1993 Hall of Fame Inductee Butch Fedewa Passes Away Thursday

Lansing, MI - Social media came together on Thursday night to offer condolences for a Hall of Fame family. Multiple reports on Facebook said that 1993 Inductee in the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame, Butch Fedewa had passed away. The Fedewa family is synonymous with Michigan Motorsports; the son of Wilson Fedewa, a class of 1982 inductee, brother of 1992 inductee, Gary Fedewa, and father to 2014 inductee, Tim Fedewa.

As of this posting, service information has not been announced.

Butch Fedewa's Entry into the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame:

Butch ran many different divisions of racing in his illustrious career, including super modifieds, sprint cars, midgets and late models. Butch, who's father, Willie, and younger brother Gary are also in the Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame, started his driving career in 1953 at Capital City Speedway and amassed about 300 feature wins before hanging up his helmet in 1982.

Butch was probably best known for running the Max Dowker super modified. In 1980 he completely dominated the TRI-SAC season by winning all nine events and easily went on to win the TRI-SAC championship as he accumulated nearly double the points of his nearest competitor Marv Carman. Butch also set a new worlds record for a 3/8 mile paved track at Kalamazoo Speedway. Over the years he won championships at Capital City Speedway, Spartan Speedway, Owosso Speedway and Kalamazoo Speedway.

Some of his biggest wins were the Ed Jones Memorial at Owosso Speedway, the Dri-Powr 200 at Crystal Raceway, the Baldy Baker Memorial at Midvale Speedway in Ohio, and the Willie Fedewa Memorial race at Spartan Speedway.

Some of Butch's proudest moments were in winning four sportsmanship awards and the Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club Achievement Award in 1980.