Boyne Machine Hall of Fame:
Members:
Dick Carter 2008 Driver
Ray Baker 2008 Engine Builder
Ed Howe 2008 Driver/Car Builder
Ralph Baker 2007 Driver
John Benson Sr. 2006 Driver
Gail Cobb 2007 Driver
Bob Knight 2006 Driver
Jimmy Meyer 2007 Flagman
Chet & Rose Mysliwiec
2005 Track Owner/Operator
Chuck Mysliwiec 2005 Track Owner/Operator
Dick Mysliwiec 2005 Track Owner/Operator
Harry Obie 2006 Car Owner/Innovator

 

2008 Inductees:

Ray Baker - Engine Builder (Spring Lake)
(b. Aug. 30, 1942) - One of the premier engine builders in Berlin Raceway history, Ray Baker has built winning engines for the likes of Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt, Sr, Neil Bonnett, and Darrell Waltrip. From 1966 to 1994, the founder and former operator of Baker Engineered Racing Engines supplied engines for Berlin drivers Bob Senneker, Butch Miller, Fred Campbell, Mike Eddy, Ed Howe, Tom Maier, John Benson Sr, Randy Sweet, Bob Sensiba and Don Rand, plus many others.

Dick Carter - Driver (Breckenridge)
(b. Aug. 17, 1934-d. Aug. 14, 1965) - One of the greatest dirt-track racers of all time in Michigan, Carter began racing at Berlin in 1955 and won the 1957 Season Championship by lapping the entire field of cars in 100 laps. He also won the Spring Championship race in '61 and the Tri-State Championship race in '63. Carter holds the supermodified track record on Berlin's half-mile dirt track at 22.16. Carter's outstanding racing career was cut short on August 14, 1965, when he died in a crash while leading the field (after setting fast time, winning the fast car dash and winning his heat race).

Ed Howe - Driver and Car Builder (Beaverton)
(b. Dec. 9, 1938) - In addition to over 200 feature wins as a driver, Howe's company, Howe Racing Enterprises (which he still owns and operates), revolutionized the Late Model chassis. He has had drivers in his house car such as Bob Senneker, Tom Maier, Mike Eddy, Larry Moore, and Rodney Combs.