Tony Izzo of Bridgeview, Ill., died Sunday evening, July 5. He was a nine-time track champion at Santa Fe Speedway and an inductee of the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.
He captured the prestigious National Clay Track Championship 200 three times and the Prairie Dirt Classic twice. On asphalt, he won the Tony Bettenhausen Memorial Classic at Illiana Motor Speedway in 1978.
A winner of more than 500 features on both dirt and asphalt, "Shaggy" was one of Chicagoland's best race car drivers.
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