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11 NASCAR Hall of Fame Advisory Board

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The 2012 Class of Inductees and Nominees17 Decisions, Decisions, Decisions… !e NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2012 Lies in the

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70 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame Nominees

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The Voting Panel that consists of 50 of the 51 voters (the other being a fan vote) convened on June 14, 2011, at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., to discuss the merits of each nominee and then vote for the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2012. The NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2012 was announced later that day in the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Great Hall. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Image

Richard Petty, a 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame member, congratulates Glen Wood upon learning of his selection

into the NASCAR Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2012. The

announcements were made just a few hours after the voting panel met to select the five newest inductees.

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Those legends, in turn, are selected

of a renowned list of 21 people who hold the sport’s history in proper reverence. For 2012, the nominees were Buck Baker, Red Byron, Richard Childress, Jerry Cook, H. Clay Earles, Richie Evans, Tim Flock, Rick Hendrick, Jack Ingram, Dale Inman, Bobby Isaac,

Raymond Parks, Benny Parsons, Les Richter, Glenn “Fireball” Roberts, T. Wayne Robertson, Herb Thomas,

Weatherly, Glen Wood, Leonard Wood and Cale Yarborough.

those names, 33 others joined

the 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame class of inductees belonged to the fans for a total of 55 votes.

The Nominating Committee

NASCAR Hall of Fame:

Kelley; Historian Buz McKim.

Chairman/CEO Brian France; Vice Chairman Jim France; President Mike Helton; Senior Vice President Paul Brooks;

Robin Pemberton; Senior Vice

Administrator Jerry Cook; former Vice President Ken Clapp.

Track Owners/Operators:

President Clay Campbell; Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage; Atlanta Motor Speedway President Ed Clark; former Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George; Dover Motorsports CEO Denis McGlynn; Pocono Raceway

Bowman Gray Stadium operator Dale Pinilis; Riverhead Raceway operators Jim and Barbara Cromarty (one vote); Toyota Speedway at Irwindale operator Jim Williams; and Rockford Speedway owner Jody Deery.

The Voting Panel

21 members of the ; plus

Rea White, NMPA President; Kenny Bruce, SceneDaily.

Newspapers; Nate Ryan, USA Today; Jenna Fryer, Associated Press; Jim Pedley, RacinToday.com; Ernie Saxton, EMPA President; Dusty Brandel, AARWBA President; Mike Joy, FOX; Jerry Punch, ESPN; Kyle

Doug Rice, PRN; Rick Allen, SPEED; Dave Moody, Sirius NASCAR Radio; and Dave Rodman, NASCAR.com;

of three manufacturers: Jim Campbell, former General Manager at Chevrolet; Edsel B. Ford III, Board of Directors at Ford; and Lee White, President/General Manager at Toyota;

Ricky Rudd, Harry Gant, Ned

Junior Johnson;

Barry Dodson, Waddell Wilson

Four industry leaders:

Speedway President Humpy Wheeler; former motorsports

Associated Press writer Mike Harris; former broadcaster Ken Squier; and

A Fan Vote.

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions…

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Richievans

In many ways, Richie Evans was

Richie!: The Fast Life and Times of NASCAR’s

THE RAPID ROMAN

By Cary Estes

“No matter what the actual total is, it’s safe to say that there is no short track

driver in NASCAR history

who has the numbers that Richie had.”

Mark “Bones” Bourcier

Left: Richie Evans (left) is congratulated after one of his many victories in the NASCAR Modified Tour. It is estimated that Evans won about 477 feature races. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images. Right: Richie Evans sits behind the wheel of his race car during some down time on the race track. Evans won an amazing 26 track championships over the course of his storied career. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Richie Evans of Rome, N.Y., won the NASCAR Modified Tour championship

nine times, eight of those consecutively from 1978 to 1985.

Unfortunately, his final championship was awarded posthumously. ISC

Images & Archives via Getty Images



TIME FOR ONE MOREVICTORY LAP

TIME FOR ONE MOREVICTORY LAP

“You can’t give too much credit

for his success to the cars. It was

clear that he just had

a phenomenal level of

natural ability.”

Mark “Bones” Bourcier

Richie Evans stands in front of his No. 61 race car that he drove to victory on February 15, 1980, at Daytona International Speedway. This was the last NASCAR Modified race ever held at the famous track. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images


“The fierce competitor in Evans

relished the rare opportunities

he had to race against some

of the biggest names in NASCAR.”

Richie Evans speeds around a track in 1984 vying for the championship. His famous No. 61 was retired in the NASCAR Modified Tour, the only number to receive that status in any NASCAR series. ISC Archives via Getty Images

Having started racing in New York, Richie Evans experienced most of his success at small tracks across New York state. Some of the New York tracks where he enjoyed success were Shangri-La Speedway (66 wins), Spencer Speedway (49 wins) and Fulton Speedway (42 wins). ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images



In 1974, Richie Evans drove his B.R. DeWitt Ford to a 14th-place finish in the NASCAR Modified race during Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway. Evans only collected two victories at the track. ISC Archives via Getty Images

Evans won a total of 26 track championships at 11 different

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Career Wins in the NASCAR Modified Tour by Track

Track City & State No. of Wins

Albany-Saratoga Speedway Malta, N.Y. 17

Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, N.C. 2

Caraway Speedway Asheboro, N.C. 2

Chemung Speedrome Chemung, N.Y. 2

Claremont Speedway Claremont, N.H. 1

Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, Fla. 2

Deux Montagnes Speedway St. Eustache, Quebec 1

Evans Mill Speedway Evans Mill, N.Y. 1

Franklin County Speedway Calloway, Va. 1

Freeport Stadium Freeport, N.Y. 2

Fulton Speedway Fulton, N.Y. 42

Hickory Speedway Hickory, N.C. 2

Holland Speedway Holland, N.Y. 11

Islip Speedway Islip, N.Y. 17

Kingsport Speedway Kingsport, Tenn. 1

Lancaster Speedway Lancaster, N.Y. 22

Martinsville Speedway Martinsville, Va. 10

Metrolina Speedway Charlotte, N.C. 1

Monadnock Speedway Winchester, N.H. 3

New Egypt Speedway New Egypt, N.J. 23

New Smyrna Speedway New Smyrna Beach, Fla. 39

Oswego Speedway Oswego, N.Y. 12

Oxford Plains Speedway Oxford Plains, Maine 2

Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa. 3

Riverhead Raceway Riverheard, N.Y. 1

Riverside Park Agawam, Mass. 32

Seekonk Speedway Seekonk, Mass. 2

Shangri-La Speedway Owego, N.Y. 66

Spencer Speedway Williamson, N.Y. 49

Stafford Speedway Stafford Springs, Conn. 38

Star Speedway Epping, N.H. 1

Thompson Speedway Thompson, Conn. 32

Trenton Fairgrounds Speedway Trenton, N.J. 2

Utica-Rome Speedway Vernon, N.Y. 33

Wall Stadium Wall Township, N.J. 1

Weedsport Speedway Weedsport, N.J. 1

36 Tracks 477(Estimated)

Source: Bourcier, B. (2004). Richie!: The Fast Life and Times of NASCAR’s Greatest Modified Driver. Newburyport, MA: Coastal 181.

Career NASCAR Modified Tour (National and Track) Championships

Year National/Track Track

1970 Track Fulton Speedway


1972 Track Utica-Rome Speedway

1973 National




1975 Track Shangri-La Speedway


1978 National

1978 Track Chemung Speedrome

1978 Track Holland Speedway


1979 National


1979 Track New Egypt Speedway

1980 National


1980 Track Riverside Park

1980 Track Stafford Speedway

1980 Track Thompson Speedway

1981 National

1981 Track Stafford Speedway


1982 National

1982 Track New Egypt Speedway


1983 National

1983 Track Oswego Speedway

1983 Track Spencer Speedway


1984 National

1985 National

1985 Track Spencer Speedway


Richie Evans’

NASCAR Hall of Fame Career

Evans’ No. 61 has been retired on

the NASCAR Modified Tour, the

only number to receive that honor

in any NASCAR series.

Although his car shows the effects of hard racing on a short track, Richie Evans hoists a trophy after winning another NASCAR Modified Tour race at Martinsville Speedway in 1981. The champion driver won 10 races at the “Paperclip” in rural Virginia. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images



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Crew Chief in the NASCAR Premier (now Sprint Cup) Series

Year Driver Races WinsTop

FivesTop 10s

Pole Awards

Total Laps Laps LedSeries

RankingAverage

StartAverage Finish

1958 Richard Petty 9 0 0 1 0 977 0 11.2 20.4

1959 Richard Petty 21 0 6 9 0 3,648 7 11 15.4

1961 Richard Petty 10 0 4 5 0 2,348 41 11.2 12.5

1962 Richard Petty 52 8 32 38 4 11,551 1,396 6.6 6.9

1963 Richard Petty 54 13 30 39 8 12,183 2,122 6.6 7.5

1964 Richard Petty 61 9 37 43 8 14,041 3,534 1 4.2 7.3

1965 Richard Petty 14 4 10 10 7 3,697 852 38 2.1 8.8

1966 Darel Dieringer 1 0 0 0 0 52 0 11 35

1966 Jim Paschal 1 0 0 0 0 281 0 4 20

1966 Richard Petty 39 8 20 22 15 8,737 2,924 3 3.6 11

1967 Richard Petty 48 27 38 40 18 12,739 5,537 1 2.4 5

1968 Richard Petty 49 16 31 35 12 12,254 4,242 3 3.5 8.4

1969 Richard Petty 50 10 31 38 6 12,589 2,777 2 4.1 7.9

1970 Jim Paschal 1 0 0 0 0 325 11 11 20

1970 Richard Petty 40 18 27 31 9 10,536 5,007 4 4.4 6.8

1971 Richard Petty 46 21 38 41 9 13,739 4,932 1 3.8 4.2

1972 Richard Petty 31 8 25 28 3 10,282 2,093 1 4.1 4.7

1973 Richard Petty 28 6 15 17 3 8,644 1,815 5 4.9 10.9

1974 Richard Petty 30 10 22 23 7 9,097 3,100 1 4 6.8

1975 Richard Petty 30 13 21 24 3 9,082 3,158 1 4.1 6.6

1976 Richard Petty 30 3 19 22 1 8,941 1,269 2 6.1 9

1977 Richard Petty 30 5 20 23 5 8,840 1,403 2 4.4 7.5

1978 Richard Petty 30 0 11 17 0 8,904 419 6 8.9 12.8

1979 Richard Petty 31 5 23 27 1 9,367 1,150 1 7.6 6.4

1980 Richard Petty 31 2 15 19 0 9,314 713 4 9.1 11.7

1981 Dale Earnhardt 16 0 5 8 0 4,051 278 7 8.4 20.3

1981 Richard Petty 4 1 4 4 0 319 30 8 12.5 3

1981 Joe Ruttman 11 0 2 4 0 3,003 103 28 10 15.6

1982 Tim Richmond 25 2 7 12 1 6,722 321 24 11.6 14

1982 Joe Ruttman 5 0 1 1 0 1,311 148 16 5.8 17.8

1983 Terry Labonte 30 1 11 20 3 8,498 435 5 7 12.1

1984 Terry Labonte 30 2 17 24 2 9,886 880 1 5.8 8.3

1985 Terry Labonte 28 1 8 17 4 7,973 563 7 7.5 13.1

1986 Richard Petty 29 0 4 11 0 7,639 153 14 15.5 17.4

1987 Richard Petty 29 0 9 14 0 8,306 38 8 20.2 13.3

1988 Richard Petty 29 0 1 5 0 6,207 11 22 23.8 24.4

1989 Richard Petty 25 0 0 0 0 5,567 9 29 27.6 25.8

1990 Richard Petty 29 0 0 1 0 7,438 5 26 26.3 25

1991 Richard Petty 29 0 0 1 0 8,341 1 24 26.6 22

1992 Richard Petty 29 0 0 0 0 7,977 5 26 22.1 23

34 Years 1,115 193 544 674 129 295,406 51,482 8.8 11.1

Dale Inman’s


“When I first went to work at Petty

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learned from him”Robbie Loomis



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Darrell Waltrip gives the “OK” sign after a rain delay at the 1983 Marty Robbins 420 at the Nashville Speedway in Lebanon, Tenn. Waltrip started the race from the pole and went on to win the race in a dominating fashion, leading 382 of the 420 laps. Racing Photo Archives/Getty Images


Top: Darrell Waltrip drove for legendary and inaugural NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Johnson for six years. The pairing resulted in three championships in the NASCAR premier series—1981, ‘82 and ‘85. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Bottom: Darrell Waltrip (No. 11) leads Dale Earnhardt (No. 15) and two other drivers in the

Top: Darrell Waltrip at Daytona International Speedway with one of his DiGard Racing Chevrolets he piloted during the 1976 season. Waltrip drove for DiGard Racing for six seasons winning 26 races in the NASCAR premier series. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Middle: After winning the 1989 Daytona 500, Darrell Waltrip celebrated in style by performing the

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the 500 laps. Racing Photo Archives/Getty Images

Bottom: Darrell Waltrip (left) and Jeff Hammond celebrate another Plasti-Kote Spray Paint Award in 1989 after the Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The award was presented to the crew chief of the winning car in each NASCAR premier series race. Racing Photo Archives/Getty Images

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Driver in the NASCAR Premier (now Sprint Cup) Series

