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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 2, 2020 – After nearly a month away from the track, Josh Walter and the Torque Racing team got back on the throttle in Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car action at Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Saturday, Aug. 29. Walter was among 29 IRA competitors on hand for the Jim Wipperfurth Memorial IRA event. The night got off to a strong start as Walter qualified sixth with a lap of 13.243 seconds around...more

After consulting with the management at 141 Speedway, and based on the horrendous weather forecast for later this afternoon and evening which shows extremely high percentages of rain, it has been determined to cancel the event for tonight, and by doing so at this time will prevent teams and fans from making the drive. IRA looks forward to returning to 141 for annual events in 2021. IRA’s next event is scheduled for Friday Sept 11 at Outagamie Speedway in Seymour, prior...more

Labor Day weekend traditionally means an action packed 3 day stretch of races for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints. The weekend would start Friday at the Dodge County Fairgrounds, then head to the Plymouth Dirt Track on Saturday and concluding in Maribel Wisconsin’s 141 Speedway on Sunday. Friday’s Harry Neitzel Memorial at the “Horsepower Half Mile” saw 29 teams compete with Bill Balog setting quick time. Scotty Neitzel, Joey Moughan and Scotty Thiel all picked...more

The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series has a yet another doubleheader planned this coming weekend, Sept 11-12. Friday the series goes to the Outagamie Speedway (Seymour, WI), and then Saturday it’s off to the Cedar Lake Speedway (New Richmond) for the annual Jerry Richert Memorial and it’s $5000 to win / 500 to start all sprint car spectacular. A pair of great facilities. Come on up to Wisconsin for some great sprint car events this season. Sept 19 Beaver Dam...more

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(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 9, 2020 – After enduring a season filled with setbacks and challenges, Josh Walter and the Torque Racing team brushed aside adversity in a big way as it rolled up an impressive top-10 finish with the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association at the Dodge County Fairgrounds in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Friday, Sept. 4. With 29 IRA competitors check in for the fourth annual Harry Neitzel Tribute Race, Walter opened the evening by ripping...more

The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints embark on a Wisconsin big doubleheader this weekend, Friday Sept 11th at the Outagamie Speedway located on the Outagamie Co Fairgrounds in Seymour. Saturday it’s the annual Jerry Richert Memorial at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond. Two great tracks. Mufflers needed Friday, wide open on Sat. Friday’s weather looks great, and unlike most of Wisconsin, Cedar Lake has been dry all week and all systems are go for Saturday night....more

CAR # Owner Points 17B Mike Urner 94 65 Jordan Goldesberry 83 2w Scotty Neitzel 78 73af Oz Motorsports 58 79 Blake Nimee 52 20R Robbie Pribnow 51 64 Scotty Thiel 50 23 Russel Borland 50 14r Rayhall Motorsports 46 73 Oz Motorsports 45 68 Dave Uttech 43 10w Mike Reinke 41 O Johnny Fahl 39 77 Wayne Modjeski 39 4b Scott Biertzer 38 5j Jeremy Schultz 34 19 Todd Daun 33 47 Fast Specialty 32 4K Kris Spitz 26 14 Jack Routson 26 12w Josh Walter 23 9k Kyle...more

The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints are indeed heading to Cedar Lake Speedway today for one of their crown jewel events, the annual Jerry Richert Memorial. The forecast has improved and teams are en-route to high banked 3/8. This is a great all sprint car event as winged 360’s and non-wing Sprints are also on the card.

Kevin Rudeen, on behalf of the Rayce Rudeen Foundation has generously donated $3000 for the 360 Main event on championship night. An additional $1000 to the winner and $500 each for second, third, fourth and fifth place. Here 2 Wire has also donated an extra $150. $50 for the sixth, seventh and eighth place finisher. Tune in to Skagit Speedway.tv 7 PM PST Thursday night!

