What? No Stroker Ace?

strangeguitar: What? No Stroker Ace?

The fastest chicken in the south

I'm actually really happy to see Richie Evans name on that list.

That was a bit of a shocker.

strangeguitar: What? No Stroker Ace?

Holy shiat! I haven't seen that film in forever. LOL

five nominees?

Earnhardt
Petty
Johnson
Yarborough
Foyt

Ok I see Foyt isn't even nominated so I'll have to go with Parsons.

menolikepoopybad: I'm actually really happy to see Richie Evans name on that list.

ditto

A NASCAR HOF? I hope it's as big a draw as Dawsonville's racing museum.

Have they made room for the flying NASCAR car car drivers of the future ?

Yep a NASCAR HoF..being built with almost $300 million taxpayer dollars in downtown Charlotte while they lay off 1200 school system employees. Just like the brand spanking new $280 mil coliseum built after voters said no by a 2-1 margin. (Mostly because we already had one that was only 10 yrs old.)

But if we gotta have a NASCAR HoF the inaugural class should be:
Richard Petty
Junior Johnson
Fireball Roberts
Ned Jarrett
Earnhardt (the one that could drive, that is)

BlameBush: Earnhardt (the one that could drive, that is)

Junior needs to stop drinking. He'd be a much better driver. Everyone knows this.

BlameBush: Yep a NASCAR HoF..being built with almost $300 million taxpayer dollars in downtown Charlotte while they lay off 1200 school system employees. Just like the brand spanking new $280 mil coliseum built after voters said no by a 2-1 margin. (Mostly because we already had one that was only 10 yrs old.)


blame the banking culture.

BlameBush: Yep a NASCAR HoF..being built with almost $300 million taxpayer dollars in downtown Charlotte while they lay off 1200 school system employees. Just like the brand spanking new $280 mil coliseum built after voters said no by a 2-1 margin. (Mostly because we already had one that was only 10 yrs old.)

But if we gotta have a NASCAR HoF the inaugural class should be:
Richard Petty
Junior Johnson
Fireball Roberts
Ned Jarrett
Earnhardt (the one that could drive, that is)

Great list but Lee Petty and David Pearson would have to be on that list.

Richard Petty
Lee Petty
David Pearson
Junior Johnson
Big Bill France

/Honor the foundation of the sport first.

fag alert: blame the banking culture.

Right. 9 degrees isn't enough.

No Rapid Roy? I call shenanigans.

That stock car boy is too much to believe.
He's always got a pack of cigarettes
rolled up in his tee shirt sleeve.

Rick Hendrick? Granted, he's a huge force in today's NASCAR, he's destined to be in the HOF some day, but now? Too soon.

Richard Petty
Junior Johnson
William France
Fireball Roberts
Dale Earnhardt

No Kasey Kahne, Reed Sorenson, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, or or Denny Hamlin?!?

Who cares about a bunch of old fogies? I WANT MY UNDERACHIEVING SPONSOR-FRIENDLY HOTTIES DAMMIT!!!!

Rainbowtyedye: Richard Petty
Junior Johnson
William France
Fireball Roberts
Dale Earnhardt

This is a great list. I'm inclined to go with Smokey Yunick rather than Earnhardt just because I'd like to see some crew/mechanic/car builder recognition. It's hard for me to say yes to Earnhardt without also saying yes to Pearson. Obviously they're both getting in eventually. This is just a question of the first five. Given that Smokey is not in the Top 25 I'd like to see it be your list. I really really hope Fireball is in the first group.

No Jeremy Mayfield?

Allison
Earnhardt
Pearson
Petty
Yarborough

That HoF induction is gonna have so much hillbilly in one spot that I'm not sure it won't rip a hole in the fabric of spacetime or something.

yequalsy: Rainbowtyedye: Richard Petty
Junior Johnson
William France
Fireball Roberts
Dale Earnhardt

This is a great list. I'm inclined to go with Smokey Yunick rather than Earnhardt just because I'd like to see some crew/mechanic/car builder recognition. It's hard for me to say yes to Earnhardt without also saying yes to Pearson. Obviously they're both getting in eventually. This is just a question of the first five. Given that Smokey is not in the Top 25 I'd like to see it be your list. I really really hope Fireball is in the first group.

This is true. They need to maybe have separate categories for Drivers, Crew Chiefs/Mechanics, and a Builders category for team owners, propmters and people who've helped build the sport. Each year, pick three drivers, one mechanic and one builder--then every two years, throw in a journalist for a separate media award.

Smokey Yunick
Big Bill France
Lee Petty
Junior Johnson
Dale Earnhardt Sr.

bonus nominee: T. Wayne Robertson

Richard Petty
Lee Petty
David Pearson Dale Earnhardt
Junior Johnson
Big Bill France

/Honor the foundation of the sport first.

