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The National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame is an American Hall of Fame and museum for midget cars. The Hall of Fame is located at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin , and can be accessed during weekly Sunday races during the summer.
Sostilio become a Hall of Fame member when he was inducted into the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame and the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2011. [2] In 2021, Joe was honored at the New England Racing Museums Legends Day event.
National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame building in turn 1. In addition to the racetrack, the facility features the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame, a pavilion, and the Sun Prairie Firemans Park in the Prairie. The park was built by the Sun Prairie community on September 18, 2007, and was dedicated on October 7, 2007.
In 2017, Auld was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. In 2013, Auld was awarded the Duke Dinsmore Memorial Award by the Dayton Auto Racing Fans (DARF). In 2005, Auld was awarded the Outstanding Contribution To The Sport Award by the National Sprint Car Poll, a division of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.
Stewart has enjoyed a highly successful career in USAC; he has 27 USAC National Midget wins to his credit, as well as 10 wins in the Sprint cars and three in the Silver Crown series. He is also a member of the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame (2001) and the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame (2022). In addition to his USAC driving titles ...
The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is an indoor midget car race that takes place in January on a 1 ⁄ 5 mi (0.32 km) dirt oval track [1] at the Tulsa Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. [2] NASCAR calls it the "biggest Midget race of the year". [ 3 ]
On August 6, 2016, Clauson was involved in a midget car crash at Belleville High Banks Speedway in Belleville, Kansas, and died the following night. In 2018, Clauson was elected into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. The facility also built the Bryan Clauson Tower with fan donations overlooking turn 2 at the famed Knoxville Raceway.
[1] [2] The high power and small size of the cars combine to make midget racing quite dangerous; for this reason, modern midget cars are fully equipped with roll cages and other safety features. Some early major midget car manufacturers include Kurtis Kraft (1930s to 1950s) and Solar (1944–46). Midgets are intended to be driven for races of ...