Ken Schrader
Ken Schrader began racing in 1971 as a 17-year old at Lake hill Speedway in Missouri and won the Sportsman championship there in his first season. In the time since, he has become America's definition of a 'Real Racer'. A term as coveted as it is attainable by anyone in the sport.
By 198, Schrader was running USAC stock cars and was Rookie of the Year in Sprint cars, taking that title in '83 when he was also attempteing to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. Only a deflated tire and a destroyed race car stood in his way of joining the elite filed of 33 on Memorial Day.
Schrader spent three decades running at the highest levels of NASCAR competition running 763 races in the Cup series and winning four.
This past summer, he became the oldest, at 64, to earn the poke for an ARCA race.
Schrader has competed and won at nearly every track of significance in open wheel and stock car classes, such as Ascot, Eldora, Thunder Road, Syracuse, Salem, Winchester, Belleville and Daytona. Schrader made it to the A-Main at Knoxville (IA) the last year they ran without wings.
Along with decades of success, he's wrecked more than a few times, but has gone without public feuds. Despite countless car owners, from the most modest to the ultra wealthy, Schrader has come and gone from rides, sponsorships and sanctioning bodies without a trace of anyone left angry.
By 198, Schrader was running USAC stock cars and was Rookie of the Year in Sprint cars, taking that title in '83 when he was also attempteing to qualify for the Indianapolis 500. Only a deflated tire and a destroyed race car stood in his way of joining the elite filed of 33 on Memorial Day.
Schrader spent three decades running at the highest levels of NASCAR competition running 763 races in the Cup series and winning four.
This past summer, he became the oldest, at 64, to earn the poke for an ARCA race.
Schrader has competed and won at nearly every track of significance in open wheel and stock car classes, such as Ascot, Eldora, Thunder Road, Syracuse, Salem, Winchester, Belleville and Daytona. Schrader made it to the A-Main at Knoxville (IA) the last year they ran without wings.
Along with decades of success, he's wrecked more than a few times, but has gone without public feuds. Despite countless car owners, from the most modest to the ultra wealthy, Schrader has come and gone from rides, sponsorships and sanctioning bodies without a trace of anyone left angry.