As National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum Executive Director Bob Baker pulls into work, it is not difficult for him to reminisce about his first trips to Knoxville, Iowa. As National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum Executive Director Bob Baker pulls into…
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For 30 years, the American Sprint Car Series was owned by Emmett Hahn, who founded the series in 1992. Through the years, the tour saw immense growth and has seen some of today’s best sprint car racing talent use the series as a proving ground. For…
Historic venues in any sport are viewed by fans and competitors with a certain reverence. The opportunity to watch or compete on the same grounds as legendary athletes before them draws a certain alure. One of those historic venues in our sport, is the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track.
Galen Fox is fighting back.March 17 was a typical day, and Galen was busy in the engine shop. He spent much of the afternoon working on pistons and rings, spending time at the mill and the lathe. He took time to chop some wood for the stove and was generally…
To those who raced against him, worked with him or were entertained along the way by his tomfoolery, Kevin Olson was known simply as KO.By now you know the world lost this fabulous race car driver and longtime SprintCar & Midget columnist to a highway accident on Feb. 11 at…
The early morning text that we had lost Kevin Olson was sobering to say the least. I first really spent time with K.O. during the Belleville Midget Nationals in the 1980s when he terrorized the lounge of the Bell-Villa Motel armed with stink bombs and quips.
Sport Allen has been driving sprint cars since he was 13 years old.The 50-year-old continues to race and doesn’t show any signs of quitting anytime soon. He’s still competitive evidenced by his 2021 BG Products Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series championship. Sport Allen has been driving…
Even though he was 36 hours removed from the birth of his second child, Logan Wagner had no thoughts of slowing down. Even though he was 36 hours removed from the birth of his second child, Logan Wagner had no thoughts of slowing down. “We‘re…
As we approach the beginning of what I would call the “regular season” in open-wheel racing, there are many things to be excited about. New series, bigger events, bigger purses and the anticipation of how new team combinations will fair against the established competition are at the forefront of speculation…
