Bob Baker and Laci White of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum draw the winner of the sprint car raffle benefiting the museum (Dave Hill Photo)
Bob Baker and Laci White of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum draw the winner of the sprint car raffle benefiting the museum (Dave Hill Photo)

Schwanger Claims Grand Prize From NSCHoF Raffle

KNOXVILLE, Iowa – David Schwanger of Lititz, Pa., has been named the grand prize winner of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum’s sprint car raffle.

The winning raffle ticket-buyer will receive a state-of-the-art EMi Chassis/Speedway Motors Racing Engines 410 sprint car.

When first contacted by phone by National Sprint Car Museum Executive Director Bob Baker and told that his one raffle ticket was drawn in the non-profit foundation’s twefth biennial sprint car raffle, Schwanger exclaimed, “That is unbelievable! I can’t wait to tell my buddies!”

“We can’t thank Greg Nicol and all the folks at both EMi Chassis and Speedway Motors enough for all of their support on this 18-month project,” said Baker. “These companies and all the rest of the product donors continue to step up to the plate in a big way for our 501(c)(3) non-profit museum foundation. We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to all of the raffle ticket-buyers and museum staff, volunteers, track promoters, series officials and trade show coordinators for making the tickets available to the public. Everyone’s support truly allows us to continue promoting the future of sprint car racing by preserving its past history.”

Other prizes given away included a Kincrome Trolley (Tool) Box, a Bell helmet, DIRTVision gift certificates and more.