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CUP: Waltrip, Allison Among Potential 2011 NHoF Inductees
SPEED’s live television coverage of the NHoF selection process will begin Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET...
Bobby Allison is the 1983 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
What’s more impressive, results on the race track or accomplishments behind the scenes? The number of championships won or the number of career wins? Helping to keep a dream alive or taking that dream to an entirely new level?
Those are just a few of the many questions the members of the voting panel will likely be asked to weigh Wednesday when the selection process for 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame class gets under way in Charlotte.
The list of 25 nominees, announced earlier this year, covers all aspects of the sport. From drivers that won multiple championships to the driver who won the first NASCAR title; car owners that are still fielding winning entries today as well as those who funded the first successful teams; and drivers that dominated on other levels of the sport as well as those people that worked outside the spotlight.
The 52-member voting panel will hear presentations for each of the nominees beginning at 9:15 a.m. at the Charlotte Convention Center. After discussions and a brief break for lunch, the voting is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. A press conference to announce the 2011 class will be held at the Hall of Fame beginning at 4 p.m.
“I guess I’d have to say, and I don’t know if I’m being honest about it or not, but I guess I’d have to say that if I could just be a part of it at some time, that would be satisfying,” three-time Cup champion Darrell Waltrip said earlier this year. “But sooner than later would be nice.”
Waltrip is on a short list of drivers considered by many to be among the favorites for going into the hall of fame this time around.
Topping that list is David Pearson, also a three-time champion and with 105 career wins, the series’ second most successful driver.
Bobby Allison, like Waltrip a winner of 84 Cup races, is also on the short list as is three-time champion Cale Yarborough.
“It’s really special [to be nominated],” Allison said. “I hope it happens. But I know crazy things can come and go. I really hope it does happen.”
That he might go in alongside Waltrip, his chief nemesis during the 1970s and ’80s, isn’t a concern, the three-time Daytona 500 winner said.
“Right now they have us tied in wins, and if I get Winston-Salem [a Grand American win that isn’t included in his career win total], I’m one ahead of him,” Allison said, grinning.
“We started out [and] we had a really good friendship. In fact, I built cars for the guys that he drove for early in his career. His first win probably was in a car that I built for them. It would have been Late Model Sportsman back in those days.
“As he moved into the higher ranks, he just didn’t seem to want to retain the friendship.”
2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame Nominees
Bobby Allison – 1983 Cup champion; 84 career wins; three-time Daytona 500 winner; two-time NASCAR Modified Division champion (1964-65)
Buck Baker – 1956-57 champion; 46 career wins; runnerup in 1955 and ’58
Red Byron – 1948 NASCAR Modified champion; 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock champion
Richard Childress – 11 championships as an owner (seven Cup, three Nationwide, one truck); 76 career top-10s in 285 starts as a driver
Jerry Cook – Six-time Modified champion; 342 career victories
Richie Evans – Nine-time NASCAR Modified champion, including eight consecutive titles (2978-85)
Tim Flock – Won NASCAR championships in 1952 and ’55; 39 career victories
Rick Hendrick – Nine Cup and three truck series championships as an owner; 194 Cup wins by Hendrick drivers is series record
Jack Ingram – 1982 and ’85 Nationwide Series champion; 31 career wins; 1972-74 Late Model Sportsman champion
Dale Inman – Eight-time championship-winning crew chief, winning 1964, ’67, ’71-72, ’74-75, ’79 titles with Richard Petty and 1984 with Terry Labonte
Ned Jarrett – Two-time NASCAR Cup champion (1961 and ’65); 50 career wins; two-time Sportsman Division champ (1957-58)
Fred Lorenzen – 26 career wins in just 158 starts, including Daytona 500 and World 600 wins in 1965
Bud Moore – Championship-winning crew chief for Buck Baker in 1957; as an owner, won two titles (1962-63) with driver Joe Weatherly; 63 owner wins
Raymond Parks – One of sport’s first successful team owners; fielded series’ first championship team (1949)
Benny Parsons – 1973 Cup champion; 21 wins, 20 poles in 526 career starts; 1975 Daytona 500 winner
David Pearson – Three-time Cup champion (1966, ’68-69); 105 career wins second on all-time win list; 113 poles; 1976 Daytona 500 winner
Lee Petty – First three-time winner of series’ title (1954, ’58-59); won first Daytona 500 (1959); 54 career victories; 268 wins as car owner
Fireball Roberts – 33 wins in 207 starts; two-time winner of Southern 500; 1962 Daytona 500 champion
T. Wayne Robertson – Former president of Sports Marketing Enterprise for RJ Reynolds; helped develop Winston Preview fundraiser and all-star race format
Herb Thomas – 1951 and ’53 series champion; 48 career wins, 39 poles in 228 starts; three-time Southern 500 winner
Curtis Turner – 17 career wins, 16 poles in 184 starts; won 22 times in NASCAR’s convertible division in 1956; former Southern 500 winner
Darrell Waltrip – Won three Cup titles (1981-82 and ’85), 84 races and 59 poles; 1985 Daytona 500 champion; won 12 times, including seven consecutive races, at Bristol
Joe Weatherly – Two-time series champion (1962-63); 25 wins, 18 poles in 229 career starts; 1953 Modified champion, 101 Modified series wins
Glen Wood – Four wins, 16 poles in only 62 starts as a driver; 97 wins (No. 3 all-time) as co-owner of Wood Brothers Racing; team’s pit crew also won 1965 Indy 500 with driver Jim Clark.
