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2024 Season Finalized with Banquet

2024 Season Finalized with Banquet...

11/25/2024
Photos Courtesy of: Dave Olson 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...more
Myers Jr Sweeps Wisconsin Weekend

Myers Jr Sweeps Wisconsin Weekend

9/5/2024
Myers Jr Sweeps Wisconsin Weekend The Sevastopol, CA native in the Shiti Coolers #19 piloted his team to victory both times this weekend with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car Series. In thrilling fashion, the team would win the Plymouth Dirt Track Sheboygan County Fair race from 12th place. The team would grab both the win and the Hard Charger Award for the night, Arenz second, and Blake Nimee would round out the podium. The Series made it’s first appearance at The...more
IRA Invaides Indiana for Maverick

IRA Invaides Indiana for Maverick...

6/17/2024
IRA Invaides Indiana for Maverick Mayhem The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car Series teams up this week with the Maverick Winged Sprint Series for a FOUR DAY Swing through Indiana for Maverick Mayhem starting this Thursday June 20th. This will be the first time The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Car Series will be back in the state of Indiana since a 2001 event at Benton County, IN won by Jim Moughan followed by Donny Geoden and John Haeni. Across the 4 dates The Bumper to...more
4/19/24 at Mississippi Thunder Pos

4/19/24 at Mississippi Thunder Pos...

4/17/2024
Unfortunately all racing activities at MTS for April 19th are postponed. With rain that we have already received, forecasted rain for today and tomorrow, plus cool temps forecasted for Friday, it is not a favorable setup for a successful event. The Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints 410 Spring Sizzler presented by Kickass Beef Jerky has been rescheduled for Friday, September 27th. The Saturday portion at Beaver Dam Raceway is still on. We hope to see everyone out there on...more
Road America Challenge at Plymouth

Road America Challenge at Plymouth...

4/12/2024
Mark your calendars for Saturday night action June 8, 2024, as the Plymouth Dirt Track: A stone's throw away from Road America at Sheboygan County Fair Park, is set to host the adrenaline-pumping Road America Challenge. Witness the clash of titans as the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series takes center stage, setting the scene for the NTT INDYCAR XPEL Grand Prix at America’s National Park of Speed on June 9th. Don’t wait as the time is right to dive into the...more
34 RACEWAY SEASON OPENER CANCELLED

34 RACEWAY SEASON OPENER CANCELLED

4/3/2024
Mother Nature has played a mean April fools on Midwest sprint car fans as the combined rain and snow over the past few days has forced 34 Raceway management and IRA officials, in consultation with MOWA, to officially cancel the April 5-6 Morning Sun Farm Implement 410 Clash. As of 6:30 PM on Wednesday it was still putting down a wintery mix on the banked 3/8 with below normal temperatures forecasted thru Friday and near the freezing mark each night thru Saturday. "We...more
2024 IRA Season Preview

2024 IRA Season Preview

4/3/2024
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...more
IRA Adds Another Date- Renews Spon

IRA Adds Another Date- Renews Spon...

2/1/2024
The IRA continues to put final touches on the 2024 schedules, for both the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series and AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints powered by Gandrud. On Sunday night of Labor Day weekend, September 1st, the two groups will descend on the popular Door County tourist area and their first appearances ever at The Hill Raceway. The third-mile is located at the John Miles County Park in picturesque Sturgeon Bay, WI. A holiday weekend in a tourist...more
Buffalo Wild Wings King of the Win

Buffalo Wild Wings King of the Win...

1/18/2024
The 3rd annual Buffalo Wild Wings King of the Wings featuring the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints and the Northern Outlaw Sprint Association (NOSA) has added a Thursday night, July 18th event at the Norman County Raceway in Ada, MN to the schedule. The historic 3/8 fairgrounds track is also on the World of Outlaws Late Model schedule. The 3-day swing July 18-20, goes green Thursday at NCR and then heads to the River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, ND for a pair of...more
IRA Sprints (Steve Sinclair) Nomin

IRA Sprints (Steve Sinclair) Nomin...

1/11/2024
The IRA is extremely proud and humbled to be announced as a RPM Regional Promoter of the Year nominee, something very rare for a series as nominations traditionally go to individual race track operators. This is our 3rd consecutive nomination, the most of any series. There is only 1 other series nominated nationwide and it's the CARS pavement Late Model Tour which includes Dale Jr and Kevin Harvick in its ownership team, that is some pretty good company. Regional...more
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