2023 MiRPA Yearbook

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Greetings Friends of MiRPA! Thanks to our membership, fans and friends, we’ve enjoyed an exciting year.

A successful car show, presentations at Coffee & Cars and the Winter Banquet filled our calendar with an amazing string of awesome events!

MiRPA welcomed and has incorporated some of your suggestions to enhance the experience for 2023 when the straightaway of the Meadowdale "ghost track" comes alive at the 15th Annual Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories Car Show!

Food, vendors, and lots of fabulous cars and interesting owners continue to make this a big draw for families and car buffs alike.

For those who were there, this year’s winter banquet welcomed back three “Monza Wall” of Fame Inductees.

Tony DeLorenzo, David Hobbs and Al Unser Jr. returned to honor our 2023 Inductee Tommy Kendall. You can review the highlights of Kendall’s amazing driving career in the pages of this yearbook.

Coffee & Cars, held on the first Saturday of each month, featured presentations on a wide range of topics.

Peter Jankovskis discussed the 75th anniversary of the SCCA. A two-part history on the Can-Am series was presented by Tom Stephani (Nickey Racing Team), Bob McKee (Engineer, IndyCar/Can-Am Designer and Builder) and Larry Fulhorst (MiRPA Historian). A fun and unexpected highlight this year was a special edition Meet and Greet with “Eddie Munster” aka Butch Patrick.

Our Meadowdale-inspired slot car track will test your skill - bring your own car or use one of ours. We invite you to join our group of dedicated, fun-loving enthusiasts, meet new friends and share the passion of Motorsports. Watch a race movie, enjoy a donut, participate in some bench racing ... All are welcome!

We continue to celebrate the historical significance of Meadowdale International Raceways and racing in the Midwest. This year we reflect on the career of Elmhurst-native Fred Lorenzen, who started racing at local tracks and went on to be the first NASCAR driver to win $100,000 in a single season!

Motorsports’ rich legacy is safeguarded through our accumulation of historical documents, collateral, photographs, movies and memorabilia. Help promote and preserve the history of racing in the Midwest.... we happily accept donations of materials relating to this subject.

On behalf of the Board of MiRPA, I hope you will keep an eye on the calendar of events and participate in our variety of activities - Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories Car Show, Coffee & Cars, and our Winter Banquet. Join us in celebrating the people and places that built the Midwest racing community beyond the “Monza Wall” of Meadowdale.

I am deeply grateful to our Board Members for their generous gift of time, treasure and talents. I thank our individual, corporate, community and government friends for their support. We remain an all volunteer organization and depend on the dedication of so many. Please consider supporting this effort and ride along with this fun, energetic group! The success of our mission depends on all of you.

Sharing the cars, the stories and the passion... in the spirit of the sport!

Linda

Linda L. Daro Founder/Chairman

On the cover: Fred Lorenzen, The Golden Boy, raced from 1958-1972, winning a total of 26 campaigns. While this car never ran at Meadowdale, Lorenzen drove this Holman-Moody 1964 Ford Galaxie to victory in eight major races.

Cover & T-shirt Art Designed by Lucy DeLap

MiRPA Once an all but forgotten “ghost track,” Meadowdale International Raceways, located within Raceway Woods, a Kane County Forest Preserve in the northwest corner of Carpentersville, Illinois, lives again.

The 50th Anniversary celebration in 2008 brought together the efforts of a hard working group of volunteers and applied a mix of “those that were there” with those that could only wish they were...

McKee Engineering, Black Dog Speed Shop, Fall-Line Motorsports, ECC Motorsports, The Mueller and The Lederer Collections. As a kick off to the Indy 500, a presentation by IMS Historian Donald Davidson, along with Paul Goldsmith, was held at Collector Car Garage. A special members-only event was held at the Autobahn “garage” of Indy winner Bobby Rahal.

