THE STEVE KING FOUNDATION
CHAMPIONS RACING
FAMILIES EVERYWHERE

THE STEVE KING
FOUNDATION
CHAMPIONS
RACING FAMILIES
EVERYWHERE

We are a non-profit, tax deductible, 501(c)(3) charitable organization established to help the dirt track racing community following the death of driver Steve King in 2006.

We provide assistance to race car drivers, pit crew members, racing officials and track operations personnel or the immediate families of those individuals who are involved in dirt track racing and are seriously ill, severely injured or have been killed. Whenever additional funds are available, the foundation will also contribute to organizations and facilities dedicated to improving the safety of the sport.

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Individuals and families helped across the U.S., Australia and Canada since the foundation’s inception.
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Has been given to provide help, hope and healing to families and individuals of the dirt racing community in the time of their greatest need.

STEVE KING

A Life That Inspired a Legacy of Healing

Steve’s life revolved around two things: farming and racing. A sixth-generation farmer, Steve lived and worked with his family on their row crop and feedlot operation outside of Jetmore, Kansas, and drove for his dad’s dirt track race team, King Racing.

  • Fans and family will tell you that “racing was in his blood.” The King family has been a part of the racing community since Steve’s father Danny fielded his first super modified in 1973. By 1979, six-year-old Steve was a regular on the crew, working alongside his father as they won the Supermodified National Championship Racing Association (NCRA) Championship. After this sweet taste of victory, Steve worked even harder, learning the ropes of dirt track racing. By the time he was eight, Steve was racing a go-cart around a small, makeshift track on the farm.

  • It wasn’t until 1989 that Danny finally let Steve climb behind the wheel as a driver. After high school, Steve spent the four years at Kansas State University earning his degree in Animal Science. But each summer, he spent his nights perfecting his driving skills at local tracks after farming all day. During this time of Steve's life, he won two track championships and finished fifth in overall IMCA circuit point standings.

  • Steve’s career took off in the mid-1990s when he began taking home the checkered flag at more and more tracks throughout the Midwest. His consistency earned him top 10 season standings in the NCRA circuits in 1995, 1996 and 1998-2006. Steve was the NCRA 360 Division Sprint Car Champion in 2002 and 2003, runner-up in 2004 and placed third in 2005. In 2006, he was posthumously awarded the ninth-place trophy. At the time of his death, Steve was the second most-winning driver in NCRA history.

  • Steve was in the second year of his sponsorship with Ethanol/ICM at the time of his death. The sponsorship was a perfect fit, teaming Steve’s farming background with the promotion of a fuel alternative. During the 2006 season, one of Steve’s goals was to qualify for the A-main at the Knoxville Nationals, the Daytona 500 of sprint car racing — a feat he had attempted several times but had yet to achieve. Steve won his heat, setting a new 10-lap record and was running 16th in the qualifying feature at the time of the accident, which occurred on the white flag. Had Steve finished the race, he would have achieved his goal.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

TOM LORENZ

NAOMI KING

TAMMY SHEARER

STEPHANIE MORGAN

KYLER FETTERS

BOBBI BEACH

Tom Lorenz

TOM LORENZ

Tammy Shearer

TAMMY SHEARER

Kyler Fetters

KYLE FETTERS

Naomi King

NAOMI KING

Stephanie Morgan

STEPHANIE MORGAN

Bobbi Beach

BOBBI BEACH

Assistance

See how the Steve King Foundation has connected with the hearts and touched the lives of those in the racing community across the U.S. and around the world.

Assistance

See how the Steve King Foundation has raised and distributed funds to individuals and families in the dirt racing community across the United States, Australia and Canada.

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Your donation goes toward providing physical therapy, transportation, lodging, medical payments, wheelchairs and more to individuals and families in the dirt racing community who are in need.

Give

Your donation goes toward providing physical therapy, transportation, lodging, medical payments, wheelchairs and more to individuals and families in the dirt racing community who are in need.