Safety Solutions of Mooresville, NC considers sponsoring this hall of fame as a way to give back to those who formed the grass roots of racing.
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC (1888PressRelease) October 08, 2009 - RacersReunion Memory Lane Hall of Fame will induct fifteen in its inaugural class on October 10, 2009. This new hall of fame is located inside the fabulous antique race car and memorabilia exhibit that is Memory Lane Museum on Highway 150 in Mooresville, NC. The first class of ten living and five posthumous inductees, all participants in the early years of auto racing, made their impact on the sport before the days of multi-million dollar sponsors, luxurious motor coaches, personal airplanes, and teams the size of factories.
The ten living and five posthumous inductees are: Paul Goldsmith, Buddy Arrington, Dink Widenhouse, Sam Ard, Marvin Panch, Dave Marcis, Paul Lewis, Neil Castles, Jake Elder, James Hylton, Wendell Scott, Herman Beam, G.C. Spencer, Elmo Langley, and Gene Glover. All living inductees will be in attendance except for Sam Ard, Jake Elder, and James Hylton. Ard and Elder are in poor health and unable to attend, but the seventy-five-year-old Hylton’s absence is due to his refusal to yield to age as he continues his racing career and will be qualifying for the American 200 ARCA Championship event at Rockingham Speedway.
In a time when economic pressures have caused many sponsors to cut back on racing related support, Safety Solutions of Mooresville, NC, recognizes the importance of this grass roots effort. “Our racing heritage is very important and supporting an organization such as RacersReunion and this hall of fame is something we are very excited about,” said Trevor Ashline, President of Safety Solutions, a Mooresville, NC based company that designs and manufactures driver safety equipment for all types of auto racing. Others who have stepped forward to “give back” by sponsoring inductees into this hall of fame are Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Richard Petty, Trevor Boys, David Ragan, and Hagerty Insurance.
Ned Jarrett will be the Master of Ceremonies with Bobby Allison as Presenting Host. There will be an inductee’s breakfast at Bob Evans in Mooresville at 9:00 AM followed by the induction at Memory Lane Museum at 11:00 AM. An autograph session is scheduled for 1:30 PM and a car show from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Tickets for the ceremony and autograph session are available at Memory Lane Museum, 769 Highway 150, Mooresville, NC.
"This grass roots hall of fame has been a dream for a long time," said founding member, Jeff Gilder. "When Alex Beam agreed last December to allow us to house the hall inside Memory Lane Museum, we got busy and here we are." Gilder also founded the popular social network RacersReunion.com and is involved in the preservation and restoration of Historic Columbia.
Safety Solutions of Mooresville, NC considers sponsoring this hall of fame as a way to give back to those who formed the grass roots of racing. 
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