MiRPA’s Annual Winter Banquet honors the vision and contributions to the sport of racing made by outstanding representatives of the Motorsports community. We welcome to our “Monza Wall of Fame” those who have shared an undeniable passion for speed and excellence.

The beginnings of the Meadowdale International Raceways Preservation Association (MIRPA) began to take shape that day!

Meadowdale was the grand dream of Leonard W. Besinger. A local developer of commercial and residential properties in the Carpentersville area, he envisioned the track as a destination for the national racing community and a way to bring people to the area.

September 14, 1958, marked the opening of the Raceway, a 3.27 mile road course featuring a steep 180 degree curve known as the “Monza Wall” which led onto the ¾ mile front straight. Estimates of the first race crowd were upwards of 100,000 people.

Automobile, motorcycle, go-kart and even snowmobile races were held at Meadowdale. The track was home to events held by sanctioning bodies including USRRC, USAC, ARCA, SCCA, Midwestern Council and AMA. Sterling Moss conducted a driving school there as well!

On September 9, 2023, we present our 15th annual Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories car show. This is a great opportunity to visit with friends... old and new. Hundreds of race and street cars of all marques will line the front straight while Illinois NCRS takes its place in Corvette Corner.

Our mission is to promote and preserve Meadowdale and Midwest Motorsports Racing History. We are an all volunteer organization. Your time, talent and treasure are the greatest gifts you can share with us. Your tax deductible donations allow us to continue our efforts as we work to ensure the endurance of the motorsports legacy through our 501(c)(3) not-for-profit status.

Meadowdale was a great destination sixty years ago and still is today. The Raceway brought people to live, work, and play. Memories of its history will bring the track alive for generations to come. Enjoy what remains of the track — you can still hear the race cars roaring in the distance. Turn around quickly enough... you just might get a glimpse into the past!

A significant number of Midwest racing venues showcased the early years of many a car, driver and race team...

MiRPA hosts activities to keep the racing spirit alive year round. Events have been held at locations such as Heidts Automotive Group, Chicago Vintage Motor Carriage,

If they raced then, they raced here!

MiRPA Board of Directors Operational Directors

Linda Daro

Len Besinger

Don Devine

Bob McKee

Tom Stephani

Ronnie Kaplan

Dale Anderson

Jim Anderson

Lucy DeLap

Dave Gerber

Mike Jablo

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2010 Tony DeLorenzo Corvette Racer

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2009 Harry Heuer Meister Bräuser

2011 Jim Jeffords Nickey Race Team Driver

2021 Stan Kalwasinski Historian/Photographer

2010 Ronnie Kaplan Nickey/AMC Team

2012 Horst Kwech TransAm Champ

2011 Lindy Lindheimer Nickey Race Team Director

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2020 Ron Nelson Photographer

2023 Butch Patrick “Eddie Munster”

2017 Tom Schultz Road America Historian

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2015 John Weinberger SCCA Champion

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2014 Meister Bräuser Racing Team (l to r) Don Devine, Bill Wuesthoff, Augie Pabst, Harry Heuer (Owner)

“Monza Wall” of fame To those who have shared an undeniable passion for speed and excellence...

We Salute You! 2023 Inductee

Tommy “TK” Kendall "No Regrets"

MiRPA is privileged to honor those who have made extraordinary contributions to automotive and racing history.

Tommy Kendall, a very accomplished SCCA TransAm racer, won four Championships as he dominated the SCCA TransAm Series during the 1990s driving his No. 11 All Sport Ford Mustang. He is regarded as one of the first road course ringers in NASCAR, although his most famous victory may have been in 1995’s 24-Hours of Daytona, when he was teamed with NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin and the prolific silver screen icon Paul Newman.

Tommy is widely respected for his work as a racing analyst for ABC Sports/ESPN, as well as with SPEED, working Champ Car broadcasts and as host for a variety of programs like “Test Drive,” where he often works alongside some of the auto industry’s famous figures.

