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Dear friends On behalf of the ORMHOF board of directors I would like to welcome you to the Hall of Fame 2022 Induction Awards Gala presented by 4 Wheel Parts We are grateful to our good friend and Hall of Fame inductee Michael Gaughan for hosting us at his fabulous South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas The mission of the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame is to recognize and honor those individuals and organizations whose lifelong contributions to off road motorsports have set a standard for others to follow educating and inspiring present and future generations by celebrating the achievements of those who came before Our members partners and donors are the lifeblood of the Hall of Fame Thanks to all of you we have made great strides in preserving the history of the sport of off road Vehicles from the ORMHOF Collection are on display at auto museums across America and the Hall of Fame online collections of images print and video continue to grow Just last month ORMHOF received a significant donation from Crandon International Raceway and announced the establishment of the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Short Course Annex at the Midwest facility which is owned by ORMHOF inductee Cliff Flannery and promoted by ORMHOF inductee Marty Fiolka Tonight we welcome nine new inductees to the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Randy Anderson Lance Clifford Vic Curl Butch Dean Jim Fricker Brad Lovell Eric Solorzano Scott Taylor and legacy inductee Mike Thomas I hope you will be as inspired by their stories as I am The ORMHOF volunteer award has been renamed in tribute to our wonderful friend board member and inductee Dick Landfield who passed away last year The first recipient of the Dick Landfield Helping Hand Award is Simon Edwards who is truly deserving of this award The Landfield family will present the award to Simon in Dick s memory Yokohama Tire is presenting the Hall of Fame 2022 Impact Awards and we ll be recognizing the honorees and announcing the Voters Choice in each category Each year we give back by paying forward a portion of our partnership funds to a land use organization and this year representatives from Southern Four Wheel Drive Association have made the trip to Las Vegas to receive the ORMHOF donation I am honored to serve as chairman of the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame and continue the vision of Ed Pearlman and Rod Hall Please help me keep ORMHOF moving forward as we have so much to celebrate Past Present and Future SCAN TO DONATE or visit ormhof org Photo 1986 Mark McMillin Chairman of the Board

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Bob Bower 2020 ORMHOF Inductee Living the life of a Corvette enthusiast Bower caught the eye of BFGoodrich at a time when the Brand was in the early stages of marketing performance tires to car clubs He accepted the offer to go to work for BFG in 1977 and found himself at the Mint 400 as a pit volunteer The fixation transformed into a deep passion for off road From that day forward he would make a huge impact on the world of off road racing in a variety of roles Pit volunteer chase crew race team manager pit manager program manager winning co driver winning driver ESPN TV color analyst and teacher Bower s goal was to have a positive impact on whatever he was doing His philosophy of be alert listen to what people have to say and always use the truth served him well It was 1982 when BFGoodrich put him in the role of Off Road Program manager With very thin budget resources available the challenge was to provide support for the contracted teams and win races Bower s race strategy was very straightforward You start winning rather than finish winning Bower s vision was to establish a common direction on the race course and in the pits and bring all the teams into one big BFG team The direction we re heading is very very clear That is to be the best between the green and checkered flags Bower launched the BFGoodrich Pit Support program To this day the BFGoodrich Pits are arguably the most successful and widely used pit service in Off Road Desert Racing He would make detailed maps of the race course highways and chase roads KM mileage included along with other information like fuel and food locations The chase crews knew at any given time they could drive to the correct chase road and how long the drive should take Teams raced with a higher degree of safety for their chase crews because of those maps In the early 1990s Bower turned the map making over to BFGoodrich in order to make it available to the masses By widely distributing the maps all of the chase crews could support their teams with a higher degree of safety Bob wrote What About You a powerful piece that has been included in almost all pit books over the past 20 years It remains fresh and relevant today because of its absolute raw truth What About You is Bob s heartfelt advice to everyone in off road about safety and taking care of yourself and those you are with during the race Many are convinced What About You has saved lives over the last two decades Bob says he was simply speaking from the heart Over the years Bob has shown his passion humility and wisdom They are matched only by his unshakeable ethic There have been many young racers who have been helped along their way by Bower He s always been a champion of the little guy Sometimes it s a quiet conversation sometimes a few hours of highway windshield time other times simply introducing them to others in the sport who could help them get better Young stars like Robby Gordon Ivan Stewart Jimmie Johnson Ryan Arciero and Rob MacCachren all have had Bob help them along in their racing career in one small way or another For Bob Bower it has been a labor of love I never wanted to change things in our sport I just wanted to do what I could to help it along Bob s personal motto is Life Is A One Lap Race He seems to be running a rather good lap

