Kramer Williamson
{{Short description|American sprint car racing driver (1950–2013)}}
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| nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American
| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|06|26}}
| birth_place = Columbus, Ohio, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|08|04|1950|06|26|mf=y}}
| death_place = York, Pennsylvania, United States
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| last series = United Racing Company Sprint Cars
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| titles = United Racing Company Sprint Cars
| title years = 1991, 1992, 1995
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Kramer Earl Williamson (June 26, 1950 – August 4, 2013) was an American sprint car racing driver. A native of Pennsylvania, he was a feature winner in World of Outlaws and United Racing Company competition, and a 2008 inductee of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. He was fatally injured in a racing accident at Lincoln Speedway.
Career
Williamson was a resident of Palmyra, Pennsylvania. He kept his age a secret but had been racing for over forty years at the time of his death. He shared the rookie of the year title at Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1971.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2013/08/04/sprint-car-driver-death-accident-kramer-williamson/2617733/|title=Sprint Car driver Kramer Williamson dies after crash|author=USA Today Sports staff|journal=USA Today|date=August 4, 2013|accessdate=August 5, 2013}}
Williamson, known for driving a bright pink car,{{cite web|url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/SPORTS/708100340|title=Fast Track: Fans tickled pink by Kramer|last=McMillan|first=Ken|date=August 10, 2007|work=Times Herald-Record|accessdate=August 7, 2013|location=Middletown, NY|archive-date=March 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308025735/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/SPORTS/708100340|url-status=dead}} was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.thatsracin.com/2013/08/05/111766/sprint-car-driver-kramer-williamson.html|title=Sprint car driver Kramer Williamson dies from complications after wreck|date=August 5, 2013|work=The Charlotte Observer|accessdate=August 7, 2013|location=Charlotte, NC|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815182800/http://www.thatsracin.com/2013/08/05/111766/sprint-car-driver-kramer-williamson.html|archivedate=August 15, 2013}} He was a champion in the United Racing Company sprint car series in 1991, 1992 and 1995.
On August 3, 2013, Williamson's car collided with another car and rolled over on the fourth lap of a 10-lap qualifying round at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania. He was airlifted to York Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, where he died on August 4.
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Category:Sportspeople from Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Category:Racing drivers from Pennsylvania
Category:World of Outlaws drivers
Category:Racing drivers who died while racing