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 Home again... Landy's #17 midget race car has come full circle and returned home. After selling the car after the 1960 season, Landy hung up his helmet and retired from racing. He lost track of the car for the next 37 years. As you read in Rescue of #17 in this website, the #17 eventually returned to the Scott family when purchased by Landy's kids, Dan and Sharon. In 2008, Dan and his son, Daniel Jr., drove to Omaha from their home in California and towed the #17 to Las Vegas. Their goal was surprising Landy on Father's Day. It worked, Landy was speechless when he stepped outside and saw his race car parked in his driveway. After extensive work on the magnesium wheels an other issues, the car was ready for the car show circuit. The next year (at age 90) Landy traveled to California to witness his beautifully restored midget racer win first place in the Race Car division at the 2009 Corona Del Mar Coastline Car Classic. He was also on hand when the #17 participated, as a special invitee, in the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show's "The History of the Race Car" exhibit in Los Angeles. The photos below show Landy being surprised on Father's Day and over five years of car shows before the decision was made to loan the car to the museum. After 9 years at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana, the old 17 was heading home. Landy's #17 is now on display at the Wisconsin Automotive Museum in Hartford, Wisconsin. Thousands will see it and learn about it's place in auto racing history and the accomplishments of its fearless driver who we proudly called Dad.
 Visit this world class automotive museum and see Landy's midget close up.
Landy's
famous #17 Studebaker powered Kurtis Kraft Midget Race
Car 1st Place, Race Car Division - 2009 Corona Del Mar Coastline Car Classic, Newport Beach, CA 3rd Place, Race Car Division - 2010 Del Mar Concours d'Elegance, Del Mar, CA Featured car - 2010 Grand National Roadster Show's "The History of the Race Car", Los Angeles Featured car - 2011 Greystone Mansion Concours d'Elegance, Beverly Hills, CA 1st Place, Race Car Division - 2011 Desert Classic Concours d'Elegance, La Quinta, CA 1st Place, Race Car Division - 2011 Santa Barbara Concours d'Elegance Greatest Racing Heritage Award - 2011 Santa Barbara Concours d'Elegance 3rd Place, People's Choice Award - 2014 Winter Meet, Studebaker Drivers Club Special Recognition Award - 2014 La Palma Studebaker Meet, Studebaker Drivers Club
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