Jennerstown Speedway Hall of Fame Presented by Tri Star Motors Somerset, PA

“Clate” Husted raced for about 40 years in the Late Model and Modified divisions at Jennerstown, Clearfield, Hagerstown, Port Royal, Williamsgrove, Hesston, Pennboro, Bedford, Daytona, Charlotte, and Syracuse Speedways. His biggest accomplishment has been making and keeping friends and fans for over 40 years. He won 5 Yankee Doodle Races at Clearfield, won the Hillbilly 100, and the Laurel Highlands 101. His memory is carried on by Daniel, Alexander, and Cara.

August “Gus” Linder was born December 18, 1928 and raced for 35 years. Linder raced Super Modifieds and Stock Cars at Jennerstown, Selins Grove, Lennerville, Williams Grove, Motordrome, Pittsburgh Motor, Daytona International, TriCity, Sharon, Langehorne, Heidelberg, Blanket Hill, Mercer, and South Park Speedways. His biggest supporter is his wife, Joan Linder, and three children and three grandchildren. His favorite NASCAR driver is his brother, Dick Linder.

Throughout his career, he tallied 119 Sprint Car feature wins and was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. His most memorable race was when he has having engine trouble and someone thought on their feet to let him finish the race. They disconnected a cylinder and stuck a block of wood in the engine. Linder finished the race on seven cylinders and they called this accomplishment “the track-proven timing wedge.” The engine sounded more like an air compressor than a racecar.

August “Gus” Linder was born December 18, 1928 and raced for 35 years. Linder raced Super Modifieds and Stock Cars at Jennerstown, Selins Grove, Lennerville, Williams Grove, Motordrome, Pittsburgh Motor, Daytona International, TriCity, Sharon, Langehorne, Heidelberg, Blanket Hill, Mercer, and South Park Speedways. His biggest supporter is his wife, Joan Linder, and three children and three grandchildren. His favorite NASCAR driver is his brother, Dick Linder.

Throughout his career, he tallied 119 Sprint Car feature wins and was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. His most memorable race was when he has having engine trouble and someone thought on their feet to let him finish the race. They disconnected a cylinder and stuck a block of wood in the engine. Linder finished the race on seven cylinders and they called this accomplishment “the track-proven timing wedge.” The engine sounded more like an air compressor than a racecar.

Richard Mitchell is from Bruceton Mills, West Virginia and raced Dwarf Cars, the ARCA Series, Busch North, and Busch South divisions throughout his career. He’s been to Jennerstown, Motordrome, Charlotte, Pocono, Atlanta, Chicago, Michigan, Dover, Nashville, Daytona, Richmond, and Talladega Speedways. He’s won back to back Northeast Region NASCAR Championships, tied for first for four years at Jennerstown, won four championships at Motordrome in eight years, and won all of the long distance races at Jennerstown in the same year. Mitchell’s stepdaughter Madison Goff and stepson Colton Goff always encourage him along with his spouse, Kelly Mitchell.

Larry Hemminger was born on June 18, 1946 and is from Stoystown, PA. One of the owners at the track, raced himself for 4 years at Jennerstown, Motordrome, Clearfield, Hickory, Big Diamond, Grandview, Linda, and Pathvalley Speedways. Hemminger raced in the Pure Stock, Street Stock, and Dwarf Car divisions at multiple tracks, totaling 3 track Dwarf Championships. In 1992, Hemminger took home the National Dwarf Championship.

Throughout his career, his biggest supporter has been his wife, Georgia Hemminger. He is honored by his children Rob and Mike and grandchildren Riley, Derrick, Alyssa, and Will Hemminger.

Pace truck driver Gary Boxler was born on March 20, 1953. He has been in the racing industry for 45 years and has only been involved at Jennerstown Speedway. His biggest supporters have been his family and his favorite NASCAR driver is Dale Earnhardt. He is proudly honored by his wife Ruth and children Brian and Brad.