Two of his car owners were 2008 HOF Inductees Morgan Chandler and Porter Lanigan.
"I still long to race," McWilliams says.
-Bill Holder
Gary StuhlerPennsylvania
Greencastle, Pennsylvania's Gary Stuhler is currently competing in his 31st season at the wheel of a dirt racing machine. His driving prowess has landed him in the seat of several famous car owners, including Bobby Allen, Speedy Hayes, and Dale Beitler, and Stuhler is currently plying his trade for Nininger Racing.
But the soft-spoken driver is the antithesis of his racing moniker, the "Beast of the East." The all-time winningest driver in the history of Hagerstown (Maryland) Speedway has tasted victory up and down the Eastern Seaboard and has also been called "Mr. Smooth" by many, paying homage to his willingness to save his equipment until the moment dictates that he push the envelope. With hundreds of victories and an utterly amazing record in the special events both at Hagerstown and Winchester (Virginia) speedways, Stuhler has earned the right to take his place in the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame.
To put into perspective the magnitude of his dominance in his region, many drivers have tried to win the Hub City 150 at Hagerstown and the Winchester 200 just down Interstate 81. Not only has Stuhler accomplished that feat, he has won the Hub City three times and has tasted victory in the Winchester 200 an astounding nine times. Couple that with six Stanley Schetrompf Memorial wins, six Johnny Roberts Memorial wins, eight Shorty Bowers/Bull Durham Memorial wins at Hagerstown, not to mention winning in every major sanctioning body in the history of the sport, and it is easy to see that Stuhler's credentials are impeccable.
He has already tasted victory this season and shows no signs of letting up even in his third decade of racing. The quiet man who always seems to be there at the end will no doubt add to his impressive win total and possibly seek to earn his third Hagerstown track title while occasionally stepping out to do battle with the touring pros he has proven very capable of defeating in the past.
-Tony Hammett
Gary WebbIowa
Iowa, forever a hotbed for dirt stock car racing, has contributed yet another of its legendary racers to the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame. Gary Webb, from Bluegrass, Iowa, follows Hawkeye greats and past inductees Ed Sanger and Verlin Eaker during ceremonies for the upcoming 2008 Class.
During his illustrious 36-year career, Webb's phenomenal resume lists 517 feature wins at an incredible 68 tracks in 20 different states.
Through an enormous amount of hard work, dedication to the sport, and raw talent, Webb is easily classified as a master. Over the years, he has filled his trophy room with hardware from 27 track titles, including 17 at his home track of East Moline Speedway in Illinois. When the UMP organization was formed in 1984, Webb jumped aboard and became its first National Champion, a feat he duplicated in 1985. He was also the 1999 NASCAR Regional Weekly Champion. He did it again in 2000 with 16 wins out of 18 races.
In addition, the Hawkeye veteran has registered three IMCA Deery Brothers Summer Series Championships with 22 total wins, and won the All-Iowa Points Championship six times.
He's won the Yankee Dirt Track Classic twice, has three IMCA Supernational wins, two Illinois State Dirt Championships, and many others. One of his most satisfying wins was on the Illinois State Fairgrounds mile-track.
Webb has piloted cars from his own garage much of his career, but has also driven cars owned by others. He's still winning today in his No. 56 car.
-Bob Markos
Paul "Butterball" WooldridgeKentucky
When this legendary dirt racer is posthumously accepted into the 2008 Class of the National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame, his recognition will be long overdue. Nicknamed "Butterball" for his large physical stature, Wooldridge was well recognized for his winning ways on dirt ovals from the 1950s till the 1980s.