In 1993, Nancy Davis founded the organization Race to Erase MS after being diagnosed with the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis. The purpose of the organization was to spread knowledge and raise funds to allow doctors and researchers to aggressively combat the disease.
Riding on the heels of a successful 2020 drive-in event, Drive-in to Erase MS kicked off the opening of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Saturday with a headlining performance by Earth Wind & Fire as well as an Alice + Olivia by Stacey Bendet fashion show.
Scroll to see photos by our photographer Myung Chun, who documented the event.
Nancy Davis, the founder of Race to Erase MS, at Friday’s benefit featuring Earth, Wind & Fire at the Rose Bowl.
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Actress Camerone Parker arrives in a procession of cars at the Race to Erase MS drive-in benefit at the Rose Bowl on Friday.
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Actress AnnaLynne McCord poses on the orange carpet at the Race to Erase MS benefit at the Rose Bowl. Orange is the color of multiple sclerosis awareness ribbons.
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Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield smiles from his car during celebrity drive-through arrivals at the Race to Erase MS benefit at the Rose Bowl.
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A model onstage in a piece from the Alice + Olivia 2021 spring/summer collection.
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Style on display at the Race to Erase MS benefit at the Rose Bowl on Friday.
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Hilary Roberts, founder of the Red Songbird Foundation, glows with her jacket.
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Earth, Wind & Fire performs.
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Rows of cars and their occupants at the Race to Erase MS drive-in concert at the Rose Bowl.
Myung J. Chun has been a photographer with the Los Angeles Times since 1999. He started as a still photographer and then moved to videography from 2007 to 2018. Chun won an Emmy in 2011 for his work on a multimedia project about innocent victims of gang violence. He previously worked for the Los Angeles Daily News, a position he started in 1988 while attending Cal State Northridge.