. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.427[10]; 16. 12W-Josh Walter, 13.491[5]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 13.542[4]; 18. 99-Kyle Marten, 13.561[24]; 19. 41-Dennis Spitz, 13.573[6]; 20. 53W-Bill Wirth, 13.573[22]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.619[13]; 22. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 13.834[23]; 23. 7-Scott Uttech, 14.045[8]; 24. 0-John Fahl, 14.056[27]; 25. 4-Paul Pokorski, 14.406[15]; (DNS) 85M-Steve Meyer; (DNS) 12-Michael Decker

DOUBLING UP THE EXCITEMENT ON INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND AS THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS RETURN TO ACTION!

BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS PRESENT SHOWS AT MANITOWOC AND SEYMOUR AS SEASON RESUMES!

June 28, 2016; Appleton, WI – The Independence Day weekend will see the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints resume their 2016 racing season after one week break in the action.

A pair of Northeastern Wisconsin tracks will host the 900 horsepower winged sprints and in both cases it will mark the final time the sprints are appearing this season. At one track it will be the final time ever for the 410 sprints to appear.

The Manitowoc Speedway will be hosting the Harbor Town Showdown presented by Six Four Promotions on Friday Night July 1st.

The track is scheduled for demolition at the conclusion of the 2016 season to make way for a food store.

Fans are encouraged to arrive early as a huge spectator turnout is expected for this last 410 sprint program ever to take place on the third-mile semi-banked banked oval.

In a race which played out in front of a packed house earlier this year, Brandon Wimmer made a pass on Scotty Neitzel with two laps to go to claim the A-main at the event held at the track back in early May.

Heading into this Friday Nights show Scotty Thiel is seeking to earn his third straight Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series victory. He swept a weekend of events when the series last ran two weeks ago. Thiel, the series point leader showed the way to victory lane at both Beaver Dam and Angell Park Speedway.

Seven-time series champion Bill Balog will challenge Thiel throughout the upcoming weekend. Balog scored his first career World of Outlaws main event win this past weekend at Beaver Dam Raceway. In doing so he became the first regular IRA series driver to ever score a victory in the World of Outlaws showcase series.

In addition to a field of nearly 30 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint cars expected in attendance for this Friday Nights show, a pair of other divisions will be taking to the track. IMCA type Sport Modifieds and Grand Nationals will present a full program including feature contests each paying $500 to win. INEX Legends will also join the show.

Pits will open at 3:00pm with grandstand gates opening at 4:00pm. A driver autograph session will be held from 4:30pm to 5:15pm behind the grandstands giving fans a chance to meet the drivers and see the cars up close and personal. Racing action begins at 7:00pm!

Adult tickets are just $20, with student pricing for children ages 6-14 admitted for just $10. Kids ages 5 and under are admitted free with a paid adult.

To reach the track from Interstate 43 take Manitowoc Exit 149 travel east on highway 151. Turn North on Rapids Rd., there are several entrances to the grounds at that point.

The series then will head to Seymour Raceway Park for a program on Sunday Night July 3rd. The wide, third-mile, semi-banked clay oval is now run under the direction of Dave Panske.

Seymour Speedway successfully hosted a return of the IRA Sprints in 2014 after a decade absence. Balog won that contest by a narrow margin over Thiel. Since that event the track has twice tried to host Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car events and on both occasions weather forced cancellation of the show.

The extended forecast is looking for nearly ideal conditions to present the Budweiser Summer Holiday Classic series which will feature the 50th Anniversary tour for the IRA Sprints along with the first appearance for the IMCA Modifieds this year. Rounding out the night will be the IMCA Sport Mods.

Over two dozen Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series teams are expected for the program.

Jeremy Schultz and Scotty Neitzel are the chief rivals to Thiel in the 2016 season point chase. Both Schultz, and Netizel are seeking their first victories of the year having already turned in runner-up performances since the season began. Balog, running a partial schedule in 2016 is expected to run both weekend events. He currently sits fourth in points but leads the series so far this season in the win column with four.

Robbie Pribnow, the 2012 Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series rookie of the Year, returned to action after a couple years off and has already placed himself on the podium this year. Ben Schmidt, Scott Biertzer, Matt Vandervere, Kyle Marten and Mike Reinke make up the current top ten in the standings.

The extended forecast is looking for nearly ideal conditions to present the Budweiser Summer Holiday Classic series which will feature the 50th Anniversary tour for the IRA Sprints along with the first appearance for the IMCA Modifieds. Rounding out the night will be the IMCA Sport Mods.

Qualifying will begin at 6:00pm with racing action to follow.

Admission for the program is $20 for adults, while students and seniors are admitted for $15. Children under the age of 12 are admitted FREE.

The track is location at 637 N Main St, in Seymour, Wisconsin at the Outagamie County Fairgrounds. The main gate is on Highway 55 just north of downtown Seymour.

Additional information can be found at the track website www.gosrp.net. The race day phone is 920-833-7726

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/1/2016 – Manitowoc Speedway – Manitowoc, WI

7/3/2016 – Seymour Speedway – Seymour, WI

7/8/2016 - Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

7/16/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

7/17/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

THIEL SWEEPS WEEKEND, CLAIMS VICTORY AT ANGELL PARK SPEEDWAY IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT ACTION!

BALOG AND KERTSCHER DUEL WHILE THIEL LEADS WIRE TO WIRE IN TRIUMPH AT ANGELL PARK!

June 19, 2016; Sun Prairie, WI – Winning a race on any given weekend is an accomplishment, earning two wins to sweep a weekend in the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints series is extraordinary. To do so on Father’s Day, when you father is your main crew member, that makes the weekend special beyond words.

Third year IRA driver Scotty Thiel accomplished just such a fete leading wire to wire enroute to nailing down his fourth career series victory on Sunday evening at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie. The victory backed up Thiel’s win on Saturday night at the Plymouth Dirt Track where Thiel began his sprint car racing career.

The last driver to sweep a weekend in IRA competition was seven-time series champion Bill Balog. He accomplished the fete most recently winning events at Cedar Lake and Angell Park in late May of 2015. A third event scheduled for that weekend fell to rain.

This evening Thiel was credited with pacing all 30 laps in the contest, though he had briefly given up the position to Jim Moughan on a restart. He was able to snatch the lead back before the conclusion of the lap before the finish line thereby leading every circuit.

Thiel acknowledged his father as the victory lane interview with series announcer Ray Underwood began. “I didn’t buy him a father’s day card, I hope he’s happy with two victories this weekend”, shouted an exhilarated Thiel.

“I have to thank the fans hope you had a great father’s day. This is unbelievable I don’t know what to say”, as he embraced his crew in victory lane.

“We started on the front row and got it done, it’s something I never thought I’d do. We usually don’t have good luck like that”, stated Thiel.

“These guys worked their butts off (his crew) we didn’t know what to do with the setup, we just went with our gut feelings and it worked out”, Thiel concluded.

While Thiel clung tenaciously to the lead, Balog, and a hard charging Mike Kertscher waged a war over the final few circuits as they traded the runner-up spot back and forth. Balog surged ahead on the white flag lap and then repelled one last challenge by Kertscher to finish in the runner-up spot, some six car lengths behind Thiel. Kertscher earned the final podium position, his first since returning to action after a couple year absence. Tonight’s battles have proven Kertscher has shaken the rust off and will likely be doing battle for checkered when he appears for the duration of the season.

While Balog was happy to finish second you could tell he expected more.

“It ( the car) started working pretty good there at the end. I was getting pretty aggressive. The car was close I thought we’d be a little better there”, noted Balog on his late charge.

“I have to thank Hans (Lein, his car owner ) for putting the car together. I appreciate everyone that helps us, we’ll have to try again next week I guess”, said Balog as he served notice he would be ready for action when the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints resume their schedule in two weeks.

Kertscher was elated with his third place showing, his first podium since getting back behind the wheel after two years away. “This was the first time racing a sprint car here for me, I had a great time. I’m just happy to run with these guys”, Kertscher noted.

Kertscher’s busy work schedule limits his appearances behind the wheel. “We could run once this weekend and chose Sun Prairie”, he stated also acknowledging his day job at Road America stating “In case you have not heard Indy Cars are returning to Road America next weekend,” as he concluded his interview.

25 drivers answered the call to start the 30 lap A-main event. Scott Uttech sat on the pole for the contest but it was Thiel, who started to his outside surging ahead at the drop of the green flag. Jim Moughan was finished runner-up last night in the IRA event at the Plymouth Dirt Track placed himself into second by lap three as he swept past Uttech in the high groove.

The first of just two slowdowns in the event occurred on lap six when Lance Fassbender spun his car to the inside of turn one and stalled on the racing surface.

The field quickly regathered and the race resumed with Thiel and Moughan pulling away from the field. Kertscher also running a high line made his way by Uttech for third with Balog following suit to reach fourth moments later.

On lap 12 Scott Biertzer clipped an infield which caused him to roll onto his side in turn four. Biertzer was unhurt but the damage to his car too heavy to continue and he retired from the contest.

The final 18 circuits went off without interruption. Thiel got a good jump as the race resumed running in the high groove. Moughan continued in second until lap 17 when Kertscher made his way into the runner-up spot. Moughan would slowly fade during the duration of the event losing third to Jordan Goldesberry while Balog sat in the fourth spot.

Out front Kertscher had closed on Thiel in lapped traffic but as the final five laps began Thiel began to open up the lead. Balog, running in the fourth spot began to charge. With three laps to go he worked past Goldesberry for third and then ambushed Kertscher. The battle between Kertscher and Balog all but assure Thiel the victory as the duo ran wing to wing heading for the white flag. On the final lap Balog was able to repel one last challenge from Kertscher to finish second to the high flying Thiel.

Kertscher laid claim to third followed by Goldesberry and Jeremy Schultz in the top five.

Moughan faded to sixth at the finish followed by Steve Meyer and Scotty Neitzel who earned seventh and eighth respectively. Robbie Pribnow advanced the most positions from the originally scheduled starting spots moving from 17th to ninth by the checker. Uttech completed the top ten.

Mike Reinke, who had pitted before the green flag fell gave up his original starting spot and accepted the green flag in 25th. By the end of the race he was just outside the top ten earning 11th,

20 of the 25 starters were still on the track at the finish.

27 cars checked in for competition tonight but due to the cars of Raymond Hensley and Blake Nimee scratching for the evening the planned B-main was not needed and 25 cars started the main event.

Heat race victories went to Moughan, Uttech and Thiel.

Phillip Mock turned in the fast qualifying effort with a lap of 12.698 seconds, Biertzer was second quick with a 12.779 second effort while Meyer was third fast at 12.820 seconds. The top 29 cars were separated by just over one second.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints series has a break in their schedule next weekend but will swing into action with two events to be held over the Independence Day weekend.

The series roars back into action with the Harbor Town Showdown at Manitowoc Speedway on Friday night July 1st. The event will mark the final ever appearance of the winged 410 sprints at the track which is set to close at the conclusion of the 2016 racing season. It gives fans one last opportunity to witness a historic event at the semi-banked third mile oval.

The racing weekend will conclude on Sunday, July 3rd with a trip to the Seymour Raceway Park for the only appearance of the 2016 season at the track for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints.

For more information, visit www.angellparkspeedway.net.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/1/2016 – Manitowoc Speedway – Manitowoc, WI

7/3/2016 – Seymour Speedway – Seymour, WI

7/8/2016 - Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

7/16/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

7/17/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 64-Scotty Thiel[2]; 2. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 3. 80K-Mike Kertscher[4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[7]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 6. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr[3]; 7. 85M-Steve Meyer[8]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel[11]; 9. 94R-Rob Pribnow[17]; 10. 7-Scott Uttech[1]; 11. 02-Mike Reinke[12]; 12. 53W-Bill Wirth[15]; 13. 99-Kyle Marten[13]; 14. 73-Ben Schmidt[19]; 15. 10V-Matt Vandevere[18]; 16. 23-Russel Borland[14]; 17. 1M-Phillip Mock[10]; 18. 7F-Lance Fassbender[24]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz[21]; 20. 41-Dennis Spitz[23]; 21. (DNF) 12W-Josh Walter[20]; 22. (DNF) 01-Chris Dodd[25]; 23. (DNF) 4B-Scott Biertzer[9]; 24. (DNF) 5K-Brian Kristan[16]; 25. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[22]

Real Wheels Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr[2]; 2. 94R-Rob Pribnow[1]; 3. 80K-Mike Kertscher[4]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 5. 99-Kyle Marten[3]; 6. 1M-Phillip Mock[6]; 7. 73-Ben Schmidt[7]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 9. 7F-Lance Fassbender[9]

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 7-Scott Uttech[1]; 2. 5K-Brian Kristan[2]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 4. 4B-Scott Biertzer[6]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 6. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 7. 01-Chris Dodd[8]; 8. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[7]; (DNS) 70-Raymond Hensley

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 64-Scotty Thiel[2]; 2. 10V-Matt Vandevere[1]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke[4]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer[6]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 6. 53W-Bill Wirth[3]; 7. 12W-Josh Walter[7]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; (DNS) 79-Blake Nimee

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts Qualifying 1: 1. 1M-Phillip Mock, 12.689[6]; 2. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 12.779[14]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer, 12.820[16]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.858[25]; 5. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.901[10]; 6. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.903[11]; 7. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 12.946[5]; 8. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13.129[12]; 9. 99-Kyle Marten, 13.199[3]; 10. 23-Russel Borland, 13.200[7]; 11. 53W-Bill Wirth, 13.273[23]; 12. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 13.344[27]; 13. 02-Mike Reinke, 13.443[26]; 14. 5K-Brian Kristan, 13.447[18]; 15. 64-Scotty Thiel, 13.453[2]; 16. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 13.457[8]; 17. 7-Scott Uttech, 13.567[1]; 18. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 13.617[20]; 19. 73-Ben Schmidt, 13.667[24]; 20. 70-Raymond Hensley, 13.678[15]; 21. 12W-Josh Walter, 13.763[17]; 22. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.778[13]; 23. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 13.895[9]; 24. 41-Dennis Spitz, 14.057[19]; 25. 7F-Lance Fassbender, 14.113[4]; 26. 01-Chris Dodd, 14.364[22]; 27. (DNF) 79-Blake Nimee[21]

THIEL STEALS BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT VICTORY AT PLYMOUTH DIRT TRACK!

THIEL RUNS DOWN JIM MOUGHAN IN LATE RACE CHARGE, TAKES VICTORY AT HOME TRACK!

June 18, 2016; Plymouth, WI – Scotty Thiel got behind the wheel of a sprint car for the first time at the start of the 2008 racing season, wheeling a 360 sprint at the Plymouth Dirt Track.

Located just a short drive from his home, the Sheboygan, Wisconsin native native had worked his way up the ranks and later joining the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints which has taken him on the road for 30 plus events each season.

Heading into Saturday evening’s program at his home track Thiel has been in the midst of the most successful season in his career. Less than a month ago he brought home his second career IRA victory by fending off Parker-Price Miller for the win at Angell Park Speedway. That win elevated him to the series point lead, a position he’s maintained heading into tonight’s show at Plymouth Dirt Track.

Was there a home track advantage? Perhaps.

Thiel proved he had a fast car early on taking quick time honors. Later he would finish second in his heat race. A victory in that event would have netted a rare clean sweep in IRA competition.

In the main event Thiel methodically ran down Jim Moughan who appeared destined to win his first IRA main event in several seasons. Thiel had other plans as he darted past Moughan with seven laps left in the 30 lap headliner taking a convincing win. It was the third overall in this Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series career.

“At the beginning of the race I didn’t think we were worth a shot of powder. This team, they worked their butts off and gave me a car that was going to come around. I really didn’t think we were that good early on. I started working the top, working the cushion and it turned around pretty good”, noted Thiel of the late charge.

“I thank all you fans for coming out tonight. We finally got one at Plymouth with the 410!”, exclaimed an elated Thiel.

For Moughan, runner-up honors tonight was a bittersweet finish. While the second place effort matched his best performance since Cedar Lake Speedway in 2013, for much of the contest it appeared he was headed for his second career IRA victory after a lengthy dry spell. Thiel’s charge would prove too much to withstand and ultimately Moughan could only watch Thiel take the checkered flag ten car lengths in front of him.

“We got a good maxim race car, it keeps getting better and better. We keep finding bits and pieces to make it better and I think it’s coming around”, noted Moughan of his performance. “I have to say it’s a good job by Mr. Thiel. He did great tonight”, as he congratulated the winner.

The evening also proved to be a great showing for Todd Hepfner who made his first start of the 2016 season. Hepfner who has been making limited appearances in IRA competition the past couple seasons stayed in the thick of the fray until the checkered ultimately having to settle for a third place finish this evening.

