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Andretti won the 2016 Lawrenceburg Speedway track championship in his sprint car. [1] [2] He made one Rolex Sports Car Series start in 2012. He made his debuts in the USAC National Sprint Car, Silver Crown, and Midget scene in 2013, competing in those series through 2017. Andretti won the USAC National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year title in ...
Sprint cars are open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval, circular dirt or paved tracks. Historically known simply as "big cars," distinguishing them from "midget cars," sprint car racing is popular primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Despite a relatively brief racing career (1981–1993), Butler is an inductee into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame, the USAC Hall of Fame, and the Hoosier Auto Racing Fan's Hall of Fame. He retired at age 37 to pursue both an engineering career and more time with his growing family.
David MacFarland Steele (May 7, 1974 – March 25, 2017) [2] was an American professional racing driver who won numerous sprint car racing championships and also competed in IndyCar and NASCAR races. Steele last drove a winged sprint car in the Southern Sprintcar Shootout Series, where he won the first 5 races in series history.
Toby Tobias began his racing career in the early 1950's at the Hilltop Speedway in Pennsylvania. [6] He then spent the majority of his career racing in the sprint and modified divisions competing at the renowned tracks of the northeast, including the Nazareth Speedway and the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway in Pennsylvania, and the Flemington Speedway in New Jersey.
Hewitt began his sprint car racing career in 1975 at Eldora Speedway, taking three wins in his inaugural season. He raced in the 1998 Indianapolis 500 , placing 12th. After his venture into Indycars he returned to sprint cars until he had a very serious crash in 2002 from which he was lucky to escape with his life.
Gary Wright (Born December 19, 1958) is a current American Sprint Car Series [1] and former NASCAR and ARCA Racing Series [2] driver. He is the all-time winningest driver in ASCS history, with 124 wins. [1] He was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2011. [3]
Grant moved to Indiana in 2009 at the age of 18, initially living and working in sprint car owner Jeff Walker's shop. [4] In 2010, he was named USAC National Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year, driving for car owner Kenny Baldwin. Over the next several years, he spent time driving for owners Walker, Baldwin, Mark Hery, Rick Pollock, Andrew ...