The SCCA H Production Hall of Fame was independently created in 2025 by the H Production Nationwide Points Championship (HPNPC) to honor and recognize the drivers, crew, fabricators, and volunteers who helped shape the class over its nearly 70-year history.
More than 1,600 votes were received from past and present SCCA® members, with the HP Hall of Fame selection committee taking the top five vote receivers and selecting two individuals to induct into the HP Hall of Fame in 2026.
The 2026 class for the SCCA H Production Hall of Fame is Ron Bartell and Steve Sargis. These two racers join Randy Canfield, Cat Kizer, and Ray Stone as members of the H Prod Hall of Fame.
An induction ceremony will be held at the 5th Annual Captn Mikee Cummings H Production Invitational on Aug. 8, 2026, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, with all supporters of the HP class encouraged to attend. During this race weekend, H Production receives its own run group and a 20-lap feature race, with more than 30 H Prod cars being entered in this event each year. In other words, this is a weekend to remember.
Read on to learn more about this year’s H Production Hall of Fame inductees.
Ron Bartell
Ron Bartell and the famed "Valvoline Midget" were a staple in H Production for a 40-year span. During that time, Ron amassed many National wins, set track records, and was a true competitor. Out of 27 SCCA National Championship Runoffs® starts, Ron amassed 19 top 10 finishes and qualified on the front two rows 16 times. He was the back-to-back SCCA National Champion in 2000-’01, nearly pulling off the three-peat in 2002.
During his 50-plus year racing career, Ron earned two National Championships, six total Runoffs podiums, somewhere north of 75 National wins, many Divisional Championships, six Runoffs poles, and was the 2001 Northeast Division Driver of the Year. He set lap records all around the country, including tracks like Watkins Glen, Sebring, Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio, and Bridgehampton, and had 10 active lap records when he retired in 2019, including one at VIR during the Runoffs on his last lap at speed.
Ron was always active in supporting British roadsters in H Production, petitioning the Club Racing Board (CRB) for adjustments to achieve parity and providing a basis for comparison when the former G Production cars were brought into H. For example, after blowing a freshly rebuilt 948cc race motor at the 2005 Runoffs, Ron made an impassioned plea to the CRB to allow the limited-prep version of the 1,275cc motor in the full-prep chassis, a configuration that is still used today. This allowed the British roadsters to remain competitive in H and contributed to the health of the class as we know it today.
Steve Sargis
Steve Sargis is arguably the most successful Spitfire racer in SCCA history. Starting his racing career in GP and winning his first three Runoffs championships in that class, Steve then moved to FP and GT-Lite for the next 16 years, winning four championships in that timeframe, including a one-off in HP at Road America in 2010.
Sargis moved to HP full time in 2018, and since then, he has never started a Runoffs race lower than third on the grid, amassing seven podiums in eight Runoffs starts in HP. His 2025 triumph (pun intended) at Road America put him in a three-way tie with Tom Feller and Adam Malley for the second most H Production championships in history, one shy of the all-time record of five championships held by the legendary Randy Canfield.
The nomination window for the 2027 H Production Hall of Fame class will open following the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in October 2026, with the voting window lasting the entire month of November.
