NASCAR Hall Of Fame

DW Cale Yarborough Ritchie Evans Glen Wood and Dale Inman are the next class to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall Of Fame . What do you all think ? Good choices ? Bad choices ? or dont give a damn lol

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Permalink Reply by mj on June 14, 2011 at 10:34pm

How do the MLB NFL and NHL work I know you don't have to be dead for the football one but not sure about the other 2

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Permalink Reply by Flan on June 14, 2011 at 11:40pm

No other sport required that you be deceased to be considered for induction. That being said, Alan brought up a good point, drivers from a bygone era are at a disadvantage. I guess you'd call it the "out of sight out of mind" theory. They should absolutely get their due also. Guys like Petty, Pearson, DW, etc. are still fresh in the minds of the voters because they saw them race while they were at their peak. Just for arguments sake I'll throw out some Cup stats...

Tim Flock - 39 wins, 2 Championships
Joe Weatherly - 25 wins, 2 Championships
Curtis Turner - 17 wins, 0 Championships

Keep in mind the were years when the Cup schedule was 45-55 race per year. In all honesty, some of these stats pale in comparison to guys like Petty, Pearson, Waltrip... or Gordon, Earnhardt & Elliott.

The bottom line is that the entire body of work is the criteria. Also consideration should be given to those who brought something else to the table, like innovation. In the end it is still a numbers game.

It's not going to matter much anyways since the Hall may go belly up...

Also, I'm glad they nominated Richie Evans. Coming from from an old Mod fan the "Rapid Roman" deserves it!

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Permalink Reply by mj on June 15, 2011 at 12:11am

Why do you say the HOF may go belly up hell it's still just getting started

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Permalink Reply by Flan on June 15, 2011 at 12:19am

Strictly tongue-in-cheek. The Hall is having money issues though.

Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on June 15, 2011 at 12:16am

@Flan,happily I got to see Richie beat Bodine at Oswego as a kid.Jimmy Shampine #8 was my favorite (maybe becouse of the 4wd super)

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Permalink Reply by mj on June 15, 2011 at 1:08am

How bout Lancaster Speedway it's only 30 mins from my house

Permalink Reply by Mike Schultz on June 15, 2011 at 12:54pm

LOVE it for Richie and the northeast. Shampine was such a creative guy, he surely did change the sport with all his ideas! My two close tracks are (dirt) Canandaigua Speedway and Black Rock Speedway (pavement) Spencer Speedway

Permalink Reply by WJM on June 15, 2011 at 2:39am

The HOF should have been built in Daytona...on NASCAR's dime.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Jones on June 15, 2011 at 11:34am

right on to that. if the next group of politicians (or voters) in Charlotte get tired of paying for it NASCAR will get a big black eye when they have to close it.