The 30 lap A-main rolled trackside on a fairly slick track which had distinctive high and low grooves.

Moughan had started on the pole of the contest with Phillip Mock to his outside. At the drop of the green flag Moughan shot into the lead. With one lap in the books the first caution flew as Mock lost the handle in turn four spinning and coming to a stop on the track. Local favorite Ben Schmidt had nowhere to go and wound up sliding into the side of Mock’s stalled car. Both racers were able to return to action after quick repairs. Schmidt who had earlier scored a popular win in his heat race would eventually settle for 13th, while Mock laid claim to the 14th spot at the finish.

Action resumed with Moughan showing the way around the tight third-mile oval. Hepfner working the low line advanced to second with a pass of Kyle Marten by lap two, and Thiel who had pushed off in the sixth spot annexed the third position by lap four.

Further back Bill Balog who was seeking his third straight IRA victory had started in the 14th spot. He had been putting on a passing exhibition rapidly advancing through the pack. His charge this evening came at the wheel of the Rhine Auto Motorsports machine which he pushed up to the fifth spot before the second caution of the night flew when Jordan Goldesberry spun coming off turn two.

Underway again Moughan set the pace rim riding around the track, with Hepfner and Thiel following in formation.

Right before the halfway point the third and final caution was triggered when Rusty Egan did a quick spin just as the leaders were coming up to put him a lap down. Fortunately, everyone was able to miss Egan’s errant mount and the race quickly resumed.

While the lead trio of Moughan, Hepfner and Thiel pulled away from the pack, attention focused on the fourth spot where Joey Moughan, the son of the race leader, was engaged in a duel with Balog for the fourth spot. Balog eventually secured the position on lap 20.

Out front the leaders began to reach lapped traffic adding additional intensity to the battle for the top spot. Running third Thiel began to experiment working lower on the track. With five laps to go Thiel began to apply heavy pressure to Hepfner making his way under him. After a short-lived battle Theil came away with the spot and now found himself locked in combat with Moughan for the lead. Thiel wasted no time in taking the front running position and once out front he began to open up the lead. Over the final two laps Thiel encountered lapped machines but his pace was enough to allow him to take the win by 10 car lengths. Moughan and Hepfner followed in second and third.

Balog had to settle for fourth unable to close on the lead trio over the final circuits. The fifth spot went to Joey Moughan giving the Moughan family two spots in the top five.

Scotty Neitzel had been on the move throughout the contest moving up from the 16th spot to finish sixth. Scott Biertzer finished in the seventh position.

Mike Reinke made the biggest charge of the evening moving from from dead last on the 24 car starting grid up to eighth. In ninth Steve Meyer also had an impressive charge working his way up from 23rd to ninth.

Jeremy Schultz completed the top ten having advanced 10 positions before the checkered.

19 of the 24 starters were still on the track at the finish.

Earlier in the night Todd Daun made a last lap pass on Brian Kristan to take the 15 lap B-main. Meyer and Reinke earned third and fourth respectively to advance into the main event. Ken Jay Fiedler who was fifth was the first alternate for the big show.

Heat race victories went to Matt Vandervere, Joey Moughan, Schmidt and Biertzer.

Thiel’s lap of 12.047 seconds led a field of 35 drivers in qualifying. Marten was second fast with a lap of 12.174, while Hepfner was third quick at 12.185 seconds. The top 29 cars were separated by just over one second.

Two drivers, Trey Datweiler and Blake Nimee had the biggest misfortunes during the evening. Datweiler wound up flipping his car after tagging the wall in hot laps, while Nimee had issues with his power plant.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints now are set to complete their Father’s Day weekend with a trip to Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie. Thiel was victorious during the last completed show at the circular third-mile clay oval.

The Sunday, June 19th show will be featuring the Bumper-to-Bumper IRA Sprint Cars, Badger Midgets, and Micros.

Pit gates will open at 2:00pm, with spectator gates opening at 4:30pm.

Hot laps will begin at 6:00pm with qualifying and racing to follow.

General admission is $20.00 for adults while students ages 12 to 18 are $15. Children under the age of 12 are admitted FREE.

For more information, visit www.angellparkspeedway.net.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

7/1/2016 – Manitowoc Speedway – Manitowoc, WI

7/3/2016 – Seymour Speedway – Seymour, WI

7/8/2016 - Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

7/16/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

7/17/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 64-Scotty Thiel[6]; 2. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr[1]; 3. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner[4]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[14]; 5. 29-Joey Moughan[10]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[16]; 7. 4B-Scott Biertzer[9]; 8. 02-Mike Reinke[24]; 9. 85M-Steve Meyer[23]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[20]; 11. 4K-Kris Spitz[22]; 12. 23-Russel Borland[21]; 13. 73-Ben Schmidt[8]; 14. 1M-Phillip Mock[2]; 15. 12W-Josh Walter[17]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder[13]; 17. 99-Kyle Marten[5]; 18. 70-Raymond Hensley[12]; 19. 50-Rusty Egan[19]; 20. (DNF) 10V-Matt Vandevere[7]; 21. (DNF) 5K-Brian Kristan[11]; 22. (DNF) 65-Jordan Goldesberry[15]; 23. (DNF) 19-Todd Daun[18]; 24. (DNF) 94R-Rob Pribnow[3]

Behling Racing Equipment B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 19-Todd Daun[2]; 2. 5K-Brian Kristan[1]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer[3]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke[5]; 5. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[7]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[10]; 7. 53W-Bill Wirth[4]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; 9. 2B-Jimmy Sivia[9]; 10. (DNF) 01-Chris Dodd[6]; (DNS) 0-John Fahl; (DNS) 7-Scott Uttech; (DNS) 22-Todd King; (DNS) 23D-Trey Datweiler; (DNS) 79-Blake Nimee

Real Wheels Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 10V-Matt Vandevere[1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[5]; 3. 43-Jereme Schroeder[3]; 4. 1M-Phillip Mock[4]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[8]; 7. 22-Todd King[7]; 8. (DNF) 19-Todd Daun[9]; 9. (DNF) 0-John Fahl[2]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 29-Joey Moughan[4]; 2. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr[5]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[3]; 4. 50-Rusty Egan[2]; 5. 99-Kyle Marten[6]; 6. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[8]; 7. (DNF) 53W-Bill Wirth[7]; 8. (DNF) 7-Scott Uttech[1]; (DNS) 79-Blake Nimee

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 73-Ben Schmidt[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[4]; 4. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 5. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner[6]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke[7]; 7. 5K-Brian Kristan[5]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; (DNS) 23D-Trey Datweiler

R & H Enterprise Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 4B-Scott Biertzer[4]; 2. 70-Raymond Hensley[5]; 3. 94R-Rob Pribnow[6]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 5. 12W-Josh Walter[3]; 6. 85M-Steve Meyer[1]; 7. 01-Chris Dodd[7]; 8. 2B-Jimmy Sivia[8]

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts Qualifying 1: 1. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.047[2]; 2. 99-Kyle Marten, 12.174[5]; 3. 1HRP-Todd Hepfner, 12.185[10]; 4. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 12.206[3]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock, 12.226[6]; 6. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 12.287[11]; 7. 5K-Brian Kristan, 12.313[9]; 8. 70-Raymond Hensley, 12.315[1]; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 12.344[4]; 10. 29-Joey Moughan, 12.360[20]; 11. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.378[33]; 12. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 12.439[22]; 13. 0-John Fahl, 12.452[7]; 14. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.477[21]; 15. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 12.545[28]; 16. 12W-Josh Walter, 12.563[23]; 17. 19-Todd Daun, 12.611[26]; 18. 50-Rusty Egan, 12.627[8]; 19. 73-Ben Schmidt, 12.634[24]; 20. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.635[32]; 21. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 12.657[19]; 22. 7-Scott Uttech, 12.669[13]; 23. 23-Russel Borland, 12.672[15]; 24. 85M-Steve Meyer, 12.686[16]; 25. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.811[18]; 26. 53W-Bill Wirth, 13.040[30]; 27. 02-Mike Reinke, 13.042[35]; 28. 01-Chris Dodd, 13.086[27]; 29. 22-Todd King, 13.160[31]; 30. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, 13.359[29]; 31. 41-Dennis Spitz, 13.416[34]; 32. 2B-Jimmy Sivia, 13.422[25]; 33. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[14]; (DNS) 79-Blake Nimee; (DNS) 23D-Trey Datweiler

IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT SERIES ACTION BALOG ENJOYS BEAVER DAM RACEWAY VICTORY LANE HOT OR COLD!

BALOG’S LATE RACE CHARGE NEGATES MOCKS VICTORY EFFORTS IN YELLOW CHECKERED FINISH!

June 11, 2016; Beaver Dam, WI – Just four weeks ago Bill Balog stood in victory lane at Beaver Dam Raceway. During the post race interview a brief snow shower fell as chilled fans watched the festivities. This evening with temperatures reaching the low 90’s at the start of the race program snow showers were the furthest thing from anyone’s thoughts. Balog didn’t seem to mind the sweltering evening, as the end result was the same, a trip to victory lane.

Tonight’s victory was the fourth of the season for Balog in Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series competition but in the early portion of the A-main it didn’t appear that the seven-time IRA champ had the speed to finish first tonight.

After a couple cautions Balog found himself chasing down Phillip Mock who had led from the opening lap. A final yellow with six laps to go placed Balog squarely on Mock’s tail and once racing resumed Balog used the high line to power past Mock who was seeking his third career IRA victory.

With the race well in hand Balog crossed over the finish line just as the caution flag waved, receiving the checkered flag simultaneously. Ben Schmidt had spun the backstretch while running in the top five. The resulting caution reverted the field back to their last completed lap for scoring. While Balog and Mock had remained first and second, the third position was awarded to Scotty Neitzel who had held the spot prior to the caution. Steve Meyer had passed Neitzel on the final circuit but the yellow negated the pass and gave Neitzel the final podium spot.

Balog’s mastery of the high side in the closing laps made the victory possible. “That was a good race, congratulations to Phillip (Mock) there. I got running around the top there trying to blow it off I knew a couple other guys would be”, noted Balog. “The bottom seemed a little better early on We just got up there, kept the momentum going and got the wing where we needed it to be. What a race man, that was awesome. It was everything we could do to get that one”, Balog exclaimed.

Mock was also satisfied with his efforts this evening.

“I’m not ashamed at all, we’ve been struggling this year with just about everything and falling out of races. Finally tonight everything came together, so this was a good deal for this whole team”, said Mock. Mock clearly had the fastest car throughout the first half of the race using the bottom line but toward the end Balog matched his pace. “I felt the track was fading away a little bit in three and four. Billy ( Balog ) just capitalized and found where the track was a little quicker, he had nothing to lose taking the chance and trying the high side to run me down,” noted Mock. “Great job to that team”, Mock said in congratulating his fellow competitor.

The 24 car starting field rolled trackside with Mock starting on the pole and last season’s Rookie of the Year Kyle Marten to his outside. Todd King debuting a new car sporting the #22 lined up inside the second row with Neitzel to his outside.

The first attempt to get the race underway was negated Josh Walter spun and Michael Decker stalled on the backstretch.

Mock outran Marten off the green flag bolting to the lead. King also surpassed Marten who drifted back in the outside line to run second. By lap three Balog had reached the third position at Marten’s expense. Balog traded the third position to Neitzel on the sixth circuit.

Mock was comfortably out front when the next caution flew on lap eight as Blake Nimee slowed on the front stretch coming to a stop with mechanical ills.

Mock again shot into the lead as the field got back to speed. Balog meanwhile started to experiment with the high line, working his way past Neitzel and then King to place himself in the second spot. King’s solid showing suffered a setback at the halfway point as he spun his car while running in the fourth spot brining out the third yellow of the contest.

As he had done on the previous restarts Mock again set the pace as the green flag returned. Hugging the inside line around the track Mock continued to defend the lead Balog, opting for the high groove began to pressure Mock as they reached lapped traffic. Mock found himself trapped on the low side of the track having to muscle past lapped machines. With six laps to go Dennis Spitz had gone low in turn one splashing some water into the low groove.

The resulting yellow again stacked the field. On this restart Mock was unable to shake Balog, who managed to roll alongside Mock down the straights. With four laps to go Balog completed a sweeping pass on the high side. Mock switched his strategy and began to run a higher groove but Balog was already increasing his lead.

Balog reached the checkered flag with six car lengths on Mock. As Balog and Mock were crossing the stripe, Ben Schmidt looped his car on the backstretech. A caution was immediately thrown and the balance of the field was scored in their running order the prior lap.

Neitzel had held the spot at the white flag and was awarded third followed by Meyer who turned in a solid late race charge to net fourth. Marten earned fifth taking his first top five finish of the year after a solid drive. Jordan Goldesberry overcame engine issues early in the program and earned the sixth spot after starting in sixteenth. Robbie Pribnow equaled the advancement of ten positions moving from 17th to 7th at the finish. Point leader Scotty Thiel finished eighth. Mike Reinke and Scott Biertzer completed the top ten.

22 of the 24 starters were still on the track at the finish.

Earlier in the program heat race wins were collected by Biertzer, Meyer and Schmidt.

Australian hot-shoe, James McFadden, was a surprise entry for the evening.

With two World Series Sprint Car Series Championships under his belt in the last three years, as well as numerous victories McFadden seemed to have opportunity to add a Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series win to his resume as he turned in the fastest qualifying lap of the evening.

McFadden turned in a lap of 12.160 seconds, just a tick quicker than Mike Reinke who was second fast with a lap of 12.180 seconds. Blake Nimee was third quick with a lap of 12.285 seconds around the third mile banked oval.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints now prepare to wrap up the month of June with a double-header weekend. They will appear at Plymouth Dirt Track located at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, WI on Saturday night June 18th. The following evening the series will head for Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, WI.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

6/18/2016- Plymouth Dirt Track - Plymouth, WI

6/19/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

7/1/2016 – Manitowoc Speedway – Manitowoc, WI

7/3/2016 – Seymour Speedway – Seymour, WI

7/8/2016 - Dodge County Fairgrounds – Beaver Dam, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper A Feature (30 Laps) 1: 1. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 2. 1M-Phillip Mock[1]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 4. 85M-Steve Meyer[7]; 5. 99-Kyle Marten[2]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[16]; 7. 94R-Rob Pribnow[17]; 8. 64-Scotty Thiel[9]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke[19]; 10. 4B-Scott Biertzer[10]; 11. 23-Russel Borland[13]; 12. 19-Todd Daun[11]; 13. 10V-Matt Vandevere[15]; 14. 7-Scott Uttech[21]; 15. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[23]; 16. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[20]; 17. 12W-Josh Walter[18]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz[14]; 19. 43-Jereme Schroeder[12]; 20. 41-Dennis Spitz[24]; 21. 12-Michael Decker[22]; 22. 73-Ben Schmidt[8]; 23. 22-Todd King[3]; 24. 79-Blake Nimee[6]

R & H Enterprise Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 4B-Scott Biertzer[3]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[1]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 4. 10V-Matt Vandevere[7]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[8]; 6. 43-Jereme Schroeder[2]; 7. 02-Mike Reinke[6]; 8. 7-Scott Uttech[4]; (DNS) 3G-James McFadden

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 85M-Steve Meyer[1]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 5. 99-Kyle Marten[4]; 6. 94R-Rob Pribnow[8]; 7. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[7]; 8. 12-Michael Decker[2]

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 73-Ben Schmidt[2]; 2. 19-Todd Daun[3]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz[1]; 4. 1M-Phillip Mock[4]; 5. 12W-Josh Walter[8]; 6. 22-Todd King[5]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz[7]; 8. (DNF) 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 3G-James McFadden, 12.160[4]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke, 12.180[1]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.258[5]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.354[21]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.458[15]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 12.459[13]; 7. 22-Todd King, 12.495[19]; 8. 7-Scott Uttech, 12.509[6]; 9. 99-Kyle Marten, 12.531[7]; 10. 1M-Phillip Mock, 12.564[9]; 11. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 12.606[12]; 12. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.662[18]; 13. 19-Todd Daun, 12.680[14]; 14. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 12.690[3]; 15. 12-Michael Decker, 12.776[11]; 16. 73-Ben Schmidt, 12.822[17]; 17. 23-Russel Borland, 12.830[16]; 18. 85M-Steve Meyer, 12.846[23]; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.855[10]; 20. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 12.904[8]; 21. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 13.095[22]; 22. 41-Dennis Spitz, 13.099[20]; 23. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 13.191[2]; 24. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 13.241[24]; 25. 12W-Josh Walter, 13.437[25]

BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS LOOK TO REBOUND FROM WASHOUT WEEKEND WITH THREE JUNE EVENTS!

June 9, 2016; Appleton, WI – Weather played a major role this past weekend as teams fought to get on the track in a pair of Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series races. After clicking off the first seven events uninterrupted the series suffered its first rainout at Oshkosh Speedzone a couple weeks ago.

