BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Four-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon is among five competitors elected for induction into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame.
Gordon, currently an analyst for FOX Sports’ coverage of NASCAR national series races, is the second driver to be elected to the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. The Vallejo, Calif., native joins Ron Hornaday Jr., class of 2013, in both halls of fame.
Also elected by the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame’s board of directors as the Class of 2019 are NASCAR team owners Gary Bechtel and Bob Bruncati; NASCAR weekly racing series national champion Doug McCoun; and NASCAR K&N Pro Series West champion Eric Norris.
The late J.D. Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Racing and elected to the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2018, also will be enshrined. His induction was postponed at the request of Gibbs’ family. The organization also will induct its second Heritage class of five individuals whose careers largely ended prior to 1970. The Heritage inductees will be named in April.
The class of 2019 – the hall’s 16th – will be enshrined June 20 during the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame’s annual induction ceremonies, presented by Gateway Motorsports Park, at the Meritage Resort & Spa in Napa, Calif. The event leads into the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and K&N Pro Series West weekend at nearby Sonoma Raceway.
“The Board of Directors of the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame is honored to recognize this diversified group of individuals who have made such significant contributions to our great sport,” said Ken Clapp, Chairman and CEO of the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame.