ROBBIE STANLEY - USAC HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2017

Robbie Stanley, of Brownsburg, Indiana, ushered in a new era of USAC Sprint Car racing in the 1990s.  In just three full-time seasons (1991-1993), Stanley became one of just three drivers to have won three consecutive USAC National Sprint Car titles. His initial series victory in the 1991 season opener at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway was considered a major upset at the time, but soon, many would discover that the driver who cut his sprint car racing teeth on the dirt and with a wing affixed up top, had a transcendent talent that would make him one of the sport’s greatest young stars. The 1989 All Star Circuit of Champions titlist was one of two drivers between 1991 and early 1994 to win a USAC National Sprint Car feature on both dirt and pavement.  In fact, of his nine career series wins, six came on the high banked paved oval in Winchester where his brief, but bright shining light was dimmed during a feature event on May 26, 1994, when he lost his life in a fiery crash. For several years, a USAC event at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway bore his name and the phrase “No Regrets” became a rallying cry among the racing community. Stanley is a 2005 inductee of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.