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A wing of the Hall of Fame The National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Entrance 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.
A midget car. Typically, these four-cylinder-engine cars have 300 horsepower (220 kW) to 400 horsepower (300 kW) and weigh 900 pounds (410 kg). [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
The World of Outlaws held their first sprint car races at the track in August 2016. [2] 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 ...
The organizers of the Hinchliffe Stadium Racing Expo, a group dedicated to midget car racing, this past weekend held their first event since the stadium underwent a $109 million renovation.
Joe Sostilio [1] (January 3, 1915 – July 9, 2000) was an auto racing driver from Natick, Massachusetts. He was born in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. He was a midget and stockcar driver. In 1932, at the age of 17, Sostilio won the first race he entered, driving a Model A Ford. By 1935, Sostilio had added a championship to his resume by ...
1986 – Inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. [1] 1999 – Inducted in the 'Daily Pilot Sports' Hall of Fame; 2000 – Inducted in the Belleville National Midget Auto Racing Museum. [3] 2004 – Inducted in the 'Legends of Ascot' Hall of Fame. 2015 – Inducted into the USAC 'Hall of Fame'
Inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999. [4] Inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in its first class in 2002. Inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. [5] Inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 1990. Pikes Peak Hill Climb Museum Hall of Fame (2016) [6]
His lucky escape proved to be only a temporary reprieve, as Swanson was killed a year later while attempting to qualify for a midget car race. [3] In a 2006 interview, motorsports reporter Chris Economaki called Swanson "the best racing driver he ever saw." Swanson was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame.