National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum – Page 15

OPENINGS REMAIN IN MUSEUM-BENEFIT UNITED TRAILERS GOLF CLASSIC IN MEMORY OF GOBRECHT

Openings for foursomes, pairs and singles remain for the National Sprint Car Museum-benefit United Trailers Golf Classic in memory of Kevin Gobrecht, to be held at Pella’s Bos Landen Golf Club on Friday, August 10, at 8:30 a.m. Entry fee is $80 per person and includes cart, range balls and lunch. This best-shot tournament is held annually during the Knoxville Nationals sprint car races. […]

STACY ERVIN LEADS “WOMEN IN SPRINT CAR RACING” AT KNOXVILLE FAN FAIR

Stacy Ervin of the Knoxville Raceway will again moderate this year’s “Women in Sprint Car Racing” forum at the seventh annual Knoxville Nationals Fan Fair. Amongst her group of interesting and informative panelists are Naomi Grimes and daughters Linda Selvage and Teri Riggins, Lori McCarl, Kendra Jacobs, and Barb O’Brien. […]

LARRY BOOS LEADS “SPRINT CAR RACING: STATE OF THE UNION” FORUM AT 2012 KNOXVILLE NATIONALS FAN FAIR

Larry Boos of Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway will again moderate this year’s “Sprint Car Racing: State of the Union” forum at the seventh annual Knoxville Nationals Fan Fair. […]

NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM’S SECOND-, THIRD- AND FOURTH-FLOORS “SOLD OUT” FOR KNOXVILLE NATIONALS, AUGUST 8-11

For the first time ever, the National Sprint Car Museum’s second-, third- and fourth-floor viewing areas overlooking the half-mile Knoxville Raceway dirt track are officially “sold out” for the Knoxville National Sprint Car Championships, August 8-11. […]

National Sprint Car Museum Proud to Display Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa Speed Week – Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” Plaque Year-Round

Just as it houses the limestone Charles R. Condra Memorial Trophy honoring the champions of the Indiana Sprint Week, […]

“DANNY LASOSKI: THE PATH TO 100 WINS AT KNOXVILLE” TO OPEN 2012 KNOXVILLE NATIONALS FAN FAIR

“Danny Lasoski: The Path to 100 Wins at Knoxville” is the lead forum this year in the seventh annual Knoxville Nationals Fan Fair. […]

“STATE-OF-THE-ART SPRINT CAR SHOCK TECHNOLOGY” FORUM TO BE FEATURED AT 2012 KNOXVILLE NATIONALS FAN FAIR

C. Greg Nicol, product manager at Speedway Motors in Lincoln, Nebraska, has just released the names of the featured speakers at his Knoxville Nationals Fan Fair forum in the National Sprint Car Museum theater on Friday, August 10 […]

Iowa Speed Week to Again Award the Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” Title

The Knoxville Raceway and the Southern Iowa Speedway, just 26 miles apart on Highway 92 in south central Iowa, are each gearing up for their part in the eleventh annual Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa Speed Week, August 2-11. The overall point champion of the thirteen-race, ten-night series of winged and non-winged sprint car races will earn $2,500 and the title of “Mr. Sprint Car” in honor of the late Jesse Hockett. Sammy Swindell of Tennessee is the two-time and defending Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” titlist. […]

NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM SEEKING PHOTOS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC SALUTES TO PARNELLI JONES & KENNY SCHRADER

The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum is currently arranging two photographic exhibitions, one saluting National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Parnelli Jones and the other honoring open-wheel and stock car racing veteran Kenny Schrader. […]

FRIDAY NIGHT RECEPTION FOR PAST NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME (NSCHoF) INDUCTEES IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Friday, June 1, special reception for past National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (NSCHoF) inductees, to be held on the museum’s second floor at 7 p.m., is free and open to the public. […]

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. […]