15 individuals have been nominated for the Corridor of Fame, together with 5 extra nominees for the Landmark Award for Excellent Contributions to NASCAR.
Amongst them is seven-time Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus. Collectively, they received over 80 Cup races and 7 titles — together with an unprecedented 5 consecutive.
Johnson is now a co-owner on the Legacy Motor Membership Cup crew, and Knaus is presently the Vice President of Competitors at Hendrick Motorsports.
They be part of the Fashionable Period poll of their first yr of eligibility, with Donnie Allison becoming a member of the record of nominees on the Pioneer poll for the primary time as properly. Allison’s brother Bobby joined the Corridor of Fame in 2011. Donnie began 242 Cup races over 22 years, profitable ten races. He was additionally a part of that iconic end (and struggle) on the Daytona 500 in 1979, an occasion that launched the game into the nationwide highlight.
Two candidates from the Fashionable Period poll and one from the Pioneer poll will be part of the NASCAR Corridor of Fame subsequent yr.
Fashionable Period PollÂ
Neil Bonnett, received 18 occasions within the NASCAR Cup Sequence together with consecutive Coca-Cola 600 victories
Tim Brewer, two-time NASCAR Cup Sequence champion crew chief
Jeff Burton, received 21 occasions within the NASCAR Cup Sequence together with the Southern 500 and two Coca-Cola 600s
Carl Edwards, winner of 28 NASCAR Cup Sequence races and 2007 Xfinity Sequence champion
Harry Gant, winner of 18 NASCAR Cup Sequence races, together with two Southern 500 victories
Harry Hyde, 1970 NASCAR Cup Sequence championship crew chief
Jimmie Johnson, seven-time NASCAR Cup Sequence champion
Chad Knaus, seven-time NASCAR Cup Sequence champion crew chief
Larry Phillips, first five-time NASCAR weekly collection nationwide champion
Ricky Rudd, received 23 occasions in NASCAR Cup Sequence, together with the 1997 Brickyard 400
Pioneer Poll
Donnie Allison, ten-time NASCAR Cup Sequence winner, 1967 Cup Sequence ROY
Sam Ard, NASCAR Xfinity Sequence pioneer and two-time champion
AJ Foyt, received seven NASCAR Cup Sequence races together with the 1972 Daytona 500
Banjo Matthews, constructed automobiles that received greater than 250 NASCAR Cup Sequence races and three championships
Ralph Moody, two-time NASCAR Cup Sequence proprietor champion as mechanical genius of Holman-MoodyÂ
The Landmark Award “honors these who made important contributions to the expansion and esteem of NASCAR.” Becoming a member of the record of nominees is Les Richter, a longtime NASCAR govt.Â
Landmark Award
Janet Guthrie, the primary feminine to compete in a NASCAR Cup Sequence superspeedway race
Alvin Hawkins, NASCAR’s first flagman; established NASCAR racing at Bowman Grey Stadium with Invoice France Sr.
Lesa France Kennedy, NASCAR Government Vice Chair and one of the crucial influential girls in sports activities
Dr. Joseph Mattioli, founding father of Pocono Raceway
Les Richter, long-time NASCAR govt oversaw competitors, helped develop the game on the West Coast
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