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Speedwerx has been involved with the Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series powered by Momentum Truck Group, Freightliner, Western Star for a few years as the Hard Charger Sponsor, and this year will transition to the sponsor of MRP’s Speedwerx Fantasy Challenge powered by My Race Pass and, among other things, will provide a $100 certificate to be randomly given away at each series drivers meeting throughout the season. The Speedwerx Fantasy Challenge powered by MyRacePass...more

The Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series has added several new ‘flag sponsors’ to it’s list of supporters as the 2024 season creeps closer with the season opening event slated for Friday, May 10th at the I-94 emr Speedway in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. At each of the 21 series events throughout the ’24 season, each time the green flag flies over Late Model competition, it will be known as the Gorsuch Performance Solutions Green Flag. When a caution flag flies, it will be known...more

Drivers chasing the Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series powered by Momentum Truck Group, Freightliner, Western Flyer continues to see businesses want to come along for the ride in 2024. The most recent is Champ Pans. In 1982, Jerry Redetzke started Champ Pans by JR. Manufacturing in Eau Claire, Wisconsin out of a 10' × 20' workspace. For the first six months, sales reached a modest 30 oil pans. Within the next 12 months, Redetzke built and sold over 300 oil pans....more

The 26th season of the Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series powered by Momentum Truck Group, Freightliner, Western Star kicked off with a trio of events in May with visits to the I-94 emr Speedway in Fergus Falls, MN on Friday night, May 10th, with a stop at the Viking Speedway in Alexandria, MN on Saturday night, May 11th and the series’ first of two appearances of the season on Sunday night May 12th, at the Granite City Motor Park in Sauk Rapids, MN, boasting $3,000 to...more

For Immediate Release – June 6th, 2024 The 2024 season for the Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series powered by Momentum Truck Group, Freightliner, Western Star got back to action with the first of a four-night Western Minnesota and Eastern South Dakota swing on Thursday, June 6th with the series’ second stop at the KRA Speedway, located at the Kandiyohi County Fairgrounds in Willmar, Minnesota. Alexandria, Minnesota’s Ryan Mikkelson broke the one-year-old track record that...more

For Immediate Release – June 7th, 2024 The 2024 season for the Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series powered by Momentum Truck Group, Freightliner, Western Star rolled into the second of a four-night Western Minnesota-Eastern South Dakota swing on Friday, June 7th with the series’ first of back-to-back nightly stops at the Fiesta City Speedway in Montevideo, Minnesota. Point leader Cole Searing started the night by setting fast time with a lap of 15.222 seconds around the...more

For Immediate Release – June 8th, 2024 The more things change, the more things stay the same for the 2024 Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series powered by Momentum Truck Group, Freightliner, Western Star as Tyler Peterson bested Cole Searing and Matt Gilbertson on the second night of back-to-back stops at the Fiesta City Speedway in Montevideo, Minnesota. 2023 Series Champion Pat Doar started the night by setting fast time with a lap of 16.014 seconds before he, Matt...more

For Immediate Release – June 9th, 2024 The 2024 season for the Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series powered by Momentum Truck Group, Freightliner, Western Star wrapped up night #4 of the four-night Western Minnesota-Eastern South Dakota swing on Sunday, June 9th with the series’ only trip to the state of South Dakota, with a visit to the Casino Speedway in Watertown, SD. Matt Gilbertson started off the night by setting fast time with a lap of 14.214 seconds around the tight...more

The Structural Buildings WISSOTA Late Model Challenge Series powered by Momentum Truck Group, Freightliner, Western Star fires back to life on July 19th, 20th and 21st after a five-week break with one of the most anticipated triple header weekends of the season. Friday night, July 19th, the series headlines the annual Twin Ports Twin 25’s at the Gondik Law Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin, where twin 25-lap $2,500 to win Late Model features will be held. USRA Late Models and WISSOTA Super...more

Procedure Planned for WISSOTA 100 and MPH Invitational Attention all competitors racing at this year’s Speedway Motors WISSOTA 100 and MPH Invitational! We are introducing a new passing point system to be used throughout the MPH Invitational and WISSOTA 100 weekends. The new system will better reward drivers for passing cars and will also penalize drivers for losing spots. This system, used by the ASCS National Sprint Car Series as well as other series, and events across the country, provides...more