Wednesday, April 11, 2012

The 25 nominees for NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2013


25 nominees for NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2013
*-new nominee

-Buck Baker, first driver to win consecutive NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series championships (1956-57)

-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, former NASCAR owner, engine builder and official

-*Anne B. France, first secretary and treasurer of NASCAR, wife of founder Bill France Sr.

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

-Jack Ingram, two-time NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series champion

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

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

-Cotton Owens, driver-owner, won 1966 owner championship with David Pearson

-Raymond Parks, NASCAR’s first champion car owner

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

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

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

-T. Wayne Robertson, helped raise NASCAR popularity as R.J. Reynolds Senior VP

-*Ralph Seagraves, former president of R.J. Reynolds who introduced corporate sponsorship to NASCAR’s premiere series

-*Wendell Scott, first African-American to win a NASCAR premier series event

-Herb Thomas, first two-time NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion, 1951, ’53

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

-*Rusty Wallace, 1989 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion, 55 wins, 36 poles

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

-Leonard Wood, part-owner and former crew chief for Wood Brothers, revolutionized pit stops

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