Motor Sports HOF News

Raymond Parks 2009 International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee

    Throughout his short career as an auto-racing car owner, Raymond Parks never strayed far from the top of the sport. His car won the first race he entered, in 1938, and his drivers captured the first three national stock-car titles in the years...

1990 IMHOF Inductee Parnelli Jones Inducting Car

    In 1960, race car owner J.C. Agajanian opened the door that helped lead driver Parnelli Jones to a career that eventually landed him in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (IMHOF).     Nearly a half-century later, Jones...

Bud Moore 2009 International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee

    You could exactly fill out a 43-car NASCAR field just by using the drivers who raced for car owner Bud Moore over the years. And for the most part, it would be an all-star caliber field.     During a career that encompassed the...

Jerry Cook 2009 International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee

    When Jerry Cook finally reached the top of the NASCAR Modified circuit after nine years of racing, he decided to stick around for a while. In fact, from 1971 through 1977, Cook won the Modified championship every year except one. He finished in...

JC Agajanian 2009 International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee

    If it had a motor and it was a sport, J.C. Agajanian was interested in it. From the 1930s through the 1960s, Agajanian was involved in numerous forms of motorsports, both as an owner and a promoter, though he is most closely associated with...

BIR Gone But Not Forgotten

    The walls of Birmingham International Raceway may have been torn down weeks ago, but the International Motorsports Hall of Fame and Museum (IMHOF) won’t let the memory of the track fade away quite so easily. The IMHOF has put on permanent...