5th Annual Elmer Musgrave Memorial Sat. Nite June 24th  1st race 7p.m. 
Media Facts and Information

Illiana Motor Speedway
Schererville, Indiana

2005  (6/25/05), 100 Laps, Champion Racing Association (CRA)-sanctioned
1. Eddie Hoffman, 2. Dave Weltmeyer, 3. Jeff Lane, 4. Mike White, 5. Pat Kelly, 6. Eddie Van Meter

2004  (6/26/04), 100 Laps, Champion Racing Association (CRA)-sanctioned
1. Eddie Hoffman, 2. Chuck Barnes, Jr., 3. John Nutley, 4. Jeff Lane, 5. Fred Campbell, 6. Erik Darnell

2003  (6/14/03), 56 Laps
1. Eddie Hoffman, 2. Dave Weltmeyer, 3. Ron Breese, Jr., 4. Mike White, 5. Joe O'Connor, 6. Steve Moenck

2002  (6/15/02), 56 Laps
1. Boris Jurkovic, 2. Dave Weltmeyer, 3. Mike White, 4. John Nutley, 5. Joe O'Connor, 6. Mike Martin


Additional Champion Racing Association (CRA) Super Series events at Illiana…

2001  (7/14/01), 100 Laps, Champion Racing Association (CRA)-sanctioned
1. Scott Hantz, 2. Brian Ross, 3. Junior Hanley,


CRA/Illiana Late Model Qualifying Track Record
19.020 seconds (94.637 MPH)
Eddie Hoffman
June 26, 2004

Elmer Musgrave
The event is held in the memory and honor of the late Elmer Musgrave, who passed away at the age of 72 on September 20, 2000.  Musgrave was a long-time Chicagoland stock car competitor, racing at tracks throughout the Midwest and the Chicago area.  Musgrave was a front-runner at the Wilmot (Wis.) Speedway and at the old Waukegan (Ill.) Speedway, where he was the stock car champion in 1952.  Musgrave was the winningest driver in competition at the Waukegan dirt oval in the early 1950's.  For a number of years, Musgrave was a regular at the old O'Hare Stadium in Schiller Park, Ill.

In addition to his local stock car racing success, Musgrave also competed on several "national" circuits, including the United States Auto Club (USAC) and the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA), which was formerly known as the Midwest Association for Race Cars (MARC).  Musgrave captured two stock car events on the old USAC tour with the first coming at California's Ascot Stadium in a 1958 Pontiac.  He later followed up with another USAC victory at Illiana in 1963, wheeling a '63 Mercury.

Musgrave won a total of five MARC/ARCA race, including a victory in a 250-mile event on the road course at the old Meadowdale International Raceway in Carpentersville, Ill. in 1964.

Musgrave is the father of 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Champion-Ted Musgrave.  Ted began his racing career at Waukegan in late model action in 1974.  He raced at various Chicago area short tracks before moving his attention to the Wisconsin stock car scene, in addition to competing in ARTGO and American Speed Association (ASA) competition.  Ted Musgrave made a total of 305 career starts in NASCAR Nextel (Winston) Cup racing from his first start in 1990 through 2003 before turning his attention to the NASCAR's truck series.
Elmer Musgrave's oldest son, Tom, was also a front-runner in Midwest stock car racing.  Tom Musgrave was a two-time late model track champion at the Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill., winning back-to-back titles in 1974 and 1975.