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Third Annual Connor Penhall Memorial Cup Set to Kick Off 2017 Season at Industry Racing
Speedway at The Grand
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. (May 30, 2017) ? Industry Racing / Speedway at The Grand, Southern California?s premier speedway racing facility and the only covered track in the country, is proud to present the Third Annual Connor Penhall Memorial Cup onWednesday, May 31st, from The Grand Arena at Industry Hills Expo Center. For the third consecutive year this celebration of the life of the late Connor Penhall will kick off the Industry Racing season, raising awareness of the dangers of drunk driving while also encouraging added safety measures for road construction workers. Gates will open to the public for opening night at The Grand Arena at 6:00 p.m., with the festivities slated to get underway at 7:00 p.m. Connor was an up-and-coming racer who had won both the Baja 1000 and Baja 500 twice, aspiring to follow in the footsteps of his father, Bruce Penhall, a two-time World Speedway Champion and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame member. In April 2012 Connor tragically lost his life while working construction on Interstate 10, and beginning in 2015 the Memorial Cup was established to celebrate his enthusiastic spirit and natural talent on a motorcycle that made him beloved by the entire racing community. Since his passing, the Penhall family has fought valiantly in Connor?s memory to inject change in the amount of safety prov...