While still a youth in La Canada, California, Tommy clearly remembers the first time he watched his father Charles race at a sports car event at what is now Sonoma Raceway. “I remember thinking that racing cars was something I could do,” Kendall says. “If I did well in high school and college, my dad said he would support me as much as he could. From that moment on, all I could think about was racing cars.”

Tommy raced karts until he learned of the Jim Russell School and Racing Series which allowed 16-year-olds

to participate. “By the time I turned 18, I was racing at the pro level.”

He competed in the IMSA GT Championship behind the wheel of a Mazda RX-7 in the GTU category. He continued racing through college and by the time he completed his studies, he had taken the 1986 and 1987 Championships. He won three other titles in the same car, which he still owns. From this start, he has driven in SCCA, NASCAR, IROC, and IMSA divisions.

Asked about his favorite memories, the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee noted his “dream 1997 SCCA season” when he ran car No. 11 (his lucky number since his dad wore it when he played tailback at UCLA), winning 11 poles, and 11 consecutive races.

In NASCAR, while taking the lead in the Cup race at the Glen in 1989, driving the No. 18 Hendrick R&D car, he remembers “looking in my mirror and smiling at the entire field behind me with plenty of my racing heroes in it!”

“My first wins and Championships in the RX-7 were what put me on the map. My big crash in 1991 at Watkins Glen was not especially pleasant, but had a massive impact on my life. Being happy where I am, I have to be grateful for even that.”

Believing everything happens for a reason, Kendall says, “all things considered, I have zero regrets. If it hadn’t happened the way it did, I wouldn’t have had the run that I did.”

For a racer, that is as good as it gets!

Linda Vaughn

2022

“The First Lady of Motorsports,” Linda took the role of beauty queen and became an influential ambassador and promoter of motor racing for several decades, most notably as “Miss Hurst Golden Shifter.” Still going strong, she’s beloved by racers and fans alike.

Roger Penske

2021

“Monza Wall” of Fame Inductees Al Unser

2016

In 1964, Penske retired from driving though talented enough to be honored as “Sports Car Driver of the Year.” As team owner, his wins are countless. His developments are legendary. His teams continue to race in multiple series.

Penske now owns IMS & IndyCar.

Al Sr. won the Indy 500 four times (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987) - a feat accomplished by only three other drivers. He was the winner of the National Championship in 1970, 1983, and 1985. Al joined in the Unser family dominance of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb with wins in 1964 & 1965.

Tony DeLorenzo

Al Unser Jr.

2020

2015

Tony’s SCCA and IMSA racing career spanned 17 years, several sponsors and partnerships, and included consistent top-ten finishes. He claimed 22 straight victories during the 1969/1970 seasons.

Corvette Hall of Fame Inductee - 2009.

Once is never enough for Al Jr. He’s not only a two-time Indy 500 winner, he’s also a two-time overall points champion.

He won the 24-Hours of Daytona twice and is a two-time IROC Champion. Wide World of Sports named him “Athlete of the Year” in 1994.

Tom Sneva

David Hobbs

2020

2014

Tom won the 1983 Indy 500. He was the first to qualify for the Indy 500 at over 200 miles per hour. Known for fast qualifying, exciting second-place finishes and near misses, Tom was one of IndyCar’s most entertaining drivers for nearly two decades.

David is one of the most popular figures in racing on both sides of the pond. In his thirty year career, he raced sports cars, IndyCars, IMSA, Can-Am & Formula One. David’s racing knowledge and upbeat, often hilarious personality earned him success as a longtime TV commentator.

Bobby Rahal

Janet Guthrie

2019

2013

Bobby became an owner/driver in 1992, his team producing four wins and his third CART championship, making him the last owner-driver to win the CART title (held until 2003). Bobby retired the cockpit to team with David Letterman forming Rahal Letterman Racing.

