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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) March 8, 2023 – On the heels of back-to-back championship-winning seasons in the 360 Sprint Car ranks, Travis Arenz of Sheboygan Falls, Wis. is gearing up to focus on 410 Sprint Car action with his Travis Arenz Motorsports team intending to hit the road to contend for Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series rookie of the year accolades, during the upcoming 2023 season. Arenz heads into his 16th season of racing action and his first full...more

(Daytona Beach, FL) February 11th, 2023 WISSOTA Promoters Association today announced that long time professional race car driver Kenny Wallace will be the keynote speaker at the 2023 WISSOTA National Banquet on Saturday evening November 11, 2023. Executive Director Rod Lindquist stated, “Kenny has a long time friendship and history racing with one of our WISSOTA members and, because of that relationship, we are fortunate to have been able to secure his appearance for our year end...more

St. Cloud, Minnesota - January 24, 2023 WISSOTA Promoters Association, Inc. announces longtime employee Callie Sullivan has been named Director of Operations, effective January 1, 2023. Sullivan, who hails from Dassel, Minnesota has been employed with WISSOTA since 2001, has served many roles within the organization, beginning with serving as the WISSOTA Midwest Modified Point Director in 2001 and later assuming the role of Sprint Car and Late Model Point Director as well. She then became...more

Lots of good things are in store in 2023 for both fans and competitors of the Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series. A schedule loaded with both traditional events, plus some new ones too, has everyone excited. Co-sanctions are always ultra-competitive and we have several this year. The All Stars make two trips to Wisconsin this year with events at Wilmot, their first ever at Dodge County, and the big $26,000 to win Rayce Rudeen Foundation race at Plymouth. Plymouth will be the first track...more

Photo Credits: Emily Schwanke and Jerry Kulas While we’re still fine tuning some dates, and it should be known that a few of these dates are tentative, here is a peek at the 2023 schedules for all 3 IRA divisions. The schedule is loaded with successful traditional events, plus there are some new and exciting events too. And many great combo weekends. Let’s Go Racing! Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Apr 7-8 34 Raceway (IA) w/MOWA 15 Beaver Dam Raceway (WI) Wipperfurth Memorial,...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) November 15, 2022 – With just two seasons of prior Sprint Car racing experience under their collective belts coming into the 2022 campaign, Austin Hartmann and the members of the Plymouth, Wis.-based 87A Hartmann Racing Team put their talents to the test in a big way during their rookie campaign traveling to 410 Sprint Car races throughout the Midwest with the regional touring Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series. A five-and-a-half-month...more

Sixteen-year-old Kolby Reed, from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada just capped off a tremendous rookie season behind the wheel of his #89 WISSOTA Midwest Modified, which lead to the teenager being crowned as the 2022 WISSOTA Midwest Modified Rookie of the Year for his year-long efforts. Reed, who has been around racing for his entire life, but had not competed in any type of race car until this past season, competed weekly at the new Thunder City Speedway in Thunder Bay, Ontario all season long...more

Superior, Wisconsin’s Jack Rivord made the jump from the WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds into the WISSOTA Modifieds at the start of the 2022 racing season and ran off with the WISSOTA Modified Rookie of the Year title for his efforts on the year, becoming the youngest WISSOTA Modified Rookie of the Year in the nearly 40-year history of the sanctioning body in the process. Rivord is used to setting records as he not only just became the youngest WISSOTA Rookie at age 17 but back in 2019 he became the...more

Long-time WISSOTA Midwest Modified and Modified pilot Danny Vang from Deerwood, MN made the leap into the full-fendered WISSOTA Late Model division in 2022 and had an incredibly successful season, which earned him the title of the 2022 WISSOTA Late Model Rookie of the Year when the season wrapped up. Vang, who had a very successful Midwest Modified and Modified career, entered his 29th season of racing action during the 2022 campaign. He started his career in Go Karts back in 1993 and ran...more

Nick Shumanksy, from Perham, Minnesota, topped all WISSOTA Street Stock Rookies on his way to earning the 2022 WISSOTA Street Stock Rookie of the Year title at the conclusion of the 2022 racing season. Nick won the Rookie title by a wide margin of 419 points over his nearest competitor, Nathan Smith from Watertown, South Dakota. Nick, who moved into the Street Stock class in 2022 after a limited two-year career in the WISSOTA Pure Stocks in 2020 and 2021, entered 34 events this past season at...more