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Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame

CMHOF-avatar-full-colorThe Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame is committed to honoring and preserving the achievements of individuals and organizations that have left an indelible mark on motorsports in Colorado and beyond.

Inductees come from all facets of motorsports: Drivers, builders, mechanics, owners, facility operators and non-profit organizations. And, whether they come from being involved with racing on land or water, they all have the same pedigree: a passion for speed, competition and perfection.

The Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame operates as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. For more information, please contact Rob Johnson, chairman.

Induction Ceremony

april-7Thanks to all who supported the 2010 Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Reception. The date, time, location and ticket sales details for the 2011 Ceremony and Reception will be announced this fall

CMHOF Nominations

The yearly Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame classes will have inductees selected by a voting panel consisting of motorsports media, current Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame members and Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame Board Members. The main criteria for nomination and induction: motorsports accomplishments by Colorado-based driver or individual who must have spent a significant portion of his/her career in Colorado. Drivers will be considered for the HOF once they have retired. Nominations are carried over from one year to the next.

To nominate an individual for the Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame, a group for the J.C. Agajanian Memorial Award or the Jerry Van Dyke Memorial Award, click here.
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DENVER, April 8, 2010, The Colorado Motorsports Hall of Fame elected five members for enshrinement in 2010 during a special induction ceremony and reception held last night.

The 2010 class includes:

Joe Giba

GibaJoe Giba’ s motorsports career spanned more than 33 years, including racing both motorcycles and midgets.  During his career, he won two Colorado Midget Racing Association features in Pueblo in 1947.  He also won 10 Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association features in 1948.  Overall, he had 22 feature wins, with his last feature win taking place at Lakeside Speedway in 1963.  Additionally, Giba became the first non-champion to be afforded an RMMRA lifetime membership.  Giba also established a one-lap midget record on the paved Milwaukee Mile, with an average of 101.070 MPH, and reportedly set a four-lap mark in a midget at Lakeside that was never broken.   Giba passed away of lung cancer in 1986 at the age of 77.

Mitch Miller Miller
Mitch Miller first became involved in motorsports in 1965 in public relations and advertising roles with the Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association.  In 1966, he began announcing for the RMMRA and was then elected president of the RMMRA in 1970.  He served in that position for seven years, and also served as the organization’s vice president and business manager.  During that time he also served as an announcer for all RMMRA races and several USAC shows.

In 1978, Miller began the Belleville Midget Nationals, which soon became the largest midget race in the country.  Miller also directed the South West Independent Midget Series from 1981-1985 and the American Independent Midget Series from 1983-1995.  In 1987, Miller helped start the Chili Bowl midget race.

 

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ROY BOWEbowe-small

Roy Bowe was born in Denver in1916.  During his racing career, he was unquestionably one the best drivers ever to come from Colorado. He won 64 main events running in Rocky Mountain Midget Racing Association and won the RMMRA Championship in 1948 and 1949.  In addition, he won a total of 12 prestigious feature races outside of Colorado.  He is also fondly remembered for driving a plaid race car.

The list of car owners he drove for included Johnny Boomer, Walt Killinger, Bob Van Buskirk, and Ray Koch. During his racing career he also gained a reputation as being one the best foreign car mechanics in the area, as well as an outstanding aviation mechanic.

Bowe also served with the Army Air Transport Command in China, Burma and India during World War II.

GEORGE BUTLAND

Butland-smallGeorge Butland actually started running demolition derbies at Lakeside Speedway in the early ‘50’s and went from there to late model racing at Lakeside and Englewood Speedways. He was born in China and learned to speak Chinese better than most locals. Returning from China, he took an interest in auto racing. Along the way, he bought and helped established GB Auto Salvage with the help of his son, Pete and his wife, Hilda. It grew into one of the premiere salvage yards in the State. In 1972, he bought CNS with Larry Dechant. After the 1973 season, he purchased Dechant’s interest in the track. The track suffered several difficult years, but brought in the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars and was able to schedule them yearly.

In the years he owned CNS, he received four “Promoter of the Year” awards. He also had NASCAR sanction the track for 2 years. When he accidentally set off several fireworks that went amiss during the 4th of July fireworks show, the track became the hot spot for future 4th of July shows. He would intentionally miss fire the pyrotechnics and fans would go nuts.

He sold CNS in 1990, but was always around the track until he passed away. When a racer was in need it was not uncommon for this person to hand them a $100 bill. Stories about this man could fill hundreds of pages.

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