International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductees for 1996

05/17/96

The International Motorsports Hall of Fame adjacent to the Talledega, Alabama superspeedway stock car racing track wa founded tp preserve the history of motor sports on a world wide basis, and to enshrine forewer the people who have been responsible for its growth.

The hall that houses the museum complex houses over 150 race vehicles plus there is a UNOCAL 76 building containing a variety of race cars plus land speed record machines a Richard Petty race simulator, a variety of muscle cars and even crashed cars like Michael Waltrips Pontiac that rolled up in a ball at Bristol Raceway in April,1990. The visitor will see an Indy Novi,Don Garlits Swamp Rat top fueler, John Andrettis LeMans Porsche from 1989 plus a 14,000 volume library of books and periodicals dealing with motor sports.

On April 25 the Hall of Fame inducted:

RICHIE EVANS

NASCAR supermodified champion who died at age 44 in a racing accident in Martinsville,Va.

DONALD HEALEY

Father of the famous Austin Healey line of sports cars. His cars won at Sebring, major international rallys and set land speed records.

BOBBY ISAAC

NASCAR ace with 37 wins,51 poles and in 1970 set a new closed course speed record of 201mph in hios winged Dodge Daytona.

FERDINAND PORSCHE

Creator of the fine line of Porsche sports cars

JOHNNY RUTHERFORD

Lone Star JR. Started the Indy 500 24 times and won it three times,

JOHN SURTEES

Motorcycles and race cars. Surtess won the world championship on a Triuph Tiger motorcycle and the Formula one championship in a Ferrari.

Other notables in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame:

Alberto Ascari

Winner of two F-1 world championships.

Buck Baker

Two time Winston Cup champion.

Tony Bettenhausen

Two time USAC national champion

Sir Jack Brabham

Three-time world driving champion.

Sir Malcolm Campbell

First to go 300 MPH on land and also held water speed title.

Jim Clark

Grand Prix wins...two time world champion

Dan Gurney

Seven Indy car wins...86 F-1 starts. won 24 hours LeMans and Daytona

Others

Graham Hill, Phil Hill, Tiny Lund, Fred Lorenzen, Parnelli Jones, Ned Jarrett, Tony Hulman, Al Holbert, Niki Lauda, Sterling Moss, Rex Mays, Wally Parks, Benny Parsons, Bruce McLaren, Carroll Shelby, Eddie Rickenbacker, Richard Petty, Wilbur Shaw, Fireball Roberts, Jackie Stewart, Bobby Unser, Mickey Thompson, Cale Yarborough, Curtis Turner.

Bill Maloney -- The Auto Channel