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Induction Classes

These lists cover the 1st Annual class in 2013 through the 14th Annual class in 2026. The 2013 ceremony was billed as the 1st Annual, and the 2024 ceremony as the 12th Annual; later classes follow that count, including the Class of 2020, which was inducted together with the Class of 2021.

Each class is drawn from published sources, including the Hall’s earlier website (saved in the Internet Archive), Gauge Magazine, MotorTrend and others. Entries that rest on a single source, or where the sources disagree, are marked Unconfirmed. If you have a program, flyer or correction, please Help us confirm.

Class of 2026 14th Annual

Inducted at the 14th Annual Awards Ceremony, November 2, 2026, 7:30 PM, at Hogs & Heifers Saloon, Plaza Hotel & Casino, 1 S. Main St, Las Vegas, NV, held at the Freaks of Nature 18th Annual SEMA Kick Off Party.

Sources

  1. Mini Truck Hall of Fame, official 2026 ceremony flyer, “14th Annual Mini Truck Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony,” November 2, 2026.

Class of 2025 13th Annual

Monday, November 3, 2025, 8:00 PM, at Atomic Golf, 1850 S. Main St., Las Vegas, NV 89104, at the Freaks of Nature Seventeenth Annual SEMA Kick Off Party. This year’s ceremony was not at Hogs & Heifers Saloon. Unconfirmed Help us confirm

Ceremony details, including the Atomic Golf venue, come from a single published source.

Sources

  1. Gauge Magazine, “Mini Truck Hall of Fame 2025”: https://gaugemagazine.com/mini-truck-hall-of-fame-2025/
  2. Castuner / Our Lifestyle Podcast, “David Hardin ‘Red Hot’ - 2025 Mini Truck Hall of Fame Inductee”: https://www.castuner.com/p/321701/mini-truckin-pop-culture-hq-our-lifestyle-podcast-olp/e/2c2888b784e3

Class of 2024 12th Annual

Monday, November 4, 2024, at Hogs & Heifers Saloon, Las Vegas, during the Freaks of Nature 16th Annual SEMA Kickoff Party. The class was announced in June 2024 on the Our Lifestyle Podcast. Unconfirmed Help us confirm

Date and venue come from a single published source. The 2024 ceremony was billed as the 12th Annual Induction Ceremony.

Sources

  1. Gauge Magazine, “Mini Truck Hall of Fame 2024”: https://gaugemagazine.com/mini-truck-hall-of-fame-2024/
  2. Our Lifestyle Podcast, “2024 Mini Truck Hall of Fame Inductees + MORE!,” June 19, 2024: https://ourlifestylepodcast.podbean.com/e/mini-truck-hall-of-fame-inductees-more/

Class of 2023 11th Annual

Monday, October 30, 2023, at Hogs & Heifers Saloon, Las Vegas, at the SEMA 2023 Pre-Party (described as the 15th annual) presented by Freaks of Nature. Unconfirmed Help us confirm

Date and venue come from a single published source.

Sources

  1. Gauge Magazine, “SEMA 2023 Pre-Party presented by Freaks of Nature”: https://gaugemagazine.com/sema-2023-pre-party-presented-by-freaks-of-nature/

Class of 2022 10th Annual

Monday, October 31, 2022, 6:00 PM, at Hogs & Heifers Saloon, Las Vegas, at the SEMA 2022 Freaks of Nature Pre Party. Inductees were announced around May 2022.

Categories for this class were not published in the source we have, so they are listed as uncategorized. That source names eight inductees; there may have been a ninth.

Sources

  1. Gauge Magazine, “SEMA 2022 Freaks of Nature Pre Party” (October 31, 2022): https://gaugemagazine.com/sema-2022-freaks-of-nature-pre-party/
  2. Jason Ballard, “SEMA Mini Truckin & More,” November 4, 2022: https://bd94s10.wordpress.com/2022/11/04/sema-mini-truckin-more/
  3. Jason Ballard, “Mini Truck Scene Updates & More,” May 13, 2022: https://bd94s10.wordpress.com/2022/05/13/mini-truck-scene-updates-more/

Class of 2020/2021 8th and 9th Annual

The Classes of 2020 and 2021 were inducted together on Monday, November 1, 2021, at Hogs & Heifers Saloon, Las Vegas, at the SEMA 2021 Freaks of Nature Pre Party. SEMA was not held in person in 2020.

Which inductee belongs to which class year is not known. One published list gives 11 names, including two Show and two Club entries. Jennifer Lacy / Jenn Lacey was already being named as a Memorial Award inductee in April 2020, which may place that honor in 2020, but the rest of the year split is unconfirmed.

