Elton sawyer born november 5, 1959 is a former nascar driver. White had suffered a back injury in a racing accident at winchester, ind. Nascar collects advanced statistical metrics to measure performance. Outside of the nascar community you might not often hear his name, but. Page 2 of 2 some namars history posted in vintage midget racing. Once he sharpened his talents he competed in wka and the formula 2000 enduro series. From museums to nature centers theres something for everyone. Sawyer chassis is a family run broken arrow, oklahoma company that has been producing winning micro chassis since 1958. 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.
New york the 1997 nascar winston cup stock car racing schedule, with winners in parentheses and driver point standings. Jan 17, 2008 introducing the next generation of vintage open wheel. American race car driver who began his nascar career in 1998. Born in warren, michigan, white died in indianapolis, indiana. Enter where you are starting your route and where you are ending your route. 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. At 1,300 miles, alabama has one of the longest navigable inland waterways in the entire nation. 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. Nascar no longer will use the standard of an arms length from a crew.
Indycar driver helio castroneves pranks miss california. My sincere condolences to johnny johnsons family on his passing. 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. Jim meyer racing products lincoln city, or business. Drivers chili bowl nationals the official website for the lucas oil.
Cincinnati is ohio s third largest city and the largest metro region. From autographed celebrity photographs and rare historical manuscripts to unique music and sports signed memorabilia, we have it all. He and kurt busch both won nascars rookie of the year award. The list goes to the indianapolis 500 at indianapolis motor speedway in indianapolis, indiana, and youre invited to join us. Sprint car races at hutchinson, kansas on september 19, 1966. How many people can say they successfully drove a late model race car, sponsored race cars and racing series, sold race. From news and results, to online fantasy racing has it all. James hinchcliffe, graham rahal fire back at lewis. Race driver made history by breaking 200 mph in indy 500style car. His wife of 26plus years is fellow driver patty moise sawyer, who. Jim sawyer sprint car racing news, schedules, results.
Get the latest race results driver jim hendrickson on. Glen adams herb adams jay adams jerry adams jim adams jimmy adams joe adams joe bill adams john adams jordon adams kenny adams. 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. Jim hemmings racing career profile driver database.
It lies on the north bank of the ohio river in southwest ohio in the united states of america. View the roads you will be taking to give you a good abstract view of your. And like quite a few racers, he was long on talent and short on cash. He finished in the top ten 7 times, with his best finish in 4th position at the 1964 indianapolis 500. Mar 3, 2020 see pictures and read news stories about famous americans throughout u. The sniper wayne chinn chinn motorsports dirt late. When jim dunn showed up for the very first dirt track world championship in october 1981 he had. This is a 1963 fuel injected corvette with great race history monterey, watkins glen, mid ohio, road atlanta and more. 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. He hosted the nascarinspired talk show, whats the deal. Remembering johnny johnson front porch expressions. Prior to that role, he held competition positions at red bull racing and evernham motorsports. Browse a variety of news articles or submit your own. In 1992 he began racing imca modified cars in ohio and indiana.
This is a fan page started by, and for fans, and is not run by jim himself. Auto racing 1998 schedules and 1997 final driver point standings. The blade obituaries and death notices for toledo ohio area. 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.
Golden stategolden west classic legends of san jose. Length of the race is usually no more than 305 metres, because of the speed these cars reach. Bobby hamilton jr, 32, dodge, tide, stephanie hamilton, january 8th, 1978, nashville, tn. Obituaries death notices newspaper obituaries online. Student brought loaded gun to columbus high school. It weird to think by the time he gets old enough to follow racing kyle larson may be the legendary veteran sprint car driver. List of national sprint car hall of fame inductees wikipedia.
James hinchcliffe, graham rahal fire back at lewis hamiltons indycar derision jim ayello, indystar published 8. Yeah, as a crew chief i guess i would rather have a perfect race track for sure. Imca honors best of the best at national awards banquet. The 1998 nascar winston cup stock car racing schedule and 1997 final driver point standings. On the restart his car caught the wheel of mike nazaruks car, sending it into a series of flips. Elton sawyer began his career in the nascar busch series. We have access to 100s of high profile professional athletes, race car drivers and olympians.
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. With over 236,000 items in our archives, historyforsale is the worlds largest dealer of authentic handsigned autographs and collectibles. Feb 27, 2006 page 2 of 2 some namars history posted in vintage midget racing. Elton sawyer born november 5, 1959, in chesapeake, virginia, is a former nascar driver. Nascar and indycar racer advocated for colonoscopy screening. Vance selected dave as his driver for a sprint race at pennsboro, w. Moving average line charts help show how a drivers statistics develop over the. Fresh cosmetic restoration, perfect and race ready. 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. He won his first nascar nationwide series at the 2002 busch 200 at loudon.
His father bought him a ford pinto, his first car, when he was 15 years old. Jimmy spencer born february 15, 1957 is an american former racing driver, team owner, and television commentator. He finished 3 of his 4 races in the top ten and was named indy 500 rookie of the year, where he finished 7th. The most comprehensive sprint car racing website on the web. Elton sawyer becomes nascar inspection vp speed sport. Sawyer also spent a portion of his racing career competing in the nascar national series as a driver.
