National Sprint Car Hall of Fame – Page 24

NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME INDUCTION BANQUET TO FOLLOW INDY 500 BY LESS THAN ONE WEEK… FOR 23rd CONSECUTIVE YEAR

The Indianapolis 500 is all about tradition and so is the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF). For the twenty-third consecutive year, the NSCHoF induction banquet in Knoxville, Iowa, will follow the Indy 500 by less than one week, taking place on Saturday, June 2, this year. […]

THURSDAY’S “SPRINT CAR 101: FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TONIGHT AT KNOXVILLE RACEWAY” TO BE HOSTED BY BILL WRIGHT

Tomorrow night’s “Sprint Car 101 – Third Thursday Series” program at the National Sprint Car Museum, featuring emcee Bill Wright and entitled “Fifteen Years Ago Tonight (May 17, 1997) at Knoxville Raceway […]

EAGLE MOTORSPORTS/DON OTT RACING ENGINES ‘RAFFLE CAR’ HEADED TO ROCK RAPIDS & FAIRMONT ON MAY 18-19

The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum will be taking it’s Eagle Motorsports/Don Ott Racing Engines number 9 raffle (sprint) car to the Upper Midwest on May 18-19 with stops at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, on Friday and Fairmont Raceway […]

NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME (NSCHoF) INDUCTION BANQUET TAKING SHAPE AS INDUCTEES & GUESTS CONFIRM THEIR ATTENDANCE

The twenty-third annual National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) induction banquet, set for Saturday afternoon, June 2, is taking shape as 2012 inductees, family members, friends and special guests are beginning to confirm their attendance. […]

INTERNATIONAL REEL WHEEL FILM FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE THIS WEEKEND AT NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM IN KNOXVILLE

The “Sprint Car Capital of the World” comes to life this weekend, April 13-15, as the National Sprint Car Museum hosts the fourteenth annual International Reel Wheel Film Festival, which celebrates the automobile and motorsports in film, and the Knoxville Raceway hosts its annual Practice Night on Saturday, April 14. […]

“EXPAND THE DREAM” HAPPENING NOW AT THE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME & MUSUEM

Beginning in August 2011, the board of directors and staff of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum embarked on “Expand the Dream,” a three-year, $3.3-million comprehensive fundraising campaign. Expand the Dream has two primary goals: 1) construction of an enhanced staging & storage facility, and 2) short-term growth of the organization’s endowment funds. […]

Last Chance to Get Your Brick Permanently Inscribed in Museum

Prior to 2012 Knoxville Sprint Car Racing Season… […]

MUSEUM TO HOST “AN EVENING WITH A.J. ‘SKIP’ JACKSON” ON THURSDAY, MARCH 15, AS PART OF ITS “SPRINT CAR 101” SERIES

The National Sprint Car Museum’s “Sprint Car 101” Third Thursday Series will continue on Thursday, March 15, with “An Evening With A.J. ‘Skip’ Jackson”. […]

MUSEUM TO HOST “INTRODUCING JAMIE BALL” ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, AS PART OF ITS “SPRINT CAR 101” SERIES

The National Sprint Car Museum’s “Sprint Car 101” Third Thursday Series will continue on Thursday, February 16, with “Introducing Jamie Ball”. […]

REIGLE POSTHUMOUSLY NAMED 2011 RECIPIENT OF OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE SPORT AWARD

Veteran Harrisburg Patriot-News and Area Auto Racing News columnist Jerry Reigle, who passed away in late August following a brave fight against cancer, has been posthumously named the recipient of the 2011 “Outstanding Contribution to the Sport Award” by all three voting panels of the North American Sprint Car Poll. […]

JASON MEYERS NAMED NORTH AMERICAN 410 SPRINT CAR POLL “DRIVER OF THE YEAR” FOR 2011… AGAIN

For the second straight year, Jason Meyers of Clovis, California, was voted the “Driver of the Year” by the North American 410 Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers. The 2011 World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series point champion earned twenty-six (26) of the twenty-nine (29) first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll. For the first time, team owners Chris Luck, Jason Meyers and Guy Stockbridge earned 410-cubic-inch sprint car “Team of the Year” honors. […]

SHANE STEWART NAMED NORTH AMERICAN 360 SPRINT CAR POLL “DRIVER OF THE YEAR” FOR 2011

Shane Stewart of Bixby, Oklahoma, was voted the 2011 “Driver of the Year” by the North American 360 Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers for the second time. Stewart, the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) national tour champion and 2009 “Driver of the Year”, earned thirteen (13) of the twenty (20) first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll. Stewart’s car owner, Paul Silva, earned his second “Team of the Year” award as well. […]

LEVI JONES NAMED NORTH AMERICAN NON-WINGED SPRINT CAR POLL “DRIVER OF THE YEAR” FOR 2011

Levi Jones of Olney, Illinois, today was named the 2011 “Driver of the Year” by the North American Non-Winged Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers for the third time. The United States Auto Club (USAC) champion and 2005 and ‘09 “Driver of the Year” earned eleven (11) of the seventeen (17) first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll. […]

12 INDUCTEES ANNOUNCED AS “CLASS OF 2012” FOR NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME

The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the names of its twelve inductees for 2012. […]

DONNA WILSON, JERRY WILSON & HAROLD LEEP TO SIGN BOOKS AT TULSA CHILI BOWL IN MUSEUM BOOTH

Donna Wilson, author of “The Offy Killer – The Chet Wilson Story,” will sign copies of her recently released book in the National Sprint Car Museum’s booth this Saturday during the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Car Nationals in Tulsa […]