Leonard W. Miller's Hall of Fame ring case
date: label: date made
content: 2005
name: label: user
content: Miller, Leonard W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Leonard W. Miller's Hall of Fame ring case with ring inside. Miller was inducted into the Association for Diversity in Motorsports Hall of Fame on October 11, 2005 in Charlotte, NC. He was recognized and honored for fielding African American stock car drivers in the NASCAR Late Model Stock class throughout the southeast from 1994-2003.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This organization was one of many minority groups advocating African American teams and drivers competing in NASCAR as a result of insufficient corporate sponsorship in the 1990s and 2000s. Ironically, many of these advocate organizations are now defunct due to lack of corporate sponsorship and interest.
label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Leonard W. Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0359.16.1
label: accession number
content: 2016.0359
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0359.16.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ring case
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: fabric (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm