Local dirt track legend hits 100 with style

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July 7, 2012 - 12:00 AM

Al Weiland, area dirt-track racing icon, is celebrating his 100th birthday today. He will be honored at a public reception from 1 to 4 p.m. at the American Legion, 712 W. Patterson Ave. 

Weiland wondered this week if anyone would come to “the shindig,” allowing that “I’m just an old shade-tree mechanic.” 

He tends to self-deprecation, but anyone who knows Weiland knows there was a span of about 45 years when he was one of the best mechanics around, and had a knack of building race cars that consistently crossed the finish line first. 

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