Automobile races
The Folly Grand Prix – KCQ makes a pit stop to explore the Folly Theater’s 1980s auto races
Start your engines! Classic sports cars and performing arts collide in this week’s installment of What’s Your KCQ?, a partnership between The Star and the Kansas City Public Library. This time we explore the Folly Classic Vintage Grand Prix, a short-lived vintage auto race designed to benefit the Folly Theater during the 1980s. Some readers may remember classic Ferraris, Jaguars, Maseratis, Porsches, and Alfa Romeos circling Liberty Memorial in this high-speed road race, all to help a restored theater repay its debts. But how did this unusual fundraiser come to be?