
National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame
Announces Induction Class of 2021
Walton, Kentucky (October 17, 2020) - National
Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Vice President
James Essex formally announced the 2021
Induction Class on Saturday at the Dirt Track
World Championship. The class includes five
drivers - two each from Iowa and Georgia along
with one from Kentucky and three contributors
to the sport will scribe their names into
history as members of the 21st Induction class
during a ceremony at the Hall of Fame building
planned for Saturday, August 14, 2021 during
North-South 100 weekend at Florence Speedway.
The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame is
composed of drivers and other contributors to
the sport who have been the cornerstone of
building Dirt Late Model racing into the
prominence it enjoys today. Each year more
than 70 racing industry voters from all around
the country cast their votes on ballots which
are built from nominations from the Nomination
Committee as well as the public at large. To
date more than 120 drivers, 57 contributors
and many special award winners have been
enshrined in the National Dirt Late Model Hall
of Fame.
Among the drivers inducted for 2021: one is
deceased while three others remain at least
partially active still today. Only one has
retired and settled into acting as crew chief
for his son's Late Model program. Drivers to
be inducted include: Iowa's Bob Shryock;
Georgians Wade Knowles and Clint Smith;
Kentucky's Darrell Lanigan and Jeff Aikey also
of Iowa. The three contributors to be inducted
include chassis builder Audie Swartz, former
car owner Bobby Allen and Arizona Sport
Shirts' Gerald Newton, who also serves as the
President of the Hall of Fame currently.
The NDLMHoF is a 501c3 non-profit organization
which is maintained and operates solely on
donations and fund-raising efforts. The HoF
annually hosts a large memorabilia auction in
conjunction with the induction event which is
on the same weekend as Florence's North-South
100. The NDLMHoF also handles the 50/50 ticket
sales at Florence Speedway, the Gateway Dirt
Nationals, the Dirt Track World Championship
and other select events. To learn more about
the ways you can help support the NDLMHoF
please contact one of our board members from
the Contact page of our website.
The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame is located on the grounds of Florence
Speedway at 12234 US 42 in Walton, Kentucky (41094). Visit the NDLMHoF on the
World Wide Web at www.ndlmhof.com
and be sure to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter @NDLMHoF to stay
on top of all the latest happenings at the newly renovated National Dirt Late
Model Hall of Fame.
2021 Class
Drivers:
Jeff Aikey - Iowa
Wade Knowles - Georgia
Darrell Lanigan - Kentucky
Bob Shryock - Iowa
Clint Smith - Georgia
Contributors:
Bobby Allen - Maryland
Gerald Newton - Indiana
Audie Swartz - Ohio

National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame
Induction Ceremony Postponed to August 2021
Walton, Kentucky (July 28, 2020) - After much
deliberation and discussion with area health
officials regarding the continuing issues
presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Board
Officers of the National Dirt Late Model Hall
of Fame have made the difficult decision to
postpone the 2020 Induction Ceremony. The 2020
Inductees will still have a complete luncheon
and ceremony of their own on the Friday that
coincides with the 2021 North-South 100 at
Florence Speedway. The 2021 Class will still
have their own luncheon and ceremony on
Saturday.
"This is not something that we want to do. We
were pained over the decision. But at the end
of the day we have to ensure the health and
safety of our inductees. We simply don't have
enough space to be able to follow the current
guidelines. And the majority of our inductees
fall within the age range of the most at-risk
group. We certainly don't want to shortchange
any of our class members on their induction so
this was the most logical option available to
us. This is also very difficult for our
officers and staff. We spend all year planning
and building up for our induction ceremony.
There is a lot that goes into putting that
together and it is disheartening to just have
to put it all on hold for a year. But we will
be more prepared than ever when we come back
in 2021. We have some additional building
upgrades that will be happening in the near
future that will welcome both classes in
2021." said Gerald Newton, CEO and President
of the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.
The NDLMHoF is a 501c3 non-profit organization
which is maintained and operates solely on
donations and fund-raising efforts. The HoF
annually hosts a large memorabilia auction in
conjunction with the induction event which is
on the same weekend as Florence's North-South
100. The NDLMHoF also handles the 50/50 ticket
sales at Florence Speedway, the Gateway Dirt
Nationals, the Dirt Track World Championship
and other select events. To learn more about
the ways you can help support the NDLMHoF
please contact one of our board members from
the Contact page of our website.
The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame is located on the grounds of Florence
Speedway at 12234 US 42 in Walton, Kentucky (41094). Visit the NDLMHoF on the
World Wide Web at www.ndlmhof.com
and be sure to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter @NDLMHoF to stay
on top of all the latest happenings at the newly renovated National Dirt Late
Model Hall of Fame.

The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Launches All New Website
Walton, Kentucky (April 24, 2020) - The Officers of the Board of the National
Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame (NDLMHoF) are pleased to announce the launch of
their all new home on the World Wide Web. The newly refurbished website offers a
very clean and easy to navigate layout by Thomas Clarke Performance. The website
is still accessed at
www.ndlmhof.com and the site is mobile friendly. Fans can find information
on everything about the NDLMHoF including how to nominate someone for
consideration.
