ROCKFORD, Ill. —With some 175-plus guests in attendance, the annual Illinois Stock Car Hall of Fame banquet was held Saturday at the Hoffman House Restaurant with five new inductees being honored. Bilderback began his racing career in the early 1980s at the Rockford Speedway in the track’s roadrunner division. He began racing late model stock cars at the Rockford quarter-mile banked paved oval in 1982 and won his first feature race that season. Bilderback won an incredible seven consecutive late model championships at the Rockford oval from 2001 through 2007. Echlin was a four-time late model track champion at Blue Island’s Raceway Park. Wheeling late model cars beginning in 1977, Echlin won his first late model championship at Raceway Park in 1984 and won again in 1991, 1992 and 1993. After his late model career, Echlin began competing with the Illinois Vintage Stock Car Series, winning a number of races at paved tracks.

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ROCKFORD, Ill. —With some 175-plus guests in attendance, the annual Illinois Stock Car Hall of Fame banquet was held Saturday at the Hoffman House Restaurant with five new inductees being honored. Bilderback began his racing career in the early 1980s at the Rockford Speedway in the track’s roadrunner division. He began racing late model stock cars at the Rockford quarter-mile banked paved oval in 1982 and won his first feature race that season. Bilderback won an incredible seven consecutive late model championships at the Rockford oval from 2001 through 2007. Echlin was a four-time late model track champion at Blue Island’s Raceway Park. Wheeling late model cars beginning in 1977, Echlin won his first late model championship at Raceway Park in 1984 and won again in 1991, 1992 and 1993. After his late model career, Echlin began competing with the Illinois Vintage Stock Car Series, winning a number of races at paved tracks.

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