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M ission The Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame has been established to recognize and honor those individuals and organizations whose lifelong contributions to off road motorsports have set a standard for others to follow Our mission is to educate and inspire present and future generations of the off road community by celebrating the achievements of those who came before We invite you to help fulfill the mission of the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame H istory Off road racing has a rich history and so does the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame In 1967 Ed Pearlman formed the first recognized sanctioning body dedicated exclusively to off road racing The National Off Road Racing Association NORRA The inaugural event produced by NORRA was the Mexican 1000 soon to become the legendary Baja 1000 After Pearlman stepped back from the role of off road racing promotion he dedicated his energy to recognizing and honoring those who had greatly contributed to the sport In January 1978 at the annual Off Road Equipment Association OREA banquet he inducted the first 16 members which including Parnelli Jones Steve McQueen James Garner and Don Francisco Pearlman introduced a second group of five inductees in 1980 Despite Pearlman s noble attempts to properly honor the sport and its inductees he was unsuccessful in finding a credible permanent home for ORMHOF Enter Rod Hall In 1995 racing legend Rod Hall acquired the remaining assets and name rights of NORRA Sifting through the boxes containing Pearlman s records and the memorabilia accumulated over the nearly thirty years since NORRA was formed Rod came across the remnants of Pearlman s efforts to establish an Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Hall intrigued by the historical significance of such a find set out to bring Pearlman s vision to reality Rod brought together a strong board of directors and advisors with a clear mission to promote the sport of off road through the preservation of its rich history and traditions

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All nominees must have had at least fifteen years experience and involvement in off road motorsports The nominees must have built designed driven maintained owned prepared piloted promoted ridden or supported an off road vehicle They are characterized by their desire to win the mastery of their field and their courage to innovate Each of the nominees has made a significant contribution to off road motorsports in at least one of the following aspects Business History Design Engineering Prestige of the Sport Growth of the Sport COMPETITION CATEGORY Includes Motorcycles UTV s ATV s Desert Racing Short Course Rally Rock Sports and Sand Sports RECREATION CATEGORY Includes Four Wheeling Motorcycles UTV s and ATV s PIONEER CATEGORY Includes Advocate Industry and Journalism NOMINATIONS The Board of Directors and Voting Committee encourage off road enthusiasts to nominate individuals for induction into the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame There are many dedicated and accomplished people who deserve to be nominated April is nomination month For more information visit ormhof org or email nominate ormhof org

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It was April 1 1978 when sixteen year old Randy Anderson received a phone call that would set the course for his career in off road It was April Fools Day but no joke We come from a racing background Randy said It s all I ve ever known It s all performance enhanced performance minded We run our business like a race team The call came from Walker Evans race shop Walker and Randy s dad an electrician were friends and Randy had spent some time helping his dad at Walker s shop on nights and weekends Randy said yes to being the parts chaser for Walker Evans and soon graduated to sweeping floors at the race shop Shocks and wheels developed and engineered with the Walker Evans Racing name are mounted to vehicles across the globe and competing and winning championships in more classes than Randy and Walker could have ever imagined when they first got their start said Joey DiGiovanni Director of Marketing for 4 Wheel Parts All of those products have Randy Anderson s DNA built into them at one level or another When I first met Randy Anderson he was still in high school and he worked after school sweeping floors for Walker Evans wrote Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame ORMHOF inductee Dick Landfield before he passed away Randy was motivated and his desire was not limited to getting a faster broom Walker saw the raw material of a future super star and he trained Randy to be a good mechanic a fabricator and a machinist By the time he graduated from high school Randy was in line to become Walker Evans crew chief Together Walker and Randy won 122 races and 16 championships Many other successful drivers spent time behind the wheel at Walker Evans racing including ORMHOF inductee Rob MacCachren Walker Evans Racing teams won 178 races and 31 championships More than four decades later Randy is still with Walker Evans as president and managing partner in Walker Evans Racing products Randy has designed engineered developed and fabricated suspension components and shock absorbers building Walker Evans Racing products into one of the largest manufacturers in the off road industry When