| The MSHFA was recognized by the International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA)The organization issued an ISHY Award to the MSHFA for its Class of 2020 Inductee Display CasesThe ISHY Awards program was established to provide recognition for excellence to sports museumsMSHFA 2020-21 Induction Ceremonies videos on mshf.com and YouTube |
| DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) reaffirmed its standing as one of the country’s top sports museums after winning a prestigious award from the International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA). The MSHFA took home the ISHY Award in the category of Hall of Fame Inductions and/or Annual Event Materials for its Class of 2020 Inductee Display Cases. A special ISHA committee reviewed submissions from a number of organizations in a wide range of classifications. |
 Thomas R. Miller Photography |
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| “We’re so grateful to the International Sports Heritage Association for this recognition,” MSHFA President George Levy said. “When you’re up against member institutions like the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame, you know that winning an ISHY is big.” The ISHY Awards program was established to provide recognition for excellence in publications by all member sports museums, halls of fame or sports heritage organizations, regardless of size or budget, based upon a competition evaluated by ISHA members. Demetra Todd, who is tasked to organize the display cases for each class every year, and Operations Manager Don Cooper, who was in charge of handling the artifacts, were recognized by Levy for their efforts on this project inside the museum, which is located in Daytona International Speedway’s Ticket & Tours Building. Levy credited MSHFA staff photographer Thomas R. Miller for his work during the submission process. Miller photographed each display case. |
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| “Demetra and Don do such a great job on a tiny budget to assemble and arrange the right artifacts and images from all across the country to bring an inductee’s career and personality to life,” Levy said, “and Tom captured all their magic in his images.” The MSHFA Class of 2020 included NASCAR’s first-ever champion Robert “Red” Byron (Historic); flat-track impresario Chris Carr (Motorcycles); early motorcycle racer, promoter and publisher Floyd Clymer (At Large); and driver, official and safety advocate Wally Dallenbach, Sr. (Open Wheel). They were joined by Rick Hendrick, NASCAR’s most successful owner (Stock Cars), Daytona 500 champion Tiny Lund (Historic), Can-Am and Rolex 24 At Daytona champion Jacky Ickx (Sports Cars), quarter-mile racing legend “Ohio George” Montgomery (Drag Racing) and multi-time Baja 1000 and SCORE Champion Ivan “Ironman” Stewart (Off Road). |
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| Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Induction video replays The Class of 2020 and 2021 Induction Ceremonies may be watched on the MSHFA Facebook page facebook.com/MotorsportsHOF and the MSHFA YouTube Channel. For more information about the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America or to purchase induction tickets, go online to mshf.com or contact George Levy at 248-895-1704 or glevy@mshf.com. For MSHFA museum tickets, call 1-800-PIT-SHOP. The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MotorsportsHOF/ and Instagram and Twitter at @MotorsportsHOF. |
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| About the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America The MSHFA is the only hall that honors all American motorsports: cars, trucks, motorcycles, airplanes, off road and powerboats. Its mission is to celebrate and instill the American motorsports values of leadership, creativity, originality, teamwork and spirit of competition. Founded by Larry G. Ciancio and Ronald A. Watson, it held its first induction in 1989. Watson spent the next 30 years tirelessly building it into the nation’s premier such hall until his passing in 2019. The original museum in Novi, Mich., relocated to Daytona Beach, Fla., in 2016 and greets more than 100,000 guests a year. MSHFA is operated by the nonprofit Motorsports Museum and Hall of Fame of America Foundation, Inc. |