BRAD SWEET EXTENDS HIS POINTS LEAD OVER LOGAN SCHUCHART AFTER WILD HUSET’S SPEEDWAY RETURN Sheldon Haudenschild did what few have ever accomplished. He passed Kyle Larson for the lead and drove away, putting himself on a trajectory to his fourth World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series win of the season Saturday night at Huset’s Speedway. However, with nine laps to go, his apparent victory vanished with a pop. His right rear tire let go, forcing him to get...more

BRAD SWEET CONTINUES TO EXTEND HIS POINTS LEAD WITH TOP-FIVE FINISH SUNDAY NIGHT Two times Kyle Larson entered Huset’s Speedway with winning potential. Two times the historic track denied him that opportunity. During a race at the track in August, Larson flipped early in the night and destroyed the car he had been dominating the year with. Then, Saturday night, during the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series’ first return to the track in four years,...more

In seventh season, Shark Racing pilot conquers Dodge City for breakthrough win with teammate Schuchart second DODGE CITY, KS – He climbed atop his Drydene Performance Products #1a in Dodge City Raceway Park Victory Lane, the emotion already building inside of him. At long last, Jacob Allen is a World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series Feature winner. “Oh man, oh man… I’ve worked really hard,” Allen said to DIRTVision pit reporter Chase Raudman in Victory...more

NOS Energy Drink racer dominates Boot Hill Showdown for fifth victory of 2020 DODGE CITY, KS – Sheldon Haudenschild held a 7.5-second advantage over second place as he crossed the line with five laps remaining. With the wave of the caution flag just two corners later, that gap was erased. Haudenschild was blistering the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series field Saturday night around Dodge City Raceway Park when a right-rear tire let go on Tim Kaeding’s...more

After an action packed Friday night, the teams of the Bumper to Bumper IRA sprints traveled north to New Richmond, Wisconsin for perhaps the most prestigious race of the season, the 20th Annual Jerry Richert Memorial. Though the state faced weather all week, and into the day on Saturday, the track proved to be racy early as both Justin Henderson and Paige Polyak won their heat races from the third position. But the most impressive performance early in the night may...more

This coming Saturday night, Sept 19th, is a big night for both the IRA and Beaver Dam Raceway. Both IRA’s Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints, and AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints will be track side at Beaver Dam for the running of the annual Scott Semmelmann Memorial. The following weekend, Sept 25-26 will be a doubleheader for both the 410’s and the wingLESS groups. Friday’s show is at the Dodge County Fairgrounds and pays tribute to both Rick Schmidt and Fuzzy...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 16, 2020 – It may have taken a little while to fire them up, but Josh Walter and the Torque Racing team appears to be hitting on all cylinders in Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association 410 Sprint Car Series action. The 16th-year Plymouth Wis. competitor backed up a strong seventh-place A-main showing at the Dodge County Fairgrounds “horsepower half mile” in Beaver Dam, Wis. on Sept. 4 by notching a solid ninth-place main event...more

Alger, WA - The finale of the 2020 on Skagit Speedway TV saw Bailey Sucich win her first career Budweiser 360 Sprint Car main event, besting Jason Solwold in the late stages of the race for the $2,600 top prize. Season champions were crowned on the night as well, with Chase Goetz, Adam Holtrop and Rick Young all winning track titles. Corbyn Fauver set out to the early advantage in the 25 lap Budweiser 360 Sprint A Main, with Sucich never too far off. As Fauver...more

HE 2013 CHAMPION EARNED HIS FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR IN HIS LAST WEEKEND WITH ROTH MOTORSPORTS Daryn Pittman’s wife and two kids fell into his arms after he climbed out of his car in Victory Lane at Lawton Speedway Friday night. It was a moment of celebration, reflection and embracement. They’d been on a different emotional ride the week prior. After 25 years of racing, which includes winning the 2013 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series championship,...more

THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS BATTLE TIGHTENS WITH ONLY EIGHT POINTS SEPARATING BRAD SWEET AND SCHUCHART Blood was in the water. The scent of victory lingered for Shark Racing’s Logan Schuchart at Devil’s Bowl Speedway Saturday night. The hunger for a win had been turning in his stomach for the past two months. Since claiming the trophy at the Terre Haute Action Track in mid-July, Schuchart went on a run of 18 top-10 finishes in a row, including four runner-up finishes, but...more

