The midnight dash went one and a half blocks to Annie's Paramount Steak House where the racers ran upstairs for a shot of schnapps, then down the stairs and back down the street to JR's. Clinton Winter won the race and a bottle of champagne. Dave Perruzza, general manager of JR.'s organized the event for its first 25 years. He organized hundreds of volunteers to help carry out the event and clean up afterward.
Dave Perruzza
JR