Nominees for NASCAR Hall of Fame, Class of 2013
Saturday, May. 19, 2012
Nominees for NASCAR Hall of Fame, Class of 2013:
Buck Baker: First driver to win consecutive NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series titles (1956-57).
Red Byron: First NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion, in 1949.
Richard Childress: 11-time car owner champion in NASCAR’s three national series.
Jerry Cook: Six-time NASCAR Modified champion.
H. Clay Earles: Founder of Martinsville Speedway.
Tim Flock: Two-time NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion.
Ray Fox: Legendary engine builder and owner of cars driven by Buck Baker, Junior Johnson and others.
Anne Bledsoe France: Helped build the sport with husband Bill France Sr. The first woman to be nominated for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Rick Hendrick: 13-time car owner champion in NASCAR’s three national series.
Jack Ingram: Two-time NASCAR Busch (now Nationwide) Series champion and three-time Late Model Sportsman champion.
Bobby Isaac: 1970 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion.
Fred Lorenzen: 26 wins and winner of the Daytona 500 and World 600.
Cotton Owens: Driver-owner, won 1966 owner championship with David Pearson.
Raymond Parks: NASCAR’s first champion car owner.
Benny Parsons: 1973 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion.
Les Richter: Former NASCAR executive; former president of Riverside International Raceway.
Fireball Roberts: 33 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series wins, including the 1962 Daytona 500.
T. Wayne Robertson: Helped raise NASCAR popularity as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company senior VP.
Wendell Scott: Trailblazer was the first African-American NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series race winner, and first to be nominated for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Ralph Seagraves: Formed groundbreaking Winston-NASCAR partnership as executive with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Herb Thomas: First two-time NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion, 1951, ’53.
Curtis Turner: Early personality, called the “Babe Ruth of stock car racing.”
Rusty Wallace: 1989 NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion.
Joe Weatherly: Two-time NASCAR premier (now Sprint Cup) series champion.
Leonard Wood: Former crew chief for Wood Brothers, revolutionized pit stops.
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