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Volume 19 Issue 10
OF FLORIDA
March 2017
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Bel Airs, bobsled featured at unique event BY MIKE GAFFEY NASCAR driver and 1986 Daytona 500 winner Geoff Bodine has seen a lot of fast cars in his life. But even Bodine was surprised by the huge collection of vintage automobiles and trucks on display at the American Muscle Car Museum in Melbourne. “Unbelievable,” said Bodine, getting his first look at the more than 250 vehicles at the new $10 million museum at 3500 Sarno Road. “This is amazing.”
“I believe that Devereux is a great cause, and I want to thank everyone here for supporting that cause.” — Mark Pieloch, owner of the American Muscle Car Museum
SENIOR LIFE Jill Blue-Gaines
Geoff Bodine shows Becky Crews and her husband Mike how to navigate the U.S. Olympic bobsled at the Muscle Car Madness event to benefit needy children for the Devereux Foundation.
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Bodine, who was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers and now lives in West Melbourne, was a special guest at Muscle Car Madness, a Feb. 19 fundraiser at the museum to benefit Devereux Florida. The event was presented by the Bluewater Foundation. Visitors enjoyed drinks and hors d’oeuvres and reminisced as they wandered past long rows of pristine high-performance, low-mileage vehicles that range in age from the 1950s to today. The 123,000-square-foot, solar-powered museum houses a collection valued at more than $33 million and owned by pet pharmaceutical entrepreneur Mark Pieloch of Melbourne Beach. A car collector for 40 years, the Massachusetts native opened the museum in October. The museum is not open to the public. Instead, Pieloch hosts only nonprofit fundraisers, free educational tours for students and auto-related activities such as car shows or autocross events at the facility. “I believe that Devereux is a great cause, and I want to thank everyone here for supporting that
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