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STEVE KINSER

PROFILE

Name: Steve Kinser
Age: 63
Date of Birth: 2nd of June 1954
Resides: Bloomington, IN United States

Occupation: Retired

Marital Status: Married to Dana

Children: Stevie, Kraig, Kurt

Grandchildren: Kash, Hailee, Andrew

Race Number: 11

20 WORLD OF OUTLAWS CHAMPIONSHIPS

576 CAREER WINS

12 TIMES KNOXVILLE NATIONALS CHAMPION

 

20-time World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series champion. Competed in the first career World of Outlaws race on March 18, 1978 at Devil’s Bowl Speedway. Has won every major Sprint car race during his racing career. 576 career WoO Sprint Car Series A-Feature victories. 12-time Knoxville (Iowa) Nationals champion. Finished 14th in the 1997 Indianapolis 500. Fourteen-time National 410 Sprint Car Driver of the Year. Nineteen-time American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association All-American honoree.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Considered by many to be the greatest sprint car driver of all time

  • 20- Time World of Outlaws Champion

  • 12-Time Knoxville Nationals Champion

  • 12-Time Gold Cup Race of Champions Winner

  • 2-Time United Sprint Association Champion

  • Slick 50 World Sprint Series Champion

  • Listed as America’s winningest driver in StockCar magazine

  • Won International Race of Champions (IROC) feature at Talladega in 1994

  • Set National short track record with 56 feature victories, including 46 of 69 World of Outlaws main events in 1987

  • Voted to the American Auto Racing Writes and Broadcasters All-American Team a record 19 times

  • Inducted into the Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2005

  • Has over 900 career feature wins

  • Has a winning career than has spanned over 5 decades

  • His first feature win was at Paragon Speedway in 1973 at the age of 20

  • Most current win came in January 2015, at the age of 60.

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