RacersReunion and Memory Lane Museum Unite to Create RacersReunion Memory Lane Hall of Fame "Recognizing the Grass Roots of Auto Racing"

In an effort to bring recognition to the racers who formed the grass roots of stock car racing, RacersReunion, founders of the racing history social network RacersReunion.com, along with Memory Lane Museum in Mooresville, NC have united to bring overdue recognition to some of the early pioneers of auto racing. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) August 27, 2009 - On October 10, 2009 ten living and five posthumous participants in grass roots racing will receive the prestigious honor of being inducted into the inaugural class at the RacersReunion Memory Lane Hall of Fame. Veteran racing champion and broadcaster, “Gentleman” Ned Jarrett will be the master of ceremonies with racing legend, Bobby Allison along side as presenting host. The five posthumous inductees are: Gene Glover, Elmo Langley, Wendell Scott, G.C. Spencer, and Herman “The Turtle” Beam. The ten living inductees are: Sam Ard, Dave Marcis, Jake Elder, Paul Goldsmith, Neil “Soapy” Castles, Paul Lewis, Buddy Arrington, Dink Widenhouse, Marvin Panch, and James Hylton.

The induction ceremonies will be the first part of a two-day festival beginning at Memory Lane Museum and ending at Rockingham Speedway. The induction will begin at 10:30 AM followed by an autograph session, and the Koss Motorsports Hall of Fame Car Show and Vintage Racing display. But the fun doesn’t stop there. The car show will then begin “The Cruise to the Rock” (Rockingham Speedway) where car show and vintage racing participants will receive free camping, a pancake breakfast, pit passes, and a parade lap as part of Sunday’s pre-race festivities for the American 200 ARCA Championship race. The Hall of Fame inductees will be honored as part of the pre-race program and treated to the finest hospitality Rockingham Speedway has to offer.

“It was an absolute blessing to have Alex Beam, Sam, and the rest of the Beam family at Memory Lane Museum agree to allow us to house our Hall of Fame at their world-class museum facility”, said Jeff Gilder, founder of RacersReunion. “We have been dreaming of creating a place to honor the pioneers of auto racing for many years, but we wanted to do a first class job and make sure our efforts provided the recognition these heroes deserve. Memory Lane Museum is the perfect place to house this Hall of Fame and the Beams were very gracious in their efforts to make this possible.

Tickets are available at Memory lane Museum and online at RacersReunion.com. Event details are posted on Stock Car RacersReunion on RacersReunion.com.

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