"We appreciate the hard work that Thomas put into the new site. It looks nice
while being very easy to read and navigate. We wanted to make it as easy as
possible to find information about the NDLMHoF and I think that is what we have
accomplished with the redesign. All of our classes are on there, including the
20th Anniversary Class which will be inducted this August. It also has contacts
for all of our officers in case anyone has questions. Of course, we also hope
that this will open new streams of revenue as we move forward with enhancing our
building." offered NDLMHoF President and CEO Gerald Newton.
The NDLMHoF is a 501c3 non-profit organization which is maintained and operates
solely on donations and fund-raising efforts. We host a large memorabilia
auction in conjunction with our induction event which is on the same weekend as
Florence's North-South 100. The NDLMHoF also handles the 50/50 ticket sales at
Florence Speedway, the Gateway Dirt Nationals, the Dirt Track World Championship
and other select events. To learn more about the ways you can help support the
NDLMHoF please contact one of our board members from the Contact page of our
website.
The National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame is located on the grounds of Florence
Speedway at 12234 US 42 in Walton, Kentucky (41094). Visit the NDLMHoF on the
World Wide Web at www.ndlmhof.com
and be sure to like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter @NDLMHoF to stay
on top of all the latest happenings at the newly renovated National Dirt Late
Model Hall of Fame.
20th Anniversary National Dirt Late Model Hall
of Fame Class Set for August 2020 Enshrinement
The Officers of the Board of Trustees and the
Voting Members of the National Dirt Late Model
Hall of Fame are very pleased to introduce the
2020 induction class. The Induction Ceremony
set for August of 2020 in conjunction with
Florence Speedway's North South 100 will mark
the 20th Anniversary of the institution which
is located on the grounds of the Speedway in
Union, Kentucky. The class made up of 5
drivers and 3 contributors to the sport was
announced to during this past weekend's Dirt
Track World Championship at Portsmouth
Raceway. Along with the inductees 2 Lifetime
Achievement Awards will be presented.
The NDLMHoF 2020 class is led by drivers: Dick
Barton, Ashville, N.Y.: A legendary standout
on the famed Stateline-Eriez circuit in
western New York and Pennsylvania, the retired
Barton racked up 47 career track and series
titles and reigns as the winningest driver at
Stateline Speedway in Busti, N.Y. He scored
more than 225 career feature victories at 14
tracks in four states, including STARS (1991)
and World of Outlaws (2006) victories at
Stateline, where he was a 10-time champion.
Amid a career stretching longer than 40 years,
Barton's heyday came driving the The Bolt
Place-sponsored No. 28B owned by Ron Nielson
that he steered to 172 victories from
1993-2009. His 80th career Stateline victory
in 2014 (at age 59) broke the 79-victory mark
of Bobby Schnars. Major non-Stateline
victories included 1996's Budweiser 101 at
Eriez Speedway in Hammett, Pa.; 2003's Fall
Classic at Raceway 7 in Conneaut, Ohio; 1994's
Race of Champions at Hagerstown (Md.)
Speedway; and 2002's MACS Fall Fest at
Challenger Raceway in Kent, Pa., his richest
victory at $15,000.
Kevin Claycomb, Vincennes, Ind.: The driver
for a tight-knit family that operated Prestige
Auto Service on weekdays and barnstormed
Midwestern dirt tracks on weekends was one of
the Hoosier State's most successful racers
during a 25-year career that included a 1991
UMP (now DIRTcar) crown. With father Bill
building engines, brother J.R. turning
wrenches and mother Barb providing support
with other family members and friends,
Claycomb was a two-time UMP runner-up before
capturing his title during an 87-race season.
Claycomb, now 59, scored his first major
victory in 1986 by overtaking Billy Moyer on
the final lap of the Thrush 100 at Tri-State
Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., and went on to
hundreds of feature victories. Major wins for
his family-owned team came at Brownstown
(Ind.) Speedway for the Kenny Simpson Memorial
(1993 and '99), at Richmond (Ky.) Raceway for
the Butterball Wooldridge Memorial ('91), at
Paducah (Ky.) International Raceway for the
USA World 50 ('96) and at Florence Speedway in
Union, Ky., for the Spring 50 (1996). The
family team shut down after the 2004 season,
but a 47-year-old Claycomb got behind the
wheel again for Scott Clippinger Racing in
'08, adding another Florence Spring 50 victory
and a DIRTcar Summer Nationals triumph at
Paducah, his career fourth on the tour. He was
a four-time World 100 starter with a best
finish of 11th in 1987.
