LEWIS CENTER, Ohio — Jacky Ickx, six-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club in Long Beach, California, on April 13.
The RRDC Evening with Jacky Ickx Presented by Firestone is the RRDC’s 13th banquet honoring auto racing’s most influential leaders and icons. It will be held prior to the 48th Annual Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Ickx also claimed eight Formula 1 wins, the 1979 SCCA Can-Am series championship and back-to-back World Endurance Championship for Drivers titles in 1982 and 1983.
Previous RRDC honorees were Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Roger Penske, Jim Hall, Brian Redman, Mario Andretti, Bobby Unser, George Follmer, Emerson Fittipaldi, Johnny Rutherford, David Hobbs and Rick Mears. These RRDC Evenings are acknowledged as one of the highlights of the auto-racing social calendar, drawing fans and luminaries from all forms of motorsports.
The Firestone brand will return as presenting sponsor of the RRDC banquet for the 12th year.
“Having Firestone support the RRDC Long Beach dinner for more than a decade is a true privilege,” said RRDC President Bobby Rahal. “Firestone has an unrivaled heritage in motorsports dating back to the first Indy 500® in 1911. We always welcome Firestone’s support, and salute the brand’s long-standing success and contributions to the sport.”
Ickx has raced at the highest level in a wide variety of categories — including Formula 1, sports cars, touring cars and rallies — a winner in all. Among many accolades, he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans an unprecedented six times and twice finished runner-up in the Formula 1 World Championship. He’s competed in 565 races in cars and on motorcycles, forming a detailed and insightful record.