| 1 | 1 | | *HR1526* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: Prescott |
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| 6 | 6 | | ____________________________________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION honoring Tom Bigelow and his |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2 racing career. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 3 Whereas, Tom Bigelow is originally from Wisconsin but |
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| 10 | 10 | | 4 became a Hoosier when he moved to Winchester, Indiana, |
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| 11 | 11 | | 5 decades ago during his illustrious racing career; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 6 Whereas, Tom Bigelow started his racing career in 1956, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 7 racing in jalopy stock cars. He also dabbled with motorcycles |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 and speed boats, before narrowing his focus to midget racing |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 and, subsequently, sprint cars; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 Whereas, Tom Bigelow is an inductee in the United States |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 Auto Club (USAC) Hall of Fame, and he has 81 career USAC |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 National feature victories; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 Whereas, From 1981 to 2014, Tom held the record for the |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 most wins in USAC Sprint Car history with a total of 52 wins, |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2 along with 23 victories in Midget racing and six wins in the |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3 Silver Crown series; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4 Whereas, In 1969, he became the overall champion of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5 inaugural USAC Midget event held at the Houston Astrodome |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6 in Texas; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7 Whereas, Tom Bigelow's championships include the 1978 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8 USAC National Sprint Car crown, the 1982 USAC Indianapolis |
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| 30 | 30 | | 9 Speedrome Midget title, and in 1984, he won the USAC |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10 National Midget title; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11 Whereas, Tom Bigelow was inducted into the National Sprint |
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| 33 | 33 | | 12 Car Hall of Fame in 1996, and in 2002, he was inducted into |
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| 34 | 34 | | 13 the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame at his hometown |
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| 35 | 35 | | 14 track in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 15 Whereas, Tom Bigelow made nine starts in the Indianapolis |
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| 37 | 37 | | 16 500, and his best finish was 6th place in 1977; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 17 Whereas, Tom Bigelow had a combined 104 starts in Indy |
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| 39 | 39 | | 18 cars between USAC and Championship Auto Racing Teams |
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| 40 | 40 | | 19 (CART), and he has also raced in the National Association for |
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| 41 | 41 | | 20 Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) and the Automobile Racing |
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| 42 | 42 | | 21 Club of America (ARCA) stock car racing; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 22 Whereas, In 2015, a race at Berlin Raceway in Michigan |
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| 44 | 44 | | 23 was named the Tom Bigelow Classic in his honor; |
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| 45 | 45 | | 24 Whereas, Although Tom has retired from active racing, he |
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| 46 | 46 | | 25 currently works as the director of operations at Winchester |
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| 47 | 47 | | 26 Speedway, and he helps run the racing school; |
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| 48 | 48 | | 27 Whereas, In June 2025, Winchester Speedway will be hosting |
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| 49 | 49 | | 28 the first annual 500 Sprint Car Tour Tom Bigelow Showdown |
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| 50 | 50 | | 29 to honor him; and |
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| 51 | 51 | | 30 Whereas, Tom Bigelow is regarded as a living legend in |
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| 52 | 52 | | 31 racing, holding records that are unlikely to ever be broken: |
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| 53 | 53 | | 32 Therefore, |
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| 56 | 56 | | 1 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 58 | 58 | | 3 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives |
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| 59 | 59 | | 4 honors Tom Bigelow and recognizes his illustrious racing |
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| 60 | 60 | | 5 career. |
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| 61 | 61 | | 6 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of |
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| 62 | 62 | | 7 Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to State |
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| 63 | 63 | | 8 Representative J.D. Prescott for distribution. |
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