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Doty Succumbs To Injuries
By Bryan Gapinski
BADGER MIDGET AUTO RACING ASSOCIATION RELEASE
Madison, Wis., Aug. 16 - One of the country's top open wheel race car drivers
Kevin Doty, 43, of Burlington, Iowa died Tuesday morning at University
Hospital. Doty suffered serious head injuries during the Badger Midget Series
feature Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway (Sun Prairie).
During his twenty-plus years of racing Doty complied one of the most
impressive open wheel driving resumes. Among his driving championships include
the 1994 Badger Midget Series title, 1985 MARA Midget Series title, and 1984
& 85 MARA Skoal Dash Championships. Doty won midget series feature events
sanctioned by USAC, Badger, MARA, ARDC, NEMA, NAMARS, UMARA, Dairyland, and
AMRA to name a few.
He won 35 career Badger Midget feature events at Angell Park Speedway. His
major midget race wins include: 1994 Belleville Midget Nationals, 1994 Hut
Hundred, and five victories in the Pepsi Midget Nationals. He scored eight
career USAC National Midget Car wins at tracks ranging from Dundee, N.Y. to
Ventura, Calif.
Doty also complied an impressive sprint car driving career scoring seven
career USAC National Car Series feature wins, including four at Eldora
Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio). Doty also won many open sanctioned winged sprint
car features throughout the Midwest. He also captured the 2001 season opening
SCRA event at Manzantia Speedway (Phoenix, Ariz.). Doty competed
semi-regularly in the USAC Silver Crown Series with career best finishes of
fourth at Rossburg,Ohio, and Clermont, Ind.
Many of Doty's victories came driving for father Donald "Bud" Doty a
long-time car owner and driver who has fielded cars for over 50 years. Among
the other car owners Doty drove for during his career include: Wilke/PAK,
Keith & Rusty Kunz, Don Boorse, Larry Cahill, Ralph Wilke, Steve Chrisman,
Dave Ellis, Pete Willoughby, Harlan Kittleson, Larry Martz, Hans Lein, Jim
Fiscus, D.O.Laycock, and Steve Bento to name a few.
Doty is survived by his father Donald, and son Kevin, Jr.
Kevin Doty Family Memorial Fund
Bank of Sun Prairie Attn: Cher Breunig
P.O. Box 29
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 53590-0029
Cards can be sent to :
Bud Doty
917 E. 32nd Ave.
Milan, Ill 61264
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