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KNOXVILLE, IOWA (December 14, 2008) – Thomas J. Schmeh, curator of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville, Iowa, has been named the recipient of the 2008 "Outstanding Contribution to the Sport Award" by all three voting panels of the North American Sprint Car Poll. In 1985, Schmeh started the National Sprint Car Poll from
his home in Utica, New York, in order to give sprint car racing more
exposure in the mainstream media. In 1989, when named executive director of
the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation in Knoxville, the
poll awards program to honor the sport’s current achievers moved with him to
the museum. Since then it has naturally complemented the National Sprint Car
Hall of Fame’s own induction awards program to honor the sport’s greatest
achievers. In the year 2000, the poll was divided into three categories:
Non-Winged, 360- and 410-cubic inch Winged Sprint Cars. Today, all such
sprint car racing in Canada and the United States is included in the scope
of the three North American polls. Past recipients of the North American Sprint Car Poll's
"Outstanding Contribution to the Sport Award" are: Dick Jordan, the late
Fred Brownfield, Doug Auld, the late Hank Gentzler, Tony Stewart, Emmett
Hahn, Allan Holland, Dave Argabright, Ron Shuman, the late Kevin Gobrecht,
Jack Hewitt, Jack Miller, Brad Doty, Art & Carol Malies, Dave Bowman, Ralph
Capitani, the late Ted Johnson, Mark Kuchan, Steve Kinser, the late Don
Martin, Steve Beitler, Lee Brewer, Mark Kinser, Frank Lewis, Earl Baltes,
Casey & Beverly Luna, Elayne Hoff, Jean Lynch, the late J.W. Hunt, and Bert
Emick.
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