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Thanks to Warriors Next Adventure and the world-famous Chicken Shack, even more additional money is being offered for this Sunday’s MPH event at the Bemidji Speedway in Bemidji, Minnesota. Courtesy of these additional sponsors, the driver that passes the most cars in each of the three feature races will pick up a $100 Hard Charger Award and the driver that tows the farthest to compete at the event in each division will also pick up a $100 Long Tow Award. Tons of contingency prizes are set to...more

Thanks to the following sponsors, even more additional money is being offered for this Sunday’s MPH event at the Bemidji Speedway in Bemidji, Minnesota. Tons of contingency prizes are set to be given away throughout the event as well, courtesy of WISSOTA, Hoosier, AFCO, Fastlane Motorsports, Red’s Racing Supply, Wes’ Plumbing, LePier Outdoors & Shoreline, Collins Brothers Towing, Roth RV, Minnesota Truck Headquarters, Jacobson’s Concrete & Masonry, Paul Bunyon Mini Storage, Security Bank, FYE...more

WISSOTA’s newest post season special event crowned three champions during the first ever MPH AFCO Invitational, held on Sunday, September 11th at the Bemidji Speedway in Bemidji, MN. Zimmerman, Minnesota’s Tommy Pogones raced to the $2,000 payday by topping the WISSOTA Mod Four division, while Laporte, Minnesota’s Dustin Puffe came out on top of the $750 to win WISSOTA Pure Stock main event and Fort Ripley, Minnesota’s Jenna Hagemann took the checkered flag in the WISSOTA Hornet division to...more

Since the company’s inception in 1853, Motul has focused on producing oils that are purpose-built for their given tasks. In the years following the Industrial Revolution, Motul’s engineers sought out every engine configuration they could get their hands on, creating specialized development approach that would later become the foundation for modern lubricant technology. Innovation became a defining principle of the company, typified by milestones like the world’s first multi-grade motor oil as...more

The WISSOTA Promoter’s Association is proud to congratulate each of our State and Provincial Champions from the 2023 racing season. State and province points are calculated by taking each driver’s top 20 events within that specific state or province from April 1st through the end of track point season, which this year was September 5th. Canadian Champions The 2023 Canadian Champions were crowned after compiling all events held at the Victory Lane Speedway, the Thunder City Speedway, the Dead...more

Thursday, September 14 Thursday was the second night of action during the 37th annual WISSOTA 100 at I-94 Speedway. For the Modifieds, Super Stocks, Mid Mods and Street Stocks, it was qualifying for the outside row (of the three-wide start) for Saturday night’s big features. It was slightly different for the Late Models. Since the Challenge Series was considered to be separate from 100 qualifying, the results from Wednesday were not applicable to the starting order for the finale on Saturday....more

Over the years, WISSOTA-area racers and fans have become accustomed to seeing the name Adams at, or near the top of the WISSOTA National Point Standings on many occasions, as Cameron, Wisconsin’s Kevin Adams topped the national championship point standings 5 times during his hall of fame career, and although Kevin is still winning racers, he has scaled back his schedule considerably over the past few seasons to focus on his teenage son Blake’s career. The work has paid off as 14-year-old Blake...more

Saginaw, Minnesota’s Austin Blom entered 33 events during the 2023 racing season and emerged as the ’23 WISSOTA Super Stock Rookie of the Year at season’s end. During the 33 events he entered, he raced to 25 top ten and 11 top five finishes for his efforts and earned runner up honors in the final Halvor Lines Speedway Super Stock Track Point Standings as well. Blom, 31, has been around racing since 2007, competing in the Pure Stock division from 2008 through 2011 and then after a three-year...more

Hibbing, Minnesota’s McKenna Folstad, a true rookie to the racing world, just wrapped up the 2023 WISSOTA Hornet Rookie of the Year Award after a very successful season. McKenna entered several Enduro events in Hibbing and Grand Rapids in past years, but 2023 was her first full season behind the wheel of a Hornet car full time. Folstad, 20, raced to her first ever Hornet feature win in early August at the Grand Rapids Speedway in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. McKenna entered 24 races during 2023,...more

Dominick (Dom) Platow, of Paynesville, Minnesota raced to the 2023 WISSOTA Street Stock Rookie of the Year title at the conclusion of this most recent season. Platow, 30, began his racing career in the Pure Stock division in 2020 and competed in that class for the first three seasons of his young career before moving into the Street Stock division in 2023. His primary tracks that he called ‘home’ weekly were the KRA Speedway in Willmar, MN on Thursday nights, the Fiesta City Speedway in...more