KNOXVILLE, Iowa — The National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum will have a new exhibit beginning in May.
The ‘Track Tribute to Williams Grove’ exhibit will be on display May 1-October 1, featuring the cars, memorabilia, and more from one of the most revered tracks in sprint car and motor racing history, Williams Grove Speedway near Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
Up to ten sprint cars and several items of memorabilia will be exhibited in honor of the famous central Pennsylvania half-mile.
The cars that are scheduled to be on display this summer include:
• John Gerber No. 15 driven by Tommy Hinnershitz to the first feature win ever at Williams Grove in May of 1939
• Ted Horn’s “Baby” No. 1
• Miracle Power Special No. 2 driven by Hinnershitz
• Roy Morral No. 880 driven by Smokey Snellbaker
• Bogar No. 99 driven by Jan Opperman
• “1 of 1” No. 69 driven by Van May
• Boops Aluminum No. 1 driven by Lynn Paxton
• Weikert No. 29 driven by Doug Wolfgang
• Harz No. 88H driven by Fred Rahmer
• Beam No. 88 driven by Todd Shaffer
In addition, many items of memorabilia and track artifacts will be a part of the exhibit.
“We feel this is a tremendous tribute to Williams Grove,” said museum Coordinator Bill Wright. “We’ve tried to take a good cross section of cars and memorabilia from one of the most historic venues in the east. We’d be remiss if we didn’t thank the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing, the Woodland Auto Display in California, Brian Coffey, Jeff Durr, Adail Gayhart, Barry Klinedinst, Bob Risser and Todd Shaffer.
“I think we have a collection that will invoke the memories of any sprint car fan who has ventured to Central Pennsylvania!”