The day a legend was born by doc lehman jim dunn was your typical weekend warrior. Sawyer also spent a portion of his racing career competing in the nascar national series as a driver. Race driver made history by breaking 200 mph in indy 500style car. A sixtime formula one world champion, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport, and considered by some to be the greatest of all time. Chad hackenbracht bobby hamilton kevin hamlin paulie harraka jason. Mar 3, 2020 see pictures and read news stories about famous americans throughout u. Man, 45, struck and killed while standing outside his suv. The ongoing work, achievements and development of this site is dedicated to the memory of a number of key contributors who have helped aide this site immensely. Historical driver database of nascar cup series drivers 1949. Elton sawyer becomes nascar inspection vp speed sport. Yeah, as a crew chief i guess i would rather have a perfect race track for sure.
Moving average line charts help show how a drivers statistics develop over the. How many people can say they successfully drove a late model race car, sponsored race cars and racing series, sold race. Nascar no longer will use the standard of an arms length from a crew. Indycar drivers who died racing indianapolis motor speedway. Nascar busch grand national series race number 2 of 32 saturday, february 26, 2000 at north carolina speedway, rockingham, nc 197 laps on a 1. Hamilton, a former driver in the sportsman classes, has shed 65 lbs. And like quite a few racers, he was long on talent and short on cash. These cars race the same length in metres than top fuel cars. The blade obituaries and death notices for toledo ohio area. Get the latest stats, news, and much more exclusive content from the sprint car community. Jimmy spencer born february 15, 1957 is an american former racing driver, team owner, and television commentator. In 1992 he began racing imca modified cars in ohio and indiana. Find a grave necrologies let you browse the names and faces of the 75 most famous people who have died during a selected year, all the way back to 1900.
Lucky escapes one of the greatest jaguar works drivers of the 1950s, its said that hamiltons racing career came about because he found postwar life rather dull hardly surprising when you consider his. Once he sharpened his talents he competed in wka and the formula 2000 enduro series. Nascar collects advanced statistical metrics to measure performance. He drove in the usac championship car series, racing in the 1963 and 1964 seasons, with 11 career starts, including the 1964 indianapolis 500. From the mid 70s to early 80s jim competed in stock car racing on dirt and asphalt ovals in the ohio area. Sprint car races at hutchinson, kansas on september 19, 1966. Later that year he drove in the 1946 indianapolis 500 driving an alfa romeo and started 16th and retired after 52 laps with engine trouble, credited with the 19th finishing position. Sawyer chassis is a family run broken arrow, oklahoma company that has been producing winning micro chassis since 1958.
Prior to that role, he held competition positions at red bull racing and evernham motorsports. The team looks forward to showing off the new car and team, but is also excited to show off the new and improved steve hamilton. In 2001, he lead the indy northern light series from start to finish. Aarp in your city or town explore your community aarp. It lies on the north bank of the ohio river in southwest ohio in the united states of america. Enter where you are starting your route and where you are ending your route. Idea man jim head isnt even close to being finished.
We have access to 100s of high profile professional athletes, race car drivers and olympians. The sniper wayne chinn chinn motorsports dirt late. Kennedy, a former truck series driver, is the nephew of nascar ceo and. He finished 3 of his 4 races in the top ten and was named indy 500 rookie of the year, where he finished 7th. Get the latest race results driver jim hendrickson on. Elton sawyer born november 5, 1959, in chesapeake, virginia, is a former nascar driver. He and kurt busch both won nascars rookie of the year award.
Jeff green of ppc racing was crowned series champion. It weird to think by the time he gets old enough to follow racing kyle larson may be the legendary veteran sprint car driver. Sawyer is currently the vice president, officiating and technical inspection of nascar. Years back, the guy that could skin a cat could sometimes win a race. This is a fan page started by, and for fans, and is not run by jim himself. Known as the queen city or queen of the west, cincinnati was the only 19th century american city that left a favorable impression on the then 30yearold english author charles dickens. Hickman was a driver in the 1982 cart indycar series and raced in 3 cart contests that year as well as the indianapolis 500, which, that year, was not a cart event. James hinchcliffe, graham rahal fire back at lewis. Bobby hamilton jr, 32, dodge, tide, stephanie hamilton, january 8th, 1978, nashville, tn. Jim hemmings racing career profile driver database.
Check out a wide array of activities, events and exciting places to go. He is my first and i have been rocking him to sleep to the stories of everything open wheel. Sawyer joined nascar in 2015 after serving as director of team operations for action express racing in the imsa series. He gained entry into the winston cup as a result of the skills he displayed while driving a car for the 1990 racing film days of thunder. Golden stategolden west classic legends of san jose.
