2017-05-15

NASCAR Media Alert NASCAR Hall Of Fame Class Of 2018 To Be Announced At The NASCAR Hall Of Fame

NASCAR Media Alert

NASCAR Hall Of Fame Class Of 2018 To Be Announced At The NASCAR Hall Of Fame

 

 

WHAT:

The NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2018 and winner of the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR will be announced following a vote by the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel. The five NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees will be selected from the list of 20 nominees, and the Landmark Award recipient will be chosen from the list of five nominees, both listed below.

 

The announcement will air live on NBCSN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

 

WHEN:

Wednesday, May 24 at 6 p.m. ET

 

WHERE:

Great Hall, NASCAR Hall of Fame

400 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Charlotte, N.C. 28202

 

TWITTER:

#NASCARHOF, @NASCAR, @NASCARHall

 


FURTHER INFORMATION:

 

Mike Forde, NASCAR Integrated Marketing Communications

 

 

NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2018 Nominees

 

Davey Allison, won 19 times in NASCAR's premier (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup) series, including the 1992 Daytona 500

 

Buddy Baker, won 19 times in NASCAR's premier series, including the Daytona 500 and Southern 500

 

Red Byron, first NASCAR premier series champion, in 1949

 

Ray Evernham, three-time NASCAR premier series championship crew chief

 

Red Farmer, three-time Late Model Sportsman champion; 1956 Modified champion

 

Ray Fox, legendary engine builder, crew chief and car owner

 

Joe Gibbs, combined for nine car owner championships in premier and XFINITY series

 

Ron Hornaday Jr., four-time NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion

 

Harry Hyde, 1970 NASCAR premier series championship crew chief

 

Alan Kulwicki, 1992 NASCAR premier series champion

 

Bobby Labonte, won a championship in both the premier series and XFINITY Series

 

Hershel McGriff, 1986 NASCAR west series champion

 

Roger Penske, combined for four car owner championships in premier and XFINITY series

 

Larry Phillips, only five-time NASCAR weekly series national champion

 

Jack Roush, five-time car owner champion in NASCAR's three national series

 

Ricky Rudd, won 23 times in NASCAR's premier series, including the 1997 Brickyard 400

 

Ken Squier, legendary radio and television broadcaster; inaugural winner/namesake of Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence

 

Mike Stefanik, winner of record-tying nine NASCAR championships

 

Waddell Wilson, won three NASCAR premier series championships as an engine builder

 

Robert Yates, won NASCAR premier series championship as both an engine builder and owner

 

Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR

 

Jim France, worked closely with father and NASCAR founder Bill France Sr.; current chairman of International Speedway Corporation

 

Janet Guthrie, the first female to compete in a NASCAR premier series superspeedway race

 

Alvin Hawkins, NASCAR's first flagman; established NASCAR racing at Bowman Gray Stadium with Bill France Sr.

 

Ralph Seagraves, formed groundbreaking Winston-NASCAR partnership as executive with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

 

Ken Squier, legendary radio and television broadcaster; inaugural winner / namesake of Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence

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