In November, we brought you the news about the creation of the H Production Hall of Fame, which was established by the H Production Nationwide Points Championship to honor and recognize the drivers, crew, fabricators, and volunteers who helped shape the SCCA® class over its nearly 70-year history. At that time, the nomination period had ended, but we encouraged you to vote for who would be the inaugural class in the H Prod Hall of Fame.
More than 1,200 votes were received from past and present SCCA members, with the H Production Hall of Fame selection committee taking the top five vote receivers and selecting three individuals to induct into the H Production Hall of Fame in 2024.
The inaugural 2024 Class for the SCCA H Production Hall of Fame is Randy Canfield, Ray Stone, and Cat Kizer.
Randy Canfield
Randy Canfield started racing in 1963 and ran more than 300 National SCCA races before retiring in 2010. During that time, he amassed countless Divisional and Regional titles, track records, and became an H Production legend. Ron Bartell once said, "As far as I'm concerned, there is Randy Canfield, and then there is the rest of us in H Production."
Randy's SCCA National Championship Runoffs® record included 40 events from 1965 to 2006, winning the HP National Championship title five times and scoring 11 runner up finishes. During that period, he missed only two Runoffs, both due to illness.
Most National H Production racers have competed against Randy at some point during his career, and for those who have, all agree that he was the true "gentleman racer." He was the toughest competitor, but fair, and was almost (or possibly literally) never involved in any on-track incident with another car. You could run amazingly close with him and not have to worry about mistakes or sneaky tricks.
Randy was also an asset to SCCA’s Washington DC Region, serving as an instructor at Drivers’ Schools for more than 20 years.
Those who know Randy would say that he has always been a total gentleman, always helpful at and away from the track, and an asset to the SCCA and the sport. He has helped countless other drivers with car setups, driving tips, and more, helping others eventually beat him at the races.
Ray Stone
Ray Stone was an H Production staple in the Northeast Division for more than 30 years and had perhaps the second most iconic bugeye Sprite in the country, only lesser known than Randy Canfield's midnight blue No. 41.
Ray inherited his father's passion for racing, and when he was still in high school, he purchased a water-damaged 1959 bugeye to use as a daily driver until he could obtain a racing license. After four years of honing his skills in hill climbs, Time Trials, and ice racing, Ray entered his first SCCA road race and never looked back.
In 14 Runoffs starts, Ray had six podium finishes, only finished outside the top 10 twice, and short of his maiden Runoffs, he never qualified beyond the third row. Ray was the back-to-back Runoffs champion in 1991 and 1992, and his 1992 half-second victory over Randy Canfield remains one of the most epic Runoffs for the H Production class.
Since hanging up the helmet, Ray has been doing a lot of photography at IMSA and vintage events, and he even climbed back in the driver’s seat of that very same 1959 bugeye a decade ago. Hopefully some day we see the famed red with white split stripes No. 54 right-hand drive bugeye back at the track.
Cat Kizer
Catherine “Cat” Kizer and her husband David shared the Austin Healey Sprite they purchased while living in Dallas, TX, with Cat climbing behind the wheel in 1974. In 1975, Cat won five times and finished second two times in just seven races, earning the Green Valley Racing Association’s Group Five Championship.
When David earned a promotion and the couple moved to Akron, OH, Neohio Region earned two valuable competitors, and the Kizers attacked area tracks like Mid-Ohio, Watkins Glen, Nelson Ledges, Waterford Hills, and more.
Cat’s first Runoffs was in 1978, qualifying a very respectable sixth on the grid, but beginning the second lap of the race (while attempting to overtake third), disaster struck when she was punted off course, flipping end over end. That was the end of her bid for the National Championship and the end of that venerable old Sprite.
During the 1979 season, Cat won four races. At the Mid-Ohio Bonus National sponsored by Red Roof Inns, she became the first woman to win a race in the track’s history and posted a lap record during the race. Cat won the 1979 Central Division Championship to qualify for the Runoffs.
Once there, Cat answered destiny’s call and became the first woman to win the SCCA Runoffs. An inspiring drive from eighth on the grid to take command of the race on lap four and win by a mere 0.162sec over a field that included four previous National Champions, earned Cat the prestigious SCCA President's Cup award.
To prove that it was no fluke, still with Red Roof Inns and Firestone sponsorship, Cat returned to the Classic the following year to defend her title. She qualified on the pole and finished with a bronze medal despite being spun.
Cat was inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame in 2020.
An induction ceremony will be held at the Mike Cummings H Production Invitational on Aug. 9, 2025, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Any and all supporters of the HP class are encouraged to attend. The invitational pays homage to the “glory days” of the Runoffs, with HP getting its own run group and a 20-lap feature race. More than 30 H Prod cars have been entered in each of the first three years of holding this event, and even more are expected in 2025.
The nomination window for the 2025 H Production Hall of Fame class will be open following the 2025 SCCA National Championship Runoffs in October, with the voting window lasting the month of November.
