Kenny Fenn No. 20

Thanks to Karen Fenn for these photos of her Dad Kenny.

TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER:

Kenny Fenn's (my father's) various cars over the years that he raced. The cars he drove were always #20.

He built cars for drivers, Mark Mosier, Dan Robertson, Ron Perdock for several years and then decided to start driving himself.   He also helped Matt Greiner, Tom Greiner and Lynn Richard on cars after he had retired from driving stock cars. He worked closely with Tony Stewart and Gene Stewart as well, they were the chassis experts. Dad had a love for racing that would not die, it was in his blood and he devoted his lifetime to racing at tracks local and far. Raced at Columbus Junction, IA; Eldon, IA; West Liberty, IA; Oskaloosa, IA; DesMoines, IA; Donnellson, IA; Corning, IA; Sedalia, MO; Memphis, MO; Burlington, IA and maybe some I have forgotten.

My father passed away in October 2007.

Dad, if you are listening to me now, all I have to say "Fire up your engines and let's race"! Thanks for giving us so many great memories.

Love,

Karen Fenn

Above..this was Kenny's car in 1975 that he built.

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Karen said this is one of the cars her Dad started on in 1965 that he bought from Tom Stewart it is a

1957 Pontiac.

Karen Fenn shared this photo above of her Dad Kenny: "My father's 1st time driving a race car in the Mechanic's Race in 1968 and he won the race. He drove Mark Mosier's #10 car. My brother and I presenting him a trophy."

Beth Mikels wrote this on facebook:

 think Kenny Fenn said he built 13 of those 57 Pontiacs. They were driven by Mark Moiser #17 from Washington. Kenny started building 57s with car owner and Crew Chief Gene Stewart, they were some of the early 57s driven by Moiser. Then it was the Dan Robertson driven #41. Kenny built that 57 with Art Walker and Jim Bartenhagen at Art's garage near Muscatine. Followed by building a 57 for Ron Perdock #17 from Washington. And finally including Kenny's own 57 Pontiac that he built and ran for 3 years (Street Stock class), which was built in the same shop in Washington where Perdock's cars were built. This was after Ron Perdock quit racing to buy and run his new car dealership in Knoxville. Kenny also built a 71 and 72 Pontiac Ventura (Sportsman class) there followed by a 78 Camaro (Sportsman class) with a Pontiac engine. He started building the small block Chevy powered Late Models in his own shop he had built behind his house in about 1980. Funny thing is, Kenny was concerned that he might be too old and not have good enough reaction time to drive when he built his first 57 Pontiac that he drove, the blue and white #20. He drove his #20 cars continuously for about 22 years after that.