MAY 3
The Launching Pad Drive-In in Wilmington, Illinois will reopen after a long closure due to COVID-19. Its reopening is part of the Route 66 Red Carpet Corridor Festival, which this year will be in the form of a 90-mile car cruise (because of the virus, you know).
Tully Garrett and Holly Barker are the owners of the Launching Pad, and of course their 28-foot Gemini Giant. The place opened in 1960 as the Dairy Delite, but was renamed the Launching Pad after an expansion in 1965. This had to do with the U.S. push into space at the time.
MAY 4
Albuquerque resident and racing legend Al Unser died at age 87. He won 35 major races during his 30-year racing career, including the Indy 500 three times.
--RoadDog
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