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We would like to thank Brizio Products for their donation of official IDRHof face masks for all who attend the 2021 Banquet/Ceremony.

We would like to thank Summit Racing Equipment for their continued support. Summit will be sponsoring the rings for the 2021 Inductees.

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Hall of Fame member Tom Hanna, on 11/15/2020, who was inducted in 2001. Tom was a driver in the early years and set a couple of records. Tom eventually moved from the driver seat to designing and building dragsters. Hanna dragsters were always competitive and very appealing to the eye. He built cars for legends to include Don Garlits, Don Prudhomme, and Connie Kalitta. He built the famous "American Way" wedge dragster which is still considered one of the most beautiful machines built.

We are happy to announce that Roy Hill's Drag Racing School will be the 2021 Commemorative Glass Sponsor. Thank you Roy Hill for your support.

We would like to announce that Jerry & Pat Baltes will again this year be the 2021 Hall of Fame Trophy Sponsor. Thank you Jerry & Pat for your continued support.

We are pleased to announce Total Impact Wear will again this year be sponsoring the official 2021 Hall of Fame Shirts. Thank you Total Impact Wear for your continued support.

It is with sadness that we announce that Hall of Fame Member Al "Mousie" Marcellus passed away Sunday 10/25/2020. Al was inducted in 2005 for his part in the successful team he and HOF Member Willie Borsch made. Al was the crew chief and with Willie driving the team set many class records to include the first Altered to run in the seven second range and a speed of 200 MPH in 1967.

Just in case you missed the aring, on CBS Sprorts, on May 30th here is the 2020 Hall of Fame Banquet/Induction Ceremony. The presentation was put together by Masters Entertainment Group.

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Hall of Fame member Mike Kuhl who passed away 07/07/2020. Mike was inducted in 2012 as a driver who set an AHRA record in 1960 at the wheel of a A/GS Willy's Coupe of 132 MPH. He also was an accomplished engine and supercharger builder which led to him opening Mike Kuhl Racing Engines. He would go onto restoring vintage cars and the opening of Kuhl Klassics Restorations. Where he restored several versions of race cars including Tom McEwen's Tinted Activity Booster car.

It is with sadness that we announce the death of Hall of Fame member Woody GIlmore on 07/03/2020. Woody was inducted in 1996 for his chassis' building capabilities. Chassis built by Woody were known as "flexie flyers". Gilmore also build Jim Dunn's famous rear engine funny car.

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On March 12, 2020 the Thirtieth Annual International Drag Racing Hall of Fame Ceremony and Banquet was held at the Wyndham Garden, in Gainesville, Florida. The Board of Selectors were: Harry Hibler, Ted Jones, Steve Gibbs, Greg Sharp. The 2020 Inductees were: Robert Balogh, Lee Beard, Don Enriquez, Roy Hill, Billy Meyer, and Larry Minor.... The Founders Award was presented to: Don Prieto The Pat Garlits Memorial Award was presented to: Etta Glidden

Robert Balogh Bob Bones Balogh was another of the early sports competitors who has always been a car nut. His first car was a 1934 Buick Limited coupe he purchased as soon as he got his first California driver’s license at the ripe old age of 14. The Buick was replaced with a 1938 Chevy in 1955 that was to be his first race car which he introduced as such in 1955 at Lion’s drag strip. This car wasn’t quick or fast enough to be competitive so he didn’t waste much time repl...Continue reading

Lee Beard Lee Beard has been referred to as a crew chief’s crew chief. Beard, known for cleanliness, organization and preparation, was first introduced into the world of drag racing by his high school Industrial Arts teacher, Ed Renck, who also happened to have a front-engined Top Fuel Dragster. In 1969, Lee started hanging around Ed’s shop doing the grunt work and gradually graduated into helping maintain the car. By this time, he had fallen in love with the sport, all of ...Continue reading

Don Enriquez As with a lot of the members of the drag racing world, Don got his first experience as a driver in the seat of Gary Densford’s C/Dragster at Lions Drag Strip in Long Beach, CA. In January 1962 he went to work for Stu Hilborn’s Fuel Injection Engineering as a machinist and where he worked with Hall of Famer Gene Adams. At Hilborn, Don was exposed to a steady stream of racers and after a few trips to the local drag strip he decided he wanted to get serious about dr...iving a dragster on a regular basis. He approached Gene about doing so; after a lot of discussion and planning, in 1968 he made his first run in Gene’s injected DeSoto powered Junior Fuel dragster. After that experience, Don was hooked and became one of the sports outstanding drivers of all time. That year, Don became the first driver of an unblown dragster to break the 200-mph barrier and in 1971 the first to dip into the six second ET’s. In 1970 the pair posted wins in A/Fuel Dragster class at the NHRA Winter Nationals in Pomona, CA and the NHRA Super Nationals in Ontario, CA. In 1971 they won the NHRA Winter Nationals Comp Eliminators. Along the way they terrorized the entire class locally posting a steady stream of winner circle appearances. While Don is mostly known for his Junior Fuel (A/Fuel) dragster driving chores, in 1970 he piloted the Adams and Enriquez fuel dragster with twin injected Chryslers for power to speeds of over 217 MPH and ET’s in the 6.70 range. In 1972 he drove the Adams and Wiencek injected Chrysler powered BB/Fuel Funny Car for the win at Firebird Raceway’s famous Nitefire 500. In 1973 the Adams and Enriquez team won the NHRA Super Nationals Pro Comp Eliminator in Ontario, CA. With thirty-three years as a team under their belt, Adams and Enriquez is one of the longest running teams in the sport. In 1975 the team entered the season with a supercharged Chrysler powered rear engine dragster burning alcohol in Pro Comp class and won the NHRA Winter Nationals in Pomona, CA, the famous March Meet in Bakersfield, CA and the NHRA Super Nationals in Ontario, CA. Over the years Don has also driven a BB/Fuel Funny for the Millicoat twins, and their blown alcohol roadster. After the demise of the Adams and Enriquez team in 1988 Don became very involved in the emerging nostalgia cars and in 1987 took on the driving chores for Pat Ganahl and Gene Adams in their A/Fuel Dragster. In 1996 Don moved into the driver’s seat of Bob McKray’s injected Chevrolet powered Junior Fuel dragster and has won the NHRA Heritage Junior Fuel Series Championship a total of four times: 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017. Don took home the runner up for the spot in 2016. In 2006, Don was named an Honoree at the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield, CA. He is also still part of the Hilborn Fuel Injection team and is still doing the driving chores in Bob McKray’s Junior Fueler.

