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Fans Vote Leffler, Shannon Brothers Into USAC HoF
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USAC’s recent social media poll to complete the 2018 list of inductees into the USAC Hall of Fame has resulted in inductions for driver Jason Leffler and the pair of Ohio car owner brothers Bob and Gene Shannon.
The new inductees, who received the most votes from a select list of 14 candidates, will join the six previously-announced inductees in the ceremony accompanying the September 5–6, Drive2SaveLives “BC 39” USAC P1 Insurance National Midget race on the brand new dirt track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Previously-announced 2018 inductees include (alphabetically) Mike Devin, Tony Elliott, Paul Goldsmith, Bill Lipkey, Troy Ruttman and Jimmy Sills.
Leffler—who raced out of Long Beach, California, until he passed away in a sprint car crash at Bridgeport, N.J. in 2013—earned a trio of USAC National Midget Championships in 1997-98-99 and capped his USAC career with a 1998 USAC Silver Crown title.
Leffler also won six Silver Crown races and captured 19 trophies in the National Midget series. A winner of the famed “Copper World Classic” at Phoenix, Arizona, and two-time winner of the “Turkey Night Grand Prix” at Gardena, California, he also won the famed Belleville Midget Nationals in 1997.
Leffler also excelled in a variety of disciplines, including scoring victories in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series, and competing in the Indianapolis 500 in 2003. He was also inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame the same year.
The Shannon Brothers of Dayton, Ohio, earned 45 total USAC National feature victories with a variety of drivers. They also won the 1972 USAC National Midget Car Owner title along with driver Larry Rice and were enshrined in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1991.
Drivers that helped the Shannon Brothers score victories were Gene Force, Dane Carter, Bob McLean, Bob Wente, Sam Sessions, Dave Strickland, Bill Engelhart and Pancho Carter.
The new inductees, who received the most votes from a select list of 14 candidates, will join the six previously-announced inductees in the ceremony accompanying the September 5–6, Drive2SaveLives “BC 39” USAC P1 Insurance National Midget race on the brand new dirt track at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Previously-announced 2018 inductees include (alphabetically) Mike Devin, Tony Elliott, Paul Goldsmith, Bill Lipkey, Troy Ruttman and Jimmy Sills.
Leffler—who raced out of Long Beach, California, until he passed away in a sprint car crash at Bridgeport, N.J. in 2013—earned a trio of USAC National Midget Championships in 1997-98-99 and capped his USAC career with a 1998 USAC Silver Crown title.
Leffler also won six Silver Crown races and captured 19 trophies in the National Midget series. A winner of the famed “Copper World Classic” at Phoenix, Arizona, and two-time winner of the “Turkey Night Grand Prix” at Gardena, California, he also won the famed Belleville Midget Nationals in 1997.
Leffler also excelled in a variety of disciplines, including scoring victories in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series, and competing in the Indianapolis 500 in 2003. He was also inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame the same year.
The Shannon Brothers of Dayton, Ohio, earned 45 total USAC National feature victories with a variety of drivers. They also won the 1972 USAC National Midget Car Owner title along with driver Larry Rice and were enshrined in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1991.
Drivers that helped the Shannon Brothers score victories were Gene Force, Dane Carter, Bob McLean, Bob Wente, Sam Sessions, Dave Strickland, Bill Engelhart and Pancho Carter.
