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Ira Hall; Born: Ira Edgar Hall ... 1892 – February 6, 1987) was an American racing driver. [1] ... Hall was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1993.
This is a list of inductees in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. 1990 ... Ira Vail; A. J. Watson; Lloyd Axel; ... editor of Stock Car Racing magazine; Larry ...
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.
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Vail raced sprint and championship cars in the AAA-sanctioned racing series. He competed in five Indianapolis 500s, with a best finish of 7th in 1921, before retiring in 1925. In a quote about his career for a book, Vail stated: "The car I drove, I bought it from Harry Miller for $10,000.
The sprint format continues in Formula 1 this weekend as the US Grand Prix hosts the fourth sprint weekend of the 2024 season.. The sprint was first introduced in 2021 at Silverstone as a way of ...
A fatality occurred at the track September 20, 2014, when the IRA Outlaw Sprint Series driver Scott Semmelmann flipped his car during a practice. The 410 sprint car tour event was canceled. [4] On June 23, 2018, another fatal incident occurred when former Knoxville Nationals champion Jason Johnson crashed on lap 18 while racing for the lead in ...
The Syracuse Mile was a 1-mile (1.6 km) dirt oval raceway located at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York.Originally built for harness racing in 1826, the first auto race was run in 1903, making it the second-oldest auto racing facility in United States history.