Janet became the first woman to qualify and compete in the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500, each a major feat which she remarkably accomplished in the same year, 1977. Once an aerospace engineer with hopes of becoming an astronaut, she triumphed rocketing around raceways.

Johnny Rutherford

Bobby Unser

2018

2012

“Lone Star JR” won the Indy 500 three times in 1974, 1976 and again in 1980.

Rutherford’s career spanned more than three decades. He scored 27 wins and 23 pole positions in 314 starts, and also won the CART Championship in 1980.

“Uncle Bobby” won the Indianapolis 500 three times (1968, 1975, 1981). Unser won the 1968 and 1974 USAC National Championships. Dominating at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, he won the overall title ten times plus three more class wins.

Lyn St. James

Bobby Rahal

2017

In 1992, Lyn was the first woman to win the coveted Indianapolis 500 “Rookie of the Year.” She competed in the IndyCar series. She also has two class victories at the 24-Hours of Daytona, and a GTO class victory at the 12-Hours of Sebring.

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Bobby won the Indianapolis 500 in 1986.

He was the first driver in Indy history to complete the 500 miles in less than three hours. Beginning his career in SCCA, he has a trio of National Championships, a victory at 24-Hours of Daytona and the 12-Hours of Sebring.

Since Last We Met…

Our 14th annual car show racked up another record year with many awesome vehicles gracing the old straightaway. Our friends at SCCA put together a fantastic display of race cars, attracting big crowds.

Many drivers from all over the region got to experience the thrill of their tires meeting the old pavement that was Meadowdale. One particularly cool race car, a 1973 Elden Mk 10, was piloted down from our neighbor to the north, Wisconsin! We were delighted at the fabulous aerial footage supplied to us. Look for the link on Facebook.

Our yearbook and presentations last year focused on women in racing. In the MiRPA hospitality tent, we highlighted the careers of three female pioneers on the track. Bertha Benz (1849–1944), a German automotive pioneer and inventor, was the business partner and wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz. In 1888, she was the first person to drive an internalcombustion-engined automobile over a long distance (65 miles). Betty Skelton (1926-2011), known as "The First Lady of Firsts," was a land speed record holder and aerobatics pilot who set 17 aviation and automobile records. Denise McCluggage (1927-2015) autoracer and journalist for Road & Track, Car & Driver, MotorTrend and her own publication, Competition Press (later AutoWeek). Denise excelled at the extreme sports earning the nickname Lady Leadfoot.

Tommy Kendall, TransAm, IMSA Champion and popular broadcaster, was inducted into MiRPA’s “Monza Wall” of Fame at the Winter Banquet in February. Past inductees Al Unser Jr., David Hobbs and Tony DeLorenzo returned to honor their fellow racer as MiRPA recognized his accomplishments. Today, Tommy can be found on “The Torque Show,” a livestream talk show he co-hosts with former pro racing driver Justin Bell.

(You may remember Justin Bell from “Drives Unexpected,” his MotorTrend program which featured Meadowdale.)

A pre-banquet special event was hosted by Bob Lederer at his Elk Grove collection and restoration shop. Guests enjoyed lunch while viewing Bob’s extensive and amazing range of works in progress and gloriously restored driveable art.

At the Board’s Welcome Dinner, Kendall was presented with original art commissioned to highlight his multifaceted career. Limited edition prints, signed by Tommy and the artist, are available through MiRPA.

Along with the amazing prizes awarded at the banquet, MiRPA’s gift box raffle was launched and continued until the drawing was held at our May Coffee & Cars. The winner received a fabulous weekend at Road America with a pair of four-day VIP tickets to the IndyCar race and a two-night stay at the luxurious Blue Harbor Resort (and water park) in Sheboygan.

