Larry right behind sheldon kinser with eddie levett, pauncho carter and gary uhl on the mile at indiana st fairgrounds. The 2019 season has now come to a close for jac haudenschild. The king of the outlaws has relinquished his throne. Sheldon won the usac sprint car championship three times and drove six times in the indianapolis 500. Foyt and sheldon kinser missed the tangled cars before chuck gurney and spike gelhausen plowed into the mess. Wally dallenbach in 1977 1977 wally dallenbach stp oil treatment pat. Louis disbrow was successful on the racing circuit, but a black cloud in his past hung over him for the rest of his life. He started 12th but went out at lap 14 with a piston problem and finished in 32nd place. He was a threetime usac sprint car series champion 1977, 1981, 1982. He has won 20 championships in the world of outlaws woo series, and currently drives the no. Driver sheldon kinser won the 1976 usac sprint car championship in a king car.
Billy continued to drive on until quite recently he was a regular competitior in the goodyear masters classic, a sprint car event for drivers over 50. Sheldon had never driven a rear engine car or raced on pavement. Winner of the prestigious tony hulman classic at the terre haute action track, 1981. The wooster native funded his own team once again and competed in roughly 50 events over the course of the season. Sprint car racing legend and the patriarch of the famed kinser family has died. Steve the king kinser, is a professional sprint car racing driver. Sheldon won his only cra race at putnamville, in in 1985 on the first cra tour.
Twentytime world of outlaws craftsman sprint car series champion steve kinser confirmed to speed sport saturday at the dirt track at charlotte that his dad bob kinser, who has struggled with health issues in recent years, passed on. See more ideas about sprint car racing, dirt track racing and dirt racing. How this racer went from a murder trial to the indy 500. He also drove in the usac and cart championship car series. Kinser kicking back, cant quite kick habit posted in sprint car news, results and talk. This 1999 photo shows steve kinsers life on the road, which included back row, l to r owen snyder, fatherinlaw of steve kinser. Kinser left the world of outlaws in 2006 to compete with the national sprint tour series, but returned to the world of outlaws for the 2007 season. In the golden age of american racing, nascar drivers often. Espn named him the 25th on their top drivers of alltime in 2008. Indiana open wheel forum page 2sheldon kinser race. A short bio of sheldon kinser shortly after his death from cancer in 1988. Janet guthrie was the first woman to qualify and compete in the indianapolis 500. Opperman instinctively cranked his car parallel to parsonss and he, too, went into the wall, but his no.
Career details the racing career of sheldon kinser. Running a true outlaw schedule, jac ran everything from local and regional shows to traveling with the all stars and the world of outlaws. Kinser kicking back, cant quite kick habit oolitic racing legend, 66, still gets itch to hit the track. Driver sheldon kinser career statistics racingreference.
Kinser grew up around racing in the hoosier state and has been driving race cars since 1988. The race is remembered historically as a moment of firsts for the event. Sheldon kinser jr racing career profile driver database. He wheeled the haudenschild racing 93 for the better part of the season, picking up his first ever all star circuit of champions victory at wayne county speedway, during the 2014 ohio sprint speedweek. The tony elliott classic is scheduled this saturday night at kokomo speedway while the sheldon kinser memorial unfolds at bloomington speedway the following friday, july 15.
Sheldon kinser born 09 dec 1942 bloomington, indiana. Indianapolis 500 1976 signed program cover lloyd ruby. The 1992 national sprint car hall of fame inductee was involved in the family logging business as a young man, but gravitated to the race track, and after serving in the navy, raced stock cars with brotherinlaw paul barrow. Indy car racing indy cars drag racing vintage race car car and driver cars and motorcycles race cars over the years indie. In foxs garage, he still has one of kinsers cars, the top of the wheel uniquely worn kinsers arms were so long, he had to put his hands on the top of the wheel and steer side to side so that his. Sheldon kinser jr planning on entering fathers memorial race in 2015 by zach tasker longtime open wheel racing driver sheldon kinser jr is finalizing plans to enter the 2015 running of the sheldon kinser memorial race for nonwing. Sheldon kinser poses at eldora speedway in june of 1977. Former race car owner charged in auto thefts upi archives.
Steve kinser, the sprint car driver often referred to as the greatest of all time, has announced his retirement from fulltime racing. Sheldon won his only cra race at putnamville, in in 1985 on the first cra. He competed during the 19751981 seasons, with 38 combined career starts, including the indianapolis 500 each year except. Sheldon kinser, who was in the tangle with rice, managed to escape damage, but was forced to return to the tail of the field, where as he was in second position. Still lives in wisconsin, where he used to be a divisional manager for a crane company in. Billy engelhart born 20 mar 1942 madison, wisconsin. Initially started his working career in the family tree logging business, before spending some time in the us navy. Steve kinser is easily the most successful sprint car driver in the history of the discipline, but its a career that reached a conclusion on. Sheldon kinser december 9, 1942 august 1, 1988, was an american racecar driver kinser, a bloomington, indiana native, died of cancer. Kelly kinser finished fourth in the points race with 106.
A sprint car star, sheldon passed away after a valiant fight against throat. That doesnt mean, however, that the oolitic legend has completely kicked the. Oolitic karl kinser is kicking back, enjoying frequent trips to the coreys cafeteria in oolitic. Kinser kicking back, cant quite kick habit sprint car. Kinser, a bloomington, indiana native, died of cancer. Steve the king kinser born june 2, 1954, is a professional sprint car racing driver. Sheldon kinser december 9, 1942 august 1, 1988, was an american racecar driver. Grim was the international motor contest association imca big car champion 195558, winning 183 races in 11 years. World of outlaws legend steve kinser retires get the. Tall, talented sheldon kinser etched his name in the history books in 1982 by winning his secondstraight usac national sprint car championship and his third overall. Sheldon kicked off the season in the indy race parts machine at the chili bowl.
With 20 world of outlaws woo championships under his belt, the 62year old kinser leaves a motorsports venue in which his family name has become synonymous with speed, skill, and accomplishment. He has won 20 championships in the world of outlaws woo series. Sheldon kinser nosed out mike johnson 117116 in the points standings for the tritrack championship by winning the feature races at lincoln park in putnamville and at paragon speedway friday and saturday nights. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Kinser continues racing tradition orlando sentinel. Sheldon kinser racing career profile driver database.
Father in law of the late sheldon kinser, 1977, 81, 82 usac national sprint car champion and six time starter of the indianapolis 500. Sheldon has cancer of the throat and is not expected to live. World of outlaw drivers comment on nonwing racing eldora may. From the mid1960s onwards, kinser became one of sprint cars most successful drivers, winning the usac championship in 1977, 1981 and 1982, on top of. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year.
Sprintcar star opperman suffers violent usac crash. His name lives on with a yearly memorial race at bloomington speedway. Gary bettenhausen, the defending dirt champ qualified his car, but put steve chassey in his place for the feature race, which meant by usac rules that steve would also start on the rear. Tks motorsports owners troy and tammy renfro have named chad boespflug as the driver of the teams no. Sheldon kinser last updated february 21, 2019 sheldon kinser at a sprint car race in hagerstown, maryland in 1986. So, usac sprint car champion sheldon kinser magnanimously turned over his bens tire clinic no. Click on the site to see sheldon kinsers career results at that track glossary. Sprint car driver tyler courtney enjoyed a terrific memorial day week of racing last week when the indianapolis racer won the tony hulman classic on may 23 at the terre haute action track and the. His best finish was a sixth in 1981, his last year at indy, but now his career is over. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Driver sheldon kinser 1978 usac champ car series results.
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