Home Charlie Strang, with wife Barbara, addresses a group of race enthusiasts at Elkhart Lake in 2016 Charlie Strang, with wife Barbara, addresses a group of race enthusiasts at Elkhart Lake in 2016

Charlie Strang, with wife Barbara, addresses a group of race enthusiasts at Elkhart Lake in 2016

Charlie Strang (left) worked in the shadows of irrepressible Mercury Marine owner Carl Kiekhaefer (right).
Tony Bettenhausen (7) and John Fitch (32) leave Wisconsin for the 1951 Pan American Road Race in Mexico