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Steel City Outlaw Strikes at Angel

Steel City Outlaw Strikes at Angel...

5/19/2025
Steel City Outlaw Strikes at Angell Park: Tim Shaffer Claims Dahlke Memorial Win in Thrilling IRA Sprint Showdown By: Gracie Cleveland Photo: HW Designs Wisconsin spring was finally warming up to a solid 62 degrees and sunny, drawing out 31 Sprint Cars to the Sun Prairie, WI town at Angell Park Speedway. Teams, fans, and officials then braved the cold temperatures as the sun set. To start the action-packed night off, Blake Nimee went fastest in Box3 Media Hot Laps, and...more
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
Brabant-Gerrits Racing Teams Up wi

Brabant-Gerrits Racing Teams Up wi...

7/17/2024
Brabant-Gerrits Racing is proud to announce a new marketing partnership with Moraine Park Technical College for the remainder of their 2024 IRA Sprints rookie campaign. At Moraine Park Technical College, their mission is more than words; it is a promise to inspire, educate and uplift their communities. With campuses in Beaver Dam, Fond du Lac, and West Bend, and regional centers in Horicon and Jackson, Moraine Park serves more than 14,000 students from many walks of...more
Estenson Outduels Thiel in Wipperf

Estenson Outduels Thiel in Wipperf...

4/20/2024
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...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
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
Brabant-Gerrits Racing Officially

Brabant-Gerrits Racing Officially...

1/6/2024
The Brabant-Gerrits Racing duo of Tyler Brabant and Will Gerrits enjoyed a “pick and choose” style schedule in 2023. Running a mix of MSA 360 and IRA 410 sprint car shows, the team gained valuable experience in both disciplines after many years following just the MSA Sprints schedule. In 2024, the team will enter a new chapter as they embark on a full 410 winged sprint car schedule with the Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints and look to chase the Sage Fruit/Hepfner Racing...more
Zielski and Crouch Top Founder's N

Zielski and Crouch Top Founder's N...

7/31/2023
Brenham Crouch of Lubbock, Texas made his first Bumper to Bumper Interstates Racing Association Outlaw Winged feature win memorable by capturing the 25-lap IRA Founder's Night presented by Body Craft of Antioch, IL feature Saturday, July 29 at Wilmot Raceway. "I heard a lot about this race and the prestige of winning here at Wilmot," said the 17-year-old of his first ever IRA feature win coming at the original home track of the IRA. "My team and our sponsors have been...more
CROUCH CAPTURES FIRST IRA FEATURE

CROUCH CAPTURES FIRST IRA FEATURE...

7/30/2023
CROUCH CAPTURES FIRST IRA FEATURE WIN By: Gracie Cleveland Photo credits to Emily Schwanke 38 drivers from 9 different states checked in at Wilmot Raceway for The 10th Annual IRA Founders Night this past Saturday. Tim Estenson and Scotty Thiel would make up the front row of the 25 lap 24 car feature. When the green flag dropped Thiel took the early lead from Estenson coming out of turn 2. Going for the lead, Balog approaches turn 4 from the cushion, to then throw a...more
Nimee Makes it Back to Victory Lan

Nimee Makes it Back to Victory Lan...

5/29/2023
A pair of second time winners and a first timer highlighted feature winners for the Wilmot Raceway Memorial Weekend Open Wheel Spectacular Saturday, May 27. Blake Nimee of Oswego, IL captured his second Bumper to Bumper Interstates Racing Association (IRA) feature win at Wilmot in a hotly contested 30-lap main event to finish the night. Nimee took the lead from the opening lap shooting in front from his front row starting berth. The only caution came at the midway...more
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