Maybelline founder Tom Lyle Williams

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My Daredevil Maybelline Cousin, Jerry Westhouse...a real "ROCKET MAN" Drag Car Racer


I like to brag about my Maybelline family, when ever I get the chance... as you can see from the Blog Posts I've done featuring my cousin Jerry Westhouse, below.  Jerry is an accomplished race car driver, who is still connected to the racing world 43 year later.  

Jerry Westhouse TBT 1973.

  Rockford Drag Strip, just after finishing his

 Top fuel dragsters are the fastest sanctioned category of drag racers, with the fastest competitors reaching speeds of 330 miles per hour (530 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (300 m) runs in 3.7 seconds, or the full quarter mile (402 m) in 4.4 seconds.





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 Jerry Westhouse


Maybelline Heir, Jerry Westhouse, Reunites With Top Fuel Dragster he Raced 40 Years Ago.




Eva and Ches Haines, with their first grandchild, Jerry Westhouse, in the 1970's. Ches continued his love for beautiful automobiles until the end of his life and passed on his legacy to his grandson, Jerry. After the Maybelline ...


A glamor girl, Grandmother at 50, Eva holds her first grandchild, Jerry Westhouse, as a very dapper Ches, looks on. Try Eva's Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler, a quick. and easy recipe, that can be made to feed a small family, ...


Eva and Ches in 1952, with their first grandchild, Jerry Westhouse, Marilyn's son. Jerry grew up, influenced by his grandfather's enthusiasm for beautiful automobiles, and would eventually race them in the 1970's, and is still ...



Surviving are Marilyn's six children, Jerry Westhouse, David Westhouse, Kathy Obermaier, Robert Westhouse, Cindy Callaway and Lori Caveness; 17 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. A mass of Christian burial will ...


Jackie and Bob Haines, of the left, followed by Dick and Marilyn Haines-Westhouse, John and June Haines-Gary, Eva Williams-Haines. Below is David and Jerry Westhouse and June and Johns little girl.


I feel a special bond with Carlyle Blackwell Jr, because my father Bill Williams, my cousin Chuck Williams aka BB1, my cousin Jerry Westhouse and my great uncle Tom Lyle Williams all owned, collected or raced some of the ...


By 1955 all the Haines kids were married, in this picture we see, Jackie and Bob Haines - Dick and Marilyn Westhouse and their two boys - David and Jerry - John and June Gary, with their daughter Cathy, and their mother ...

Next row, Richard Gerald, John Gary, Bob Haines, Chris Haines, Jay Haines, Bob Westhouse, Steve Haines, Dave Westhouse & Kathy Gary, Mitch Haines & Lori Gary on the staircase. More Maybelline Vintage ads and family ...


The Groom was Dick Westhouse. Their first born son Richard Gerald was born the next year. Ches and Eva with ... Jerry July 23, 2011 at 8:16 AM. You forgot the Haines side. I was born in 1949. ReplyDelete. Add comment.


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Maybelline Heir - RACE CAR DRIVER - Jerry Westhouse and the Indy 500 .

 Like Grandfather like Grandson!  Jerry Westhouse loves anything with wheels.


 Eva and Ches Haines, with their first grandchild, Jerry Westhouse, in the 1970's.  Ches continued his love for beautiful automobiles until the end of his life and passed on his legacy to his grandson, Jerry.  After the Maybelline company sold in 1967, Ches bought matching Rolls Royce's for Eva and himself, with vanity plates that said, Eva and Ches.  Now that's true love!!


 My cousin, Jerry Westhouse racing dirt bikes, in the 1970's, aspired to be a race car driver!! 


                           Jerry Westhouse today.


Jerry Westhouse, still has the racing spirit, and parlayed it into a career, after meeting Paul Newman, the actor and racing enthusiast, in the 1970's.  My cousin Jerry has worked for Paul Newman and Newman/Haas racing for years, and is one of the team players, who helps build Indie 500 race cars.

Newman Haas Racing - Car 2 - Oriol Servia - Las Vegas Parade 2011 - In-Car Video




                                 Jerry Westhouse

Once the car was completed, Westhouse was chosen to drive the new ride, which was shaken down with conventional bodywork. (click below for full story.)
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Read more about Jerry Westhouse's grandfather Ches Haines, who passed on his love for cars to his grandson in, The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It.  Get signed copies for the Holidays at www.maybellinestory.com.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex was built in 1909 as a gravel-and-tar track and hosted a smattering of small events, including ones for motorcycles.

Maybelline expands with population during 1950s.

Maybelline Grows as the average middle class family expands in the 1950s.




Noel Allen with his children Chuck and Nancy in California.
An American dream, 1957 - Two or three kids, a home in the suburbs, two cars in the garage and a dad who works in a corporate job.  Except this isn't just any typical family, this is my cousin Chuck, BB1, the car guy with his dad Noel Allen and sister Nancy. 



Eva and Ches Haines family, 1955 in Deerfield, Illinois.

From left to right,  Tom Lyle's sister Eva's family - Jackie, Bob, Dick Westhouse, Marilyn, John Gary, June, & Eva.  Front row, Marilyn and Dick's sons, David Lyle, Richard Gerald and  June's daughter Kathy.



While Maybelline commercials were being shown on all the popular 50's shows on TV, The Maybelline families on the West Coast and Chicago were living normal middle class lives, never realizing that someday Maybelline would change our lives forever.

read more about how the selling of Maybelline in 1967 changed our lives, in The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It.