WAYNE ADAMS PHOTO SCRAPBOOK #3

NASCAR stars Neil Bonnett and Ricky Rudd visited Raceway Park in 1981.  With a cigar in hand, Wayne Adams poses with Bonnett in the pits at the "World's Busiest Track."
(Stan Kalwasinski Collection Photo)

Wayne Adams (on the far right) poses with a group of West Coast midget drivers, who are busy reading the latest issue of Illustrated Speedway News.  Adams wrote for the paper and joined the racing speedsters, who along with their cars, had been flown in from the California for the midget races at Soldier Field in 1947.
(Bob Sheldon Collection Photo)

Wayne Adams presents an award to early midget racing front runner Ted Duncan.  Duncan was the midget champion at Soldier Field in 1946 and 1947.
(Bob Sheldon Collection Photo)

Probably the two best ever in Chicago area racing to hold a microphone, Wayne Adams (left) and Jan Gabriel pose for a picture at the annual Chicagoland Auto Racing Memorabilia and Collectibles Show at the Chicagoland Speedway (Joliet) in 2008.  For over 40 years, Adams was the announcer at Blue Island's Raceway Park with Gabriel handling the microphone chores at Santa Fe Speedway near Willow Springs.  Gabriel passed away on January 10, 2010.
(Phil Rider Photo)