We are less than 2 weeks away from Bench Racing Weekend 2016
with another terrific event planned. The event starts Friday March 18 and
concludes on Saturday night March 19th with a featured interview -no doubt attendees
will hear some interesting racing history.
In summary, Bench Racing Weekend includes:
· This year’s
events begin on Friday evening. Dave “The King” Wilson will lead an informal
conversation session from 7PM to 8PM on Friday with Terry Lingner in the
Ballroom area, right next to registration. Also included in that evening event
will be a display of fabulous race cars courtesy of Bob McConnell.
Barb Hellyer and
the RacingHistory.org group will also provide video in the Stapleton
Hospitality Suite featuring memorable videos and conversation about
racing. If you are arriving Friday night
or if you are local to Indianapolis, you may want to drop by to enjoy these
additional features. You can also get your registration material and avoid the
rush on Saturday morning.
· Saturday
morning there are two private race shop tours including a visit to renowned
race car restorer Walter Goodwin’s shop. Then the second tour of an active
F2000 race team – John Cummiskey Racing.
John Cummiskey is also a restorer and will have some interesting cars in
addition to his F2000 program.
· An outdoor
car show dedicated to former driver Bob Harkey.
· A
presentation of two very rare and immaculately restored Indy cars from the
private collection of Bob McConnell. A
1962 Watson roadster driven to second place by Len Sutton in the 500 and a 1970
Mongoose driven by Lloyd Ruby.
· A small
memorabilia and art exhibit.
· Wanda Devin,
mother of Al Unser Jr. will host a conversation with attendees.
· A presentation
of rare 16mm films of the Indy 500 from raresportsfilms.com presented by Doak
Ewing.
· A cocktail
hour, and banquet. We expect to see many former Indy 500 drivers in attendance.
The main feature, will be “A Conversation
with Chief Mechanics.” Donald Davidson
will interview Paul Diatlovitch, the owner of PDM racing and Ron Dawes from
Hemelgarn Racing.
Information provided by
Bench Racing Weekend 2016 Team Members
Chuck Shuman & Anne Mitchell
408-373-8701, 317-243-7288
Clare Poremsky
419-350-2371
