Sleepy Tripp
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Ron "Sleepy" Tripp is an American Hall of Fame midget car driver. Tripp got his nickname as a youth when he would fall asleep in his quarter midget car while waiting for his next race to start. [1]
[edit] Midget car career
Tripp took the national midget car world by storm when he won the 1975 and 1976 United States Automobile Club (USAC) National Midget championships. He stayed on the national tour for more several years before he started racing on the West States series on the West Coast. He consistently placed in the first or second place in the series' points, winning championships in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1992. He had won 97 West States races by 1993. He reached his 100th win in 1998 at Ventura Raceway. [2]
He also had 50 National midget car victories, which placed him fifth on USAC's all-time midget car winner's list. [1] He had 59 National USAC total victories, placing him tenth on USAC's all-time list. [1]
[edit] Career award
- He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1986. [1]
- He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Museum in its second class in 2000. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Biography at the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame, retrieved January 16, 2007
- ^ "Sleepy Tripp Scores Number 100", motorsport.com, retrieved January 16, 2007
- ^ Inductees in the National Midget Auto Racing Museum, retrieved January 16, 2007
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