Since then the challenge has been to get a completed show. Weather has claimed three of the last four shows.

The planed races at Cedar Lake Speedway and Angell Park Speedway both fell to weather this past weekend. Oddly enough, it was exactly two years ago when the series last lost two shows in the same weekend and it involved the same two tracks.

The loss of Sunday’s Angell Park event proved especially frustrating to both teams and fans as early evening thunderstorms rolled through the area just cars were timing in for the event. Due to the amount of time it would have taken to get the track back into shape for competition and the looming curfew there was no choice but to pull the plug on the show.

Tickets and wristbands obtained for the show can be utilized at any forthcoming IRA event at Angell Park Speedway this season.

With the weather woes hopefully behind the series has three remaining contests to be held in the month of June.

It begins this Saturday June 11th at the Beaver Dam Raceway. The third-mile banked clay oval has already successfully hosted two events this season. Bill Balog charged to victory in both contests and thus far is the only multi-event winner in 2016.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints will be joined by Sport Mods and Legends.

Pit gates will open at 3:30pm. While the grandstands will open one hour later to allow fans time find their favorite seat prior to the action. Racing is set to get underway at 6:30pm.

Tickets are just $20 for adults, $10 for students age 6-11 and kids 5 and younger are free. Qualifying begins at 5 p.m., with racing to follow.

Event information can be found on the Beaver Dam Raceway website at www.wismotorsports.net or by calling the track at (920) 887-1600. Beaver Dam Raceway is located on Racetrack Road just east of the intersection of Hwy 151 and 33 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

The following week the series will wrap up the June schedule with a double header weekend.

It begins with the first trip of the season to the Plymouth Dirt Track located at the Sheboygan County Fairpark in Plymouth, WI on Saturday Night June 18th. The slightly banked third-mile oval is the home track to many of the new stars of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series.

Currently the top four in the series standings, which includes Scotty Thiel, Jeremy Schultz, Robbie Pribnow and Ben Schmidt are all graduates of the tracks weekly 360 sprint program. Pribnow and Schultz both made the transition into the 410 sprints of the IRA series having immediate success with each earning Rookie of the Year honors.

Last season Kyle Marten, another 360 sprint graduate added his name to the Rookie of the Year list. Marten currently sits 10th in points.

Additionally, Thiel, Schultz, Schmidt and Marten have already earned A-main victories in the more powerful 410 sprint series.

A look at possible at future stars on the IRA tour will be seen as the PDTR 360 sprints will also be on hand for the program. To round out the show B-Modifieds are also joining in for a full evening of dirt track racing action.

Pits will open at 3:00pm and the grandstands will open at 4:30pm.

Warm ups slated for 5:30pm, and IRA qualifying to follow.

Opening ceremonies are slated for 6:30pm. Adult tickets are just $20, children 6-12 years are $5, and kids 5 & under are FREE.

The track is located on the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds just off Fairview Drive (CTY O ) in Plymouth, Wisconsin. The track website can be found at www.plymouthdtr.com

The the following evening on Sunday June 19th the series will head back to Angell Park Speedway.

Two completed shows have been held by the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints at the track this year.

The most recent event saw current point leader Scotty Thiel outrun Parker Price Miller for the victory. The win was the second of Thiel’s career. That victory coupled with a solid second place showing at the 141 Speedway vaulted Thiel to the top of the point standings.

The Sunday, June 19th show will be featuring the Bumper-to-Bumper IRA Sprint Cars, Badger Midgets, and Micros.

Pit gates will open at 2:00pm, with spectator gates opening at 4:30pm.

Hot laps will begin at 6:00pm with qualifying and racing to follow.

General admission is $20.00 for adults while students ages 12 to 18 are $15. Children under the age of 12 are admitted FREE.

For more information, visit www.angellparkspeedway.net.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

6/11/2016- Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

6/18/2016- Plymouth Dirt Track - Plymouth, WI

6/19/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

7/1/2016 – Manitowoc Speedway – Manitowoc, WI

7/3/2016 – Seymour Speedway – Seymour, WI

BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS HEADLINE EVENTS AT CEDAR LAKE AND ANGELL PARK SPEEDWAYS THIS WEEKEND!

YOUNG TALEENT DOMINATES THE TOP OF THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT SERIES STANDINGS!

June 1, 2016; Appleton, WI – The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints head into the first weekend in June prepared to showcase yet another double-header weekend of action. The 900 horsepower winged sprints are set to participate at Cedar Lake Speedway on Saturday evening June 4th.

The IRA Sprints play an important role in the 5th annual Triple Crown with a huge purse for the show. The event will again feature the IRA Outlaw 410 Sprint Cars along with Late Models & Modifieds each racing for $3,000 to win. Fans can expect the absolute best racing talent in the area to compete for a share of the prize money on the high banked 3/8 mile oval.

Pits will open at 3:00pm with Grandstands opening at 5:00pm. Racing begins at 6:00pm. Tickets for this special event will be $25 for adults, $12 for students age 6-16; while children ages 5 and under are free.

For more information on the Triple Crown event log onto the Cedar Lake Speedway website at www.cedarlakespeedway.com

Last year Bill Balog topped the IRA portion of the Triple Crown event. Heading into the show this year Balog has recorded three victories including the most recent race held at the 141 Speedway this past Sunday.

Balog is the only driver in the series with more than a single win this season. Balog is expected to participate in both IRA events this weekend hoping to add to his impressive win total.

On Sunday the series will head to Angell Park Speedway. The race will mark the second appearance for the 410 sprints this year.

The first show for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints at the track this year saw Scotty Thiel outrun Parker Price Miller for the victory. The win was the second of Thiel’s career. That victory coupled with a solid second place showing at the 141 Speedway this past weekend vaulted Thiel to the top of the point standings. This weekend marks the first time in Thiel’s career that he will head into the race weekend atop the season standings.

The Sunday, June 5th show will be featuring the Bumper-to-Bumper IRA Sprint Cars, Badger Midgets, and Wisconsin Dirt Legends

Pit gates will open at 2:00pm, with spectator gates opening at 4:30pm. Hot laps will begin at 6:00pm with qualifying and racing to follow.

General admission is $20.00 for adults while students ages 12 to 18 are $15. Children under the age of 12 are admitted FREE.

For more information, visit www.angellparkspeedway.net.

So far this young season the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints have been showcasing the new talent the series has to offer.

Five of the top six in points have been members of the IRA Sprints for less than five seasons and two are former Rookie of The Year title holders.

As mentioned Thiel a graduate of the 360 sprint car ranks leads the way atop the standings chased by 2013 Rookie of the Year and two time Wilmot Raceway champion Jeremy Schultz.

Robbie Pribnow who won the rookie title one year earlier in 2012 sits third in the standings. For Pribnow the third place ranking is a career best and a statement to his talent having just returned to 410 sprint action full time after several seasons of very limited appearances.

Ben Schmidt currently holds down the fourth spot. This season he is driving multiple cars to maintain his point chase. Like the other drivers at the top of the list Schmidt has an impressive background in 360 sprint action having collected several titles.

The highest ranking veteran racer in the standings is two-time series champion Scotty Neitzel. With over two decades of IRA competition under his belt Neitzel is showing no signs of slowing down and he was in the thick of the title chase last season.

Blake Nimee comes into the weekend ranked sixth in points. Nimee had a breakout season last year recording his first two career victories and placing himself in the title chase.

Balog who is not running a full schedule has climbed to seventh in points based on the strength of his three wins thus far.

Eighth and ninth in the standings are being held by driver who are running a majority of races for the first time in several years. Matt Vandervere and Scott Biertzer have shown some serious speed this season and both could be contending for victories as the year progresses.

Kyle Marten, the 2015 IRA Rookie of the Year rounds out the top ten in spite of some bad luck the past two events. Marten got caught up in an early accident at 141 Speedway but with gritty determination he was able to finish the event less his nose wing. That effort kept him in the top ten in the series standings.

Other IRA stars such as Wayne Modjeski, Russel Borland, Mike Reinke, Josh Walter, Kris and Dennis Spitz, Scott Uttech, Phillip Mock, Steve Meyer, Michael Decker, Bill Wirth, Jordan Goldesberry, Jereme Schroeder and Dave Uttech make up the majority of drivers which have kept the IRA series strong with their support.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

6/4/2016 - Cedar Lake Speedway - New Richmond, WI

6/5/2016 - Angell Park Speedway - Sun Prairie, WI

6/11/2016- Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

6/18/2016- Plymouth Dirt Track - Plymouth, WI

6/19/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS SURVIVE WEATHER THREAT AS BALOG FENDS OFF THIEL FOR VICTORY AT 141 SPEEDWAY!

THIEL DENIED SECOND STRAIGHT VICTORY AS BALOG FENDS OF CHALLENGES AT 141 SPEEDWAY FOR THIRD WIN OF 2016!

May 29, 2016; Francis Creek, WI – There was a time when it appeared the 50th Anniversary season for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints was going to grind to a halt courtesy of Mother Nature. Heading into a double header weekend the scheduled Friday night show at Oshkosh Speedzone fell to relentless rain.

A similar fate hampered the scheduled event on Sunday evening at 141 Speedway. Late afternoon showers kept track crews busy, but due to their diligent efforts the show went on and fans were treated to a great late race showdown between Bill Balog and Scotty Thiel on the banked quarter-mile bullring.

Balog, a seven-time champion in the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints had all he could handle from Thiel as he was seeking his second straight series win after claiming top honors at Sun Prairie one week ago. Balog had powered past early race leader Mike Reinke dragging Thiel with him, and the pair ran in tandem the remaining distance.

Balog, a master of lapped traffic was unable to shake a tenacious Thiel who would harass him every lap enroute to the finish while waiting for a miscue. Balog managed to avoid any misstep and in the end was able to repel one last challenge from Thiel to score the win, his third of the 2016 season. Thiel had to settle for second less than a car length behind.

“I can’t really complain about that”, said Thiel as he climbed from his car. “I showed him the bottom that one time. We gave him a helluva fight. It was pretty well hooked up. Once we got through traffic there he didn’t walk away from us this this time”, note Thiel on his efforts to catch Balog. “We were right with him. I thought maybe we had one last charge there at the end but I wasn’t running the groove I should have been I should have been running up top. I was off the cushion a little bit”, concluded Thiel.

Balog meanwhile celebrated the victory with his crew. In spite of occasionally being a bit off his usual pace this season Balog is the only multiple main event winner in 2016 with three victories.

“We been trying different stuff with the cars. At times we’ve not been able to get our arms around it I don’t think”, noted Balog. “We were pretty good there at the end I there. I don’t know how far in front we were at the end”, he stated not knowing how close Thiel had been.

“I have to give a shout out to the MACC fund, we donate some our winnings to them”, Balog told the crowd of his participation in Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer program. Balog also donates a portion of his souvenir merchandise toward the charitable organization which helps to cure child cancer.

While Balog isn’t running 100% of the IRA events this season indicated it won’t be long until he competes in the series again. When asked the next time he would be running with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints he exclaimed, “Next weekend… Cedar Lake!”

Steve Meyer who scored his first podium finish of the season was the only other driver with the pace to match the lead pair but he was unable to close over the final laps having to settle for third after a strong showing. Earlier in the night he dominated his heat race.

“This is great, we haven’t been here for quite a while on the straightaway after a race”, Meyer indicated of his participation in the podium interviews reserved for the top three finishers. “It was a good run. This would be awesome to have race tracks like this every night. It was fast, you had a little bottom to work with, a top to work with you could really run”, said Meyer pleased with the tacky racing surface.

The racing surface had plenty of grip at the start of the A-main as a 24 car field pushed off for 30 laps of competition. At the drop of the green flag cars fanned out as everyone sought to find the fastest line on the multi groove track.

In mid pack several cars checked up, and a chain reaction incident collected the cars of Brian Kristan, Scott Uttech and Kyle Marten. Kristan wasn’t able to slow in time and vaulted over Marten’s machine doing a quick flip. None of the drivers were injured by only Marten’s crew was able to repair his car and he competed the duration of the race without a front wing after hasty repairs.

Two-time series champion Scotty Neitzel resumed his spot from the pole on the restart but Reinke who started outside the front row charged to the initial lead. Balog, who had started behind Neitzel managed to work into second before the completion of the first lap.

Neitzel lost one more spot, giving up third to Thiel before the first caution of the contest flew for a spin by Ben Schmidt in turn three on the second lap.

Underway again Reinke went back to setting the pace with Balog providing his biggest challenge. Thiel, Neitzel and Mike Kertscher followed.

Reinke extended his lead to a dozen car lengths before reaching lapped traffic on lap eight.

Running in heavy lapped traffic the lead trio of Reinke, Balog and Thiel were soon doing battle for the lead spot by the halfway point of the event with Neitzel and Meyer trailing behind.

On lap 18 Reinke temporarily got held up by a lapped machine. Balog wasted no time taking advantage of the situation. Diving to the bottom of the track Balog made a well-timed slide job to take over the lead. Thiel meanwhile opted for the low line and also maneuvered past Reinke to grab second. Thiel’s momentum allowed him to briefly pull alongside Balog for the top spot but Balog regained momentum leaving Thiel running second.

On the next circuit Meyer displaced Reinke another spot reaching third.

The final slowdown happened in dramatic fashion on lap 20. Neitzel running just outside the top five expired a motor in a major way with flames shooting from under the hood. He guided his car to the infield where the flames were quickly extinguished and he jumped from his car uninjured. His evening done Neitzel walked dejectedly back to the pit area.

The final laps clicked off without incident. Balog got a solid restarted with Thiel providing plenty of pressure. Meyer meanwhile had to clear several lapped machines which are kept in the running order by the time he cleared them Balog and Thiel had pulled away.

The leaders again began to reach lapped machines with only a couple laps left but both Balog and Thiel maintained their pace. On the final lap Thiel made a final attempt to surpass Balog but it fell short with Balog earning the win by a car length. Meyer netted third another eight car lengths back.

Reinke, who had led the first half of the contest settled for fourth chased to the line by Kertscher. The fifth place showing by Kertscher was his first top five since returning to action in IRA competition this year after taking several seasons off.

Blake Nimee earned sixth. Nimee was the evenings fastest qualifier during the group qualifying sessions which were utilized this evening. The format placed 5-6 cars on the track for each qualifying session they then ran several laps with their best effort counting as their qualifying lap. The format made it possible to get back on schedule after a late start due to the rain. Nimee’s time of 11.226 seconds just edged Kertscher who had turned in a lap of 11.240 seconds for the fastest time of the evening.

Seventh was taken by 2012 IRA Rookie of the Year Robbie Pribnow who had captured the B-main. Matt Vandervere advanced the most position during the main event moving up ten spots from 18th to 8th by the checkered. Scott Biertzer and Jeremy Schultz completed the top ten cars.

20 of the 24 starters were still on the track at the finish.

In earlier action Pribnow captured the B-main. Kyle Marten, Wayne Modjeski, Kris Spitz, Dennis Spitz and Ken Jay Fiedler comprised the top six and the cars advancing to the main event.