the top Polaris off road racers like Red Bull Athletes and championship drivers Mitch Guthrie Jr and Seth Qunitero needed new shocks developed for the yet to be released new model of the RZR they called Randy Anderson said Joey DiGiovanni Randy s sons RJ and Ronnie have continued the Anderson off road racing legacy of success combining for hundreds of podiums and multiple championships ORMHOF inductee Cal Wells noted What makes Walker Evans Racing products a leader in the world of suspension development revolves around Randy s relentless commitment to be the very best whether he s competing in the wilds of Baja or the off road products business Wells continued Throughout this all consuming career Randy still finds time to be a strong family man a mentor to young athletes trying to make a name for themselves in the sport of off road and an example of what all of us aspire to be a true Champion Randy and Carol Anderson with son Ronnie We think Joey DiGiovanni summed up Randy Anderson s nomination to the Hall of Fame best when he wrote Nothing to me is more honorable than the man who is responsible for so many amazing achievements remaining behind the scenes humbly content in everyone else being recognized without ever seeking his own recognition Randy Anderson lives a life summarized by when you win I win

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Combining his passion for recreational off roading and competition rock crawling with his ability to learn understand and harness the power of early internet technology Lance and the Pirate4x4 com moderators brought the off road community together under the umbrella of an often rowdy and raucous forum format that can be politely described as we agree to disagree and channeling that opinionated energy into a strong voice for many important causes and campaigns LANCE CLIFFORD TIMELINE Lance Clifford gave me and fellow land use advocates the most prominent and influential platform for communication and engagement in the world said ORMHOF inductee Del Albright He did this freely and openly as his part of keeping our trails open and helping save our off roading sports 2000 Pirate4x4 com becomes the leading 4x4 website and Lance s full time job Lance Clifford was also a pioneer in bringing live coverage to off road competition and events Years before YouTube offered live streaming video Lance and his team brought live coverage of off road motorsports events and competitions to a quickly expanding audience through his work on Pirate4x4 com The off road industry is defined by its culture said King of the Hammers co founder Dave Cole Lance Clifford is uniquely responsible for not only forming that culture but also sharing it with the world As a network engineer and avid off roader in the mid 1990s Lance formed the website Pirate4x4 com around his club and their home trail the famous Rubicon Trail Pirate 4x4 com was the epicenter of advancement in technology competition industry news and most importantly social discourse I can say without reservation that King of the Hammers and the entire Johnson Valley OHV area would not exist without the reach and power of Pirate4x4 com and the leadership of Lance and his partner Erik Linker 1996 4x4 website created for The Pirates of the Rubicon 4x4 Club 1997 Bulletin Board feature added to Pirate4x4 com allowing users to add content The site becomes so popular that it exceeds the traffic limit of the Internet Service Provider ISP Pirate4x4 com had more traffic than all the other customers of the ISP combined 1998 Pirate4x4 com moves to new ISP that can handle the site traffic and continues to grow Early 2000s Pirate4x4 com begins live coverage of rock sports events including W E Rock UROC and RCAA using internet satellite dishes and bonded cell phones Early coverage was with live photos then to live streaming audio and as technology advanced live video Some of today s leading off road photographers and video production staff got their start at Pirate4x4 com 2002 Lance wins the RCAA Rock Crawling Championship Working with future Off Road Motorsports inductee Del Albright and others Lance adds a land use forum to Pirate4x4 com for the newly created advocacy group Friends of the Rubicon for the popular northern California off road trail Pirate4x4 com becomes the clearing house for all information Rubicon related Volunteer work fundraisers and trail work parties were all formed and organized through Pirate4x4 com Friends of Forums for other land use causes like Tellico Johnson Valley and Fordyce were soon added This began decade long land use focus for Pirate4x4 com leading to significant fundraising for land use causes and many trails and areas being preserved for public OHV use 2007 Baja 1000 class win W E Rock National Championship 2007 Creation of private Land Use Roundtable on Pirate4x4 com The Roundtable brought together nearly all of the pro access land ue advocates from organizations and areas of the country including future ORMHOF inductees Del Albright and Don Amador 2007 Pirate4x4 com provided live coverage of a new event called King of the Hammers despite the challenges of being in an area with no cell phone coverage Coverage of King of the Hammers in the early years helped the dramatic rise in the popularity of the event and the growth of the sport of rock racing known as Ultra4 2007 Launch of Pirate 4x4 TV Live hosted by Jessi Combs and Erik Camo Linker Aired monthly online in a LIVE format with a full production crew Pirate4x4 TV interviewed people in the off road industry and toured facilities of companies like FOX and Warn 2008 Baja 1000 class win W E Rock National Championship 2008 Virtual Land Use Rally for Tellico on Pirate4x4 com 2008 Pirate4x4 com team launches the Pirate4x4 