ROSCOE, Ill. — The Illinois Stock Car Hall of Fame, led by Art “Fireball” Fehrman, hosted its induction ceremonies banquet and stock car festival on Oct. 25 at Wayne Lensing’s Historic Auto Attractions Museum.
An enthusiastic crowd was on hand for the day’s activities which included the Lefthander Legends parade.
During the group’s 12th annual banquet, four new inductees were honored including Larry Schuler, Bob Pierce, Elmer Musgrave and Bill Venturini. This year’s guest speaker was Midwest motorsports promoter Gregg McKarns.
Larry Schuler
Schuler began his driving career full-time in 1973 after working on his dad’s cars as a teenager. Lee Schuler was a long time Chicago area stock car competitor, race winner and champion. Larry Schuler won his first feature race in 1973 at Indiana’s Illiana Motor Speedway. He would become a two-time late model champion at the Northwest Indiana track, in addition to winning a late model title at Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill., in 1976…