SCCA Hall of Fame Inductees for 2024
CenDiv SCCA is proud to announce two very special Inductees to the SCCA Hall of Fame; Terry Ozment and Fred Wacker Jr.
The Sports Car Club of America® is proud to announce the distinguished group of five who will next enter the SCCA Hall of Fame. Anatoly Arutunoff, Bruce Foss, Victoria “Vicki” O’Connor, Terry Ozment, and Fred Wacker Jr. will join the SCCA Hall of Fame as the class of 2024, joining the barely 100 others who have been presented with the honor since the creation of the SCCA Hall of Fame in 2005.
Read the entire article on the other important inductees at, 2023 SCCA Hall of Fame Inductees Announced – Sports Car Club of America
Terry Ozment
Terry Ozment has a long and illustrious history of involvement in SCCA leadership at the Regional, Divisional, National, and professional levels.
Joining Land O’Lakes Region in 1980 and serving the Club in many capacities, Ozment held licenses in Flagging and Communications, Registration, Race Chairman, Timing and Scoring, and Steward, and served as the CENDiv scheduling representative for five years. She was also on the Region’s board as treasurer, and served on the 1983 National Convention Committee, conducting seminars in creativity and volunteer management.
In 1986, Ozment moved to Chicago, serving on that Region’s board in multiple capacities and spent two years as the Regional Executive. She was also active on many Divisional committees and was an active steward, including terms as Chief Steward for the June Sprints and Chief of Protest Central at the Mid-Ohio Runoffs.
In 1996, she joined the SCCA staff. Ozment’s accomplishments as SCCA’s Vice President of Club Racing include implementing a member-friendly attitude toward customer service, defining volunteer positions, and updating the structure of the volunteer program. Ozment managed the Runoffs efforts at five different venues and directed preliminary planning for a sixth, applied for – and received – a $50,000 grant from the McLaren Foundation to fund training and annual reviews of track safety, led the staff launch of the U.S. Majors Tour program, streamlined the Club’s competition licensing program, and more.
Even though she was no longer a Wisconsin resident, Ozment was awarded the state’s Governor’s Cup in 2013 in recognition for her long-time service in motorsports. Then in 2015, a year after departing the SCCA staff, she was presented with the John McGill Award.
After leaving the SCCA National Office, Ozment was hired by SVRA and then migrated to a leadership position with the Trans Am Race Group, both of which are collaborators with SCCA Pro Racing. In those roles, she continued to implement changes to improve the racing experience for participants, officials, and course workers.
When dealing with any issue, her first question was: “What is the right thing to do for the members?” SCCA is most certainly a better organization due to her attitude, example, and dedication.
Fred Wacker Jr
Fred Wacker Jr. was an early and – it could be said – founding member of the SCCA. Wacker was the co-founder of SCCA’s Chicago Region in which he served as Regional Executive for three terms from 1948-’50. Then in 1952 and ’53, Wacker served SCCA as its president.
An accomplished racer, Wacker participated not only in the States, but also in Europe in Grand Prix and Formula One racing. In fact, Chicago Region’s Driver of the Year Award is named in Wacker’s honor.
But in the early years of racing, there were no dedicated racing courses, so SCCA races were held on the streets of cities such as Watkins Glen, where Wacker was an active participant. Unfortunately, Wacker was involved in an accident while racing at Watkins Glen in 1952, resulting in spectator injuries and one fatality. This accident prompted him and his peers to place more emphasis on safety issues as well as securing permanent racing environments that would increase safety for spectators as well as drivers.
Alongside Jim Kimberly (SCCA Hall of Fame, class of 2009), the two set out in Kimberly’s plane searching for land for a racetrack – a search resulting in what is now Road America. But the search didn’t end there. With his peers at his side, Wacker met with General Curtis LeMay (SCCA Hall of Fame, class of 2007), helping convince him to allow the use of air bases for road racing activities.
The act of moving racing to dedicated circuits and airports placed road racing and SCCA in front of the public with a safer and more secure environment, ultimately changing motorsports into what it has become today.
