A Kirkwood native is relishing the opportunity to drive the iconic Wienermobile

There are few jingles more iconic than the “Oscar Mayer Weiner” earworm that gets folks fired up to grill in the summertime. The hot dog ditty is bested in popularity only by the Oscar Mayer “Wienermobile” that excites motorists on highways and causes a sudden craving for a good old-fashioned frank on a bun.

But even classics get revamped, and Kirkwood native Mary Clare Kammer is returning home in the newly branded Oscar Mayer Frankmobile as a Frankfurter — a.k.a., the driver of a six-ton, 27-foot-long wiener.