Heat race victories were captured by Biertzer, Meyer and Raymond Hensley.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints now prepare for another double header weekend. On Saturday night June 4th, the series makes its first appearance of 2016 at the 3/8 mile banked Cedar Lake Speedway in northwestern Wisconsin. The following evening the series makes a return engagement to Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, WI on Sunday evening June 5th.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

6/4/2016 - Cedar Lake Speedway - New Richmond, WI

6/5/2016 - Angell Park Speedway - Sun Prairie, WI

6/11/2016- Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

6/18/2016- Plymouth Dirt Track - Plymouth, WI

6/19/2016 - Angell Park Speedway - Sun Prairie, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer[9]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke[2]; 5. 80K-Mike Kertscher[5]; 6. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 7. 94R-Rob Pribnow[11]; 8. 10V-Matt Vandevere[18]; 9. 4B-Scott Biertzer[7]; 10. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[14]; 11. 73-Ben Schmidt[12]; 12. 23-Russel Borland[10]; 13. 53W-Bill Wirth[13]; 14. 70-Raymond Hensley[8]; 15. 1M-Phillip Mock[19]; 16. 4K-Kris Spitz[22]; 17. 99-Kyle Marten[16]; 18. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[24]; 19. 12W-Josh Walter[20]; 20. 41-Dennis Spitz[23]; 21. (DNF) 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 22. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[21]; 23. (DNF) 5K-Brian Kristan[15]; 24. (DNF) 7-Scott Uttech[17]

Behling Racing Equipment B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 94R-Rob Pribnow[1]; 2. 99-Kyle Marten[2]; 3. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[3]; 4. 4K-Kris Spitz[6]; 5. 41-Dennis Spitz[5]; 6. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[7]; 7. 12-Michael Decker[8]; 8. 2C-Chris Clayton[10]; 9. 68-Dave Uttech[4]; 10. 4-Paul Pokorski[9]

Weld Racing Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 4B-Scott Biertzer[1]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[6]; 4. 53W-Bill Wirth[3]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 6. 12W-Josh Walter[8]; 7. 99-Kyle Marten[2]; 8. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[7]; 9. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler[9]; 10. 2C-Chris Clayton[10]

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 85M-Steve Meyer[2]; 2. 7-Scott Uttech[1]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke[5]; 5. 23-Russel Borland[4]; 6. 80K-Mike Kertscher[6]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 9. 12-Michael Decker[9]

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 70-Raymond Hensley[2]; 2. 73-Ben Schmidt[4]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[6]; 4. 10V-Matt Vandevere[1]; 5. 5K-Brian Kristan[3]; 6. 1M-Phillip Mock[7]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; 8. 94R-Rob Pribnow[5]; 9. 4-Paul Pokorski[9]

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 79-Blake Nimee, 11.226[20]; 2. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 11.240[18]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel, 11.423[12]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 11.473[13]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke, 11.478[7]; 6. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 11.578[16]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 11.591[24]; 8. 23-Russel Borland, 11.633[27]; 9. 73-Ben Schmidt, 11.635[22]; 10. 53W-Bill Wirth, 11.645[8]; 11. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 11.646[1]; 12. 5K-Brian Kristan, 11.666[6]; 13. 99-Kyle Marten, 11.680[23]; 14. 85M-Steve Meyer, 11.764[2]; 15. 70-Raymond Hensley, 11.771[26]; 16. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 11.807[4]; 17. 7-Scott Uttech, 11.846[11]; 18. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 11.854[5]; 19. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 11.863[10]; 20. 68-Dave Uttech, 11.938[28]; 21. 1M-Phillip Mock, 11.976[19]; 22. 12W-Josh Walter, 12.044[9]; 23. 41-Dennis Spitz, 12.061[17]; 24. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.122[14]; 25. 95A-Ken Jay Fiedler, 12.139[15]; 26. 12-Michael Decker, 12.506[21]; 27. 4-Paul Pokorski, 12.777[3]; 28. 2C-Chris Clayton, 12.869[25]

BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS CELEBRATE THE MEMORIAL WEEKEND WITH A DOUBLE DOSE OF 410 SPRINT ACTION!

OSHKOSH SPEEDZONE AND 141 SPEEDWAY TO HOST BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS THIS WEEKEND!

May 25, 2016; Appleton, WI – For the second straight week teams running with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will be pulling double duty as teams make the trip to Oshkosh Speedzone and 141 Speedway located near Francis Creek, WI

Heading into the Friday Night, May 27th event at the Oshkosh Speedzone the series had had six different winners in seven events held thus far. Only Bill Balog, has managed to gain more than a single checkered this season, earning a pair of wins at Beaver Dam Raceway.

The Friday Night contest will see nearly 30 drivers contend for supremacy at the wide, modestly banked third mile Oshkosh Speedzone oval. Last year in the only event completed at the track Scott Uttech mastered a slick racing surface to come away with his lone victory of the 2015 season. Scotty Neitzel finished second in that contest with Jeremy Schultz earning the final podium spot

Joining the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will be the Wisconsin Dirt Legends, Grand Nationals, Street Stocks and Dirt Devils.

Pit gates will open at 4:00pm, the grandstands will open at 5:00pm. Sprint car hot laps will take place at 6:00pm, with qualifying scheduled for 6:30pm. The first green flag is set to wave at 7:00pm

Adult admission for this special event is $20, with a student ticket available to those ages 11 to 15 for $10. Children ages 10 and under are FREE.

Oshkosh Speedzone Raceway is a 1/3 mile semi-banked clay oval located at the Sunnyview Expo Center which resides near the intersection of Highways 76 and County Trunk Y in Oshkosh. Fans and drivers can find additional details on the contest by visiting the track website at www.oshkoshspeedzone.net

After a night off the teams roar back into action at the 141 Speedway on Sunday evening May 29th. Recent upgrades will make the fast quarter-mile bullring even quicker.

Heading into the weekend 2013 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series Rookie of the Year, Jeremy Schultz, heads up the series standings. A graduate of area 360 sprint Schultz has a slim point lead over another former 360 sprint ace, Scotty Thiel who won the most recent IRA event held this past Sunday at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie.

In fact drivers who graduated from 360 sprints are holding four of the top five spots down. Ben Schmidt and Robbie Pribnow hold down the fourth and fifth spots in the standings. Both drivers have turned in impressive performances due to different circumstances. For Pribnow, the 2012 IRA Rookie of the Year, this season marks his return after a couple seasons off. Schmidt meanwhile has stayed in the top five while wheeling cars for three different owners. Two-time Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series champion Scotty Neitzel sits in third in the point rankings.

Last season at 141 Speedway rain took out one of the two programs while Schmidt captured the other event.

INEX Legends, Grand Nationals and Street Stocks are also on the card. Adult admission is $20 with a senior & student ticket selling for $15. Gates will open at 4 pm with Racing at 6 pm.

Additional information can be found at www.141speedway.com. The track phone is (920) 863 3377. For further information call (920) 905 1112. 141 Speedway is located 15 minutes south of Green Bay on County “R” in Francis Creek.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

5/27/2016 - Oshkosh Speed Zone Raceway - Oshkosh, WI

5/29/2016 - 141 Speedway - Francis Creek, WI

6/4/2016 - Cedar Lake Speedway - New Richmond, WI

6/5/2016 - Angell Park Speedway - Sun Prairie, WI

6/11/2016- Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

6/18/2016- Plymouth Dirt Track-Sheybogan Co Fgds - Plymouth, WI

THIEL SURVIVES LATE RACE CHALLENGE FOR VICTORY IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT ACTION AT ANGELL PARK!

PARKER PRICE MILLER FALLS SHORT OF SCOTTY THEIL IN LATE RACE CHARGE AT ANGELL PARK!

May 22, 2016; Sun Prairie, WI – Scotty Thiel had been stymied in his effort to return to victory lane since his rookie season two years ago. It hasn’t been pace, which has kept the Sheboygan, Wisconsin native from reaching the winner’s as he had scored nearly a half dozen runner-up finishes since his first career Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint win at Beaver Dam in August of 2014. Rather if had been a bit of misfortune that would see wins elude him.

Tonight Thiel seemed headed for a comfortable victory in a chaotic 30 lap A-main as the race headed for it’s final laps, then a caution appeared with just nine laps to go. It would seem fate was again testing Thiel’s mettle. This time he was up for the challenge.

When the final green flag fell Thiel finished off the remaining laps flawlessly, and had just enough speed to fend off a last lap challenge by Parker-Price Miller for the victory.

“Holy smokes man, I don’t even know how to put this into words”, exclaimed Thiel as he climbed down from the wing of his car after saluting the crowd in victory lane. “We’ve been fighting so many things this year and even last year we were fighting so many problems”, stated Thiel.

Thiel noted he had been close to victory before at Sun Prairie’s legendary oval. “We’ve been running really good here, the last couple times and had a second and a third. I just said guys one of these times it got to be our turn for luck here” said Thiel. He was also aware his fortunes had not gone well when starting up front, tonight he had started seventh. “I knew on the redraw I did not want to start up front we’ve not had much luck starting from up front”, Thiel indicated.

“I can’t thank the guys enough that work on this team, Mike and my dad. Everyone that’s a part of it. They understand how much this racing means to me. This win isn’t just for me it’s for every single one of them”, he said as the victory celebration began.

For runner-up Parker Price Miller the finish was a bit bittersweet as he had closed the gap on Thiel but needed more laps or a mistake by Thiel to challenge for the win. Still he knew it would be challenging to win tonight even before the green flag fell. “I didn’t qualify so good which put us in the back of my heat race and I needed to win that heat race. I finished like fifth so that out us back in the field, I think we started 13th. The yellows in the feature hurt us, some cars I had to pass twice”, noted Miller. The Indiana native who was celebrating his 18th birthday this evening had a much better car for the main event. “This car was a complete 180 from the heat race, it was really rolling”, he indicated of the performance improvement in the main event.

Still it was not quite enough to catch Thiel. “Hat’s off to Scotty and his team, he didn’t mess up. I thought I had a shot off turn two on the final lap. It was still a good night after starting thirteenth”, concluded Miller.

A field of 24 rolled trackside and presented a contest filled with spills and thrills.

Blake Nimee who was to have started on the pole was nursing engine woes and elected to start at the tail of the field. Having an extremely challenging weekend with difficulties the night before at Wilmot his fortunes seemed to improve with the draw for the ideal starting spot. However after noticing engine issues Nimee elected to start at the rear of the field. His decision proved correct as he dropped from the contest after the first lap.

Nimee’s misfortune proved to be a benefit to two-time IRA champion Scotty Neitzel who moved up to the pole position with Jordan Goldesberry to his outside. Bill Wirth started in the second row next to California native Carson Macedo fresh off a win in the POWRi LucasOil National Midget Series two days earlier.

Neitzel launched into the lead at the start chased by Goldesberry. Scott Biertzer made some impressive opening lap moves to reach third and Thiel was up to fourth by the completion of lap two.

Biertzer was having his best run of the season, running down Goldesberry and working into the second spot by lap seven as Neitzel continued to set the pace. A couple laps later Thiel also displaced Goldesberry reaching third.

On lap ten Thiel made a decisive move to work past Biertzer for the second spot and now set out to try and catch Neitzel who was still showing the way around the third-mile clay oval.

Lap 11 would prove to be a hurdle for the teams in the A-main. It all began when Macedo tagged the wall on the backstretch blowing a tire in the process and damaging his car. This forced a caution and Macedo had his crew tend to repairs.

It appeared Macedo would be unable to make the call to return to the contest and the green flag returned briefly but before a lap was complete.

Biertzer’s solid run ended just after the green flag as he did a flip in turn three while running third forcing a red flag and ending a strong effort this evening. He was unhurt in the incident but his car was heavily damaged.

A second attempt to get the race underway resulted in another flip and another red flag. This time by Kyle Marten in turn fourth. Marten also escaped unscathed but like Biertzer he was unable to continue.

The back to back flips resulted in an open red giving teams time to fuel their cars. The additional delays had allowed Macedo’s crew to complete repairs on his car and when the race went green he was able to rejoin the event at the tail of the field.

Neitzel brought the field back to the green flag followed by Thiel, Goldesberry and Wirth giving chase.

Thiel wasted little time in applying the pressure to Neitzel and on lap 15 he worked to Neitzel’s inside and took over the top spot. Further back point leader Jeremy Schultz was on the charge. In spite of tagging an infield tire Schultz was impressive in his charge rocketing by several cars and placing himself in the second spot.

Thiel was still pulling away from the field, building a comfortable lead when the final slowdown of the contest occurred on lap 21 when Brandon Wimmer came to a halt in turn two after tagging the wall.

Thiel wasted no time on the restart reestablishing his lead. Goldesberry also got up on the wheel rocketing by both Neitzel and Schultz to gain second with seven laps to go.

Not to be outdone Price-Miller also was going all out to catch the leaders reaching fourth.

He slipped past Schultz moments later and when Goldesberry jumped the cushion with two laps to go Price-Miller hurtled into the second spot.

This gave Price-Miller little time to try and catch Thiel who still had a dozen car lengths lead. Although he was able to trim the margin in the remaining distance Thiel was

flawless over the final circuits to win by four car lengths. Price-Miller had to settle for second followed by Goldesberry as the final podium finisher in third.

Schultz crossed the finish line in fourth with the point lead intact. Neitzel completed the top five.

Bill Balog, the seven time IRA champion and winner of the Badger Midget main event that was also on the card this evening finished sixth in IRA competition after pulling double duty. Macedo rallied back to seventh position after having started in the tail of the field after his repairs.

Robbie Pribnow, Ben Schmidt and Steve Meyer completed the top ten finishers.

In earlier action Mike Reinke dominated the B-main, advancing to the main event along with Russel Borland, Kris Spitz, Matt Vandervere, Jereme Schroeder and Wayne Modjeski.

Heat race wins were collected by Balog, Schultz, and Biertzer.

Reinke qualifier fastest of the 29 cars checking in this evening with a lap of 12.174 seconds. Brandon Wimmer second quick at 12.343 seconds. Wirth nabbed third quick at 12.500 seconds.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints now prepare for two events over the Memorial Day weekend. On Friday Night May 27th the series will make the first of two appearances this season at the Oshkosh Speedzone. Then on Sunday May 29th the series will make at stop at the 141 Speedway located near Francis Creek, WI.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

5/27/2016 - Oshkosh Speed Zone Raceway - Oshkosh, WI

5/29/2016 - 141 Speedway - Francis Creek, WI

6/4/2016 - Cedar Lake Speedway - New Richmond, WI

6/5/2016 - Angell Park Speedway - Sun Prairie, WI

6/11/2016- Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

6/18/2016- Plymouth Dirt Track-Sheybogan Co Fgds - Plymouth, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 64-Scotty Thiel; 2. 2-Parker Price-Miller; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel; 6. 17B-Bill Balog; 7. 99X-Carson Macedo; 8. 94R-Rob Pribnow; 9. 73-Ben Schmidt; 10. 85M-Steve Meyer; 11. 1M-Phillip Mock; 12. 53W-Bill Wirth; 13. 10V-Matt Vandevere; 14. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski; 15. 23-Russel Borland; 16. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr; 17. 02-Mike Reinke; 18. 7-Scott Uttech; 19. 4K-Kris Spitz; 20. 43-Jereme Schroeder; 21. (DNF) 48-Brandon Wimmer; 22. (DNF) 99-Kyle Marten; 23. (DNF) 4B-Scott Biertzer; 24. (DNF) 79-Blake Nimee

Behling Racing Equipment B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 02-Mike Reinke[1]; 2. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz[2]; 4. 10V-Matt Vandevere[7]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder[4]; 6. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[9]; 7. 12W-Josh Walter[6]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz[5]; 9. 01-Chris Dodd[8]; (DNS) 21H-Tim Haddy; (DNS) 12-Michael Decker

Weld Racing Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[3]; 2. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr[1]; 3. 85M-Steve Meyer[2]; 4. 99X-Carson Macedo[5]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 6. 99-Kyle Marten[7]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[8]; 8. 02-Mike Reinke[6]; 9. 10V-Matt Vandevere[9]; 10. (DNF) 21H-Tim Haddy[10]

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 2. 7-Scott Uttech[2]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[5]; 5. 2-Parker Price-Miller[3]; 6. 48-Brandon Wimmer[6]; 7. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; 9. 01-Chris Dodd[9]; (DNS) 12-Michael Decker

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 4B-Scott Biertzer[1]; 2. 1M-Phillip Mock[3]; 3. 73-Ben Schmidt[2]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 5. 94R-Rob Pribnow[4]; 6. 53W-Bill Wirth[6]; 7. 23-Russel Borland[7]; 8. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[9]; 9. 12W-Josh Walter[8]

Osborn & Son Qualifying: 1. 02-Mike Reinke, 12.174[1]; 2. 48-Brandon Wimmer, 12.343[5]; 3. 53W-Bill Wirth, 12.500[6]; 4. 99X-Carson Macedo, 12.526[23]; 5. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 12.609[17]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 12.612[10]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee, 12.627[14]; 8. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.648[12]; 9. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 12.721[8]; 10. 17B-Bill Balog, 12.731[2]; 11. 2-Parker Price-Miller, 12.736[27]; 12. 1M-Phillip Mock, 12.759[24]; 13. 85M-Steve Meyer, 12.767[11]; 14. 7-Scott Uttech, 12.812[18]; 15. 73-Ben Schmidt, 12.813[9]; 16. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 12.850[20]; 17. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.853[21]; 18. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 12.879[19]; 19. 99-Kyle Marten, 12.969[29]; 20. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.011[3]; 21. 23-Russel Borland, 13.022[22]; 22. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 13.097[15]; 23. 41-Dennis Spitz, 13.119[4]; 24. 12W-Josh Walter, 13.166[13]; 25. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 13.255[16]; 26. 01-Chris Dodd, 13.307[7]; 27. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 13.608[25]; 28. 21H-Tim Haddy, 13.980[26]; 29. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker[28]

DANNY HOLTGRAVER TOPS ARCTIC CAT ALL STAR VS. BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS SHOWDOWN AT WILMOT!

HOLTGRAVER ENDS BLANEY’S IRA VS ALL STAR SHOWDOWN WIN STREAK!

May 21, 2016; Wilmot, WI – For the past several years when the Arctic Cat All Stars and the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints gather at Wilmot Raceway for a showdown, Dale Blaney has typically been the biggest benefactor. In fact, in the four prior meetings Blaney has planted the banner for the All Stars in victory lane.

