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NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM SIGNS ON FOR SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE’S MUSEUM DAY 2008 Fourth Annual Museum Day Features Free Admission on Saturday, September 27 KNOXVILLE, IOWA (Sept 6) - On Saturday, September 27, the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville will participate in the fourth annual Museum Day, presented by Smithsonian magazine. Museum Day is a day when museums and cultural institutions nationwide open their doors free of charge to Smithsonian magazine readers and www.smithsonian.com visitors. A celebration of culture, learning and the dissemination of knowledge, Smithsonian’s Museum Day reflects the spirit of the magazine, and emulates the free-admission policy of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C.-based properties. According to National Sprint Car Museum curator Thomas J. Schmeh, “It is important for all museums in North America to join together a couple of times a year and showcase our cultural unity and diversity, and Museum Day on Saturday, September 27, is one of those special opportunities. At the non-profit National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville, we are proud to partner with the Smithsonian magazine in this worthy effort. We hope many of their Midwest-based readers take advantage of this unique offer for free admission to our museum on that day. It is especially exciting as it is also the final day of the fifth annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals, when rural Knoxville, Iowa, hosts NASCAR stars Tony Stewart and Kenny Schrader in its $40,000-to-win dirt late model stock car national championship event.” Amongst the special exhibits in the National Sprint Car Museum on Saturday, September 27, will be… - a “Salute to Oswego (N.Y.) Supermodifieds” featuring Jim Shampine’s famous 8-Ball roadster, - a “Salute to Donny Schatz” featuring his 2006 and ’07 Knoxville Nationals-winning winged sprint cars, - a “Salute to Cheryl Glass”, featuring a sprint car and a dirt championship car driven by the Seattle-based black female sprint car racer, - a “Salute to the World of Outlaws (WoO) Inaugural Event”, featuring the winning Jimmy Boyd/Woodruff Brothers sprint car from Devil’s Bowl Speedway in March of 1978, surrounded by John Mahoney photos from that race weekend in Mesquite, Texas, - a “Salute to Kenny Gritz”, featuring his beautiful Knoxville Nationals-winning sprint car from 1969, and - the garage re-creations of National Sprint Car Hall of Famers John Gerber and Bob Trostle. Last year, upwards of 100,000 people attended Museum Day activities at 651 participating museums in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico. Attendees must present Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Admission Card to gain free entry to participating institutions. The Museum Day Admission Card will be available in the September 2008 issue of the magazine and a downloadable version is available at www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday . Listings and links to other participating museums’ and sponsors’ web sites can be found there. About National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation, Inc. is a membership based, program-driven 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization, which was incorporated on April 25, 1986, in the state of Iowa. The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation, Inc., was incorporated for the dual purpose of preserving the history and promoting the future of the sport of sprint car racing. For more information, visit www.sprintcarhof.com and www.sprintcarstuff.com. About Smithsonian Media Founded in 1970 with the launch of Smithsonian magazine, Smithsonian Media – comprising Smithsonian magazine, Air & Space, goSmithsonian, Smithsonian Publishing Digital Network, Smithsonian Books and advertising for Smithsonian Channel – allows the intellectually curious to indulge and engage their passions for history, the arts, science, the natural world, culture and travel. Smithsonian Media’s flagship publication, Smithsonian magazine, has a circulation of more than two million. This multimedia network is also affiliated with the world’s most visited museum and research complexes at the Smithsonian Institute. For more information, visit www.smithsonian.com , www.airandspacemag.com , and www.gosmithsonian.com . |