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87A Hartmann Racing Team displays

87A Hartmann Racing Team displays...

5/7/2025
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 7, 2025 – Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing Team persevered through a challenge-filled evening of Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car season competition to pull out a respectable showing in the Dick Colburn Classic at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. on Saturday, May 3. Hartmann opened the night on a good note by qualifying 12th overall in the large 37-car field with a lap of 13.185 seconds....more
Braxton Cummings: Eyes on Tulsa

Braxton Cummings: Eyes on Tulsa

5/5/2025
When it comes to his sprint car racing career Bedford’s Braxton Cummings notes “I guess I have been making circles for over ten years.” Records don’t lie. Then again, it really isn’t all that surprising. At the time of his birth his father Bub Cummings was well into his racing career and weeks after leaving the hospital in the arms of his proud parents Braxton was bundled up and on his way to Brownstown Speedway. Like so many of his peers from the Limestone Capital of...more
Kevin Huntley Auction May 10th

Kevin Huntley Auction May 10th

5/4/2025
Reminder the auction that helps raise funds for the Kevin Huntley Memorial will now by held on Sat. May 10th at the Fraternal Order of Eagles at 3100 S Walnut St, in Bloomington. We needed to move this when the Spring Fling was rained out. This goes to a great cause that honors a great guy. There are many items up for grabs
Steven Hobbs: His Own Path

Steven Hobbs: His Own Path

5/4/2025
For those who have been fortunate enough to spend a part of their youth with grandparents it is common for the memories of these times spent together to be particularly meaningful. When a healthy bond exists, it is one of the most positive relationships to be found. Steven Hobbs developed particularly strong ties with his grandfather, and in time he realized that Don Hobbs occupied an important niche in the world of auto racing. There are days when Steven wishes he...more
Stayin' Alive in 2025

Stayin' Alive in 2025

5/2/2025
May 2, 2025 To Fans, participants, and Sponsors As many of you know this February Speedway Partners LLC entered into a multi-year lease to operate the Historic Bloomington Speedway beginning with the 2025 season. From the moment the ink was dry many have invested their time and energy to revive the racetrack and to secure the future of this historic plant for years to come. There was and remains much work to be done. Many advised that the prudent course of action was...more
A Week from Go Time

A Week from Go Time

5/1/2025
May 9th. Let's do this and get behind a great cause. Donate at the track and get a $25 gift card from Farrah Ann's Boutique which can be used in person or on line. Stop by the IWIN table on race night.
Hartmann ramps up 2025 IRA campaig

Hartmann ramps up 2025 IRA campaig...

4/30/2025
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) April 30, 2025 – After an offseason filled with anticipation, the 2025 season went off and running for Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team in the Glenn Hepfner Memorial event at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Saturday, April 26. The sixth-year Sprint Car competitor kicked off the 2025 campaign by qualifying 15th in the 29-car field with a lap of 11.946 seconds on the high-banked third-mile clay oval. The...more
Arenz rockets to IRA runner-up at

Arenz rockets to IRA runner-up at...

4/30/2025
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) April 30, 2025 – Travis Arenz opened his 18th overall season of competition and third full-time campaign with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series in stellar fashion by guiding his 25T Travis Arenz Motorsports team entry to an impressive second place showing in the Glenn Hepfner Memorial at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Saturday, April 26. The Sheboygan Falls, Wis. driver turned in a strong...more
John Paynter Jr. Title Contender

John Paynter Jr. Title Contender

4/29/2025
No matter what metaphor one uses, it seems in nearly every personal story there are crossroads or tipping points where chance or willful choices impact the trajectory of one’s life. There was a brief moment when John Paynter Jr. thought that becoming a professional racer was within his grasp. It all seemed right there, then the one key opportunity that could make this a reality slipped away through no fault of his own, At the moment his overall goal is far more modest....more
Sam Hinds: It's go Time

Sam Hinds: It's go Time

4/27/2025
It isn’t easy being a rookie sprint car driver in Indiana, and that alone makes it difficult to grab the attention of the paying public. Sam Hinds proved to be a different kind of cat. From his first race at Lincoln Park Speedway, he demonstrated the proper mixture of respect and desire that can portend a long tenure in the sport. A 2023 graduate of Westfield High School where he participated in track and cross country, Hinds fell into racing in the most Hoosier...more
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