Re: USAC Hall of Fame
 

If you run now you shouldn't be eligible for the first class, that should be reserved for the guys who put it where it is today, like the Atlas' who carried it on their shoulders.First Class only.

Tony Hulman

AJ Foyt, what needs to be said.

Gary Bettenhausen and Larry Dickson, you can't have one without the other. It wasn't called the Larry and Gary show for nothing.
Also helped USAC gain some limelight with their battles.

Mel Kenyon, midget divisions greatest ambassador.

Tom Bigelow, because he was the best rep for USAC with the fans for 15 years.

Pancho Carter, From midgets to Indy cars, he did it all.

Rich Vogler, wether you loved him or hated him, Thursday night Thunder gave USAC national exposure, and Rich was the show that did it.

Mario Andretti. Won in everything from midgets to Indy in USAC. Went from USAC Champ Dirt Car Champion to F1 champ in 3 years.

Actually though, they do need to add at least 20 to the first class. I just hope they don't do just recent guys, and forget the guys who built it.

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It's a long list of worthy racers. My list was quickly assembled to help trigger more great names.

I think it should be a mixed of passed and alive racers. It's always good to hand the award to the winner.

I think the first should be the people who built USAC. That's why I put Duane Carter who ran USAC in the early days.

It's a pick that won't make everybody happy cause their guy didn't make it, but that is why you add every year.

I would suggest they add about 20 to start to cover the builders of USAC to the great that have moved on to bigger things like Stewart.

Just random thoughts.
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Re: USAC Hall of Fame
 

Man somebody has some tough decisions to make but a few I would through in the hat would be the staff that was lost in 1978.:(

Ray Marquette, USAC's vice-president of public affairs and a former sportswriter for The Indianapolis Star
Frank Delroy, chairman of the USAC technical committee
Shim Malone, starter for USAC races and head of its midget racer division
Judy Phillips, graphic artist and publication director of USAC's newsletter
Stan Worley, chief registrar
Ross Teeguarden, assistant technical chairman
Don Peabody, head of the sprint division
Dr. Bruce White, assistant staff doctor

Re: USAC Hall of Fame
 

Any official PR on this? Didn't see a story?

Jason Dull
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Re: USAC Hall of Fame
 

If we are talking current drivers I would think you would have to go with Jerry Coons Jr. & Dave Darland JMO

Re: USAC Hall of Fame
 

There are so many past USAC driving legends and people that played a part somewhere on the sidelines that it could take 10 years for them to catch up.

Jack Hewitt was a personal hero and should be an automatic in my mind.

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Good ideas, everyone. I think one thing is certain, the first class will be reserved for the pioneers of USAC.

I was in the USAC office yesterday having a discussion with regard to this topic. There has been no official release about it just yet to my knowledge, but there will be a Hall of Fame Race this May and the first class will be announced then. A panel of voters has yet to be decided upon, so it's in the early stages of development. Look for news to come out soon about it as time draws near and a panel is selected.

But keep the ideas coming.

DM

Re: USAC Hall of Fame
 

Tom Bigelow
Robbie Stanley
Mel Kenyon
Rich Vogler
Jack Hewitt

Re: USAC Hall of Fame
 

Here's a list of folks in the National Sprint Hall of Fame that might be eligible, although I'm not sure some of them did enough in USAC to be considered (especially the West Coast people). The year is the year of their inductions into that HOF. We could do the same with the Midget HOF inductees.

1990 A. J. Foyt, Jr.
1990 Floyd Trevis
1990 J. C. Agajanian
1990 Larry Dickson
1990 Tommy Hinnershitz
1991 Don Edmunds
1991 Duane "Pancho" Carter, Jr.
1991 Parnelli Jones
1992 Alex Morales
1992 Art Pillsbury
1992 John C. Vance
1992 Jud Larson
1992 Rich Vogler
1992 Sheldon Kinser
1993 A. J. Watson
1993 Chris Economaki
1993 Gary Bettenhausen
1993 Jim Hurtubise
1993 Roger McCluskey
1993 Troy Ruttman
1994 Don Branson
1994 Earl Baltes
1995 Bill Hill
1995 Don Smith
1995 Johnny Rutherford
1995 Louis Vermeil
1995 Wally Meskowski
1996 Johnny Thomson
1996 Mario Andretti
1996 Rollie Beale
1996 Tom Bigelow
1996 Willie Davis
1997 Bobby Unser
1997 Bruce Bromme, Sr.
1997 Dick "Toby" Tobias
1997 Dick Wallen
1997 Hiram Hillegas
1998 Dean Thompson
1998 Gary Patterson
1998 Grant King
1998 Norman "Bubby" Jones
1998 Sam Hanks
1999 Eddie Sachs
1999 John Sawyer
1999 Lealand McSpadden
1999 LeRoy Van Conett
1999 Steve Stapp
2000 Al "Cotton" Farmer
2000 Allen Heath
2000 August "Gus" Hoffman
2000 Chester "Chet" Wilson
2000 D. William "Speedy Bill" Smith
2000 Jimmy Oskie
2000 Joe Saldana
2001 Bob Hogle
2001 Eddie Leavitt
2001 Gary Stanton
2002 Galen Fox
2002 Jack Hewitt
2002 Jim McElreath
2002 Joe Scalzo
2002 Sam Traylor
2003 Al Hamilton
2003 Allen "Sammy" Sessions
2003 Ron Shuman
2004 "Boston" Louie Seymour
2004 Billy Wilkerson
2004 Chuck Amati
2004 Chuck Gurney
2004 Don Peabody
2005 Bill Holland
2005 Don Brown
2005 Elmer George
2005 John Mahoney
2005 Robbie Stanley
2005 Steve Butler
2006 Granville "Buster" Warke
2006 Jimmy Sills
2006 Jud Phillips
2007 Earl Gaerte
2007 Glen Niebel
2008 Bob Hampshire
2008 Brent Kaeding
2008 Dick Jordan
2008 John Padjen
2008 Johnnie Parsons, Sr.
2008 Melvin "Tony" Bettenhausen
2009 Allan Brown
2009 Jim Chini
2009 Lee Osborne
2009 Rip Williams
2009 Roger Rager
2009 Tommy Nicholson
2010 Don Shepherd
2010 Hank Arnold
2011 Anthony "Andy" Granatelli
2011 Bruce Bromme, Jr.
2011 Jimmy Boyd

Re: USAC Hall of Fame
 

where would you put the hall of fame. :9: