USAC MIDGET WINNING CAR OWNER MARGARET OWEN PASSES

Speedway, Indiana (December 31, 2018)………Margaret Owen, one of the pioneers in USAC Midget racing as one of the few female car owners, and even rarer, as a USAC National Midget winning car owner, passed away December 30, 2018.

Owen, of Indianapolis, Ind., reached USAC National Midget victory lane in 2004 on the dirt at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. with driver Travis Miniea.  It was a spectacular race in which Miniea passed Bobby East on the final lap to score the lone series victory for both himself as a driver and Owen as an owner.

Owen appeared in the USAC National Midget Car Entrant standings annually between 1998 and 2009, finishing a career-high ninth in the points in 2004.  Her familiar No. 28 also finished 34^th in 1998, 35^th in 1999, 21^st in 2000, 18^th in 2001, 22^nd in 2002, 29^th in 2003, 17^th in 2005, 16^th in 2006, 35^th in 2007, 47^th in 2008 and 37^th in 2009.

In 1999, Owen earned her first career USAC win as a car owner in Regional Midget action on at the Indianapolis Speedrome.  Owen midgets also competed with success in NAMARS, WWAR, ARCA and CORA, with top drivers Bill Mehner, Les Scott and Joe Liguori among others.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 3, 2019 from 3pm to 8pm ET.  The funeral will take place on Friday, January 4, at 11:30am ET at Conkle Funeral Home, located at 4925 West 16th Street in Speedway, Indiana.

USAC sends its condolences to Owen’s family and friends.