Midget HOF banquet tickets for Tulsa Jan 16

Bill Blumer · 11/3/08, 5:56 PM

The National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame site, www.worthyofhonor.com , is offering advanced tickets, with payment via PayPal for the upcoming inductions to be held during the 2009 Chili Bowl week.

From the HOF site:

GORDON, DOTY, HUMPHREY & TAPPETT JOIN

“HALL OF FAME”

Four drivers have been elected to the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame and will be enshrined at the annual induction ceremonies scheduled January 16 in Tulsa, Okla. as part of the pre-race buildup to the “Chili Bowl Nationals” at the Tulsa Expo Raceway.

Jeff Gordon, Kevin Doty, Ted Tappett and Dave Humphrey are the newest members of the Hall of Fame. They received the most votes in the recent balloting and will have a distinctive place of honor in the Hall of Fame display, located at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc.

Gordon, who scored a dozen victories during his USAC National Midget racing career and earned the 1990 USAC National Midget Championship, captured wins in four of America’s most revered Midget races. In 1989 and 1990 he won the “Night Before the 500” classic in Indianapolis, Ind. In 1990 he also won the “Hut Hundred” in Terre Haute, Ind. and the “Belleville Midget Nationals” in Kansas and in 1991 he won the “4-Crown Nationals” at Rossburg, Ohio. He and car owner Rollie Helmling formed a formidable USAC Midget team for three USAC seasons and Gordon landed “podium” finishes in 22 out of 40 Midget races between

1989 and 1992. He’s a four-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion, having won nearly every major stock car race in America and in 1991 won USAC’s Silver Crown championship.

Doty, who won the 1994 Badger Midget Auto Racing Association Championship in dominating fashion with 11 victories in a single year, was one of America’s most accomplished Midget racers. In 1994 Kevin also won the famed Belleville Midget Nationals in Kansas and the Hut Hundred at Terre Haute, Ind. and added the Pepsi Midget Nationals at his beloved Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc., the fourth of his five Pepsi Nationals triumphs! He will also be remembered for his sensational second-place finish behind Tony Stewart in the 2002 Chili Bowl at Tulsa, Okla. An accomplished Sprint car racer, he won the 1994 “4-Crown Nationals” Sprint race at Rossburg, Ohio. He succumbed to injuries suffered in a 2005 Midget race at Sun Prairie.

Tappett, AKA Phil Walters, was one of America’s first real racing heroes. A native of New York City, Tappett was born in 1916 and started racing midgets as a teenager. In his rookie year he won 11 features. His legend continued after turning to stock cars where in 1949 he literally obliterated the competition as the first-ever track champion at Riverside Park in Agawam, Mass. He competed in a D-Type Jaguar at LeMans in 1955 and shared the winning car at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1953 and 1955. In Midgets he won over 100 pre-war and post-war main events on the East coast and claimed track titles at Yellow Jacket Speedway in 1940 and Freeport Speedway in 1947. In 1941 he finished second to Henry Banks in the final ARDC standings and in 1940 he was third. He passed away of natural causes in 2000 at the age of 83 and was posthumously inducted into the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame in 2002.

Humphrey is a six-time Northeastern Midget Auto Racing Champion, winning five straight titles from 1967-1971, then again in 1978. The 1970 title was shared with Lou Fray. Humphrey’s Midget career actually started in 1946, although he switched to stock cars and sprint cars for a number of years before returning to Midgets in 1964. Under NEMA sanction he posted 72 feature wins, second only to Drew Fornoro on the all-time NEMA winners list. In addition Humphrey owns numerous track championships and his Sprint racing also netted him 10 feature wins.

Like Tappett, Humphrey is also a member of the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame.

11/3/08, 5:56 PM	#1 Midget HOF banquet tickets for Tulsa Jan 16
Bill Blumer Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 23	The National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame site, www.worthyofhonor.com , is offering advanced tickets, with payment via PayPal for the upcoming inductions to be held during the 2009 Chili Bowl week. From the HOF site: GORDON, DOTY, HUMPHREY & TAPPETT JOIN “HALL OF FAME” Four drivers have been elected to the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame and will be enshrined at the annual induction ceremonies scheduled January 16 in Tulsa, Okla. as part of the pre-race buildup to the “Chili Bowl Nationals” at the Tulsa Expo Raceway. Jeff Gordon, Kevin Doty, Ted Tappett and Dave Humphrey are the newest members of the Hall of Fame. They received the most votes in the recent balloting and will have a distinctive place of honor in the Hall of Fame display, located at Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc. Gordon, who scored a dozen victories during his USAC National Midget racing career and earned the 1990 USAC National Midget Championship, captured wins in four of America’s most revered Midget races. In 1989 and 1990 he won the “Night Before the 500” classic in Indianapolis, Ind. In 1990 he also won the “Hut Hundred” in Terre Haute, Ind. and the “Belleville Midget Nationals” in Kansas and in 1991 he won the “4-Crown Nationals” at Rossburg, Ohio. He and car owner Rollie Helmling formed a formidable USAC Midget team for three USAC seasons and Gordon landed “podium” finishes in 22 out of 40 Midget races between 1989 and 1992. He’s a four-time NASCAR Cup Series Champion, having won nearly every major stock car race in America and in 1991 won USAC’s Silver Crown championship. Doty, who won the 1994 Badger Midget Auto Racing Association Championship in dominating fashion with 11 victories in a single year, was one of America’s most accomplished Midget racers. In 1994 Kevin also won the famed Belleville Midget Nationals in Kansas and the Hut Hundred at Terre Haute, Ind. and added the Pepsi Midget Nationals at his beloved Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisc., the fourth of his five Pepsi Nationals triumphs! He will also be remembered for his sensational second-place finish behind Tony Stewart in the 2002 Chili Bowl at Tulsa, Okla. An accomplished Sprint car racer, he won the 1994 “4-Crown Nationals” Sprint race at Rossburg, Ohio. He succumbed to injuries suffered in a 2005 Midget race at Sun Prairie. Tappett, AKA Phil Walters, was one of America’s first real racing heroes. A native of New York City, Tappett was born in 1916 and started racing midgets as a teenager. In his rookie year he won 11 features. His legend continued after turning to stock cars where in 1949 he literally obliterated the competition as the first-ever track champion at Riverside Park in Agawam, Mass. He competed in a D-Type Jaguar at LeMans in 1955 and shared the winning car at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1953 and 1955. In Midgets he won over 100 pre-war and post-war main events on the East coast and claimed track titles at Yellow Jacket Speedway in 1940 and Freeport Speedway in 1947. In 1941 he finished second to Henry Banks in the final ARDC standings and in 1940 he was third. He passed away of natural causes in 2000 at the age of 83 and was posthumously inducted into the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame in 2002. Humphrey is a six-time Northeastern Midget Auto Racing Champion, winning five straight titles from 1967-1971, then again in 1978. The 1970 title was shared with Lou Fray. Humphrey’s Midget career actually started in 1946, although he switched to stock cars and sprint cars for a number of years before returning to Midgets in 1964. Under NEMA sanction he posted 72 feature wins, second only to Drew Fornoro on the all-time NEMA winners list. In addition Humphrey owns numerous track championships and his Sprint racing also netted him 10 feature wins. Like Tappett, Humphrey is also a member of the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame.