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Four-time Indy 500 winner Rick Mears was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club in front of a capacity crowd at the April 7 RRDC Evening with\u00a0Rick Mears Presented by Firestone. The audience included\u00a0auto racing dignitaries, corporate executives and champion race-car\u00a0drivers, and was held prior to the running of the 47th Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach at the Hilton Hotel.<\/p>\n

In attendance were representatives from the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship and other vintage, amateur and semi-professional series.<\/p>\n

It was the RRDC’s 12th annual banquet honoring auto racing’s\u00a0most influential leaders, and the organization is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Originally scheduled for 2020, the event was postponed for two years due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n

Previous honorees were Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones,\u00a0Roger Penske, Jim Hall, Brian Redman, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, George\u00a0Follmer, Emerson Fittipaldi, Johnny Rutherford and David Hobbs. Andretti, Penske and Hall were in the\u00a0audience to help recognize the newest member of this elite group.<\/p>\n

On behalf of Firestone Racing, which has been the presenting sponsor of the RRDC “Evenings” for 11\u00a0years, Lisa Boggs, Director, Bridgestone Americas Motorsports, said, \u201cI guess the third time is really the charm. Rick is legendary. One of the best to ever pilot an Indy Car. But it\u2019s really his grace and kindness to the fans and to everybody in the sport that sets him apart. That’s what a legend really is.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Roger Penske, for whom Mears drove from 1978-1992 joined Mears on stage to discuss successes, failures and their enduring respect for each other. (Albert Wong photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

RRDC President Bobby Rahal recognized event sponsors Firestone, INDYCAR, Lexus Racing, Arrow McLaren SP, Doug Mockett & Company, Jimmy Vasser’s V12 Vineyards, Jeff O’Neill’s Robert Hall Winery, and Chris Locke’s Checkered Past Productions.<\/p>\n

A short\u00a0video written and voiced by Sam Posey, chronicled Mears’ career and personality. “Outside the cockpit the quiet Californian drew little attention to himself and then in victory he was subdued \u2013 as if for him it was nothing exceptional. And It wasn\u2019t,” Posey narrated. “Roger Penske\u2019s confidence in Rick was a testament to the kind of driver he was. All go and no show. After their first season together, Rick never drove for anyone else.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“We tried to have this event two years ago, then one year ago,” said Rahal. “And now we’re here and I want to thank you all for staying the course, not just to come together tonight to honor Rick but also to have a great time amongst friends in the industry that we love so much and care so much about.<\/p>\n

“I’m really pleased and appreciative that Rick didn\u2019t get bored over the last three years and decided not to come. So, thanks, Rick.”<\/p>\n

Rahal continued, “There’s no question that Rick, aside from being a four-time Indy 500 champion, was clearly one of the greatest drivers in INDYCAR history. I am privileged to have counted Rick as one of my fellow competitors at the time and I\u2019m really pleased that he\u2019s here tonight to talk racing with all of us.”<\/p>\n

Rahal then “interrogated” Mears on his dynamic career in the\u00a0style of “Late Night with David Letterman,” covering the gamut of Mears’ racing history, including the challenges of switching from ovals to road courses, his recovery from his 1984 and 1992 crashes, his longtime and continuing association with Roger Penske, his life-changing decision to finally retire from racing, and ‘life lesson’s learned’ from Bobby Unser.<\/p>\n

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A champagne toast ended the “RRDC Evening with Rick Mears,” with Bobby Rahal, Roger Penske and Rick Mears on stage. (Albert Wong photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Roger Penske, for whom Mears drove from 1978-1992 and with whom he continues to this day as a member of Team Penske, joined Mears and Rahal on stage, talking about their successes, failures and enduring respect for each other.<\/p>\n

On receiving this recognition, Mears said, “I\u2019m just honored, honored, honored. This is a great event for a great cause. Just to have all your friends, race friends and peers come together like this is just a great opportunity for me. I don\u2019t know how to explain it; it’s just a great feeling.”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As for the RRDC’s third attempt to honor him, “The third time\u2019s the charm,” he said. “I\u2019m glad everybody was persistent and came back. It\u2019s a real racer\u2019s deal all the way through.”<\/p>\n

Featured on the patio during the cocktail reception sponsored by INDYCAR was the 1977 Porsche 934.5 which Bruce Canepa, Mears and Monte Shelton took to a podium finish in the 1979 Daytona 24 Hours. The Porsche resides in the Canepa Motorsports Museum in Scotts Valley, California.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rick Mears received an original painting by Randy Owens of his Gould Charge Special from Bobby Rahal. (Albert Wong photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Auctioned off at the dinner was a selection of photos contributed by some of racing\u2019s leading photographers — all autographed by Mears — as well as the massive Randy Owens stage banner, depicting the Gould Charge Special that Mears took to the first of his four Indy 500 wins in 1979 — and the original artwork that Owens produced for the evening. Also included was a new hard-back edition of the Racemaker Press book, \u201cRick Mears — Thanks,\u201d signed by the author, Gordon Kirby, as well as Mears and Penske, a 1:18-scale collectable die-cast model of Mears’ Indy 500 winner from 1979, plus original artwork from RACER Magazine’s in-house artist Paul Laguette.<\/p>\n

The dinner’s proceeds help support the RRDC’s young driver initiatives,\u00a0including its groundbreaking\u00a0SAFEisFAST.com program,\u00a0and the Team USA Scholarship, which the RRDC has backed since 1997.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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