Listen to this article Mears will join Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, George Follmer, Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, David Hobbs, Parnelli Jones, Roger Penske, Brian Redman and Bobby Unser on the list of legends to be honored by an ‘RRDC Evening with… presented by Firestone’. The evening’s emcee and RRDC president Bobby Rahal, along with organizer Jeremy Shaw, are to be congratulated on ensuring the “Thursday dinner before Long Beach” is one of the must-attend social events in the motorsport calendar. Some of Rick Mears’ stats are well known. The record-matching four Indianapolis 500 wins, the six Indy 500 poles (a record that may stand forever) and 11 front-row starts from 16 attempts, three Indy car championships, 29 race wins and 40 pole positions… Photo by: Motorsport Images Most know, too, that Mears came from a desert-racing background, his parents Bill (who sa …