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Walt Austin competed in drag racing from the 1950s to 1970s. [5] He inherited his father's muffler and radiator shop in 1968. Walt's brother Bucky started on his pit crew until opening a rival muffler shop in 1970. [5] Bucky Austin had over 200 drag racing wins at Northwestern regional NHRA, AHRA and open matches. [5]
The series was acquired by World Racing Group (then Boundless Motorsports) in 2003. The crown jewel event of the series, Super Dirt Week had to changed venues for the first time in 2016 to a dirt-covered Oswego Speedway in Oswego, New York following the demise & razing of the New York State Fairgrounds Racetrack .
Hoosier Racing Tire was founded in 1957 in Lakeville, Indiana by stock car racer Robert Newton, and Joyce Newton. Newton wished to design a faster tire compound to gain an advantage against fellow racers. This was done by retreading street tires in order to obtain a compound that would adequately gain enough traction.
The Hoosier Hundred is a USAC Silver Crown Series race scheduled for Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park as of 2023. It is a revival of the original race held from 1953-2020 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Speedway , a one-mile dirt oval in Indianapolis, Indiana .
The Hoosier Grand Prix was a sports car, Formula Libre, and Champ Car race held at Indianapolis Raceway Park between 1961 and 1994. The race began as a round of the USAC Road Racing Championship . After being run for sports cars in its first year, the race switched to Formula Libre for the next two.
NASCAR feared that the new management might threaten the manufacturer's racing program, [7] [8] and invited Hoosier as a backup plan. [9] [6] In 1988, Hoosier entered the Winston Cup Series. [10] Hoosier gained an early advantage in the season's second race, at Richmond, where Morgan Shepherd took the pole and Neil Bonnett won the
The $300,000 Dan Patch Stakes was established at Hoosier Park in 1994 and has become a tradition that highlights some of the best athletes in the sport of harness racing. The 2017 Breeders Crown , harness racing's annual series of 12 championship events valued at $6 million, was contested at Hoosier Park on October 27 & 28. [ 1 ]
Swap Meet events include Auto Mania in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Spring Carlisle, Fall Carlisle, and Winter Carlisle Auto Expo in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The Carlisle-based events bring in $97 million annually to the local economy and Spring Carlisle is the organization's biggest draw of the year, hosting over 100,000 guests from around the ...