While the All Stars were in fact dominant tonight it was a new face topping the showdown as Danny Holtgraver from Pittsburgh, PA led the contest from the opening lap to the checkered while fighting off fierce challenges from several drivers.

A late race restart for an errant infield tire which got knocked onto the racing surface created a showdown between Holtgraver, Blaney, Sheldon Haudenschild and Brandon Wimmer.

In the end Holtgraver was able to repel the challenges of his foes and made his way to the finish line with a six car length advantage on Haudenschild.

Blaney who spent the second half of the race trying to find a way to pass Holtgraver instead fell to Haudenschild charge giving Blaney the position with five laps to go. Haudenschild was unsuccessful in catching Holtgraver and ultimately had to settle for second. Blaney made up the final podium spot in third.

An impressive showing of 44 sprint cars had checked into the pit area resulting in the first “C” main in several seasons for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints.

When the field was set it was former IRA Rookie of the Year and two-time Wilmot Raceway champion Jeremy Schultz sitting on the pole for the 35 lap main event.

Schultz had earlier turned in a stunning performance to top the dash and place himself onto the pole for the main event.

The initial start was waved off after a spin by Caleb Armstrong.

When the green flag fell in the main event it was Holtgraver gaining the upper hand using the high line.

Schultz worked the low line drawing even with Holtgraver on several occasions during the opening circuits but Holtgraver led at the line every lap.

Haudenschild who had started sixth quickly maneuvered toward the front working by Schultz for second on lap three. Two circuits later he was exchanging the top spot with Holtgraver as each managed to execute successful slide jobs.

Behind the pair Blaney had worked by Schultz into the third spot by lap five.

Haudenschild began to pressure Holtgraver for the lead and briefly took the top spot only to see the pass negated by a caution which was required when Jordan Goldesberry shed a wheel and came to a stop in turn three on lap ten.

The lone red during the contest occurred just one lap after the restart when T.J. Michael did a quick flip in turn three. He was unhurt in the incident and his crew made repairs to his car and he briefly returned to action before dropping from the contest with mechanical ills.

Underway again Holtgraver got a brief respite as the battle for second intensified between Haudenschild, Blaney and Wimmer. The trio tossed the runner-up spot back and forth while Holtgraver build a slim lead.

The lead was erased with the final caution for an infield tire working it’s way into the racing groove with eight laps to go in the contest.

The final green flag waved with Holtgraver able to pull away from Blaney. Haudenschild managed to work the high line to surpass Blaney with five laps to go but Holtgraver’s pace kept him out of reach to the finish.

The victory was the first career checkered in Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint competition for Holtgraver who became the fifth different winner in six nights of action for the IRA Sprints this season. Haudenschild and Blaney finished second and third respectively.

Wimmer, who had already won in IRA competition this year with a win several weeks ago at Manitowoc finished fourth. Kory Crabtree completed the top five.

Cap Henry, Chad Kemenah and Parker Price-Miller finished sixth through eighth respectively. Scott Thiel was the highest among the IRA regulars in ninth and Kraig Kinser completed the top ten finishers.

In earlier action T.J. Michael outran Todd Daun for victory in the B-main while Jordan Goldesberry and Jim Moughan Jr. advanced by finishing in the top four. Robbie Pribnow finished fifth just missing the show.

The “C” main was captured by Kris Spitz.

Heat race wins went to Haudenschild, Wimmer, Lee Jacobs and Holtgraver.

The dash was captured by Schultz.

Blaney set the fastest time of the evening with a lap of 13.376 seconds. Parker Price Miller was second quickest with a 13.477 second effort.

The series now packs up and head to Angell Park Speedway for a show on Sunday evening.

Sunday May 22nd the appearance of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will serve as Angell Park Speedway’s season opener.

In addition Badger Midgets, and Badger Micros will be on hand for a full program. The event will mark the start of the 80th Anniversary season for the Badger Midgets.

One of six events at the track featuring the Bumper-to-Bumper IRA Sprint cars this season, the historic 1/3rd mile puts on an action-packed sprint car show and it has become a fan favorite on the IRA schedule.

In 2015, fans saw Parker Price-Miller, Jeremy Schultz, Scotty Neitzel, and Bill Balog take victories with the IRA. Some travelers are expected to make the trip over after Wilmot and some other IRA stars are expected to join the fray Sunday as well.

Spectator Gates will open at 4:30pm with hot laps at 6:00pm. Racing action is set to get underway after hot laps. Adult admission is $20.00, Students ages12 to 18 are admitted for $ 15.00 and children ages 12 and under are FREE with an adult.

For more information, visit www.angellparkspeedway.net.

Tickets are just $20 for adults, $10 for students age 6-11 and kids 5 and younger are free. Qualifying begins at 5 p.m., with racing to follow.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

A Feature 1 (35 Laps): 1. 70-Danny Holtgraver[2]; 2. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[6]; 3. 1-Dale Blaney[4]; 4. 48-Brandon Wimmer[9]; 5. 60-Kory Crabtree[7]; 6. 21-Cap Henry[13]; 7. 10H-Chad Kemenah[15]; 8. 2-Parker Price-Miller[3]; 9. 64-Scotty Thiel[22]; 10. 11K-Kraig Kinser[14]; 11. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[1]; 12. 2W-Scott Neitzel[19]; 13. 81-Lee Jacobs[10]; 14. 40-Caleb Helms[16]; 15. 19-Todd Daun[11]; 16. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[5]; 17. 99-Kyle Marten[17]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[18]; 19. 10V-Matt Vandevere[20]; 20. 1M-Phillip Mock[8]; 21. 68-Dave Uttech[21]; 22. 8M-T.J. Michael[12]; 23. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[23]; 24. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr[24]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 8M-T.J. Michael[3]; 2. 19-Todd Daun[1]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]; 4. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr[2]; 5. 94R-Rob Pribnow[8]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech[11]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz[6]; 8. 4B-Scott Biertzer[16]; 9. 53W-Bill Wirth[12]; 10. 50-Rusty Egan[7]; 11. 70H-Raymond Hensley[14]; 12. 43-Jereme Schroeder[10]; 13. 4K-Kris Spitz[15]; 14. 95-Hunter Mackison[5]; 15. 14X-Ben Schmidt[9]; 16. 57X-Andrew Palker[13]

C Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 4K-Kris Spitz[1]; 2. 4B-Scott Biertzer[5]; 3. 23-Russel Borland[2]; 4. 56-Ryan Irwin[3]; 5. 79-Blake Nimee[9]; 6. 2B-Jimmy Sivia[6]; 7. O1-Chris Dodd[8]; 8. 49H-Bradley Howard[10]; 9. 12-Michael Decker[4]; 10. 12W-Josh Walter[7]

Dash 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[3]; 2. 70-Danny Holtgraver[2]; 3. 2-Parker Price-Miller[1]; 4. 1-Dale Blaney[5]; 5. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[6]; 6. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 7. 60-Kory Crabtree[8]; 8. 1M-Phillip Mock[7]

Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[4]; 2. 40-Caleb Helms[2]; 3. 1-Dale Blaney[6]; 4. 99-Kyle Marten[1]; 5. 21-Cap Henry[3]; 6. 19-Todd Daun[5]; 7. 12W-Josh Walter[11]; 8. 56-Ryan Irwin[10]; 9. 50-Rusty Egan[7]; 10. 14X-Ben Schmidt[8]; 11. 57X-Andrew Palker[9]

Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 48-Brandon Wimmer[2]; 2. 1M-Phillip Mock[4]; 3. 2-Parker Price-Miller[6]; 4. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[1]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[7]; 6. 70H-Raymond Hensley[9]; 7. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr[5]; 8. 95-Hunter Mackison[3]; 9. 43-Jereme Schroeder[8]; 10. 12-Michael Decker[10]; 11. O1-Chris Dodd[11]

Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 81-Lee Jacobs[2]; 2. 11K-Kraig Kinser[3]; 3. 2W-Scott Neitzel[1]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[5]; 5. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[6]; 6. 8M-T.J. Michael[4]; 7. 79-Blake Nimee[11]; 8. 94R-Rob Pribnow[7]; 9. 4B-Scott Biertzer[10]; 10. 4K-Kris Spitz[9]; 11. 7-Scott Uttech[8]

Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 70-Danny Holtgraver[6]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[7]; 3. 60-Kory Crabtree[5]; 4. 10H-Chad Kemenah[3]; 5. 10V-Matt Vandevere[1]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[9]; 7. 49H-Bradley Howard[11]; 8. 53W-Bill Wirth[8]; 9. 41-Dennis Spitz[2]; 10. 2B-Jimmy Sivia[10]; 11. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[4]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 1-Dale Blaney, 13.376; 2. 2-Parker Price-Miller, 13.477; 3. 7C-Caleb Armstrong, 13.631; 4. 70-Danny Holtgraver, 13.652; 5. 19-Todd Daun, 13.699; 6. 1MM-Jim Moughan Jr, 13.749; 7. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.772; 8. 60-Kory Crabtree, 13.781; 9. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 13.814; 10. 1M-Phillip Mock, 13.815; 11. 8M-T.J. Michael, 13.826; 12. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 13.831; 13. 21-Cap Henry, 13.835; 14. 95-Hunter Mackison, 13.874; 15. 11K-Kraig Kinser, 13.887; 16. 10H-Chad Kemenah, 13.899; 17. 40-Caleb Helms, 13.903; 18. 48-Brandon Wimmer, 13.905; 19. 81-Lee Jacobs, 13.915; 20. 41-Dennis Spitz, 13.969; 21. 99-Kyle Marten, 13.979; 22. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 14.030; 23. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 14.033; 24. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 14.079; 25. 50-Rusty Egan, 14.087; 26. 68-Dave Uttech, 14.098; 27. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 14.101; 28. 64-Scotty Thiel, 14.137; 29. 14X-Ben Schmidt, 14.146; 30. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 14.153; 31. 7-Scott Uttech, 14.157; 32. 53W-Bill Wirth, 14.169; 33. 57X-Andrew Palker, 14.180; 34. 70H-Raymond Hensley, 14.198; 35. 4K-Kris Spitz, 14.206; 36. 23-Russel Borland, 14.221; 37. 56-Ryan Irwin, 14.270; 38. 12-Michael Decker, 14.282; 39. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 14.422; 40. 2B-Jimmy Sivia, 14.426; 41. 12W-Josh Walter, 14.560; 42. O1-Chris Dodd, 14.792; 43. 79-Blake Nimee, 22.045; 44. 49H-Bradley Howard, 99.280

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

5/22/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

5/27/2016 - Oshkosh Speed Zone Raceway - Oshkosh, WI

5/29/2016 - 141 Speedway - Francis Creek, WI

6/4/2016 - Cedar Lake Speedway – New Richmond, WI

6/5/2016 - Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS PREPARE FOR SHOWDOWN AT WILMOT WITH TONY STEWART’S ARCTIC CAT ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS!

ALL STAR SHOWDOWN AT WILMOT AND SUN PRAIRIE OPENER ON TAP THIS WEEKEND IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON ACTION!

May 16, 2016; Appleton, WI – A busy weekend lies ahead for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series teams as back to back race nights will provide plenty of challenges to those participating this year in the running of the 50th Anniversary season for the series.

Fans will witness two days of some of the best open wheel racing anywhere, and its' taking place right here in Wisconsin. On Saturday night May 21st the stars of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will be challenged by Tony Stewart's Arctic Cat All Star Curcuit Of Champions.

Wilmot Raceway, the birthplace of the IRA Sprints will be the battleground as both series will be competing for bragging rights and a share of over $25,000 in the A-main alone!

Then on Sunday May 22nd the series will pack up and travel to Sun Prairie, Wisconsin where IRA teams will face off at the legendary Angell Park Speedway in the first of six appearances during the 2016 season.

The Saturday show at Wilmot will have the feeling of a David vs. Goliath showdown. At the heart of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints are a group of dedicated blue collar race teams. Teams where the crew works all week to go play on the weekend and the drivers punch a clock every day to be able to afford putting on the helmet to race.

Meanwhile Tony Stewart's Arctic Cat All Star Curcuit Of Champions consists of a good number of teams who race for a living. With Tony Stewart taking over the series, it has blossomed. The talent and interest in the series has continued on an upward trend. Drivers like Dale Blaney, Chad Kemenah, Sheldon Haudenschild, Cap Henry, Danny Holtgraver and Kraig Kinser are some of the more familiar names of the fourteen touring All Stars. All are expected to challenge for the victory at Wilmot where Blaney has had a knack of finding a way to win when both series meet.

From the IRA side of the of the challenge things are a bit more complicated. Jeremy Schultz, who finds himself atop the IRA standings for the first time since he briefly lead the points in his rookie season. Schultz is fresh off a second place finish in the most recent IRA event at Beaver Dam Raceway and as a two-time Wilmot Raceway track champion he is expected to do well with his wide open driving style.

Recent IRA winner at Manitowoc Speedway, Brandon Wimmer will be on hand as will two-time series champion Scotty Neitzel, Scotty Thiel, Wilmot standout Todd Daun, and a host of IRA & Wilmot faithful hoping to grab the biggest win of their career.

Blake Nimee also seems to step up in a big way during the high dollar showdowns and was often leading the charge last season with the two series ran head to head.

Series regulars Phillip Mock, Ben Schmidt, Robbie Pribnow, Scott Biertzer, Bill Wirth, Matt Vandervere, Kyle Marten, Wayne Modjeski, Russel Borland, Kris and Dennis Spitz, Scott and Dave Uttech along with Josh Walter, Jereme Schroeder, Michael Decker, and Jordan Goldsberry are drivers who will be representing the home team.

Joining the winged warriors are the Meyer Services WingLessSprints presented by the IRA and the Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprints.

Grandstands open at 5:00 p.m. with racing scheduled for 6:45pm. Admission is $25.00 for adults, $5 for youth ages 7-11 with children ages 6 and under admitted free.

The track is located on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds in Wilmot, Wis. For the latest updates check the official track web site www.wilmotraceway.com, phone the trackside raceline 262-862-2090

or check the track’s Facebook page.

Then on Sunday May 22nd the appearance of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will serve as Angell Park Speedway’s season opener.

In addition Badger Midgets, and Badger Micros will be on hand for a full program. The event will mark the start of the 80th Anniversary season for the Badger Midgets.

One of six events at the track featuring the Bumper-to-Bumper IRA Sprint cars this season, the historic 1/3rd mile puts on an action-packed sprint car show and it has become a fan favorite on the IRA schedule.

In 2015, fans saw Parker Price-Miller, Jeremy Schultz, Scotty Neitzel, and Bill Balog take victories with the IRA. Some travelers are expected to make the trip over after Wilmot and some other IRA stars are expected to join the fray Sunday as well.

Spectator Gates will open at 4:30pm with hot laps at 6:00pm. Racing action is set to get underway after hot laps. Adult admission is $20.00, Students ages12 to 18 are admitted for $ 15.00 and children ages 12 and under are FREE with an adult.

For more information, visit www.angellparkspeedway.net.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

5/21/2016 - Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI

5/22/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

5/27/2016 - Oshkosh Speed Zone Raceway - Oshkosh, WI

5/29/2016 - 141 Speedway - Francis Creek, WI

6/4/2016 - Cedar Lake Speedway – New Richmond, WI

6/5/2016 - Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

NORTH POLE NIGHTMARE BILL BALOG CHILLS FOES, BECOMES FIRST BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT REPEAT WINNER IN 2016 WITH VICTORY AT BEAVER DAM!

SCHULTZ AND THIEL THRILL FANS WITH THRILLING LAST LAP DUEL AS PAIR EARN FIRST PODIUM FINISHES OF 2016!

May 14, 2016; Beaver Dam, WI – Bill Balog, a seven-time Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series champion, and a transplant of North pole, Alaska found himself in victory lane after a dominating performance on a very cold night at Beaver Dam Raceway.

The chilled fans witnessed Balog dominate the 30 lap A-main to become the first repeat winner of the 2016 season for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, the victory was his 78th career A-main win in IRA competition.

It was fitting then that instead of champagne being sprayed as a means to celebrate victory, that Mother Nature provided a fitting backdrop in the form of a brief snow shower during the winner’s interview.

“It’s pretty awesome!” exclaimed Balog of the win. “We have not been going that good of late. I have to thank Scott Boyd (track owner) and Carolyn (track manager) for putting this thing on. They could have easily canceled this event and I know this wasn’t the most lucrative night for them. We got to race and I really appreciate them for that”, noted Balog.

“I really have to thank my crew and Hans (car owner) it was a rough morning for us. We were able to get it done tonight. We raced last night in Indiana and didn’t do that good. We got back here and started working on this car. We were a little late getting here it was a lot of running around”, concluded Balog obvious pleased with those efforts.

