List of Notable Illinois Race Car Drivers
This is a list of race car drivers from Illinois that have raced in a major touring series, and have held a full-time position there. These series include NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, NCTS, and Nationwide series, USAC Indy Cars, the IRL or Champ Car Series, ARCA, or one of the major off road racing sanctioning bodies.
Other drivers include "Chicago Gang" midget car racing drivers Emil Andres and Jimmy Snyder (who won the pole position for the 1939 Indianapolis 500).
| Name | Hometown | Racing Series |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Allgaier | Riverton, Illinois | ARCA, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series |
| Chuck Baird | Assumption, Illinois | IHRA |
| Gary Bettenhausen | Tinley Park, Illinois | USAC Championship Car, NASCAR |
| Merle Bettenhausen | Tinley Park, Illinois | USAC Championship Car |
| Tony Bettenhausen | Tinley Park, Illinois | AAA, USAC Championship Car |
| Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. | Tinley Park, Illinois | Champ Car |
| Joe Cooksey | Centralia, Illinois | ARCA |
| Allen Crowe | Springfield, Illinois | USAC Championship Car |
| Bay Darnell | Lake Bluff, Illinois | USAC Stock Car, NASCAR Grand National, Indy Car |
| Erik Darnell | Beach Park, Illinois | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series |
| Bob Dotter | Chicago, Illinois | NASCAR Nationwide Series, ARCA |
| Bobby Dotter | Chicago, Illinois | ASA, NASCAR Nationwide Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, ARCA |
| Randy Eller | Taylorville, Illinois | CORR, WSORR |
| Steve Federico | Willmette, Illinois | CORR, WSORR |
| Lou Fegers | Glenview, Illinois | USAC, IMCA |
| Aaron Fike | Galesburg, Illinois | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, ARCA |
| A. J. Fike | Galesburg, Illinois | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series |
| Steve Fossett | Chicago, Illinois | 24 hours of Le Mans, Paris to Dakar Rally |
| Fred Lorenzen | Elmhurst, Illinois | NASCAR, USAC Stock Cars |
| Phillip McGilton | Marion, Illinois | ARCA, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series |
| Danica Patrick | Roscoe, Illinois | Indy Racing League NASCAR Nationwide Series ARCA |
| Tony Schumacher | Long Grove, Illinois | NHRA |
| Eric Smith | Bloomington, Illinois | ARCA, United Midwestern Promoters |
| Bob Strait | Mokena, Illinois | ARCA, ASA, NCTS, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series |
| Scott Taylor | Belvidere, Illinois | SODA, CORR, WSORR, Traxxas TORC Series |
| Bill Venturini (Retired) | Chicago, Illinois | ARCA |
| Billy Venturini | Chicago, Illinois | ARCA |
| Rich Vogler | Chicago, Illinois | USAC Sprint Cars, USAC Midgets |
| Mark Voigt | Marine, Illinois | NASCAR, ARCA, United Midwestern Promoters |
| Bobby Wawak | Villa Park, Illinois | NASCAR, USAC stock cars |
| Tim Wilkerson | Springfield, Illinois | NHRA |
| Steve Cannon | Danville, Illinois | USAC |
| Larry Cannon | Danville, Illinois | USAC |
Read more about this topic: Racing In Illinois
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, notable, illinois, race and/or car:
“Do your children view themselves as successes or failures? Are they being encouraged to be inquisitive or passive? Are they afraid to challenge authority and to question assumptions? Do they feel comfortable adapting to change? Are they easily discouraged if they cannot arrive at a solution to a problem? The answers to those questions will give you a better appraisal of their education than any list of courses, grades, or test scores.”
—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)
“Do your children view themselves as successes or failures? Are they being encouraged to be inquisitive or passive? Are they afraid to challenge authority and to question assumptions? Do they feel comfortable adapting to change? Are they easily discouraged if they cannot arrive at a solution to a problem? The answers to those questions will give you a better appraisal of their education than any list of courses, grades, or test scores.”
—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 24)
“An Illinois woman has invented a portable house which can be carried about in a cart or expressed to the seashore. It has also folding furniture and a complete camping outfit.”
—Lydia Hoyt Farmer (18421903)
“I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.”
—John Milton (16081674)
“Freedom is not an ideal, it is not even a protection, if it means nothing more than freedom to stagnate, to live without dreams, to have no greater aim than a second car and another television set.”
—Adlai Stevenson (19001965)