ORMHOF 2022 Induction & Awards Gala presented by 4 Wheel Parts : simplebooklet.com

Mark McMillinChairman of the BoardDear 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 signicant 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 Landeld, who passed away last year. The rst recipient of the Dick Landeld Helping Hand Award is Simon Edwards, who is truly deserving of this award. The Landeld 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 DONATEor visit ormhof.orgPhoto - 1986

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Chairman of the BoardMark McMillinHall of Fame InducteeMcMillin RacingSan Diego, CAChairman of the BoardMark McMillinHall of Fame InducteeMcMillin RacingSan Diego, CAFrank Arciero Jr.Hall of Fame InducteeArciero RacingLaguna Hills, CAFrank Arciero Jr.Hall of Fame InducteeArciero RacingLaguna Hills, CAColin ButcherIndustry AdvocateMarina Del Rey, CAColin ButcherIndustry AdvocateMarina Del Rey, CADave ColeHammerking ProductionsKing of the HammersTemecula, CADave ColeHammerking ProductionsKing of the HammersTemecula, CAFrank DeAngeloHall of Fame InducteeChampionship O-RoadTimmonsville, SCFrank DeAngeloHall of Fame InducteeChampionship O-RoadTimmonsville, SCBud FeldkampHall of Fame InducteeGlen Helen RacewaySan Bernardino, CABud FeldkampHall of Fame InducteeGlen Helen RacewaySan Bernardino, CAJeff FurrierPresident - UPR RacingTucson, AZJeff FurrierPresident - UPR RacingTucson, AZJosh HallPrecision DrivenReno, NVJosh HallPrecision DrivenReno, NVBob HamHall of Fame InducteeCORVA, ASA, Checkers O-RoadOceanside, CABob HamHall of Fame InducteeCORVA, ASA, Checkers O-RoadOceanside, CARafael NavarroPete’s Camp RacingFounding PartnerTemecula, CARafael NavarroPete’s Camp RacingFounding PartnerTemecula, CABonnie VesselsWife of ORMHOF Legacy InducteeFrank “Scoop” VesselsBowie, TXBonnie VesselsWife of ORMHOF Legacy InducteeFrank “Scoop” VesselsBowie, TXRory WardProfessional Fire FighterRacers Only MotorsportsKingman, AZRory WardProfessional Fire FighterRacers Only MotorsportsKingman, AZExecutive AdministratorBarbara Raineybarbara@ormhof.orgReno, NVExecutive AdministratorBarbara Raineybarbara@ormhof.orgReno, NVEvent ManagerJenn Hellstromjenn@ormhof.orgLas Vegas, NVEvent ManagerJenn Hellstromjenn@ormhof.orgLas Vegas, NV

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Bob Bower2020 ORMHOF InducteeLiving 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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MHissionistoryOff-road racing has a rich history, and so does the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame. In 1967, Ed Pearlman formed the rst 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 rst 16-members which including Parnelli Jones, Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Don Francisco. Pearlman introduced a second group of ve inductees in 1980. Despite Pearlman’s noble attempts to properly honor the sport and its inductees, he was unsuccessful in nding 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 signicance of such a nd, 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. 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 fulll the mission of the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame.fmally Volunte AwdJoin • Partner • Donate

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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.Business | History | DesignEngineering | Prestige of the Sport | Growth of the SportAll nominees must have had at least fteen 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 eld, and their courage to innovate. Each of the nominees has made a signicant contribution to off-road motorsports in at least one of the following aspects:

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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. 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 oors at the race shop. “When I rst met Randy Anderson, he was still in high school and he worked after school sweeping oors for Walker Evans,” wrote Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame (ORMHOF) inductee Dick Landeld 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. “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.” “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 rst 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.” 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 nds 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.” “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. 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’.” Randy and Carol Anderson with son Ronnie

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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 gave me, and fellow land use advocates the most prominent and inuential 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.” 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 dened 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.”LANCE CLIFFORD TIMELINE 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 trafc limit of the Internet Service Provider (ISP). Pirate4x4.com had more trafc than all the other customers of the ISP combined. 1998 – Pirate4x4.com moves to new ISP that can handle the site trafc and continues to grow. 2000 – Pirate4x4.com becomes the leading 4x4 website and Lance’s full-time job. 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 signicant 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 inuence 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. 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.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 signicant motivator behind the Mickey Thompson celebrity races in the late 70’s. 1977 marked his rst Baja 1000 where, before the days of corporate sponsorship, he used a custom hunting Jeep lled 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 retrotted, 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 rst time a semi was used at the Baja 1000.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 off-road / on-road paths, Vic’s passion remained in the dirt.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. 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 rst 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 eld 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 inuence to grow. That inuence 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 Dean has been in the off-road industry for more than fty 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” -- overowing 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.” BJ Baldwin, reecting 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“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 HerbstHall 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.”

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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 rst 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 nished fourth in class and were the rst 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 nish within the ofcial time limit of 30 hours. NORRA started Carl and Jim last. Fricker remembered, “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 at tires and a stop to weld the hitch, Carl and Jim came home with nearly four hours to spare for an ofcial nish. 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 t 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 shing 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 nal 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 nish 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.(Jim Fricker and Carl Jackson)

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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 eet. “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 ags in rst place.” Brad has no single crowning achievement that has made Off-Road 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.”2004 - PRESENTLovell Racing / Primary Driver & Team Owner Primary Driver for Lovell Racing’s expansive eet 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 eet 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.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 rst 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 xes, and soaked up every bit of Baja knowledge that he could. 2017 - PRESENT Ford Motor Company / Bronco & Limit Off-Road Training Manager 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 wins3 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. “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.” Eric bought his rst VW Bug in 1989. His rst 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 rst 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 rst 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.” 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 2-time Toyota Milestone award winner 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 lms 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 difcult 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.” Photo by: Trackside Photo

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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 rst chassis. Scott and his friends quickly built a two-seat buggy and went racing. His rst race was in the Fall of 1973 on a farm in Joliet, Illinois. By the following year, Scott got his rst 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 rst 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 erce 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 rst 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.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 off-road series in North America. 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 rst recreational buggies in the middle east. In the early 1980’s several clients from Saudi Arabia purchased Chenowth recreational cars. 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.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.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.”(Mike Thomas and son Ryan)

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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.Voting Member $25 | Leader Member $100 | Ironman $1,000All individual memberships include voting privelges for the Impact Awards.Ironman membership includes two tickets to the iInduction & Awards Gala.1 Year/12 Months: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!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 89511For addditional assistance, please call the ofﬁce, 775-686-6770, or email directors@ormhof.org. Thank you!Green Flag $1,000Includes two tickets to the Induction & Awards Gala, small logo on ORMHOF eNewsletters, induction Ceremony program, and website.Pole Position $2,500Includes four tickets to the Induction & Awards Gala, medium logo on ORMHOF eNewsletters, induction Ceremony program, and website.Winner’s Circle $5,000Includes ten tickets (full table) to the Induction & Awards Gala, large logo on ORMHOF eNewsletters, induction Ceremony program, and website.1 Year/12 Months:ORMHOF has earned a GuideStar Non-Proﬁt Gold Seal of Transparencyfmally Volunte AwdJoin • Partner • DonateSCAN TO DONATEor visit ormhof.orgSCAN TO DONATEor visit ormhof.org

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