Sources

  1. Gauge Magazine, “SEMA 2021 Freaks of Nature Pre Party” (November 1, 2021): https://gaugemagazine.com/sema-2021-freaks-of-nature-pre-party/
  2. @bd94s10 on X, November 2021, Mini Truck Hall of Fame at Hogs & Heifers Saloon: https://x.com/bd94s10/status/1457016587278589954
  3. Jason “ODB” Ballard, “SEMA 2021 Preview,” October 29, 2021 (Bob Hase discussing the 2020/2021 inductees): https://bd94s10.wordpress.com/2021/10/29/sema-2021-preview/
  4. Our Lifestyle Podcast on X, April 4, 2020, naming Jennifer Lacy as a Mini Truck Memorial Award inductee: https://x.com/OurLifestylePod/status/1246563070119497728

Class of 2019 7th Annual

Monday, November 4, 2019, in Las Vegas. The ceremony moved that year from Hogs & Heifers Saloon to a location described as “300 N Casino Drive next to the mob museum” (quoted as printed). Unconfirmed Help us confirm

The date is confirmed. The exact street address of the 2019 venue is unconfirmed and is quoted as it was printed.

Sources

  1. Gauge Magazine, “Freaks of Nature SEMA 2019 Kick Off Party”: https://gaugemagazine.com/freaks-of-nature-sema-2019-kick-off-party/
  2. Our Lifestyle Podcast on X, November 4, 2019, Side Show “Tonight… being inducted”: https://x.com/OurLifestylePod/status/1191551629666840576
  3. Jason Ballard, “Ahead of You,” December 19, 2019 (Sean Dell, 2019 Hall of Fame): https://bd94s10.wordpress.com/2019/12/19/ahead-of-you/

Class of 2018 6th Annual

At Hogs & Heifers Saloon (on 3rd St.), Las Vegas, at the Freaks of Nature SEMA Pre-Party. The date appears to have been Monday, October 29, 2018, based on a post the next morning that referred to the Hall of Fame “last night.” Unconfirmed Help us confirm

The venue is confirmed. The October 29, 2018 date is inferred and is marked unconfirmed.

Sources

  1. Gauge Magazine, “Freaks of Nature SEMA Pre-Party 2018”: https://gaugemagazine.com/freaks-nature-sema-pre-party-2018/
  2. @lincolnaddict on X, October 30, 2018, referring to the Mini Truck Hall of Fame “last night”: https://x.com/lincolnaddict/status/1057248569181290497
  3. Count’s Kustoms on X, October 30, 2018, noting ryanatcounts inducted for custom paint: https://x.com/CountsKustoms/status/1057295887389638658
  4. Our Lifestyle Podcast, Episode 75, Mike Finnegan (notes a 2018 induction): https://ourlifestylepodcast.podbean.com/e/olp-ep-75-mike-finnegan%e2%80%9d/
  5. Jason Ballard, “Assorted Miniatures & Showfest” (Showfest voted in 2018): https://bd94s10.wordpress.com/2020/05/15/assorted-miniatures-showfest/
  6. @ErwinMojica on X, November 2018, Flojos as the “6th club inducted”: https://x.com/ErwinMojica/status/1058958188521840641
  7. Our Lifestyle Podcast, “FLOJOS” episode (club voted in 2018): https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/mini-truckin-pop/flojos-afti1rqIspK/

Class of 2017 5th Annual

Monday, October 30, 2017, outside Hogs & Heifers Saloon near Fremont Street, Las Vegas, at the Freaks of Nature SEMA Kick Off Party, held the day before SEMA opened.

Sources

  1. Gauge Magazine, “SEMA 2017 Freaks of Nature Kick Off Party”: https://gaugemagazine.com/sema-2017-freaks-nature-kick-off-party/
  2. Anthony Soos, “Mini Truck Hall of Fame Awards - 2017 #TENSEMA17,” MotorTrend, November 1, 2017: https://www.motortrend.com/news/1710-mini-truck-hall-of-fame-awards-2017-tensema17
  3. @SuperFlyAutos on X, October 30, 2017, Juan Trevino inducted: https://x.com/SuperFlyAutos/status/925207788669800448

Class of 2016 4th Annual

Monday, October 31, 2016 (Halloween), at Hogs & Heifers Saloon, Las Vegas.