com letter generator a convenient way for Pirate4x4 coom members to create personal letters to address land use issues Pirate4x4 com generated over 20 000 letters for Johnson Valley land use alone The letter generator was also used for Tellico Choke Cherry Canyon Fordyce and the Havasu Travel Management plans 2008 2012 Pirate4x4 com averages 1 million page views per day 2011 One of many land use fundraising campaigns Pirate4x4 com launches Blue Star program to generate funds for the pro access Blue Ribbon Coalition Raising more than 30 000 the Blue Star program made Pirate4x4 com the land use charity s largest donor 2012 Pirate4x4 com sold to Vertical Scope 2016 2017 2019 2021 Baja 1000 class wins Off roading is Lance s passion said Larry McRae of Zion Jeep Tours Because of his passion his skillset and his pioneering spirit many of the things we take for granted today are because of things he developed many years ago He changed the way we receive information on all things off road

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Not one to seek out the limelight Vic Curl has worked tirelessly in the background of off road racing for over 50 years An influence on the history of the sport from its earliest days to its present incarnation Vic s career can be summed up in one word heart After years of success at Jeep where Vic established the standard for off road race service and support he expanded into on road support servicing the Renault Cup races in the mid 1980s Although this was the beginning of parallel offroad on road paths Vic s passion remained in the dirt Like so many others Vic fell in love with off road racing after witnessing the action just one time having driven his VW Baja Bug to the inaugural Mint 400 from his hometown in Corvallis Oregon Blessed with both intellectual and mechanical talent he was able to make a career out of his passion and has stood side by side with the legends of the sport many of whom are now his fellow inductees Upon leaving Jeep in 1988 and a brief stint working with Sal Fish and Bill Savage doing tech inspections for SCORE Vic began working for Cal Wells in 1990 Under Wells PPI and PSRG Vic helped to support Toyota and Ivan Stewart through the early 90 s This was also Vic s introduction to Yokohama Tire Corporation supporting their desert racing sports car racing and Mickey Thompson Stadium Series efforts His career began in 1976 with AMC Jeep as a Service Rep for the western zone In this role Vic was tasked with leading Jeep dealers across the Rubicon Trail as well as becoming a significant motivator behind the Mickey Thompson celebrity races in the late 70 s 1977 marked his first Baja 1000 where before the days of corporate sponsorship he used a custom hunting Jeep filled with parts to support anyone running a Jeep CJ or pickup The following year in 1978 Vic successfully lobbied Jeep to allow him to take a tractor trailer down to the Baja 1000 to improve the level of on site race support Formerly a mobile training unit the semi was idle until Vic retrofitted painted and licensed it to provide service to Jeep competitors While still a Service Rep he was not willing to see his plan fail so Vic earned his CDL so that he could drive the truck himself In what has become a normal site in Baja this was the first time a semi was used at the Baja 1000 In 2001 Vic ventured on his own with partner Chikara Cheech Yamauchi to start Trackside Performance and continued to service Yokohama s motorsports programs throughout North America As he had done earlier in his career Vic s ability in the boardroom would again be used with Yokohama First through driving the decision to sponsor and support Wide Open Baja tours and the Baja Challenge class in 2000 as well as ProTruck in 2004 In 2005 upon Vic s urging after a 10 year absence the company returned to supply tires for Cameron Steele in the top unlimited class Today Yokohama enjoys its largest presence in off road motorsports in the history of the company That position would not be possible without Vic and his relationship with Yokohama of 30 plus years that is still going strong In sum Vic established the concept of a true service organization in off road and his legacy is just that It s one of hard work vision persistence connection and integrity Since his first Baja 1000 in 1977 with Jeep through his PPI PSRG days to his present day venture with Trackside Performance Vic has maintained a willingness to help anyone in need Regardless of equipment sponsorship or corporate mandate his notion that the desert can be a lonely place especially at night would guide his decision making in the field and he never left anyone behind Vic earned a reputation early on as one of the sport s good guys and that integrity allowed his sphere of influence to grow That influence allowed him to secure manufacture involvement and investment and that manufacture involvement led to opportunities for drivers and teams that might have otherwise not been given a chance The off road community has given much to Vic and he has enjoyed every minute of it In turn he has helped to grow that community With the support of his loving and understanding wife Nancy he s been able to involve each of his four children Nikki Troy Shelly and Eric in the business Beyond that he s introduced the lifestyle to grandkids nieces nephews neighbors friends and general acquaintances Those lucky enough to have had Vic make that introduction have not looked back nor abandoned the off road community Some making careers in off road some continuing to volunteer all having a better understanding of what it truly means to live life off road

