NASCAR Hall of Fame

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I think this warrants a thread all in itself; I think any hall of fame talk would get cluttered in the yearly NASCAR thread.

Inductees in the NASCAR Hall of Fame by year:

2010

Dale Earnhardt, owner-driver and seven time drivers champion;

Bill France, Sr., NASCAR founder and promoter;

Bill France, Jr., promoter who succeeded his father and expanded the sport to national exposure;

Junior Johnson, owner-driver who won six championships as an owner;

Richard Petty, owner-driver who also won seven championships and 200 races as a driver.

2011

Bobby Allison, driver, 84 career wins and 1983 Winston Cup Series Champion;

Ned Jarrett, driver (1961, 1965 Cup Series Champion) and broadcaster;

Bud Moore, car owner and mechanic;

David Pearson, driver, 3 time champion, and second on the all time win list with 105 wins;

Lee Petty, driver, car owner, 3 time champion, and winner of the first Daytona 500.

2012

Richie Evans, driver, nine time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion (Then NASCAR National Modified Series and Winston Modified Tour);

Dale Inman, crew chief, eight time Winston Cup Series champion (1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975,1979 with Richard Petty, and 1984 with Terry Labonte);

Darrell Waltrip, driver, 84 career wins, three time Winston Cup Series champion (1981, 1982, 1985), and broadcaster;

Glen Wood, owner, founder of legendary Wood Brothers Racing team, 98 career wins;

Cale Yarborough, driver, 83 career wins, 4-Time Daytona 500 Winner (1968, 1977, 1983, 1984) and three time Winston Cup Series champion (1976, 1977, 1978).

2013

Buck Baker, driver, 46 career wins, two time Grand National (now Sprint Cup) Champion (1956, 1957);

Cotton Owens, driver, car owner, 9 career wins, owned cars driven by David Pearson and Junior Johnson.

Herb Thomas, driver, 48 career wins, two time Grand National Champion

Rusty Wallace, driver, 55 career wins, 1989 Winston Cup Champion, and broadcaster

Leonard Wood, crew chief, amassed 96 wins as crew chief and helped innovate the modern pit stop​

These are the candidates for the 2014 HOF class (Italics means new nominee for this year):

Red Byron, first NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion, in 1949

Richard Childress, 11-time car owner champion in NASCAR's three national series

Jerry Cook, six-time NASCAR Modified champion

H. Clay Earles, founder of Martinsville Speedway

Tim Flock, two-time NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion

Ray Fox, legendary engine builder and owner of cars driven by Buck Baker, Junior Johnson and others

Anne Bledsoe France, helped build the sport with husband Bill France Sr. Affectionately known as "Annie B.," she is the first woman to be nominated for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Rick Hendrick, 13-time car owner champion in NASCAR's three national series

Jack Ingram, two-time NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series champion and three-time Late Model Sportsman champion

Bobby Isaac, 1970 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion

Dale Jarrett, 1999 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion and three-time Daytona 500 winner

Fred Lorenzen, 26 wins and winner of the Daytona 500 and World 600

Raymond Parks, NASCAR's first champion car owner

Benny Parsons, 1973 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion

Maurice Petty, chief engine builder for Petty Enterprises

Larry Phillips, only five-time NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion

Les Richter, former NASCAR executive; former president of Riverside International Raceway

Fireball Roberts, 33 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series wins, including the 1962 Daytona 500

T. Wayne Robertson, helped raise NASCAR popularity as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company senior VP

Wendell Scott, NASCAR trailblazer was the first African-American NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series race winner, and first to be nominated for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Ralph Seagraves, formed groundbreaking Winston-NASCAR partnership as executive with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

O. Bruton Smith, builder of Charlotte Motor Speedway and architect of Speedway Motorsports Inc.

Curtis Turner, early personality, called the "Babe Ruth of stock car racing"

Joe Weatherly, two-time NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion

Rex White, 1960 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion

(Credit goes to Jayski and Wikipedia)
 
Danica Patrick should be added to the list.

*gets coat*
 
Carl Kiekhaefer & Tim Flock definately need to get in before Maurice Petty
 
Jahgee1124
Carl Kiekhaefer definately needs to get in
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He actually hurt the sport in that he simply won too much (He was 50 years too early), but he should be in eventually simply because of how much he dominated.
Only lock I think for the 2014 class is Dale Jarrett. All the media people like people they've covered when they drove, that's how Rusty got in.
Raymond Parks should of been first class though. Without him there and helping France out on occasion with paying drivers, there would of been no NASCAR
 
Ganon83
He actually hurt the sport in that he simply won too much (He was 50 years too early), but he should be in eventually simply because of how much he dominated.
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Exactly

EDIT: For the OP, you should change the word premier to the name of the series when they won.
 
