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Jerry Richert Memorial up next for UMSS

The tenth annual Jerry Richert Memorial will take place on Saturday September 11 at the Cedar Lake Speedway. For the second year in a row this all Sprint Car event will feature the IRA 410 Outlaw Sprints along with the UMSS 360 Sprint Cars and Vintage Cars. Past winners of the Jerry Richert Memorial include Kim Mock in 2001, Don Droud Jr. 2002, Terry McCarl 2003 and 2004, Justin Henderson 2005, Mike Reinke 2006 and 2007, and Brooke Tatnell 2008 and 2009.

Jerry Richert Sr. was one of the best Sprint Car racers in the United States with his most notable accomplishments taking place during the decade of the 1960's. Jerry Richert Sr. won IMCA championships in 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1968. He was the IMCA runner-up in 1967 and 1970. Jerry was the winner of the 1962 Knoxville Nationals and was inducted into the Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame in 1986 and the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1991. Jerry Richert Sr. made eight starts in the Little 500 with his best finishes three seconds and a third. He was inducted into the Little 500 Hall of Fame in 2007.

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