Marty White is heading to the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame.
White was a champion before coming to Kamloops, having won NASCAR`s modified stock class Northwest Championship in 1976 after capturing 24 main-event titles in Langley from 1974 to 1976 to become the first Canadian to win a NASCAR title.
After moving to Kamloops in 1977, White took to the ovals in CAMRA (Canadian American Modified Racing Association) events and won the rookie of the year award and finished third in season points.
At 28, he was the youngest driver in CAMRA history to accomplish the feat.
He won several important races from 1978 to 1984, finishing in the top 10 five times, winning the title in 1982, earning runner-up honours twice, in 1979 and 1983, and winding up third twice, in 1978 and 1980.
White raced in the Northwest Sprint Association, winning races in Portland and Victoria.
He was fourth in the season point standings in 1990.
In 1991, he was hired to pilot the car the late Billy Vukovich III drove in NASCAR and he finished third in Phoenix.
He raced along the west coast in the Fire and Fury super-modified series, before retiring in 1994
Watching his sons Jason and Jim competing in NASCAR’s Canadian Tire Series re-sparked his love affair with the sport.
Watching his sons Jason and Jim competing in NASCAR’s Canadian Tire Series re-sparked his love affair with the sport.
The induction ceremony will be held on April 11 in the Grand Hall at Thompson Rivers University.
The event gets underway at 6 p.m.
Sam Lenarduzzi of B.C. soccer fame will be the guest speaker. Tickets are $45 and will be available at the Interior Savings Centre Box office.
Former Kamloops Blazers’ general manager Bob Brown heads the class of 2015.
Brown will be joined by White, Jack McDonald and Bob Cowden.
The Kamloops Rangers will enter the Hall in the team category.
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