Year Races/Season WinsTop

FivesTop 10s

Pole Awards Total Laps Laps LedSeries

RankingAverage

StartAverage Finish

1972 5/31 0 1 3 0 1,211 7 18.6 16.4

1973 19/28 0 1 5 0 3,783 50 10.6 21.3

1974 16/30 0 7 11 1 4,649 103 10.3 12.6

1975 28/30 2 11 14 2 7,240 562 8 8.4 15.5

1976 30/30 1 10 12 3 7,780 534 8 6.2 17.4

1977 30/30 6 16 24 3 9,301 948 4 5 8.3

1978 30/30 6 19 20 2 9,445 2,173 3 5.9 10.4

1979 31/31 7 19 22 5 9,994 2,130 2 4.8 7

1980 31/31 5 16 17 5 9,015 2,022 5 5.1 12.8

1981 31/31 12 21 25 11 9,575 2,517 1 5.3 7.2

1982 30/30 12 17 20 7 9,455 3,028 1 3.8 9.1

1983 30/30 6 22 25 7 9,403 2,363 2 7.1 7.7

1984 30/30 7 13 20 4 9,464 2,030 5 5.9 11.2

1985 28/28 3 18 21 4 8,933 969 1 8.3 7.3

1986 29/29 3 21 22 1 8,327 573 2 8.6 10

1987 29/29 1 6 16 0 8,996 310 4 12.3 11.2

1988 29/29 2 10 14 2 9,065 520 7 10.1 13.5

1989 29/29 6 14 18 0 9,333 858 4 8.4 11.9

1990 23/29 0 5 12 0 8,138 297 20 13.5 12.4

1991 29/29 2 5 17 0 9,229 203 8 12.8 13.6

1992 29/29 3 10 13 1 8,706 513 9 13.7 14.6

1993 30/30 0 4 10 0 9,194 151 13 21.6 16.8

1994 31/31 0 4 13 0 9,905 60 9 24.2 15.8

1995 31/31 0 4 8 1 8,222 168 19 17 22.2

1996 31/31 0 0 2 0 7,766 2 29 26.6 25.9

1997 31/32 0 1 4 0 8,427 18 26 25.7 23.2

1998 33/33 0 1 2 0 8,995 17 24 35 24.8

1999 27/34 0 0 0 0 7,204 3 37 30.9 27.8

2000 29/34 0 0 0 0 7,018 5 37 31.5 31.8

29 Seasons 809 84 276 390 59 237,773 23,134 13.7 15.1

Driver in the NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series

Year Races/Season WinsTop

FivesTop 10s

Pole Awards Total Laps Laps LedSeries

RankingAverage

StartAverage Finish

1982 2/29 1 1 2 0 398 152 78 1.5 3.5

1983 3/35 1 2 2 0 519 36 52 7 4.7

1984 6/29 2 4 4 0 772 40 53 8.5 8.8

1985 8/27 3 6 6 0 1,267 308 28 9.6 5.4

1986 12/31 4 7 9 2 1,986 484 22 7.9 9.3

1987 11/27 0 6 7 0 1,355 107 29 10.5 12.7

1988 10/30 1 5 6 0 1,401 187 29 11.3 14.1

1989 9/29 1 4 4 0 1,106 30 36 13.6 19.7

1990 6/31 0 0 1 1 629 0 50 14.3 25

1991 11/31 0 1 5 0 1,666 21 30 17 15.7

1992 10/31 0 4 5 0 1,432 19 36 17.4 16.6

1993 5/28 0 0 1 0 597 0 50 19.4 20.4

1995 1/26 0 0 1 1 318 31 88 1 8

2006 1/35 0 0 0 0 250 0 122 41 28

14 Seasons 95 13 40 53 4 13,696 1,415 12.6 13.8

Darrell Waltrip’s



Driver in the NASCAR Craftsman (now Camping World) Truck Series

Year Races/Season Wins Top Fives Top 10sPole

AwardsTotal Laps Laps Led

Series Ranking

Average Start

Average Finish

1995 4/20 0 0 2 0 372 0 41 13 17.5

1996 5/24 0 1 3 0 880 0 34 14 11

2002 2/22 0 0 1 0 286 0 62 16 20

2003 3/25 0 0 2 0 597 0 59 14 14.3

2004 2/25 0 0 0 0 451 0 93 25 26

2005 1/25 0 0 0 0 200 0 73 30 13

6 Seasons 17 0 1 8 0 2,786 0 16.2 16.1

Driver in the International Race of Champions (Representing the NASCAR Premier Series)

Year Races/Season Wins Top Fives Top 10s Total Laps Laps Led Series RankingAverage

StartAverage Finish

1978 4/4 0 4 4 150 0 3 5.2 3.5

1979 1/5 0 0 1 4 0 5 8

1980 3/5 1 2 3 82 0 2 4 3.3

1984 4/4 1 3 4 168 3 3 5.5 4

1985 3/3 1 2 3 119 5 2 8 4

1986 4/4 0 3 4 136 0 5 7.8 4.2

1987 4/4 0 2 3 143 24 5 5 6.8

1990 1/3 0 1 1 38 11 9 11 4

1997 4/4 0 0 0 170 5 11 3 11

9 Seasons 28 3 17 23 1,010 48 5.6 5.4

Car Owner in the NASCAR Premier (now Sprint Cup) Series


FivesTop 10s

Pole Awards

Total LapsLaps Led

Series Ranking

Average Start

Average Finish

1972 Darrell Waltrip 5 0 1 3 0 1,211 7 56 18.6 16.4

1973 Darrell Waltrip 14 0 1 4 0 2,965 50 28 12.5 19.7

1974 Darrell Waltrip 16 0 7 11 1 4,649 103 19 10.3 12.6

1975 Darrell Waltrip 17 1 8 10 2 4,480 291 7 9.5 12.2

1991 Darrell Waltrip 29 2 5 17 0 9,229 203 8 12.8 13.6

1992 Darrell Waltrip 29 3 10 13 1 8,706 513 9 13.7 14.6

1993 Darrell Waltrip 30 0 4 10 0 9,194 151 13 21.6 16.8

1994 Darrell Waltrip 31 0 4 13 0 9,905 60 9 24.2 15.8

1995 Darrell Waltrip 31 0 4 8 1 8,222 168 19 17 22.2

1996 Darrell Waltrip 31 0 0 2 0 7,766 2 29 26.6 25.9

1997 Rich Bickle 1 0 0 0 0 153 0 65 10 34

1997 Darrell Waltrip 31 0 1 4 0 8,427 18 26 25.7 23.2

1998 Darrell Waltrip 5 0 0 0 0 1,007 0 24 39.8 35.8

12 Years 270 6 45 95 5 75,914 1,566 18.5 18.5

Car Owner in the NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series

Year Races WinsTop

FivesTop 10s

Pole Awards

Total LapsLaps Led

Series Ranking

Average Start

Average Finish

1982 Darrell Waltrip 2 1 1 2 0 398 152 78 1.5 3.5

1983 Bill Elliott 1 0 1 1 0 200 26 100 5 3

1983 Darrell Waltrip 3 1 2 2 0 519 36 52 7 4.7

1984 Darrell Waltrip 6 2 4 4 0 772 40 53 8.5 8.8

1985 Neil Bonnett 1 0 1 1 0 200 0 66 6 2

1985 Terry Labonte 1 1 1 1 0 267 48 101 14 1

1985 Darrell Waltrip 8 3 6 6 0 1,267 308 28 9.6 5.4

1986 Darrell Waltrip 11 4 6 8 2 1,786 463 22 6.7 9.9

1987 Darrell Waltrip 11 0 6 7 0 1,355 107 29 10.5 12.7

1988 Darrell Waltrip 10 1 5 6 0 1,401 187 29 11.3 14.1

1988 Michael Waltrip 2 1 2 2 0 347 44 62 8.5 23

1989 Darrell Waltrip 9 1 4 4 0 1,106 30 36 13.6 19.7

1990 Larry Pearson 1 0 0 0 0 139 0 102 36 31

1990 Greg Sacks 3 0 0 0 1 214 18 45 9.7 33

1990 Darrell Waltrip 6 0 0 1 1 629 0 50 14.3 25

1991 Ken Schrader 1 0 1 1 0 200 0 35 7 5

1991 Darrell Waltrip 11 0 1 5 0 1,666 21 30 17 15.7

1992 Darrell Waltrip 10 0 4 5 0 1,432 19 36 17.4 16.6

1993 Darrell Waltrip 5 0 0 1 0 597 0 50 19.4 20.4

2005 David Reutimann 1 0 0 0 0 198 0 118 30 26

13 Years 103 15 45 57 4 14,703 1,495 12.4 14

Car Owner in the NASCAR Craftsman (now Camping World) Truck Series


FivesTop 10s

Pole Awards

Total LapsLaps Led

Series Ranking

Average Start

Average Finish

1995 Darrell Waltrip 3 0 0 1 0 312 0 41 14.7 21.3

1996 Ken Schrader 1 0 0 1 0 175 0 46 26 8

1996 Bill Sedgwick 23 0 3 8 0 3,692 8 14 18.1 17.3

1996 Darrell Waltrip 5 0 1 3 0 880 0 34 14 11

1997 Rich Bickle 26 3 15 17 4 4,811 630 2 7.5 8.7

2004 David Reutimann 25 0 4 10 2 3,928 38 14 12.2 16.6

2004 Darrell Waltrip 2 0 0 0 0 451 0 93 25 26

2005 Robert Huffman 14 0 0 2 0 1,846 0 30 11.5 24.1

2005 Joey Miller 5 0 0 1 0 710 2 40 17 15.6

2005 David Reutimann 25 1 6 9 2 3,781 165 13 9.7 16.2

2005 Ken Schrader 1 0 0 0 0 99 0 31 8 29

2005 Mike Wallace 5 0 0 2 0 948 22 39 24 15.2

2005 Darrell Waltrip 1 0 0 0 0 200 0 73 30 13

2006 Joey Miller 15 0 1 1 0 2,345 0 31 20.4 22.7

2006 David Reutimann 25 0 7 19 2 4,024 160 3 9.8 9.1

2006 Michael Waltrip 1 0 0 0 0 134 0 74 30 17

2007 AJ Allmendinger 9 0 1 2 0 1,256 8 34 19.4 21.3

2007 Ken Butler 2 0 0 0 0 278 0 84 30 34.5

2007 Justin Labonte 2 0 0 0 0 400 0 72 25.5 19.5

2007 Andy Lally 3 0 0 0 0 416 0 67 26 28.7

2007 Michael McDowell 1 0 0 0 0 181 0 117 29 30

2007 Josh Wise 9 0 0 2 0 1,257 0 33 15.6 19

7 Years 203 4 38 78 10 32,124 1,033 14.1 16.4

Darrell Waltrip’s




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Left: Glen Wood with Wood Brothers Racing’s famous No. 21 Purolator Mercury. Wood Brothers Racing is known in the motorsports industry as a beacon of loyalty having fielded Ford and Mercury race cars for every NASCAR premier series season. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images Right: Glen (right) and Leonard discuss their race car’s set-up in the garage at a race track. Their drivers have driven their cars to Victory Lane 98 times in the NASCAR premier series. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Glen Wood started Wood Brothers Racing rather unassumingly on his family’s property in Stuart, Va., over 60 years ago. The family-owned team enjoyed the majority of their success in the 1960s and 70s. ISC Archives via Getty Images

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APPROVEDDriver Michael Waltrip (center) with car owners Leonard and Glen Wood (right) after winning the May race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1996. Michael drove for Wood Brothers Racing for three years. Dozier Mobley/Getty Images


“Their total time on pit road

for two cars – four pit stops –

was less than one pit stop

for everybody else. It was unheard of.”

Eddie Wood

Top: Glen Wood with one of the cars he drove in the 1950s in the NASCAR premier series. In 62 races over 11 seasons in the NASCAR premier series Glen drove to victory four times and had 22 top-five and 34 top-10 finishes. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Bottom: Curtis Turner, Leonard Wood, Earl Parker and Glen Wood (left to right) look over an engine in 1961 to decide what adjustments need to be made for optimal performance. Wood Brothers Racing is credited as the pioneers of modern day pit stop precision. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Top: Glen Wood (center) at a NASCAR race in 1979 with his two sons, Len (left) and Eddie. After Glen retired in the late 1980s, his sons, along with their sister, Kim, took control of the family’s racing operation. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Bottom: After winning a NASCAR Modified Tour race in the 1950s, Glen (in car) receives the checkered flag. As a driver, Glen won races at 22 different tracks in the NASCAR Modified Tour, NASCAR Sportsman Division and NASCAR Convertible Series. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images


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Glen Wood and Marvin Panch share a moment at a NASCAR premier series race in the late 1950s. Wood hired Panch as one of his drivers from 1962 through 1966, winning eight races. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Glen Wood (left) and fellow driver Billy Myers check out tires at a race during the 1950s. As a driver, Wood won a total of 97 races between the NASCAR premier series and the regional series. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Driver Wins in the NASCAR Regional Series by Track


YearRaces/Season

WinsTop

FivesTop 10s

Pole Awards


RankingAverage

StartAverage Finish

1953 2/37 0 0 0 0 274 0 251954 1/37 0 0 0 0 33 0 411955 1/45 0 0 0 0 55 0 23 261956 2/56 0 0 0 0 177 0 8 271957 6/53 0 0 1 0 1,062 0 14.7 151958 10/51 0 1 7 3 2,348 360 4.5 10.21959 20/44 0 9 13 3 4,186 98 6.5 9.71960 9/44 3 6 7 4 2,206 766 2.6 6.81961 6/52 0 3 3 1 1,101 138 4.5 11.21963 3/55 1 2 2 2 571 268 1.3 6.31964 2/62 0 1 1 1 305 5 2.5 11

11 Seasons 62 4 22 34 14 12,318 1,635 6.1 11.7

Glen Wood’s




Car Owner in the NASCAR Premier (now Sprint Cup) Series*


FivesTop 10s

Pole Awards


RankingAverage

StartAverage Finish

1953 Glen Wood 2 0 0 0 0 274 0 64 251955 Glen Wood 1 0 0 0 0 55 0 242 23 261956 Glen Wood 1 0 0 0 0 110 0 246 6 331957 Jimmy Massey 2 0 1 2 0 652 7 10.5 61957 Glen Wood 6 0 0 1 0 1,062 0 74 14.7 151958 Jimmy Massey 1 0 1 1 0 148 0 32 6 51958 Curtis Turner 1 0 0 0 0 26 0 20 7 221958 Glen Wood 10 0 1 7 3 2,348 360 4.5 10.21959 Johnny Beauchamp 1 0 0 0 0 132 0 32 141959 Larry Frank 1 0 0 0 0 90 0 22 15 201959 Junior Johnson 2 0 1 1 0 324 0 11 6.5 14.51959 Joe Weatherly 1 0 0 1 0 196 0 18 4 71959 Glen Wood 18 0 8 11 3 3,703 98 57 5.4 10.11960 Fred Harb 1 0 0 0 0 370 0 60 11 141960 Junior Johnson 2 0 1 1 1 247 0 7 4.5 9.51960 Jimmy Massey 3 0 2 2 0 835 26 42 2.3 10.71960 Speedy Thompson 3 2 3 3 0 797 217 25 8.3 21960 Curtis Turner 1 0 0 0 0 78 0 36 12 171960 Joe Weatherly 2 0 1 1 0 394 0 20 3.5 101960 Bob Welborn 1 0 0 0 0 127 0 16 4 131960 Glen Wood 9 3 6 7 4 2,206 766 103 2.6 6.81961 Banjo Matthews 1 0 0 0 0 202 0 31 2 201961 Speedy Thompson 1 0 0 0 0 252 0 63 10 111961 Curtis Turner 7 0 1 1 0 949 159 11.1 24.61961 Glen Wood 6 0 3 3 1 1,101 138 65 4.5 11.21962 Marvin Panch 14 0 5 8 0 3,552 156 9 6.9 11.81963 Tommy Irwin 1 0 1 1 0 198 0 32 9 51963 Fred Lorenzen 1 0 0 0 0 158 8 3 16 221963 Tiny Lund 7 1 5 6 0 1,979 124 10 5.6 51963 Dave MacDonald 1 0 1 1 0 147 92 42 6 21963 Marvin Panch 12 1 9 12 2 3,510 291 13 3.9 3.81963 Glen Wood 3 1 2 2 3 571 268 73 1.3 6.31964 Dan Gurney 4 1 1 2 0 433 142 11.2 15.21964 Marvin Panch 29 3 17 20 5 6,452 648 10 5.6 8.51964 Nelson Stacy 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 13 391964 Glen Wood 2 0 1 1 1 305 5 100 2.5 111965 A.J. Foyt 2 1 1 1 0 251 30 8.5 15.51965 Dan Gurney 1 1 1 1 0 185 126 11 11965 Marvin Panch 20 4 12 14 5 4,743 856 5 4 10.41965 Curtis Turner 4 1 3 3 0 1,208 256 39 6.8 101966 Dan Gurney 1 1 1 1 0 185 148 2 11966 Marvin Panch 6 0 1 1 0 1,231 70 17 5.5 18.51966 Curtis Turner 6 0 2 2 0 1,275 80 24 6.7 12.21966 Cale Yarborough 5 0 1 1 0 1,876 42 18 7.6 14.41967 Earl Balmer 1 0 0 0 0 102 0 100 3 221967 Cale Yarborough 15 2 7 8 4 3,532 908 20 4 171968 Dan Gurney 1 1 1 1 1 186 124 1 11968 Cale Yarborough 20 6 12 12 4 5,497 1,065 17 3.5 11.31969 Dan Gurney 1 0 0 0 0 66 0 3 261969 Swede Savage 2 0 1 1 0 173 0 10.5 20.51969 Cale Yarborough 19 2 7 8 6 4,341 946 23 3.8 16.81970 Parnelli Jones 1 0 0 0 0 168 88 35 111970 Cale Yarborough 18 3 11 13 5 4,784 957 34 4.7 10.61971 Donnie Allison 11 1 7 8 5 2,797 795 29 3.5 11.41971 A.J. Foyt 4 2 4 4 3 778 392 1 1.81972 A.J. Foyt 6 2 5 5 3 1,417 344 2 6.31972 David Pearson 14 6 11 12 4 4,377 1,567 20 2.9 5.71973 David Pearson 18 11 14 14 8 5,338 2,658 13 3.4 7.8

