Sprint Car 101 – EVENT FLYER (PDF)

The Kossuth County Ag & Motorsports Museum announced recently that they will host “Sprint Car 101: An afternoon with Jim Edgington, Dick Forbrook and Stacy Redmond”. The event is presented by the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum.

The special event will be held, Sunday, March 2, 2014.

Doors open at 1:00 p.m. and the panel discussion, moderated by Chad Meyer, begins at 2:00 p.m.

Sprint Car 101 is free and open to the public.

The Kossuth County Ag & Motorsports Museum is located on the Kossuth County Fairgrounds at 800 East Fair Street (Hwy 169 South), Algona, IA.

Edgington, Forbrook, and Redmond are all inductees into the Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame. Forbrook and Redmond are also members of the Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame. All three enjoyed success at the Algona race track in modifieds before making the jump to sprint cars.

To learn more about Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame inductees, click here.

Orie Shipler on track at Algona. He is a 2014 Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame inductee.

The Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame recently announced its 2014 class of inductees. The eighth annual induction ceremony will take place during the Kossuth County Fair races, held Saturday, August 2nd at Algona Raceway.

This year’s class features six individuals that achieved great success in the sport.

The late George Barton and Orie Shipler were drivers achieved success at Algona Raceway.

Recognized for his long-time support of the speedway as a wrecker operator, the late BJ Bradford joins the Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame.

Bob Lewerke and Arvin Sidles will both be honored for their success as drivers and car owners.

Al & Peggy Schadendorf join the hall of fame as past promoters of Algona Raceway.

The committee, with the help of the living members of the Kossuth Racing Hall of Fame, selected the six inductees for 2014. Candidates not selected will be considered for future inductions.

During the August 2nd Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony, the inductees will be recognized on the ‘Wall of Fame’, located at the entrance of the speedway grandstand. Inductees will also be introduced at the pit meeting prior to the races and prior to the fair races that night.

All race fans are invited to attend the Kossuth County Fair Races and the Hall of Fame ceremony held at the Algona Raceway.

More details about the Hall of Fame and the induction ceremony will be released when they are available to www.KossuthMuseum.com.

2012 Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame inductee Bob Shryock earned his first-ever feature win at Fairmont Raceway. The year was 1968, and the race was won in a family-car-turned-race-car.

Photo taken by Berg Studio and is from the Shryock family collection.

Click here to learn more about his amazing career and how his rivalry with Dennis Hovinga may have started at the track in Algona.

Ron Barton, left, joins Roger Hendrickson, center, and driver Jim Edgington at Fairmont.

The Kossuth County Ag & Motorsports Museum and the Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame was saddened to learn of the passing of 2010 inductee Ron Barton.

Barton passed away October 25th in his home in Bella Vista, AR. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 30th at St. Bernards Catholic Church in Bella Vista.

He is remembered for his time with Roger Hendrickson and driver Jim Edgington in modfieds, super modifieds and sprinters. Later, he achieved much success in the IMCA modifieds with Gary Shumski and Bob Weber as his drivers.

To learn more about his hall of fame career, please go to www.KossuthMuseum.com/ronbarton.

The Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame, established in 2007, seeks to recognize individuals, living or deceased, who distinguished themselves with a record of success or contribution to the betterment of racing in Kossuth County. Honorees must have lived in or raced in Kossuth County, Iowa.

The annual selection of honorees for induction as Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame Members begins with the submission of the Nomination Application Form. Anyone is welcome to submit completed applications for consideration.

Deadline for applications is November 15th each year. Completed applications should be submitted to:

Chad Meyer

PO Box 276

Whittemore, IA 50598

Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame – APPLICATION 2014(PDF)