Calistoga Speedway Hall of Fame
2025 Hall of Fame
The Calistoga Speedway Hall of Fame celebrates the rich history of sprint car racing at the iconic Calistoga Speedway half-mile dirt oval. Established to honor those who have significantly contributed to the sport, the Hall of Fame has become a central part of the Northern California racing community.
Sponsored by: West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame
The West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame was conceived in 2001 as a means of recognizing significant contributors and contributions to the sport of stock car/motorsports competition. The mission of the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame is founded to preserve history and heritage of the important role west coast stock car and motorsports figures have played in the sport’s development and continuation and to recognize, through annual enshrinement, of outstanding individuals and groups within the sport such as, but not limited to, designers, engineers, mechanics, drivers, race track owners, promoters, publicists and members of the motorsports media. The Hall is a 501(c)3, soon to be (c)4 charitable organization, dedicated to supporting a variety of organizations and groups from coast to coast.
The Hall has raised more than $1 million during the past 6-1/2 years for youth, health and safety, hospitals, animal rescue, military, and other charitable causes.
Class of 2025
Frank Albert
Frank Albert
Frank Albert
Frank Albert, a former drag racer who migrated to open wheel supermodifieds at the now defunct West Capital Speedway in Sacramento in the 1960s. A mechanic by trade, Albert was honored as the outstanding pit crew member of that track’s championship team in 1972 before opening a business, Frank Albert Racing-Sales and Service, which provided weekly pit-side help to racers for over four decades, at Calistoga Speedway and other tracks on the Northern Auto Racing Club tour.
Jim Allen
Frank Albert
Frank Albert
Jim Allen, who began his career with the Northern Auto Racing Club as a publicist in the 1980s. After living and working in Los Angeles, Allen returned to Northern California and resumed his association with NARC, where he has filled a wide range of roles for over 20 years, including General Manager, part owner, and Marketing Director, while also posting on social media and announcing from the infield on race nights. Allen has also served on the Board of Directors of the NARC Benevolent Fund, which provides financial assistance to injured drivers.
Rick Horton
Frank Albert
Rick Horton
Rick Horton joins his brother Ron Horton, already a member of the Calistoga Speedway HoF. Horton, the 1973 NARC champion, scored seven of his career 12 wins on the Calistoga Speedway half-mile oval. He consistently ran in the top 10 in championship standings for more than a decade, including a runner-up finish in ‘79 and third place finishes in ‘72 and ‘83.
Clyde Lamar
Bobby McMahan
Rick Horton
Clyde LaMar, the second-winningest car owner at Calistoga Speedway, with 13 wins, whose iconic Tri-C Machine sprint car was driven by top-tier drivers like Bobby McMahan, Paul McMahan, Dave Bradway, Jr., Gary Patterson, Jimmy Sills and Tommy Estes, Jr. A self-made businessman in the machining and tire recycling business, LaMar fielded one of the most competitive sprint cars on the West Coast and had his biggest success with driver Jonathan Allard, with whom he won 40 races. Now-retired driver Paul McMahan credits LaMar with helping him develop the skill that took him to the World of Outlaws tour.
Bobby McMahan
Bobby McMahan
Bobby McMahan
Bobby McMahan, who began his sprint car career as Rookie of the Year at Placerville Speedway in 1982 and is the 2009 sprint car champion at Chico’s Silver Dollar Speedway, a title he won after a racing hiatus of five years. In between, he won four races on the Calistoga Speedway half mile and was runner-up in the Northern Auto Racing Club’s Speedweek championship in ‘96 and also runner-up in the overall NARC standings in ‘97, driving the well-known Tri-C sprint car owned by Clyde LeMar.
Jim Hearn
Bobby McMahan
Bobby McMahan
Jim Hearn, a car owner on the NARC tour whose car was driven by both Ron and Rick Horton for many years, including the year Ron Horton won the driver’s championship in 1975. He was on the verge of winning the car owner’s title in ‘73, before a mechanical failure caused Rick Horton to switch to another car owner at the season’s last race, which dropped Hearn to second place.