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NASCAR committed to building a Hall of Fame and on March 6, 2006, the City of Charlotte was selected as the location. Ground was broken for the $160 million facility on January 26, 2007, and it officially opened on May 11, 2010, [1] with the inaugural class inducted the day following the 2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
Person Image Role Notes Dale Earnhardt: Driver and owner: 7-time Cup drivers champion, 76 race wins, 281 top 5s, 428 top 10s, 22 poles, 1998 Daytona 500 winner, 3-time Coca-Cola 600 winner, 1995 Brickyard 400 winner, 3-time Southern 500 winner, 3-time All-Star Race winner, leads drivers in wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway (9) and Talladega Superspeedway (10), 1979 Rookie of the Year, founder of ...
Racing for money instead of points, Lorenzen never competed for the annual Grand National championship, but he won the big races that made him the uncrowned King of NASCAR during its golden years. Lorenzen's countless fans waited for a long time for Lorenzen's brilliant career to be recognized with his induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
The Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR is an award in the NASCAR Hall of Fame that is presented to someone who has made significant contributions to NASCAR. The award was created in 2015 and was designed for people who were not drivers to be recognized in the Hall of Fame (drivers can still be nominated and win the award ...
After spending his early NASCAR career as an engineer for Hylton Engineering, in 1984 he joined Richard Childress Racing to become the crew chief for Dale Earnhardt. Earnhardt had 46 wins, 142 top 5 finishes, and 246 top 10 finishes with Shelmerdine en route to four championships in 1986, 1987, 1990 and 1991. [ 1 ]
His induction was accepted by Winston Kelley, the executive director for the NASCAR Hall of Fame. [74] He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on March 17, 2020. [75] In 2023, as part of NASCAR's 75th Anniversary celebration, he was included as one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers. Byron was automatically included because he ...
NASCAR Winston West Series Champion (1980, 1981, 1982 and 1988) Awards: West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame (2002 - Inaugural Class) NASCAR Cup Series career; 26 races run over 13 years: First race: 1975 Los Angeles Times 500: Last race: 1989 Autoworks 500
In 1989, he was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame; Inducted into the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame in 1993 [6] As part of NASCAR's 50th Anniversary celebration in 1998, he was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. [3] NASCAR named him #3 on its NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 list. [2]