Terry English, Benton, Ky.: The richest UMP
weekly champion ever with 2002's $100,000
points fund windfall coming after a 44-victory
season, English dominated at Kentucky Lake
Motor Speedway and Paducah International
Raceway for years as the generation's best
western Kentucky dirt racer. His six-figure
payout came amid UMP founder Bob Memmer's most
lucrative season and followed a 2001 campaign
when English won an astounding 34 features in
41 races. Along with his weekly domination
from the late 1990s through mid-2000s, the now
57-year-old English captured major victories
including 1999's Magnolia State 100 at Jackson
(Miss.) Motor Speedway, 2000's Ice Bowl at
Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, Ala., and
2005's Hoosier Dirt Classic at Brownstown
(Ind.) Speedway. He was a four-time winner of
Paducah’s USA World 50 ('98, '00, '02 and
'04), five-time winner on the DIRTcar Summer
Nationals and two-time winner on the Lucas Oil
Late Model Dirt Series, where he finished
fifth in the 2007 standings. His first Lucas
Oil victory in 2005 came over a 110-car field
at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton, Fla. He
was a five-time World 100 starter with a best
finish of 10th in 2001.
Tommy Joe Pauschert, Carlisle, Ark.: The
Arkansas native was a top competitor on
pavement in Springfield, Mo., and other tracks
before shifting to dirt track racing to become
one the region's top drivers in the late 1970s
and early 1980s. Pauschert, now 64, racked up
more than 350 career feature victories, most
of them driving his famed No. 10-4 car. He
captured track championships at tracks in
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi and major
victories including during the National Dirt
Racing Association’s opening season at
Crawford County Speedway in Van Buren, Ark.
Pauschert finished third in NDRA points in the
tour's final season in 1985. Other major
victories for Pauschert included 1977's
Midwest Dirt Track Championship at Thunderbird
Speedway in Muskogee, Okla.; 1978's
Southeastern Winter Nationals at Volusia
County Speedway in Barberville, Fla.; and
1978's FINA Missouri State Dirt Track
Championship in Bolivar, Mo.
Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo.: Following
the tire tracks of his legendary father,
Missouri's winningest Dirt Late Model racer
over 25 years won more than 200 combined races
and 10 titles on a pair of regional tours
along with two national crown jewel victories.
Still active, the 53-year-old Phillips won
four Lucas Oil Midwest Late Model Racing
Association titles (1994, '96, '15 and '17)
and six MARS Racing Series championships ('00,
'04-05 and '08-10) while posting series
leading totals of 116 MLRA victories and 94
MARS victories. His first major victory came
in 1995 in the $25,000 MLRA-sanctioned Route
66 Showdown at Joplin (Mo.) 66 Speedway. He
added a 1999 crown jewel victory in the
Show-Me 100 at West Plains (Mo.) Motor
Speedway and another in 2013 at Batesville
(Ark.) Motor Speedway's Topless 100, his lone
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series triumph. The
10-time World 100 starter had a career-best
fourth-place finish in 2001 at Ohio's Eldora
Speedway. He's among the winningest drivers in
Arizona's winter Late Model racing and scored
a $100,000 dirt modified victory at Batesville
in 2005.
Three contributors to the sport will also be
enshrined including: Mike Allgaier, Hoosier
Tire Midwest: The man who in 1971 founded D&M
Speed Shop in Springfield, Ill., from an
apartment with his wife Dorothy evolved the
business into Hoosier Tire Midwest in the
heart of United Midwestern Promoters country.
The business included providing parts at area
tracks, evolving into dealer sales and a
second location in Indianapolis, Ind.
Allgaier's is the father of NASCAR driver
Justin Allgaier, the 2008 ARCA Series champion
who came up through the Dirt Late Model ranks
as a teenager in cars fielding by his father.
Sanford Goddard, Warrior Race Cars: The
brother of 2008 Hall of Fame inductee Herman
Goddard, he founded the Knoxville, Tenn.-based
chassis manufacturer in 1984, developing it
into one of the sport's most successful car
builders with crown jewel victories and
national touring championships. Also operating
Goddard Performance Parts, Goddard built
thousands of chassis for drivers including
Hall of Famers Freddy Smith, Scott Bloomquist
and Dale McDowell. Warrior Race Cars captured
dozens of Late Model touring championships and
major events, including the World 100, Dream,
Dirt Track World Championship, USA Nationals,
North-South 100 and Topless 100. Goddard, 68,
sold Warrior to longtime employee Mike Nuchols
in 2018.
Dick Murphy, Volusia County Speedway: The
longtime owner of one of the nation's most
famous dirt tracks near Daytona Beach, Fla.,
known as "Dickie" was also a National Dirt
Racing Association championship-winning car
owner on the National Dirt Racing Association.
Murphy owned and operated the Barberville,
Fla., oval from 1982-92, then repossessed the
facility in 1998 and continued operating it
until 2005 (it's now owned by the World Racing
Group). As a team owner, Murphy fielded Mike
Duvall's famed Flintstone F1yer machine that
he drove to the 1982 NDRA title and World 100
victory at Eldora Speedway.
In addition to the induction class Ohio's
Larry Boos who has been one of the long-time
leaders of the management team at the world
renowned Eldora Speedway and Tennessean Jimmy
"Pup" Thomas who spent many years as a
representative of Hoosier Racing Tires in the
Dirt Late Model market will both receive the
Hall of Fame's Lifetime Achievement Award
during the ceremony. Visit the NDLMHoF on the
World Wide Web at
www.ndlmhof.com and be sure to like our
Facebook page to stay on top of all the latest
happenings at the newly renovated National
Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.
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