{"id":11121,"date":"2022-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studebaker.priemerhosting.com\/bonnie-doon-special-midget-race-car\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T00:00:00","slug":"bonnie-doon-special-midget-race-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/bonnie-doon-special-midget-race-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie Doon Special Midget Race Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Studebaker National Museum recently acquired the Bonnie Doon Special, a Studebaker-powered Midget race car. This car was built by W.C. \u201cBarney\u201d Barnum of Mishawaka, Indiana, in 1948, and sponsored by the Bonnie Doon Ice Cream Company. It campaigned extensively in the AAA Midget racing series in the late 1940s and early 1950s, both locally and nationally. It\u2019s best finish was in 1953 when it carried driver Rex Easton to third place in the season-end rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Midget racing traces its roots to the mid-1930s as an affordable and exciting motorsports series. Studebaker\u2019s Champion engine, which debuted in 1939, was a popular midget powerplant due to its ruggedness, compact design and its high-RPM abilities.<\/p>\n<p>This special piece of local history will be on display beginning this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bonnie-Doon-Special_3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The Bonnie Doon Special Midget racer is painted in Silver with a black stripe down the top of the hood. The number on the hood is 34.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bonnie-Doon-Special_3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bonnie-Doon-Special_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bonnie-Doon-Special_3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bonnie-Doon-Special_3.jpg 1174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Studebaker National Museum is located at 201 Chapin St., just west of downtown South Bend.\u00a0 It is open Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm, and Sun. Noon\u20135pm.\u00a0\u00a0Admission is $11 for adults, $9.50 for seniors over 60, and $7 for youth ages 6-18.\u00a0 For more information, please call the Museum at (574) 235-9714 or toll free at (888) 391-5600 or visit our website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\">www.studebakermuseum.org<\/a>. For an additional cost, visitors can tour The History Museum, which adjoins the Studebaker National Museum.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Information<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7BDm7QwGDec\">Bonnie Doon Video<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Studebaker National Museum recently acquired the Bonnie Doon Special, a Studebaker-powered Midget race car. 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