2021 Inductee, O
Colorado native Bill Osthoff has been riding motorcycles since he was 7 years old, and while he is now in his 70’s, still rides today. Bill’s racing career began in 1968, when he advanced from Novice to Expert level in just five months, and his experience since...
2019 Inductee, O
Mike Opperman grew up around race cars, as his dad was a competitor at Englewood Speedway in the Modified division. Young Mike was drawn to anything mechanical and wanted to figure out how things worked, including that race car in the garage. He became involved as a...
2018 Inductee, O
Jim Opperman’s racing career began in 1957 at Englewood Speedway, where he competed in the modified division in a car sponsored by The Competitor’s Company, a business Jim owned with his brother Ray. In 1974 he won his first main event and finished the season as the...
2018 Inductee, O
In 1975, after a few high school friends who were involved with motorcycle racing talked him into giving it a try, Ricky Orlando started his racing career in South Florida at the Moroso Raceway in West Palm Beach. He moved to Colorado the next year, and began...
2013 Inductee, O
Bob Olds was born in 1927 in Denver. At age 13, while on his paper route in Park Hill, he was invited into Buddy Martinson’s garage to polish wheels and clean his midget racer. He did such a good job that the crew even snuck him into the pits at Gilmore for Turkey...
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