30: A magic number for SoCal's vintage racers.(News)(the Vintage Auto Racing Association holds its pre-season tech inspection and car show)
AutoWeek, February, 2003
Byline: PATRICK C. PATERNIE There were plenty of grease-stained faces in the crowd when the Vintage Auto Racing Association staged its fourth annual pre-season tech inspection and car show at Irwindale Speed-way last month. Not so unusual at a racetrack, except these faces were the work of one Mimi the clown, on hand to help VARA celebrate its 30th birthday.
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Mimi's face-painting stand was part of a midway that included booths hawking model cars, posters, books and other automotive-related wares plus a play area for kids. Of course, it was the big kids' play area that occupied ...
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