12/9/2025
IRA Interstate Racing Association
IRA Celebrates 2025 Teams at Annual Awards Banquet
This past weekend both the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints and Autometer Wisconsin Wingless Sprints presented by Gandrud celebrated their 2025 full-time teams at the 59th Annual IRA Awards Banquet at the Brat Stop in Kenosha, WI.
The organization that will enter its 60th year of operation in 2026 handed out awards and point fund checks to 17 winged 410 sprint car teams and 14 wingless teams this year, showing the series' strength and the fantastic state of sprint car racing in the Upper Midwest.
The 2025 Season Recap Video can be viewed at the link below. The film was edited by Box3 Media and features footage from Hannah Weymier, Shawn Mueller, FloRacing and other friends of the series.
https://youtu.be/UD-_8i38xyw?si=roBkG2DlbR-umdsd
Emcee's for the evening were series announcers Loren Kelly, Madeline Ruh and Mike Babicz, and photography was provided by Hannah Weymier.
2025 Season Awards given out at the banquet are as follows:
Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprints
1st-Blake Nimee (Champion)
2nd-Logan Julien
3rd-Jordan Goldesberry
4th-Jake Blackhurst
5th-Max Guilford
6th-Scotty Neitzel
7th-Danny Schlafer
8th-Travis Arenz
9th-Kyle Schuett
10th-Jake Neuman
11th-Corbin Gurley
12th-TJ Haddy
13th-Tyler Brabant
14th-Kris Spitz
15th-Will Gerrits
16th-Alex Pokorski
17th-Scott Conger
2025 Honest Abe Roofing/Hepfner Racing Products Rookie of the Year: Max Guilford/Greg Wheeler Motorsports
2025 Honest Abe Roofing/Hepfner Racing Products Newcomer Award: Corbin Gurley
2025 RT's Fifth Quarter Hard Charger: Max Guilford/Greg Wheeler Motorsports
2025 Most Improved Driver: Logan Julien
2025 Mechanic of the Year: Brian Julien
2025 Perseverance Award: Corbin Gurley
2025 Dave Olson Photography Best Appearing Car Award: Travis Arenz
Wisconsin Wingless Sprints
1st-Adam Taylor
2nd-Tyler Kuxhouse
3rd-Tim Cox
4th-Allen Hafford
5th-Greg Alt
6th-Ralph Johnson
7th-George Gaertner III
8th-Bryce Andrews
9th-Rusty Egan
10th-Dennis Spitz
11th-Josh Davidson
12th-Seth Johnson
13th-Tom Eller
14th-Shawn Swim
2025 Most Improved Driver(s): Greg Alt, Ralph Johnson and George Gaertner III
2025 Perseverance Award: Josh Davidson
2025 Dave Olson Photography Best Appearing Car Award: Tyler Kuxhouse
IRA Member Awards
2025 Rick Schmidt Memorial IRA Member of the Year: Jerry Burba
2025 IRA Member Perseverance Award: Kim Tennyson and Gracie Cleveland
The IRA would like to send a massive thank you to each and every team member, fan, sponsor and staff member that made 2025 a hugely successful year for the series!
The 2026 IRA Outlaw Sprints schedule will be released in the coming days, along with some huge news for the series as a whole as the Performance Racing Industry convention draws near. Stay tuned!
Article Credit: Box3 Media
Submitted By: Loren Kelly
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