The West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame recently celebrated the Class of 2024 inductees during an event at Sonoma Raceway. Among the inductees was Steve Lewis, the founder of PRI and 10-time USAC national midget car owner's champion.

Members of the Class of 2024 are the late Dick Cobb, Las Vegas, Nevada, winner of eleven track championships over a 45-year racing career in Nevada and California; Eric Holmes, winner of three NASCAR West (now ARCA Menards Series West) titles; Jimmie Johnson, seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion; Jimmy Vasser, 10-time Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) winner, Indianapolis 500 co-owner champion and 2023 IMSA GTD championship co-owner; and Calvin Wells III, NASCAR Cup Series race-winning team owner, Off-Road Hall of Fame inductee and current chief executive officer of Legacy Motor Club.

The 2024 Heritage class is comprised of Lewis; the late Joe Huffaker, Indianapolis car builder and Sports Car Club of America owner's champion; Emmett Malloy, builder of famed Carrell Speedway in Southern California, and son Tom Malloy, two-decade historic car competitor and USAC midget team owner; and Paula Murphy, first woman licensed by the National Hod Rod Association to drive a nitromethane-fueled car and land speed record holder.

The organization will also recognize its first Pioneers of Speed, who will be celebrated at a later date. They are Johnny Boyd, Jack Dill, Fred Frame, Ted Horn, Frank Lockhart, Rex Mays, Jimmy Murphy, Bob Swanson, Ernie Triplett, and Louis Vermeil.

Watch the 2024 WCSCHoF induction ceremony on it's YouTube page here. For more information, visit westcoaststockcarhalloffame.com.