25 nominees for NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2013
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-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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