Baby, You Can Drive Our Car: Creem GRAND PRIX '82
Boy Howdy gave the Indianapolis 500 a run for its money this past February when he presented his first annual CREEM Grand Prix at the Malibu Grand Prix Raceway in Anaheim, California. The star-studded event was part of the National Association of Musical Instrument Manufacturers (NAMM) winter convention, also held in Anaheim.
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Baby, You Can Drive Our Car: Creem GRAND PRIX '82
Boy Howdy gave the Indianapolis 500 a run for its money this past February when he presented his first annual CREEM Grand Prix at the Malibu Grand Prix Raceway in Anaheim, California. The star-studded event was part of the National Association of Musical Instrument Manufacturers (NAMM) winter convention, also held in Anaheim.
Keyboardist Ronnie Foster (formerly of George Benson’s band), driving a car for Yamaha, was the first place winner. Alto Reed, saxophonist with Bob Seger’s Silver Bullet Band, came in second, driving a car for Electro-Voice Speakers, while television star Sally Struthers was the third place winner, driving CREEM’s own rock ’n’ roll hot rod dragster.
Other celebrity drivers included: television personality Parker Stevenson; Bosom Buddies star Donna Dixon (who was accompanied by the Bionic Man, himself, Lee Majors); Jeff Conaway of Taxi fame; Little Feat producer and guitarist Paul Barrere, Jeff Baxter, and REO Speedwagon drummer Alan Gratzer, who brought along most of his band for the gala festivities.
A rockin’ and roarin’ good time was had by all!