Dick berggren announcer, editor of stock car racing magazine. Elton sawyer began his career in the nascar busch series. With the new purchase from mike ross, sawyer is continuing to be one of the leaders in manufacturing and producing micro sprints for customers all over the nation. Feb 27, 2006 page 2 of 2 some namars history posted in vintage midget racing. Head was that guy from timetotime during his racing days, which were preceded by earning a civil engineering degree from ohio state university in 1971. Heat race victories went to kevin besecker, jim sawyer and ronnie johncox. Automobile racing at belleville betweekn 1939 and 1950. Indeed, the great argentinean racing driver froilan gonzales claimed that, in the wet, hamilton was the fastest driver in the world. American race car driver who began his nascar career in 1998. Obituaries death notices newspaper obituaries online. Jim sawyer sprint car racing news, schedules, results. Auto racing 1998 schedules and 1997 final driver point standings.
Agajanianpromoted championship car race at san jose, calif. Vance selected dave as his driver for a sprint race at pennsboro, w. The award for the best looking car and crew went to tenth point finisher jim sawyer, who admitted, jim chinn came along and dragged me out of the mud and said, lets get you cleaned up. Alabama the heart of dixie, with the the secondlargest inland waterway system in the u. Lewis carl davidson hamilton mbe honfreng born 7 january 1985 is a british racing driver who races in formula one for the mercedesamg petronas formula one team. Born in warren, michigan, white died in indianapolis, indiana. Namarsauto value midget results from louisville 81598.
The 2000 nascar busch series season began february 19 and ended on november 11. Jim meyer racing products specializes in retail speed shops, including race car supplies. On the restart his car caught the wheel of mike nazaruks car, sending it into a series of flips. Feb 27, 2006 jim hettinger set fast time with a lap of 11. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world. Jim meyer racing products lincoln city, or business. Learn all about interesting places to go, things to see and social spots.
A necrology is a listing of people who have died during a specific time period. Join facebook to connect with jim sawyer and others you may know. Coyner gary crawford jimmy crawford bob creveston buzzy cripe gene crittendon paul crockett roger crouse clifford crowder bert culpepper jr john cummings bud cunningham gary cunningham jim curry john curwen mark curwen jim cushing jim cushman axel dahlberg steve dailey darrell dake gary. This was really amazing as this was only rays second race ever on asphalt. His father bought him a ford pinto, his first car, when he was 15 years old. Thanks for stopping by the most comprehensive sprint car racing website on the planet. Nascar and indycar racer advocated for colonoscopy screening. He ran a handful of races in 1983, 1984, and 1985, scoring. For elyria and lorain county news, trust chronicle telegram. Four hundred laps would turn into a 5lap trophy dash on september 11, 1977 between larry detjens and bob senneker and when the checkers finally waved, it was detjens camaro a carlength ahead of sennekers. Sauter is the son of former nascar driver jim sauter, the brother of nascar drivers tim sauter and jay sauter. Glen adams herb adams jay adams jerry adams jim adams jimmy adams joe adams joe bill adams john adams jordon adams kenny adams. Add intrinsic value to any corporate event or tradeshow by hiring a celebrity guest speaker. Californias joe james made his mark in a brief career.
Browse a variety of news articles or submit your own. Mobil 1, circle sportleavine family racing, july 2nd, 1979, defiance, oh. Student brought loaded gun to columbus high school. May 18, 2016 the list goes to the indianapolis 500 at indianapolis motor speedway in indianapolis, indiana, and youre invited to join us. Jim oconnor il stock car hall of fame fans home facebook. All cup teams want to be on sawyers good side professional.
Also awarded a scholarship was indy racing league driver sarah fisher who as at winchester to sign autographs and drive the pace car, along with brad kuhn. Duncan hamilton, gentleman driver classic driver magazine. The most comprehensive sprint car racing website on the web. Namarsauto value midget results from dixie motor speedway, aug. Similar to the top fuel cars, with a shorter wheelbase and a carbonfibre body that loosely resembles a production based automobile. Namars next event is the 47th annual hoosier lottery hut hundred april 9 at the terre haute action track halfmile dirt oval.
List of national sprint car hall of fame inductees wikipedia. Napa auto parts 300 the napa auto parts 300 was held february 19 at daytona international speedway. Drivers chili bowl nationals the official website for the lucas oil. These newspaper articles provide indepth information about these famous historical figures, both their accomplishments and exploits, as well as stories about their personal lives that help you get to know them better and understand the times in which they lived. Some namars history vintage midget racing midgetmadness. He won his first nascar nationwide series at the 2002 busch 200 at loudon. He began racing competitively when he was in high school over the weekends. Fresh cosmetic restoration, perfect and race ready. Imca honors best of the best at national awards banquet. Nascar busch grand national series race number 9 of 32 saturday, april 15, 2000 at talladega superspeedway, talladega, al 1 laps on a 2. Remembering johnny johnson front porch expressions. From autographed celebrity photographs and rare historical manuscripts to unique music and sports signed memorabilia, we have it all. Page 2 of 2 some namars history posted in vintage midget racing. Jeffrey lynn green born september 6, 1962 is an american professional stock car racing.
