The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum is a Hall of Fame and museum for sprint car drivers, owners, mechanics, builders, manufacturers, promoters, sanctioning officials and media members. The museum is located in Knoxville, Iowa, the home of the Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway.
The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum is visible in the background at the Knoxville Raceway
The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Iowa on April 25, 1986, for the sole purpose of preserving the history of the sport of sprint car racing and honoring its greatest achievers. The $1.7-million facility, located on the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville, officially opened on January 4, 1992.
The first floor of the four-story structure features the Donald Lamberti National Sprint Car Museum, a museum store and the administrative offices. The museum currently has twenty-five (25) restored ‘big cars’, supermodifieds and sprint cars on loan. The 8,000-square-foot (740 m2) exhibit space also contains displays of trophies, paintings, photos, plaques, helmets and other memorabilia of the sport of sprint car racing.
The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame honors outstanding achievers in the sport of ‘big car’ and sprint car racing, including those in the driver, owner/mechanic and promoter/sanctioning official/media member categories. The entire nomination and election process is carried out by the 72-member National Induction Committee, which consists of media members, historians and representatives of the major oldtimers organizations from across the United States.
The facility also include a library and research center, a 40-seat theater, a catering kitchen, an administrative office, a conference and banquet facility, and a 150-seat clubhouse for race-viewing on individual nights.
The Bryan Clauson Suite Tower opened in 2018 and is a five story suite complex that sits adjacent to the current museum suites to the west. This five-story suite tower houses 4 suites on each of the top three stories, for a total of 12 new suites, with an observation deck on the Bryan Clauson Suite Tower roof, reserved for the suite-holders of this building.
Candidates for the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame must be nominated by September 1 of the year prior to induction. The 72-member panel, split into regions (East, West, Mideast, Midwest), consists of media members, historians, researchers, and organisations of retired personalities invited by the Hall of Fame itself.
Those eligible to be nominated may be a driver, owner, builder, sponsor, mechanic, manufacturer, promoter, official or media member for a minimum of five (5) racing seasons. Exceptions to the length of activity within the sport of sprint car racing may be made for those who moved on to other divisions of motorsports (i.e. -Indy Cars, Stock Cars). Nominee must either be retired five years, be 50 as of January 1 of the year of nomination, or have been deceased six months prior to the nomination of candidates.
The ballot is split into four types of inductees:
Driver-Oriented: Drivers
Vehicle-Oriented: Owners, Mechanics, Builders, Car Sponsors, Manufacturers
Event-Oriented: Promoters, Officials, Media, Event and Series Sponsors.
Pre-1945: All three above categories classified if their careers primarily took place before World War II.
The first ballot is then reduced to a second ballot that features nine drivers, five personalities in the Vehicle-Oriented class, Event-Oriented class, and Pre-1945 class.
The second ballot, votes will be tabulated, and the top three drivers, top two vehicle-oriented class and event-oriented class nominees, and the top pre-1945 category nominee in votes, provided they have accumulated a minimum of 25% of all ballots (18 votes), are inducted.
List of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductees, 1990-Present
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources National Sprint Car Hall of Fame amp Museum news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Coordinates 41 19 41 N 93 06 36 W 41 328 N 93 110 W 41 328 93 110 The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame amp Museum is a Hall of Fame and museum for sprint car drivers owners mechanics builders manufacturers promoters sanctioning officials and media members The museum is located in Knoxville Iowa the home of the Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway National Sprint Car Hall of Fame amp MuseumEstablished1992LocationOne Sprint Capital PlaceKnoxville Iowa USATypeAutomotiveWebsitewww wbr sprintcarhof wbr comThe National Sprint Car Hall of Fame amp Museum is visible in the background at the Knoxville Raceway The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame amp Museum Foundation Inc is a 501 c 3 non profit organization incorporated in the state of Iowa on April 25 1986 for the sole purpose of preserving the history of the sport of sprint car racing and honoring its greatest achievers The 1 7 million facility located on the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville officially opened on January 4 1992 The first floor of the four story structure features the Donald Lamberti National Sprint Car Museum a museum store and the administrative offices The museum currently has twenty five 25 restored big cars supermodifieds and sprint cars on loan The 8 000 square foot 740 m2 exhibit space also contains displays of trophies paintings photos plaques helmets and other memorabilia of the sport of sprint car racing The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame honors outstanding achievers in the sport of big car and sprint car racing including those in the driver owner mechanic and promoter sanctioning official media member categories The entire nomination and election process is carried out by the 72 member National Induction Committee which consists of media members historians and representatives of the major oldtimers organizations from across the United States The facility also include a library and research center a 40 seat theater a catering kitchen an administrative office a conference and banquet facility and a 150 seat clubhouse for race viewing on individual nights The Bryan Clauson Suite Tower opened in 2018 and is a five story suite complex that sits adjacent to the current museum suites to the west This five story suite tower houses 4 suites on each of the top three stories for a total of 12 new suites with an observation deck on the Bryan Clauson Suite Tower roof reserved for the suite holders of this building Contents 1 Eligibility 2 List of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductees 1990 Present 3 See also 4 ReferencesEligibility EditCandidates for the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame must be nominated by September 1 of the year prior to induction The 72 member panel split into regions East West Mideast Midwest consists of media members historians researchers and organisations of retired personalities invited by the Hall of Fame itself Those eligible to be nominated may be a driver owner builder sponsor mechanic manufacturer promoter official or media member for a minimum of five 5 racing seasons Exceptions to the length of activity within the sport of sprint car racing may be made for those who moved on to other divisions of motorsports i e Indy Cars Stock Cars Nominee must either be retired five years be 50 as of January 1 of the year of nomination or have been deceased six months prior to the nomination of candidates The ballot is split into four types of inductees Driver Oriented Drivers Vehicle Oriented Owners Mechanics Builders Car Sponsors Manufacturers Event Oriented Promoters Officials Media Event and Series Sponsors Pre 1945 All three above categories classified if their careers primarily took place before World War II The first ballot is then reduced to a second ballot that features nine drivers five personalities in the Vehicle Oriented class Event Oriented class and Pre 1945 class The second ballot votes will be tabulated and the top three drivers top two vehicle oriented class and event oriented class nominees and the top pre 1945 category nominee in votes provided they have accumulated a minimum of 25 of all ballots 18 votes are inducted List of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Inductees 1990 Present EditMain article List of National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inducteesSee also EditSprint car racing World of OutlawsReferences EditOfficial website List of inductees Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Sprint Car Hall of Fame 26 Museum amp oldid 1126301904, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
