From Tom Schmeh
KNOXVILLE, IOWA (January 11, 2011) – Steve Sinclair, president of the Interstate Racing Association (IRA) Outlaw Sprints, has been named the recipient of the 2010 “Outstanding Contribution to the Sport Award” by all three voting panels of the North American Sprint Car Poll. According to National Sprint Car Museum executive director Bob Baker, “The poll’s Outstanding Contribution Award is the museum foundation’s highest honor for current achievers in the sport, as it is voted on by industry insiders from the 360-, 410-cubic-inch, and non-winged sprint car divisions. For Steve Sinclair to earn this award, it speaks to the level of respect that people in our entire industry have for him capably running a regional winged 410-cubic-inch sprint car series in these tough economic times.”
Based in McHenry, Illinois, Sinclair was originally part of the successful S-L-S promotional team, before stepping down to focus on the Bumper to Bumper-sponsored IRA Outlaw Sprints. The Interstate Racing Association has a rich history and proud heritage in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, but through Steve’s strong leadership it has grown to include many additional races in northern Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.
Past recipients of the North American Sprint Car Poll’s “Outstanding Contribution to the Sport Award” are as follows: Kasey Kahne, Tom Schmeh, Dick Jordan, the late Fred Brownfield, Doug Auld, the late Hank Gentzler, Tony Stewart, Emmett Hahn, Allan Holland, Dave Argabright, Ron Shuman, the late Kevin Gobrecht, Jack Hewitt, the late Jack Miller, Brad Doty, Art & Carol Malies, Dave Bowman, Ralph Capitani, the late Ted Johnson, Mark Kuchan, Steve Kinser, the late Don Martin, Steve Beitler, Lee Brewer, Mark Kinser, Frank Lewis, Earl Baltes, Casey & Beverly Luna, Elayne Hoff, Jean Lynch, the late J.W. Hunt, and Bert Emick.