"The Snake" Prudhomme, Carls-
bad Raceway co-founder Larry
Grismer and his legendary friend
promoter Stu Peters, musician/
skater Mike Palm, SCCA driver
Oscar Jackson. Scott Merry of
Baidee Development, assured
everyone that the micro-breweries
housed within his Keystone Inno-
vation Industrial Park, Dogleg and
Eppig, were more than prepared
to support future Carlsbad Race-
way Monument celebrations.
Former factory pro Jimmy
Button shared his personal
story about Road 2 Recovery,
the charitable foundation he and
his mother Anita founded after
he suffered a traumatic career-
ending injury. Serving the needs
of injured action sports athletes is
their key mission and those efforts
will continue in years to come
in partnership with the Carlsbad
Raceway Monument Project.
AMA Hall of Fame inductee
Broc Glover, himself a seven-
time national champion, said
that his first taste of real speed
occurred at a very young age
riding along in very a fast car—not
a motocross bike—as it raced
down Carlsbad's historic quarter-
mile dragstrip. His best Carlsbad
Raceway highlight was winning
the 1984 Carlsbad USGP.
During her brief address,
Mayor Judy Ritter welcomed
the Carlsbad Raceway Monu-
ment, unashamedly enjoying a
well-deserved win for her City of
Vista. With an assist from Huff-
man and Moates, she unveiled an
artist's rendering of the Carls-
bad Raceway Monument. Then
Mayor Ritter waved a white flag to
signify that the monument project
had never surrendered and now
had begun its "final lap" toward
completion.
Help us build the monument—
buy a brick! Commemorative
bricks for the construction of the
Carlsbad Raceway Monument
can be purchased here: Carlsbad
Raceway Monument.
Scott Cox
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Some of those who attended the ceremony held near the actual raceway, included drag
racing legend Don "The Snake" Prudhomme, David Moates (Marty Moates' brother), former
motocrosser Jimmy Button and City of Vista Mayor Judy Ritter.