As the 2020 Bumper to Bumper IRA season nears its end, 32 of the best winged sprint drivers in the Upper Midwest embarked upon the Beaver Dam Raceway for the Scott Semmelmann Memorial. Qualifying would prove to set up a very interesting night as series points leader Bill Balog would blow an engine before setting a time, and would be forced to start heat race four from the tail. As the heat races rolled off Balog was not the only high profile driver who needed to win a...more

The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series heads into their final weekend of the 2020 season with a doubleheader this weekend, Sept 25-26. Friday is the annual Rick Schmidt Memorial at the Dodge Co Fairgrounds, and Saturday is the Wisconsin Sprint Car Championships /Checkered Classic at the Plymouth Dirt Track. Both are ALL Sprint Car events as Friday support comes from the MSA 360’s and wingless. Saturday is championship night for everyone, the Bumper To Bumper IRA...more

BRAD SWEET EXTENDS HIS POINTS LEAD WHILE SCHATZ CUTS INTO HIS POINTS DEFICIT Eighteen races. That’s how long 10-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz went without a win. The last time he went on a winless streak that long was in 2012 when he didn’t win for 33 straight races throughout the summer months. He put a stop to the idea of going that long without a win again Thursday night at Plymouth Speedway. With one of the best...more

BRAD SWEET ONCE AGAIN EXTENDED HIS POINTS LEAD AS HAUDENSCHILD WON AT HIS HOME TRACK By Nick Graziano | September 26, 2020 at 1:51 am Sheldon Haudenschild had to pause. His words caught in his throat. An emphatic cheer filled the silence while Haudenschild collected his emotions. The Wooster, OH driver made a dream come true – for himself and thousands of his Ohio fans. He won at home. After testing the limits of his NOS Energy Drink #17 car for 35 laps around Wayne...more

The final weekend in September traditionally signals the end of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series season, and while 2020 has brought a lot of change, it did not change the Wisconsin Sprintcar Championships that has quickly became a staple of open wheel racing in the region. Before teams could embark upon the Plymouth Dirt Track they first headed to the Dodge County Fairgrounds for the Rick Schmidt/Fuzzy Fassbender Memorial. At the big Dodge County half...more

LOGAN SCHUCHART AND JASON JOHNSON RACING CLOSE IN ON THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLES Running second, more than six seconds behind the leader, with two laps to go, was the perfect spot for David Gravel. His hopes of curing the hunger for another win went from being unattainable to nearly guaranteed with the sound of a pop Saturday night at Lernerville Speedway. Sheldon Haudenschild, who was in his own world as the leader, lapping up into the top-15 around the 4/10-mile...more

PETERSEN MEDIA: Competing against both the MOWA and WAR on Friday night at Tri City Speedway in Granite City, IL, Paul Nienhiser nearly completed the sweep as he won with the wing and came up just short in non-wing action. “It was great to get a win, and have some fun in the non-wing car,” Nienhiser said. “I really didn’t know what to expect since it had been about a year since my first crack at non wing racing and had a blast. Thanks to Matt Hummel with FK Indy for...more

PETERSEN MEDIA: Friday night at Jacksonville Speedway, Paul Nienhiser made a late race move to overtake Thomas Meseraul and score his fourth win of the season before backing it up with a second-place finish against the Sprint Invaders on Saturday night. “I knew we had a good car on Friday night, and I was just trying to bide my time,” Paul Nienhiser said. “TMEZ is a good friend, so if I was going to lose it, it would have been alright to lose it to him, but luckily we...more

(PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) September 30, 2020 – A season that began a bit on the rocky side, closed out on the rock solid side for Josh Walter and the Torque Racing team with a strong top-10 A-main showing at The Plymouth Dirt Track at the Sheboygan County Fairgrounds in Plymouth, Wis. on Saturday, Sept. 26. during a doubleheader weekend to conclude the 2020 Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association season. The team’s final race weekend of the COVID-19-shortened 2020...more