Sources

  1. Official Mini Truck Hall of Fame website, 2016 inductees (Internet Archive, October 30, 2016): https://web.archive.org/web/20161030005706/http://minitruckhalloffame.com/inductees/inductees-2016/
  2. Gauge Magazine, “Freaks of Nature SEMA Kick Off Party 2016” (October 31, 2016): https://gaugemagazine.com/freaks-nature-sema-kick-off-party-2016/
  3. Our Lifestyle Podcast on X, photos taken “10.31.16 at the Mini Truck Hall of Fame ceremony”: https://x.com/OurLifestylePod/status/1252015337991782402
  4. Celebri biography of Erik Coleman (notes a posthumous induction on Halloween night 2016): https://mu.celebri.com/name/erik-coleman-2473155
  5. Our Lifestyle Podcast, “Down II Earth w/ Chris Couto,” April 10, 2020: https://ourlifestylepodcast.podbean.com/e/down-ii-earth-w-chris-couto/
  6. @dabingeTrader on X, October 24, 2016, congratulating Godfathers and others being inducted: https://x.com/dabingeTrader/status/790548069511204864

Class of 2015 3rd Annual

Monday, November 2, 2015, at Hogs & Heifers Saloon, Las Vegas, during the Freaks of Nature SEMA Kick Off Party.

This appears to be the first year the lifetime honor was named the Courtney Halowell Lifetime Achievement Award; 2014 is listed only as a Lifetime Achievement Award. No Memorial Award is listed for 2015 in the sources we have.

Sources

  1. Official Mini Truck Hall of Fame website, Awards page listing the 2013–2015 classes (Internet Archive, March 21, 2016): https://web.archive.org/web/20160321054348/http://minitruckhalloffame.com/inductees/awards/
  2. Gauge Magazine, “Freaks of Nature SEMA Kick Off Party 2015” (November 2, 2015): https://gaugemagazine.com/freaks-of-nature-sema-kick-off-party-2015/
  3. Jason Ballard, “SEMA 2015 – Insane In The Membrane,” November 2, 2015: https://bd94s10.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/sema-2015-insane-in-the-membrane/
  4. Our Lifestyle Podcast on X, “11.2.15 @ Mini Truck Hall of Fame”: https://x.com/OurLifestylePod/status/1176527776867897344
  5. Our Lifestyle Podcast, Episode 7 (2015 Hall of Fame; Pat Nicholl, “Ballistic”): https://ourlifestylepodcast.podbean.com/e/our-lifestyle-episode-7-%e2%80%9cold-school-vs-new-school-west-coast-edition/
  6. GoFundMe for Sean Mahaney (2017; notes a 2015 Mini-Truck Hall of Fame induction): https://www.gofundme.com/f/we-will-miss-you-sean-mahaney

Class of 2014 2nd Annual

The date and venue of the 2014 ceremony have not been confirmed. A Freaks of Nature SEMA Kick Off Party was held Monday, November 3, 2014, at Hogs & Heifers Saloon, but no source we found explicitly ties the Hall of Fame ceremony to that night. Unconfirmed Help us confirm

Sources

  1. Official Mini Truck Hall of Fame website, Awards page listing the 2013–2015 classes (Internet Archive, March 21, 2016): https://web.archive.org/web/20160321054348/http://minitruckhalloffame.com/inductees/awards/
  2. Gauge Magazine, “Freaks of Nature SEMA 2014 Kick Off Party” (November 3, 2014): https://gaugemagazine.com/freaks-of-nature-sema-2014-kick-off-party-1417538069/

Class of 2013 1st Annual

Monday, November 4, 2013, 7:00 PM, at Hogs & Heifers, Las Vegas, as part of the Freaks of Nature SEMA Kick Off Party.

Sources

  1. Official Mini Truck Hall of Fame website, Awards page listing the 2013–2015 classes (Internet Archive, March 21, 2016): https://web.archive.org/web/20160321054348/http://minitruckhalloffame.com/inductees/awards/
  2. Official Mini Truck Hall of Fame website, Courtney Halowell biography (Internet Archive, March 21, 2016): https://web.archive.org/web/20160321001554/http://minitruckhalloffame.com/inductees/inductees-2013/courtney-halowell/
  3. Ratsun Forums, “Mini trucking hall of fame inductions…” (October–December 2013; includes Mike Lepker’s posts, the 2013 class list, and a repost of a 2008 Mini Truckin’ magazine article): https://ratsun.net/topic/58189-mini-trucking-hall-of-fame-inductions/
  4. Gauge Magazine, “Freaks of Nature SEMA Kick Off Party 2013”: https://gaugemagazine.com/freaks-of-nature-sema-kick-off-party-2013/
  5. K&N blog, “Brian Jendro was voted into Trucking/Mini Truck Hall of Fame at 2013 SEMA”: https://www.knfilters.com/blog/brian-jendro-was-voted-into-trucking-mini-truck-hall-of-fame-at-2013-sema/

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