One of the Midwest’s most popular midget and sprint-car drivers, Kevin Doty died Aug. 16, 2005 from injuries he suffered in a crash at Angell Park Speedway a few days earlier.
Doty, who won the 1994 Badger Midget Auto Racing Ass’n championship, owned a series of major victories. He won both the sprint-car portion of the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway and the Belleville Midget Nationals in 1994, which was arguably his best season.
Doty, who was 43 at the time of his death, owned eight USAC National Midget Series victories and had another seven USAC National Sprint Car Series triumphs to his credit.
Those were among countless wins at local short tracks and with smaller sanctioning organizations.
Featured here (clockwise from top left): Behind the wheel in 2005; Celebrating his victory in the 1999 Chili Bowl Nationals with his son Kevin, Jr.; A happy winner in 1999; In 1993; In victory lane with father Bud and son Kevin, Jr., at Springfield (Ill.) Speedway in 1987; In 2005 shortly before his fatal crash; After a WWAR victory at Florida’s East Bay Raceway Park; With Kevin, Jr. in victory lane at Twin Cities Raceway Park in 1998. — NSSN Archives