The West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall Of Fame, originally the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame, is a Hall of Fame for people associated primarily with late-model stock car racing on the West Coast of the United States. Many NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series champions are inducted in the Hall of Fame. Today, it is a digital hall of fame located online (Official website) with memorabilia located at the Estrella Museum in Paso Robles, California. Inductees are honored at an annual banquet in June at the Turn 11 Club, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. The members of the Hall of Fame board are largely related to NASCAR. The Hall of Fame eventually began to recognize competitors from other disciplines of motorsport including drag racing and various forms of open-wheel racing.
The hall of fame was created in 2001. Nominees are either retired, deceased or have moved from one area of participation to another, or have been active in their primary field for at least 25 years. The first class was inducted in 2002.
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The hall of fame inducted its inaugural class in 2002
The hall of fame inducted its second class in 2003
The hall of fame inducted its third class in 2004
The hall of fame inducted its fourth class in 2005
The hall of fame inducted its fifth class in 2006
The hall of fame inducted its sixth class in 2009. [1]
The hall of fame inducted its seventh class in 2010. [2]
The hall of fame inducted its eighth class in 2011. [3]
The hall of fame inducted its ninth class in 2012. [4]
The hall of fame inducted its tenth class on June 20, 2013. [5]
The hall of fame inducted its eleventh class in 2014
The hall of fame inducted its twelfth class in 2015
The hall of fame inducted its thirteenth class in 2016
The hall of fame inducted its fourteenth class in 2017
The hall of fame inducted its fiveteenth class in 2018
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The hall of fame inducted its sixteenth class in 2019
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The hall of fame inducted its seventeenth class in 2020
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The hall of fame inducted its eighteenth class in 2021
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The hall of fame inducted its nineteenth class in 2022
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