Glen Wood’s


1974 David Pearson 19 7 15 15 11 4,630 1,167 3 2.2 7.91975 David Pearson 21 3 13 14 7 5,653 1,318 14 3.4 10.31976 David Pearson 22 10 16 18 8 6,194 1,227 9 3.5 6.91977 David Pearson 22 2 16 16 5 5,694 868 13 5.4 9.61978 David Pearson 22 4 11 11 7 5,375 757 16 4.7 15.61979 Neil Bonnett 17 3 4 6 4 3,766 556 26 4.2 18.51979 David Pearson 5 0 1 1 1 1,021 173 32 6.4 20.41980 Neil Bonnett 22 2 10 13 0 5,173 331 19 5.7 141981 Neil Bonnett 22 3 7 8 1 4,917 1,549 22 7.1 20.11982 Neil Bonnett 22 1 6 8 0 5,516 412 17 12.3 15.71983 Buddy Baker 21 1 5 12 1 5,111 174 21 10.6 14.81984 Buddy Baker 21 0 4 12 1 6,213 84 21 11.9 16.31984 Bobby Rahal 1 0 0 0 0 44 0 91 20 401985 Kyle Petty 28 0 7 12 0 8,796 75 9 12.3 13.71986 Kyle Petty 29 1 4 14 0 8,546 17 10 18.6 14.81987 Kyle Petty 29 1 6 14 0 8,523 103 7 14 12.91988 Kyle Petty 29 0 2 8 0 8,883 67 13 17.1 171989 Neil Bonnett 26 0 0 11 0 7,795 23 20 20.7 16.71989 Tommy Ellis 3 0 0 0 0 996 0 66 20 211990 Neil Bonnett 5 0 0 0 0 1,179 0 43 22.2 241990 Dale Jarrett 24 0 1 7 0 6,801 73 25 15.2 19.41991 Dale Jarrett 29 1 3 8 0 7,767 47 17 16.4 19.41992 Morgan Shepherd 29 0 3 11 0 9,093 60 14 13.5 14.31993 Morgan Shepherd 30 1 3 15 0 9,442 92 7 15.4 13.31994 Morgan Shepherd 31 0 9 16 0 9,788 80 6 19.7 12.71995 Morgan Shepherd 31 0 4 10 0 9,275 31 11 18.9 16.51996 Michael Waltrip 31 0 1 11 0 9,279 18 14 22.8 16.91997 Michael Waltrip 32 0 0 6 0 9,277 10 18 25 21.81998 Michael Waltrip 32 0 0 5 0 9,519 14 17 26.3 201999 Elliott Sadler 34 0 0 1 0 9,851 5 24 28.8 23.22000 Elliott Sadler 33 0 0 1 0 8,644 6 29 27.1 26.72001 Elliott Sadler 36 1 2 2 0 10,392 125 20 28.4 22.82002 Elliott Sadler 36 0 2 7 0 9,789 29 23 25.6 23.42003 Ricky Rudd 36 0 4 5 0 9,874 29 23 27.2 22.32004 Ricky Rudd 36 0 1 3 1 9,616 5 24 23.7 21.22005 Ricky Rudd 36 0 2 9 0 9,841 30 21 21.4 20.82006 Ken Schrader 36 0 0 2 0 9,187 11 31 25.6 26.22007 Bill Elliott 20 0 0 0 0 5,364 5 42 30.2 28.42007 Boris Said 1 0 0 0 0 90 0 51 39 142007 Ken Schrader 12 0 0 0 0 3,608 3 49 26.5 31.22007 Jon Wood 1 0 0 0 0 264 0 67 41 292008 Marcos Ambrose 5 0 1 1 0 834 0 45 31.6 30.42008 Bill Elliott 20 0 0 0 0 6,517 1 39 30 292008 Jon Wood 3 0 0 0 0 488 0 60 20.3 342009 Bill Elliott 12 0 0 0 0 2,911 0 42 21.8 23.92009 David Gilliland 1 0 0 0 0 325 0 37 17 192010 Trevor Bayne 1 0 0 0 0 334 0 66 28 172010 Bill Elliott 12 0 0 0 0 3,175 1 41 28.8 24.92011 Trevor Bayne 13 1 1 1 0 2,919 11 63 21 272011 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 402 0 60 9 11

58 Years 1,375 98 337 519 118 367,189 24,544 15.4 16.9



FivesTop 10s

Pole Awards


RankingAverage

StartAverage Finish

2006 Stacy Compton 2 0 0 0 0 206 0 62 8.5 25.52006 Bobby East 22 0 0 0 0 3,300 0 23 15.5 22.62006 Jon Wood 3 0 0 2 0 343 6 44 4.7 10.32007 Kelly Bires 6 0 0 1 0 754 0 44 17.2 26.82007 Stacy Compton 1 0 0 1 0 168 0 21 19 102007 Mark Martin 6 0 3 4 0 813 80 38 7.8 12.22007 Jon Wood 11 0 1 6 1 1,735 67 27 20 12.22007 Keven Wood 1 0 0 0 0 197 0 95 19 272008 Jon Wood 17 0 0 2 0 2,297 0 25 21.8 20.52008 Keven Wood 8 0 0 0 0 1,374 0 37 22.2 24

3 Years 77 0 4 16 1 11,187 153 17.2 19.8



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balancing on the wing trying to get

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local teenagers.

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Cale Yarborough (right) shares a laugh with James Hylton in a NASCAR garage. Yarborough piloted the No. 11 Holly Farms Chevrolet for 82 races over three seasons, winning 20 times and two NASCAR premier series championships. ISC Archives via Getty Images

Cale Yarborough at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 19, 1978. That day, Yarborough drove his Junior Johnson-owned vehicle to a 4th-place finish, leading 54 of the 328 laps in the Atlanta 500. Dozier Mobley/Getty Images



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Top: Cale Yarborough (No. 21) leads the pack out onto the track at Daytona International Speedway for the 1970 Daytona 500. Yarborough was on the pole for the Great American Race, but finished in 37th place after his Mercury’s engine failed after only 31 laps. Dozier Mobley/Getty Images

Left: Andrew Miller (left), the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Miss Winston, Susan Brinkley, present Cale Yarborough with a trophy for winning the 1976 Capital City 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Yarborough led 216 of the 400 laps in the race finishing one car length ahead of Bobby Allison. ISC Archives via Getty Images”


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days when his car went airborne

500 trophies a couple years later

Southern 500.

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Yarborough is so revered in South

State ever created its own Mount

inductees like Bud Moore and

than just a regional hero. For racing

track would look under its new

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Cale Yarborough celebrates his July 4th win in Victory Lane after winning the 1976 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway. Yarborough finished eight seconds in front of David Pearson for his fourth victory of the season. ISC Archives via Getty Images

Above: Cale Yarborough waits inside his race car’s cockpit for a race to begin. Yarborough enjoyed a 31-year career driving in the NASCAR premier series, capturing 83 wins and 69 poles. ISC Archives via Getty Images

Below: Cale Yarborough outside his No. 11 Holly Farms Chevrolet on a race track during the 1977 season. That season Yarborough won his second of three consecutive championships in the NASCAR premier series. ISC Archives via Getty Images



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Above: Cale Yarborough (No. 28) takes the checkered flag in the 1984 Daytona 500 after starting on the pole and leading 89 of 200 laps. The victory was his second consecutive victory in the Great American Race, his fourth and final win in the

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Left: Close-up of Cale Yarborough steering the No. 21 Mercury during the 1968 Daytona 500. His victory that day was the first of four wins in the Great American Race for the driver from South Carolina. Eric Schweikardt/Sports Illustrated/Getty Image



Year Races/Season Wins Top Fives Top 10s Pole Awards Total Laps Laps LedSeries

RankingAverage

StartAverage Finish

1957 1/53 0 0 0 0 31 0 44 42

1959 1/44 0 0 0 0 219 0 33 27

1960 1/44 0 0 0 0 114 0 20 14

1961 1/52 0 0 0 0 135 0 19 30

1962 8/53 0 0 1 0 727 0 22.1 27.5

1963 18/55 0 3 7 0 4,528 0 17.4 12.8

1964 26/62 0 2 9 0 4,990 10 13.2 14.8

1965 46/55 1 13 21 0 7,724 166 11.2 13.5

1966 14/49 0 3 7 0 3,831 252 11 12.6

1967 17/49 2 7 9 4 4,114 908 5.1 16.1

1968 21/49 6 12 12 4 5,661 1,065 3.6 11.8

1969 19/54 2 7 8 6 4,341 946 3.8 16.8

1970 19/48 3 11 13 4 5,034 957 4.8 10.7

1971 4/48 0 0 1 0 564 13 17.8 24.3

1972 5/31 0 1 4 0 1,196 9 11.8 13

1973 28/28 4 16 19 5 9,314 3,167 4.5 10

1974 30/30 10 21 22 3 9,398 3,597 3.9 6.7

1975 27/30 3 13 13 3 7,353 2,542 7 6.5 14.8

1976 30/30 9 22 23 2 9,269 3,777 1 5.1 8.2

1977 30/30 9 25 27 3 9,748 3,218 1 4 4.5

1978 30/30 10 23 24 8 9,758 3,587 1 3.6 6

1979 31/31 4 19 22 1 9,677 1,320 4 5.3 8.6

1980 31/31 6 19 22 14 9,440 2,810 2 3.1 9

1981 18/31 2 6 10 2 4,922 769 24 9.2 13.1

1982 16/30 3 8 8 2 3,439 379 27 8.8 15.8

1983 16/30 4 4 8 3 3,783 608 28 8 16.6

1984 16/30 3 10 10 4 4,387 736 22 7.4 7.4

1985 16/28 2 6 7 0 3,450 664 26 9.4 18.6

1986 16/29 0 2 5 1 3,467 110 29 12.8 21.3

1987 16/29 0 2 4 0 2,671 11 29 20.3 24.8

1988 10/29 0 0 3 0 1,653 6 38 26.9 23.5

31 Seasons 562 83 255 319 69 144,938 31,627 8.2 12.6


Year Races/Season Wins Top Fives Top 10s Total Laps Laps Led Series Ranking Average Start Average Finish

1975 4/4 0 2 4 150 0 3 7.8 5.5

1977 4/4 2 2 4 148 30 2 8.8 5

1978 4/4 1 3 4 150 0 4 6 4.2

1979 3/5 0 3 3 146 0 3 4.7 2.7

1980 1/5 0 1 1 50 0 3 5

1984 4/4 1 3 3 167 55 1 5 4.2

1985 3/3 0 1 2 119 4 8 7.7 7

1986 4/4 1 2 4 137 30 3 6.8 4.8

8 Seasons 5 17 25 1,067 119 6.6 4.8



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1987 Cale Yarborough 16 0 2 4 0 2,671 11 29 20.2 24.8

1988 Dale Jarrett 19 0 0 1 0 5,361 4 23 22.3 21.8

1988 Cale Yarborough 10 0 0 3 0 1,653 6 38 26.9 23.5

1989 Dale Jarrett 29 0 2 5 0 7,798 99 24 24.2 22.7

1990 Dick Trickle 29 0 2 4 1 8,311 82 22 14.5 21.9

1991 Chuck Brown 1 0 0 0 0 391 0 76 31 26

1991 Randy LaJoie 3 0 0 0 0 926 0 50 28.7 29

1991 Dorsey Schroeder 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 59 36 41

1991 Lake Speed 20 0 0 0 0 4,513 0 32 19.9 25.3

1991 Dick Trickle 4 0 0 0 0 1,362 0 35 21.8 20.8

1992 Jimmy Hensley 22 0 0 4 0 6,804 22 28 17.4 18.2

1992 Bobby Hillin, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 393 0 34 32 25

1992 Chad Little 6 0 0 0 0 1,852 0 31 24.2 27.2

1993 Derrike Cope 30 0 0 1 0 8,406 38 26 18.1 23.6

1994 Derrike Cope 16 0 0 0 0 4,261 7 30 22.9 28.8

1994 Jeremy Mayfield 12 0 0 0 0 3,452 0 37 32 25.2

1995 Jeremy Mayfield 27 0 0 1 0 7,943 79 31 23.7 22

1996 John Andretti 8 0 1 1 0 3,018 1 31 19 23.4

1996 Jeremy Mayfield 23 0 2 2 1 5,862 20 26 22.7 22.1

1997 John Andretti 32 1 3 3 1 9,334 135 23 23 23.6

1998 Rich Bickle 21 0 1 1 0 5,691 0 39 25.5 26.3

1998 Greg Sacks 7 0 0 0 0 1,821 0 53 23.6 35.3

1999 Rick Mast 34 0 0 2 0 9,487 25 32 21.9 26.6

13 Years 371 1 13 32 3 101,312 529 21.9 24

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27 Seasons 676 76 281 428 22 202,888 25,683 12.9 11.1



13 Seasons 136 21 65 75 7 19,206 3,310 11.3 14.5


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6 Years 148 4 12 28 4 40,796 939 20.9 21.1



17 Years 282 35 119 172 15 53,120 6,534 12.8 14



5 Years 126 25 64 93 12 21,509 4,815 7.9 8.7

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One of the stories perpetuating the NASCAR legend that is Dale Earnhardt says that he could actually see the air affecting cars at Daytona and Talladega and use that vision to make passes no one else could make.

With seven championships and 76 career victories in the NASCAR premier series, Earnhardt set the standard by which all of today’s NASCAR stars are judged, which is why he was named a 2010 inductee to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, a member of the inaugural class.

Nicknames like “The Intimidator” and “Ironhead” reflected a reputation for on-track intensity that no other driver of his time matched, and the passion and loyalty displayed by his fans remains to this day.

