The non-profit National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation is gearing up for a big week in Tulsa, Oklahoma, during the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals, presented by General Tire, on January 12-16. The museum’s week will be highlighted by the announcement of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame’s “27th Class” on Tuesday, January 12, and its museum-benefit auction on Thursday, January 14. In addition, its three divisions of North American Sprint Car Poll awards will be announced on January 13-15.
According to museum executive director Bob Baker, “We are very excited to be naming our National Sprint Car Hall of Fame ‘Class of 2016’ on Tuesday of Chili Bowl week. This will be our 27th induction banquet on Saturday, June 4, and it will be a special event for the new inductees and our many past inductees. We have to thank Emmett Hahn and Lanny Edwards, National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees themselves, for continuing to allow us to have a presence at their week-long indoor midget car racing event.”
Added museum special events coordinator Mike Noftsger, “Our museum-benefit auction, which also benefits The Parent Child Center of Tulsa, will take place on Thursday, January 14, at 11:30 a.m. inside the Tulsa State Fairgrounds’ River Spirit Expo Center in the bleachers in turn four. We will again have a huge assortment of unique and autographed memorabilia, including signed items from Kyle Larson, Ron Shuman, Mark Kinser, Brad Doty, J.J. Yeley, Tommy Hinnershitz, Dave Blaney, Steve Kinser, Dale Blaney, Gary Bettenhausen, Bob Trostle, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Jac Haudenschild, Rick Ferkel, A.J. Foyt, Gordon Johncock, Kenny Irwin, Jr., Earl Baltes, Ralph Capitani, and many others. In addition, we will have our GF1-Ti22/Shaver sprint car/raffle car in our Chili Bowl Trade Show booth all week.”
Intermission announcements of the museum’s 2015 North American Sprint Car Poll awards will also be made each night of the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals on the following schedule: Wednesday – Non-Winged, Thursday – 360’s, Friday – 410’s, and Saturday – Thomas J. Schmeh Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Sport. The nominees for the Outstanding Contribution to the Sport award are Dave Darland, Tommie Estes, Jr., Mike Grosswendt, Dave Pusateri, Tod Quiring, and Glenn Styres.
Those seeking more information on the museum and its efforts in Tulsa, January 12-16, are encouraged to visit www.sprintcarhof.com.
- administrator on Jan 12, 2016
- Article Date: 1/12/2016