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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.
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'
In fact, Mike Winslow, curator at the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing and first-time expo attendee, owns the three-quarter midget car driven by legend Mario Andretti when he won at the Teaneck ...
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 ...
Originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana, Pappy Hough started driving Sprint cars and Midgets in the 1920s. He eventually moved to the Northeast and to stock cars. [3] Hough made 21 appearances in the NASCAR Grand National Series. [1] [4] He was the 1951 champion of the NASCAR Short Track Division and voted most popular driver by his competitors. [5 ...
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.
In 2013, he was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. [5] Motorsports career results. AAA Championship Car results. Year 1 ...