Quartermasters Drag Racing Team Inc. Trailblazer award given to Leonard T. Miller of the Miller Racing Group Inc.
name: label: referenced
content: Miller, Leonard T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Quartermasters Drag Racing Team Inc. Trailblazer award given to Leonard T. Miller of the Miller Racing Group Inc. for blazing the way for African American race car drivers in motorsports from 1993-2003. The plaque is black with a marbleized border and gold engraving and a white, round Quarter Masters Racing Team logo at the top. MRG maintained a car and garage on the grounds of the Concord Motor Speedway with the sole purpose of developing African American drivers for NASCAR competition. Over the next decade MRG was sponsored by General Motors, Sunoco, Lincoln Electric, Wittnauer Watches and Dr. Pepper. Miller Racing Group was an African American racing team owned by father and son Leonard W. and Leonard T. Miller. MRG was sponsored by Dr. Pepper from 2001-2003 and delivered Dr. Pepper its first corporate win in the brand's history. The team competed in the NASCAR Late Model Stock Weekly Racing Series throughout the southeast. After the 2003 season, the Millers did not have a corporate sponsor for MRG and sustained the team with their personal funds and resources.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: auto racing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: African American
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0308.07
label: accession number
content: 2016.0308
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0308.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: auto racing plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 9 in x 1 in; 31.75 cm x 22.86 cm x 2.54 cm