V8 Supercar Hall of Fame

The V8 Supercar Hall of Fame was instituted in 1999 with the first running of the V8 Supercars Championship Series, initially known as the Shell Championship Series. It was established to recognise the efforts of past champions and prominent figures within the sport. The initial inductees were five-time Australian Touring Car Champion, Ian Geoghegan and four-time champion Allan Moffat. All of the drivers inducted have either been Australian Touring Car Champions or multiple winners of the Bathurst 1000 race. No V8 Supercar champion has yet to be awarded with an induction. Two former drivers were inducted each year until 2002 when only one driver was inducted. No-one was inducted in 2003 with two inducted in 2004. Since then there has again only been one inductee. 2005 saw the controversial inclusion of an event instead of a driver, in the Adelaide 500, the now traditional season opening event. The most recent inductee was 1995 series champion, John Bowe.[1]

Inductees

As listed by V8 Supercar:[2][3]

Year Inductees
1999 Ian Geoghegan
Allan Moffat
2000 Norm Beechey
Bob Jane
2001 Peter Brock
Dick Johnson
2002 Colin Bond
2003 no inductees
2004 Fred Gibson
Bob Morris
2005 Adelaide 500
2006 Jim Richards
2007 Harry Firth
2008 Larry Perkins
2009 John Bowe

See also

References

  1. ^ "Davo deemed best and fairest". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 2009-12-07. http://www.v8supercars.com.au/content/hero_news/december_09/davo_deemed_best_and_fairest/. Retrieved 2009-12-09. 
  2. ^ "History: Fred Gibson". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. http://www.v8supercars.com.au/content/history/hall_of_fame/fred_gibson/. Retrieved 26 December 2008. 
  3. ^ "History: Allan Moffat". The Official Website of V8 Supercars. http://www.v8supercars.com.au/fame/. Retrieved 26 December 2008.