Mario Gabriele Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona d'Istria, Italy, now Motovun, Croatia) is an Italian American racecar driver, and one of the most successful Americans in the history of auto racing. He has competed and won in many different types of auto racing, including stock cars, midget cars, sprint cars, IndyCars, drag racing cars, sports cars, and single-seater Formula One cars. During his career, Andretti won four IndyCar titles, …

Mel Kenyon (born April 15 1933 in Lacon, Illinois) is a hall of fame midget car driver. He is known as the "King of the Midgets", "Miraculous Mel", and "Champion of Midget Auto Racing." The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America says "Many consider him to be midget car racing's greatest driver ever."

Aaron Fike (born November 24, 1982) is a NASCAR driver from Galesburg, Illinois. He is the driver of the #1 Toyota Tundra Craftsman Truck Series truck and the younger brother of former NASCAR driver A. J. Fike. Fike began racing in 2001 in the USAC Silver Crown Series. He became the youngest driver to win a Silver Crown race (breaking Jeff Gordon's record), and finished tenth in points, earning him the Rookie of the Year award.

Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones (born August 12, 1933 in Texarkana, Arkansas), is a retired American racing driver and racecar owner. He is most remembered for his 1963 Indianapolis 500 win, and almost winning the 1967 Indy 500 in a turbine car. He is also remembered for bringing the stock block engine to USAC Sprint car racing as one of the "Chevy Twins" with Jim Hurtubise. In his career, Parnelli Jones won races in many types of vehicles: sports cars, IndyCars, …

Bill Schindler (6 March 1909 Middletown, New York - September 20 1952) was an American racecar driver. He began racing in the midget cars on the East Coast of the United States at their introduction in 1934. Schindler lost his left leg while racing in a big car in 1936. Schindler was part of a group determined to keep the AAA out of the East Coast in 1937. He was elected president of the "outlaw" group. Schindler briefly switched to the AAA in 1940, …

Ed "Dutch" Schaefer was an American racecar driver. Schaefer was 1940 champion at the track at Cedarhurst, New York. He won the 1946 and 1948 track championships at Philadelphia’s Yellow Jacket Speedway. He was a four time American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) midget car champion (1956, 1957, 1960, and 1965). He served as President of the East Coast regional racing organization from 1952 to 1968. Schaefer once won a USAC national midget event at Hershey, …

Rich Vogler (born July 26, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois - died July 21, 1990 in Salem, Indiana) was a champion sprint car and midget car driver. He was nicknamed "Rapid Rich".

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.

Michael Pickens is a racecar driver from Birkenhead near Auckland, New Zealand. Michael is a part time auto racing driver part time auto electrician. He has won races and championships in New Zealand, Australia, and United States in Quarter midgets, 3/4 Midgets, Midgets, Sprint cars and Karts. Michael's regular rides in New Zealand are Don Kay’s Breka/Ed Pink Ford #54 Midget and Gerard Ness Schee #11C Sprint car and in Australia and the USA is Hawk Racing.

William "Billy" Leonard Boat (born February 2, 1966 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a former American open wheel driver. He raced in the Indy Racing League. Boat was a graduate of Arizona State University. He began his career in USAC where he won 11 straight Western Series races on his way to the 1995 championship. He won the Turkey Night Grand Prix midget car race in 1995. He was a three-peat winner in the event after winning in 1996 and 1997.

Frank Kurtis (Jan. 25, 1908, Crested Butte, Co.-February 1987) was an American racing car designer. He designed and built midget cars, quarter-midgets, sports cars, sprint cars, Indy cars, and Formula 1 cars. He was the founder of Kurtis-Kraft. Kurtis began working with fabrication when he was hired by Willet Brown and Tommy Lee to rework Don Lee Racing Team's midget car bodies. Kurtis started Kurtis-Kraft when he built his own midget car chassis in the late 1930s.

Stan Fox (born July 7, 1952 in Janesville, Wisconsin; died December 18, 2000, near Waiouru, New Zealand) was a United States open wheel race car driver. Fox was one of the last links between the midget car racing and the Indianapolis 500.

Sam Hanks (born July 13 1914, died June 27 1994) was an American racecar driver who won the 1957 Indianapolis 500. He was a barnstormer, and raced midget and Champ cars.

Fred Offenhauser (1888-1973), was an automotive engineer and mechanic who designed the Offenhauser racing engine, nicknamed the "Offy", which dominated competition in the Indianapolis 500 race for decades. Offenhauser began working in the shop of Harry Arminius Miller in 1913 at age 15, when the state of the art double overhead cam, four valve per cylinder Peugeot Grand Prix car, an engine design which would be contemporary even today, won the Indianapolis 500.

Danny Oakes (July 18 1911- January 13 2007) was a midget car hall of fame driver.

Matt Crafton is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racing driver from Tulare, California. He was born on June 11, 1976. He drives the #88 Menards Chevrolet Silverado. Before turning to NASCAR racing, Crafton raced go-karts, midgets, and mini sprints. His career went national when he became involved in the 1998 Winter Heat Series shown on ESPN at Tucson Raceway Park, during which he raced against other current NASCAR drivers Greg Biffle, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, …

Douglas "Jimmy" Caruthers (January 18, 1945 - October 26, 1975) was an American racecar driver from Anaheim, California. He raced midget cars, sprint cars, and IndyCars.

Henry Banks (June 14, 1913 - December 18, 1994) was an American midget car and "big car" driver.

Jimmy Davies (August 8 1929 Glendale, California - June 11, 1966 Chicago, Illinois) was an American racecar driver. He is known for racing the Championship cars and midget cars. He was the second man to win three USAC National Midget Championships.

Duane Carter was an American racecar driver. He raced midget cars, sprint cars, and IndyCars. Carter was born in Fresno, California, and he died in Indianapolis, Indiana. His son Pancho raced in Indy cars, along with Johnny Parsons (who he helped raise).

Robin Miller (born 1950 in Indianapolis) is an American motorsports journalist. He was an IndyCar pit crew member and drove in the USAC midget series in the 1970s. Miller has written for Autoweek, The Indianapolis Star, and Car and Driver among others and is currently a regular correspondent on open wheel racing for the Speed Channel. He was also paid to produce content for Champ Car's website, …

Len Duncan (July 25, 1911 Brooklyn, New York - August 1, 1998 Lansdale, Pennsylvania) was an American racecar driver. Duncan raced midget cars in seven decades from 1920s until the 1980s. During World War II, received the honor of being assigned as President Harry S. Truman's driver during one of his visits to England. Mario Andretti credits Duncan with having a great influence on his professional life. Andretti raced in the ARDC in 1963.

Jimmy Snyder was an American racecar driver. Snyder was part of the midget car "Chicago Gang" with Emil Andres, Tony Bettenhausen, Cowboy O'Rourke, Paul Russo, and Wally Zale. They toured tracks in the Midwest and East Coast of the United States. Snyder won the 1937 track championship at the Chicago Armory & Riverview. He also set a new track record at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for that season's Indianapolis 500. Snyder appeared in five Indianapolis 500 events.

Mike Nazaruk (2 October 1921 Newark, New Jersey - 1 May 1955 Langhorne, Pennsylvania) was an American racecar driver. He raced midget cars, sprint cars, and IndyCars. He was nicknamed "Iron Mike." Nazaruk served as a U.S. Marine in the Battle of Guam and the Guadalcanal campaign in World War II. He promised himself that if he lived through the war he would become a race driver.

Emil Andres (July 22 1911 Tinley Park, Illinois - July 20 1999 South Holland, Illinois) was an American racecar driver active during the 1930's and 1940's. Andres was part of the midget car racing "Chicago Gang" with Tony Bettenhausen, Cowboy O'Rourke, Paul Russo, Jimmy Snyder, and Wally Zale. They toured tracks in the Midwest and East Coast of the United States.

Leslie "Gene" Hartley was an American racecar driver. He was born and died in Roanoke, Indiana. Hartley was the son of midget car driver Ted Hartley, who competed into his 60s. "Auto racing is all I’ve ever known," Gene once said in an interview at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Fred Agabashian (21 August 1913 Modesto, California - 13 October 1989 Alamo, California) was an American racer of midget cars and Indy cars.

Dennis "Duke" Nalon (born March 2, 1913 - died February 26, 2001) was a midget car, sprint car, and Indy 500 driver from Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Bob Swanson (20 August 1912 Inglewood, California - 12 June 1940 Toledo, Ohio) was an American racecar driver. Swanson won the first Turkey Night Grand Prix midget-car race in 1934. Swanson was killed while attempting to qualify for a midget car race.

Joe Sostilio (January 3, 1915 – July 9, 2000) was a Hall of Fame auto racing driver from Natick, Massachusetts. He was born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sostilio was a prominent midget and stockcar driver. In 1932, at the age of 17, Sostilio won the first race he ever entered, driving a Model A Ford. By 1935, Sostilio had added a championship to his resume by capturing the New England Dirt Championship. He repeated as champion in 1936 and 1938.

Tony Willman (20 February 1907 West Allis, Wisconsin - 12 October 1941 Thompson, Connecticut) was an American racecar driver. He was killed in a midget car accident.

Frankie Schneider (born August 11 1926) of Lambertville, New Jersey was a stock car, modified, midget, and sprint car racer. He had one NASCAR Grand National (now NEXTEL Cup) victory at Old Dominion Speedway in 1958. He also won the 1952 NASCAR modified title, where he may have scored at least 100 wins.

Harry McQuinn (December 13 1905 Nineveh, Indiana - January 1 1986 Morgantown, Indiana) was an American racecar driver active in the 1930's and 1940's. McQuinn raced in a Bob Wilke sponsored Leader car midget car owned by the Marchese Brothers from Milwaukee. He raced before the AAA named an official national champion. McQuinn won 1938, 1939, and 1940 track championships at the 124th Field Artillery Armory in Chicago, …

Bill Vukovich II (born March 29, 1944, Fresno, California), is a former driver in the championship car division of USAC and CART Championship Car series. He was named the 1968 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, a result of his 7th place finish. Vukovich raced in the 1965-1982 seasons, with 158 combined career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1968-1977, 1979-1980. He finished in the top ten 85 times, with one victory in 1973 at Brooklyn.

Willard "Bill" Cantrell (born in West Point, Kentucky, January 31, 1908 - died January 22, 1996) was a midget car, sprint car, power boat, and IndyCar driver. He was nicknamed the "Silver Fox" for his gray hair and sly tricks.