West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame
The West Coast Stock Car Hall Of Fame is a Hall of Fame for people associated with late-model stock car racing on the West Coast of the United States. Many NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series champions are inducted in the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame once had a physical location at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, in Irwindale, California. Today, it is a digital hall of fame located online (Official website) and inductees are honored at an annual banquet, according to the official website.
History
The hall of fame was created in 2001. Nominees are either retired, deceased or have moved from one area of participation to another, or have been active in their primary field for at least 25 years. The first class was inducted in 2002.
Board of Directors
Ken Clapp
Kevin W. Green
Bill McAnally
Ed Justice Jr.
Owen A. Kearns
Frank Gullum
Dusty Brandel
Joe Nava
Bryan R. Sperber
Mike Verlatti
Council: Donald Ornelas Jr. of Agajanian, McFall, Weiss, Tetreault & Crist LLP
List of inductees
2002
- Christopher J.C. Agajanian
- Bruce Alexander
- Bill Amick
- Bob Barkhimer
- Scott Hunter Cain
- Cos Cancilla
- Ken Clapp
- Ernie Conn
- Charlie Curryer
- Carl Dane
- Jim Dane
- Lloyd Dane
- Ray Elder
- Lou Figaro
- Eddie Gray
- Ron Hornaday, Sr. (father of Ron Hornaday)
- Jim Insolo
- Parnelli Jones
- Danny Letner
- Jack McCoy
- Hershel McGriff
- Marvin Panch
- Marvin Porter
- Les Richter
- Jim Robinson
- Troy Ruttman
- Bill Schmitt
- Roy Smith
- John Soares
2003
- Bob Beadle
- Dick Bown
- Margo Burke
- Sonny Easley
- Erick Erickson
- Shav Glick
- Dan Gurney
- Rajo Jack
- Eddie Pagan
- Frank Phillips
- Bob Ross
- Rodger Ward
2004
- Frank Galpin
- George Jefferson
- Johnny Mantz
- Parky Nall
- Bill Sedgwick
- Clay Smith
2005
- Allen Adkins
- Ron Ail
- Marion Collins
- Richard Elder
- Robert Estes
- Tom Hamilton
- Sam Hanks
- Ernie Irvan
- Floyd Johnson
- Dick Meyer
- Vel Miletich
- Leon Ruther
- Harry Schilling
- Len Sutton
2006
- Ivan Baldwin
- Ray Claridge
- Jim Cook
- Mike Curb
- Walt Faulkner
- Beryl Jackson
- John Kieper
- Gary Nelson
- Don Noel
- Jim Rush
2009
The hall of fame inducted its sixth class in 2009.[1]
- Chuck Bown[1]
- Rick Carelli
- Joe and John Fernandez
- Doug George
- Ben Gregory
- Bert Letner
- Chuck Meekins
- Dick Rathmann
- Wayne Spears
- Art Watts
2010
The hall of fame inducted its seventh class in 2010.[2]
- Allen Beebe
- Sean Boyan
- Bob Caswell
- Mike Chase
- Bill "Tiny" Clinton
- Duane Edwards
- Mel Fernandes
- Joe Mangini, Jr.
- Mel Larson
- Gordon Martin
- Herb Nab
- Rod Osterlund
- James "Jimmy" Smith
2011
The hall of fame inducted its eighth class in 2011.[3]
- Cary Agajanian
- Marvin Burke
- Owen Kearn
- Louis Mangini
- Roger McCluskey
- Chuck Parkko
- Al Schmidhammer
- George Seeger
- Chuck Stevenson
- Tim Williamson
- Joe Ruttman
2012
The hall of fame inducted its ninth class in 2012.[4]
Historic Class (1930-1970)
- The Justice Brothers
- B.L. Marchbanks
- Bob Phillipi
- Fred Steinbroner
Modern Class (1971-Today)
- Butch Gilliland
- Vic Kurten
- Bill McAnally
- Pat McElreath
2013
The hall of fame inducted its tenth class on June 20, 2013.[5]
- Ron Hornaday, Jr.
- Chad Little
- Derrike Cope
- Randy Lynch
- Buddy Jobe
See also
References
- 1 2 "West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame to induct 10 in July". NASCAR. April 8, 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ↑ "West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame Inducts 2010 Class". Iowa Speedway. July 6, 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
- ↑ "West Coast Stock Car to Induct 10". NASCAR. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ↑ "West Coast Stock Car Hall Sets Class". National Speed Sport News. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ↑ Utter, Jim (March 6, 2013). "Jim Utter's Inside Motorsports: Will 'Gen 6' car be a winner at Vegas?". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, NC. Retrieved 2013-03-07.