Save the date! Sunday, November 20th:

Sprint Car 101: featuring Doug Clark, Tom Savage (tentative) and more!

More details coming soon!

Upper Midwest racing archives display to be held in Jackson September 3.

The Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame and Museum (Algona, IA) joins the Jackson Racing Hall of Fame to display racing archives from the past from around the Upper Midwest.

This will include racing items and many photos from the race tracks in Jackson, Algona, Fairmont and many more. This will include all classes of race cars.

Past Jackson Speedway and Fairmont Raceway track champion Jim Edgington will be on hand to greet the fans. He was also a Minnesota State Fair champion and has been inducted in to both the Jackson Speedway and Kossuth County Racing Halls of Fame.

The archives display can be seen at the Jackson American Legion in downtown Jackson from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 3.

Food will be available and prizes will be awarded. We hope to see you there!

 

The annual Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place Saturday, August 6, 2016. All events, unless otherwise noted, take place at the museum.

Our events during the August 6^th events, include:

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.      Author Bill Haglund will be selling and signing his new book “Racing Through Time: A History of Automobile Racing in Iowa.” 600+ pages, 400 photos, proceeds of each sale benefits our museum.

4:00 p.m.                             Inductee reception
4:30 p.m.                             Draw winner of Snap-On tool box raffle
4:30 p.m.                             Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony
5:00 p.m.                             Inductee photos
6:15 p.m.                             Inductees introduced at pit meeting, at race track
6:30 p.m.                             Hot laps, at race track
7:00 p.m.                             Inductees introduced at race track grandstand

Inductees include:

Denny Anderson, Driver
Jon Hiscocks, Driver
Ken & Bill Holcomb, Owners, Mechanics
Jack McCorkell, Driver
Dean & Nancy Schroeder, Vendor, Speed Shop
Dale Wilhite, Driver

More information can found by contacting Chad Meyer, 515-320-2593, cmeyer@maxyieldcoop.com.

See you there!

The Kossuth County Agriculture & Motorsports Museum will host “Dirt Modified 101, an Afternoon with Kelly Shryock” Sunday, January 18, 2015. The free and open-to-the-public fan forum starts at 2:00 p.m.

Shryock will discuss his racing career, his chassis business, share stories about his father, the late Bob Shryock, and answer questions from the audience. He is a nine-time USMTS national champion, 1991 IMCA Late Model Rookie of the Year, past Night of 1000 Stars champion, and is regarded as one of the top modified drivers of all-time.

The event builds on the successful Sprint Car 101 series held at the museum. “We are excited to host Kelly Shryock in January,” said Chad Meyer, museum volunteer. “The Shryock family has a rich history here. His father Bob raced here in the 1970’s and is a recent inductee into our racing hall of fame. Kelly has won at Algona in the USMTS series and in IMCA, he most recently won here in September during the Bob Shryock Memorial.”

Individuals interested in learning more about “Modified 101”, or the museum are urged to visit www.kossuthmuseum.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All photos by Tim Dahlhauser. Thank you to all who attended and helped make this event great!