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1967 USAC National Midget Champion, Mel Kenyon.

Friday, 15 March 2024,

1967 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: GRAND KENYON MAKES A HEROIC COMEBACK FOR TITLE #2

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1966 USAC National Midget champion, Mike McGreevy.

Thursday, 14 March 2024,

1966 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: IRON MIKE SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS HIS TITLE

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1965 USAC National Midget Champion, Mike McGreevy.

Wednesday, 13 March 2024,

1965 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: McGREEVY WINS ONE FOR MEL

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Instead of the traditional trophy, 31-year-old Mel Kenyon is presented a bouquet of flowers for his winning effort in 1964 at O'Hare Stadium in Schiller Park, Ill., outside of Chicago.

Tuesday, 12 March 2024,

1964: KENYON BEGINS REIGN AS KING OF THE MIDGETS

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1963 USAC National Midget champion, Bob Wente.

Monday, 11 March 2024,

1963 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: SECOND NO MORE, WENTE FINALLY A CHAMP

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1962 USAC National Midget champion, Jimmy Davies.

Saturday, 9 March 2024,

1962 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: A BITTERSWEET THREE-PEAT FOR DAVIES

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#1 Jimmy Davies, #69 Allen Crowe & #5 Jim Hurtubise battle for position during the 1961 Hut 100 at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track.

Friday, 8 March 2024,

1961 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: NO KINKS FOR DAVIES, HE DOES IT AGAIN

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TRAILER ALARMS LLC NAMED OFFICIAL TRAILER SECURITY SPONSOR OF USAC

Wednesday, 6 March 2024,

TRAILER ALARMS LLC NAMED OFFICIAL TRAILER SECURITY SPONSOR OF USAC

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1960 USAC National Midget champion, Jimmy Davies.

Wednesday, 6 March 2024,

1960 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: NO MAYBES FOR DAVIES, HE’S THE CHAMP

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The 1959 USAC National and Midwest Midget championships went to a man who probably more nearly personified midget auto racing than any other driver of his era, Gene Hartley of Roanoke, Ind.

Thursday, 29 February 2024,

1959 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: A LITTLE BIT OF HARTLEY & SOUL

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1958 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: SHORTY GRABS THE TRIFECTA

A big crowd watches as a field of 30+ USAC Midgets thunder down the front straightaway in 1958 at the Wisconsin State Fair.

1957 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: TEMPLEMAN BACKS IT UP WITH A HAT TRICK

Shorty Templeman of Seattle, Wash. completed the “hat trick” in midgets for 1957, winning the USAC National, Midwest and Pacific Coast championships. Never before had a driver been able to claim all three titles in the same year.

1956 USAC MIDGET REVIEW: TEMPLEMAN TOPS INAUGURAL SEASON

Washington's Shorty Templeman was USAC's first National Midget champion in 1956.

JEFF NUCKLES, USAC MIDGET WINNER & PROMOTER, PASSES AWAY

Jeff Nuckles at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway in 1980.

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