Sun Prairie, WI
The Advanced Fastening Supply Badger Midget Auto Racing Association is encouraging fans, current teams, friends and families to join them in celebrating the second class of inductees of the Badger Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame.
The 2025 induction ceremonies will be held in the Angell Park Speedway pavilion on Sunday, July 13, 2025. This will be a can't-miss event as it is held in conjunction with the speedway's Racers' Reunion Night. Vintage cars and retired drivers will be on hand all day. The event will culminate with the Badger Midget Series show supported by the MSA 360 winged sprint cars and Midwest Dirt Legends Sunday evening.
The inductions start with the luncheon check-in at 11 a.m. Lunch will be served at 11:30. The ceremony starts at 1 p.m. Tom Bigelow the former Angell Park Champion will serve as keynote speaker. After getting his start in Badger, Bigelow became a regular in the USAC ranks. He was once the all-time leader for career wins in USAC Sprint Cars and raced the Indy 500 nine times. Bigelow has ties to several of the 2025 inductees.
As reported in March of 2025, the following people will be inducted in 2025:
Bud Doty
Kevin Doty
Hilbert Ermer
Father Dale Grubba
Scott Hatton
Bill Horstmeyer
Dwight Huston
Walter Whitehorse
Opportunities to support the Badger Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame will be available at the ceremony including basket and 50/50 raffles. Admission pricing information is available with the attached order blank.
Each registered attendee will receive a commemorative program with in-depth biographies of each inductee.
Please see the attached form for details and ordering information. Should you have trouble printing the document, a simple note including the names of those attending in your party and the proper payment will suffice.
The whole day is truly a celebration of the 90 years of the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association. We hope to see fans and friends from across the country at this historic event.
Reservations are due by Wednesday, July 2. The inductions will be held rain or shine. While your ticket to the induction ceremony includes admission to the evening's races, refunds will not be issued should the races be cancelled.
- William Blumer on Jun 18, 2025
- Article Date: 6/18/2025