Connor Penhall Memorial Cup opens speedway motorcycle racing season

The inaugural Connor Penhall Memorial Cup kicked off the 2015 Speedway Motorcycle Racing season Wednesday night at the Grand Arena in Industry, Calif. The packed event was hosted to honor Connor Penhall, son of AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Speedway Racer and former CHiPs actor, Bruce Penhall, who was tragically struck and killed by a drunk driver while working as part of a contract crew for Caltrans in 2012. Attendees came out to raise awareness of the dangers of drunk driving and the increasingly compromised safety of road construction workers.

The final race standings included champion Billy Janniro (1), followed by Broc Nicol (4), Billy Hamill (104) and Buck Blair (39), respectively.

Notable attendees of the event included Greg Hancock, three-time and current Speedway World Champion; "CHiPs" actors Larry Wilcox and Robert Pine; A&E Storage Wars star, Barry Weiss; and legendary race announcer and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee, Larry "Supermouth" Huffman.