4/27/2021
Bill Balog
Bill Balog Claims Victory at the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Season Opener
Hartland, Wisconsin (April 27th, 2021) – After nearly a month on the road Bill Balog and B Squared Motorsports enjoyed a “home game” at the Bumper to Bumper Interstate Racing Association season opener at Beaver Dam Raceway. The North Pole Nightmare qualified second quick locking him into the dash and an eventual 6th place starting position in the A-Main. The Anderson’s Maple Syrup 17B driver wasted no time, powered by Hans Lein’s Mopar engine, rocketing to the lead before the first completed circuit and never looked back to lead all 30 laps en route to his first victory of the season and 128th IRA A-Main event win of his career.
“Racing with the All Star Circuit of Champions is a high level of intensity and it really helped us tonight early in the A-Main. It was great to get the win and see so many friends like Greg Renderman and previous championship winning car owner Mike Urner. A ton of people came out and stopped by the trailer in the cold Wisconsin weather.”
Despite the limited amount of highway miles, the night was far from easy as the B Squared Motorsports team “thrashed all night” getting the car prepped for the A-Main. “After stumbling early, we changed gearing, rear torsion bars and worked to tighten the car up all night,” said driver Bill Balog. The team even changed spark plugs on the Hans Lein owned Mopar engine after routine maintenance fouled a plug and affected the early portion of the evening.
Article Photo Credit: Interstate Racing Association
Upcoming Racing Schedule:
Bill Balog and B Squared Motorsports will be rejoining the All Star Circuit of Champions series competition on April 30th through May 2nd on a three-race swing that represents the team’s first visit to each of the three tracks. Joe Taylor will join the team in the pits for the swing that starts at Lernerville Speedway (Sarver, PA) and continues on consecutive nights at Sharon Speedway (Hartford, OH) for the Buckeye Cup Classic and concludes at Tri City Raceway Park (Franklin, PA).
Sponsors:
Anderson's Pure Maple Syrup, CK Contractors LLC, Buesser Concrete, Wisecup Siding, Howard Law, Wayne Corini, CPA, Lein Acres, Rocky Rococo's Pizza, Forest Brook Farms LLC/Forest Brook Trucking LLC, Indian Motorcycle of Metro Milwaukee, Utica Bar, Mr. Jim's Racing, Sam I Am, DSG, Turn It Up Media, M3 Custom Creations, All Star Performance, Behling Racing Equipment, HRP, FK Rod Ends, Outerwears Inc., Dirty Slide Jobs, Midland Performance Inc., K1 Race Gear, XYZ Machining, BLZ
Social Media:
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Press Release:
Chad Melis
Turn It Up Media
www.turnitup.marketing
About Bill Balog
Hometown: North Pole, AK
Nickname: The North Pole Nightmare
Racing Since: 2000
Children: Dylan & Cole
Bill grew up in North Pole, AK racing dirt bikes and snowmobiles. It was apparent from a young age he had a need for speed. His sprint car career started later than most, getting into his first car at age 20. Bill quickly fell in love with the sport and moved down to Washington to pursue his passion further. Bill would eventually end up in Wisconsin where he joined the IRA Sprint car series and has become the winningest feature winner to date.
Career Highlights
10 Bumper to Bumper IRA Sprint Series Championships
2016 - World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Win, Beaver Dam Raceway
2015 - National Sprint League, 4th place season championship
2015 - National Sprint League, two victories
About B2 Motorsports
B Squared Motorsports is the combined efforts of driver Bill Balog and Ryan Buesser to form a team to compete at the highest level of winged sprint car racing. In 2015, Hans Lein joined the duo to further expand the capabilities of the #17b racing program.
Bill Balog “The North Pole Nightmare”, hailing from North Pole, Alaska, and B Squared Motorsports have dominated the 410 Bumper to Bumper IRA sprint car series with 10 championships (2008-2014, 2016-2017, 19-20) since being named rookie of the year in 2005. Balog is a 127-time IRA main event winner, which is the most all-time. In comparison, Joe Roe is second on the all-time list with 61. In 2016, Bill bested the World of Outlaws and scored his first series victory at the Jim “JB” Boyd Memorial presented by Karavan Trailers at Beaver Dam Raceway.
The championship winning team, based out of Hartland, WI, partnered with Anderson’s Pure Maple Syrup to compete full time with Tony Stewart’s FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 for the 2021 season.
Submitted By: Bill Balog