Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame announces Class of 2020
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he 2020 inductees have been announced Nominees are required to have had fifteen for this year’s Off-Road Motorsports Hall years involvement in off-road motorsports. of Fame. Every year, off-road legends who Independent members of the off-road commuhave contributed to the sport are nominated nity and members of the Hall of Fame board of for induction. There are three categories that directors vote on the nominees for induction. include: Competition, Recreation and Pioneer. Bob Bower started his off-road career as a program manager for BFG in 1977. Since then he has held a variety of roles within the community that include pit volunteer, chase crew, team manager, co-driver, winning driver and even ESPN TV color analyst. Bower takes safety in Baja seriously, making detailed maps in the early days before GPS devices. His team at BFG would distribute those maps to the masses. Bower wrote a “What about you?” piece that is still included in many chase books today. The piece focuses on keeping you and your team safe during the race. Bower has been responsible for helping shape the careers of many bigname drivers today.
Dean Bulloch started his career with motocross and snowmobile drag racing. He built a NHRA drag bike with countless series wins. Bulloch built a rock buggy 1998, winning over 80 events, 16 titles and 5 championships. Bullock built a car worthy of competing in King of the Hammers and soon got involved with building Artic Cat Wildcat UTV’s to compete in a variety of series. Bulloch retired from the driver’s seat in 2019 but remains active as a team owner. DIRTSPORTSWORLD.COM | 21