Agajanianpromoted championship car race at san jose, calif. Features vintage sprint car pic thread, 1965 and older only. Namarsauto value midget results from dixie motor speedway. Jim meyer racing products specializes in retail speed shops, including race car supplies. Alabama the heart of dixie, with the the secondlargest inland waterway system in the u. Nascar and its marks are trademarks of the national association for stock car auto racing, llc. Duncan hamilton, gentleman driver classic driver magazine. 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. From the mid 70s to early 80s jim competed in stock car racing on dirt and asphalt ovals in the ohio area. Similar to the top fuel cars, with a shorter wheelbase and a carbonfibre body that loosely resembles a production based automobile. He is my first and i have been rocking him to sleep to the stories of everything open wheel.
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. 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. Frontman for the hitmaking funk music band the ohio players. Join facebook to connect with jim sawyer and others you may know. Aarp in your city or town explore your community aarp. Fivetime oscarwinning composer also wrote music for many james bond. A man who loved to race, loved the competition and everything associated with the sport. 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. Namarsauto value midget results from dixie motor speedway, aug. 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.
Dick berggren announcer, editor of stock car racing magazine. 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. Recent accidents in alabama reports, news and resources. Mobil 1, circle sportleavine family racing, july 2nd, 1979, defiance, oh. Historical driver database of nascar cup series drivers 1949. Proving he could run with that elite crowd, james qualified second quick and led until a lap47 yellow flag. This page was last edited on 3 february 2010, at 03. Hamilton, a former driver in the sportsman classes, has shed 65 lbs. 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. May 18, 2016 the list goes to the indianapolis 500 at indianapolis motor speedway in indianapolis, indiana, and youre invited to join us.
Let us be your guide to great programs, stimulating things to do, local services, discounts and more. Jim cosman sonny costa frankie cox rick cox paul coyan j. One family dominated the namarsauto value midget series feature at the dixie motor speedway on aug. Napa auto parts 300 the napa auto parts 300 was held february 19 at daytona international speedway. Namarsauto value midget results from louisville 81598. These cars race the same length in metres than top fuel cars. In the mt orab ford late model division it was batavia, ohio s josh tidwell and madison, indianas cody mahoney taking the victories in the heat races and setting the 15 car starting field for the feature event. Heat race victories went to kevin besecker, jim sawyer and ronnie johncox. Indycar drivers who died racing indianapolis motor speedway.
Some namars history vintage midget racing midgetmadness. Chad hackenbracht bobby hamilton kevin hamlin paulie harraka jason. He ran a handful of races in 1983, 1984, and 1985, scoring. 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. Sawyer is currently the vice president, officiating and technical inspection of nascar. The 2000 nascar busch series season began february 19 and ended on november 11. Elton sawyer, nascar vice president of officiating and technical inspection, in a statement. All cup teams want to be on sawyers good side professional.
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. Feb 27, 2006 jim hettinger set fast time with a lap of 11. A necrology is a listing of people who have died during a specific time period. Nascar also announced it has appointed jim cassidy to the new role of. He began racing competitively when he was in high school over the weekends. The day a legend was born by doc lehman jim dunn was your typical weekend warrior. Indeed, the great argentinean racing driver froilan gonzales claimed that, in the wet, hamilton was the fastest driver in the world.
Years back, the guy that could skin a cat could sometimes win a race. Idea man jim head isnt even close to being finished. Jeff green of ppc racing was crowned series champion. In 2014 at midohio, green was battling for the lead with eventual race winner chris buescher but a. Add intrinsic value to any corporate event or tradeshow by hiring a celebrity guest speaker. 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. Check out a wide array of activities, events and exciting places to go. Johnny white would claim the little 500 crown on may 25, 1963 but not without the help of a relief driver. 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. Learn all about interesting places to go, things to see and social spots. 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.
In 2001, he lead the indy northern light series from start to finish. Automobile racing at belleville betweekn 1939 and 1950. Jim oconnor il stock car hall of fame fans home facebook. Mar 25, 2020 competing with the all star sprint car circuit, he quickly caught the attention of numerous car owners, among them fellow buckeyes johnny vance of dayton and ralph and jim depalma of lima. Apr 15, 2000 2000 touchstone energy 300 previous race results next race results previous at this track next at this track. This was really amazing as this was only rays second race ever on asphalt. Cti can book any music act, from the latest grammy award performers to the best nostalgia performers.
Get the latest stats, news, and much more exclusive content from the sprint car community. 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. 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. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world. 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. Kennedy, a former truck series driver, is the nephew of nascar ceo and. He drove in the usac championship car series, racing in the 1963 and 1964 seasons, with 11 career starts, including the 1964 indianapolis 500. Sauter is the son of former nascar driver jim sauter, the brother of nascar drivers tim sauter and jay sauter. He won his first world drivers championship with mclaren.
Nascar busch grand national series race number 9 of 32 saturday, april 15, 2000 at talladega superspeedway, talladega, al 1 laps on a 2. Namars next event is the 47th annual hoosier lottery hut hundred april 9 at the terre haute action track halfmile dirt oval. Man, 45, struck and killed while standing outside his suv. Sawyer joined nascar in 2015 after serving as director of team operations for action express racing in the imsa series. October 22 pretty boy floyd is shot and killed by fbi agents near east liverpool, ohio. Thanks for stopping by the most comprehensive sprint car racing website on the planet. Rookie jason setser stole the lead in the final feet to win the namarsauto value midget feature at the lousiville motor. Publicist race announcer bill hill of kansas city, missouri. Californias joe james made his mark in a brief career. His obituary follows, johnny was a major player in midwest and beyond dirt track stock car racing for a lot of years. Get behind the wheel for rubber burning action, delivered list style. Johnny sawyer the champ car and indy car online stats.
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