BRYAN CLAUSON - USAC HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2019

In only 27 years of life, Bryan Clauson left a legacy that few can match in the history of the United States Auto Club.

The California-born racer who made his home in Noblesville, Ind. during his USAC career, won 112 USAC races between 2004 and 2016, which ranks behind only USAC Hall of Famers Rich Vogler, A.J. Foyt, Sleepy Tripp and Mel Kenyon.  In the process, he became the youngest to reach 100 career USAC National wins at age 26.

He ranks inside the top-10 in both the USAC National Sprint Car and USAC National Midget career victories with 41 and 38 wins, respectively, in each division.  He also scored two career USAC Silver Crown victories.

He made three career starts in the Indianapolis 500, leading three laps at the midway point of the 100th running of the famed race in 2016.

Prior to that, however, Clauson had long ago cemented his legacy by winning the USAC National Drivers Championship in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the 2012 and 2013 USAC National Sprint Car Championship; the 2010 and 2011 USAC National Midget Championship; the 2013 and 2014 Indiana Sprint Week titles, the 2009, 2011 and 2016 Indiana Midget Week crowns; and the 2012, 2013 and 2016 Eastern Storm series.

At age 27, one of the most decorated and accomplished drivers in the history of the United States Auto Club, succumbed to injuries sustained in a crash while leading the 2016 Belleville Midget Nationals on the half-mile high banked dirt oval in Kansas.

Clauson’s legacy has lived on after death as a symbol for organ donation nationwide and the race named in his memory, the BC39, held its inaugural running in 2018 at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and has quickly established itself as one of the crown jewels of the USAC National Midget tour.