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Arenz gears up for third IRA go-ar

Arenz gears up for third IRA go-ar...

4/2/2025
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) April 2, 2025 – Following two successful seasons of full-time 410 Sprint Car competition, Travis Arenz and the Travis Arenz Motorsports team are aiming to be nightly contenders in Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series action during the upcoming 2025 campaign. The 2021 and 2022 Midwest Sprint Car Association and Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car champion is slated to open the 2025 season with an IRA-Midwest...more
Hartmann opens door to IRA 410 sea

Hartmann opens door to IRA 410 sea...

4/1/2025
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) April 1, 2025 – After learning the ropes of 410 Sprint Car racing throughout their first three seasons with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series, Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team will fire up year four with the IRA regional touring series in a co-sanctioned twin bill with the Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5 at 34 Raceway in West Burlington, Iowa. The...more
Tony Solomito: Finding the Limit

Tony Solomito: Finding the Limit

3/20/2025
Born in Bloomington to parents Joe and Sharlene in 1952 Tony Solomito was smitten with racing almost at birth. Joe returned to Bloomington from WWII after serving in the U.S. Army. “In the Army he started in North Africa,” Tony says, “he was a convoy leader and travelled through Iran, Iraq and into Russia providing troops with food.” The family had originally settled on 1st street when Joe worked in the stone business. After moving near the current Bloomington North...more
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3/14/2025
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2025 RocketShark Motorsports Seaso

2025 RocketShark Motorsports Seaso...

2/19/2025
The 2025 race season is here, and RocketShark Motorsports is ready to hit the ground running at a dirt track near you! After a disappointing 2024 race season the team has reset and refocused to get back to more consistent race results and race wins. Between new components and some chassis work, we are expecting the gold and black #19 to be back to a race winning form. Our team has always enjoyed seeing new and different racetracks around the country and we plan to...more
Arenz finds success, endures setba

Arenz finds success, endures setba...

11/30/2024
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) November 27, 2024 – On the heels of a stellar rookie season with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series, during which he scored his first career 410 Sprint Car A-main victory and recorded a third-place showing in the 2023 IRA point standings, the 2024 campaign featured a slew of impressive performances and some untimely mechanical maladies for Travis Arenz and his Travis Arenz Motorsports Team. The 2021 and 2022...more
Hartmann finds comfort zone during

Hartmann finds comfort zone during...

11/27/2024
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) November 26, 2024 – After learning the ropes of 410 Sprint Car racing throughout their first two seasons with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series, Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team enjoyed several highlights on the track and relished plenty of enjoyable times off the track during the 2024 campaign. The 2024 season kicked off on Friday, April 5, with a NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Series...more
Arenz draws curtain on 2024 IRA c

Arenz draws curtain on 2024 IRA c...

10/3/2024
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) October 2, 2024 – Travis Arenz and the Travis Arenz Motorsports crew put a lid on a 2024 season complicated with motor and chassis issues by packaging together a fourth consecutive top-five performance with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series at the seventh annual Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Sept. 28. Early on in the night, Arenz flexed his...more
Hartmann closes book on 2024 with

Hartmann closes book on 2024 with...

10/3/2024
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) October 2, 2024 – After entering 30 racing events contested on 19 tracks in six states over five months, the end of the long and winding 2024 410 Sprint Car racing road drew nigh for Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing Team with one final weekend of Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series action at Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain City, Wis. on Friday, Sept. 27 and the seventh annual Wisconsin Sprint...more
Arenz banks runner-up showing in W

Arenz banks runner-up showing in W...

9/25/2024
(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 25, 2024 – Travis Arenz has seen plenty of ups and downs while planted firmly in the seat of a roller coaster thrill ride during the 2024 racing season. After enduring chassis and motor failures throughout his second full season of 410 Sprint Car competition, Arenz put together one of his strongest performances of the year as his 25T machine fired on all cylinders in a non-sanctioned 410 Sprint Car event held during the 2024 Falls...more
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