The Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame revealed its Class of 2025 on Tuesday, featuring eight names across each major discipline from desert racing to short course.

The induction ceremony will take place at South Point Hotel in Las Vegas on November 2.

Frank Currie

Currie Enterprises is one of the most prominent drivetrain and rear-end manufacturers in the off-road world today. However, it started out of the garage of a man named Frank Currie.

Born in 1929, Currie served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He began fabricaing rear-ends for specialty vehicles like scissor lifts and carts in 1959, marking the start of the family company. Currie Enterprises expanded from there, moving into a 5,000-square-foot building in 1964 before his sons Charlie, John, and Raymond started working for him as machinists a decade later. The catalog also diversified to include vehicles like Chevrolets, Fords, and especially Jeeps. Roadsters (particularly the 1932 Ford) and dragsters were among Currie’s main personal projects.

Currie was no slouch behind the wheel too. He competed in the Great Race for 20 years, driving cars like a 1910 Selden and 1920 Packard and winning the 1991 edition with the former alongside Ray. He was inducted into the Great Race Hall of Fame in 1997.

Off road, he and John competed in the first ever rock crawling event at Las Cruces, New Mexico, in 1998 with a Jeep TJ Wrangler nicknamed “Rocky Road”. The Curries would become a dynasty in the rock crawling world, enjoying success at King of the Hammers and Ultra4. His grandson Casey even became the first American driver to win the Dakar Rally when he was the fastest UTV in 2020.

He passed away in 2016 at he age of 87.

“My Grandpa dedicated his life to helping others and had a passion for performance like no one else I’ve ever known,” Casey Currie stated. “It’s an incredible honor to see him inducted into the Off-Road Hall of Fame. I miss him every single day, and this November, we’ll celebrate all that he accomplished.”

Bob Fox

Need shocks absorbers on your Trophy Truck or mountain bike? FOX has you covered, and you can thank Bob Fox for that.

Fox was a motocross rider who designed an air shock absorber for his bike in 1974. He and his brother Geoff refined the product into the FOX AirShox the following year, which went on to help Kent Howerton win the 1976 AMA 500cc Motocross National Championship and Marty Smith the 1977 title.

In 1978, FOX Factory, Inc. was born. The company’s shocks would see extensive use across a wide array of disciplines. While mainly associated with motocross and desert racing today, especially as Justin Lofton’s primary sponsor in SCORE, FOX shocks would also win the 1982 AMA Superbike Championship with Eddie Lawson along with the 1983 Indianapolis 500 and CART title with Tom Sneva.

Nate Hunt

Nate Hunt joins the Hall of Fame’s annals after serving on the ORMHOF’s nomination committee and board of directors.

For over 20 years, he was the off-road program manager for Jackson Marketing Group. Most of his roles have been behind the scenes, such as developing the route and GPS files for SCORE races and coordinating events for BMW and Volvo.

Since March, he has worked as Series and Sales Manager for BFGoodrich’s racing department.

“Very humbled, honored and blown away by this,” wrote Hunt on his selection for the Hall. “The off road family has become truly that to me. A family.”

Mike Julson

In 1975, Mike Julson’s father and former Navy civilian engineer Jim built them a 1200cc Class 9 car to race. It quickly proved to be a hit, and the older Julson set up shop to build off-road cars on a full-time basis by 1978. Jimco Racing was born.

After Jim retired in 1989, Mike took over the company. In addition to overseeing Jimco, he “tested” their products by racing them in the desert. He is a three-time Class 1 winner of the Baja 500 with victories in 1983, 1995, and 2010, while also claiming the 2002 Baja 1000 in the category.

In 2003, he and Corky McMillin shared SCORE Person of the Year. Jimco has also claimed a record 25 SCORE Chassis Manufacturer Title of the Year titles.

Julson semi-retired in 2016 and Jimco was acquired by fellow ORMHOF inductee Robbie Pierce two years later. The company is currently owned by Rafael Navarro and his family.

Lonnie McCurry Sr.

In the bayou of Louisiana, Lonnie McCurry Sr. was the man behind Lonnie McCurry’s 4-Wheel Drive Center, a backyard shop that he and his wife Nell created in 1971 to soup up vehicles for mud digging.

In 1974, the McCurrys opened Skyjacker Suspensions to build lift kits and suspension systems. Since then, the company has become a star at SEMA with multiple awards and services.

McCurry would develop products for a vast array of marques including Chevrolet, Ford, Jeep, and International Harvester. He would even help build custom suspensions for the military.

In 2004, he was named one of the Top Five Most Influential People by Off-Road Business Magazine.

Keith Purmal

From the Mint 400 to Best In The Desert, Keith Purmal is the guy running the show on radio communications. If a competitor is in need of their chase crew or wants to notify officials that they’re out of the race, he’s the guy you want to talk to.

Purmal has been overseeing desert race comms for over 40 years. He’s worked with series like BITD, UNLTD, and the Legacy Racing Association, all of whom credit Purmal with keeping a cool head in an otherwise very tumultuous environment.

“Thanks to so many for this honor but first the volunteers that make off road racing happen,” wrote Purmal. “Also the friends & family that did the work to nominate me: Dave Nehrbass, Kyle Purmal, Jason Cobb, Donald & Kristy Jackson, Liz Marshall, Bryan Folks, Matt & Josh Martelli. And most importantly Cyndie for making the long hours on the mountain top fun and safe for everyone at the races and all the unseen preparations and work beforehand. I’m honored, humbled and grateful.”

Clyde Stacy

Clyde Stacy is a mainstay of the SCORE World Desert Championship with his #5 Trophy Truck. After racing in a variety of classes with titles, he moved up to TT in 2013 and strung together six Rod Hall Milestone Awards for completing every mile in every race.

The Bristol native is the owner of RPM Offroad, which offers off-road performance and aftermarket parts. The team banner ahs enjoyed success in series like SCORE, BITD, and even the Stadium Super Trucks with Robby Gordon and Apdaly Lopez. Of course, Stacy himself has won too in the Trophy Truck Legends class, including TT Legends at the 2018 Baja 1000.

Gordon, a close family friend and 2019 ORMHOF inductee, currently races Stacy’s #5 in SCORE.

Dan Vanden Heuvel

Dan Vanden Heuvel was a star in virtually every short course series. “The Flying Dutchman” won three Class 13 crowns in the original SODA, the Pro 2WD title in the short-lived Championship Off-Road Racing, and has also enjoyed success in TORC.

In 2009, he was a founding member and the first president of Midwest Off Road Racing, who organizes sportsman short course such as the Sportsman categories at Championship Off-Road weekends. Vanden Heuvel was also interim president for SODA’s spiritual successor of the same name for a short time.

The family-run Flying Dutchman Off-Road currently competes in Championship Off-Road and has built trucks for those like 2024 Pro SPEC champ Dylan Parsons. Carter Vanden Heuvel currently carries on the family legacy in buggies.