The father-and-son racing team of Calvin (Cal) and Christian (CJ) Crosslin to be inducted to the Daytona 200 Monument on Wednesday, March 9th at 10:00 a.m.

In 2015, the 74th running of the United States’ most prestigious endurance race, the Daytona 200, this father-and-son duo fulfilled a lifelong dream of racing and completing the classic race at the World Center of racing.  And, they got to do so together. They are the first father and son to complete the Daytona 200 in the same race since the event moved from the beach to the speedway in 1961.

Their TOBC Racing teammate Danny Eslick also won that race. This marked Eslick’s second win and also made TOBC Racing’s new team owner, Michelle Lindsay, the first female team owner to win the historic race.

It was an emotional victory for everyone involved as it was in honor of their late founder Jon Couch, who had passed just six months prior to the event.

Cal began racing in the early 90’s and spent most of his time cultivating his passion as a coach and director of various track day organizations.  One career highlight was winning the AMA Amateur Superbike 1000 National Championship at Virginia International Raceway (VIR).

CJ quickly followed suit for his father’s passion and began racing in 2011 and became an AMA/MotoAmerica Pro in 2014

Some notable highlights of his career, so far, include a top-five finish at VIR in 600 Superstock and a top-10 finish in the series points despite only competing in a few rounds.

Calvin and CJ began endurance racing with TOBC in 2012.  The team enjoyed a great deal of success, winning several national endurance and sprint championships in various classes while having an enormous amount of fun in the process.

Endurance racing can be far more challenging and rewarding than sprint racing due to all the variables involved.  The Daytona 200 remains one of the world’s most premier endurance races, and Cal and CJ always dreamed of competing together.  CJ finished 18th and Cal finished 31st, both riding TOBC Racing-prepared Suzuki GSX-R600s.

The duo pays homage to each other when racing by using each other’s birthday as their competition numbers, 409 and 428. As well as 166 and 66 in honor of the late Jon Couch, the original owner and creator of TOBC Racing.  Currently, the two are partnered up with Ned (Peanut) Brown Racing under the Crosslin Racing/N2 Escape umbrella.

“It is such an honor to be added to the Daytona 200 monument, amongst so many prolific names in road racing,” said Cal Crosslin. “There is a story behind each of these plaques and we are grateful to add our endeavor to it.”