Dale Earnhardt roared to national

prominence, winning NASCAR’s Rookie of the

Year Award in 1979, after spending years developing his

aggressive driving style on the short tracks around his hometown,

Kannapolis, N.C.

In grabbing NASCAR championships in 1980, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1994, Earnhardt is one of two drivers, the other one being Richard Petty, in the sport’s history to win seven titles in NASCAR’s premier series. He is the all-time leading winner at two of NASCAR’s most storied venues – Daytona International Speedway,

where he won 34 races, and Talladega Superspeedway, where he won 10 races in NASCAR’s top division.


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Standing 6-feet 5-inches tall and known simply as “Big Bill,” William Henry Getty France is the man who managed to organize a gaggle of stock car drivers, car owners, track owners and race promoters and lead the formation of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing – NASCAR.

With a vision of producing great races for the fans, providing a reliable source of finances, enforcing rules for the car owners and drivers, and maintaining a stable base on which to build a future for the sport, Big Bill set a course for what would become the nation’s most popular form of racing. This course would make him a 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, a member of the inaugural class.

Convening a meeting of the country’s most notable racing names in Daytona Beach in 1947, France took the helm of the fledgling organization and tirelessly promoted the sport to the drivers, fans, media and, most importantly, sponsors with a desire to grow with the sport.

Before handing the NASCAR reins to his protégé, son Bill France Jr., in the early 1970s, France Sr., built successful partnerships with American car manufacturers in Detroit and a network of the fastest race tracks in the country, two of which he built himself – Daytona International Speedway and Alabama Speedway, now known as Talladega Superspeedway.

The results of his hard work, determination and foresight of what NASCAR could become are evident in the success of the sport today.


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taking over the reins of the company in 1972 from his visionary father, “Big Bill” France.

He created a new points system to determine the NASCAR champion, courted Fortune 500 businesses and top media partners to help the sport grow, and continued the push toward larger race tracks with more seating and amenities for fans. Simply put, he ushered NASCAR into what’s considered the “Modern Era.”

With a presence and foresight of a seasoned admiral, the Navy veteran decided to make a sweeping change three years after becoming NASCAR’s second president. He changed the points system to the one used until 2011.

As the popularity of the sport exploded in the 1980s and 1990s, no one doubted Bill France Jr.’s leadership. Renowned for being just as comfortable in a corporate board room talking to captains of industry as he was talking to mechanics and drivers in tiny shops in North Carolina, France’s knack for knowing what pleased fans – and having the confidence to react quickly to that knowledge – made him a legend and a 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee, a member of the inaugural class.


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OIn 1965, writer Tom Wolfe declared Junior Johnson as the Last American Hero in a story for Esquire magazine. In 2010, voters made him an inaugural inductee to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

With a style many attempted to copy but nobody ever duplicated, Robert Glenn Johnson Jr. made his living as a young man being among the best as what he did, but the law didn’t look kindly on his endeavors – he drove fast to deliver the moonshine he and his father made. While the Feds caught up with his liquor-making ways, no one ever really caught up with him while he was driving race cars or could beat the cars his teams built after he got out from behind the wheel and onto the pit box.

He only started 313 races at NASCAR’s top level during his driving career, starting 46 from the pole position and finishing in the top 10 148 times. Another indicator of his win-or-go-home mentality is found in the fact that he led 24.3 percent of the laps he raced. He dominated the 1960 Daytona 500 in a race in which he’s credited with discovering the benefits of drafting.

As a NASCAR team owner for 30 years, he simply told his drivers to win and not worry about the car – that was his job. When they failed, he would set about building a better, stronger and faster car. He won six NASCAR championships as a car owner, three each with Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip. His cars ran 1,049 races; finishing 805 of them, and 577 of those were top-10 finishes.

Junior Johnson

CAREER STATISTICS



14 Seasons 313 50 121 148 46 51,988 12,651 7.2 13.5

Driver in the NASCAR Convertible Series


1 Season 2 1 1 2 0 732 0 15.5 5.5



30 Years 1,049 132 436 577 115 303,296 44,444 9.8 12.8

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35 Seasons 1,185 200 555 712 123 307,836 51,695 9.5 11.3



2 Seasons 15 1 8 10 0 2,517 2 10.8 8.2



6 Seasons 21 0 6 17 739 4 6.2 7.6

Car Owner in the NASCAR Premier (now Sprint Cup) Series (as of 8/21/11)


63 Years 3,151 271 913 1,321 156 786,208 61,492 20.9 21.1

Car Owner in the NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series (as of 8/21/11)


3 Years 76 1 1 10 0 12,958 51 12.8 14



8 Years 183 2 32 69 5 30,568 970 15 14.2

Known simply as “the King,” Richard Petty’s records in the NASCAR premier series are remarkable: most victories (200), most poles (123), most championships (tied at seven with fellow 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Dale Earnhardt), most victories in a season (27), most Daytona 500 victories (seven), most consecutive victories (10) and most starts (1,185).

Many motorsports historians say Richard Petty’s NASCAR records are not likely to be matched, much less beaten. Despite those numbers, Petty remained humble and honored when voters made him a 2010 inductee to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Petty’s dominance of NASCAR’s top level in the 1960s and 1970s goes a long way in defining his generation – he ruled what many pundits describe as NASCAR’s Golden Era.

Taking the reins of the race cars and team that his father, 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductee Lee Petty, founded before NASCAR formed in 1947, Richard joined his brother, Maurice, and their cousin, legendary crew chief Dale Inman (a 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee), in revolutionizing the sport by becoming one of the first teams to operate as a true business. Richard Petty won championships in the NASCAR premier series

in 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1979.

Petty takes pride in offering a continual stream of thanks to the fans that support the sport, and few have any doubt that he has signed more autographs and posed for photos with more fans than any other driver or owner in NASCAR history.


LEADER OF THE ALABAMA GANG

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maternal grandfather, Grandpa Patton, had decided on the spur of the moment one day to take young Bobby to the local race track to see a race. It was that day when the “racing bug” stung Bobby that he knew racing cars was what he wanted to do with his life.

Early in his racing career, Bobby and his brother, Donnie, packed up their bags and moved from Miami, Fla., to Alabama where the tracks were faster and the purses bigger. They eventually convinced their friend Charles “Red” Farmer to join them and thus the “Alabama Gang” was born.

Among his 84 victories in the NASCAR premier series are three Daytona 500 triumphs (1978, 1982 & 1988). In addition to his championship in the premier series, Bobby was also twice crowned the NASCAR Modified Special Division champion (1962 & 1963) and NASCAR Modified Tour champion (1964 & 1965).

However, it is his involvement in a fistfight at the end of the 1979 Daytona 500 that propelled his name and NASCAR into the country’s mainstream psyche. With most of the East Coast watching confined indoors due to a snowstorm, the drivers raced toward the finish line of the Daytona 500 when a fight broke out

in the infield between Cale Yarborough and Donnie. Bobby pulled over to assist his younger brother while the nation watched with delight. Richard Petty won the race, but Bobby and the rest of the sport were thrust into the national limelight.

Decades later, with 84 wins and the 1983 championship in the NASCAR premier series to his credit, there is no doubt he chose the right vocation.

Bobby Allison

CAREER STATISTICS

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25 Seasons 718 84 336 447 58 197,438 27,344 8.5 11.5



7 Seasons 43 2 15 22 0 5,644 224 13.5 16.5



17 Years 347 6 68 116 14 94,630 3,367 16 18.1



6 Years 34 1 7 14 0 4,503 35 16.1 18.9



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13 Seasons 353 50 185 239 35 75,653 9,468 8.2 9.2



1 Season 8 1 1 2 0 594 0 12.6 21.8

Ned Jarrett is successful in all he pursues. Prior to becoming a broadcaster he twice won the NASCAR premier series championship (1961 & 1965), and prior to his career in NASCAR’s top series he won two titles in the NASCAR Sportsman Division (1957 & 1958).

His 50 career victories in NASCAR’s premier series are tied with 2010 inductee Junior Johnson for 11th on the all-time wins list. Twenty-eight of those victories came during the 1964 and 1965 seasons.

In his first championship season of 1961, he won only one race, but posted 34 top 10s in 46 starts while driving for W.G. Holloway Jr. In 1965, his second championship campaign, Ned racked up 13 wins and 42 top fives. That year he won the Southern 500 by 14 laps or 17.5 miles, still the largest margin of victory in NASCAR premier series history.

Known for how he treated everyone, Ned quickly earned the nickname “Gentleman Ned.” And he lived up to his moniker. “‘Ned was a real gentleman both on and off the track – just a really good guy and a great race car driver,” said 1961 Daytona 500 champion Marvin Panch.

After hanging up his driving gloves, he found a home behind the microphone as a broadcaster where he was instrumental to the sport’s growth. The highlight of his broadcasting career is a moment that is one of the most memorable calls in motorsports history. On the last lap of the 1993 Daytona 500, Ned’s son, Dale, was battling for the victory against 2010 inductee Dale Earnhardt. All the other broadcasters allowed Ned to singlehandedly call the last half-lap of the race, “Come on Dale, go baby go! All right! It’s the Dale and Dale show, and you know who I’m pulling for!” Ned’s son won.

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ANA decorated World War II infantryman who landed at

Utah Beach during the invasion of Normandy, Bud Moore became a successful owner in the NASCAR premier series almost upon fielding his first team in 1961. With Joe Weatherly behind the wheel of Bud Moore Engineering’s Pontiac they earned eight wins, including that year’s Daytona 500.

The following year, Weatherly drove the No. 8 Pontiac to Moore’s first championship as an owner, and followed up that campaign with another title in 1963.

Prior to his success as an owner Moore was the crew chief for Buck Baker’s 1957 championship season.

In 1964, Moore switched from Pontiacs to Fords under the Mercury brand. As a result of his success with their stock cars, in 1968, Ford asked Moore to help them develop the Boss 302

Mustang to compete against the Chevrolet Camaro, AMC Javelin, Plymouth Barracuda and other models in sports car racing. During his three-year break from stock car racing,

Moore won two championships as an owner in two different sports car divisions.

Known for his mechanical genius and knack for fielding race cars that were both fast and dependable, Moore was able to attract some of the sport’s top drivers of the time including

Weatherly, Fireball Roberts, David Pearson, Darel Dieringer, Bobby Allison, Buddy Baker, Benny

Parsons, Dale Earnhardt, Ricky Rudd and Geoffrey Bodine.

Although to this day, Moore will not say who he thinks was

his best driver, many of the sport’s top

drivers wanted to drive for the self-described “old country mechanic.”



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the model of NASCAR efficiency during his racing career. He participated in only 574 races during his 27-year NASCAR premier series career winning an astounding 105 of them –winning about one in every five races he entered (18.29%).

Over the course of his career, Pearson never once ran a full schedule, yet he ranks second in both career wins and career poles (behind 2010 inductee Richard Petty). However, even more impressive, Pearson won the championship three times. In 1966, Pearson missed seven of 49 races, but finished consistently enough in his 42 starts to win his first title (15 wins). Two years later, he ran 48 of 49 races and again took home the NASCAR premier series title (16 wins). Then in 1969 he took home the crown again competing in 51 of 54 races (11 wins.)

The 1974 season was Pearson’s most remarkable year in terms of consistency. He only raced in 19 of 30 races, winning seven times, and still finished third in the final points standings – a true testament to his consistency on the track.

Probably one of the Daytona 500’s most memorable finishes came courtesy of the Silver Fox. In 1976, Petty and Pearson were jockeying for the lead coming out of Turn 4 on the last lap when Pearson’s Mercury slammed the outside wall and Petty spun out and came to a halt on the infield grass. Pearson was able to keep his car from stalling while Petty couldn’t. Pearson dropped his clutch and slowly maneuvered his vehicle over the finish line for the victory – his only Daytona 500 win.

CAREER STATISTICS



27 Seasons 574 105 301 366 113 135,021 25,159 6.2 11



2 Seasons 6 1 4 4 3 905 112 1.3 7



5 Seasons 17 1 10 15 587 1 6.3 5.8



8 Years 79 0 6 15 1 16,728 6 17.8 20.4



8 Years 149 14 69 102 13 25,146 2,244 9.3 9.7


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HHe was there in the very beginning and his name will always remain legendary. In the first Daytona 500, before it became known as “The Great American Race” and before it became the premier race in stock car racing, the inaugural 1959 race finished with the same press blitz one would expect to find at today’s version of the race. The finish of the race was so close that it took three days of reviewing footage and photos of the finish before Lee Petty was crowned the Daytona 500 victor.

Petty’s win at the 1959 Daytona 500 was just one of

11 victories he had that season

when he took his third and final NASCAR premier series title. Prior to the season Petty had won the championship in 1954 and 1958 becoming the first driver to win three championships in the NASCAR premier series.

In his 16 seasons as a driver, Petty accumulated 54 wins, which was a record that stood until his son Richard broke it in 1967. In addition, he never finished below fourth in the final points standings between 1949 and 1959.

As great a driver as Petty was, he was an even better owner. He founded Petty Enterprises and started fielding his own car in NASCAR’s inaugural season. His first win as a driver and owner came in that first season at Heidelberg Raceway in Carnegie, PA.

It is safe to say that after 52 years, 2,220 races, 268 wins and 10 NASCAR premier series titles as an owner, Lee Petty will certainly be remembered as one of the most competitive and successful owners in motorsports history. However, Petty’s records are not the only indelible marks he left on NASCAR. He is the father of seven-time champion Richard Petty and master engine builder Maurice Petty and the grandfather of several who continue to work in the NASCAR industry today.

CAREER STATISTICS



16 Seasons 427 54 231 332 18 65,328 4,690 9.1 7.6



3 Seasons 28 2 14 21 1 5,054 152 8.2 8.4



52 Years 2,220 268 883 1,233 151 523,047 61,106 11.7 12.3



3 Years 75 0 0 9 0 12,884 41 22.3 21.3



6 Years 134 2 32 66 5 22,685 967 14 12.5

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More than 10,000 students have participated in the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Education Curriculum Program.

Educating the Young


By Jeff Wolf

The NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Education Curriculum Program Provides Ample Learning Experiences for Students

T he NASCAR Hall of Fame is filled with tributes to great accomplishments, but another of its accomplishments might not come to fruition for a few years.

Topping the list of racing feats are Richard Petty’s 200 wins and seven championships in NASCAR’s premier series and the matching seven titles won by the late Dale Earnhardt.

The NASCAR Hall of Fame aims to preserve the history of stock car racing in a state-of-the art facility, but its focus goes beyond tracing the sport’s legacy since 1947 and featuring the many great personalities that built it.

Among the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s most unheralded achievements is an investment in the future away from race tracks. It is using all aspects of stock car racing in

Young fans examine the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry sitting in a mock technical inspection station

found at race tracks hosting NASCAR premier series events. The grid hanging above the race car is

lowered onto the car to measure the curves of the car’s different panels. NASCAR Hall of Fame


Teachers face a daunting task in classrooms

where they must compete with video games

and shorter attention spans.


the 150,000 square-foot building to stimulate young minds.

