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Mel Kenyon (born April 15, 1933, in DeKalb, Illinois) is a former midget car driver. He is known as the "King of the Midgets", [ 1 ] "Miraculous Mel" [ 2 ] and "Champion of Midget Auto Racing." [ 3 ] The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America says "Many consider him to be midget car racing's greatest driver ever."
Armstrong's 2008 USAC Midget car. Armstrong started his racing career racing go-karts at the age of six, winning the 1998 World Karting Association championship in his first year in racing. At age 13, he became the youngest driver to win a USAC national championship when he won the 2004 USAC Mel Kenyon Midget Series. He has won over 200 races ...
In 2021, Johnson made select starts in the Kenyon Midget Series, getting a best finish of tenth at Anderson Speedway. He would make three more starts in the series the following year, getting two top-ten finishes at Anderson and Gas City I-69 Speedway with a best finish of fifth at Anderson after starting last. [2]
From 2022 to 2023, Patterson competed in series such as the USSA Mel Kenyon Midget Series, and the Show Me The Money Pro Late Model Series. [1]In 2024, Patterson participated in the pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 73 Ford for KLAS Motorsports, [2] and placed in the top-twenty in the overall results between the two testing days, [3] although he was involved in ...
In addition to Micro and Quarter Midgets races, she has raced 410 winged and non-winged sprint cars, Midgets, Jr. Sprints, 600cc Micro-Sprints and USAC Kenyon Midgets. [5] She has had multiple top-3 finishes at the USAC Kenyon Midgets and multiple top-5 finishes in the 600 Micro Midgets. [3] [6] [7]
Jul. 25—Five races into the second season for the 500 Sprint Car Tour and the point standings are tightening up. Tyler Roahrig dominated at Berlin Raceway last weekend for his second victory of ...
For a while there was a separate series of specifications for championship cars designed to be run on dirt, rather than paved, tracks. Today, USAC sanction open-wheel racing series such as the Silver Crown Series, National Sprint Car Series, National Midget Series, and Quarter Midgets.
The track held the major midget car racing event since 1954. [6] Event winners include AJ Foyt , Tony Bettenhausen , Don Branson, Tony Stewart , and 1990 winner Jeff Gordon . [ 6 ] Rich Vogler won the event eight times, including six in the seven years between 1983 and 1989. [ 6 ]