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Butch spent a lot of time in the shop he spent a lot of time out in the desert testing He spent a lot of time with the drivers and the people who were working on the cars That s proven by the success of all these drivers who have done very well in the sport They are all a product of Butch Dean Tim Herbst Butch Dean has been in the off road industry for more than fifty years In 1968 he opened a small shop in Las Vegas with Orlo Cox and Jim Dixon Butch Dean s Valley Speed Shop just relocated in mid 2022 from their original location The new shop and yard have that Butch Dean look overflowing with parts from a lifetime of building race cars He was always trying to better the performance of the engines transmissions and suspension of his cars said Pat Dean of his dad Butch He was willing to provide any help needed to his fellow racers and always had a trailer full of spare parts and equipment to share Some of the winningest drivers many of whom are in the Hall of Fame were mentored by Butch Dean including Rob MacCachren BJ Baldwin Bud Feldkamp Jack Johnson and generations of the Herbst and Gaughan families It s a family affair for the Dean family as well with Butch s sons Pat and JC spending time behind the wheel Pat Dean said Butch s favorite drivers are his grandsons James and Jordan Dean Hall of Fame inductee Lynn Chenowth said Butch bought more cars from us than any other dealer No one else is even close So many great drivers came out of his shop The best teams always seem to develop the best drivers BJ Baldwin reflecting on the beginning of his off road career said My fundamental off road racing skills I learned from Pat Dean and I prepped my car out of Butch Dean s shop known as Valley Performance I did most of the vehicle prep myself learning from Butch Dean and Robbie and Billy Goerke Butch rebuilt my shocks engine and transmission and I did the disassembly and reassembly in the early years of racing a very old Class 12 limited buggy Those were some of my favorite years racing People have called it the junkyard People have called it all sorts of derogatory terms And guess what You got your ass kicked by the junkyard Brendan Gaughan I wouldn t be sitting here today if it wasn t for Butch Dean He taught me how to drive from the shop He didn t sit next to me he wasn t out on the course You d come back to the shop and the bumper was gone and he knew exactly what happened Troy Herbst Driving for Butch was a major steppingstone in my career Rob MacCachren

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Jim Fricker was born on October 27 1935 in Hemet California at a maternity home There were no hospitals in Hemet at the time As a boy he played with the adventurous kid across the street Larry Minor ORMHOF 2005 After high school in 1954 Jim became a United States Marine until 1958 Upon his return with the help of the G I Bill he started trade school to become a mechanic By 1961 he completed trade school and a stint at the General Motors Training Center From 1961 until his retirement in 1991 Jim wrenched at the Hemet Buick Pontiac dealership where he met his wife Linda in 1962 Jim s first foray into off road racing came in 1969 with his friend Carl Jackson Jackson had secured a seat in one of the James Garner ORMHOF 1978 American International Racers Ramblers with experimental with four wheel drive Carl and Jim finished fourth in class and were the first of the Ramblers back to Ensenada Jim was hooked on off road racing He continued to ride with Jackson for three more years in Bill Stroppe ORMHOF 1978 prepared Ford Broncos Perhaps their greatest accomplishment as a team came in the 1971 Baja 500 when Bill Stroppe picked the duo to drive a stock Baja Bronco attached to a Sprite travel trailer It was a publicity stunt for the trailer manufacturer NORRA and most of the off road racing community did not give them a chance to finish within the official time limit of 30 hours NORRA started Carl and Jim last Fricker remembered Jim Fricker and Carl Jackson A little ways out of Ensenada I thought had better look and see how the little trailer was doing Man it was bouncing all over the place I ll tell you what that s the last time I looked behind me the rest of the race Through a myriad of flat tires and a stop to weld the hitch Carl and Jim came home with nearly four hours to spare for an official finish Legend status achieved After the 1973 season Stroppe moved Jackson into a Courier mini truck Good for Carl bad for Jim Fricker who is a tall guy and did not fit in the import pickup In what would be a fortuitous move for them both Jim Fricker moved to the Bronco of Rod Hall It would start a partnership that would last through 1994 Jim was generous with his time with up and coming co drivers teaching them how to prepare and execute a race plan One of those co drivers was Bob Bower ORMHOF Class of 2020 who recalls a trip to Parker in 1984 with Jim Bob remembers Jim talked about the sounds and smells of a healthy race car and the same for an unhealthy race car Of course there were stories in between lessons He talked about visually navigating terrain to stay in touch with where you were in relation to chase roads And then there was the lessons he offered on dealing with your driver For a guy who did not spend much effort to be out there and famous he had a lot to say Bower says that in his own 30 years of co driving there was always a Fricker lesson to be applied Sometimes the driver co driver dynamic seems like there is little respect for each other Nothing could be further from the truth between Hall and Fricker Although they did get an occasional dig in Hall was quoted on more than one occasion saying I m always willing to drop a door handle into the dirt if I am battling for the lead but if I do it ll be on Fricker s side At the 1978 