Teachers face a daunting task in classrooms where they must compete with video games and shorter attention spans. Their challenge is comparable to what Junior Johnson and Dale Earnhardt faced on race tracks.

But the NASCAR Hall of Fame is providing educators with unique opportunities.

“Every day I guess you could say we ‘trick’ students into learning,” said Teresa Robertson, the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Education and Civic Group Sales Manager.

She says that with a wink and smile.More than 10,000 students in elementary

through high school grades from Charlotte- area schools have participated in the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s program. The facility was built to attract tourists, but its education program could have a longer, more valued impact on the community.

If the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s teaching technique is chicanery, it isn’t done with smoke and mirrors although burning tires on numerous video screens help fuel students’ curiosities.

The link between informing and educating at the NASCAR Hall of Fame is not an accident.

Executive Director Winston Kelley says it had always been a goal to use the NASCAR Hall of Fame as a teaching tool even before Charlotte landed the project.

“There is such a natural tie-in between what we have and how we can teach children of all ages,” he says. “We’re a built-in lab

“If the students become race fans, that’s a bonus.”–Winston Kelley


that can show them how math and other subjects do matter in the real world and not just when they’re sitting behind their desks.

“If the students become race fans, that’s a bonus.”

The newest and most technologically advanced shrine to an American sport strives to ignite the future through its Education Curriculum Program that last year introduced various aspects of the sport to thousands of youngsters on field trips. Programs also are offered to civic organizations like Boy and Girl Scouts, and YMCA groups.

“We have something very special here and we want to share it with the general public but also with teachers and their students,” Robertson says.

Remember those obscure “word problems” in math classes about trains leaving from different locales and traveling at different speeds?

At the NASCAR Hall of Fame, real situations challenge students in entertaining ways.

“Students cannot really learn to embrace what’s presented to them until they can make a personal

connection to it,” Robertson says. “Otherwise it’s just something they remember for a test.”

Kelley adds, “NASCAR racing and our Hall of Fame provide as broad or broader perspective (relevant to education) than any other sport.”

The NASCAR Hall of Fame has a better way to communicate classroom concepts to students. Among its innovative strategies are:

Scavenger Hunt for History. Students tour the pre-NASCAR area on the fourth floor seeking answers provided by displays that show the first headlights in 1918, a “tulip” phone from the same year and study the military medals won by 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Bud Moore during World War II;

The Inspection Process. Observe the equipment NASCAR uses to ensure race cars obey technical rules. National Science Education Standards combine with the process to explain the importance of a car’s weight and balance, and what is wrong with objects displayed on a wall of illegal parts;

Fun with Points. Displays show how NASCAR drivers earn points and how much money teams can win that teaches percentages and shows students how to chart increases with bar graphs;

Anything but the Pits. The Pit Crew Challenge helps students understand the importance of technology advances through science and how teamwork impacts a team’s race performance;

Degrees of Banking. Walking Sunoco Glory Road that starts flat and graduates to 33 degrees like the high banks of Talladega Superspeedway introduces concepts of motion and force and puts life into Newton’s three laws of motion that form the basis for classical mechanics;

Rough Road. Students can touch examples of historic and all current NASCAR premier series race tracks where pieces are displayed on Glory Road and to show how friction impacts motion and speed;

Getting There. The Great Hall’s compass rose puts travel and geography into the program’s equation when students are taught how to use a compass and then calculate distances from the NASCAR Hall of Fame to NASCAR tracks before converting miles into kilometers;

Looking Back. The 1979 Daytona 500 shows how historical events can shape the future through the race being the first NASCAR race to be televised live

nationally and how media reacted to the post-race fight between Cale Yarborough and brothers Donnie and Bobby Allison;

Sand for Asphalt. How racing on sandy beaches near Daytona Beach, Fla., began in the 1900s as a winter respite for wealthy northerners and evolved to include poor, moonshine runners decades later and eventually became one of America’s most popular sports;

Translating the Rulebook. An exercise that teaches simplified writing skills by having students rewrite sometimes misunderstood parts of the NASCAR Rulebook.

“Teachers say all the time students don’t realize they’re learning while they’re having fun and that helps them over the long haul,” Kelley adds.

Robertson, a longtime teacher in the Charlotte area, creates lesson plans that utilize the wondrous NASCAR Hall of Fame as a classroom.

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“This program will teach young students how important engineering

and technology are to

the racing industry.”–Kasey Kahne


Teachers are provided with the guidelines to prepare students for their visit to the NASCAR Hall of Fame and offer post-trip lessons and projects.

“We need every possible entry point for a concept so students can latch on to it,” she says. “Every time you give them that there’s a better chance it will click by reinforcing the concept they’ve grasped.”

The 2011-12 school year began with nine lesson plans, or teaching guidelines, for elementary- through high school-aged students that Robertson created.

The primary focus is feeding the needs of the North Carolina STEM Community collaborative program designed to enhance learning in science, technology, engineering and math.

Students are charged a reduced admission of $9.95 to spend a group day at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, but funding programs are available for financially challenged schools.

The past two years the Kasey Kahne Foundation has made donations to North Carolina’s STEM program with funds raised through the popular driver’s “5 Kahne” 5k run held in October through Uptown Charlotte for field trips to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

STEM’s goal is to provide middle school students with experiences that complement regular classwork, and none are more effective than the educational field trips.

“STEM is an important part of the education system,” Kahne says. “This program will teach young students how important engineering and technology are to the racing industry.”

In addition to money raised by Kahne, his longtime crew chief Kenny Francis, who studied engineering at the University of Florida, has spoken to student groups in the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s education program. Keith Rodden, an engineer for Kahne’s team, used paper airplanes to put life into physics and engineering lessons.

About 135 seventh-grade students from the Charlotte area were the first offered expense-paid field trips to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Mark Ezzell, director for communications and policy for North Carolina STEM, arranged the outing for the group of seventh graders from about six schools in Cabarrus County just north of Charlotte to participate in the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s program.

“They were able to see how

important it is to study

mathematical, scientific and

engineering principles.”

-Mark Ezzell


“The kids loved it and had fun,” he says. “The NASCAR Hall of Fame has a lot of interactive features and the kids really responded to that.

“It enabled them to learn about scientific principles like the concepts of speed and dynamics that really gave them a hands-on experience about how they work in a practical way.”

“Young people are stimulated by images that move very, very fast,” Robertson says, adding the video displays run from two to five minutes and offer closed-caption viewing.

And without Kahne and some other star drivers leading the annual jaunt around the NASCAR Hall of Fame, the experience likely wouldn’t have happened.

“The grant was essential for us to have the opportunity to expose these students to STEM in a fun environment.”

Ezzell said his organization funded the field trip with Kahne’s grant, but teachers at the schools did “the heavy lifting.”

“These kids grew up hearing about NASCAR, and going to the Hall of Fame provided them with a chance to ‘feel’ NASCAR.

“They were able to see how important it is to study mathematical, scientific and engineering principles in order for them to be successful.”

The popularity of the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s education opportunities is growing statewide as evident after a group of seventh graders traveled there last fall from Raleigh, N.C., which is about a three-hour drive.

Another statewide education initiative implanted at the NASCAR Hall of Fame is Common Core, a national effort to “embrace clear and consistent goals for learning to prepare children for success in college and work.”

Robertson explains Common Core uses English, arts and math to connect to other subjects like science, technology and social studies.

One of the activities is a scavenger hunt through the NASCAR Hall of Fame where students are given nine questions and must find the answers by going through exhibits.

The socioeconomic history of stock car racing is brought to life. The hardscrabble life of Junior Johnson, a NASCAR Hall of Fame inaugural inductee whose racing talent was honed in the North Carolina hills, is contrasted to the affluent group of race car drivers from Ormond Beach, Fla., who competed in the early 20th century on the beaches of Daytona Beach.

A Davidson College professor who teaches a freshman creative writing course assigned his students to visit the NASCAR Hall of Fame with varying results; one wrote about the sport’s moonshine-running roots, another about how NASCAR is marketed.

Other college students benefitted from visits by furthering their knowledge in photography, motorsports management and museum studies.

The NASCAR Hall of Fame’s educational commitment runs deep. One early supporter of Charlotte hosting the NASCAR Hall of Fame is John A. Tate III, a longtime member of the North Carolina Board of Education.

The education and youth initiative efforts are year-round and include an after-school program and less-structured tours.

Robertson coordinates annual Educator Days when teachers are admitted to the NASCAR Hall of Fame at no charge. Three annual teacher development days present the Education Curriculum program to teachers and school administrators.

One instructor who had been counting the days until the NASCAR Hall of Fame opened on May 11, 2010, is Laurie Walker, the director of motorsports at Central Piedmont Community College in Mecklenburg County that offers college credit for completing courses in welding and metal fabrication that are geared toward the racing industry.

Walker was among the hundreds who worked to convince NASCAR to place its NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte and it wasn’t long after groundbreaking that she began talking with NASCAR Hall of Fame executives about how her college could utilize the facility.

“Our introduction course relates to many of the displays,” she says adding that several of the major NASCAR teams also serve as lab opportunities. “But when race teams are really busy they might not want to have us there, and they all do have secrets to keep.”

Walker says the genesis for the college’s motorsport’s program came from conversations she had with Humpy Wheeler, the former longtime president and promoter at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The college’s Introduction to Racing course taught by Walker includes a lab fee that allows full-semester access to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

“We’re in the heart of NASCAR country and he was concerned about wanting to train a work force, especially in welding and fabrication. That planted the seed.”

And now, tens of thousands of seeds are being planted in fertile young minds throughout the region with the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s education curriculum.

If those seeds sprout, that’s OK too.


Deserving of Enshrinement


By Ron Lemasters Jr.

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Who Would the NASCAR Hall of Fame Inductees Like to See Join Them?

Being selected into the NASCAR Hall of Fame is the ultimate honor for anyone in the NASCAR industry.

To get there, drivers had to be the best of the best, over a long period of time, and expert at their trade and have nerves of steel, a knack for winning races, the ability to win championships…the list of criteria is endless.

One of those criteria that hardly anyone talks about has to be the ability to see farther than the hood latches on the cars they drove.

Two classes of such men have already been inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, with a third class being inducted in January 2012, and as you might imagine, these best-of-the-best drivers, owners, crew chiefs and mechanics have an idea who they’d like to share NASCAR history with as inductees in the beautiful NASCAR Hall of Fame building in uptown Charlotte.

Bobby Allison, Class of 2011, had some ideas on whose photo he wants hanging around his for the future.

“Donnie Allison,” he said, with a smile. Well, of course…he is Bobby’s brother and a good race car driver in his own right. He was



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also the man who inducted him into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in May 2011.

As the leader of “The Alabama Gang,” a group of drivers from around Birmingham, Allison stayed loyal to his roots. “Maybe Red Farmer. Richard Petty [inaugural inductee] was the second best at going between dirt and pavement that I ever knew. But the best was Red Farmer. Red Farmer could win on a Friday night on pavement, put dirt tires on his asphalt car and win Saturday night. Richard Petty did that kind of stuff, too, back in the early days. He ran really good wherever he went.

“There are so many, so many great competitors. I worked for Carl Kiekhafer in 1956, Buck Baker was the No. 1 driver on the team at the time. I really liked Buck. He won a lot of races, and was a great contributor to the growth of NASCAR.

“I liked Herb Thomas. Herb Thomas was really old school. He ran a car for a one-car team. He won a lot of races, won a couple championships. There are not a lot of people that fit in that category.”

Top: Donnie Allison, shown here with his Hoss Ellington-owned Oldsmobile before the 1979 Daytona 500, would be on Bobby Allison’s short list of candidates to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame next. Dozier Mobley/Getty Images

Middle: Carl Kiekhaefer’s (front) cars won two consecutive NASCAR premier series titles with drivers Tim Flock and Buck Baker in 1955 and 1956, respectively. In his only two years as an owner in the NASCAR premier series, he had 11 different drivers steer his cars. ISC Archives via Getty Images

Bottom: If it were up to 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Allison, the next class would include fellow member of the Alabama Gang Red Farmer (shown here in 1991) whom Allison claimed was one of the two best at driving on any type of surface. Dozier Mobley/Getty Images


Allison continued, “Maybe I’ll give you a better answer somewhere along. But Donnie will be on my list regardless of whoever else gets in.”

Among the drivers in the current crop, you’d have to look at drivers like Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart…but among those already in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, the focus is more generational.

“Cotton Owens is a guy I feel needs to go in there,” said Ned Jarrett, inducted in May 2011. “I think we need to start looking, too, at guys like Jack Ingram who have done so much in their divisions that they raced in. It’s going to be tough. There’s no doubt about that.”

Like Allison, Jarrett is a fan of Herb Thomas for inclusion in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. “He certainly has the numbers to back up being a legitimate candidate in the whole thing.”

Bud Moore, another 2011 inductee, was four-square behind one of NASCAR’s pioneers for this honor.

“I think one of the oldest ones we don’t want to leave out on this is Raymond Parks,” the 86-year-old Moore said. “You know, he died this past June. Really hoped he would have got around on the first round. I don’t think we need to overlook him in this next round.”

Moore had a list of NASCAR heroes he wanted to see in the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

“You got Cotton Owens, Joe Eubanks helped get NASCAR started in 1947,” Moore said. “I think [Cotton] deserves going in. He won two championships [in the NASCAR Modified Tour]. David Pearson, he drove for him for about three years. I think Owens being a driver like he was and all, he and Pearson, they did quite a bit together. You have Herb Thomas,

Fireball Roberts. You got quite a few back there that you have to look at closely.”

David Pearson echoed the belief that if you’re going to put a NASCAR hero into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, you might as well do it while said hero is still around to enjoy it.

“Well, right now I feel like some of the older guys when it started really ought to be in it,” Pearson said. “Of course, it would tickle me to death to see Cotton Owens go in there because he’s 86 years old. I feel like you need to get him and Ray Fox, as old as he is, they need to get those two guys in there at least before it’s too late. I thought they ought to have [Raymond] Parks in there the first time.

“I just don’t want them to wait too late because they would never know it. It would be a year before they go in, eight months, but at least they would know they were going in if they

would go ahead and tell them some way or another that they were going in.”

It is understandable that the men who made NASCAR history want to see the others that made it happen in the NASCAR Hall of Fame with them. Pearson, perhaps, said it best.

“The first class [Bill France, Bill France Jr., Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Junior Johnson], as far as that goes, they deserve to be in there,” Pearson said. “I’m being honest. I think none of us ought to be in at this time, even the first ones. I felt like Raymond Parks, people like him. I know he had some cars that started the race back when it first started. I understand he paid the purse, helped pay the purse to get it going. People like that that really got it going, I feel like, ought to be in it first.”

He had some kind words for the Wood Brothers, too. Glen goes into the NASCAR Hall

Herb Thomas checks out the right front tire of his Chevrolet in 1955. Thomas became the

Cotton Owens, with his self-owned Pontiac at a NASCAR premier series race in 1960, would appear on Ned Jarrett’s ballot if he had a vote. As an owner, Owens has 38 career victories and a championship with David Pearson in 1966. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Raymond Parks’ name was mentioned by several of the inductees, including David Pearson and Bud Moore, who felt the voting panel should honor those who helped build the foundation for NASCAR. Parks owned Red Byron’s car that won the NASCAR premier series championship in its inaugural season. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images


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of Fame in January 2012, with Leonard on the nomination list.

