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Heritage Museum Curator Nancy Raney adjusts a display of the “Racing In Big Spring” exhibit, which celebrates local residents who have excelled in motor sports. The exhibit will debut in conjunction with the museum's annual Legend and Legacies fund-raiser Tuesday evening. (HERALD photo/Steve Reagan By STEVE REAGAN Staff Writer
While Big Spring is celebrating four-legged horsepower during rodeo week, the Heritage Museum will also give a nod to the automotive variety.
In conjunction with its annual Legends and Legacies fund-raiser, the museum will unveil an exhibit celebrating area residents who have made their mark in motor sports. Both fund-raiser and exhibit will begin Tuesday, said Nancy Raney, curator of the museum. “Legends and Legacies is the museum's only fund-raiser of the year and it sort of kicks off rodeo week here in Big Spring,” Raney said. “It's a wonderful event with a fish fry at our pavilion, beer and margaritas. Everyone has a great time.” The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the museum, located at 512 Scurry. Admission is by donation (the minimum donation is $25, Raney said). Since space is limited, she requests those wishing to attend to RSVP the museum by Friday evening. As part of the fund-raiser, a painting featuring several local points of interest will be auctioned. The painting was donated by the Big Spring Art Association. Also Tuesday evening, the museum will debut its newest exhibit, which celebrates Big Spring and Howard County's connection to motor sports. “When we did the sports stars exhibit last year, we included (racers) Fuzzy Carter and Gary Prater,” Raney said. “We had such a good response to that, we decided to have an exhibit dedicated just to racing.” Among the local drivers to be featured are H.L. “Huck” Huckabee, who raced the American Hot Rod Association circuit in the early 1960s, Gary Prater, a mechanic with more than 40 years experience working on dragsters, Terry “Fuzzy” Carter, longtime crew chief for drag racing star Eddie Hill, Gene Hector, a leading competitor in the America Drag Racing League's Pro Extreme division and brothers A.L., Bill and Autry Moore, who built the first slingshot dragster in Big Spring. The exhibit, which runs through Aug. 1, will feature photos and memorabilia celebrating local motor sports starts' accomplishments, Raney said. Admission to the museum is $2 for adults and $1 for children and senior citizens. For more information on Legends and Legacies and the motor sports exhibit, contact the museum at 267-8255.
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