NASCAR announces 25 finalists for first NASCAR Hall of Fame class
NASCAR announced the 25 finalists for the inaugural induction class into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. // NASCAR, Courtesy
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced the 25 finalists Thursday night for the inaugural induction class into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
A panel of 48 voters will select the five members of the inaugural class, which will be inducted in May 2010. One of the 48 votes will come from a collective fan vote done on NASCAR’s official Web site.
The first induction ceremony is expected to take place in May 2010 at the hall of fame, which is located in Charlotte.
The 25 nominees:
• Bobby Allison: Driver with 84 career Cup wins; one Cup championship.
• Buck Baker: Driver with 46 career Cup wins; two-time Cup champion.
• Red Byron: Driver with two career Cup wins; won the sanctioning body’s first race.
• Richard Childress: Owner of Richard Childress Racing, which has 89 Cup wins; six-time Cup champion.
• Dale Earnhardt: Driver with 76 career Cup wins; seven-time Cup champion; Co-founder of Dale Earnhardt Inc.
• Richie Evans: Driver with an estimated 475 Modified wins; 13-time Modified champion.
• Tim Flock: Driver with 39 career Cup wins; two-time Cup champion.
• Bill France: NASCAR founder and president, 1948-1972.
• Bill France Jr.: NASCAR president, 1972-2000.
• Rick Hendrick: Car owner with 181 career Cup wins; eight-time Cup champion.
• Ned Jarrett: Driver with 50 career Cup wins; two-time Cup champion; TV personality.
• Junior Johnson: Driver with 50 career Cup wins; also 132 wins as an owner and six Cup championships as an owner.
• Bud Moore: Owner with 63 Cup wins; two-time Cup champion.
• Raymond Parks: Owner with two Cup wins, including the first NASCAR race.
• Benny Parsons: Driver with 21 career Cup wins; one Cup championship; TV personality.
• David Pearson: Driver with 105 career Cup wins; three-time Cup champion.
• Lee Petty: Driver with 54 career Cup wins; three-time Cup champion; founder of Petty Enterprises.
• Richard Petty: Driver with 200 career Cup wins; seven-time Cup champion; co-owner of Petty Enterprises and now Richard Petty Motorsports.
• Fireball Roberts: Driver with 33 career Cup wins.
• Herb Thomas: Driver with 48 career Cup wins; two-time Cup champion
• Curtis Turner: Driver with 17 career Cup wins.
• Darrell Waltrip: Driver and former owner; 84 career Cup wins; three-time Cup champion; TV personality.
• Joe Weatherly: Driver with 25 career Cup wins; two Cup championships.
• Glen Wood: Driver and co-owner of Wood Brothers Racing, which has 96 Cup victories.
• Cale Yarborough: Driver with 83 career Cup wins; three-time Cup champion.
