NASCAR this day introduced the 15 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Reputation‘s Class of 2021, introducing the Fashionable Skills and Pioneer Ballots for the main time.
The checklist comprises five first-time NASCAR Hall of Reputation nominees — three on the Fashionable Skills Ballotand two on the Pioneer Ballot.
Jeff Burton (21-time Cup Series winner), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (15-time most smartly-liked driver) and Carl Edwards (28-time Cup winner) be part of seven old nominees on the Fashionable Skills Ballot. Three-time Cup champion crew chief Jake Elder and notorious automobile builder Banjo Matthews be part of three old nominees on the Pioneer Ballot, designed to honor these whose careers started higher than 60 years ago (sooner than 1961 for the Class of 2021).
The NASCAR Hall of Reputation Class of 2021 will encompass two inductees from the checklist of Fashionable Skills nominees, and one from the checklist of Pioneer nominees — for a total of three new inductees in 2021.
Janet Guthrie returns as a Landmark Award nominee, rejoining Alvin Hawkins, Mike Helton, Dr. Joseph Mattioli and Ralph Seagraves. Doable Landmark Award recipients include competitors or these working in the game as a member of a racing group, notice facility, bolt group, sponsor, media accomplice or being a total ambassador for the game thru a official or non-official role. Award winners remain eligible for NHOF enshrinement.
The Fashionable Skills Ballotand Landmark Award nominees were chosen by the Nomination Committee, which consists of representatives from NASCAR and the NASCAR Hall of Reputation, notice home owners from main facilities and historic short tracks. The brand new Honors Committee, largely made from all living Hall of Famers, Landmark Award winners and Squier-Hall Award winners, chosen the Pioneer Ballot. Both committees‘ votes were tabulated by accounting firm EY.
Following are the NASCAR Hall of Reputation Class of 2021 nominees and Landmark Award nominees:
Fashionable Skills Ballot
Neil Bonnett, received 18 times in the NASCAR Cup Series including consecutive Coca-Cola 600 victories
Jeff Burton, received 21 times in the NASCAR Cup Series including the Southern 500 and two Coca-Cola 600s
Dale Earnhardt Jr., 15-time NASCAR Cup Series Most Fashionable Driver and two-time Xfinity Series champion
Carl Edwards, winner of 28 NASCAR Cup Series races and 2007 Xfinity Series champion
Harry Gant, winner of 18 NASCAR Cup Series races, including two Southern 500 victories
Harry Hyde, 1970 NASCAR Cup Series championship crew chief
Larry Phillips, first five-time NASCAR weekly series national champion
Ricky Rudd, received 23 times in NASCAR Cup Series, including the 1997 Brickyard 400
Kirk Shelmerdine, four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion crew chief
Mike Stefanik, winner of document-tying nine NASCAR championships
Pioneer Ballot
Jake Elder, three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion crew chief
Red Farmer, three-time NASCAR Leisurely Mannequin Sportsman champion; 1956 Modified champion
Banjo Matthews, constructed vehicles that received higher than 250 NASCAR Cup Series races and three championships
Hershel McGriff, 1986 NASCAR West Series champion
Ralph Dreadful, two-time NASCAR Cup Series proprietor champion as mechanical genius of Holman-Dreadful
Landmark Award
Janet Guthrie, the main feminine to compete in a NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway bolt
Alvin Hawkins, NASCAR‘s first flagman; established NASCAR racing at Bowman Gray Stadium with Bill France Sr.
Mike Helton, named third president of NASCAR in 2000; occupation incorporated notice operator roles at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway
Dr. Joseph Mattioli, founder of Pocono Raceway
Ralph Seagraves, formed groundbreaking Winston-NASCAR partnership as govt with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Firm
— NASCAR —
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