There are not too many tracks around the Upper Midwest where Terry McCarl had not visited victory lane but Superior Speedway in Superior, Wisconsin, was one of them. That all changed when McCarl raced by Erin Crocker to take the win at the Bumper to Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprints Budweiser Northern Nationals. The win was the fourth IRA win of the season for McCarl.

Crocker took the lead from the outside of the front row and held off polesitter Davey Heskin through a few early yellow flags and a red flag for Billy Hafemann's flip in turn two. On the restart, McCarl snuck by Crocker and opened up a large lead. Late in the race, IRA point leader Bill Balog closed in on Crocker to take second but was never able to pass McCarl, despite a late yellow flag. Balog, who started 10th, was second followed by Crocker, Mike Reinke and Scott Neitzel. Johnny Herrera suffered a broken nose wing and slipped to sixth from third at the finish ahead of Davey Heskin, who spun while running second but charged back to seventh at the finish.

The heat races for the 25 cars were scored by Neitzel, Reinke and Crocker. In Osborne and Sons Trucking Qualifications, Terry McCarl established a new track record of 12.715, finally breaking the mark of Donny Goeden's 12.958 that held for ten years of IRA and World of Outlaws Gumout Series competition. Goeden established the mark on September 10, 1999.

Osborne and Sons Trucking Qualifications (25 cars)
1. Terry McCarl (24) 12.715
2. Johnny Herrera (2) 13.212
3. Erin Crocker (59) 13.270
4. Scott Biertzer (4B) 13.274
5. Davey Heskin (56) 13. 318
6. Bill Balog (17) 13.340
7. Scott Uttech (3K) 13.467
8. Brad Barickman (34) 13.504
9. Billy Hafemann (2B) 13.509
10. Dave Uttech (68) 13.567
11. Andy Hunt (9A) 13.576
12. Lynton Jeffrey (12) 13. 580
13. Scott Nietzel (2W) 13.613
14. Mike Reinke (02) 13.622
15. Kris Spitz (4K) 13.626
16. Steve Meyer (85M) 13.635
17. Travis Whitney (9) 13. 638
18. Ryan Wilson (18) 13.707
19. John Haeni (21J) 13.793
20. Phillip Mock (1M) 13.866
21. Joe Symoens (96) 13.955
22. Todd King (K9) 14.152
23. Bill Wirth (53W) 14. 256
24. Leigh Thomas (29) 14.295
25. Duane Olson (16) 15.242

Lane Automotive Heat Race #1
1. Scott Neitzel, 2. Steve Meyer, 3. Terry McCarl, 4. Dave Uttech, 5. John Haeni, 6. Scott Uttech, 7. Todd King, 8. Duane Olson, 9. Scott Biertzer (DNF)

VMAC Racing Heat Race #2
1. Mike Reinke, 2. Johnny Herrera, 3. Davey Heskin, 4. Andy Hunt, 5. Brad Barickman, 6. Phillip Mock, 7. Travis Whitney (DNF) 8. Bill Wirth (DNF)

Wesmar/DMI Heat Race #3
1. Erin Crocker, 2. Bill Balog, 3. Lynton Jeffrey, 4. Kris Spitz, 5. Billy Hafemann, 6. Joe Symoens, 7. Leigh Thomas, 8. Ryan Wilson (DNF)

30-Lap A-Feature
1. Terry McCarl, 2. Bill Balog, 3. Erin Crocker, 4. Mike Reinke, 5. Scott Neitzer, 6. Johnny Herrera, 7. Davey Heskin, 8. Brad Barickman, 9. Dave Uttech, 10. Lynton Jeffrey, 11. Ryan Wilson, 12. Todd King, 13. Kris Spitz, 14. Scott Uttech, 15. Leigh Thomas, 16. Phillip Mock, 17. Andy Hunt, 18. Bill Wirth, 19. Steve Meyer, 20. Scott Biertzer, 21. Billy Hafemann, 22. John Haeni, 23. Joe Symoens

IRA's next events, Fri Sept 18 Oshkosh WI, Sat Sept 19 Dodge Co WI