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Ganon83
I think this warrants a thread all in itself; I think any hall of fame talk would get cluttered in the yearly NASCAR thread.

Inductees in the NASCAR Hall of Fame by year:

2010

Dale Earnhardt, owner-driver and seven time drivers champion;

Bill France, Sr., NASCAR founder and promoter;

Bill France, Jr., promoter who succeeded his father and expanded the sport to national exposure;

Junior Johnson, owner-driver who won six championships as an owner;

Richard Petty, owner-driver who also won seven championships and 200 races as a driver.

2011

Bobby Allison, driver, 84 career wins and 1983 Winston Cup Series Champion;

Ned Jarrett, driver (1961, 1965 Cup Series Champion) and broadcaster;

Bud Moore, car owner and mechanic;

David Pearson, driver, 3 time champion, and second on the all time win list with 105 wins;

Lee Petty, driver, car owner, 3 time champion, and winner of the first Daytona 500.

2012

Richie Evans, driver, nine time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion (Then NASCAR National Modified Series and Winston Modified Tour);

Dale Inman, crew chief, eight time Winston Cup Series champion (1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975,1979 with Richard Petty, and 1984 with Terry Labonte);

Darrell Waltrip, driver, 84 career wins, three time Winston Cup Series champion (1981, 1982, 1985), and broadcaster;

Glen Wood, owner, founder of legendary Wood Brothers Racing team, 98 career wins;

Cale Yarborough, driver, 83 career wins, 4-Time Daytona 500 Winner (1968, 1977, 1983, 1984) and three time Winston Cup Series champion (1976, 1977, 1978).

2013

Buck Baker, driver, 46 career wins, two time Grand National (now Sprint Cup) Champion (1956, 1957);

Cotton Owens, driver, car owner, 9 career wins, owned cars driven by David Pearson and Junior Johnson.

Herb Thomas, driver, 48 career wins, two time Grand National Champion

Rusty Wallace, driver, 55 career wins, 1989 Winston Cup Champion, and broadcaster

Leonard Wood, crew chief, amassed 96 wins as crew chief and helped innovate the modern pit stop​

These are the candidates for the 2014 HOF class (Italics means new nominee for this year):

Red Byron, first NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion, in 1949

Richard Childress, 11-time car owner champion in NASCAR's three national series

Jerry Cook, six-time NASCAR Modified champion

H. Clay Earles, founder of Martinsville Speedway

Tim Flock, two-time NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion

Ray Fox, legendary engine builder and owner of cars driven by Buck Baker, Junior Johnson and others

Anne Bledsoe France, helped build the sport with husband Bill France Sr. Affectionately known as "Annie B.," she is the first woman to be nominated for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Rick Hendrick, 13-time car owner champion in NASCAR's three national series

Jack Ingram, two-time NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series champion and three-time Late Model Sportsman champion

Bobby Isaac, 1970 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion

Dale Jarrett, 1999 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion and three-time Daytona 500 winner

Fred Lorenzen, 26 wins and winner of the Daytona 500 and World 600

Raymond Parks, NASCAR's first champion car owner

Benny Parsons, 1973 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion

Maurice Petty, chief engine builder for Petty Enterprises

Larry Phillips, only five-time NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion

Les Richter, former NASCAR executive; former president of Riverside International Raceway

Fireball Roberts, 33 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series wins, including the 1962 Daytona 500

T. Wayne Robertson, helped raise NASCAR popularity as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company senior VP

Wendell Scott, NASCAR trailblazer was the first African-American NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series race winner, and first to be nominated for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Ralph Seagraves, formed groundbreaking Winston-NASCAR partnership as executive with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

O. Bruton Smith, builder of Charlotte Motor Speedway and architect of Speedway Motorsports Inc.

Curtis Turner, early personality, called the "Babe Ruth of stock car racing"

Joe Weatherly, two-time NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion

Rex White, 1960 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion

(Credit goes to Jayski and Wikipedia)
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You gotta nice thread here...it'd be a shame if someone were to add Legacies to it!!!
 
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ICEYOU
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You gotta nice thread here...it'd be a shame if someone were to add Legacies to it!!!
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Here, ICEYOU, I got your coat.
 
If I had a vote, my 2014 class wold look like this:

Anne B. France - Big Bill's Wife, meaning had she not supported him (as husband and wife should) and left him to his devices, NASCAR may have failed, and Daytona may not have existed.