Roy Hill Roy learned about cars as a young teenager acquiring his first car, a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner, at the age of 23 years old. His first experience at organized racing came in 1969 at the wheel of a 1969 Road Runner, powered Super Stock G. Being a close neighbor of the Petty Family and sharing a mutual love of cars and racing, they became friends with Roy spending a lot of time hanging out at the Petty’s race shop. Roy began to get really serious about a racing career ...in 1971 and fielded a 1971 Pro Sock Duster with a Sox and Martin Chrysler Hemi for power. In 1973 Roy moved up into the newly formed Pro Stock with a Petty Enterprises Chrysler Hemi powered Duster, a combination that proved to be a formidable competitor. Roy notched 100’s of races between his Super Stock and Pro Stock days and was always the car to beat. In 1977 IHRA introduced the unlimited cubic inch displacement Mountain Motor rules for their Pro Stock class and Roy immediately embraced this new environment. His first entry into this new world was a 500 cubic inch Chrysler Hemi in a 1977 Plymouth Arrow which he competed with at both IHRA National events and countless match races. Roy switched from Chrysler to Ford in 1982 and managed to compete in just about every body style the Blue Oval produced. From the start of the 1982 season until the end of the 1996 season, Roy notched 28 IHRA National Event wins and 31 runner up spots as a team owner/driver. In 1995 Roy put Mike Bell in the driver’s seat of an 800 cubic inch Ford powered Thunderbird and the pair visited the winners circle 7 times and picked up an IHRA World Championship trophy along the way. While his prime focus in the very beginning was a competitor; in 1989 he embarked on another area of the sport, The Roy Hill Drag Racing School. Moving away from the normal driving school tradition, Roy made the decision to include all forms of race vehicles at his school. This included full bodied Super Stock cars, Bracket Dragsters, Junior Dragster, Pro Stock and Pro Mod classes. Today Roy is still very active in both the running of his Driving School and Pro Stock Team. He can also be seen racing in Stock and Super Stock competition.

Billy Meyer Billy Meyer began his racing career at the age of nine in go-karts and as a teen-ager burst onto the auto racing scene making a name for himself as a Funny Car driver. Bill was the youngest person to earn their Funny Car license at the age of 16. According to those from that era, he drove like someone on a mission. He was young and wanted to win. Such status defined many of his driving decisions like leaving home in 1972, six weeks after high-school graduation, to... pursue a full-time racing career. That fall, Meyer won the sport’s most prestigious independent Funny Car race, the 1972 Manufacturers Funny Car Championship at Irvine, Ca. Meyer went to his first NHRA final round at age 20 and did so as the No. 1 qualifier in the biggest event in the sport at the Labor Day U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, IN. That same year, he won his first IHRA Winston National event at Bristol, TN. Meyer won an NHRA event for the first time at age 23 and for the last time at age 33 when he retired to spend more time with family and devote more time to his diverse businesses. Billy raced in 112 NHRA races, and went to the finals 22 times, for a final round appearance percentage of 20%. He earned 12 NHRA National Event victories, for a winning percentage of 55%. In his last competitive event, he won the NHRA Winston Finals, prior to his retirement. He finished in the top 10 of the NHRA Winston Series Championship 10 out of 11 seasons in which he competed, in the top three six times, and was a three-time Winston series runner-up. Billy raced in 52 IHRA events, and went to the finals 13 times, for a final round appearance percentage of 25%, and earned eight IHRA National Event victories, for a winning percentage of 61%. In 1980, he won the IHRA Winston Funny Car Championship. Billy Meyer worked as his own crew chief for all but the last 6 months of his career and was the first Funny Car owner to win races with two different drivers in a single season. Meyer partnered with Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds in the Budweiser Rocket Car which was the first land vehicle to break the sound barrier in October 1979; traveling 739.666 m.p.h. at Edwards Air Force Base. In 1986, Meyer built The Texas Motorplex which was the first all-concrete stadium style drag racing facility constructed and was the first NHRA super track. Some of the fastest passes have been recorded at his Texas Motorplex and it continues to be a favorite of the fans and drivers for the all-concrete race surface. The AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals frequently yields national records. Meyer won the Car Craft Magazine Person of the Year in 1987 and the Racers for Christ Person of the Year in 1988. In 1991, he authored the Boy Scouts of America Automotive Mechanics Merit badge. Meyer was selected to be one of the top 50 drivers of all time in 1998. More recently, he received the 2017 Drag Racing Edge Magazine’s Peak Performer Award.