“Of course, the Wood Brothers need to be in there,” Pearson said. “They deserve to be in there.”

Pressed as to why, Pearson talked about how the Wood Brothers operated, how they were far ahead of their time.

“I think Leonard knew what I wanted for the car,” he said. “He knew what I thought about him, as far as that goes. We might have to change air pressure a little bit during the race or something, which we did that a lot. In fact, we measured the tires and stuff before anybody even thought about doing it, I believe, because I happened to be sitting on the tires one day. I looked down and seen pencil marks on it. They didn’t even tell me what size it was or why it was done that way.

“The Woods were secretive about what they’d do. They didn’t let anybody know exactly what they were doing. It was something like I say I could be a little bit loose or something like that. They would change the car, air pressure, stuff like that. They could change things in the car while the tire was off, reach up and turn it a little bit. They were good people to work for, but they wouldn’t let anybody know what was going on.”

Pearson maintained that he wanted to honor the ones that came before first, then those that came after.

“I keep going back to the ones that really started it,” he declared. “Like I told them last year, if I was going in, I would take myself off the list to put Raymond Parks in there because he is the one that really got it started.”

Moore, recalling some of the drivers who drove his cars over the years, said that one sometimes forgotten man who deserves NASCAR Hall of Fame status is Joe Weatherly.

“One of them I have to bring up, real close, drove for me for three or four years, won two championships, we don’t want to overlook Joe Weatherly,” Moore said. “He was always the clown of NASCAR with all of the stunts he pulled on everybody. The biggest stunt he pulled was on [Curtis] Turner.

Bottom Left: Leonard Wood is largely credited with revolutionizing pit-stop strategy and always knew what his cars needed when, which is why David Pearson thinks Wood should be among those inducted. ISC Images and Archives via Getty Images

Bottom Right: Joe Weatherly won NASCAR premier series championships in 1962 and 1963, along with 25 victories in only 229 starts. Because of these stats, Bud Moore feels Weatherly shouldn’t be forgotten on voting day. ISC Archives via Getty Images



“He was a heck of a race driver. I really enjoyed having him, all the stuff he did do, winning the championships, all the races we won. It was great. I’m hoping he has a good shot going in on the next round.”

While there are many deserving drivers, crew chiefs and team owners in the 60-plus-year history of NASCAR, only five of them go into the NASCAR Hall of Fame each year.

The first class, the inaugural class of 2010, was made up of NASCAR founder Bill France, his son Bill France Jr., Junior Johnson, Richard Petty, and the late Dale Earnhardt, hit the high point of the organization’s founding and its most popular and most successful drivers.

The second class, inducted in May 2011, was comprised of Bobby Allison, Ned Jarrett, Bud Moore, David Pearson, and Lee Petty.

The third class, to be inducted in January 2012, is made up of drivers Darrell Waltrip, Cale Yarborough, and the late Richie Evans, crew chief Dale Inman and team owner/driver Glen Wood.

Among those nominated for 2012 included Roberts, Owens, Thomas, Parks, Baker and Ingram, named by inductees as people who should be considered for the Class of 2013.

There has been an argument, since the NASCAR Hall of Fame induction process began, about relative qualifications and the like. In short, it’s been about who deserves inclusion and when.

While not specifically named, there are others besides the group named by NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees who could be considered. They include drivers like Fred Lorenzen, NASCAR’s “Golden Boy,” and Bobby Isaac; team owners like Richard Childress and Rick Hendrick, sponsors like T. Wayne Robertson of R.J. Reynolds and track owners like H. Clay Earles.

Among those who might be one of the most popular choices for enshrinement is Maurice Petty, who built engines for Petty Enterprises in its heyday. Like Donnie Allison, Petty is a family member who has his father and brother in the NASCAR Hall of Fame already, as well as his cousin and crew chief for his team, Inman.

He would be the first engine builder to be inducted, if you don’t count Moore as strictly an engine builder.

NASCAR’s first champion, Red Byron, is one that was mentioned during a roundtable among voters at last year’s induction. So was Carl Kiekhafer, who owned the Fabulous Hudson Hornets and was the sport’s first super-team owner.

Who knows what will happen when next the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel meets to choose another five inductees for 2013. One thing you can be sure of, however, is that those who built it will be served, if the 10 living NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees have their way.

Top: Jack Ingram (right) accepts his 1982 championship trophy in what is now the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Ingram, who won four other championships, was mentioned by Ned Jarrett as a worthy candidate for the next class of inductees. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Center: When polling current NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees, Buck Baker

series champion, is a popular choice to be enshrined in the facility. ISC Archives via Getty Images

Bottom: Maurice Petty, who was the chief engine builder and mechanic for his brother, Richard, is a popular choice to one day take his place among the sport’s other legends. He would be the fourth from the Petty clan to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

Top: Red Byron’s name was mentioned in discussions on voting days for possible enshrinement in the Hall of Honor. The WWII veteran who drove

Center: Fireball Roberts, who Bud Moore feels should be a shoo-in for the

Bottom: Ray Fox is considered one of the all-time great car owners and


NASCAR Goes Hollywood!


Center: The popular characters from Cars 2, Lightning McQueen, Finn McMissile and Tow Mater, visit pit road at Charlotte Motor Speedway prior to the start of the Coca-Cola 600 on May 29, 2011. The cars were at the track to promote their upcoming sequel the following month. Scott Hunter/NASCAR Media Group

Far right: The up-and-coming star driver of the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota Joey Logano carries his meal,

the “sandwich,” which is a 3-lb bacon double cheeseburger loaded with pulled pork and a meaty hot sauce over an additional pound of fries, in 30 minutes to complete the challenge. Trent Staley/NASCAR

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A fter torrential rain postponed the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race in upstate New York in the middle of August, Joey Logano

collected a top-five finish at the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen on a cloudy Monday afternoon. As the rest of the field headed for the airport in a rush to get home to their families, Logano made a quick detour and headed to a local restaurant to take a food challenge with “Man v. Food Nation” host Adam Richman. While Logano, driver of the No. 20 Home Depot Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, was unable to finish the “Atomic Bomb,” the challenge made for great TV and exposed the sport and one of NASCAR’s up-and-coming stars to a new audience of Travel Channel viewers.



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While Logano’s appearance on “Man v. Food Nation” may seem unorthodox, it’s actually quite the opposite. In fact, NASCAR’s Los Angeles-based office, led by managing director of entertainment marketing and business development Zane Stoddard, has made television and film integration a priority in an effort to proliferate

and expand NASCAR brand awareness and mainstream pop culture relevance among new and emerging fan bases.

“Integrating our drivers, tracks, cars and NASCAR storylines into existing TV programming is a key

strategy for the sport as we look to grow the fan base, especially among youth and multicultural audiences,” Stoddard said. “NASCAR provides a fantastic backdrop for drama-filled Hollywood while Hollywood delivers to NASCAR an audience we want to talk to in a relevant manner. It’s really a perfect marriage.”

In addition to Logano appearing in an episode of “Man v. Food Nation,” several other drivers have made small screen appearances on various hit shows in 2011 as part of NASCAR’s overall strategic integration initiative. Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson appeared on FOX’s “Breaking In” as himself, tapping a childhood friend played by Christian Slater to investigate interference on his race-day radio frequency that cost him a win. Two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart made his acting debut in a June episode

NASCAR driver Joey Logano prepares to dig into the challenge presented to him by “Man v. Food Nation” host Adam Richman.

plan to switch careers to a professional eater anytime soon. Trent Staley/NASCAR

Lightning McQueen, Tow Mater and Finn McMissile, stars of the 2011 movie Cars 2, visit Victory Lane during pre-race festivities at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 29, 2011. The movie follows the characters around the globe as McQueen races overseas and Mater inadvertently gets caught up in international espionage. Scott Hunter/NASCAR Media Group

“Associating our drivers and our sport with celebrities

and pop culture-relevant TV programs positions

NASCAR to meet new audiences.”Zane Stoddard


of A&E’s “The Glades” that also featured NASCAR superstars Carl Edwards, Brian Vickers and Logano. “The Glades,” with an audience that is 56% female, allowed NASCAR to showcase some of its top personalities to women all over

the country in a different yet impactful way.

Other top shows featuring NASCAR drivers and/or NASCAR storylines included “Undercover Boss,”

“Necessary Roughness” and “American Pickers.” And while guest appearances on television is just one piece of the ‘growing the fan base’ puzzle, it’s an important one that allows the sport to talk to audiences in their arenas.

“Associating our drivers and our sport with celebrities and pop culture-relevant TV programs positions NASCAR to meet new audiences where they’re at and through all of their interests,” Stoddard said.

So while the sanctioning body works closely with its race tracks to put together ticketing promotions and other programs to attract kids to NASCAR, it also, through the LA office, works to take NASCAR to the kids. Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford for Roush Fenway Racing who has made the black-flip his trademark celebratory move, has been one of the drivers NASCAR has often used to speak to America’s youth. In addition to being integrated into The Cartoon Network’s “Destroy Build Destroy” and “Hall of Game,” Edwards also guest starred in an episode of Disney XD’s “Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil.” The Emmy-nominated comedy series “Kick Buttowoski” follows an extraordinary kid determined to become the world’s greatest daredevil. Edwards voiced

the role of Eddie Clutch, the owner of Go-Go-Go Kart World, Mellowbrook’s go-kart track.

So whether it’s an appearance in a reality show like “Man v. Food Nation” or a voice over in a popular cartoon like “Kick Buttowski,” the impact is significant for the sport as it continues to expose itself to new audiences around the globe. Maybe even more meaningful is the fact that the NASCAR drivers are having fun and building their brands along the way.

“Shooting ‘The Glades’ was a really cool experience,” Logano said. “To see Homestead-Miami Speedway turned into a Hollywood movie set was certainly interesting. I can promise you this: I won’t be quitting my day job anytime soon. The show did an amazing job making the set and garage area look authentic. I know we had The

Home Depot Toyota there, the extras were in our crew shirts and we even had our tool box in the garage stall. They did their best to make it look as real as possible and I think the NASCAR fans appreciate that.”

Movies“No, no, he didn’t slam you, he didn’t bump

you, he didn’t nudge you…he rubbed you. And rubbin son, is ‘racin.’” When NASCAR fans think about their sport and the Silver Screen, they often quote famous lines like the one Harry Hogge delivered to Tom Cruise’s character Cole Trickle in the film Days of Thunder. For NASCAR’s

Maybe even more meaningful is

the fact that the NASCAR drivers

are having fun and building their

brands along the way.

Above left: One of the stars of Cars 2, Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson), stood out at the 2011 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Darrell Waltrip (Darrell Cartrip) and Jeff Gordon (Jeff Gorvette) are two NASCAR icons that lent their voices to characters in the hugely popular Disney franchise. Juan Pablo Montoya lent his voice talents to the Spanish release of the movie. Scott Hunter/NASCAR Media Group

Above right: Dion “Rocko” Williams (left), the former rear-tire carrier on the No. 5 Chevrolet, gives

during the 2010 Coke Zero 400 Presented by Coca-Cola at Daytona International Speedway. Phelps, who earned the nickname “Ben and Jerry’s” from Williams, went undercover as Kevin Thomas,

“Undercover Boss.” CBS

Left: Steve Phelps, NASCAR Senior Vice President and CMO, donned the No. 00 Aaron’s uniform as an assistant tire specialist on pit road during the July 2010 NASCAR premier series race in Daytona. Phelps, who went undercover as Kevin Thomas, tried his hand at several tasks (some more successful than others) within the NASCAR industry. CBS

Above:



younger fans who were not around when Days of Thunder exploded onto the scene in 1990, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is the film that comes to mind when they think about NASCAR’s role in the movies. But after 2011, a banner year in which the sport was integrated into two blockbuster films in a subtle but significant manner, NASCAR fans will now be just as likely to quote Jeff Gorvette as Rowdy Burns or Cal Naughton Jr.

Summer 2011 got off to a sizzling start in June as Cars 2 catapulted up the charts and quickly became one of the top grossing films of the year. Four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion and long-time fan favorite Jeff Gordon starred in the blockbuster as Jeff Gorvette, one of the greatest American race cars alive. Donning

the stars and stripes of his country’s flag, the No. 24 Corvette C6.R was loosely based on Jeff Gordon’s rise through the ranks. Similar to the four-time champion, Jeff Gorvette moved from his hometown of Vallejo, Calif., to Indiana to be closer to the racing world. Much like Gordon, Gorvette also accelerated at a young age and turned heads wherever he competed.

“Cars 2 was one of the biggest films of the year and arguably the most popular kids-oriented project of 2011,” Stoddard said. “Having one of our drivers involved in any Disney Pixar film is a huge win, but having one of our most popular athletes of all time voicing a character that is friends with the legendary Lighting McQueen is even more special and impactful.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr’s No. 88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet got souped up as

a NASCAR Wrecker for the third movie in the Transformers franchise, Transformers:

Dark of the Moonalong with the No. 42 and No. 48 Chevrolets, visited the 2011 Daytona 500 in February to promote the Summer release of the movie

and lead the race cars around the track during the pace car laps prior to the start of the Great American Race. Kevin Kane/

WireImage

Driver Jimmie Johnson shares camera time with actors Christian Slater (Oz) and Michael Rosenbaum


Gordon’s inclusion in the film, which followed Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Darrell Waltrip in the original installment of Cars, was very well received by NASCAR fans, the film’s millions of viewers and Gordon.

“When I was in the studio, it was purely John Lasseter painting a picture in my mind through explaining the scene to me and then trying to emulate what he was looking for, and then me sometimes just either doing it repetitively or trying to copy some things that he was doing,” Gordon said in a June 16 Yahoo Sports article. “It’s amazing because he definitely put me in that

scene even though I had no idea what it looked like. I enjoyed it immensely. It was great.”

Some four months prior to its highly-anticipated big screen debut, the stars of Transformers: Dark of the Moon rolled into Daytona to unveil the NASCAR Wreckers that would soon enough pop up in theatres all over the world. Josh Duhamel, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and director Michael Bay served as grand marshals for the 53rd running of the Daytona 500 and delivered the four most famous words in motorsports. But it wasn’t their rendition of “Gentlemen, start your engines” that got the crowd roaring. It was the modified stock cars, or Wreckers, that made their first public

appearance by pacing the 43-car field during the pace laps of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20.

While not Bay or Transformers’ first foray into NASCAR, having the modified stock cars of drivers Jimmie Johnson, Juan Pablo Montoya and Dale Earnhardt Jr., integrated into the summer blockbuster provided a nice cross-promotional opportunity for both NASCAR and Transformers. Being integrated into the third installment of Transformers, which grossed more than $350 million domestically, allowed NASCAR to associate itself in a relevant manner with one of the coolest and most popular films of the year.

