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Shanaman Sports Museum

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Print, Photographic

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2004.09.17

Description

Bill Seidelman leans against race car No. 85 with driver Frank White (seated) and Ron McDougle at right. Seidelman was a Lincoln High School graduate, and Air Force Reservist during the Korean War. Seidelman worked as a mechanic but found his love in racing, a passion he inherited from his father who built midget cars. By the age of 16, Seidelman went to work for Leo Dobry and his City of Tacoma car in 1948. He owned Seidelman’s Racing Enterprises, which designed, restored and fabricated custom racing midget cars. In 1956 he won the Washington Three-Quarter Midget Association Championship. In 1962 Seidelman was the car owner for the winning Washington Racing Association’s Sprint Car Championship with Bob Grigg as the driver. Seidelman was a longtime member of the Western Racing Association, Washington Midget Racing Association, United States Auto Club, West Coast Vintage Racers and was a Hall of Fame member of the Golden Wheels, a vintage racing fraternity. Photo donated by Bill Seidelman.

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Motor Sports, Autoracing, Professional/Semi-Pro, Recreational

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Seidelman, Bill

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White, Frank

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McDougle, Ron

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Dobry, Leo

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City of Tacoma

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Lincoln High School

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Tacoma

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Grigg, Bob

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Washington Three-Quarter Midget Assocation Championship

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Washington Racing Association Srint Car Championship

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Western Racing Association

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Washington Midget Racing Association

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United States Auto Club

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West Coast Vintage Racers

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Hall of Fame Golden Wheels