Thursday’s Gala at the South Point Resort and Casino in Las Vegas honors 22nd class
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (March 10, 2025) – The West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame will celebrate its 22ndround of inductions presented by World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, on Thursday, March 13 at the South Point Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.
The event – first held outside the state of California – will host luminaries from throughout the motorsports universe and draw an audience of nearly 500. The program also will reveal the 2025 Knockin’ Doorz Down Philanthropist of the Year presented by 51FIFTY.
Highlights of the induction ceremonies will be broadcast later this summer, network, air dates and broadcast times to be announced.
Members of the Class of 2025 are AJ Allmendinger, Los Gatos, Calif., NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series veteran; Chuck Gurney, Oakland, Calif., United States Auto Club Silver Crown and supermodified champion; Davey Hamilton, Nampa, Idaho, Canadian-American Modified Association champion, Indianapolis 500 veteran and race promoter; Jeff Jefferson, Naches, Wash., three-time NASCAR Northwest Series driver champion and former NASCAR ARCA Menards Series West owner; Justin Marks, Menlo Park, Calif., founder and team owner of Trackhouse Entertainment Group and Trackhouse Racing; Boris Said, Carlsbad, Calif., Sports Car Club of America Trans-Am and GRAND-AM GT champion; Rick Ware, Los Angeles, Calif., owner of teams competing in NASCAR Cup Series, the Top Fuel class of the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, the NTT INDYCAR Series, Whelen Mazda MX-5 Cup, and FIM World Supercross and AMA American Flat Track motorcycles.
The 2025 Heritage Class is comprised of the racing Unser family, nine-time Indianapolis 500 winners Al Unser, Al Unser Jr. and Bobby Unser; three generations of the Hunt family – Joe, Tommy and Tony; California supermodified champion Mike Sargent; and two-time United States Auto Club national midget champion Sleepy Tripp.
The organization’s second Pioneers of Speed will be enshrined. They are Michael (Blackie) Gejeian, Fresno, Calif. race and auto show promoter; Ted Halibrand, Southern California pioneer of wheels and brakes; Ed Iskenderian, Los Angeles, known as “The Camfather;” Jack London, Oakland, Calif., midget competitor and longtime Bay Cities Racing Association president; and Wally Parks, founder of the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA).
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About the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame:
The West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame was conceived in 2001 as a means of recognizing significant contributors and contributions to the sport of stock car/motorsports competition. The mission of the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame is founded to preserve history and heritage of the important role west coast stock car and motorsports figures have played in the sport’s development and continuation and to recognize, through annual enshrinement, of outstanding individuals and groups within the sport such as, but not limited to, designers, engineers, mechanics, drivers, race track owners, promoters, publicists and members of the motorsports media.
The Hall is a 501(c)3, soon to be (c)4 charitable organization, dedicated to supporting a variety of organizations and groups from coast to coast. The Hall has raised more than $1 million during the past 6-1/2 years for youth, health and safety, hospitals, animal rescue, military and other charitable causes.
For more information on the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame visit: www.WestCoastStockCarHallofFame.com
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