Doug Foltz –
Category: Officials, Track Employee or Promoter
Tracks: Shasta Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway, Carson City, Reno, Gridley, Marysville,
and Lemon Valley Speedway.
Carl Miller
Pit Crew
1960-1969
Category: Officials, Track Employee or Promoter
Tracks: Shasta Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway, Carson City, Reno,
Gridley, Marysville, and Lemon Valley Speedway.
Johnny Williams
Official, and Car Owner who helped build Silver Dollar Speedway
Category: Officials, Track Employee or Promoter
Tracks: Shasta Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway, Carson City, Reno,
Gridley, Marysville, and Lemon Valley Speedway.
Notes: Didn’t win a championship, but won a lot of races.
Gary Patterson
Driver
Category: In Memoriam
Tracks: Shasta Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway, Calistoga
Multiple Championships, was killed racing at Calistoga
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Steve Wakefield
1960-1969
Category: Officials, Track Employee or Promoter
Tracks: Shasta Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway, Carson City, Reno,
Gridley, Marysville.
Gary Murry
Driver
1960-1969
Category: Driver
Tracks: Shasta Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway, Carson City, Reno,
Gridley, Marysville, and Lemon Valley Speedway.
Bud Miles
Driver – and did the Souvenir Programs for Don Porter in the 1967 season.
Category: Driver
Tracks: Shasta Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway, Yreka Speedway
Eddie Burris
Driver - Champion
1983-2002
Category: Driver
Tracks: Shasta Speedway,
Boyd Rollins
Car owner, Car Builder, Motor Builder
1972-1986
Category: In Memoriam
Tracks: Shasta Speedway, Silver Dollar Speedway
Biography:
Championships won:
1972 - Boyd built the Ford Thunderbird #2, still running dirt at Shasta Speedway/Silver
Dollar Speedway. The car finished third in points with driver, George Bragg, in the Super
Stock behind Bill Schmidt and Jimmy Boyd.
1973 - Shasta Speedway was paved, and that year the Ford Thunderbird #2 /George Bragg
driver won the Super Stock championship, winning 9 main events and setting twelve
fast-times.
1974- Boyd wanted to change classes of cars and built a super-modified with the 427 Ford
laying on its side - the first offset super-modified at Anderson. The car won two Main
Events that season with rookie driver in that class (Bragg). That year, we competed in the
Golden West Classis Race, Oct,. 23rd at Shasta Speedway. There were well in excess of 85
to 100 super-modifieds, and Boyd's car set the fastest time in qualification against cars
and drivers from all over the western United States.
1975 - Boyd made a new and improved version of the offset roadster - that year it set
several fast times and won several main events, including the championship in the
super-modified division.
In the next few years, Boyd helped other drivers build and maintain their cars, including
Frank Swords.
1983 - Boyd came out with the yellow #22 offset roadster, driver George Bragg, which won a
few main events and set some fast times, but an unfortunate accident early in the year,
the car was wrecked and driver was injured badly.
1984 - The yellow #22 returned to the tracks, winning twelve main events and had 22
top-five finishes in the season. **The car set a track record that still stands today at
Shasta Speedway, at 13.361 second lap time.
Boyd Rollins was definitely a man ahead of his time. The cars he built, designed and
fabricated were totally unique and one of a kind. Boyd worked on a shoe-string budget and
fabricated just about every part of the cars rather than buying them. Boyd was always
conscious of the weight of the cars, cutting down materials to lighten the cars any place
that he could. Boyd always would answer questions or give other drivers any help that they
asked for.
Story: One time, we were running at four-lap trophy dash at Shasta Speedway, leading the
race, and on the third lap of the race, the car just quite running. They pushed the car
into the pits, and told Boyd the car just quit. He had a big smile on his face, and said,
"l guess I didn't give you enough fuel"... because he was worried about the
weight.
Story: Boyd was building one of the new super-modifieds, w? pushed it out of the garage
and were cleaning up. I went over to steer the car back into the garage, but the car was
acting funny. As I turned the wheel to the right the car went to the left. Boyd had put
the steering arm on upside down. He was going to have to redesign I and take it all apart,
but with a serious look, he asked me “Are you sure you couldn’t get used to
driving it this way?”
In closing, I hope that you will take into consideration the achievements and goals that
Boyd Rollins did and nominate him to the Hall of Fame.
William Butch Schaefer
Official
1974 - current
Category: Officials, Track Employee or Promoter
Biography:
Butch Schaefer started working at age fourteen years old. He was hired when a super
stock car had caught on fire and the safety crew did not get the fire out. Bob Axner
offered him a job to work on the safety crew. He worked in turn one corner when
Gary Cressey promoted him to head of Safety Crew, then moved him to assist Bob Wells
as Chief Stewart.
Butch was finally promoted to Chief Stewart where he worked until the track management
went to Steve Schmitt organization.
Butch was involved with NASCAR when Shasta Speedway was one of the eight original
Winston Racing Series Tracks. After Shasta he went to work for the NASCAR Winston
West Series.
I remember a race when Butch was working in the infield and a car had a rear bumper
hanging off it. Butch grabbed the bumper and pulled it off. The crowed was cheering
Butch on as he finally pulled it off.
Butch enjoyed all the great drivers from Shasta Speedway but he remembers one time
during the Laura Robinson 150 when Sonny Easley car ended up on highway 99 and
when the dust started to settled a Greyhound bus passed by.
Butch was asked to work some NASCAR Winston Cup Series races so he could get
additional training.. Butch was offered to join the Winston Cup Series by Series Director
Gary Nelson.
Butch currently will be working the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Camping World
West Series after retiring from his law enforcement career.
Jerry Ayers
Driver, Pitman Car/Engine Builder
1971 to present
Championship: Shasta Limited Super, 1982-1983 Seasons
Category: Officials, Track Employee or Promoter
Jerry Ayers is the crew chief and fabricator of the Ayers Racing Team cars.
Jerry is 61 year old veteran racer with 40 plus years racing experience is the father of
two daughters, grandfather of two grandsons and husband to Jerrie Ayers.
Jerry has worked hard in his racing career winning many races and awards including the
NASCAR Great Northern Region True Value Golden Wrench Award in 1990 and 1991. Then in 1992
the National Golden Wrench Award. In2002 Jerry was awarded the first ever Shasta Speedway
Betterment of the Sport Award for his hard work and devotion of the sport of auto racing.
Jerry has been the Crew Chief for the following drivers:
• Kyle Borden: 2008-2009 Shasta Raceway Park Modified
• Steven Gannon: 2006-2007 NASCAR Late Model Champion at Shasta
Raceway Park
• Bill Lancaster: 2006-07-08 NASCAR Late Model Shasta Raceway Park
• Pennie Ayers: 2003-04-05 NASCAR Late Model Shasta Raceway Park
• Pennie Ayers: 2002 Mini Stock Rookie of the year at Shasta
Speedway
• Terry Smith: Late Model Shasta Speedway
• Scott Smith: Bud Shoot Out Series
• Bob Lyons: NASCAR Southwest Tour
• Roger Gannon: Winston Racing Series Champion at Shasta Speedway
1996-98
• Tom Hubert: NASCAR Southwest Tour
• Steve Portenga: NASCAR Southwest Tour
• Terry Henry: NASCAR Southwest Tour
• Dan Wait: NASCAR Southwest Tour
• Tony Toste: NASCAR Southwest Tour
• Wade Lentz: Sportsman Shasta Speedway
Jerry started driving in 1971
1971-1972-1973: Sportsman Saugus Raceway
1974 Super Stock Shasta Speedway
1976 Super Stock 3'rd place Shasta Speedway
1978 Super Stock 2nd place Shasta Speedway
1981 NASCAR Modified 4th place Shasta Speedway
1982-1983 NASCAR Modified Champion Shasta Speedway
1984 NASCAR Modified 4th place Shasta Speedway
Jerry has won races at:
Roseville Speedway, Calif.
Lake Port Speedway, Calif
Kalmath Falls, Oregan
Carson City, Nevada
Roseburg, Oregon
Cars Jerry has driven:
Super Stock
NASCAR Modified
NASCAR Southwest Tour
Mini Stock
Randy Olson
Driver, Fan, Supporter
Category: Driver
Randy raced at a variety of track on the west coast in the early 1980s beginning at the
age of 17. He won a track championship at Ukiah in the early 80s. He raced in the Winston
West from 1982-1985, only one full-time season in 1987. Randy raced and won numberous Open
cop[etition races in the 80’s and 90’s at a number of tracks. Track champion at
Redwood Acres Raceway in 1990, 1991, 992, 1993 and is likely the track’s
wininning-est driver. 1999 and 2000 Tri-State Late Model Series Champion. Curretnly races
Thunder Roadsters at Redwood Acres and out of town on occasions. Also the race reporter
for Redwood Acres Raceway and www.racintheacres.com
Jim Walker
Driver
Category: Driver
Won many championships at Redwood Acres Raceway, won the Riverside Road Race and many
other races.
DuWayne Starr
Driver, Car Owner
1957-1999
Category: In Memoriam
DuWayne was involved in motorsports all of his adult life beginning with drag racing as a
teenager in 1957. He began oval track racing in 1969.
In his 26 year oval track career he won 97 races as a car owner with 42 different drivers.
Most recognizable - Johnny Anderson, Leroy Van Connett, Jac Haudenschild, Jack Hewitt,
Gary Patterson, and Jimmy Sills.
DuWayne was a source of parts and advice for sprint car racers throughout the western U.S.
and Australia. He was well know for his expertise with sprint cars, both as a car owner
and as manager of Tognotti’s Auto World’s race car shop, where he worked for 27
years.
DuWayne Accomplishments
1970 T-Car Speedway championship
1975 Tri-Holiday Sweepstakes
1976 Jimmy Gordon Memorial Race
1979 World of Outlaw main event at Skagit
1980 Gold Cup
1982 Calistoga Track championship
1986 NARC championship
1990 Silver Dollar Track championship.
He was inducted into the Motor Sports Press Assn. Hall of Fame in 2004 and in 2006 into
the West Capitol Raceway Hall of Fame.
DuWayne was hailed by many as an innovator and pioneer who wasn’t afraid to try
anything new.
As his health started to fail, he retired from the car owner status in 1995, but remained
active in racing by designing and building race cars for the fledgling USAC Western States
Sprint Series. Sadly he passed away on January 21, 1999 at the age of 59.
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