Performance Racing Industry (PRI) is set to introduce the PRI Hall of Fame—a platform dedicated to recognizing, celebrating, and preserving legacies. A complete announcement of the inaugural class of the PRI Hall of Fame will take place in conjunction with the Grand Opening Breakfast live from the Indiana Convention Center on Thursday morning (Dec. 12) at 7:30 a.m., during the 2024 PRI Show held Dec. 12-14 in Indianapolis.

Inductees will be recognized not only for career achievements, but also for their impact on the sport, contributions to innovation and sportsmanship, leadership characteristics, and influence in the racing community, all criteria having been publicly available in transparent selection processes.

“The PRI Hall of Fame not only aims to recognize the individuals who have made a significant impact on the industry but also preserve the history and heritage of racing, inspire future generations of industry leaders, and foster a sense of community within the motorsports world,” said PRI President Michael Good. “We invite the entire racing industry to join us during the Grand Opening Breakfast at the PRI Show to celebrate the inaugural class of the PRI Hall of Fame and their contributions to the industry.”

PRI has created criteria to determine eligibility and select its honorees. Inductees will be ultimately decided by a committee of voters established by PRI. Selected candidates will have exemplified and modeled innovation and positive change within the industry and contributed to its success through individual effort and passion.

Considerations for qualification include:

• Their contributions must have extended to the national and/or international level.
• The candidate is/was involved with the motorsports industry and/or PRI for at least 10 years (15 years or more preferred).
• The candidate has made outstanding contributions toward enhancing the technology, professionalism, dignity and/or general stature, and growth of the motorsports industry and PRI.
• The candidate must have conducted themselves with a high degree of integrity both within and outside of the motorsports industry.

Doors to the Grand Opening Breakfast open at 6:30 a.m. in the Indiana Convention Center Sagamore Ballroom, and the program begins at 7:30 a.m. The breakfast is free to all PRI attendees, but guests are advised to arrive early as seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

The PRI Show attracts attendees from all 50 states and all over the world, including professional race teams, retail shops, warehouse distributors, engine builders, fabricators, dealers, installers, jobbers, and media.

To register for the 2024 PRI Show, secure hotel reservations, and for more information, visit the PRI website.

Performance Racing Industry fuels the passion for motorsports by building, promoting, and protecting the worldwide racing community. PRI supports the interests of racers, enthusiasts, builders, tracks, sanctioning bodies, and businesses through legislative action and advocacy, its monthly business magazine Performance Racing Industry, and the world’s premier motorsports trade show, the PRI Show. PRI also supports businesses by providing market research, education, and best practices in motorsports business and racing technology.

The inaugural PRI Hall of Fame class will be revealed at the 2024 PRI Show, December 12-14 in Indianapolis, during the Grand Opening Breakfast.

After nearly six months, Christine and Adam Ellis finally got the phone call they’d been waiting for: their missing cat, Moot, was alive and well.

Christine Ellis said she and her husband never lost hope throughout Moot’s gut-wrenching absence. Before her disappearance, Moot had already lived a storied life.

The Ellises first noticed a little calico near their Indianapolis house in March 2023. They began leaving out food for her. After about a month, they started calling her Moot. The couple set up a surveillance camera to make sure she was getting enough to eat. Once the Ellises finally managed to transport the cat to a vet appointment, they learned Moot was pregnant with five kittens.

The couple was about to travel to Czechia for their wedding, which would take place soon after Moot’s due date. They knew they couldn’t dedicate the time needed to newborn kitten care — a round-the-clock job — so the vet recommended a foster program with special expertise in neonatal feline care. But the Ellises already loved Moot.

“When we dropped her off for the foster care program, we wrote this multi-page letter saying how much we adored her and wanted to adopt her,” Christine Ellis said.

The kittens were adopted once they were old enough, and the Ellises officially adopted Moot in October 2023. She matured into a loving, happy cat who loves spending time around her people.

In May 2024, Christine and Adam Ellis traveled to Italy for a belated honeymoon, so Moot stayed with family members in Illinois. The couple had just flown back to Indianapolis when they learned Moot escaped her babysitters’ home by breaking through a screen door. The Ellises suspect she saw a squirrel.

The couple immediately drove to Illinois. They caught passing glances of her in the first few days of her disappearance, but they were never able to get close enough to catch her.

The Ellises were devastated. For the next six months, they put up flyers, made social media posts, and called shelters throughout Illinois. Christine Ellis estimated they heard about a potential sighting about once per month, but nothing ever panned out.

Right before Halloween, Christine Ellis’s mother posted laminated flyers throughout her neighborhood. The Ellises hoped that families might recognize Moot’s picture while out trick-or-treating.

Then, on Nov. 2, a man called about a stray calico visiting his porch. Christine Ellis asked him for a picture. She and her husband immediately recognized the distinctive freckle on the cat’s nose.

The man managed to lure Moot into his garage. His house sat only about one and a half miles from the site of her escape.

Christine and Adam Ellis drove three hours the next morning to pick up their beloved cat. Moot is now safely back at home, where she enjoys playing with her favorite blue string, cuddling and getting belly rubs.

Moot’s veterinarian gave her a clean bill of health, and she’s re-acclimating to the indoor lifestyle.

“It still feels like a shock,” Christine Ellis said. “She’s just such a little gem, and we’re so happy to have her back in our family.”

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A man has died after he and another man were shot Monday night in the kitchen of an assisted living facility across the street from Community East Hospital, Indianapolis police say.

Medics and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were called about 7:20 p.m. Monday to a report of a person shot at 1301 N. Ritter Ave., the Rosewalk at Lutherwoods assisted living facility. That’s about 2 miles southeast of the I-70 interchange for Emerson Avenue on the city’s east side.

An IMPD captain says medics and officers found the man who died with gunshot wounds in the kitchen. He was taken in critical condition to IU Health Methodist Hospital, where he died in surgery.

Police say the other man shot was found elsewhere and taken to Eskenazi Hospital. The boyfriend’s condition was not immediately available.

Investigators think a woman who works at the assisted living center had brought her boyfriend to the facility. He doesn’t work there, but was in the facility’s kitchen when he got into a fight and shots were fired.

The woman was arrested, although it was not immediately clear what charges she faced.

A representative for Rosewalk at Lutherwoods declined comment. American Senior Communities operates the facility that provides assisted living apartments, respite care, and outpatient therapy.