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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 5, 2023 – Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing celebrated the Independence Day weekend with another smooth and steady effort to notch their eighth top-15 A-main showing of the 2023 campaign in the Scott Semmelmann Memorial Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series event at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, July 1. With 28 IRA 410 Sprint Cars on hand, Hartmann turned in the 14th fastest qualifying time with a...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 28, 2023 – Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team continued to build momentum heading toward the midway point of the 2023 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series season by notching a strong 10th place showing in the annual Bill Waite Jr. Memorial IRA-Midwest Open Wheel Association (MOWA) A main at Fairbury American Legion Speedway in Fairbury, Ill. on Saturday, June 24. With a stout 42-car field on hand in pursuit of the...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 21, 2023 – Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team took advantage of an opportunity to race with and learn from the best of the best in the Winged 410 Sprint Car world, during a pair of NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Series events at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17. With 22 World of Outlaws 410 Sprint Cars checked in on Friday, June 16, Hartmann clocked in 17th overall with a lap of 11.966 seconds around...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 14, 2023 – Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing punched in another smooth, consistent and workmanlike effort during a doubleheader weekend of Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series action highlighted by a ninth place showing at Sycamore Speedway in Maple Grove, Ill. on Saturday, June 10 and a 12th place finish at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis. on Sunday, June 11. With 28 IRA 410 Sprint Cars on hand, Hartmann opened...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 7, 2023 – Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing faced off against many of the top 410 Winged Sprint Car drivers and teams in the country and came away with a full book of notes to implement down the road, during a lucrative Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions – Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car doubleheader weekend of action at the Dodge County Fairgrounds in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Friday, June 2 and The Plymouth Dirt Track in...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 31, 2023 – Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team strung together a pair of rock solid top-15 A-main performances in Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series Memorial Day weekend doubleheader action at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. on Saturday, May 27 and 141 Speedway in Francis Creek, Wis. on Sunday, May 28.   With 34 IRA Sprint Car competitors checked in at Wilmot Raceway to kick off the IRA weekend double dip, Hartmann...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 24, 2023 – The first of six scheduled “home games” for the Plymouth, Wis.-based Austin Hartmann - 87A Hartmann Racing team at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. proved to provide one of the team’s best overall efforts of the young 2023 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series season Saturday, May 20. Hartmann opened the program by qualifying ninth in the 31-car field with a lap of 12.140 seconds around the third-mile clay oval....more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 17, 2023 – Fresh off of a career-best fifth place A-main showing in non-sanctioned Wilmot Raceway 410 Sprint Car action on May 6, Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team embraced the extra challenge of entering a pair of Tezos All Star Circuit of Championships events last week, including the team’s debut at Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, Ill. on Friday, May 12, piggybacked with a return engagement at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. for a Tezos All...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 10, 2023 – After sitting idle for three weeks, Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team returned to action in impressive fashion by racking up a career-best fifth place A-main finish in a non-sanctioned 410 Winged Sprint Car event at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. on Saturday, May 6. With 24 410 Winged Sprint Cars checked in for the program, Hartmann turned in the fifth-fastest overall lap in his group qualifying session with a time of 13.248 seconds around...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) April 19, 2023 – A promising start to the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series Jim Wipperfurth Memorial ended in disappointment for Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team as a mechanical malfunction brought the evening to an early conclusion prior to the drop of the green flag in the 30-lap main event at Beaver Dam Raceway on Saturday, April 15. Hartmann came out of the gate strong to click off the fifth fastest qualifying lap...more