Induction Class of 2024

Telluride Autumn Classic 2024

This year’s J.C Agajanian Award is given to The Telluride Autumn Classic.  The event was launched in 2015 as the Telluride Festival of Cars and Colors. Festival Founders Ray and Anita Cody, along with friends Rob and Sindy Lindow, saw a need for a late September event...

Don Woodard

Don Woodard’s many connections to Colorado Motorsports are rooted in his love of racing.  He drove Late Model Stock Cars at Colorado National Speedway in the early 1970’s, and his story of his first race win is interesting.  He had rolled his car three times in a...

Chris Sheil

Chris Sheil began his racing career at age 11, when his parents bought him a go-kart to race at a local rack.  His dad said it would be “low-key” family fun, but it sparked a passion in Chris that led to International Karting Association of Colorado championships in...

Mark Schellinger

Mark Schellinger has raced his way into the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame with a remarkable career in Motorcycle competition.  Like many young men, Mark loved riding a street bike and tried his hand at dirt racing as a kid.  While on a Sunday ride with his wife in...

Dan Savage

Dan Savage grew up with a steering wheel in his hands, as they say, watching his dad, Dave Savage, compete in Supermodifieds at Englewood Speedway.  Dan became a pavement racing fan when Colorado National Speedway was paved in 1989.  After watching ultra-competitive...

Willie Hardman

Wille Hardmans’s 50-year racing career was driven by his love of Midgets and Sprint Cars.  Just weeks after seeing his first race at Lakeside Speedway in 1947, Willie purchased a Willys-powered midget, and he was off to the races. He competed at Englewood and Lakeside...

Douglas Drussel

Douglas Drussel’s contributions to Colorado Motorsports have been varied and impressive.  He began his racing career on the drag strip, where he raced a 1957 T-Bird modified with a 427 Ford engine and held the record for the B Modified Sports class for a number of...

Bill Dewald

Bill Dewald’s career in Colorado Motorsports has been a long and winding road.  That road began when he sponsored cars at Lakeside Speedway through his gas station business, furnishing fuel and oil to drivers he thought were underdogs while driving Chevies.  His...

Alan Davis

Alan Davis has worn many hats during a racing career that is approaching its fifth decade. He says he just ALWAYS wanted to race, whether it was drawing race cars in his elementary school notebooks or running a graphics business lettering race cars for the past 38...

Kevin Clark

Kevin Clark says his racing career began when he sat in the family stock car at age 2.   He watched his dad race at Pikes Peak Speedway in Colorado Springs and just being around the cars inspired Kevin to follow in his dad’s footsteps. Kevin got his first taste of...

Jeff Campbell

Jeff Campbell came from a racing family, as his dad and brothers were part of the Colorado Auto Racing Club for more than 20 years.  The master welding skills he acquired at a young age were applied when he helped design and build a Pro Truck for Frank Denning to...

Chris Burandt

Chris Burandt has been called the world’s best all-around snowmobiler, and with good reason. He began riding snowmobiles in the Colorado backcountry surrounding his grandparents’ cabin when he was six years old.  It became apparent early on that Chris had an abundance...

Bill Brack

Bill Brack’s commitment to oval track racing is unmistakable.  He grew up around racing, as his dad drove stock cars and set the stage for Bill to follow in his tracks.  His first car was built in 1974 with friends Wade Moon, Steve Penner and Danny Debryne in a...