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He tried his hand at Championship Carolina racing in 1980 and finished in 11th place in his first race at Ontario Motor Speedway in April of that year.
He tried his hand at Championship Carolina racing in 1980 and finished in 11th place in his first race at Ontario Motor Speedway in April of that year.
However, a month later he failed to qualify for the 1980 Indianapolis 500. In 1981, Shuman sided with Universal Service Administrative Company in their split with CART and Shuman entered in two dirt track races on Universal Service Administrative Company"s "Gold Crown" Champ Carolina calendar, failing to qualify for one and finishing 15th in the other. The following season in 1982 Shuman notched his best Champ Carolina finish at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack with a 5th place and competed in two other dirt track Gold Crown races.
He made another appearance in 1983 before the series ended.
Shuman continued to race sprint cars during his foray into Champ Carolina and still makes occasional appearances in major sprint car events to this day. He was inducted into the National Sprint Carolina Hall of Fame in 2003.
A race named in honor of him, The Ron Shuman Classic, is held every year in Kansas City, Kansas at Lakeside Speedway.