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 The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be in April 2025 with date and location to be determined. This will be our first meeting of 2025 and as in the past, the April meeting is closed to the public.

         These eleven individuals were inducted into the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame on Sunday November 3, 2024 in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.  The following individuals have been selected and will make up the Class of 2024:

    From the Other than Driver category, Long time Sprint Car owner and former mini modified  driver and champion Dick Myers has gotten the nod. Joining Dick in the Other than Driver category is Berlin Raceway General Manger, Jeff Striegle. Jeff has a long history in Motorsports as a driver, PR person, Mini Champ driver/champion, and is the Lead Anchor for the MRN Radio network.

    Representing the Drag Racing category is the late Roy Steffey. Roy Steffey was instrumental in the early days of Funny Car racing and development along with Maynard Rupp. Together they formed RSE or Rupp Steffey Engineering. Roy built many engines out of his RSE shop as well as fielded a car himself. RSE was highly succeseful and was tightly aligned with the Logghe Brothers of Logghe Stamping fame. 

      Representing the Other Motorsports category is the Husband and Wife duo of Steve and Sue Christophersen. Together they both drove at the Bonneville Salt Flats and are one of the few Husband/Wife teams to be included in the prestigious 200 MPH Club at Bonneville where they set numerous land speed records. Later on the duo went drag racing with a rear engined rail before switching over to a nostalgia funny car that has gone 218 mph.

      In the Oval Track Historical Era, Denny Anderson, Mike Bilacic, and the late Charlie Ryan Sr. got the nod. Anderson is a long time racer out of Grand Rapids. He has raced on both dirt and asphalt with success on both surfaces. Denny is the father of the Late Lee Anderson who himself was an accomplished driver and leading chassis builder.

    Mike Bilacic hails from Twining and started out on snowmobiles and grass drags but soon migrated to the Stock Car form of racing. Mike has seven track championships over the years and was a mainstay at the Whittemore Speedway.

   Charlie Ryan Sr. is the father of 2023 Inductee the late Charlie Ryan Jr. As the patriarch of the Racing Ryan family, Charlie was also the leader of "The Leslie Gang" of racers from the Leslie area that have all tasted success over the years. He has won numerous feature races all over Michigan but is most notably known for driving at Spartan Speedway and Owosso Speedway as well as Springport, Butler, Crystal, and Hartford.

    In the Oval Track Modern Era there are three inductees as well. Earl Miles Jr. , Dennis Whisman, and Tristan Dupuis.

    Earl Miles started at the Butler Motor Speedway and was Rookie of the Year that year. His racing travels have taken him all over Michigan and neighboring states as well. Most notably he has been a modified driver and has championships at Springport as well as in the I-Car modified traveling series.

    Dennis Whisman Sr. has 17 season championships in the figure 8 division at the Flat Rock and the Toledo Speedways. In addition to all of that success, Dennis has raced street stocks, X-cars, and has traveled to the World Figure 8 series three hour race at Anderson, Indiana as well as traveling to Showtime Speedway in Clearwater, Florida to compete in the Outlaw class world championship the last few years. Dennis has over 100 Figure 8 Feature wins over his long career that started in 1982.

    Tristan Dupuis has been a very versatile driver, winning in multiple types of race cars from enduro's to Dwarf's to ASA and many in between. He is the type of racer that can and did win in everything.

     These individuals represent the "Class of 2024" and are forever enshrined in the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame. 

       Since our Banquet and Induction Ceremony in November we have lost 2018 Inductee, Ron Mancini and 2003 Inductee Steve Sauve. Prayers and condolences to these two families.

   The following individuals were on hand at the banquet to accept their Board of Directors selected special awards:

    Jeanne Lindahl received the 2024 Dick Beebe Memorial Contributions to Motorsports Award in recognition of her lifelong activity in the sport. She comes from the racing Lindahl family which includes brothers Gary and Steve as well as Daughter Candyce Lamberson. Jeanne follows in the footsteps of Mother Stella and Brother Gary who have both received this honor from the MMSHoF.

  Wayne Bishop, formerly of Michigan Race Tire Warehouse was selected by the Board of Directors to receive the 2024 Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame/ Lifetime Dedication Award. (our highest honor) Wayne Bishop, now retired spent decades running up an down the road making sure that tracks, racers, and traveling series had tires to compete on. Anytime you saw the MRTW truck in the pits you could find Wayne busting tires, mounting tires, and helping out the racers and the tracks. He did this all in an unassuming and humble way and with a smile and a handshake.

  On hand to recieve the Mick Schuler/MMSHoF Media Award was Lucy Brookhart Homan, niece of the Late Bob Sherman, aka Gary Brookhart a motorsports broadcaster and writer from Battle Creek, Michigan. We were able to locate recipient, Bob Sherman's family two days before the banquet and miraculously, Lucy was able to attend and it was a blessing to have her there as she gave a tremendous account of her Uncle and his contributions to Motorsports.

  A big announcement at the banquet is that in addition to our partnership with The Birch Run Speedway and Event Center, where we presently have a display in the Gas Alley Bar and Grille. We have been invited by the Corrigan Oil Speedway to establish a display and museum in the former Bandolero/Michigan Legends showroom. In the room we will have a duplicate display to that at Birch Run but will also display many of our artifacts that are presently in storage. The museum is expected to be ready for the spring of 2025 and will be open on race days so that fans can come in and preruse some of the history of Michigan Motorsports. We intend to not only honor the heroes of Oval Track Racing but all motorsports as well to include Snowmobiles, Drag Racing, Road Racing, Boats, Motorcycles, etc. It is planned to have Board of Director staffing on race nights and hopefully have some of our Hall of Fame Legends be there different nights to sign autographs.

  We are so very thankful to both Birch Run Speedway and Corrigan Oil Speedway in hosting and partnering with the MMSHoF.

  I am also pleased to welcome Larry Tiede and Roger "Shut Up" Williams to the Board of Directors. Both men were voted on to the Board at the October meeting. Larry brings with him a wealth of knowledge in the snowmobile and snowmobile racing world. He is the head of Woody's Traction and is also a 2018 inductee to the MMSHoF.

   Roger Williams brings a lifetime of experience in Michigan Short Track Racing as He was one of the first ever "Racin Rascals" at the now closed Mount Clemens Race Track where he played as a youth while Grandfather Vince Cuker waved the flags and father Roger lead the safety crew. Young Roger found his way to the announcing booth and is one of the top "Voices of Summer" having honed his craft at the Crystal Motor Speedway, Tri-City Speedway, and now at the Owosso Speedway among many other appearances at tracks all over Michigan.

  From all of us to all of you we wish you safe and pleasant Holidays and a safe winter.