Newsletter #68 - October-November-December 1999

Hello everyone,
Congratulations to the 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League champion, Greg Ray. Also, congratulations to Sam Schmidt (Las Vegas) and Mark Dismore (Texas) on their victories in recent Indy Racing League events.

Hoosier Auto Show

The 33rd Annual Automotive Literature and Collectible Exchange is scheduled to be held on January 15 and 16, 2000. The show will take place at the Brickyard Crossing Inn. The hours of the show are 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM on Saturday and 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on Sunday. The show features automotive and transportation related literature such as automobile catalogs and manuals, toy cars, models and racing memorabilia. Admission to the show is $1.00. For additional information write or call: Hoosier Auto Show and Swap Meet, Inc. P.O. Box 16, Boggstown, IN 46110. Tel. 311-935-2105.

Milwaukee Show

A scale auto, hobby and toy swap meet will be held on January 23, 2000. The location of the event is Serb Hall at 5101 W. Oklahoma in Milwaukee, Wis. The hours of the show is 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Admission is $5.00. Also available is a preview admission at 1:30 AM for $20.00. For additional show information or to be placed on their mailing list, write to: Unique Events, W241 N8938 Penn Lane, Sussex, WI. 53089 or call Jim Welytok at 414-616-1562-days or 414-246-1111-after 4:00 PM. E-mail to: unievents@aol.com

Bench Racing Weekend

The 5th Annual Bench Racing Weekend hosted by Duke Nalon, Junior Dreyer and Jack Martin will take place on March 11 and 18, 2000. As in previous years, The Waterfront Plaza Hotel, located at 293 Waterfront Parkway West in Indianapolis will be the location of the event. Activities will begin on Friday at 2:00 PM with an informal gathering in the hotel lobby and the Bench Racing Hospitality Room to socialize with friends of auto racing. The festivities continue with a grand tour of nearby auto racing shops on Saturday morning. Later that afternoon the hotel meeting rooms will be open for an exhibit of race cars, photographs, memorabilia, racing films and time to just sit, visit and "Bench Race" the sport of auto racing. A social hour, dinner and a mystery guest speaker will be featured Saturday evening. Dinner tickets are $35. The Waterfront is offering a special daily room rate of $58 plus tax for the event. Call the hotel direct at 311-299-8400 no later than saturday, February 19, 2000 and be sure to tell them you are with the Bench Racing Weekenders. For more information contact Jack Martin, 6160 E. County Road 800 N, Brownsburg, IN 46112-9059 or call 311-852-0431.