As a young quarter-midget racer, Paul McMahan’s only career goal was to make a living driving a sprint car.
“When I started racing, being in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame wasn’t even a goal, and I never really thought about it until the day they actually called me,” McMahan told SPEED SPORT. “As a racer, you never think you do enough be included among those who are honored in the Hall of Fame. It was something very unexpected, but it’s very, very special to me.
“I never thought about it, to be honest. You just go out and you want to win races, compete and at the end of day, if I didn’t get in, I got to live my dream of driving a race car for a living for 25, 30 years. This is just the icing on the cake.”
Jan McMahan has been her husband’s biggest supporter since they were married in 1993, and she’ll be the first person he thanks during his Hall of Fame induction speech on June 1 in Knoxville, Iowa.
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