Emory Collins

Emory Collins (November 18, 1904 – June 2, 1982) was an American racing driver from Le Mars, Iowa. He won the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA) sprint car national championship in 1938, 1946, 1947, and 1948. Collins was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1991. He was known for racing the red number 7 Offenhauser sprint car between 1921 and 1951.

Backgrounds Collins was born in Sibley, Iowa on November 18, 1904 , before moving to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1907. Collins started working as a mechanic when he was 9 years old. and on the Canadian National Team in the Olympics. Collins was inducted in the Kossuth County Racing Hall of Fame in 2011. Collins was a member of the inaugural 2018 class at the Iowa Hall of Fame and Racing Museum.

Personal life Collins died at the age of 77 on June 2, 1982, from a heart attack. Collins was survived by his wife Irene. Collins was nicknamed "Spunk".