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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) November 29, 2023 – After a completing a promising rookie Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series campaign in 2022 in just his third year behind the wheel of a race car, Austin Hartmann came back to register a solid second season in the seat of the 87A Hartmann Racing 410 Sprint Car during the 2023 campaign. In all, Hartmann’s demanding six-month 2023 season schedule featured trips to 14 different tracks in six states with the team placing...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) October 4, 2023 – The grueling six-month Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series schedule, which featured trips to 14 different tracks in six states, drew to a close for Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team with a rock solid ninth place showing in the final point standings, following the sixth annual Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Sept. 30. The Plymouth, Wis. driver...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 13, 2023 – Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing made the long trek to Northern and Western Wisconsin to wrap up their final doubleheader weekend of the 2023 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series season with a pair of 15th place A-main showings at the Northern Nationals at Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wis. on Friday, Sept. 8 and the 23rd annual Jerry Richert Memorial at Cedar Lake Speedway in New...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 6, 2023 – With the end of the 2023 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series season clearly in sight, Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team are looking to close out the campaign on a strong note starting with this weekend’s trip to Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wis. for the Northern Nationals on Friday, Sept. 8 and the 23rd annual Jerry Richert Memorial at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. on...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 30, 2023 – After being involved in one of the most violent-looking accidents of the 2023 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series season last Friday, Aug. 25 at 34 Raceway, Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team have worked diligently in recent days to prepare the team’s backup car for the traditional IRA Labor Day weekend doubleheader at the Dodge County Fairgrounds Speedway in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Friday,...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 23, 2023 – Following a two-week hiatus from racing competition, Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team fired up the home stretch of the 2023 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series season with a pair of events at two of the circuit’s mainstay facilities – Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. on Saturday, Aug. 19 and Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis. on Sunday, Aug. 20. Hartmann opened up the IRA weekend...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 2, 2023 – One week after turning in one of their most complete efforts of the 2023 season in weekly 410 Sprint Car action at Butler Motor Speedway in Quincy, Mich., Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team showcased plenty of speed, which did not translate to the results column, during a Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association doubleheader weekend featuring the third annual Road America Challenge at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 26, 2023 – After rain washed out the scheduled Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour, Wis. on Friday, July 21, Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team made a late decision to head east for a weekly 410 Sprint Car event Butler Motor Speedway in Quincy, Mich. on Saturday, July 22, which paid off with an impressive top-10 A-main result for the Plymouth, Wis.-based team. In his first career...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 19, 2023 – Three straight nights of racing on two different tracks against a tough band of local 410 Sprint Car competitors 621 miles away from home is the test Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing Team took on gladly, during a tripleheader weekend of Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) 410 Sprint Car Series versus Northern Outlaw Sprint Association (NOSA) action at 1-94 emr Speedway in Fergus Falls, Minn. Thursday, July 13 and River Cities...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 12, 2023 – In his final scheduled 2023 appearance with the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Series, Austin Hartmann guided his 87A Hartmann Racing 410 Sprint Car to his third A-main start of the season with “The Greatest Show on Dirt” in the Badger 40/Larry Hillerud Memorial at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. on Saturday, July 8. With 32 410 Sprint Cars signed in for the night, Hartmann opened the program by ripping off the 18th fastest qualifying lap with a time...more