Notebook: Northeastern Indiana Racing Museum Open House March 24

If you’re looking for something to help cure those winter blues, check out the Open House at the Northeastern Indiana Racing Museum in Auburn, IN on Saturday March 24.

Press Release:

The Northeastern Indiana Racing Museum located near Auburn, Indiana is having a FREE “Open House” March 24th from 1pm – 5pm. Located within the walls of the Kruse Victory WW II & Automobile & Carriage Museum which has many tv & movie vehicles & many custom cars by Carl Casper. There are also many Indy type race cars on display. There is a Dale Earnhardt car also. There are a few cars that have raced at local tracks on display too and we would like to get more cars to add to the Northeastern Indiana Racing Museum section. Also inside is a Television and Baseball Museum along with The James Dean Gallery. As an added Feature there is also 125 -150 Chevrolet Corvettes on display from Pro Team Corvette in Napoleon,Ohio. There are too many items on display to possibly be able to list everything.

The Open House will have a Invitational Race Car show of cars from area tracks in Northern Indiana and various traveling series including the O’Reilly Auto Parts USA Modified Series, The Bollhoff Rivnut Superpro Series, The ASA Late Model Series, and various antique racing organizations. There will be a special Round Table with racers from the 50’s, 60’s, & 70’s that will talk about racing in the early years and answer questions. A cash bar along with munchies and softdrinks will be supplied.

The race cars that are scheduled to be on display will need to be at the facility on the back side (West Side) of building on Thursday Or Friday March 22 & 23 between the hours of 9am to 6pm to be parked inside and people will be there to assist you. The cars can be picked up after the event that Saturday or on Sunday. More Information can be obtained by contacting Paul Ladd at 260-438-8134 Or 260-627-2668 Or Kevin Allgire at 260-316-0966 Or 260-665-2840.

Directions to the Kruse Automotive & Carriage Museum

The Kruse Automotive & Carriage Museum is housed in the American Heritage Village, just south of Auburn, IN and a little more than 10 miles north of Fort Wayne, IN. The museum is located at exit 126 of Interstate 69. To get to the museum from the interstate, turn west from the exit ramp onto County Road 11-A and then turn right into the second drive and continue on that drive to the Kruse Automotive & Carriage Museum. http://www.kccmuseum.org