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Darland Receives Thomas J. Schmeh Award
Press Release By: NATIONAL SPRINT CAR MUSEUM Photos By: DAVE DALESANDRO / RACERSGUIDE.COM
KNOXVILLE, IA- January 19, 2016- Champion sprint car driver Dave Darland has been named the recipient of the 2015 Thomas J. Schmeh Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Sport by all three voting panels of the North American Sprint Car Poll.
“The poll’s Outstanding Contribution Award is the museum foundation’s highest honor for current achievers in the sport, as it is voted on by industry insiders from the 360-, 410-cubic-inch, and non-winged sprint car divisions. For a driver known almost exclusively for his skills driving non-winged cars, it is an incredible accomplishment for him to win this award. It speaks to the genuine respect that voters in all three classes have for what Dave has accomplished during his lengthy and remarkable career,” said poll founder and current National Sprint Car Museum curator Tom Schmeh, after whom the award was permanently named back in 2014.
Past recipients of the North American Sprint Car Poll’s Outstanding Contribution to the Sport Award are Sammy Swindell, Fred Rahmer, Johnny Gibson, the late Jerry Reigle, Steve Sinclair, Kasey Kahne, Tom Schmeh, Dick Jordan, the late Fred Brownfield, Doug Auld, the late Hank Gentzler, Tony Stewart, Emmett Hahn, Allan Holland, Dave Argabright, Ron Shuman, the late Kevin Gobrecht, Jack Hewitt, the late Jack Miller, Brad Doty, Art & Carol Malies, Dave Bowman, Ralph Capitani, the late Ted Johnson, Mark Kuchan, Steve Kinser, the late Don Martin, Steve Beitler, Lee Brewer Jr., Mark Kinser, Frank Lewis, Earl Baltes, Casey & Beverly Luna, Elayne Hoff, Jean Lynch, the late J.W. Hunt, and Bert Emick.
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