National Sprint Car Hall of Fame

NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM’S ON-LINE STORE OFFERS VINTAGE SPRINT CAR PHOTOS FOR SALE

he National Sprint Car Museum’s on-line store is now offering vintage sprint car photos for sale to the general public. To date, over one hundred photos from the donated collections of photographers Al Booton of central Iowa and Herb Zieman of northern Ohio have been scanned and are now available for purchase. Photos are being added everyday to the www.sprintcarstuff.com web site.

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MUSEUM TO HOST RICH KING & OTHERS IN “SALUTE TO FLAT TRACK MOTORCYCLE RACING IN IOWA” ON THURSDAY, MARCH 17

The National Sprint Car Museum’s “Sprint Car 101” Third Thursday Series will continue on Thursday, March 17, with a special “Salute to Flat Track Motorcycle Racing History in Iowa”.

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“CLOSING OUT CHRIS ECONOMAKI’S CLOSET” CONTINUES TO BENEFIT EASTERN MUSEUM & NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM

Corinne Economaki and the staff at National Speed Sport News continue to find new items to offer motorsports fans as part of their “Cleaning Out Chris Economaki’s Closet” effort

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MUSEUM TO HOST “RACING SLIDE SHOW WITH GARY LLEWELLYN” ON THURSDAY 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 17, with a “Racing Slide Show with Gary Llewellyn”.

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“SPRINT CAR CAPITAL OF THE WORLD”… DIGGING OUT AND COUNTING DOWN

As the eyes of the motorsports world turn toward sunny Daytona Beach, Florida, those in the “Sprint Car Capital of the World” are digging out from last night’s blizzard and counting down the days until ‘Practice Night’ at Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, April 23.

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MUSEUM LAUNCHES “RACERS AT REST” PROJECT

The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum Foundation is pleased to announce the launching of the “Racers at Rest” project to place markers on the unmarked graves of open-wheeled race drivers who have perished in racing crashes.

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SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH FLOOR TICKETS AVAILABLE AT NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM FOR KNOXVILLE SEASON

The 35-night 2011 racing season begins on Saturday, April 30, at the Knoxville Raceway and suite tickets remain available for seats on the second, third and fourth floors of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum, which is located on the legendary half-mile dirt track’s turn number two.

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JON STANBROUGH NAMED NORTH AMERICAN NON-WINGED SPRINT CAR POLL “DRIVER OF THE YEAR” FOR 2010

Jon Stanbrough of Brownsburg, Indiana, today was named the 2010 “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.

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JASON JOHNSON NAMED NORTH AMERICAN 360 SPRINT CAR POLL “DRIVER OF THE YEAR” FOR 2010

Jason Johnson of Eunice, Louisiana, was voted the 2010 “Driver of the Year” by the North American 360 Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers for the third time.

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JASON MEYERS NAMED 410 SPRINT CAR POLL DRIVER OF THE YEAR

For the first time ever, 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 2010 World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series point champion earned thirteen (13) of the twenty-seven (27) first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll.

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MUSEUM TO HOST “SALUTE TO GIL SONNER” ON THURSDAY, APRIL 21