A hearty showing of fans braved extremely cold and windy conditions where the temperatures struggled to reach even 40 degrees with wind chills well below freezing. Thankfully the show was extremely fast paced and the final checkered flag flew just after 9:00pm.

On this evening only Scotty Thiel seemed to have the pace to match Balog. Thiel had briefly challenged for the top spot near the mid-portion of the race, twice working to Balog’s inside. Those challenge fell short for when the leaders reached lapped traffic Balog turned up the pace leaving Thiel in his wake.

Balog would take the checkered flag by a comfortable margin while Thiel found himself engaged in a late race war with Jeremy Schultz for runner-up honors. The two traded the spot during the closing laps with Schultz successfully working by Thiel with less than two laps to go and then fending off Thiel’s rebuttal to earn the second place position. Thiel would settle for third.

Schultz was quick to acknowledge the fans for their part on the program during his interview.

“I have to thank the fans for coming out tonight and braving the cold weather, it was pretty miserable for everyone tonight. I thank you all it’s appreciated”, Schultz shouted.

“We worked pretty hard on the car all night to get it tuned in, it was a little tight. There was enough to get around Scotty (Thiel) at the end, but we couldn’t keep up with Bill at the beginning. We made a bunch of big strides on the car and it’s going the right direction”, noted Schultz on the run.

Thiel echoed the statement of Schultz. “First off I have to thank all you fans for coming out and freezing your butts off. We were getting a little cold sitting in the race car but you guys are diehards,” exclaimed Thiel. “A podium finish finally this year feels pretty good. The team has been working really hard and we’ve been fighting a lot of bad luck but things are coming around. We had a shot at the lead for a little bit. Bill (Balog) got around the lapped cars and walked away from us. We’ll see what we can do next week at Wilmot”, concluded Thiel.

For both Schultz and Thiel it was their first podium performances of the 2016 season.

By virtue of a pill draw to create the invert for the start of the main event Balog found himself on the pole for the contest with Schultz to his outside.

At the drop of starter Jim Barr’s green flag, Balog immediately blasted into the lead while Thiel worked his way under Schultz for the second spot. On lap four the first caution of the contest flew when Matt Vandervere looped his car in turn four.

The lead trio of Balog, Thiel and Schultz again showed the way while Phillip Mock and Ben Schmidt ran fourth and fifth respectively.

On lap eight Vandervere’s ride again fell short on traction, spinning in turn one. He would retire from the contest and action again quickly resumed.

Balog got a solid restart with Thiel working hard to match his pace. Thiel had managed to reel in Balog as they began to reach lapped traffic at the halfway point of the contest.

Once the duo began to work past lapped machines Balog began to stretch his lead and by lap 20 he had placed several lapped cars between himself and Thiel who was now having to fend off the challenges of Schultz.

Schultz was able to grab the runner-up spot before the final slowdown of the contest.

A final caution flew with just under 10 laps to go in the event when Mike Reinke suffered a flat tire while doing battle for position inside the top ten. His crew quickly serviced his car under caution and he resumed the event from the tail of the field.

Balog again wasted no time in bringing the field up to speed on the restart as he opened a small lead on Schultz who precariously held onto the second position as Thiel worked both high and low in effort to try and advance.

On lap 25 Thiel was able to snag the position but by now Balog was opened a large lead. With Balog sailing off in the distance fans attention turned to the battles for second between Thiel and Schultz, and for fourth between Steve Meyer and Schmidt.

As the while flag flew Schultz gained the upper hand on Thiel to garner second but from the newly gained position he was barely able to witness Balog take the checkered a quarter-lap ahead. Schultz held on for second repelling a last ditch effort from Thiel. Thiel settled for third.

Fourth place came down to the final lap as Schmidt, wheeling the Ozzie Weisner owned #73 machine normally driven by Todd King. Schmidt managed to put a thrilling pass on Meyer to secure the spot earning fourth.

Meyer who had stayed in the top five all evening earned a solid fifth place showing.

Scott Biertzer who advanced seven positions during the contest finished in the sixth spot. Mock crossed the line in seventh followed by Dave Uttech in eighth.

Reinke, whose flat tire was the final caution of the contest made an impressive charge from the tail of the field up to ninth. Kyle Marten completed the top ten finishers.

In earlier action the B-main settled the balance of the field with the father and son team of Dennis and Kris Spitz showing the way around the track. On this evening the younger generation got the upper hand with Kris besting his father Dennis for top honors. Vandervere, Wayne Modjeski and Jereme Schroeder completed the top five. The final transfer spot came down to the final turn when sixth running Josh Walter was tagged by Jake Blackhurst spinning in the final corner. Michael Decker who had been running behind the pair, slipped past for the sixth spot.

In heat race action each winner captured the victory with dominating performances. Victories went to Meyer, Mock and Blake Nimee.

The night began with 26 drivers checking in to qualify. Schmidt turned in the fast lap of the evening with a 12.927 second orbit of the banked third-mile clay oval. He was the only driver to crack the 13 second barrier this evening. Thiel was second quick with a 13.124 second effort and Schultz was third fast with a 13.167 second effort.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will be back at Wilmot Raceway on May 21st in a co-sanctioned event with the All-Star circuit of Champions.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

5/21/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

5/22/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

5/27/2016 – Oshkosh Speedzone – Oshkosh, WI

5/29/2016 – 141 Speedway – Francis Creek, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[1]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 3. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 4. 73-Ben Schmidt[4]; 5. 85M-Steve Meyer[6]; 6. 4B-Scott Biertzer[13]; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock[5]; 8. 68-Dave Uttech[8]; 9. 02-Mike Reinke[11]; 10. 99-Kyle Marten[15]; 11. 7-Scott Uttech[14]; 12. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[22]; 13. 23D-Trey Datweiler[20]; 14. 80K-Mike Kertscher[16]; 15. 23-Russel Borland[12]; 16. 79-Blake Nimee[7]; 17. 94R-Rob Pribnow[10]; 18. 2W-Scott Neitzel[17]; 19. 41-Dennis Spitz[19]; 20. 12W-Josh Walter[25]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz[18]; 22. 43-Jereme Schroeder[23]; 23. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker[24]; 24. (DNF) 53W-Bill Wirth[9]; 25. (DNF) 10V-Matt Vandevere[21]

Behling Racing Equipment B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 4K-Kris Spitz[4]; 2. 41-Dennis Spitz[5]; 3. 10V-Matt Vandevere[1]; 4. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[7]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder[2]; 6. 12-Michael Decker[8]; 7. 25-Jake Blackhurst[3]; 8. 12W-Josh Walter[6]

Weld Racing Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 85M-Steve Meyer[2]; 2. 73-Ben Schmidt[6]; 3. 99-Kyle Marten[1]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[5]; 5. 68-Dave Uttech[4]; 6. 23-Russel Borland[3]; 7. 25-Jake Blackhurst[7]; 8. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; 9. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[9]

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 1M-Phillip Mock[2]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke[4]; 3. 4B-Scott Biertzer[3]; 4. 94R-Rob Pribnow[5]; 5. 64-Scotty Thiel[6]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[7]; 7. 12W-Josh Walter[8]; 8. 43-Jereme Schroeder[1]; 9. 12-Michael Decker[9]

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 2. 80K-Mike Kertscher[1]; 3. 7-Scott Uttech[2]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[6]; 5. 23D-Trey Datweiler[8]; 6. 53W-Bill Wirth[5]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandevere[4]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]

Osborn & Son Qualifying: 1. 73-Ben Schmidt, 12.927[6]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel, 13.124[2]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.167[9]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.245[17]; 5. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 13.422[4]; 6. 53W-Bill Wirth, 13.470[1]; 7. 68-Dave Uttech, 13.471[5]; 8. 02-Mike Reinke, 13.492[15]; 9. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 13.608[13]; 10. 23-Russel Borland, 13.623[3]; 11. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 13.724[7]; 12. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.767[25]; 13. 85M-Steve Meyer, 13.796[10]; 14. 1M-Phillip Mock, 13.820[16]; 15. 7-Scott Uttech, 13.913[21]; 16. 99-Kyle Marten, 13.981[24]; 17. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 14.000[8]; 18. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 14.107[14]; 19. 25-Jake Blackhurst, 14.131[18]; 20. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 14.153[26]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz, 14.212[19]; 22. 41-Dennis Spitz, 14.355[12]; 23. 12W-Josh Walter, 14.477[22]; 24. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 14.680[11]; 25. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 14.690[23]; 26. 12-Michael Decker, 14.707[20]

BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS HEAD TO BEAVER DAM RACEWAY WITH NO REPEAT WIN STREAK INTACT!

50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON CONTINUES, IRA MAKES SECOND BEAVER DAM RACEWAY APPEARANCE OF 2016 SEASON!

May 11, 2016; Appleton, WI – Parity, the main ingredient in the thrilling battles seen on the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series this season is evident by looking at the winner’s list so far in 2016.

Four events have seen four different winners.

Parker Price Miller, Bill Balog, Brandon Wimmer, and Dusty Zomer have all collected victories on the 50th Anniversary tour. When looking at each A-main, every driver taking the green flag is capable of bringing home the win on any given evening.

Heading into action this Saturday Night, May 14th at the Beaver Dam Raceway a host of drivers are looking to keep the no repeat streak alive.

Near the top of that list is Scotty Neitzel. The two time Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series champion is heading up the point standings as he heads to his hometown track. Neitzel was just a couple laps from victory at Manitowoc Speedway last weekend when Brandon Wimmer pulled off a late race pass to steal the victory.

Neitzel’s performance shows he’s got the speed to place his #2w machine in victory lane, and what better location to do it than in front of his hometown fans.

Other driver’s looking to Beaver Dam Raceway as a means to jump start their 2016 season are Phillip Mock, Ben Schmidt and Scotty Thiel. Each had scored their first career IRA win at the track, and all have been challenged by various bad luck so far in 2016 with none of the drivers able to finish in the top 5. A victory this coming weekend would be a sure way to turn around their 2016 campaign.

Jordan Goldesberry is another driver to have reached victory lane at Beaver Dam, taking a win last season over Jeremy Schultz. Goldesberry turned in a valiant late race charge at the most recent IRA show at Wilmot Raceway to reach the podium with a third place run. Schultz meanwhile turned in his best showing of the season at Beaver Dam just a couple weeks ago when he crossed the line in fourth. Like Neitzel, Schultz has a strong local following, as he is a resident of Beaver Dam.

Robbie Pribnow, and Blake Nimee also show up on the list of hard charging racers who could secure a win this weekend. Pribnow, the 2013 IRA Sprint Rookie of the Year has shown some great speed, leading races. He has already reached the podium this season with a third place run at the most recent Beaver Dam event. Nimee meanwhile is beginning to show the impressive driving that earned him a pair of win on the tour last year. The most recent IRA race which was held at Wilmot earned him his first top five showing of the season and he’s likely only to improve from there.

Mike Reinke is another threat to reach the checkered flag first. Celebrating his 25th year in racing, Reinke remains among one of the most formidable competitors behind the wheel of a sprint car. He’s earned a pair of top five finishes in his three appearances so far this season and his hungry for victory.

While the list above mentions those with the strongest runs so far this year, one has to realize at you can take a drivers list of the IRA teams and throw a dart at it and likely hit the name of a driver capable of wheeling to victory lane. The competition is that close.

The next chapter in the 50th Anniversary season will be going into the record books this Saturday Night, May 14th. You will want to be at Beaver Dam Raceway to witness it.

Pit gates will open at 3:30pm. While the grandstands will open one hour later to allow fans time find their favorite seat prior to the action. Racing is set to get underway at 6:30pm.

Action at Beaver Dam raceway this Saturday night will also include a full show featuring Grand Nationals and Legends cars.

Tickets are just $20 for adults, $10 for students age 6-11 and kids 5 and younger are free. Qualifying begins at 5 p.m., with racing to follow.

Event information can be found on the Beaver Dam Raceway website at www.wismotorsports.net or by calling the track at (920) 887-1600. Beaver Dam Raceway is located on Racetrack Road just east of the intersection of Hwy 151 and 33 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

5/14/2016 - Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

5/21/2016 - Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI

5/22/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

5/27/2016 - Oshkosh Speed Zone Raceway - Oshkosh, WI

5/29/2016 - 141 Speedway - Francis Creek, WI

DUSTY ZOMER KEEPS NO REPEAT WIN STREAK ALIVE IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT COMPETITION WITH VICTORY AT WILMOT RACEWAY!

WIMMER WEEKEND SWEEP PREVENTED BY ZOMER VICTORY AT WILMOT IN BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA 50TH ANNIVERSARY ACTION!

May 7, 2016; Wilmot, WI – Wilmot Raceway hosted the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints to open the historic raceway’s 2016 raceway season. Drivers and teams were greeted by a raceway that had undergone several improvements during the off-season. The result was a very racy track, which lead to some amazing side by side battles witnessed by the fans who now have an unobstructed view of the entire track.

The A-main event saw several cautions keep the field close during the first half of the contest, while the second half ran non-stop, and turned into a showdown between Sioux Falls, SD resident Dusty Zomer, and Indiana native Brandon Wimmer who was seeking to sweep the weekend’s IRA action as he had won the previous night at Manitowoc Speedway in his Hartnell Motorsports owned machine.

Zomer had won during his last appearance with the IRA Sprints in an event at the Dodge County Fairgrounds last fall. Tonight he had to fight a frantic battle with Wimmer through lapped traffic during the closing stages of the race.

On a several occasions Wimmer had managed to show Zomer his front wing but Zomer would prove up to the challenge, and once clear of traffic he managed to build a small lead that he would hold to the checker.

Over the final laps Jordan Goldesberry, and Blake Nimee scrapped for the final podium position. Both drivers had won Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint events last season at Wilmot Raceway and they were seeking their first podium of the young 2016 season.

In the end Goldesberry found the speed to earn the position, joining Zomer and Wimmer on the front stretch for post-race ceremonies as a result of his third place finish.

The A-main contest started out with Nimee starting from the pole of the contest, while 2013 Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint series Rookie of the Year Robbie Pribnow started to his outside. Pribnow blasted into the opening lead leaving Nimee to battle with Mike Reinke, and Zomer for the second spot.

On lap three an incident which disabled Russel Borland’s machine resulted in his car coming to a stop in turn one drawing the first caution.

On the restart Zomer worked the bottom line to make his way past both Reinke and Nimee. He then set out to close the gap on Pribnow.

On lap seven the second caution of the contest flew when Ben Schmidt looped his ride in turn three.

On the restart Zomer quickly disposed of Pribnow to take the lead but only a single lap went in the books before the race was halted again as Kody Kinser spun in turn two. It would be the final slowdown of the contest.

As soon as racing action resumed Zomer quickly took off from the field. Pribnow gave chase, rim-riding the track in the second spot while third was contested between Wimmer, and Nimee with the pair exchanging the spot several times before Wimmer secured the position.

The race past the halfway point with Zomer extending his lead on Pribnow who was holding his own in second successfully fending off the challenges of Zomer.

A few laps later Pribnow went wide in turn two, nearly tagging the wall. As a result, both Wimmer and Nimee were able to slip past for second and third before Pribnow regained his composure to retain the fourth spot.

Goldesberry meanwhile was making progress forward. After starting in the twelfth spot he cracked the top five with ten laps to go.

Out front the leaders were working heavy traffic which allowed Wimmer to rapidly close on Zomer, and as they sought to work past back markers Wimmer actually managed to nose ahead briefly but as soon as Zomer saw Wimmer’s front wing he was able to up the pace.

Over the final laps Zomer maintained a four-car length gap which he held to the finish to score the victory. Wimmer had to settle for second.

Over the final circuits Goldesberry managed to work past Nimee to take the final podium position.

Nimee earned his first top five effort of the season achieving a fourth place finish. Seven-time Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint champion Bill Balog completed the top five.

Pribnow crossed the line in sixth followed by 2015 series champion Bill Rose who claimed seventh. Mike Reinke, Jeremy Schultz, and Joey Moughan who was making his first series start in 2016 comprised the top ten.

In earlier action Kody Kinser laid claim to top honors in the B-main, outpacing Goldesberry, Scott Biertzer, Scotty Thiel as the top four finishers advanced to the main event.

Heat race wins went to Schmidt, Wimmer, Dave Uttech and Raymond Hensley.

35 drivers checked in to qualify this evening with Balog turning in the fasted lap around the third mile oval with a lap of 13.764 seconds, Wimmer was second fastest with a 13.898 second trip around the track with Zomer third fastest at 13.901.

