Howard
Linne won the 1961 USAC Midget Owners Championship and has
recorded 69 feature wins as a USAC owner which ranked him
third in the all-time list at the time of his induction into
the National Midget Hall of Fame.
Known for multi-car entries, the Linne stable dominated
the Valley Park,
Missouri
and Rockford, Illinois tracks and featured such drivers as
Tony Bettenhausen, Bob Tattersall, Parnelli Jones, Mike
McGreevy, Lee Kunzman and Henry Pens.
Howard sold race cars and race car parts at his shop in
Mendota, Illinois where he also owned a farm implement
dealership.
