Bill Text: IL HR1168 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Fred Lorenzen on being a 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR1168 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1168-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Elmhurst native | ||||||
| 4 | Fred Lorenzen on being a 2015 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Fred Lorenzen was inducted into NASCAR's Hall of | ||||||
| 6 | Fame on May 21, 2014; he got his start in NASCAR as a mechanic | ||||||
| 7 | with the famed Holman-Moody team in 1960, but was elevated to | ||||||
| 8 | lead driver by the end of the year; he won 3 races in only 15 | ||||||
| 9 | starts the following season; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Nicknamed "Fearless Freddie" and "Golden Boy", | ||||||
| 11 | Fred Lorenzen recorded 26 wins in his NASCAR career and remains | ||||||
| 12 | the only driver to win 20 races in his first 100 starts; he | ||||||
| 13 | became the first driver to earn more than $100,000 in winnings | ||||||
| 14 | in a single season, claiming $113,570 while driving for the | ||||||
| 15 | Holman-Moody team in 1963; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Fred Lorenzen's best overall season came in 1963 | ||||||
| 17 | when he finished with 6 wins, 21 top-5 finishes, and 23 top-10 | ||||||
| 18 | finishes in 29 starts and finished third in the standings; in | ||||||
| 19 | 1965, he won 2 of NASCAR's major events - the Daytona 500 and | ||||||
| 20 | the World 600; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Fred Lorenzen is a member of numerous motorsports | ||||||
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| 1 | halls of fame including the National Motorsports Press | ||||||
| 2 | Association's Hall of Fame, the International Motorsports Hall | ||||||
| 3 | of Fame, and the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Fred Lorenzen was one of NASCAR's first true | ||||||
| 5 | superstars even though he was a "part-time" driver, never | ||||||
| 6 | running more than 29 of the season's 50-plus races; he is | ||||||
| 7 | credited with driving interest in the sport of auto racing | ||||||
| 8 | outside of its Southern roots; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 11 | we congratulate Fred Lorenzen on being a 2015 NASCAR Hall of | ||||||
| 12 | Fame inductee; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to Fred Lorenzen as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 15 | respect.
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