John C. Penney

2021 Inductee, P

Most members of the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame developed a love of cars or motorcycles at an early age.  Not John C Penney.  His first love was for airplanes, and it brought him to Colorado to fulfil a congressional appointment to the Air Force Academy,...

John Rostek

2021 Inductee, R

John Rostek drove his way to a remarkable stock car racing career on the short tracks of northern Coloradobefore moving on to national level events sanctioned by USAC and NASCAR.  John returned to his home town of Fort Collins after military service in 1947, and began...

Sammy Gallo

2021 Inductee, G

Sammy Gallo is an enduring, legendary figure from earlier days of Colorado racing.  Returning to Denver after serving in the Army and the Normandy invasion in World War II, Sammy was part of a group of friends who started racing open roadsters at the rodeo grounds of...

Terry Boyle

2021 Inductee, B

Terry Boyle was introduced to racing at an early age as while growing up in Denver, as his next door neighbor was multi-time Englewood Speedway champion Bill Nicholson.  Terry’s own racing career began in drag racing, with success in a modified 1957 Chevy, as well as...

2021 Vintage Drag Racing Association

2021 Inductee, Agajanian Award, V

The beginnings of the Vintage Drag Racing Associationdate back to 1991, when five gentlemen whoshared an enjoyment of modified Ford and Mercury Flathead V-8 engines met in a park in North Denver. Fred Floth, Ed Piz, Wes Wicks, Wes Johnson, and Dann Jurgens formed the...

Mike Leary

2021 Inductee, L

Mike Leary grew with racing in his blood, as his dad was the owner of a racing team that competed on a small Illinois track.  After moving to Colorado, Mike was a spectator at Englewood Speedway until he got behind the wheel of a Sportsman car in 1979.  He competed at...

Darrell Mayabb

2021 Inductee, M

Darrell Mayabb’s formative years were marked by a love of hot rods and automobile culture that he found in places like Hot Rod and Rod and Custom magazines. He says “My early years were greatly influenced by the automotive magazines. I went to the magazine stand every...

Wayne Demonja

2019 Inductee, D

Wayne Demonja’s passion for racing began with motorcycles. He started by riding a minibike as a youngster, progressed to motorcycles he raced in Motocross and Desert events, and finally stepped into off-road cars and trucks to compete in national and international...

Robert Prilika

2019 Inductee, P

Robert Prilika’s racing career has been marked by success as a driver, as well as a team owner, sponsor, and motorsports business owner. As a driver, Robert has competed in road racing, circle track, hill climbs and endurance events throughout the United States. He...

Rick Smith

2019 Inductee, S

Rick Smith was born into a racing family, and spent much time in his early years traveling with his family to tracks around Western Nebraska & Eastern Wyoming. His dad and uncle were racers, as was his Grampa, who built a race track outside of Gering, Nebraska...