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Originally Posted by Sandy Lowe
OK, here's the final results:
Eight USAC Champions have won features in UMRA:
TONY STEWART
1994 & 1995 USAC National Midget Champion
1995 USAC National Sprint Champion
1995 USAC Silver Crown Champion UMRA feature wins (11)
7/14/89 Rush Co. Fairgrounds, Rushville, IN
7/18/89 Jefferson Co. Fairgrounds, Madison, IN
9/3/89 Decatur Co. Fairgrounds, Greensburg, IN
9/4/89 Decatur Co. Fairgrounds, Greensburg, IN
7/14/90 Rush Co. Fairgrounds, Rushville, IN
7/17/90 Jefferson Co. Fairgrounds, Madison, IN
8/31/90 Bartholomew Co. Fairgrounds, Columbus, IN
6/29/91 New Paris Speedway, New Paris, IN
7/17/91 Decatur Co. Fairgrounds, Greensburg, IN
7/23/93 Rush Co. Fairgrounds, Rushville, IN
7/4/96 Rush Co. Fairgrounds, Rushville, IN
TATE MARTZ
2004 & 2005 USAC Midwest Ford Focus Champion
2006 USAC Midwest Pavement Ford Focus Champion UMRA feature wins (6)
8/31/06 Ripley Co. Fairgrounds, Osgood, IN
7/13/07 Bloomington Speedway, Bloomington, IN
7/20/07 Gas City I-69 Speedway, Gas City, IN
8/17/07 Vermillion Co. Speedway, Danville, IL
8/25/07 Mount Lawn Speedway, New Castle, IN
9/22/07 Mount Lawn Speedway, New Castle, IN
MIKE STREICHER
1991 USAC National Midget Champion UMRA feature wins (2)
11/28/85 Salem Civic Center, Salem, VA
11/29/85 Salem Civic Center, Salem, VA
DUANE "PANCHO" CARTER, JR.
1972 USAC National Midget Champion
1974 & 1976 USAC National Sprint Champion
1978 USAC Champ Dirt Car Champion UMRA feature wins (1)
7/21/70 Salem, IN (not Salem Speedway)
ROBBY FLOCK
1986, 1989, 1992 & 2002 USAC Western Midget Champion UMRA feature wins (1)
7/24/81 Rush Co. Fairgrounds, Rushville, IN
BOBBY MICHNOWICZ
2006 USAC California Dirt Ford Focus Champion UMRA feature wins (1)
7/20/82 Jefferson Co. Fairgrounds, Madison, IN
GARY HOWARD
1989 USAC TQ Midget Champion UMRA feature wins (1)
7/12/89 Vermilion Co. Raceway, Danville, IL
ROBBIE RAY
2003 USAC Indiana Ford Focus Champion
2005 USAC National Ford Focus Champion UMRA feature wins (1)
6/30/01 Rush Co. Fairgrounds, Rushville, IN |
Thanks Sandy.
I saw several of Stewart's TQ wins, but the most impressive was that one in July of 1991 at Greensburg. Tony drove Steve Schern's car that night. After a crash on the night before, Schern, Tony and several others worked through the night to reassemble the car. Tony did not crash it the night before, I think Jeff Hess was driving it but am not certain, but Wednesday night's driver helped get the car ready for Thursday night.
They pulled into the pits late, too late to qualify. I don't remember if they even got to run a heat race, if so they did not transfer and started deep in the semi-feature, if not last. Tony did start last in the feature and won it handily.
Steve Schern was a long time supporter of UMRA, having owned a car since the mid-1960s. His car could run well, but not well enough to win. He towed his car to the track in a home-made wooden car hauler and was just proud to be involved in racing. That night, his car was on a rail and Stewart had it flying. I never saw Steve with a bigger smile on his face.
We lost Steve a few years later, but he -- and many others like him -- was why I came to like the UMRA group. A bunch of men and women who just race for the pride of it.
Jim Morrison
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