More racers being honored Saturday
Thursday, Oct. 08, 2009
Buddy Arrington (left) and son Joey in May 1978. – Charlotte Observer file
Jake Elder (left) and Leonard Wood at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1983. – Charlotte Observer file
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Former racing star Ned Jarrett, left, signs an autograph for race fan Bill Waters of Myrtle Beach, S.C., during the Darlington Historic Racing Festival at the Track Too Tough to Tame in Darlington, S.C., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/The Morning News, Matt Robertson)
THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
9/16/2009 Jeff Gilder works to build a new display at Memory Lane Motorsports & Historical Automotive Museum in Mooresville Wednesday. A $10,000 display recognizing motorsports figures who helped launch racing decades ago is being by members of a non-profit foundation, "Racers Reunion," that honors motorsports figures from racing's roots. TODD SUMLIN - tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com
Stock car racing legends Ned Jarrett and Bobby Allison will lead the inaugural induction ceremony for the RacersReunion Memory Lane Hall of Fame on Saturday in Mooresville, N.C.
Ten living motorsports figures from racing's past will be inducted along with five late racers in a 10 a.m. ceremony. Allison will be presenting host and Jarrett the emcee. An autograph session and car show are also scheduled.
The RacersReunion organization assists many of racing's lesser-known figures – and in some cases, their widows – with their medical bills and other expenses.
Inductees are Sam Ard, Dink Widenhouse, Buddy Arrington, James Hylton, Marvin Panch, Paul Goldsmith, Dave Marcis, Jake Elder, Paul Lewis and Neil Castles. The late racers Herman Beam, Gene Glover, Elmo Langley, Wendell Scott and G.C. Spencer are being honored.
Learn more: racersreunion.ning.com/events/racersreunion-memory-lane-hall.
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