ORMHOF CLASS OF 2020

The 2020 inductees have been announced Nominees are required to have had fifteen for this year’s Off-Road Motorsports Hall years involvement in off-road motorsports. of Fame. Every year, off-road legends who Independent members of the off-road commuhave contributed to the sport are nominated nity and members of the Hall of Fame board of for induction. There are three categories that directors vote on the nominees for induction. include: Competition, Recreation and Pioneer. Bob Bower started his off-road career as a program manager for BFG in 1977. Since then he has held a variety of roles within the community that include pit volunteer, chase crew, team manager, co-driver, winning driver and even ESPN TV color analyst. Bower takes safety in Baja seriously, making detailed maps in the early days before GPS devices. His team at BFG would distribute those maps to the masses. Bower wrote a “What about you?” piece that is still included in many chase books today. The piece focuses on keeping you and your team safe during the race. Bower has been responsible for helping shape the careers of many bigname drivers today.

Dean Bulloch started his career with motocross and snowmobile drag racing. He built a NHRA drag bike with countless series wins. Bulloch built a rock buggy 1998, winning over 80 events, 16 titles and 5 championships. Bullock built a car worthy of competing in King of the Hammers and soon got involved with building Artic Cat Wildcat UTV’s to compete in a variety of series. Bulloch retired from the driver’s seat in 2019 but remains active as a team owner.

Danny Foddrill’s name is synonymous with off-road racing. Foddrill has designed, built, driven, owned, prepped and supported countless off-road vehicles. A well-known fabricator, Foddrills arms, spindles and other suspension parts have been used on thousands of off-road vehicles for decades. The vehicles he has been involved with have numerous wins and championships.

Cal Wells- In the early 1980’s, Cal Wells became involved with Toyota PPI, a factory backed team that dominated off-road. Cal Wells and the PPI powerhouse won countless Mickey Thompson Stadium races and championships, SCORE off-road victories and Mint 400 victories. Cal Wells team driver Ivan Stewart made Toyota PPI unstoppable. Other drivers under Cal Wells included Robby Gordon, Frank Arciero Jr, Steve and Rod Millen. Today Cal Wells continues to work as a motorsports consultant, recently working with Andy McMillin’s race team to increase efficiency and competitiveness.

Jack Johnson began his 40-year professional racing career on motorcycles. If there was a race, Johnson was there to compete in it. By 1975, Johnson would beat the factory backed Team Husqvarna at the Mint 400. In 1977, Johnson joined the team he beat setting records. Johnson competed all over the world in motorcycle events. In the 1980’s, Johnson proved to be just as successful with four wheeled vehicles winning dozens of races. He was a driver of record for Nissan’s factory off-road program. Today, Johnson continues to ride motorcycles.

Roger Mears, the older brother of Indy-car champion Rick Mears, was one of the top competitors in off-road racing. Roger Mears also drove in the Indy Car series. Mears has over 20 World Off-Road Championships at Riverside International Raceway as well as 4 Baja 1000 wins. Roger Mears now lives the retired life in Mexico.

Tom White started his racing career doing flat track events. He opened a motorcycle shop with his twin brother. The company grew into a successful $40 million a year business with 200 employees. White created the World Vet MX Championship and World Four-Stroke Championship. White had a huge motorcycle collection that he sold off to help pay for his son’s medical expenses after a paralyzing accident. In 2000, White began collecting and restoring Vintage motorcycles again after selling his business. White was diagnosed with terminal cancer and passed away in 2017.