“Science-fiction war action might not seem like an obvious backdrop for NASCAR, but the fit was a good one as it allowed us to present our cars in a whole new way,” Stoddard said. “Our drivers are our stars but our cars are insanely popular draws as well. We were excited to once again partner with Michael Bay and were pleased with

how Transformers: Dark of the Moon turned out. We hope our fans enjoyed seeing the 42, 48 and 88 cars plastered in action on the big screen.”

So while Logano and NASCAR’s other superstars aren’t quite ready to give up their day job to pursue acting careers full time, these integrations remain an important component of the sport’s marketing strategy. They also make for good TV as Logano is obviously a professional race car driver and not a professional eater!

“Science-fiction allowed us to present

our cars in a whole new way.”

Zane Stoddard

Above: Douglas “Mater” Keever of Sherrills Ford, N.C., and Larry the Cable Guy (the voice of Tow Mater in Cars and Cars 2) stand in front of Tow Mater and his pal Lightning McQueen in Victory Lane prior to the start of the 2011 Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Keever, a construction superintendent, who met Cars director John Lasseter at the track in 2001 was later contacted by the director asking if Pixar could use his nickname in the movie. The rest is history. Scott Hunter/NASCAR Media Group

Above: Transformers: Dark of the Moon director Michael Bay and actor Josh Duhamel pose in front of a NASCAR Wrecker that appeared in the

third installment of the Transformers movie franchise. Bay, Duhamel and the


It takes hundreds of individual parts to create a race car. Each piece serves a

needed in order to achieve the desired

race track.

who are inducted into the NASCAR Hall

their illustrious careers. A life story told in

life story.

The Displays in the Hall of Honor Share the Inductees’ Whole Stories,

Not Just Their Racing Careers

By Cary Estes

NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2011 inductee Ned Jarrett listens to

the video summary of his career on his spire in the Hall of Honor.

The seven-foot tall, stainless spires are the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s

equivalent of the plaques or busts found in other halls of fame.

Jason Smith/Getty Images

“It’s an honor to try

careers each year,”

Schlesier said. “We want

we also want to include

to the inductee.”There are three

each inductee: a spire,

is on display for one year

tall, stainless steel spire features two

and a short video

This is the NASCAR Hall

“The spires are our

our inductees,” Schlesier

‘Why is this person worthy

The spires are the easy part. The other two

and see what they have

do you want to have

do research and see if

have to call collectors or

on all this, and then we’ll

Schlesier said it is

to educate the NASCAR

the inductees and display

to the inductee. This is why the interviews with the inductees or

are crucial.“When we

part of his life. So she

pole,” Schlesier said. “We never would

house and said, ‘We

why we work very closely

Top: Bud Moore chose to have his military awards from his time in the service displayed as part of his exhibit in

the Hall of Honor, including a Purple Heart. Moore served as an infantryman during World War II and landed at Utah

Beach during the invasion of Normandy. Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR

Bottom: Uniforms and trophies round out Bobby Allison’s exhibit that will be on display for a year in the Hall of

Honor. In the background is Allison’s No. 22 Miller High Life Buick Regal that he drove to a NASCAR premier series

championship in 1983. Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR


Capturing the Entire Legend


The interviews

display at the NASCAR

Junior Johnson received

do with the inductees’

their lives.“We never know

when we talk to an

“What has struck

of what they want to

proud of.”

represents the inductee.

was used for one of

inductee’s career.

they would like to see displayed,” NASCAR Hall

represents their career, or

know where one is or they

decades of NASCAR were

“One of the hardest

is cars,” Schlesier said. “They were used up year in and year out. They

wrecked or stripped. So

cars, especially ones that are iconic.

“We really have

where these cars went. In

drivers didn’t have the cars

with other collectors.

where these cars are.”

contacted the NASCAR

said he had restored one

the past year.

“Very few of his cars

had a couple we were

were very fortunate.”The other cars that

he used to win the 1989

years to win that race,

“He said there was a

display that car.”

for his seventh career

“Late in that race,

stop call to just take

that helped Richard

said. “That car was

of that win with

stops. That’s the

wanted to have in.”

For Glen Wood, a replica

that he used in

“It’s a cool

said. “They

looked like he

down to the last nut and

a lot of fondness for, so

colored Pinto that he

in at least two of Evans’

“We had two or three

restored. So it’s the real deal.”

and a life on display for all to see at the NASCAR Hall

“We want to try and

“We want to educate our

the inductees’ careers, and also include what the inductees think is really

story.”

Included in Lee Petty’s display is a

Statement of Championship Point

Money from 1958 listing the amounts

he received as a driver and owner in

the various NASCAR series. That year

Petty won his second of three NASCAR

premier series championships winning

seven of the 51 races. Jason Smith/

Getty Images for NASCAR

Included in NASCAR Hall of Fame

Class of 2012 inductee Bobby Allison’s

exhibit in the Hall of Honor is a letter

written in 1986 from then-current U.S.

President Ronald Reagan. The letter

congratulates Allison for his recent

victory in that year’s April Talladega

race and becoming the oldest driver,

at that time, to win a NASCAR premier

series race. Jason Smith/Getty Images

for NASCAR


Three ornate championship rings from David Pearson’s three championship

seasons in the NASCAR premier series are included as part of his display in the

Hall of Honor. Pearson won the titles in 1966, 1968 and 1969, winning a combined

42 races in those three years alone. Jason Smith/Getty Images for NASCAR


A couple tries their hand at the KOBALT Pit

Challenge as part of the Food Lion Race Week

Fame. Guests jack up one side of the race car

and tighten the lug nuts on a tire in the timed

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THEY HAVE TRAVELED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES TO GET HERE.

NASCAR is proud to welcome Richie Evans, Dale Inman, Darrell Waltrip, Glen Wood and Cale Yarborough into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. You’ve earned one fi nal Victory Lap.

©2012 NASCAR

Glen Wood

Richie Evans

Cale Yarborough

Darrell Waltrip

Dale Inman

Sample the Experience

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Food Lion Race Week Takes Fans inside NASCARBy Van Cox

Start Your Engines

The Race Starts Here

Inside Command Central

Passing Inspection

Under the Clock

Know the Score

A young fan times herself as she

a gas can while her dad watches. Fans

can also test themselves on how long

it takes to jack up a car or tighten the

of Fame

Two young fans work together

to build a plastic and foam

rubber engine in the KOBALT

Tools Kids’ Zone. If the engine

is assembled correctly it can

be cranked and make a sound

similar to a real engine starting.

assists a patron out of the 53-foot hauler on

display in the Food Lion Race Week exhibit.

The replica hauler allows visitors to check

out its many storage compartments and



An overhead view of the iRacing

simulators where visitors can race

against others and compete for the

cars seat two drivers for simultaneous

driving, while another car is specially

designed for handicapped accessibility

and only has space for one driver.

On the Air

Two Tires and Gas

Going Green

Don’t Forget the Kids


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America’s short tracks are to major league stock car racing what sandlots are

to baseball and asphalt courts on playgrounds are to the NBA.

Athletes always have needed

live dreams that one day they could compete before massive crowds for big paychecks on

In racing, that proving ground for more than half a century has been “short tracks” nestled in small towns from coast to coast

haven of the South.It is rural tracks like South

Boston Speedway in Virginia and Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-‐Salem, N.C., that have spotlighted local race car drivers and been hallmarks since around

the 1950s as the playgrounds for many of today’s top stock car drivers.

clay, dirt and asphalt have been half-‐mile circuits or less and

guns as they beat and bang to the delight of fans.

Short tracks are characterized as being shorter than one mile

but the true meaning is more

are cheap and prize money is so low that it is a nonfactor in

To some fans and drivers, it is the purest form of stock car racing.

The long history of short tracks and its impact on the major leagues is why the NASCAR Hall

of Fame plans a special exhibit to feature stock car racing’s roots beginning in Spring 2012 in the Great Hall of the spacious facility

“This short-‐track exhibit will help us show the breadth of NASCAR,” says Winston Kelley, the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s

you have a story to tell and you

Kelley adds the short-‐track exhibit, which will be the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s sixth themed temporary display, will include items from drivers and tracks, and show how grassroots racing provided the path for drivers to reach NASCAR’s premier series.

“We want to show how our current and historical [NASCAR Sprint] Cup stars worked their way up,” he says.

No one is more eager for the short-‐track display to open than NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

stock car on his hometown South Boston oval in Virginia.

car) at South Boston,” he recalls. “I had wanted to do that for so long, but you had to be 16 then to race stock cars.”

become one of the sport’s most respected drivers and winner of 21 NASCAR Sprint Cup races had many Saturday nights not been spent watching races at the track close to his home in central Virginia.

“I wasn’t looking to be a [NASCAR Sprint] Cup racer. That wasn’t on my mind. I just wanted to race … to be able to race on a track where my heroes raced. The people I looked up to and thought were cool raced there on Saturday nights.”

brother Ward raced there the same way.

“It’s important to have an understanding of what short tracks have meant to the sport,”

we’re doing today.”The Burton brothers, who

by middle brother Brian, are just two examples of how the “bullrings” were used by their fathers to introduce sons to racing. John Burton began taking his sons to the South Boston track when they were in elementary school and the thrills made a

“I remember going there for the ‘big’ races to watch stars like Tommy Ellis, Tommy Houston

the track hosted races in what is now the NASCAR Sprint Cup and

“Our dad didn’t race, but he was always hot rodding. That’s how we learned to work on cars.

“I wanted to be a racer as long as I can remember and there’s no

way going to South Boston didn’t have an impact on that.”

The Burton boys were born at the right place and at the

“We realize there is an excitement and interest by fans about their local racing scene and local short tracks that don’t get a

Schlesier, exhibits manager for the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

“Some drivers are spawned from short tracks; that’s where

that picture together with where the racing is close and show the

The Burtons’ story is not unique in NASCAR’s premier series.

races at age 15 on small tracks in Arkansas like the Speedbowl in Benton, or Kurt and Kyle Busch winning in the 1990s while

Speedway’s Bullring and nearby Pahrump Valley Speedway.

But it was tracks in the Carolinas and Virginia where

Drivers whose careers wound through South Boston could comprise their own hall of fame.

Sadler and former Daytona 500

the track racing an open-‐wheel

Before the NASCAR Sprint

Series moved to run exclusively

was tracks like South Boston that were regular stops for America’s premier stock car races.

South Boston was a quarter-‐

the top drivers in 1960 and 2010 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee

Johnson in the NASCAR Hall of

Top: Jim and Barbara Cromarty, the owners

of Riverhead Raceway, stand outside the

popular Long Island track that has been in

operation since 1949. Riverhead Raceway

Bottom: Bobby Labonte’s NASCAR Late

Model No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro sits in the

N.C., after a race. Labonte won six times

at the short track in 1988 while preparing

himself for driving in NASCAR’s national

series. NASCAR News Archives

The Roots of NASCAR

to showcase the area’s agricultural heritage. Howie Hodge

The NASCAR Hall of Fame Honors

NASCAR’s Short-‐Track History

By


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of his 200 NASCAR premier series

is where the late Benny Parsons

Bowman Gray Stadium, a

of Winston-‐Salem, N.C., gained

ago with the television series

Channel that showcased drivers

60 years before that it packed in fans when the quarter-‐mile oval

regular weekly racing program.The track started by NASCAR

founder Bill France Sr. and Alvin

100th race and current NASCAR Sprint Cup team owner Richard

racing while hawking peanuts in the grandstands.

other short tracks.A network of nearly 60

across North America now comprise the NASCAR Whelen All-‐American Series that serves as the anchor for local racing programs.

NASCAR stars Tony Stewart, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dave Blaney and Ken Schrader now own popular short track venues.

“The history of our sport is entrenched in short tracks,”

of fans that see us racing on these bigger tracks most of

be understood you need to understand what short-‐track racing is all about.”

Perhaps more importantly, short tracks nurtured new fans by providing racing outlets for fans in hundreds of hamlets for decades before major races were

“Just what was it about these Average Joes that made us seek their autographs, wear their jackets and cheer so loudly for them?” wrote John Bisci in his

book, Lancaster Heroes, about

New York.

old when his parents took him to

Civic Stadium in his hometown of

hair, gray hair, no hair. Some were

others delivered mail, poured concrete, strung telephone wire,

cars,” he writes in his 2005 book

to feed their Saturday-‐night

a buck, they were transformed into our heroes as soon as they

and Bell helmets.“The guy who welded the

frame on your dad’s car on

ballpark lights.“We wanted to be just

like them.”

echoed by thousands of race car drivers and millions of fans,

Above left:

Above right:

Ward Burton, Denny Hamlin and Elliott Sadler. Getty Images for NASCAR

Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest

Series. In 1999, Busch went on to win the championship in the series.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Salem, N.C., have always brought packed crowds to their

Bowman Gray Stadium

Track Name Location Length

Edmonton International Raceway Wetaskiwin, Alberta !-mile

Motoplex Speedway + Event Park Vernon, British Columbia "-mile

All American Speedway Rosedale, Calif. #⁄10-mile

Stockton 99 Speedway Stockton, Calif. !-mile

Toyota Speedway at Irwindale Irwindale, Calif. "-mile

Colorado National Speedway Dacono, Colo. #⁄8-mile

Stafford Motor Speedway Stafford Springs, Conn. "-mile

Thompson International Speedway Thompson, Conn. 5⁄8-mile

Waterford Speedbowl Waterford, Conn. #⁄8-mile

Gresham Motorsports Park Jefferson, Ga. "-mile

Magic Valley Speedway Twin Falls, Idaho 1⁄3-mile

Rockford Speedway Loves Park, Ill. .29167-mile

Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind. .686-mile

Adams County Speedway Corning, Iowa "-mile

Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa .875-mile

Beech Ridge Motor Speedway Scarborough, Maine 1⁄3-mile

Kalamazoo Speedway Kalamazoo, Mich. #⁄8-mile

Elko Speedway Elko, Minn. #⁄8-mile

Raceway Park Shakopee, Minn. !-mile

Montana Raceway Park Kalispell, Mont. !-mile

I-80 Speedway Greenwood, Neb. 4⁄10-mile

Junction Motor Speedway McCool Junction, Neb. #⁄8-mile

The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nev. .375-mile

Reno-Fernley Raceway Fernley, Nev. #⁄8-mile

Lee USA Speedway Lee, N.H. #⁄8-mile

Monadnock Speedway Winchester, N.H. !-mile

Albany-Saratoga Speedway Malta, N.Y. 4⁄10-mile

Chemung Speedrome Chemung, N.Y. #⁄8-mile

Holland Motorsports Complex Holland, N.Y. #⁄8-mile

Riverhead Raceway Riverhead, N.Y. !-mile

Spencer Speedway Williamson, N.Y. "-mile

Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, N.C. !-mile

Caraway Speedway Sophia, N.C. .455-mile

Concord Speedway Concord, N.C. "-mile

Track Name Location Length

Hickory Motor Speedway Newton, N.C. .363-mile

Riverside International Speedway Antigonish, Nova Scotia 1⁄3-mile

Columbus Motor Speedway Columbus, Ohio 1⁄3-mile

Kil-Kare Speedway Xenia, Ohio #⁄8-mile

Lake Country Speedway Painesville, Ohio 1⁄5-mile

Limaland Motorsports Park Lima, Ohio !-mile

Outlaw Motor Speedway Oktaha, Okla. #⁄8-mile

Salina Highbanks Speedway Pryor, Okla. #⁄8-mile

Barrie Speedway Oro, Ontario 1⁄3-mile

Delaware Speedway Delaware, Ontario "-mile

Kawartha Speedway Fraserville, Ontario #⁄8-mile

Mosport Speedway Bowmanville, Ontario "-mile

Grandview Speedway Bechtelsville, Pa. 1⁄3-mile

Lake Erie Speedway Erie, Pa. #⁄8-mile

Motordrome Speedway Smithton, Pa. "-mile

Greenville Pickens Speedway Easley, S.C. "-mile

Myrtle Beach Speedway Myrtle Beach, S.C. "-mile

Auto Clearing Motor Speedway Saskatoon, Saskatchewan .333-mile

Bristol Motor Speedway Bristol, Tenn. .533-mile

Kingsport Speedway Kingsport, Tenn. 1⁄3-mile

Houston Motorsports Park Houston, Texas #⁄8-mile

Thunderhill Raceway Kyle, Texas #⁄8-mile

Langley Speedway Hampton, Va. .396-mile

Martinsville Speedway Ridgeway, Va. .526-mile

Motor Mile Speedway Radford, Va. .416-mile

Old Dominion Speedway Manassas, Va. #⁄8-mile

Richmond International Raceway Richmond, Va. 3⁄4-mile

South Boston Speedway South Boston, Va. 4⁄10-mile

Devil’s Bowl Speedway West Haven, Vt. "-mile

Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Wash.#⁄8-mile &

5⁄8-mile

Cedar Lake Speedway New Richmond, Wis. #⁄8-mile

LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway West Salem, Wis..545-mile &

1⁄4-mile

Short Tracks Hosting NASCAR-Sanctioned Events*



A proud partner of the NASCAR Hall of Fame since its inception, Bank of America firmly supports the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s mission to promote the excitement and history of the region’s motorsports industry. As partners, Bank of America and the NASCAR Hall of Fame work together to develop and curate programs that extend beyond the sport of racing and highlight the benefits of the industry to Charlotte and the Carolinas.

