BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Richie Clyne, builder of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is among 20 nominees for 2021 induction into the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Clyne appears on the ballot for the first time, along with 13-time Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) champion Brent Kaeding; Carl Trimmer, the winningest driver from the state of Arizona; Northern California late model champion Jimmy Walker; Sean Woodside, the 1999 NASCAR West Series champion; and the late Ronald (Ron) Zajicek, owner of Ron’s Rear Ends.
Nominated again after appearing on previous ballots are Dave Byrd, Ernie Cope, Mike David, Garrett Evans, Dave Fuge, Tom Gloy, Lance Hooper, Tommy Kendall, Danny Ongais, Greg Pickett and George Snider. Five inductees will be named in March, following two rounds of voting by organization’s Board of Directors.
First-round voting begins this week.
The organization also will induct its fourth Heritage class of five individuals whose careers began prior to 1970. The Heritage inductees will be named in spring 2021.
Combined 2020-21 induction ceremonies will be held Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif. during the NASCAR Cup Series and ARCA Menard Series West weekend at nearby Sonoma Raceway. The 2020 event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The unique, double induction ceremony marks the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame’s 20th anniversary,” said West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame Chairman and CEO Ken Clapp. “The 2020 class of inductees contains some amazing star power from just about every corner of the motorsports universe. Our 2021 list of nominees is equally spectacular. Selecting just five inductees will be extremely difficult. I can’t wait to see how the voting turns out.”
The West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame annually nominates for induction worthy individuals who competed in traditional stock car racing as well as other racing vehicles primarily on road courses under international and national sanction by the FIA, International Motor Sports Ass’n (IMSA), Grand-Am and the Sports Car Club of America. The Hall also is open to winners and champions of other forms of racing, as determined by the Hall’s nominating committee.