Then series now heads back to Beaver Dam Raceway for a show next Saturday night May 14th. Bill Balog won the last IRA contest held at the track at an event back on April 23rd.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints will be back at Wilmot Raceway on May 21st in a co-sanctioned event with the All-Star circuit of Champions.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

5/14/2016 – Beaver Dam Raceway – Beaver Dam, WI

5/21/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

5/22/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

5/27/2016 – Oshkosh Speedzone – Oshkosh, WI

5/29/2016 – 141 Speedway – Francis Creek, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 82-Dusty Zomer[4]; 2. 48H-Brandon Wimmer[5]; 3. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[12]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[1]; 5. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 6. 94R-Rob Pribnow[2]; 7. 6-Bill Rose[15]; 8. 02-Mike Reinke[3]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[17]; 10. 29M-Joey Moughan[20]; 11. 64-Scotty Thiel[24]; 12. 70-Raymond Hensley[7]; 13. 53W-Bill Wirth[9]; 14. 4B-Scott Biertzer[23]; 15. 23-Russell Borland[19]; 16. 10V-Matt Vandevere[18]; 17. 19-Todd Daun[22]; 18. 68-Dave Uttech[8]; 19. 2W-Scott Neitzel[13]; 20. 23D-Trey Datweiler[16]; 21. 4K-Kris Spitz[21]; 22. 99-Kyle Marten[14]; 23. (DNF) 4KK-Kody Kinser[11]; 24. (DNF) 35-Ben Schmidt[10]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 4KK-Kody Kinser[1]; 2. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[2]; 3. 4B-Scott Biertzer[4]; 4. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 5. 1M-Phillip Mock[5]; 6. 7-Scott Uttech[11]; 7. 50-Rusty Egan[9]; 8. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[12]; 9. 12W-Josh Walter; 10. 2B-Jimmy Sivia[7]; 11. 56-Ryan Irwin[10]; 12. 41-Dennis Spitz[6]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder[8]; 14. 12-Michael Decker[13]; 15. 14-Jim Fifield[14]

Weld Racing Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 35-Ben Schmidt[3]; 2. 23D-Trey Datweiler[2]; 3. 23-Russell Borland[1]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 5. 4K-Kris Spitz[7]; 6. 4KK-Kody Kinser[5]; 7. 4B-Scott Biertzer[4]; 8. 12-Michael Decker[9]; 9. 56-Ryan Irwin[8]

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 53W-Bill Wirth[2]; 2. 48H-Brandon Wimmer[6]; 3. 29M-Joey Moughan[1]; 4. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 5. 19-Todd Daun[9]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 7. 1M-Phillip Mock[3]; 8. 7-Scott Uttech[8]; 9. (DNF) 2B-Jimmy Sivia[7]

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 2. 82-Dusty Zomer[6]; 3. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 4. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 5. 6-Bill Rose[3]; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel[5]; 7. 43-Jereme Schroeder[7]; 8. 14-Jim Fifield[9]; 9. (DNF) 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[8]

R & H Enterprise Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 70-Raymond Hensley[1]; 2. 10V-Matt Vandevere[2]; 3. 02-Mike Reinke[6]; 4. 94R-Rob Pribnow[5]; 5. 99-Kyle Marten[4]; 6. 41-Dennis Spitz[3]; 7. 50-Rusty Egan[7]; 8. (DNF) 12W-Josh Walter[8]

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 17B-Bill Balog, 13.764[4]; 2. 48H-Brandon Wimmer, 13.898[18]; 3. 82-Dusty Zomer, 13.901[22]; 4. 02-Mike Reinke, 13.930[10]; 5. 4KK-Kody Kinser, 14.053[19]; 6. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 14.062[2]; 7. 64-Scotty Thiel, 14.103[34]; 8. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 14.110[28]; 9. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 14.124[8]; 10. 79-Blake Nimee, 14.141[20]; 11. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 14.163[15]; 12. 99-Kyle Marten, 14.172[13]; 13. 35-Ben Schmidt, 14.191[12]; 14. 1M-Phillip Mock, 14.214[17]; 15. 6-Bill Rose, 14.234[26]; 16. 41-Dennis Spitz, 14.310[16]; 17. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 14.312[11]; 18. 53W-Bill Wirth, 14.369[32]; 19. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 14.378[21]; 20. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 14.381[6]; 21. 23-Russell Borland, 14.404[7]; 22. 29M-Joey Moughan, 14.433[14]; 23. 68-Dave Uttech, 14.439[27]; 24. 70-Raymond Hensley, 14.460[9]; 25. 4K-Kris Spitz, 14.537[25]; 26. 2B-Jimmy Sivia, 14.539[3]; 27. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 14.546[29]; 28. 50-Rusty Egan, 14.577[1]; 29. 56-Ryan Irwin, 14.619[31]; 30. 7-Scott Uttech, 14.637[33]; 31. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 14.696[24]; 32. 12W-Josh Walter, 14.765[23]; 33. 12-Michael Decker, 14.796[5]; 34. 19-Todd Daun, 14.846[30]; DNS 14-Jim Fifield

WingLESS Sprints | WWSS-Wisconsin Wingless Sprint Series

Meyer A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 16-Todd Lehr[8]; 2. 9-Mike Sullivan[2]; 3. 6-Jake Kouba[4]; 4. 70-Chris Klemko[1]; 5. 89-George Gaertner Jr[12]; 6. 5J-Jim Scanlon[7]; 7. 15-Dan Wade[14]; 8. 2K-Jimmy Kouba[3]; 9. 71S-Doug Schenck[6]; 10. B2-Chuck Shaer[11]; 11. 77-James Walldan[10]; 12. 38-Allen Hafford[5]; 13. 19-Derek Crane[9]; 14. (DNF) 13-Dustin Richards[13]; DNS 52-Craig Lager; DNS 72-Dave Maynard

DRC Chasis Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 19-Derek Crane[1]; 2. 16-Todd Lehr[6]; 3. 6-Jake Kouba[4]; 4. 9-Mike Sullivan[3]; 5. 70-Chris Klemko[2]; 6. 71S-Doug Schenck[5]; 7. 15-Dan Wade[8]; 8. 13-Dustin Richards[7]

Super Shox Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 38-Allen Hafford[3]; 2. 2K-Jimmy Kouba[4]; 3. 89-George Gaertner Jr[1]; 4. 5J-Jim Scanlon[6]; 5. B2-Chuck Shaer[8]; 6. 77-James Walldan[2]; 7. (DNF) 72-Dave Maynard[5]; 8. (DNF) 52-Craig Lager[7]

Performance Parts Supply Qualifying 1: 1. 16-Todd Lehr, 15.515[2]; 2. 5J-Jim Scanlon, 16.203[9]; 3. 71S-Doug Schenck, 16.264[1]; 4. 38-Allen Hafford, 16.394[12]; 5. 6-Jake Kouba, 16.456[14]; 6. 2K-Jimmy Kouba, 16.497[15]; 7. 9-Mike Sullivan, 16.523[13]; 8. 52-Craig Lager, 16.680[10]; 9. 70-Chris Klemko, 16.725[5]; 10. 77-James Walldan, 16.960[8]; 11. B2-Chuck Shaer, 16.977[6]; 12. 19-Derek Crane, 17.069[4]; 13. 89-George Gaertner Jr, 17.154[3]; 14. 13-Dustin Richards, 17.596[16]; 15. 72-Dave Maynard, 18.060[7]; DNS 15-Dan Wade

WIMMER EDGES NEITZEL FOR BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT VICTORY IN MANITOWOC MAYHEM CONTEST!

BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON STOPS AT MANITOWOC FOR SOLD OUT SHOW!

May 6, 2016; Manitowoc, WI – Before a capacity crowd at Manitowoc Speedway, Fairmount, Indiana native Brandon Wimmer tossed a perfectly timed slider on race leader Scott Neitzel with two laps to go in the 30 lap A-main event. Wimmer completed the pass successfully, and powered away to earn his first career victory with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. Neitzel had to settle for runner-up honors after pacing the majority of the contest.

A pair of late race restarts put Wimmer on Neitzel’s tail tank, and coming to the green flag for a three lap shoot-out Wimmer immediately applied the pressure. Neitzel, a two-time IRA sprint champion had kept Wimmer at bay throughout the contest, but Wimmer found the speed in his Hartnell Motorsports owned machine to squeeze past Neitzel and pace the final two circuits for the victory. Wimmer’s triumph marked the third different driver to put the #48 Hartnell Motorsports team in victory lane in IRA competition in the past two years as Sheldon Haudenschild and Ben Schmidt have also taken the car to the finish line first in IRA action.

Mike Reinke the most recent winner in IRA action at Manitowoc Speedway having won the lone contest at the track last year earned the final podium spot after coming out on top of a race long war with Todd King. Earlier in the evening Reinke shattered the track record with a blistering lap of 12.347 seconds knocking nearly four tenths of a second off the old standard. Reinke established himself in third after the final restart and made a final turn bid to steal second from Neitzel, but fell less than a car length short in that effort.

The 30 lap A-main rolled trackside with Scotty Thiel sitting on the pole of the contest. Thiel, whose Six Four Promotions team promoted the evening’s program took the opening lead at the drop of the green flag while fellow front row starter Neitzel dropped back into the second position. Wimmer who had started fifth, placed himself into the third spot before the conclusion of the first lap.

Behind the lead trio, a pair of drivers making their first IRA appearance of the season did battle for fourth place. Bill Rose the defending Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series champ contested the spot with Mike Kertscher who made his debut with the Cab Construction Motorsports team. Kertscher a stalwart participant in the series returned to action after an absence of several seasons.

Out front Thiel began to feel the pressure from Neitzel who was rim riding the banked third mile oval. Thiel clung to the inside line tenaciously but by lap six Neitzel was able to grab the upper hand.

By the tenth circuit Neitzel, Thiel and Wimmer were nose to tail while working lapped traffic. King who hard started seventh, expertly worked the low line to advance into the fourth slot.

On lap fifteen Wimmer made a bold move, powering around the outside of Thiel, and then diving to the bottom of the track down the backstretch he was able to draw even with Neitzel. Wimmer began to edge ahead when the caution appeared for an encounter between Russel Borland and Phillip Mock.

As a result of the caution the pass was negated, and Wimmer dropped back to the third spot for the restart.

Underway again Neitzel set sail setting the pace in the high groove while Wimmer made quick work of Thiel to take second. Thiel would begin to fade allowing King, and Neitzel to move past and begin to wage a war for the third position.

By lap 20 Wimmer again began to setup Neitzel in effort to take the lead. Neitzel was able to remain out front when the caution again appeared on lap 24 when Mock did a 360 spin in turn two.

Neitzel was up to the task on the restart keeping Wimmer in his tire tracks. Wimmer was again closing on lap 27 when a 360 spin in turn four caused the caution to fly for a final time.

The three-lap dash to the checkered began with Neitzel showing the way but this time Wimmer stayed close. On the next circuit Wimmer was able to work under Neitzel and the pair traded the lead position until the final circuit when Wimmer was able to firmly gain the upper hand that he would hold to the finish.

Neitzel spent the final circuit fending off a hard charging Reinke taking the spot by less than a car length. Reinke scored a well-earned third place finish. King would settle for fourth followed by Rose in the top five.

Thiel earned a sixth place finish just ahead of Kertscher in seventh. Josh Walter had crossed the finish line in eighth, but he had hit a restart cone, which dropped him two positions. This elevated Robbie Pribnow to eighth and Ben Schmidt to ninth. Walter was credited with a tenth place run.

22 of the 24 cars were still on track at the finish in a relatively incident free contest.

In earlier action Wayne Modjeski outpaced Matt Vandervere for the victory in the B-main. Josh Walter, Joe Swanson, Kurt Davis and Tim Haddy comprised the top six drivers and transferred to the main event.

Heat race wins went to Steve Meyer, Kyle Marten and Thiel

30 cars attempted qualifications this evening with Reinke’s time of 12.437 seconds establishing a new track record. King was second quick with a 12.764 second effort and Schmidt turned in the third fastest lap of the night at 12.786 seconds.

Then series now heads to Wilmot Raceway for an event tomorrow evening. The Saturday Night May 7th show will also mark the season opening show for the third-mile clay oval located in the far southeastern part of Wisconsin.

An historic facility with a long history, Wilmot Raceway’s old Modified division was the forerunner to today’s sprint cars seen on the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car tour.

In addition to the traveling IRA competitors, the Wisconsin Wingless Sprints, Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprints and the IMCA type modifieds are on the May 7 program.

Last year former track champion Jeremy Schultz, Blake Nimee, Dale Blaney, Todd Hephner, and Jordan Goldesberry were able to score victories in the five IRA shows held at the track. Schultz, Nimee and Goldesberry are expected to participate in the event held this Saturday night.

Grandstand admission on May 7th is $20.00 for adults ages 12 and over, $5.00 for ages 7-11; and children ages 6 and under admitted free. Parking is free.

The Kenosha County Fairgrounds, where the track resides, is located just north of the intersection of county roads C and W in Wilmot, WI. Wilmot, Wisconsin is located just 8 miles west of I-94 taking county highway C.

For the latest information phone the trackside raceline 262-862-2090 or check the track web site www.wilmotraceway.com.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

5/7/2016 - Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI

5/14/2016 - Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

5/21/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

5/22/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A-Main (30 Laps): 1. 48h-Bandon Wimmer; 2. 2w-Scotty Neitzel; 3. 02-Mike Reinke; 4. 73-Todd King; 5. 6r-Bill Rose; 6. 64-Scotty Thiel; 7. 80k-Mike Kertscher; 8. 94r-Robbie Pribnow; 9. 35-Ben Schmidt; 10 12w- Josh Walter; 11. 5j-Jeremy Schultz; 12. 4b-Scott Biertzer; 13. 10v-Matt Vandervere; 14. 85m-Steve Meyer; 15. 14aj-Wayne Modjesky; 16. 99-Kyle Marten; 17. 79-Blake Nimee; 18. 21h-Tim Haddy; 19. 41- Dennis Spitz; 20. 4k-Kris Spitz; 21. 6k-Kurt Davis; 22. 7s-Joe Swanson; 23. 1m-Phillip Mock; 24. 23-Russel Borland

Behling Race Products B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[1]; 2. 10V-Matt Vandevere[4]; 3. 12W-Josh Walter[2]; 4. 7S-Joe Swanson[3]; 5. 6K-Kurt Davis[6]; 6. 21H-Tim Haddy[7]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech[11]; 8. 7F-Lance Fassbender[9]; 9. 4-Paul Pokorski[5]; 10. 81-Andrew Westphal[10]; 11. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker[8]; DNS 94-Jordan Mattson

Weld Specialty Supply Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 85M-Steve Meyer[2]; 2. 2W-Scott Neitzel[4]; 3. 79-Blake Nimee[3]; 4. 48H-Brandon Wimmer[5]; 5. 23-Russell Borland[1]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke[6]; 7. 12W-Josh Walter[7]; 8. 4-Paul Pokorski[8]; 9. 81-Andrew Westphal[10]; 10. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker[9]

Diversified Machine Inc Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 99-Kyle Marten[2]; 2. 4B-Scott Biertzer[4]; 3. 6-Bill Rose[5]; 4. 1M-Phillip Mock[9]; 5. 73-Todd King[6]; 6. 94R-Rob Pribnow[3]; 7. 7-Scott Uttech[10]; 8. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[1]; 9. 6K-Kurt Davis[8]; 10. 7S-Joe Swanson[7]

All Star Performance Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 64-Scotty Thiel[3]; 2. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[4]; 3. 4K-Kris Spitz[1]; 4. 35-Ben Schmidt[6]; 5. 41-Dennis Spitz[2]; 6. 80K-Mike Kertscher[5]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandevere[7]; 8. 7F-Lance Fassbender[9]; 9. 21H-Tim Haddy[8]; DNS 94-Jordan Mattson

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 02-Mike Reinke, 12.437[1]; 2. 73-Todd King, 12.764[2]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt, 12.786[11]; 4. 48H-Brandon Wimmer, 12.905[24]; 5. 6-Bill Rose, 12.962[22]; 6. 80K-Mike Kertscher, 13.005[7]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 13.007[16]; 8. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 13.049[21]; 9. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 13.069[9]; 10. 79-Blake Nimee, 13.071[25]; 11. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 13.108[13]; 12. 64-Scotty Thiel, 13.134[18]; 13. 85M-Steve Meyer, 13.279[12]; 14. 99-Kyle Marten, 13.293[15]; 15. 41-Dennis Spitz, 13.358[3]; 16. 23-Russell Borland, 13.363[4]; 17. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 13.509[23]; 18. 4K-Kris Spitz, 13.512[17]; 19. 12W-Josh Walter, 13.603[19]; 20. 7S-Joe Swanson, 13.757[30]; 21. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 13.844[26]; 22. 4-Paul Pokorski, 14.044[10]; 23. 6K-Kurt Davis, 14.084[6]; 24. 21H-Tim Haddy, 14.170[5]; 25. 12-Michael Decker, 14.459[29]; 26. 1M-Phillip Mock, 14.490[28]; 27. 7F-Lance Fassbender, 14.713[27]; 28. 81-Andrew Westphal, 14.786[8]; 29. 7-Scott Uttech, 14.796[14]; DNS 94-Jordan Mattson

HISTORIC WEEKEND LIES AHEAD WITH BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA OUTLAW SPRINTS!

50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON CONTINUES AS SERIES HEADS TO MANITOWOC AND WILMOT THIS WEEKEND!

May 5, 2016; Appleton, WI – The first double-header weekend of the 2016 season for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series will showcase historic events at both Manitowoc Speedway and Wilmot Raceway.

The 50th Anniversary season for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints resumes on Friday night with the running of the first and only Manitowoc Mayhem event at Manitowoc Speedway, a show that is presented by Six Four Promotions.

Last season was the first stop at the third-mile semi-banked track after an absence of 13 years for the IRA sprint cars and it resulted in a standing room only crowd. On that evening Mike Reinke outran Ben Schmidt and Scotty Thiel to take the victory. This year Reinke is celebrating his silver anniversary season behind the wheel and will be seeking out a return trip to Manitowoc’s victory lane.

All three drivers will be among the 30 plus race teams checking in for competition this Friday evening May 6th. In addition the show will see the return to action of one of the IRA’s hardest charging racers, Mike Kertscher. Kertscher had taken the past couple of years off but will see action in several events this season with a new team. The Manitowoc Mayhem event will showcase his return to action.

What makes this Friday night’s show an historic event is the contest will mark the first and only Manitowoc Mayhem event ever held. After the conclusion of the 2016 racing season the racetrack will be demolished to make way for a food store. Fans have this one opportunity to witness this show. It’s an opportunity not to be missed.

In addition to a field of nearly 30 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint cars expected in attendance for this Friday Nights show, a pair of other divisions will be taking to the track. IMCA type Sport Modifieds and Grand Nationals will present a full program including feature contests each paying $500 to win.

Pits will open at 3:00pm with grandstand gates opening at 5:00pm. A driver autograph session will be held from 5:00pm to 5:30pm giving fans a chance to meet the drivers and see the cars up close and personal. Racing action begins at 7:00pm!

Adult tickets are just $20, with student pricing for children ages 6-14 admitted for just $10. Kids ages 5 and under are admitted free with a paid adult.

To reach the track from Interstate 43 take Manitowoc Exit 149 travel east on highway 151. Turn North on Rapids Rd., there are several entrances to the grounds at that point.

Then on Saturday it’s off to the birthplace of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, Wilmot Raceway. The show on May 7th will also mark the season opening show for the third-mile clay oval located in the far southeastern part of Wisconsin.

An historic facility with a long history, Wilmot Raceway’s old Modified division was the forerunner to today’s sprint cars seen on the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car tour.

In addition to the traveling IRA competitors, the Wisconsin Wingless Sprints, Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprints and the IMCA type modifieds are on the May 7 program.

Last year former track champion Jeremy Schultz, Blake Nimee, Dale Blaney, Todd Hephner, and Jordan Goldesberry were able to score victories in the five IRA shows held at the track. Schultz, Nimee and Goldesberry are expected to participate in the event held this Saturday night.

Grandstand admission on May 7th is $20.00 for adults ages 12 and over, $5.00 for ages 7-11; and children ages 6 and under admitted free. Parking is free.

The Kenosha County Fairgrounds, where the track resides, is located just north of the intersection of county roads C and W in Wilmot, WI. Wilmot, Wisconsin is located just 8 miles west of I-94 taking county highway C.

For the latest information phone the trackside raceline 262-862-2090 or check the track web site www.wilmotraceway.com.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Hoosier Tire, Cedar Creek Motorsports, Cummins Onan, and Carriage Auto Body.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

5/6/2016 - Manitowoc Co. Expo Speedway - Manitowoc, WI

5/7/2016 - Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI

5/14/2016 - Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

5/21/2016 - Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI

5/22/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

BALOG HUSTLES TO BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT VICTORY AT BEAVER DAM TAKING SECOND STRAIGHT WIPPERFURTH MEMORIAL WIN!

50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON BEGINS IN WISCONSIN AS BALOG OUTRUNS REINKE FOR WIN AT BEAVER DAM RACEWAY!

April 23, 2016; Beaver Dam, WI – It was an exceptionally fast paced program that was witnessed by fans as the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series presented their Wisconsin opener at Beaver Dam Raceway. The entire show ran relatively incident free with the final checkered flag waving at 9:15pm.

The near perfect racing surface allowed drivers to showcase the horsepower of the 410 cubic inch fuel injected power plants. Of those mastering the high speed surface it was seven-time series champion Bill Balog who showcased an unmatchable pace in the later stages of the 30 A-main event. The result was Balog’s second consecutive win in the Jim Wipperfurth Memorial race, and his first trip to victory lane in IRA competition since last May at Sun Prairie.

While Balog’s pace was impressive heading into the race he was unsure if his car would have the speed to win.

“I thought we were in a little bit of trouble heading into this thing. We’ve got a different car and we’re trying to get if figured out. It’s been throwing some curve balls at us, but it was pretty good there”, noted Balog.

Balog also indicated his places for 2016 include a combination of some IRA events and some travel to outside area shows as well

To score the win Balog had to out run Mike Reinke who is celebrating his 25th year in racing this season. Making his first Bumper to Bumper IRA sprint series appearance of the year Reinke wasn’t quite able to match Balog’s pace having to settle for runner-up honors this evening.

“The car was a little tight as the beginning but otherwise it wasn’t too bad of a night”, said Reinke of his performance. Reinke also plans to run a fair number of races close to home with monthly trips to Knoxville to fulfill sponsorship obligations.

2013 Rookie of the Year Robbie Pribnow scored a career high third place performance wheeling a car owned by Brandon Thone. Bold moves late in the race allowed the hard charging racer to pull within striking distance of Reinke in the closing laps falling a couple car lengths short of runner-up honors but earning his first career podium finish.

The evening’s high attrition due to mechanical gremlins came into play even before the drop of the green flag in the A-main as Michael Decker dropped from the contest as the field was forming up leaving 23 starters to accept the green flag.

At the drop of the green flag outside front row starter Blake Nimee got the jump on polesitter Scotty Thiel to take the initial lead of the contest. The night would prove to be a short one for Thiel who broke a right rear wheel with just two laps in the book. Thiel managed to keep the car upright and avoid contact with the wall coming to a rest in turn two drawing the caution.

On the restart Nimee shot back into the lead with Reinke, Balog, and local favorite Scotty Neitzel giving chase. Balog went on a mission finding room under Reinke for second on lap six, and then applying the pressure to Nimee who clung tenaciously to the lead.

A small bobble coming off turn four on lap 11 allowed Balog to work past Nimee into the top spot as the pair negotiated heavy lapped traffic. Fast qualifier Travis Whitney lost power coming down the front stretch on the next circuit but managed to get of the racing surface, and the race stayed under green.

On the next lap however, Scotty Biertzer was not as fortunate as his car came to a halt in turn one forcing the caution to appear.

The event restarted again with Balog showing the way, his lead bolstered by a handful of lapped cars between himself, and second running Reinke. Pribnow made the boldest move as the field came up to speed. He was able to surge past both Jeremy Schultz, and Nimee to place himself in the third spot.

As the race moved to the final ten laps Balog had stretched his lead to several seconds over Reinke, but just when it appeared the race was in hand a final caution flew for Bill Wirth who dropped off pace forcing the caution with five laps to go. Wirth became the ninth car to drop from the event leaving 15 cars to accept the final green flag.

Lapped cars were moved to the tail of the field per series rules leaving Reinke in direct contact with race leader Balog. While this appeared to give Reinke a shot at stealing the win, Balog was able to respond with an excellent restart never giving Reinke a shot to challenge for the lead. Over the final circuits Balog looked comfortable out front pulling away to the finish with the checkered flag falling at 9:15pm. Reinke had to settle for second fending off the pressure from Pribnow who reached the line in third.

Schultz nailed down the fourth spot just ahead of Jordan Goldesberry who earned his first top five finish of 2016. Neitzel earned sixth followed by Matt Vandervere who ran solidly in seventh. Kyle Marten who started dead last worked his way up to an eighth place showing after being the final car to transfer from the B-main.

Early race leader Nimee faded to ninth by the finish having handling issues in the second half of the event. B-main winner Russel Borland completed the top ten finishers.

In earlier action attrition also thinned the B-main with several drivers unable to answer the starting call. When the checkered dropped Borland was victorious chased to the wire by Trey Datweiler, Kris Spitz, Michael Decker, Dennis Spitz and Marten as the top six transferred.

Hometown drivers Neitzel and Schultz captured heat race wins, while Nimee also placed his name in the record books as a heat race winner this evening.

29 cars attempted qualifications with Whitney orbiting the banked third-mile oval at an impressive 103 mph average resulting in a lap time of 11.614 seconds. Last season’s point runner-up Ben Schmidt was second quick with a lap of 11.750 seconds while Balog was third fastest in qualifying with a lap of 11.769 seconds.

8 drivers managed to crack the 12 second barrier, with all but a single car turning in times within one second of Whitney making for an very fast field.

The only red flag of the program occurred in hot laps when Steve Meyer had his throttle stick heading into turn one, he did get his car headed toward the infield, spinning and eventually flipping. He was unhurt in the incident but did no participate any further in the program.

The Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints now have a week off before the first double header weekend of 2016. The series will return to action on Friday night May 6th for the Manitowoc Mayhem event and then head to the birthplace of the series, Wilmot Raceway, for a show the following evening Saturday May 7th.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

5/6/2016 - Manitowoc Co. Expo Speedway - Manitowoc, WI

5/7/2016 - Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI

5/14/2016 - Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

5/21/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI

5/22/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

410 Sprints | IRA Interstate Racing Association

Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 2. 02-Mike Reinke[4]; 3. 94R-Rob Pribnow[11]; 4. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[9]; 5. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 6. 2W-Scott Neitzel[3]; 7. 10V-Matt Vandevere[13]; 8. 99-Kyle Marten[24]; 9. 79-Blake Nimee[2]; 10. 23-Russell Borland[18]; 11. 23D-Trey Datweiler[20]; 12. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[17]; 13. 43-Jereme Schroeder[15]; 14. 12W-Josh Walter[19]; 15. 41-Dennis Spitz[23]; 16. (DNF) 53W-Bill Wirth[14]; 17. (DNF) 4B-Scott Biertzer[12]; 18. (DNF) 16-Travis Whitney[8]; 19. (DNF) 5-Dave Glennon[10]; 20. (DNF) 35-Ben Schmidt[7]; 21. (DNF) 64-Scotty Thiel[1]; 22. (DNF) 68-Dave Uttech[16]; 23. (DNF) 4K-Kris Spitz[21]; 24. (DNF) 12-Michael Decker[22]

Weld Racing Products Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2W-Scott Neitzel; 2. 16-Travis Whitney[6]; 3. 10V-Matt Vandevere[2]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry[5]; 5. 43-Jereme Schroeder[1]; 6. 5-Dave Glennon[3]; 7. 23D-Trey Datweiler[8]; 8. 23-Russell Borland[7]; 9. 01-Chris Dodd[9]; DNS 85M-Steve Meyer

DMI Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 79-Blake Nimee[4]; 2. 68-Dave Uttech[1]; 3. 35-Ben Schmidt[6]; 4. 94R-Rob Pribnow[3]; 5. 53W-Bill Wirth[2]; 6. 12W-Josh Walter[7]; 7. 99-Kyle Marten[9]; 8. 4K-Kris Spitz[8]; DNS 73-Todd King; DNS 1M-Phillip Mock

All Star Performance Products Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 5J-Jeremy Schultz[2]; 2. 64-Scotty Thiel[4]; 3. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski[1]; 4. 17B-Bill Balog[6]; 5. 02-Mike Reinke[5]; 6. 4B-Scott Biertzer[3]; 7. 41-Dennis Spitz[8]; 8. 12-Michael Decker[7]; DNS 7-Scott Uttech

Osborn & Son Qualifying 1: 1. 16-Travis Whitney, 11.614[2]; 2. 35-Ben Schmidt, 11.750[23]; 3. 17B-Bill Balog, 11.769[19]; 4. 65-Jordan Goldesberry, 11.857[8]; 5. 73-Todd King, 11.913[27]; 6. 02-Mike Reinke, 11.928[15]; 7. 2W-Scott Neitzel, 11.950[7]; 8. 79-Blake Nimee, 11.951[28]; 9. 64-Scotty Thiel, 12.036[20]; 10. 5-Dave Glennon, 12.040[11]; 11. 94R-Rob Pribnow, 12.040[21]; 12. 4B-Scott Biertzer, 12.129[26]; 13. 10V-Matt Vandevere, 12.208[14]; 14. 53W-Bill Wirth, 12.215[1]; 15. 5J-Jeremy Schultz, 12.305[5]; 16. 43-Jereme Schroeder, 12.338[18]; 17. 68-Dave Uttech, 12.350[4]; 18. 14AJ-Wayne Modjeski, 12.350[9]; 19. 23-Russell Borland, 12.390[24]; 20. 12W-Josh Walter, 12.415[3]; 21. 12-Michael Decker, 12.445[13]; 22. 23D-Trey Datweiler, 12.494[12]; 23. 4K-Kris Spitz, 12.541[25]; 24. 41-Dennis Spitz, 12.557[10]; 25. 01-Chris Dodd, 12.568[16]; 26. 99-Kyle Marten, 12.627[22]; 27. 7-Scott Uttech, 12.971[6]; DNS 85M-Steve Meyer; DNS 1M-Phillip Mock

NEW WINNERS, CLOSE FINISHES HAVE HIGLIGHTED BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINT EVENTS AT BEAVER DAM THE PAST SEVERAL SEASONS!

50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON COMES TO WISCONSIN AS THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS ARE HEADED TO BEAVER DAM RACEWAY SATURDAY!

April 21, 2016; Appleton, WI – Beaver Dam Raceway will host the first race in Wisconsin during the 50th Anniversary season for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints this Saturday evening April 23rd with the running of the annual Jim Wipperfurth memorial race. The wide, high banked turns of Beaver Dam Raceway are perfectly matched for the 900 horsepower machines, and the drivers have utilized the third-mile clay oval to showcase some fantastic finishes, and usher new drivers to victory lane.

Going back several years’ fans that attended events at the track have seen many story lines take place. In 2013 fans got to witness epic battles between Bill Balog, and Mike Kertscher. The pair had battles that waged until the checkered flag with Balog stealing a win at the line during the season opening event only to see Kertscher roar back, and take a victory in similar fashion a couple weeks later. Balog spent the balance of the year putting a stranglehold on the checker flag winning four out of the five contests at the facility. It was his final win of the season at Beaver Dam that had tied Balog with the legendary Joe Roe atop the win list with 61 victories.

In 2014 new winners would grace victory lane. After years of trying, Phillip Mock finally broke into the win column, scoring his first career A-main victory when he took the season opening race at Beaver Dam with a dramatic final turn maneuver past Bill Rose. Mock then backed that win up a couple weeks later with a second victory. Later in the season, Scotty Thiel then a rookie, outran the field for his maiden voyage to the winner’s circle.

Last year Ben Schmidt earned a breakthrough win in Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint competition at the track. The early momentum of that victory nearly carried him to the season championship having led the standings for much of the 2015 season. Jordan Goldesberry also graced the winner’s circle, as did Balog in IRA appearances at the facility last year.

Fast forward to this year, the question will be what type of drama will play out this Saturday. Will a new driver join the storied list of winners in IRA competition? Will last lap drama play out in a final turn pass for the win? Will a driver reaching the finish line first use the momentum to build upon a championship-winning season?

Those answers can bet witnessed first hand this Saturday night.

Pit gates will open at 3:30pm. While the grandstands will open one hour later to allow fans time find their favorite seat prior to the action. Racing is set to get underway at 6:30pm.

Action at Beaver Dam raceway this Saturday night will also include a full show featuring Street Stocks and Legends cars.

Tickets are just $20 for adults, $10 for students age 6-11 and kids 5 and younger are free. Qualifying begins at 5 p.m., with racing to follow.

Event information can be found on the Beaver Dam Raceway website at www.wismotorsports.net or by calling the track at (920) 887-1600. Beaver Dam Raceway is located on Racetrack Road just east of the intersection of Hwy 151 and 33 in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.

The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.

Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:

4/23/2016 - Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

5/6/2016 - Manitowoc Co. Expo Speedway - Manitowoc, WI

5/7/2016 - Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI

5/14/2016 - Beaver Dam Raceway - Beaver Dam, WI

5/21/2016 - Wilmot Raceway - Wilmot, WI

5/22/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI

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