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RRDC To Honor Johnny Rutherford In Long Beach
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Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford will be honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) at the RRDC Evening with Johnny Rutherford Presented by Firestone in Long Beach, California, on Thursday, April 12.
A 10th annual event, the banquet honors auto racing’s most influential leaders and icons and will be held before the 44th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Previous honorees include Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Roger Penske, Jim Hall, Brian Redman, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, George Follmer and Emerson Fittipaldi.
The dinner’s proceeds will help support the RRDC’s young driver initiatives, including its groundbreaking SAFEisFAST.com program and the Team USA Scholarship, which the RRDC has backed since 1997 and has been providing opportunities for talented young American race car drivers since 1990.
Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1938, Rutherford is best known as a driver in what is considered IndyCar's golden era, competing against the likes of A.J. Foyt, Andretti, Parnelli Jones, Rick Mears and the Unsers.
Rutherford is also one of only nine drivers to have won the Indianapolis 500 three times or more. His victories came in 1974, '76 and '80.
Before the IndyCar victories, Rutherford raced modified stock cars and won his first NASCAR-sanctioned race in 1963 driving for the legendary Smokey Yunick. That victory made him the youngest-ever NASCAR winner at that stage. At the same time, Rutherford was marking himself as a driver to watch on the open-wheel ranks, especially on the dirt.
He was an accomplished road racer as well, piloting a Porsche 935 to second in the 1978 Daytona 24 Hours.
The RRDC Evening with Johnny Rutherford Presented by Firestone will be held on Thursday, April 12, at the Hilton Hotel, 701 West Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California, with cocktails at 6 p.m., and dinner at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $200 per person and $175 for RRDC members. Space is limited. Contact Jeremy Shaw at rrdc2@cox.net for more information.
A 10th annual event, the banquet honors auto racing’s most influential leaders and icons and will be held before the 44th Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Previous honorees include Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Roger Penske, Jim Hall, Brian Redman, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, George Follmer and Emerson Fittipaldi.
The dinner’s proceeds will help support the RRDC’s young driver initiatives, including its groundbreaking SAFEisFAST.com program and the Team USA Scholarship, which the RRDC has backed since 1997 and has been providing opportunities for talented young American race car drivers since 1990.
Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, in 1938, Rutherford is best known as a driver in what is considered IndyCar's golden era, competing against the likes of A.J. Foyt, Andretti, Parnelli Jones, Rick Mears and the Unsers.
Rutherford is also one of only nine drivers to have won the Indianapolis 500 three times or more. His victories came in 1974, '76 and '80.
Before the IndyCar victories, Rutherford raced modified stock cars and won his first NASCAR-sanctioned race in 1963 driving for the legendary Smokey Yunick. That victory made him the youngest-ever NASCAR winner at that stage. At the same time, Rutherford was marking himself as a driver to watch on the open-wheel ranks, especially on the dirt.
He was an accomplished road racer as well, piloting a Porsche 935 to second in the 1978 Daytona 24 Hours.
The RRDC Evening with Johnny Rutherford Presented by Firestone will be held on Thursday, April 12, at the Hilton Hotel, 701 West Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California, with cocktails at 6 p.m., and dinner at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $200 per person and $175 for RRDC members. Space is limited. Contact Jeremy Shaw at rrdc2@cox.net for more information.