Bob McKee (Engineer, IndyCar/Can-Am Designer and Builder), Tom Stephani (Nickey Racing Team) and Larry Fulhorst (MiRPA Historian) reminded us how exciting it was when powerful monsters, disguised as sports cars, shook the earth when they presented their twopart history of the Can-Am Series at the June and August Coffee & Cars. The May presentation featured Peter Jankovskis, Chairman, SCCA National Board of Directors, sharing highlights of their 75 year history of amateur racing. Even though the vintage motorcycle display was rained out at the July Coffee & Cars, we enjoyed sharing our annual BBQ lunch with the crowd.

A last minute Coffee & Cars Meet & Greet was added when MiRPA had the opportunity to welcome Butch Patrick, aka "Eddie Munster" from the 1960s TV show, “The Munsters.” Butch generously shared stories while signing autographs and posing for photos.

MiRPA presented the unique albeit brief history of Meadowdale International Raceways at a Brown Bag Lunch and Learn hosted by the Elgin History Museum.

The well-received event was standing room only and inspired many questions and conversations with the audience. We encourage you to visit this impressive facility.

Record attendance at 2023 Motor Monday Cruise Nights left us scrambling to accommodate all the fabulous vehicles. Planned and executed in partnership with the Village of East Dundee, this summer monthly gathering has made this the coolest place to be on the third Monday, June through September.

MiRPA members were spotted at dinners with the Elkhart Lake Historic Race Circuit Preservation Association, races at Road America, Autobahn Country Club, Blackhawk Farms and Indy, just to name a few. IndyCar, NASCAR, NHRA, IMSA and Vintage events along with Mecum Auctions and the Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies continue to fuel our motorsport passion.

Interested in some bench racing? Join us at Coffee & Cars the first Saturday of each month!

Enjoy a snack, old race movies and show off your slot car skills. Bring a car (or not!).

Would you like to shake the hand and hear stories from legendary drivers? Or meet your heroes up close and personal? Don’t miss our annual Motorsports & Memories Winter Banquet held each year in February!

Would you like to imagine the roar of Meadowdale International Raceways before it became a “ghost track”? Race on over to the Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories Car Show each September!

Save the Date!

MiRPA’s Winter Banquet is scheduled for Saturday, February 3, 2024

MiRPA’s mission to promote and preserve the history of Midwest Motorsports is going strong. It is the many volunteers who share their time, talent and treasure that enable us to archive racing history and bring you these exciting and unique events. This support and dedication is the reason we continue to exist and thrive.

We are very grateful... Thank You!

Linda

Fred Lorenzen... The Golden Boy

by Stan Kalwasinski

Fred Lorenzen, an 18-year-old racing newcomer from Elmhurst, Illinois, began stock car racing at Chicago’s Soldier Field in 1953, winning an eight-lap race in September. By 1956, he was competing in both NASCAR and United States Auto Club (USAC) stock car competitions while grabbing the overall season track Championship at Soldier Field.

1958 was Lorenzen’s year to shine both on the local and national levels. He won the O’Hare Stadium late model Championship and then surprised a lot of people by also capturing the USAC stock car title with a victory at the newly opened Meadowdale International Raceways.

Noted for its high-banked “Monza Wall,” Lorenzen reportedly walked the entire course, studying every turn and angle, and then took a ride in a passenger car to get the feel of it before taking his practice laps.

Lorenzen was offered a ride with Holman-Moody, perhaps the greatest car building team in NASCAR history, on Christmas Eve of 1960. He made his first start in one of their Fords in March of 1961 in the Atlanta 500. In May, Lorenzen took home top honors in the Rebel 300 at Darlington Raceway after a late-race, side-by-side, battle with Curtis Turner. “That race was extra special because the track is so very, very special and because I was able to beat Turner,” said Lorenzen after the race. “You’ve got to remember that for a kid like me, names like Curtis Turner, Joe Weatherly and Fireball Roberts were hero stuff.”

NASCAR racing started to pay off for Lorenzen. He totaled 15 starts in NASCAR in 1961, finishing 19th in points with over $30,000 in winnings. In 1962, he would be seventh in the final standings, winning two races in 19 starts and earning just over $46,000.

Lorenzen became the talk of NASCAR in 1963, as he earned the nickname “Golden Boy” due to his winnings of nearly $123,000 in their Grand National competition behind the wheel of his Holman-Moody Lafayettesponsored, 1963 Ford.

The 1964 season would be marred by the deaths of Weatherly, Jimmy Pardue and Lorenzen’s teammate, Glenn “Fireball” Roberts as well as his own serious accident during a qualifying race for the Firecracker 400 at Daytona. Commenting about Roberts’ passing, Lorenzen said, “When NASCAR lost Fireball Roberts it was like Santa Claus didn’t exist at Christmas and it took everything out of the race.”

Curtis Turner in Victory Lane after winning the USAC Stock Car Race at Meadowdale.

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Lorenzen won the rain-shortened 1965 Daytona 500 in his HolmanMoody Ford No. 28 teamed with his old friend and mechanic Jack Sullivan, who was quoted as saying, “Freddy ate, slept, breathed and dreamt racing, 24 hours a day.”

In April of 1967, an ailing Lorenzen announced that he was retiring from racing. He returned to racing in NASCAR in 1970 and competed until he was again injured in an accident during a practice run for the Darlington 500 on Labor Day of 1971.

Lorenzen fully retired after the 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup racing season and became a successful real estate broker, working out of his office near his home in Elmhurst. “I quit way too early,” said Lorenzen in 1985. “I was good for another five

or six years. I was at my prime, but I’d won about everything there was to win and I had plenty of money. I was sick with stomach ulcers, and I was tired of traveling and living out of a suitcase. Most of all, the spark was gone; the candle was out; the king (Fireball Roberts) was dead.

His death had a great influence and impact on me. I always wanted to be better than he was, so he pushed and drove me to excel.”

Living today in the western suburbs of Chicago, Fred Lorenzen, “Fearless Freddie” or “The Elmhurst Express,” as he was known, was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998 and was elected to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2001 and the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2015.

Racing... Through the 1960s

by Linda Daro

What they say about racing in the 1960s …

“The tires were skinny and the drivers were not.”

I wouldn’t suggest that to the IndyCar dirt track drivers who formed the cornerstone of America’s national Championship for decades. Drivers like A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti, Roger Ward, Gary Bettenhausen and both Al and Bobby Unser did it without wings and aerodynamics using instead the delicate throttle control those cars required.

1968 Hoosier 100 - When the dirt still hosted the best of IndyCar. Competitors: #2 Mario Andretti, #5 Al Unser, #3 Bobby Unser, #8 Roger McCluskey, #98 Billy Vukovich Jr., & #90 George Snyder.

A.J. Foyt would go on to win this September 17 race.

Photo Credit Ken Parr

In the 1960s, however, USAC decided to opt out of the road circuits and dirt tracks to concentrate on paved ovals only even though in the world of IndyCar racing, one-mile dirt ovals had been the staple for forty years.

None the less, this was a great decade for motor racing in all categories from Drag Racing to IndyCar, Can-Am to TransAm, NASCAR to Sports Car Racing.

There was no better time in the history of the sport for the combination of innovation and star power.

The public’s attention was captured and the sport was drawing in a record number of new fans.

Speed and performance improved in a dramatic fashion as technology revolutionized the sport especially in IndyCar and Can-Am. Rear engine cars, turbine engines, wings and aerodynamics were massive changes and the fans loved to see what was coming next.

Some of the most impressive changes occurred in Can-Am. The many prototype cars that made their mark on the track appeared from everywhere from factory backed teams to small independent shops.

Our own Bob McKee designed and engineered fifteen Can-AM and eight Formula 5000 cars with a small crew at his shop located right here in Palatine, Illinois!

At that time, SCCA was the sanctioning body for the Can-Am as well as the newly launched TransAm Series which ran the American “pony” cars. With a “Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday” philosophy, American automobile manufacturers running the factory teams from Dodge, Ford, Chevrolet and American Motors (with our own Ronnie Kaplan managing the AMC Javelins) made the TransAm Series their primary focus for support dollars.

A truly great driver has the ability to drive any car anywhere. The best of the best during that era would run in a variety of categories. Jumping from a dirt track sprint car, midget, or stock car to an IndyCar was not unusual. Talented drivers like Mark Donohue, Dan Gurney, Mario Andretti and Bobby Unser set the standard, racing in as many as seven or eight different categories. Some of the best off-track stories these drivers have shared, involve how they got from one race to the next in record time.

A time that is no more. A time when engines roared and the ground shook. A time when cars were unique and the drivers were colorful… Thanks for the memories!

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Numbered limited edition prints of original art commissioned for MiRPA’s “Monza Wall” of Fame are signed by the artist and the honoree.

To purchase prints, contact MiRPA at mirpa.org@gmail.com

1 No Regrets Tommy Kendall 2 The First Lady of Motorsports Linda Vaughn 3 The Captain Roger Penske 4 The Gas Man Tom Sneva 5 Winningest Corvette Racer Tony DeLorenzo 6 The Graceful Champion Bobby Rahal 7 Lone Star J.R. Johnny Rutherford 8 Passion to Win Lyn St. James 9 Once Is Never Enough Al Unser Jr. 10 Generations of Winning Al Unser & Al Unser Jr. 11 Fast Master David Hobbs 12 Full Throttle Janet Guthrie 13 A History of Winning Bobby Unser 14 Ronnie Ronnie Kaplan 15 Win on Sunday... Meadowdale’s 1968 TransAm:

Tony Adamowicz, Ronnie Kaplan, Horst Kwech, Ed Wachs & Roger Penske

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Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories Sponsors

Become a member today ... Support the preservation of Midwest Motorsports history!

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Enjoy automobile history and racing themed events year round at our Monthly Coffee & Cars (Cary, IL), Meadowdale, Motorsports & Memories Car Show, and the Annual Winter Banquet featuring the “Monza Wall” of Fame Induction!

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Acknowledgments... We thank the many friends of MiRPA who have contributed to

our success. We gratefully acknowledge the individuals, companies and organizations who have honored us with their support!

Organizations... CAMBr • Chicagoland Sports Car Club • Dundee Township • Dundee Township

Park District • Elgin History Museum • Great Lakes Slot Car Club • Illinois Chapter NCRS • IOOF Century Lodge 492 • Kane County Forest Preserve • Midwest Council • Northern Kane County Chamber of Commerce • Chicago Region SCCA • Village of East Dundee

Donors... Dale Anderson • Jim Anderson • Len Besinger • Larry Best • Blue Harbor Resort • Scott

& Liz Bremner • Jay Busse • Colin Comer • Linda Daro • Tim & Lucy DeLap • Tony DeLorenzo • ECC Motorsports • Dave Gerber • Peter Gerling • Paul Holtz • Indianapolis Motor Speedway • Mike Jablo • Glen & Peggy Johnson • Stan Kalwasinski • Lake Barrington Motorsports • Burt Levy • MCACN • Bob McKee • Mecum Auctions • Steve Merkle • Ron Nelson • Nickey Performance • Road America • Tom Stephani • Superior Car Credit • Superior Self Storage • Paul Van de Sand • Steve & Susan Zautke

The Last Checker... Members in Memoriam

Shawna Daro • Barbara Deja • Bob Deja • Jim Enger • Ross Fossbender • Dan Gurney • Frank Hartl • Harry Heuer • Ronnie Kaplan • Roy Kumnick • Vern Nelson • Ken Rochocki • Gretchen Stephani • Al Sutton • Al Unser • Bobby Unser • Gary Urbauer • John Weinberger • Gary Weis • John Young

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