Repco Reliability Trials in Australia while Rod was getting frustrated trying to pass a slow Russian competitor Fricker remanded Hall saying Listen if you want to start World War III why don t you just go shoot an Archduke That way racing won t get blamed And so it went back and forth for decades Jim Fricker was renowned for his mechanical abilities race planning and keeping his driver in the proper frame of mind At the 1984 Baja 1000 while on the beach north of San Felipe the Dodge s driveline got caught up in a fishing net that wrapped itself around the drivetrain Fricker with a pocketknife dove under the truck and spent over an hour cutting away the net to preserve he and Rod s string of 37 consecutive wins At the 1986 HDRA Fireworks 250 on the final lap with a big lead the Dodge lost all forward gears Jim Fricker jumped in the bed of the Dodge truck turned the cab lights around knocked out the rear window and navigated from the bed for an estimated 30 miles to the finish line There are scores more of these stories When Jim Fricker retired from the right seat he amassed an impressive list of wins Twelve Baja 1000s eleven Baja 500s or Internacional s eight Mint 400s and a host of Parker 400s Fireworks 250s Frontier 500s and 250s and many others Jim Fricker won races in America Mexico Australia and Africa As Jim Fricker takes his rightful place in the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame his legacy will be preserved for future generations of co drivers to learn from Written by John Elkin Off Road journalist and author of Bronco Racing Fords Legendary 4x4 in off road competition

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An ambassador to Off Road Brad played a leading role in bringing Ford back to the rocks promoting the importance of responsible use of public lands and representing off road in professional manner With 19 years in competition Brad has had a tremendous effect on Off Road From a start in a two car garage and a used Ranger Brad has built a small empire demonstrating that the little guy can build it can win and can be successful Competing and winning Off Road builds a fan base it s what you do with the traction that counts Brad has worked to tirelessly to promote responsible land use most notably through three successful Expedition Colorado events His greatest impact and achievement has been with Ford Motivated by only the desire to give something back he has worked tirelessly hand in hand with Ford in development design testing and racing the new Bronco He has developed Off Road events for the consumer and holds the prestigious role of the Off Road customer stakeholder with Ford to direct and design strategy across the fleet Brad is in that very specialized group of off road motorsports people who have made it to the top of the professional ranks said ORMHOF inductee Bob Bower For Brad and Lovell Racing delivering success to sponsorship partners carried equal priority to reaching checkered flags in first place Brad has no single crowning achievement that has made OffRoad better because he knows it takes an entire community From his engagement with fans and fellow racers resurrection of the iconic Bronco and most recently passing the steering wheel to the next generation of Lovell s Brad continues to shine a positive and professional spotlight on Off Road Brad is an enthusiastic and tireless ambassador for off road motorsports We have witnessed and appreciate his willingness to talk to fans at events especially kids said AMSOIL President and CEO Alan Amatuzio Brad embodies professionalism perseverance and competitiveness traits that align perfectly with the mission of the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame 2011 2018 BFGoodrich Tires SCORE Baja 1000 Performance Team Driver Brad serves as a driver for the in house BFGoodrich Tires Baja Challenge class car For each of 9 Baja 1000s the team has pre run the entire course while guided and trained by the most experienced scouts in the industry Winning for the first time in 2012 Brad helped make the team dominant with a total six victories During this time Brad developed skills in Baja safety geography self recovery and terrain reading Brad coached inexperienced drivers performed race saving mechanical fixes and soaked up every bit of Baja knowledge that he could 2017 PRESENT Ford Motor Company Bronco Limit Off Road Training Manager 2004 PRESENT Lovell Racing Primary Driver Team Owner Primary Driver for Lovell Racing s expansive fleet of Off Road racing vehicles to include a 1968 Vintage Bronco Ultra 4 Lovell Ranger 2021 Ultra 4 Bronco Gieser Spec Trophy Truck and Polaris RZR Showroom Stock UTV Class As the primary team owner Brad is responsible for all fleet management fabrication and event logistics All aspects of racing throughout the United States and Mexico are handled in house Brad has won in nearly every off road discipline including desert King of the Hammers short course rock crawling and hillclimbs Lovell Racing has developed partnerships with Ford Nissan Polaris and worked with a wide variety of media outlets such as Top Gear Power Nation and The Enthusiast Network Brad work with the Bronco product development team to offer engineering feedback product validation and host remote testing operations He acted as logistics manager and guide during multiple trips in Johnson Valley CA Moab UT Durhamtown GA and through the Rubicon Trail Brad is the lead off road development driver for the program He also manages and is the lead trainer for the Ford Limit Off Road Endorsement ACCOMPLISHMENTS 6 SCORE Baja 1000 class wins 2 SCORE Baja 500 class wins 4 NORRA 1000 class wins 3 King of the Hammers EMC Overall wins 2012 Dirtsports Magazine Driver of the Year 2012 TORC Pro Lite Champion 2012 Ultra4 Champion 54 Career wins 10 Season championships

