LeMay was also a sports car owner and enthusiast (hewho owned an [[Allard Motor Company|Allard J2]]);. asAs the "SAC era" began to wind down, LeMay loaned out facilities of SAC bases for use by the [[Sports Car Club of America]],<ref name=SCCA2006/> as the era of early [[street racing|street races]] began to die out. He[[Turner wasAir awardedForce Base]] hosted the first SCCA race on a military installation in 1952, while SAC's operating base at Offutt welcomed the [[WoolfSCCA BarnatoNational Sports Car Championship]] Awardthe following year.<ref name="Nebraska HOF" /> LeMay was not permitted to race himself, so he allowed those like SCCA'shighestpresident award,Fred forWacker contributionsand Roy Scott to drive his Allard when the Club,association inraced 1954at Offutt.<ref>{{cite nameweb|url=SCCA2006https:/>/www.scca.com/articles/1998526-honoring-american-veterans-general-curtis-e-lemay|title=Honoring InAmerican Veterans: General Curtis E. LeMay|work=[[Sports Car Club of America]]|date=November 200611, it2015|access-date=July was11, announced2024}}</ref> thatRevenue LeMayfrom wouldthe beraces onewere ofused to improve living quarters at the inducteesbases intoor donated to the SCCA[[Air HallForce ofAid FameSociety]] inand local 2007charities.<ref>{{cite namenews|url=SCCA2006https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american-cars-celebrities-c/151160932/|title=Cars, Celebrities, Cuties Bow at Bergstrom Today|newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=March 28, 1954|access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref> Racing at SAC installations ended in 1954 after a Congressional investigation over using public funding to organize the events.<ref>{{cite webnews|last=Considine|first=Bob|agency=[[International News Service|INS]]|url=httphttps://www.sccanewspapers.com/Newsarticle/Newsthe-miami-herald-trained-airmen-leaving/151160994/|title=Trained Airmen Leaving Service|newspaper=[[Miami Herald]]|via=[[Newspapers.asp?Refcom]]|date=729August 5, 1954|access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>
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He was awarded the [[Woolf Barnato]] Award, SCCA's highest award, for contributions to the Club, in 1954.<ref name=SCCA2006/> LeMay was inducted into the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2004 and the SCCA Hall of Fame in 2007.<ref name=SCCA2006>{{cite web|url=http://www.scca.com/News/News.asp?Ref=729
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