Yamalube/Westby Racing’s Dane Westby
Inducted Into CMRA Hall of Fame
Fort Worth, TX - December 5, 2015 – On Saturday, during the Central Motorcycle Roadracing
Association (CMRA) Annual Awards Banquet, legendary and beloved motorcycle roadracer and
CMRA member Dane Westby of Tulsa, OK, was posthumously inducted in the CMRA’s Hall of
Fame.
It was a poignant and emotional celebration for all in attendance, and especially for Dane’s
father Tryg, who is the team owner of Yamalube/Westby Racing; Dane’s sister Scarlett; close
friend and Yamalube/Westby Racing crew chief Chuck Giacchetto; Dane’s girlfriend and fellow
motorcycle roadracer Patricia Fernandez; and other Westby Racing representatives and friends.
Chuck Giacchetto spoke on behalf of Dane at the induction ceremony.
Dane was a very successful racer in the CMRA, having won multiple sprint and endurance
races, as well as season championships and records for fastest laps at CMRA-sanctioned
racetracks.
A highly skilled rider and topnotch athlete with a near-constant smile and unwavering optimism,
Dane was killed in a streetbike accident in his hometown of Tulsa this past March. He was 28
years old.
On Saturday, December 5, Dane Westby was inducted into the Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA) Hall of Fame. This photo was taken on Sunday, May 20, 2007, at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit in Oklahoma, during Round Four of the 2007 CMRA season. Dane won a total of five CMRA sprint races that day, including a victory in Super Stock A, a race in which he broke the Hallett track record with a lap of 1:16.326.
