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The NASCAR Hall of Fame will open May 11th...
Mike Hembree  |  Posted April 05, 2010   Charlotte, NC
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver/owner Richard Petty is among the Hall of Fame's first class. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Everything in the new NASCAR Hall of Fame isn’t going to have a specific racing label.

For example, one of the highlighted artifacts will be a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor. It was presented by President George H.W. Bush to Richard Petty in 1992, the year Petty retired from driving.

The medal, which hall officials say Petty considers his most-prized possession, will be included in the display honoring him. Petty is one of five inductees making up the hall’s first class.

Among other artifacts scheduled for hall display are a 40 percent scale model of a race car (used for wind tunnel testing), wooden templates used by the late mechanic Smokey Yunick in building a car and a CBS Television blazer worn by racer-turned-broadcaster Ned Jarrett when he called the finish of the 1993 Daytona 500, which was won by his son, Dale.

The Hall of Fame is scheduled to open May 11 in Charlotte, N.C.

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Mike Hembree is NASCAR Editor for SPEEDtv.com and has been covering motorsports for 28 years. He has written several books on NASCAR, including "NASCAR: The Definitive History of America's Sport" and "Then Tony Said To Junior: The Best NASCAR Stories Ever Told". He is a six-time winner of the National Motorsports Press Association Writer of the Year Award.

The NASCAR Hall of Fame Grand Opening is set for May 11, 2010. Outdoor Opening Ceremonies are May 11th from 9 to 10 am ET free of charge, open to the public. Outdoor festivities including driver appearances and concerts May 11th from 10 am until 8 pm ET open to the public, free of charge. Tickets to enter the NASCAR Hall of Fame are on sale now at www.NASCARHall.com or by calling 877-231-2010. The countdown to the NASCAR Hall of Fame is on! Visit www.NASCARHall.com/50days for daily updates about the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

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