Since 1962, Illiana Motor Speedway has hosted the annual Tony Bettenhausen Memorial 100 Classic late model stock car race, honoring one of the area’s greatest race drivers, the late Tony Bettenhausen.

 A resident of Tinley Park, Ill., Bettenhausen saw his racing career span more than 20 years, covering all types of automobile racing in the United States, including stock cars, midgets, sprint cars and Indianapolis cars.