Ron Shuman is an American sprint car race driver from Tempe, Arizona. He won the Turkey Night Grand Prix on eight different occasions from 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1992 & 1993 and won the Knoxville Nationals in 1979. He was inducted into the National Sprint Car 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.