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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 8, 2024 – On a “survival-of-the-fittest” type of night, Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team endured some sour luck to post a 17th place main event place showing in the second Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series event of the 2024 campaign Saturday, May 4 at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. Rain prior to the event left the traditionally racy three-eighths mile Cedar Lake Speedway facility with an extremely fast...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 15, 2024 – For the second consecutive season, Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing Team left Sycamore Speedway in Maple Park, Ill. with a solid top-10 A-main showing etched in the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series box score on Saturday, May 11. The Plymouth, Wis. driver, who recorded a ninth-place main event showing in his Sycamore Speedway debut on June 10, 2023, revved up the night by qualifying eighth in...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 22, 2024 – Austin Hartmann and 87A Hartmann Racing Team added to its string of strong early-season performances with a solid top-10 A-main showing in front of a hometown crowd at The Plymouth Dirt Track in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, May 18. The Plymouth, Wis. driver, who competed regularly at The Plymouth Dirt Track during the first two seasons of his Sprint Car career in the Plymouth Dirt Track Racing 360 Sprint Car division, topped Group A and placed fourth...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) May 29, 2024 – It was a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time as an incident near the half-way point of a 30-lap Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association Founders’ Night event took Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing out of contention for another strong A-main result Saturday, May 25 at Wilmot Raceway. The Plymouth, Wis. driver qualified 12th overall in the 33-car field after turning in a lap of 13.231 seconds in IRA qualifying. Hartmann then...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 4, 2024 – For the fifth time in his three-year 410 Sprint Car racing career, Austin Hartmann embraced the opportunity to compete with the best Sprint Car racers in the world and gain valuable experience in the process, during a NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series A-main event at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Friday, May 31. The Plymouth, Wis. competitor, who began his 410 Sprint Car career in 2022, turned a lap of 11.915 seconds in...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 12, 2024 – A strong introduction and a solid conclusion could best describe Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing team’s performance in the seventh Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series event of the 2024 campaign with Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wis. serving as the competitive stage Sunday, June 9. The fifth-year Sprint Car competitor opened the annual Norm Nelson Classic racing program by qualifying third in the 30-car...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 19, 2024 – Consistency has been a strength for Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team throughout the first half of the 2024 season, and a Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series event at Wilmot Raceway in Wilmot, Wis. on Saturday, June 15 proved to be no different. The Plymouth, Wis. competitor kicked off the night by turning a lap of 13.125 to qualify 12th in the 31-car field. After starting on the pole of the...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) June 26, 2024 – There were highs, there were lows and a little bit of everything in between as Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team tackled an ultra-challenging four-race ‘Maverick Mayhem’ weekend of 410 Sprint Car racing action co-sanctioned by the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association and Honest Abe Roofing Maverick Winged Sprint Car Series contested at four different Indiana speed plants on four consecutive nights running Thursday,...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 3, 2024 – After bringing the first half of their 2024 season to a close with a Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car event at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Saturday, June 28, Austin Hartmann and the members of the 87A Hartmann Racing team are looking forward to meeting up with the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series before taking on the remainder of the IRA schedule during the month of July. Hartmann opened IRA...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) July 24, 2024 - Austin Hartmann and the 87A Hartmann Racing crew made a long 621-mile one-way trek for a challenging three-race swing through Minnesota and North Dakota pay off with a career-best showing at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D. on Friday, July 19 to highlight the team’s entry in the third annual Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series - Northern Outlaw Sprint Association. Buffalo Wild Wings King of the Wings Mini...more