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OFF-ROAD MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME
CALLING FOR 2006 NOMINATIONS
 RENO, NV – The Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame (ORMHOF), located at
the National Automobile Museum (The Harrah
Collection) in Reno, Nevada, has announced that
it is calling for 2006 nominations from a
variety of off-road groups, associations,
sanctioning bodies, key industry contacts and
event promoters who have outstanding individuals
within their organizations.
Deadline for this year’s nominations is March
15, 2006.
Categories for nomination are Recreational
4-Wheeling, Motorcycles and All-Terrain Vehicles
(ATV); Competition of Motorcycles/ATVs, Off-Road
Racing, Rally, Rock Crawling, and Sand Sports;
and Pioneers who are Advocates, Industry Leaders
and Journalists.
Since 1974, the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of
Fame has inducted 33 legends including:
2005 Inductees: Rod Hall, Scott McKenzie, Akton
(Ak) Miller, Larry Minor, Roy Spuhler and Ed
Waldheim.
2004 Inductees: Herman Booy, Carla Boucher, John
Buffum, Jean Calvin, Edward Dunkley, and Walker
Evans.
1980 Inductees: Harry Bushert, Bud Ekins, John
Lawlor, Ray Moon and Mark Smith.
1976 Inductees: Dick Cepek, Brian Chuchua, Pete
Condos, Charlie Erickson, Don Francisco, James
Garner, Vic Hickey, Parnelli Jones, Steve
McQueen, Bruce Meyers, Drino Miller, Ed
Pearlman, Malcolm Smith, Bill Stroppe, Thurston
Warn and Vic Wilson.
The nominator must submit as complete a
biography as possible on each nominee. The more
information provided on the nominee that fits
the criteria, the better the possibility of
selection for induction into the Hall of Fame.
Nomination procedures, criteria, and
applications can be found at
www.ormhof.com.
The 2006 ORMHOF Induction ceremony will be held
on Saturday, Aug. 26 in Gallery 4 at the
National Automobile Museum in Reno.
The Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame, a
non-profit 501c3 organization, was established
to recognize and honor those individuals and
organizations whose lifelong contributions to
off-road motorsports has set a standard for
others to follow.
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