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This is the inspirational story of an orphan boy from Tijuana who became the winningest Mexican national in off road racing history Eric Solorzano welcome to the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Eric Solorzano Career Highlights 11 SCORE Championships 10 Baja 1000 7 Baja 500 11 San Felipe 250 9 SCORE Primm 300 4 SCORE Desert Challenge 3 Mint 400 In addition to being the winningest Mexican National in off road racing history Eric is a fair yet determined competitor said BILSTEIN s Brent Davis Eric is an incredible role model for current and future generations Robert Lawrence who nominated Solorzano for the Hall of Fame says Eric is a humble racer who will give anyone the shirt off his back if they need it He shares his racing advice with anyone who asks Eric Solorzano is a Champion hero role model and mentor 2 time Toyota Milestone award winner Photo by Trackside Photo Eric bought his first VW Bug in 1989 His first race was in 1991 and he still owns and races the same car more than 30 years later He has a second VW which he also races Eric s VWs compete in Class 11 the stock VW class He first competed in the Mexican Record Series and then SCORE International where he has won 11 championships and still competes to this day Why Class 11 Eric says To me first is my family Class 11 was the only real option for my budget without compromise It s really easy to spend more than what you really have in off road racing This is more than enough to keep me busy and be happy which is the point of all this to have fun and not feel like you have to prove anything to anyone pure passion Eric became the King of Class 11 by working six days a week as a mechanic while being a husband and father with eight children sending them to college Robert Lawrence said He has used his success to promote the sport of off road in the press in movies as a mentor and to inspire the less fortunate who dream of racing Honored by the Mexican Government as the Winningest Mexican in off road racing history Eric was featured in Dust to Glory and Dust 2 Glory Sequel produced by Dana Brown who was Eric s co driver in the second movie Dana said My films are about the Baja 1000 and the SCORE race series Both featured Eric because he was a great racer and a symbol of the little guy that could David versus Goliath with his Class 11 VW challenging the most difficult of challenges The Baja Eric is a beacon of hope and help to countless others who want to follow a dream on a limited budget Rugged Radios one of Eric s sponsors said Eric continues to prove that winning races is not about big budgets but about competing within your means He is a shining example of what can be accomplished through hard work determination and integrity

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Scott Taylor was introduced to short course off road racing by Phil Reusche the owner of Phil s Inc a Chenowth Chassis distributor where he ordered his first chassis Scott and his friends quickly built a two seat buggy and went racing His first race was in the Fall of 1973 on a farm in Joliet Illinois By the following year Scott got his first win at the 4x4 Unlimited Indian Summer Sprints at Lake Geneva Raceway driving a Class 9 Buggy After a couple of years it was common for Scott to race in two or three different buggy classes during a weekend from Class 10 to Class 1 as well as a Class 2 tandem Having found success in the Midwest Taylor travelled throughout Canada as well as out west to the SCORE Off Road World Championships and continued to add wins to his resume In 1986 Scott moved into Class 7 driving a Ranger truck with his first major sponsor BFGoodrich Tires While racing Class 7 Scott quickly became known for his ability to manufacture quality race parts Working with Walker Evans and Venable Racing he was inspired to build his own short course Class 8 Ford F 150 Race Truck Thanks to his fierce competitiveness Taylor s early buggy and truck off road racing career produced numerous short course championships During that time he produced an impressive number of wins well into triple digits while driving his Class 7 and Class 8 which became PRO 2 race trucks Over the years with Scott Taylor s winning attitude and track records along with ten titles in the two separate truck classes Taylor has proven to be a favorite with the fans When he joined forces with others who shared that same distinction The Ford BFGoodrich Rough Rider Program success continued with the SODA Class 8 Championship for the fourth year in a row on the strength of seven victories during the ten race season Scott Taylor turned off road racing into a full time career and opened his own 8 000 square foot fabrication shop in Belvidere Illinois Where he would open the doors to other races and competitors sharing his knowledge and abilities throughout the off road community With Scott s manufacturing and fabrication experience Scott thrived on getting other racer enthusiasts back on the track and would help anyone out as best he can with his quality craftsmanship Scott dominated the CORR Series as he won six consecutive Pro 2 Championships from 1999 2004 Taylor also made history at the Off Road World Championship Race in Crandon Wisconsin where he became the first two wheel drive Pro 2 Race Truck to win against the four wheel drive Pro 4 Trucks in 2002 Scott has won this prestigious World Championship Race three times This included the 2002 Borg Warner Cup the 2002 Governor s Cup Race 2002 and the 2008 Borg Warner Race Scott Taylor raced buggies and trucks for an impressive forty years where he won 18 championships in the SODA