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Join Us For “Topping” of Dennis Albaugh Tower, Friday, October 4 at 11:00 a.m.!

| September 25, 2024
Join Us For “Topping” of Dennis Albaugh Tower, Friday, October 4 at 11:00 a.m.!

    Knoxville, IA, September 25, 2024 – The Dennis Albaugh Tower at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville, Iowa, has seen significant progress the last couple of months and it’s time for the crew to add the last beam to the structure! This will take place at 11 a.m. […]

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34th National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Festivities May 31 and June 1!

| May 30, 2024
34th National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Festivities May 31 and June 1!

  Knoxville, IA, May 29, 2023 – Induction festivities are upon us here at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum, and the schedule is a bit different than years past.  We are excited to welcome eight new inductees and their families, our past inductees and supporters/ If you haven’t gotten your tickets […]

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See the “Track Tribute to Eldora Speedway” in Your Next Visit to Knoxville!

| May 5, 2024
See the “Track Tribute to Eldora Speedway” in Your Next Visit to Knoxville!

  (National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum) May 3, 2024 –  The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville, Iowa, hopes to see you this summer for our “Track Tribute to Eldora Speedway” exhibit!  The exhibit, is currently on display through October 1, and features the cars, memorabilia, and much […]

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Second Tower for National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville

| May 2, 2024
Second Tower for National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in Knoxville

  By Mike Kerchner KNOXVILLE, Iowa — The footprint of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum on the Marion County Fairgrounds is about to change in a big way. Construction is expected to begin in late May on a second suite tower, the Dennis Albaugh Suite Tower, which will be a twin […]

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DONNY SCHATZ NAMED NORTH AMERICAN 410 SPRINT CAR POLL “DRIVER OF THE YEAR” FOR 2016… FOR NINTH TIME IN CAREER

| January 14, 2017
DONNY SCHATZ NAMED NORTH AMERICAN 410 SPRINT CAR POLL “DRIVER OF THE YEAR” FOR 2016… FOR NINTH TIME IN CAREER

KNOXVILLE, IOWA (January 13, 2017) – For the ninth time in his career, Donny Schatz of Fargo, North Dakota, was voted the “Driver of the Year” by the North American 410 Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers. The 2016 World of Outlaws (WoO) champion earned seventeen (17) of […]

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DAVEY HESKIN & JOSH SCHNEIDERMAN HEADLINE SATURDAY AFTERNOON’S “SPRINT CAR 101” AT THE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM

| May 20, 2016

  KNOXVILLE, IOWA (May 19, 2016) – Davey Heskin of St. Michael, Minnesota, and Josh Schneiderman of West Burlington, Iowa, will headline this Saturday afternoon’s “Sprint Car 101” at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum.  The program will be held on the second floor of the museum from 2 until 3 p.m. […]

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NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT’S “SPRINT CAR 101” FORUM TO FEATURE ANDEE BEIERLE & McKENNA HAASE

| June 14, 2015
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT’S “SPRINT CAR 101” FORUM TO FEATURE ANDEE BEIERLE & McKENNA HAASE

KNOXVILLE, IOWA (June 13, 2015) – Next Thursday night’s “Sprint Car 101” forum at the National Sprint Car Museum will feature North Dakota’s Andee Beierle and Iowa’s own McKenna Haase, who is the first female to win a sprint car feature at the legendary Knoxville Raceway.  In fact, McKenna has now won two winged 305-cubic-inch […]

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ARTHUR, BECK, ELLIS, KREITZ (JR.), SMITH & SONNER ‘TAKE A BOW’ AT 26th NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME INDUCTION BANQUET

| May 31, 2015

  KNOXVILLE, IOWA (May 30, 2015) – Champion drivers Don Kreitz, Jr., of Pennsylvania and Danny Smith of Ohio, builder Roger Beck of Indiana, owner Gil Sonner of Iowa, and media members Mike Arthur of California and Bruce Ellis of Pennsylvania each ‘took a bow’ Saturday afternoon, May 30, as they were officially inducted into […]

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NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE BILL UTZ TO LEAD “MUSEUM MADNESS 2” AT MOBERLY, MISSOURI, THIS FRIDAY

| May 28, 2015

  KNOXVILLE, IOWA (May 27, 2015) – National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee Bill Utz of Sedalia, Missouri, will headline this Friday’s “National Sprint Car Museum Madness 2” at the National Sprint League (NSL) sanctioned ‘410’ event at the Randolph County Raceway in Moberly, Missouri.  Bill will be present with his famed Ol’ Yeller […]

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“Sprint Car 101: An Evening with Wayne Johnson” This Thursday Night

| May 16, 2015

  KNOXVILLE, IOWA (May 16, 2015) – This Thursday night, May 21, will be the free and open-to-the-public forum entitled “Sprint Car 101: An Evening with Wayne Johnson” at the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum.  According to curator Tom Schmeh, “I think people will really enjoy hearing from Wayne about his life […]

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