In the weeks leading up to the 2011 Bank of America 500, Bank of America teamed up with the NASCAR Hall of Fame to hold an inaugural career day to showcase the diverse career opportunities offered in the motorsports industry in the Charlotte region. More than 200 Charlotte-area high school students

participated in the event, which included a keynote address from NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kasey Kahne. In addition to Bank of America executives and volunteers, event participants included Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and representatives from the North Carolina Motorsports Association, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports, Speedway Motorsports Inc. and a number of Charlotte-based race teams.

“Bank of America values its partnerships with the NASCAR Hall of Fame and NASCAR’s leading organizations because they contribute to our goal of advancing Charlotte’s growth and transformation,” said Cathy Bessant, Global Technology & Operations Executive at Bank of America. “At the bank, we

recognize that hands-on learning plays a critical role in professional development.”

The event provided students from seven Charlotte-area schools an opportunity to learn about several core career NASCAR disciplines, including engineering, marketing, safety and competition; to help develop an appreciation for the different career paths available to them in the motorsports industry; and to provide opportunities to network with members of the NASCAR community.

Additionally, Bank of America and its partners at NASCAR, Charlotte Motor Speedway and Hendrick Motorsports teamed up to expand internship opportunities for college students seeking real-world experience in the motorsports industry. These opportunities were designed to provide an educational path for students while also helping to ensure a future workforce for one of the region’s top industries.

“NASCAR is a total team effort, and through this program the bank really showed students all the roles that they could play on a race team,” said Kahne. “From the responses and conversations I’ve had with students, Bank of America is making an impact in their lives and showing them all the opportunities that are available in motorsports. It’s exciting for everyone involved.”

Top: Hendrick Motorsports was one of many race teams that helped educate students about the

career paths available in the industry, including engineering, marketing, safety and competition.

Ken Toda/VPS Motorimages

Middle: The Bank of America Motorsports Career Day offered 200 Charlotte-area students the

opportunity to speak with and ask questions to experienced professionals about their own

experience and passion. Ken Toda/VPS Motorimages

Bottom: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kasey Kahne (left) helped highlight the different roles

involved in a race team and the motorsports industry. Ken Toda/VPS Motorimages

Bank of America Motorsports Career Day

NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne (in blue polo shirt) and students took time from enjoying the interactive exhibits at the

NASCAR Hall of Fame to pose with the Bank of America 500 trophy. Ken Toda/VPS Motorimages



As one of the founding sponsors of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, Wells Fargo is proud to be part of the excitement, legacy, and competitive spirit of preserving and sharing the history of racing. Wells Fargo’s commitment to the NASCAR Hall of Fame started before the ground was broken and continues through their ongoing commitment to the home of motorsports – Charlotte, N.C.

Off the track, not all races are about speed. Helping communities thrive is not a race, but a journey where families, businesses and organizations all work together to help make things better for everyone. Wells Fargo’s support of the NASCAR Hall of Fame also reflects their commitment to those longer journeys and investing in assets that enhance the community experience in Charlotte. A primary reason Wells Fargo decided to support the NASCAR Hall of Fame from its beginning is that the motorsports industry has a huge economic impact on the state, and thus the bank has strong ties within the industry. Former Senior Vice President with Wells Fargo and one of the original members of the steering committee that brought the NASCAR Hall of Fame to the Queen City John A. Tate III said, “Wells Fargo felt it was part of

our civic engagement to support the NASCAR Hall of Fame with the cultural and historical ties the sport has to our area. Working with the NASCAR Hall of Fame and NASCAR is good for our region and good for our community.”

On March 6, 2006, the city of Charlotte, N.C., was announced as the location to house the NASCAR Hall of Fame by Brian France, CEO and Chairman of NASCAR. Even before that announcement, Wells Fargo (then Wachovia) was an early supporter of the NASCAR Hall of Fame by being part of the financing structure with other local companies and the City of Charlotte that would partner to build the facility. This relationship was one of the key reasons NASCAR cited that guided its decision to choose Charlotte.

The proposal to bring the NASCAR Hall of Fame to Charlotte was crafted by a team including Tate. Tate was able to rely on his strong ties in the Charlotte community to enlist many different individuals from around the area to serve on the steering committee, including team owner Rick Hendrick, who served as the Chairman.

In addition to their civic commitment to Charlotte, Wells Fargo’s journey has taken them to

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many places throughout the Carolinas. For instance, in 2010, they invested over $16 million in non-profit organizations and schools across North Carolina, providing resources so these organizations can help families in need as well as supporting cultural events in communities across the state. Wells Fargo has invested more than $29.6 million in loans to over 100,000 North Carolina small businesses to help them thrive and create jobs.

Just as it is with the NASCAR Hall of Fame, education is very important to Wells Fargo because it is a significant way of investing in the country’s future. By contributing over $5 million to community and technical colleges and universities in North and South Carolina, they help students of all ages gain the skills they need to find better jobs, become entrepreneurs and grow their communities. They are proud founding sponsors of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and its focus on education. The NASCAR Hall of Fame’s education curriculum stimulates


the senses of our youth, showing with hands-on activities where science and math can lead these students.

When people are in the mood for racing, music, theater or art, Wells Fargo is with them, helping grow the opportunity for everyone to explore new worlds and experience a diverse menu of sights and sounds, inspiring people of ages with new ideas and perspectives.

Part of Wells Fargo’s legacy is about bringing communities together. Stagecoach drivers and Pony Express riders thundered across the great frontier, delivering passengers, letters, and goods that connected families communities, and businesses East to West, and they are proud of that history. Every day, needs change and there are new opportunities to help people and organizations be their very best, to meet their goals, and thrive. Wells Fargo is committed to supporting families, businesses, education and the arts throughout the journey that we all share.

Wells Fargo hopes everyone enjoys their visit to the NASCAR Hall of Fame and they look forward to joining their customers on a shared journey that stretches beyond the finish line.

All photos in article: Wells Fargo volunteers in the community, 2011 Day of Caring. Wells Fargo

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A Ring Worthy of NASCAR

Hall of Fame® Achievement.Each year, five racing legends are inducted into the

NASCAR Hall of Fame. The members are selected for their legendary accomplishments in the rich history of motorsports. The NASCAR Hall of Fame ring serves as a timeless symbol of their passion, courage and skill required to consistently excel and win at one of the most competitive sports in the world. Jostens is the exclusive manufacturer of this one of a kind commemorative keepsake.

The NASCAR Hall of Fame ring is a recognizable symbol of achievement and excellence that celebrates the brilliant legacy of an elite group of professionals. Whether worn in public or part of a historic collection of driver memorabilia, the ring inspires and connects racing teams, drivers and fans to the excitement and memorable events of NASCAR.

The NASCAR Hall of Fame Ring is a true testament to each inductee’s drive and determination. This special trophy is crafted in 10k white gold symbolizing the high standard of excellence in their racing careers.

The top of the stunning Hall of Fame ring spells out “NASCAR Hall of Fame.” Similar to its presence on the headquarters architecture, the iconic NASCAR ribbon adorns the Hall of Fame ring to represent the speed and spectacle that surrounds the sport.

Each year the rings are handcrafted through the same meticulous process. The only difference from year to year was NASCAR wanted to make the inaugural class’ ring even more rare and commissioned a special ring that included more yellow gold.

The ring top is embellished with 25 sparkling diamonds totaling .303 carats. They are enhanced with two beautiful diamond-cut synthetic blue sapphires, creating an eye catching piece of fine jewelry.

One side of the stunning ring is personalized with the honoree name and year date of the honoree’s induction into the Hall of Fame. This side is unique for each inductee and has its own unique custom mold to set itself apart from the rest.

The opposite side is the same for each inductee featuring the familiar NASCAR Hall of Fame logo. “Where the Race Lives On” is raised above the logo, acknowledging the hall as the center for racing history.

Intricate engraving on the inside of each ring finishes the distinct design with the inductees first and last name chiseled into the metal. The total weight of this finely crafted 10K gold ring averages around 30 grams as the weight varies by finger size.

The Story of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Ring

Crafting a NASCAR Hall of Fame RingIn 2009, NASCAR worked with Jostens to design the

ring to tell the story of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and to acknowledge superior results over time. Founded in 1897 and with over 60 years of championship ring experience, Jostens was well-equipped and prepared to help tell the Hall of Fame story with a keepsake that would stand the test of time. Cast in gold, the ring would soon become the icon of champions racing. Creating each NASCAR Hall of Fame ring takes many precise steps, performed by various master jewelers. After the final design is selected, precision tooling is used to create molds that provide the pattern for each customized and personalized trophy.



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The Lost Wax ProcessThe lost wax process was used to cast gold jewelry by the

early Egyptians. This lost wax process is still the preferred method for fine jewelry to capture the details and symbols of each Hall of Fame inductee ring. An exact wax replica of each Hall of Fame member’s ring is created and sized to prepare a mold for the gold casting.

A plaster-like casting surrounds the wax. The wax melts at 160° F., leaving a detailed cavity for molten gold. A molten stream of white gold is poured to fill every fine line, symbol, letter and numeral of this exquisite ring.

PresentationThe inductees are honored each year in

Charlotte with a full week of induction festivities. The culmination is a ceremony where the inductee is individually honored and presented their unique ring, a symbol of their accomplishments and passion for everything racing in their NASCAR® career.

About JostensMinneapolis-based Jostens is a provider of products,

programs and services that help people tell their stories, celebrate important traditions and recognize achievements. The company’s products include school yearbooks and other memory book products, scholastic products such as class rings and graduation products, and products for athletic champions and their fans.

Jostens supplies trophies and championship rings for the NASCAR-sanctioned series and is the exclusive designer/provider of NASCAR championship rings. Jostens presented Jamie McMurray with a one-of-a-kind Champions Ring following his thrilling triumph in the 2010 DAYTONA 500®. Jostens has created 29 of the 45 NFL Super Bowl rings, including the ring for the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl I victory and the Packers 45th Super Bowl anniversary ring. Jostens has also designed and produced NBA Finals, Stanley Cup and World Series championship rings, as well as rings for collegiate sports championships.

Finishing and stone settingA sophisticated sequence of polishing brings out the finish

and luster of each ring. Stones are meticulously set in closely-knit patterns that symbolize results, team and tradition. Each stone is part of the elaborate story of an incredible career marked by memorable accomplishments.

Each NASCAR Hall of Fame ring passes through the hands of many passionate fine jewelry experts. Employees at Jostens Denton, Texas fine jewelry facility share the enthusiasm for championship sports and take great pride in crafting each ring to help recognize these NASCAR icons.

The rings are individually sized for each inductee Great care is taken for Hall of Fame rings that are to be presented posthumously; ensuring that ring detail and size would represent an accurate tribute to the honoree.

2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees: Richie Evans,

Dale Inman, Darrell Waltrip, Glen Wood and Cale Yarborough.




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Top: Fans pack the Benton Convention Center in Winston-

Salem, N.C., during the event’s inaugural year (1990)

to look at the displays and hunt for autographs and

giveaways. The Preview was hosted in the convention

center for only three years before moving to the Lawrence

Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which offered more

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Bottom left: In 1990, a lucky fan was able to get her photo

snapped with legendary driver Dale Earnhardt. For only

$5, race fans who braved the weather that year could get

their favorite drivers’ autographs, view the race cars, ride

simulators, purchase souvenirs and bid on memorabilia.

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Bottom right: Richard Petty signs a souvenir for a young

fan at the 1993 Preview. All the NASCAR premier series

drivers will be on hand for autograph sessions during the

2012 event at the Charlotte Convention Center in uptown

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Terry Labonte’s No. 5 Kellogg’s Chevrolet and Wally Dallenbach Jr.’s No. 43 STP Pontiac on display in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Complex in Winston-Salem, N.C., were just two of the many show cars that fans had the chance to see up close in 1994 at the Preview. The 2012 event

will be part of NASCAR Acceleration Weekend. NASCAR Hall of Fame

The NASCAR Preview Revs Its Engine Once More

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Left: Six NASCAR premier series

race cars that fans would see

at race tracks during the 1993

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Above left: T. Wayne Robertson, Rusty Wallace and Ralph Seagraves at the 1994

Preview. Robertson and Seagraves were executives with RJ Reynolds responsible

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Above right: In 1994, driver Dale Jarrett was one of the many NASCAR drivers on

hand in Winston-Salem, N.C., to sign autographs for the thousands of fans that

showed up. After an eight-year absence, the popular fan event is back and moving

to Charlotte, N.C., aligning it with the rest of the festivities surrounding the 2012

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Below: Darrell Waltrip’s No. 17 Western Auto Chevrolet was on display during

the 1994 Preview at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-

Salem, N.C. Souvenir haulers such as Jeff Gordon’s DuPont-sponsored trailer (in

the background) were on hand for fans to purchase driver merchandise. NASCAR

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Fans get an up-close view of Michael Waltrip’s No. 30 Pennzoil Pontiac and Sterling Marlin’s No. 8 Raybestos Brakes

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