Ray Fox - His cars won, and they made drivers famous. 1955- Fireball Roberts (Daytona Beach DQ); 1956 for Carl Keikhaefer's cars; the 1960 Daytona 500 winning Pontiac driven by Junior Johnson, along with three more wins by David Pearson. And that's before he started his own team. Buck Baker, Buddy Baker, Darel Dieringer, Junior Johnson, Fred Lorenzen, Fireball Roberts, Cale Yarborough, and LeeRoy Yarbrough all drove for him from '62-'72. Then he became NASCAR's engine inspector in 1990.

Glen "Fireball" Roberts - Speaking of. To this day he is still a legend in NASCAR lore, unfortunately it's partially due to his death.

Curtis Turner - Funded Charolotte, Won a lot, Fought with Big Bill, Banned, Reinstated, Won some more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Turner Look for yourself.

Red Byron - The first Champion in both NASCAR and Cup history. Case made.
 
Kenseth ties Busch in career wins! I totally see Matt being apart of the 2025 hall of fame inductions!
 
There is a lot more to Turner then what BK says. Turner might be the single most colorful personality in NASCAR history.
This is a driver who would land his personal plane, being the first driver to even have one, right down into bumble**** nowhere on a public road in the middle of town just to get some scotch.
 
Bump, as class of 2014 will be announced tomorrow. Go vote on NASCAR's website.
 
My votes for the 2014 Hall Of Fame:

Wendell Scott
Benny Parsons
Dale Jarrett
Raymond Parks
Fireball Roberts


But knowing the cumulative brain damage that exists on the committee the list will look something like this:

Rick Hendrick
Bruton Smith
and three random picks selected by throwing darts at a dartboard with the remaining names
 
What the hell is this thing called NASCAR.com? Voting is closed BTW.

RVDNuT, I'd take that with one issue, DJ. Dale has a following, but it just feels too early considering the other names on the list. Honestly, between our ballots, Fireball is the only one we both have.

Here's hoping that the fan vote is one of few with Childress, Hendrick, or Smith.
 
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Could have swore I posted in thread, was probably in the main NASCAR thread.

Anyways, I can definitely see the NASCAR hall going the same route as the Rock and Roll version where the voting is more about politics than actual feats.


BKGlover
What the hell is this thing called NASCAR.com? Voting is closed BTW.
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It's the first website to be developed entirely by chimps along with Ralph the Wonder Llama.

It's the only possible explanation for a site designed that badly.:lol:
 
Justin
It's the first website to be developed entirely by chimps along with Ralph the Wonder Llama.

It's the only possible explanation for a site designed that badly.:lol:
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But the big pictures are so pretty! :lol:

On topic, I sure hope that some of the older guys get in. The "younger" guys on the list can wait.
 
Well...RVD and I have made ballots. They may not count, but who cares. Who would the rest of you vote in?
 
My picks:
Curtis Turner
Raymond Parks
Red Byron (Both Parks and Byron should go in together)
Tim Flock
Joe Weatherly (Both Turner and Joe should go in together)

Who's probably going in:
Bruton Smith
Dale Jarrett
Either Rick Hendrick or Richard Childress
Benny Parsons
Tim Flock
 
BKGlover
What the hell is this thing called NASCAR.com? Voting is closed BTW.
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I thought polls were opening today, I didn't think the class itself was being announced today. Blame NASCAR for not giving any sort of promotion whatsoever to the fan vote 👎
 
Fan vote should never be considered for a Hall of Fame.
 
Tim Flock has been nominated in.

Maurice Petty as well.

Dale Jarrett

Jack Ingram

and Fireball Roberts
 
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Blitz24
Tim Flock has been nominated in.

Maurice Petty as well.

Dale Jarrett

Jack Ingram

and Fireball Roberts
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Awesome dale totally deserves to be in there :)
 
ICEYOU
Awesome dale totally deserves to be in there :)
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Yes he does, but not over who should be in there, such as those who may die before their election, or Joe Weatherly, who has won MORE championships than Jarrett and they STILL haven't figured out to put in.
 
Dale Jarrett, like Rusty Wallace, got in a bit too soon I'd say. I just feel that their working with ESPN helped push them into the HOF faster. Since, until the last class of HOF, FOX had Darrell Waltrip as their HOF member on-air, whereas ESPN had nothing of the sort. Now they have 2.
 
Now that I've thought about it...... Is there really an arguement against Rick Hendrick being in the 2nd class, nevermind this one?
 
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