Stock Car Racing "Legends Reunion" award given to Leonard W. Miller of the Miller Racing Group Inc.
date: label: date made
content: 2010
name: label: referenced
content: Miller, Leonard T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Stock Car Racing "Legends Reunion" award given to Leonard W. Miller of the Miller Racing Group Inc. as a championship car owner and acknowledgement of his motor sports accomplishments. The plaque is wood with a black name plate mounted to the bottom half and two checkered racing flags with a steering wheel and helmet mounted to the top half of the plaque. The award was given by the Old Dominion Speedway of Manassas, Virginia on September 4, 2010 in front of thousands of fans, race track personnel and NASCAR teams. 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: 2016.0308.06
label: accession number
content: 2016.0308
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0308.06
objectType: label: Object Name
content: auto racing plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/2 in x 9 in x 1 1/2 in; 31.75 cm x 22.86 cm x 3.81 cm