8/17/2016
IRA Interstate Racing Association
HISTORIC TRIPLE HEADER WEEKEND LOOMS AHEAD – 50TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON FOR THE BUMPER TO BUMPER IRA SPRINTS CONTINUES AT WILMOT AND SUN PRAIRIE!
BACK TO BACK FAIR RACES AT WILMOT, FIRST EVER WORLD OF OUTLAWS CO-SANCTIONED RACE AT SUN PRAIRIE LIE AHEAD THIS WEEKEND!
August 17, 2016; Appleton, WI – The teams of the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series are about to get busy, really busy. Over the next six weeks, teams will battle in 11 contests, and it all begins with a challenging three-race weekend that will begin this Friday.
One of the longest running traditions on the IRA schedule is the Kenosha County Fair races. Rich in history this year's events at the fair will again be run back to back on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Starting on Friday Night Carriage Auto Body of Waukegan, Illinois will present day one of the Roger Illes Memorial. In addition to the 410 sprints track tracks own Meyer Valves & Vacs Wingless Sprint Series presented by the IRA, street stocks and Bandit 4-cylinder stock cars will be on the car for a full night of racing action.
A scant 24 hours later on Saturday evening the teams are right back at it tossing clay at the Wilmot Raceway and thrilling fans with the high speed adventures created when you placed 900 horsepower winged sprints on a semi-banked third-mile clay oval.
The Saturday, August 20 will be day two of the Carriage Auto Body Roger Illes Memorial as the IRA sprint cars make their final appearance of their 50th Anniversary Season Tour at their original home track. Saturday's annual Roger Iles Tribute will pay $3600 to win the 36 lap finale. Modifieds, Wisconsin-Illinois Mini-Sprints and Bandit 4-cylinder stock cars are on the August 20 program as well.
Cars will take to the track starting at 6:00pm both days.
The Wilmot Raceway contests will be pivotal in the battle for the 2016 season title for the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints. Jeremy Schultz, a two-time champion at the Wilmot Raceway and winner of the most recent IRA contest held at the Plymouth Dirt Track two weeks ago heads up the points heading into the shows. Scotty Thiel of had sat atop the standings for much of the season now has become the chaser in the point battle with a margin of 48 markers to make up. Two-time series champion Scotty Neitzel is also in the thick of the battle making his patented late-season charge. He sits only 90 points from the top spot.
Both programs run during the fair require fair admission. Kenosha County Fair admission is $9.00 daily for adults ages 12 and over, $5.00 for children ages 8-11, with youth ages 7 and under admitted free. Wednesday through Friday 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. senior citizens ages 62 have a reduced admission of $6.00. Active or retired military with an ID are admitted free daily between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. Season passes are available as is a special lifetime pass, which is available at the fair office only. General parking is free.
For the latest information on the fair go to the official web site www.kenoshacofair.com.
Admission into the grandstands for the races requires an additional $5.00 ticket for everyone ages 12 and older, with children ages 11 and under admitted free.
For additional information on the races, you can check out the Wilmot Raceway web site www.wilmotraceway.com, the track Facebook page or trackside race line 262-862-2090.
Wilmot Raceway is located on the Kenosha County Fairgrounds in Wilmot, Wisconsin. Take I-94 to Kenosha County Hwy. C, C west to downtown Wilmot. Go north on County Hwy. W (Fox River Road) one-quarter mile to the fairgrounds and the Raceway.
After two nights at the Wilmot Raceway it’s time for an epic gathering of sprint car racing at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
For the first time ever the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint series will be joining forces with the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Series. The event on Sunday, August 21st takes place during the annual Sweet Corn Festival, will be the Outlaws first ever appearance at the historic, 1/3-mile Angell Park.
The epic gathering is known as the Sun Prairie Sprint Car classic at the third-mile clay oval will feature not only the stars of the IRA sprints but sprint car standouts such as Donny Schatz, the seven-time and defending series champion who leads the way for the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series. David Gravel, who was victorious last month in Wisconsin at Wilmot Raceway is second in points, followed by Brad Sweet, Daryn Pittman and Joey Saldana.
Shane Stewart, who won the opening night of the Knoxville Nationals on August 10, is currently sixth in points, with Jason Johnson seventh, Logan Schuchart eighth, Jason Sides ninth and Paul McMahan 10th.
The IRA Sprints will have the home field advantage for this contest and Scotty Thiel who had captured both IRA Sprint contests at the track this season has proven to be the man to catch on the unique third-mile clay oval.
The Badger Midgets will also be on hand adding to a great night of open-wheeled racing action.
Pit gates will open at 2:00pm with the grandstands opening at 4:00pm. The first cars will hit the track at 6:30pm and racing action is set to get underway at 7:30pm.
Tickets for the Sun Prairie Sprint Car Classic, featuring the World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series and Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Cars at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on Sunday, August 21 can be purchased online at https://slspromotions.ticketforce.com or by phone at 815-344-2023.
For more information on tickets, visit https://slspromotions.ticketforce.com.
For more information on the IRA Outlaw Sprints check out the tour website at www.irasprints.com or by logging onto the series Facebook page at www.facebook.com/irasprints the series is also on twitter at #IRA_sprints.
The IRA Sprints are presented by its long time supporting series partners. The series support is led by title sponsor Bumper to Bumper Auto Parts & Service Centers, and associate series partners Hoosier Tire, Osborn & Son Trucking, TW Metals, Cummins Onan, and Twin Lakes Marine.
Upcoming 2016 Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series Events:
8/19/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI
8/20/2016 – Wilmot Raceway – Wilmot, WI
8/21/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI
8/27/2016 – LaSalle Speedway, LaSalle, IL
8/28/2016 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, WI
Submitted By: Jeffrey Sachse
