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February 7th, 2022 - (St. Cloud, MN) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The WISSOTA Promoters Association, Inc. Board of Directors and Staff are excited to announce the fulfillment of the Interim Executive Director position while we expand the search for a permanent holder of the position of WISSOTA Executive Director. The decision has been made by the WISSOTA Board of Directors after deliberation with promoters and staff to offer the position to Rod Lindquist of St. Cloud, Minnesota, which has been...more

(3/22/22 - St. Cloud, MN) We are excited to share with our promoters, drivers, and fans that we have extended our partnership with Speedway Motors. Speedway Motors has been an excellent partner with WISSOTA Auto Racing for 12 years and we appreciate their continued support of our organization. “This year marks our 70th Anniversary and we’re incredibly excited to continue our support of WISSOTA and continue the WISSOTA 100. Our roots are in racing and for 70 years we’ve helped auto enthusiasts...more

(April 14, 2022 - St. Cloud, Minnesota - Rod Lindquist, Executive Director, WISSOTA Promoters Association, Inc.) On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, I met with Scott Willis and Blake Follmer from Hoosier Tire North and, via conference call, Shanon Rush from Hoosier Corporate. The purpose of my meeting was to address the concerns, rumors, and gossip that is going around about tires this season and to get a clear picture of the status of the WISSOTA Tire Program for 2022. Hoosier Tire North, in...more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (St. Cloud, MN 5/9/2022) Rod Lindquist, Executive Director of WISSOTA Auto Racing announces a new partnership with St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Garage Tech Extreme (GTX) Floor Coatings. GTX owner, Trevor Stewart, stated: “GTX is excited to be a part of the new energy at WISSOTA this year and we are looking forward to this season and what it has in store for everyone”. Garage Tech Extreme Floor Coatings is a full-service coating company that installs every type of coating to...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 6, 2022 – Nearly two weeks after competing in their first-career NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-main event at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wis, Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team added another “first” by participating in their first Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series main event with a 410 motor under the hood at the Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis.,...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 20, 2022 – Austin Hartmann and the members of the Plymouth, Wis.-based 87A Hartmann Racing team made the most of their 640-mile trek to River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D. for a Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) versus Buffalo Wild Wings Northern Outlaw Sprint Association (NOSA) King of the Wings doubleheader weekend of action by gaining valuable A-main experience in both Winged 410 Sprint Car events on Friday, July 15 and Saturday, July...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 27, 2022 – With a large Outagamie County Fair crowd filling the grandstands and the lighted carnival rides in the background accentuating the picturesque scene, Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team made their first journey to Outagamie Speedway in Seymour, Wis. with a 410-cubic-inch powerplant under the hood Friday, July 22, coming away with a top-20 A-main showing with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series. Hartmann...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 3, 2022 – The gradual building process continued to take shape for 410 Winged Sprint Car rookie Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team with a pair of steady performances in Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series competition at Langlade County Speedway in Antigo, Wis. on Friday, July 29 and at the Plymouth, Wis.-based team's home track at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 24, 2022 – After a three-week break from competition, Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team got back to the business of traversing their rookie campaign with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series with a fast-paced, fair-themed weekend of doubleheader action. The weekend twinbill opened on Saturday, Aug. 20 with a 27-car field checked in for the annual Roger Iles Tribute IRA event held during the Kenosha...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) August 31, 2022 – On a night when the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series remembered the individuals who played a role in founding the IRA at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. in the mid-1960s, IRA rookie Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team forged their own racing memories during the IRA Founders Night program at Wilmot Raceway on Saturday, Aug. 27. Hartmann’s evening featured his first IRA victory in heat race...more