Cale Yarborough – First driver to win three consecutive series titles (1976-78); 83 career victories, 69 poles; four-time Daytona 500 winner; finished second in points three times
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Those are just a few of the many questions the members of the voting panel will likely be asked to weigh Wednesday when the selection process for 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame class gets under way in Charlotte.
The list of 25 nominees, announced earlier this year, covers all aspects of the sport. From drivers that won multiple championships to the driver who won the first NASCAR title; car owners that are still fielding winning entries today as well as those who funded the first successful teams; and drivers that dominated on other levels of the sport as well as those people that worked outside the spotlight.
The 52-member voting panel will hear presentations for each of the nominees beginning at 9:15 a.m. at the Charlotte Convention Center. After discussions and a brief break for lunch, the voting is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. A press conference to announce the 2011 class will be held at the Hall of Fame beginning at 4 p.m.
“I guess I’d have to say, and I don’t know if I’m being honest about it or not, but I guess I’d have to say that if I could just be a part of it at some time, that would be satisfying,” three-time Cup champion Darrell Waltrip said earlier this year. “But sooner than later would be nice.”
Waltrip is on a short list of drivers considered by many to be among the favorites for going into the hall of fame this time around.
Topping that list is David Pearson, also a three-time champion and with 105 career wins, the series’ second most successful driver.
Bobby Allison, like Waltrip a winner of 84 Cup races, is also on the short list as is three-time champion Cale Yarborough.
“It’s really special [to be nominated],” Allison said. “I hope it happens. But I know crazy things can come and go. I really hope it does happen.”
That he might go in alongside Waltrip, his chief nemesis during the 1970s and ’80s, isn’t a concern, the three-time Daytona 500 winner said.
“Right now they have us tied in wins, and if I get Winston-Salem [a Grand American win that isn’t included in his career win total], I’m one ahead of him,” Allison said, grinning.
“We started out [and] we had a really good friendship. In fact, I built cars for the guys that he drove for early in his career. His first win probably was in a car that I built for them. It would have been Late Model Sportsman back in those days.
“As he moved into the higher ranks, he just didn’t seem to want to retain the friendship.”
2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame Nominees
Bobby Allison – 1983 Cup champion; 84 career wins; three-time Daytona 500 winner; two-time NASCAR Modified Division champion (1964-65)
Buck Baker – 1956-57 champion; 46 career wins; runnerup in 1955 and ’58
Red Byron – 1948 NASCAR Modified champion; 1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock champion
Richard Childress – 11 championships as an owner (seven Cup, three Nationwide, one truck); 76 career top-10s in 285 starts as a driver
Jerry Cook – Six-time Modified champion; 342 career victories
Richie Evans – Nine-time NASCAR Modified champion, including eight consecutive titles (2978-85)
Tim Flock – Won NASCAR championships in 1952 and ’55; 39 career victories
Rick Hendrick – Nine Cup and three truck series championships as an owner; 194 Cup wins by Hendrick drivers is series record
Jack Ingram – 1982 and ’85 Nationwide Series champion; 31 career wins; 1972-74 Late Model Sportsman champion
Dale Inman – Eight-time championship-winning crew chief, winning 1964, ’67, ’71-72, ’74-75, ’79 titles with Richard Petty and 1984 with Terry Labonte
Ned Jarrett – Two-time NASCAR Cup champion (1961 and ’65); 50 career wins; two-time Sportsman Division champ (1957-58)
Fred Lorenzen – 26 career wins in just 158 starts, including Daytona 500 and World 600 wins in 1965
Bud Moore – Championship-winning crew chief for Buck Baker in 1957; as an owner, won two titles (1962-63) with driver Joe Weatherly; 63 owner wins
Raymond Parks – One of sport’s first successful team owners; fielded series’ first championship team (1949)
Benny Parsons – 1973 Cup champion; 21 wins, 20 poles in 526 career starts; 1975 Daytona 500 winner
David Pearson – Three-time Cup champion (1966, ’68-69); 105 career wins second on all-time win list; 113 poles; 1976 Daytona 500 winner
Lee Petty – First three-time winner of series’ title (1954, ’58-59); won first Daytona 500 (1959); 54 career victories; 268 wins as car owner
Fireball Roberts – 33 wins in 207 starts; two-time winner of Southern 500; 1962 Daytona 500 champion
T. Wayne Robertson – Former president of Sports Marketing Enterprise for RJ Reynolds; helped develop Winston Preview fundraiser and all-star race format
Herb Thomas – 1951 and ’53 series champion; 48 career wins, 39 poles in 228 starts; three-time Southern 500 winner
Curtis Turner – 17 career wins, 16 poles in 184 starts; won 22 times in NASCAR’s convertible division in 1956; former Southern 500 winner
Darrell Waltrip – Won three Cup titles (1981-82 and ’85), 84 races and 59 poles; 1985 Daytona 500 champion; won 12 times, including seven consecutive races, at Bristol
Joe Weatherly – Two-time series champion (1962-63); 25 wins, 18 poles in 229 career starts; 1953 Modified champion, 101 Modified series wins
Glen Wood – Four wins, 16 poles in only 62 starts as a driver; 97 wins (No. 3 all-time) as co-owner of Wood Brothers Racing; team’s pit crew also won 1965 Indy 500 with driver Jim Clark.
Cale Yarborough – First driver to win three consecutive series titles (1976-78); 83 career victories, 69 poles; four-time Daytona 500 winner; finished second in points three times
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