Sentimental choice

AnnoyingKidNextDoor: No Kasey Kahne, Reed Sorenson, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, or or Denny Hamlin?!?

Who cares about a bunch of old fogies? I WANT MY UNDERACHIEVING SPONSOR-FRIENDLY HOTTIES DAMMIT!!!!

B-b-b-ut they are the next Jeff Gordan!

AnnoyingKidNextDoor: No Kasey Kahne, Reed Sorenson, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, or or Denny Hamlin?!?

Who cares about a bunch of old fogies? I WANT MY UNDERACHIEVING SPONSOR-FRIENDLY HOTTIES DAMMIT!!!!

No Wendell Scott?

He would never be voted in, at least on the first ballot, but he belongs on the list of nominees.

Cue the Thats Racist Kid.

What the men's room might look like

antrat00

Bill France, Sr.
Richard Petty
Dale Earnhardt, Sr.
Cale Yarborough

/do a coin-tossing contest for the fifth inductee between about 4 other guys already listed in this thread

I will endorse any of those nominees as long as they don't vote in DW. Sure he could drive but his announcing is so annoying it has to deduct serious points from his score.

oldweevil beat me by about 3 minutes

No AJ Foyt? FAIL.

Rainbowtiedie had it right; too soon for Hendrick. Scratch his name and put Foyt on the list.

Dale Earnheart
Richard Petty
Fireball Roberts
Cale Yarborough
AJ Foyt or GTFO

Also, seriously? You guys expected some Drivers of Color to be on the ballot? If anything, they'll probably have a Negro wing to the HoF in a dark cellar, past the stairs that had gone out, in a disused bathroom with a sign on the door saying "Careful of the leopard, ya'll"

You HAVE to induct Earnhardt in the first class, because otherwise the hall will go bankrupt. You need to induct people that will actually attract tourists.

Richard Petty? Since when does selling Goodies powder get you in a hall of fame?

AJ Foyt would belong in any Motorsports Hall of Fame. A NASCAR Hall of Fame? Not quite as much.

I'd put Pearson in before Dale Senior, though both are worthy.

/obligatory inductee

baufan2005: Richard Petty? Since when does selling Goodies powder get you in a hall of fame?

Please tell me my saracsm meter is broken.

If Petty Earnhardt and Roberts dont make it into the Hall od Fame the first year then they shouldnt bother having a hall of fame.

Bill France Sr.
Richard Petty (200 wins, 7x champion)
Dale Earnhardt, Sr.(7X champion)
David Pearson (most wins amongst the three time champions)
?

The first three are givens, the fourth is likely, and the fifth is a complete toss up. (Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, Bobby Allison, Junior Johnson, Lee Petty) One of those drivers is likely to take the last spot and the rest should make it into the second class.

There was an article a few months back where they polled people in the sport and writers and asked who should be in the hall. Richard Petty was on ever single list including his own though he did said he wouldn't mind going in the second year if France Sr. went in alone the first year.

mikaloyd: If Petty Earnhardt and Roberts dont make it into the Hall od Fame the first year then they shouldnt bother having a hall of fame.

Yeah, no driver should make the hall of fame ahead of Roberts. Except perhaps the 15 retired drivers with more wins and the 20+ drivers with a championship. That's like saying you shouldn't have a Basketball Hall of Fame without Charles Barkley. Roberts is going in soon, but probably not until the third or fourth year. You're spot on with the first two though.

On further reflexion, Junior Johnson gets my last spot for his wins as a car owner.

No Line For Beer: Bill France Sr.
Richard Petty (200 wins, 7x champion)
Dale Earnhardt, Sr.(7X champion)
David Pearson (most wins amongst the three time champions)
?

The first three are givens, the fourth is likely, and the fifth is a complete toss up. (Cale Yarborough,.

I thought his TRAC stock car league fallout with NASCAR would keep him out of the HOF forever. That would have been interesting. Team based NASCAR type teams running Dodge Viper, Chevy Corvette and Rustangs.

I am saddened by the lack of David Pearson popping up in a lot of farkers lists here. But I think part of the problem is that pretty much every one of these guys is worthy, and you just can't cut it down to 5 without some downright glaring omission. If you're just going for overall driving talent in the first class, then it should be Richard Petty, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Dale Earnhardt, and Darrel Waltrip (since Jeff Gordon is not yet eligible). If you want to start from the beginning and get in a lot of the guys that built the sport up from nothing, then they should go with Lee Petty, Curtis Turner, Fireball Roberts, Junior Johnson, and Bill France Sr.

living in the city where the HOF resides, i'm getting a kick out of these replies

Hair Of Fame?