PETERSEN MEDIA: Picking up another second-place finish aboard Scott Bonar’s No. 50 machine during the Fall Haul, Paul Nienhiser did his part in helping Bonar and the Midland Performance team earn the Sprint Invaders Owner Championship. “I made a couple of mistakes once I got to the lead, and it cost us the win,’ Paul Nienhiser said. “It was still another great run for us, and it is very cool to get Scott and team this Championship.” Locking into the Dash for Cash as...more

BRAD SWEET GAINS IN DRIVER POINTS BUT LOSES IN TEAM POINTS TO JASON JOHNSON RACING David Gravel made the most of his 600th career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series start at Williams Grove Speedway Friday night. He won the opening night of the National Open – his sixth win of the season and second in a row at the historic half-mile – took home the $10,000 check and made big gains for Jason Johnson Racing in the team championship. His path to victory...more

JASON JOHNSON RACING TAKES TEAM POINTS LEAD AND BRAD SWEET LOSES POINTS IN THE DRIVER TITLE HUNT By Nick Graziano | October 4, 2020 at 3:10 am Ten-time World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz doesn’t need extra motivation to win. But when given, especially if given in a callous manor, get ready to write the check. And Williams Grove Speedway did. A big one. The biggest check they’ve even written and the biggest one awarded to a Sprint...more

PETERSEN MEDIA: Friday night at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, IL, Paul Nienhiser made his first 410ci start with Scott Bonar and the Midland Performance No. 50 machine memorable as he picked up the MOWA win during Gold Crown weekend. “Scott Bonar and I have competed together in a ton of 360ci events over the last few years, and Saturday night we were finally able to team up for a 410ci event,” Nienhiser said. “We have been fast together all year long, and that...more

BRAD SWEET AVOIDS POTENTIAL DISASTER TO INCREASE POINTS LEAD, WHILE JASON JOHNSON RACING EXTENDS ITS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS LEAD Refill the ink and turn the page. Kyle Larson added another line to his 2020 book of dirt racing records Friday at Port Royal Speedway. During the opening night of the Nittany Showdown, the Elk Grove, CA driver won his 11th World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series event in 23 starts and his 40th dirt track event in 80 overall...more

KASEY KAHNE RACING RECLAIMS THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS LEAD FROM JASON JOHNSON RACING The ink hadn’t even dried on the page before Kyle Larson had another accomplishment to be written in his 2020 book of dirt racing records. Less than 24 hours after winning the opening night of the Nittany Showdown at Port Royal Speedway on Friday, Larson, of Elk Grove, CA, swept the weekend by winning Saturday night’s $15,000-to-win finale, earning his 20th career World of Outlaws...more

JASON JOHNSON RACING CLOSES CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS GAP AND BRAD SWEET EXTENDS HIS LEAD Shane Stewart showed the emotion of a first time winner Friday night at Lakeside Speedway. He bathed in confetti, waved the checkered flag with glee and smiled with pride for every photograph. However, it was his 36th career World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series victory and his second of the 2020 season. What made it one of his most prized victories is he won driving for...more

BRAD SWEET AND KASEY KAHNE RACING MAKE SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS BATTLE Water glazed James McFadden’s eyes. His lips quivered with every word. The emotions of winning the Jason Johnson Classic Saturday night at Lake Ozark Speedway with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series started to get to him. “Jason (Johnson) was a close friend to our family and we spent a lot of time in Australia together,” McFadden said. “To get this is huge....more

2020 has been a strange year for everyone, but was a year in which Jim moved to Pittsburgh. With the JBMotorsports 10P car located in Tennessee and travel restrictions and quarantine limiting travel, Jim looked for other racing opportunities. Jim joined up with Carl Bowser racing and they put together the #87 car for Jim to race on a limited schedule at Lernerville. Jim is so grateful to get to work with the previous Lenerville track champion and his support team...more

PETERSEN MEDIA: Though he thought his 2020 season was complete, Paul Nienhiser will be in action this Saturday at Kokomo Speedway compete in both a Non-Wing Sprint Car as well as a winged 410ci car as a teammate to Chase Stockon in a second KO Motorsports entry. “I really thought my season was over and was disappointed in how it ended with a rough night in Scott Bonar’s car,” Paul Nienhiser. “Then, earlier this week I received a phone call from KO Motorsports’ Kent...more

