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 is located at [[Toyota Speedway at Irwindale]], in [[Irwindale, California]]. According to its official website, a proposed new site in [[St. George, Utah]] is scheduled to be constructed starting in late 2010 to be completed in mid 2011. ==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. ===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 (racecar driver)|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]] ===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 (NASCAR)|Gary Nelson]] *Don Noel *Jim Rush ===2009=== The hall of fame inducted its sixth class in 2009. *[[Chuck Bown]] *[[Rick Carelli]] *Joe and John Fernandez *[[Doug George]] *Ben Gregory *Bert Letner *Chuck Meekins *[[Dick Rathman]] *[[Spears Motorsports|Wayne Spears]] *Art Watts ===2010=== The hall of fame inducted its seventh class in 2010. *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 ==External links== *[http://www.stockcarreunion.com/ Official website] {{coord missing|Los Angeles County, California}} {{DEFAULTSORT:West Coast Stock Car Hall Of Fame}}