From NSCHoF
KNOXVILLE, IA –The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the names of its twelve inductees for 2010. The individuals will be inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 5th, during the twenty-first annual ceremonies in Knoxville, Iowa. The inductees for 2010 are:
Drivers: Bobbie Adamson, Hank Arnold, Fred Linder, Frank Riddle, Hal Robson, Herman Schurch.
Owners-Mechanics-Builders-Manufacturers-Car Sponsors: Clyde Adams, Casey Luna, Don Shepherd.
Promoters-Officials-Media Members-Event/Series Sponsors: George Bentel, Fred Brownfield, Ben Krasner.
According to National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation executive director Bob Baker, “It seems like every year a different ‘theme’ emerges for our induction ceremony and based on this year’s final balloting by the 72-member induction committee, I would say that this year the emphasis is on ‘National’. The ‘class of 2010’ is truly coast-to-coast and border-to-border in its scope. From the late Herman Schurch in southern California to Bobbie Adamson in Central Pennsylvania, and from the late Fred Brownfield in the Pacific Northwest to the late Frank Riddle in Florida, our inductees in 2010 come from every region of the country.”
Baker, in making the announcement during the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals, continued, “It is unfortunate that so many of our inductions will be posthumous this year, but I guess that just makes us appreciate those that are still with us that much more. We hope and trust that great achievers such as sprint car drivers Bobbie Adamson and Fred Linder, mechanic Don Shepherd and owner Casey Luna will be able to join us for our twenty-first induction ceremony on Saturday, June 5, in Knoxville. With the World of Outlaws and Knoxville Raceway having announced a three-day sprint car show here on June 3-4-5, I certainly expect that this will be one of our biggest banquets ever!”