LOGAN SCHUCHART CLOSES POINTS GAP TO BRAD SWEET, ENTERING THE SEASON FINALE AT THE WORLD OF OUTLAWS LAST CALL A raise of his NOS Energy Drink can to the crowd and a delighted sip from it was all Sheldon Haudenschild needed to do to acknowledge his career milestone Saturday night at Kokomo Speedway. The Wooster, OH driver claimed his seventh win of the 2020 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season in his 300th start. He entered the year with seven wins...more

PETERSEN MEDIA: Climbing aboard two KO Motorsports machines over the weekend at the Fall Fling in Kokomo, IN, Paul Nienhiser was a little disappointed with how his night ended in both divisions but was happy to be one of two drivers to make both features. “We had a great night racing together, they really are an awesome group to race with,” Paul Nienhiser said. “The KO Motorsports team has really fast cars, but we didn’t quite get to showcase everything we had....more

KASEY KAHNE RACING CLINCHED THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE DIRT TRACK AT CHARLOTTE Brad Sweet and Logan Schuchart closed out the 2020 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series season the same way they opened it. Schuchart won the DIRTcar Nationals finale in February, while Sweet claimed the event’s title. Saturday night, during the World of Outlaws Last Call season finale at The Dirt Track at Charlotte, Schuchart won the race, while Sweet was...more

THE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP IS STILL UP FOR GRABS WITH KASEY KAHNE RACING 22 POINTS AHEAD OF JASON JOHNSON RACING David Gravel and Brad Sweet each claimed glory Friday night at The Dirt Track at Charlotte before they go to war on Saturday. Sweet clinched his second consecutive World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series title, while Gravel led from green to checkers to claim his third consecutive win at the Charlotte track. However, at the end of the night, the two...more

Skagit Speedway Hall of Famer Lloyd Armey passed away November 23 surrounded by his family. Lloyd and his famous #37 race car was an iconic figure at Skagit Speedway for many years. Lloyd had a very storied 60 year career in racing, he started driving in the early 1960’s, he built several race cars for his friends. Lloyd liked to travel and race, he was a fixture for a few years on the CAMRA Tour throughout the Pacific Northwest. He traveled to California to race the...more

2021 Skagit Speedway Highlighted Schedule (Tent) --Weekly schedule to be announced later Feb/March. Swap Meet (tba) April 17 Playday April 24 Opening Day May 29 John Carroll Classic Fireworks - by IRI June 24-25-26 Dirt Cup by - Skagit Casino July 10 Mid-Season Fireworks Show - by Les Schwab July 23-24 360 Nationals - by Bob’s Burgers & Brew Aug 21 Monster Trucks Sept 3-4 World of Outlaws Sept 18 Championship Fireworks –...more

For Immediate Release Bill Balog - B2 Motorsports - Joining the ASCoC Tour in 2021 Hartland, WI (Dec. 20th, 2020) After spending several years racing in the IRA Sprint Car Series and winning 10 Championships, Bill Balog is planning to race in Tony Stewart’s All Star Circuit of Champions Tour in 2021. The entire Team at B2 Motorsports is looking forward to this new challenge and are very thankful that so many of our current Sponsors are coming along with us on this new...more

The 26th Annual Sage Fruit Front Row Challenge will be back at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, IA on Monday Aug, 9th 2021! Tickets will go on sale for this event on Tuesday Feb. 2nd at 10:00 a.m. Contact FRC Ent. LLC 515-957-0020 for tickets and information.

McHenry, IL 12/31/20 The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series is proud to announce their TENTATIVE 2021 schedule. While primarily competing in Wisconsin, events in Illinois and Iowa appear. While the events listed are solid, there are a few others being negotiated, and other requests that we're trying to fit in. While over 30 dates appear, we have done our best to avoid conflict with large nearby World of Outlaw events. We are so very proud of our relationship...more

We wish you a very happy 2021! We look forward to seeing you and your families very soon!

The World of Outlaws take on the inaugural Huset's 50 & 43rd Annual AGCO Jackson Nationals which boasts a $600,000 Purse!