One of the big regional road racing championships in the 1980s was WERA’s Michigan Grand Prix. The series was held at Grattan Raceway, paid decent money and got the participants extra publicity. A July 4th weekend race there in the late 1980s got one of the biggest crowds for a club race I’d ever seen. This is a Michigan Grand Prix race with Randy Gaddey (408) leading Ray Yoder (behind Gaddey), Fritz Kling (in third) and Phil Pummell (60). Yoder eventually got around Gaddey to win this round.

Randy Gaddey (408) leads Ray Yoder, Fritz Kling and Phil Pummell (60) in a late 1980s Michigan Grand Prix race. (Larry Lawrence photo)