SCORE ESPN Pro and CORR series Additional recognitions included the Ford Hard Charger Award and was honored with the SODA Sportsman of the Year along with the CORR Driver of the Year Award two years in a row in 2001 and 2002 There are a lot of good or great racers but Scott was more than that He attracted sponsors to the sport he attracted other racers to the sport and he attracted notoriety to the sport Additionally Scott s special ability to give back to the fans other racers sponsors and the sport is what separates him from other great racers He made a difference and helped elevate the sport to where it is today Bringing short course off road racing from the backroom to the boardroom rings true with the racing career of Scott Taylor You can do anything you want to do You just need to want it bad enough says Scott That has been my legacy and my words of wisdom to everyone I ve crossed paths with Over the years people have thanked me for those words I would like to thank all my family friends and sponsors for the honor of being accepted into the Off Road Hall of Fame community

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Mike Thomas is a Hall of Fame legacy inductee He passed away in 2007 Mike s legacy reaches beyond the boundaries of off road He was a true patriot These early trips and subsequent sales in the middle east laid the foundation for a lucrative overseas future for several US based off road buggy manufacturers As owner of Chenowth Racing Products from 1979 to 2007 Mike Thomas took the brand around the globe amassing an impressive list of accolades including six SCORE chassis manufacturer of the year awards By the time of Mike s death in 2007 Chenowth race cars had 12 SCORE International overall victories at the Baja 1000 more than any other manufacturer Chenowth cars have been raced by some of the top names in the sport including ORMHOF inductees Rob MacCachren Bob and Robby Gordon Corky and Mark McMillin Jack Johnson Ivan Stewart Roger Mears Johnny Johnson and others winning hundreds of races and multiple championships in every offroad series in North America Hollywood also came calling Mike Thomas worked with motion picture and television studios providing vehicles and training to stars like Tom Selleck Chuck Norris Wesley Snipes and James Brolin He provided vehicles for stunt shows at Universal Studios and produced six replica Batmobiles for Six Flags Theme Parks Mike Thomas and son Ryan Competitive success in North America eventually led to interest from racers around the globe Throughout the 1980 s 1990 s and early 2000 s Chenowth cars won events in Australian and South African race series Jean Louis Schlesser took a Chenowth based chassis to several 2WD victories and two overall victories in the formidable African rally Thomas is also responsible for selling the first recreational buggies in the middle east In the early 1980 s several clients from Saudi Arabia purchased Chenowth recreational cars By the late 1970 s Thomas learned that the US Military was preparing for the battles of the future Battles they knew would be fought in the deserts of the Middle East The military needed a high speed highly mobile off road platform and Thomas had positioned Chenowth to meet that need In just over two decades Chenowth built over 300 highly specialized off road vehicles for several branches of the US Military including the Army the Marines Force Recon and the Navy Seals Mike accompanied the vehicles to the war zone providing training and support to the troops on the operation of his Chenowth FAV Fast Attack Vehicles At the time Chenowth vehicles were the only battle proven vehicles to be manufactured from within the off road racing industry Mike Thomas took what he learned in the sand dunes and deserts here at home and mass produced reliable and safe desert vehicles for our troops and sending them overseas to help the United States with the war known as Desert Storm said ORMHOF inductee and chairman Mark McMillin Of the many generous and noteworthy things that Mike did this would be one of his greatest

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Join Partner Donate ORMHOF is funded entirely through the support of our members partners and donors in the off road community We invite you to join the distinguished group 1 Year 12 Months 1 Year 12 Months Green Flag 1 000 Pole Position 2 500 Includes two tickets to the Induction Includes four tickets to the Induction Awards Gala small logo on Awards Gala medium logo on ORMHOF eNewsletters induction ORMHOF eNewsletters induction Ceremony program and website Ceremony program and website Voting Member 25 Leader Member 100 Ironman 1 000 All individual memberships include voting privelges for the Impact Awards Ironman membership includes two tickets to the iInduction Awards Gala Winner s Circle 5 000 Includes ten tickets full table to the Induction Awards Gala large logo on ORMHOF eNewsletters induction Ceremony program and website General Donations accepted in any amount Do you have a favorite Hall of Fame program or project Let us know what you d like your donation used for Digitizing photos Scanning Publications Coverting Video Tapes Maintaining and Improving our Display of Vintage Off Road Vehicles we ll make sure your donation goes to the program or project you specify SCAN TO DONATE or visit ormhof org ORMHOF has earned a GuideStar Non Profit Gold Seal of Transparency Join or Renew Partner or Donate using the Donate tab at the top of our website at ormhof org or mail to ORMHOF 18124 Wedge Pkwy 2036 Reno NV 89511 For addditional assistance please call the office 775 686 6770 or email directors ormhof org Thank you SCAN TO DONATE or visit ormhof org

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