13 Facts About Steve Kinser

Steve Kinser has won 20 championships in the World of Outlaws series.

Steve Kinser was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2017.

Steve Kinser finished second in state as a junior, and was a state champion wrestler as a senior.

Steve Kinser became a World of Outlaws driver in 1978.

Steve Kinser has won the Knoxville Nationals a record 12 times, the Gold Cup Race of Champions 12 times, and the Kings Royal at Eldora 7 times.

Steve Kinser won twenty WoO championships and 690 "A" features.

Steve Kinser was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2005.

Steve Kinser has been described as the best sprint racer ever by both columnists and even his rivals.

In 1981, a 26-year-old rookie, Steve Kinser failed to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 when his month was ended by a practice crash.

Steve Kinser returned in 1997 driving a Dallara-Oldsmobile, where he qualified 20th and finished 14th after a late race accident in Turn 4.

Steve Kinser began touring Australia in 1979, before returning many times during the 1980s and 1990s, generally teaming with his brother Randy in Gambler chassis Sprint cars distinctively sponsored by cigarette companies, including the black and gold of JPS, and the sky blue and white Commodore brand.

Steve Kinser has been selected several times to compete in the International Race of Champions, winning a race at Talladega Superspeedway in 1994.

Steve Kinser's family is involved in racing, as his younger brother Randy Kinser and cousins Kelly Kinser and Mark Kinser, who was a championship winning driver on the World of Outlaws circuit.