OBSERVER Photo by Jim Riggs Fredonia High School graduates — and newly inducted members of the Chautauqua County Hall of Fame — Mike Heary and Jenn Stuczynski talk prior to the ceremony.

LAKEWOOD — Just like at the first Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame induction dinner 28 years ago, Monday night’s five inductees had various athletic backgrounds and they were all champions. Pole vaulting, racewalking, auto racing, basketball, football and baseball were just a few of the sports Michael Heary, Mel McGinnis, Joe Mistretta, Jennifer Stuczynski and the late Julian Buesink starred in to earn induction into the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame before a packed house at the Lakewood Rod & Gun Club. Buesink, a Findley Lake native who owned car dealerships in Jamestown and then in Corry, was one of the top stock car owners of his time and is credited as the first to use the multi-car team concept in the early years of NASCAR. In 1950, Buesink was named the car owner of the year by ‘‘Speed Age Magazine.’’ In his 14 years as a car owner (1949-64) in NASCAR, Buesink’s cars recorded two wins, he had 29 top-five finishes and 64 top-10 finishes.