National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum

Brady Bacon Named North American Non-Winged Sprint Car Poll “Driver Of The Year” For 2016

Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, today was named the 2016 “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 first time. The United States Auto Club (USAC) point champion earned three (3) first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll. Richard Hoffman, owner of Bacon’s famed number 69 sprint car earned the 2016 non-winged sprint car “Team of the Year” award.

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GF1-Ti22/Shaver ‘410 Sprint Car Raffle Officially Sold Out

The eleventh National Sprint Car Museum-benefit sprint car raffle is officially ‘sold out.’ It is the first time in the history of the biennial large annual raffle that all tickets printed have been sold.

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USAC National Sprint Car Series Returns to Knoxville Raceway June 3rd

The USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series will return to Knoxville Raceway as part of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum induction weekend Saturday June 3rd.

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Sprint Car 101: An Afternoon with Doug Clark, Tom Savage, and Keith Frantzen

The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation is pleased to announce that it is once again traveling north on Sunday, November 20, to present its next Sprint Car 101 forum, entitled “An Afternoon with Doug Clark, Tom Savage & Keith Frantzen.”

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World Finals Auction to Take Place on Saturday, October 29 at Noon

Once again, the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville, Iowa, will be teaming up with the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame in Florence, Kentucky, and the DIRT Motorsports Hall of Fame in Weedsport, New York, to host a fundraising auction for all three museums during the World Finals in Charlotte, North Carolina. This year’s auction will be held on Saturday, October 29, at the Z-Max Dragway pavilion at the Charlotte Motor Speedway and it will begin at 12 Noon.

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Dedication of Bob Trostle Statue Today at the Hall of Fame

National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee and two-time Knoxville Nationals-winning sprint car owner/mechanic Bob Trostle competed in the inaugural National Super-Modified Championship in 1961.

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Schatz named North American 410 poll driver of the year

For the eighth time in his career, Donny Schatz of Fargo, North Dakota, 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 2015 Knoxville Nationals winner, Chico Gold Cup Race of Champions winner and World of Outlaws (WoO) champion, earned all twenty-five (25) first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll.

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Reutzel named 360 Driver of the Year by Sprint Car Poll

Aaron Reutzel of Clute, Texas, was voted the 2015 “Driver of the Year” by the North American 360 Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers for the first time. Ruetzel, the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) national tour champion, earned seventeen (17) of the twenty-one (21) first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll. Aaron Reutzel earned the “Team of the Year” award, too. Finally, Aaron Reutzel will share the “Wild Card Award” for exciting sprint car performances with Morgan Turpen.

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Ballou named North American non-wing driver of the year

Robert Ballou, originally of Rockin, California, today was unanimously named the 2015 “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 first time. The United States Auto Club (USAC) point champion earned all sixteen (16) first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll. The USAC Indiana Sprint Week champion also earned the 2015 non-winged sprint car “Team of the Year” award.

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2016 Sprint Car HOF class led by Ohio noteables

Dale Blaney, Frankie Kerr, and Shirley Kear among the class of 2016…

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Hall of Fame auction is a great place to get a unique Kings Royal souvineer

Race fans are always on the look out for a unique or good deal on a souvenir to take home during their trip to Eldora Speedway for the Kings Royal. One of the best places to get both is the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum auction on Saturday in the multi-purpose building outside of turn three at 2:30 p.m.

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NSCHoF induction banquet this Saturday

For those that love the sport of sprint car racing, past and present, Knoxville, Iowa, is the place to be this weekend. Amongst those National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) inductees who have indicated that they will be back for the 26th induction weekend are Dave Argabright of Indiana, Ralph Capitani of Iowa, Shane Carson of Oklahoma, Lanny Edwards of Oklahoma, Rickey Hood of Arizona, Jean Lynch of Pennsylvania, John Mahoney of Indiana, Lynn Paxton of Pennsylvania, Steve Stapp of Indiana, Bob Trostle of Iowa and Dick Wallen of Arizona. These current inductees will be saluted at a Friday night reception on the museum’s second floor, starting at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

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Sprint Car 101 events grow

Events surrounding Thursday night’s “Sprint Car 101: Sprint Cars, County Fairs & Auto Thrill Shows” forum at the National Sprint Car Museum continue to grow as the “Great Day” morning TV show on KCWI in Des Moines will feature film and speakers on the Joie Chitwood Thrill Show at 7:40 a.m., while the movie “Hell Drivers: America’s Original Crash Test Dummies” will be shown at the museum at 6 p.m.

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Sprint Car 101 events coming up in March

The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum is pleased to announce three special events that it will be presenting this month, including one in Knoxville and two in southern Minnesota…

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Swindell recipient of Outstanding Contribution award

Champion sprint car driver Sammy Swindell of Tennessee has been named the recipient of the 2014 “Thomas J. Schmeh Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Sport” by all three voting panels of the North American Sprint Car Poll.

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