Proving he could run with that elite crowd, james qualified second quick and led until a lap47 yellow flag. He won a nonpoints championship car race at lakewood speedway in march of 1946 which is the first known champ car race to be held after the end of world war ii. Rookie jason setser stole the lead in the final feet to win the namarsauto value midget feature at the lousiville motor. Cincinnati is ohio s third largest city and the largest metro region. Cti can book any music act, from the latest grammy award performers to the best nostalgia performers. Johnny white would claim the little 500 crown on may 25, 1963 but not without the help of a relief driver. Elton sawyer born november 5, 1959 is a former nascar driver. Fivetime oscarwinning composer also wrote music for many james bond. New york the 1997 nascar winston cup stock car racing schedule, with winners in parentheses and driver point standings. Apr 15, 2000 2000 touchstone energy 300 previous race results next race results previous at this track next at this track.
This is a 1963 fuel injected corvette with great race history monterey, watkins glen, mid ohio, road atlanta and more. A man who loved to race, loved the competition and everything associated with the sport. January 16, 2020 christopher bell s fifth preliminary night victory in as many years, and sixth overall prelim triumph, the driver of the tuckerboat no. James hinchcliffe, graham rahal fire back at lewis hamiltons indycar derision jim ayello, indystar published 8. From museums to nature centers theres something for everyone. His wife of 26plus years is fellow driver patty moise sawyer, who. The 1998 nascar winston cup stock car racing schedule and 1997 final driver point standings. In 2014 at midohio, green was battling for the lead with eventual race winner chris buescher but a. Indycar driver helio castroneves pranks miss california. He hosted the nascarinspired talk show, whats the deal. Publicist race announcer bill hill of kansas city, missouri.
Elton sawyer, nascar vice president of officiating and technical inspection, in a statement. Namarsauto value midget results from dixie motor speedway. The list goes to the indianapolis 500 at indianapolis motor speedway in indianapolis, indiana, and youre invited to join us. Jim cosman sonny costa frankie cox rick cox paul coyan j. An electioneve rally by democrats in the coalmining village of kelayres, pennsylvania is fired on as it passes the home of a leading local republican family, resulting in 5 deaths. His obituary follows, johnny was a major player in midwest and beyond dirt track stock car racing for a lot of years. He finished in the top ten 7 times, with his best finish in 4th position at the 1964 indianapolis 500. Recent accidents in alabama reports, news and resources. Harrison township, ohio fox19 hamilton county sheriff jim neil has identified the man killed in a crash on i74 wednesday as 78yearold william korn of harrison, ohio. Get behind the wheel for rubber burning action, delivered list style. October 22 pretty boy floyd is shot and killed by fbi agents near east liverpool, ohio. Jan 17, 2008 introducing the next generation of vintage open wheel. Namarsauto value midget results from louisville 81598rookie jason setser stole the lead in the final feet to win the namarsauto value midget feature at the lousiville motor speedway on saturday night, aug.
One family dominated the namarsauto value midget series feature at the dixie motor speedway on aug. This page was last edited on 3 february 2010, at 03. Outside of the nascar community you might not often hear his name, but. At 1,300 miles, alabama has one of the longest navigable inland waterways in the entire nation.
When jim dunn showed up for the very first dirt track world championship in october 1981 he had. Nascar also announced it has appointed jim cassidy to the new role of. Near the end of the feature race, claude gorins car collided with another race car and overturned coming to a stop with its real wheels over the fence on the north end of the racetrack. He won his first world drivers championship with mclaren. Let us be your guide to great programs, stimulating things to do, local services, discounts and more. View the roads you will be taking to give you a good abstract view of your. With over 236,000 items in our archives, historyforsale is the worlds largest dealer of authentic handsigned autographs and collectibles. Nascar and its marks are trademarks of the national association for stock car auto racing, llc. From news and results, to online fantasy racing has it all. White had suffered a back injury in a racing accident at winchester, ind. Johnny sawyer the champ car and indy car online stats. My sincere condolences to johnny johnsons family on his passing. Features vintage sprint car pic thread, 1965 and older only. Length of the race is usually no more than 305 metres, because of the speed these cars reach.