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NASCAR committed to building a Hall of Fame and on March 6, 2006, the City of Charlotte was selected as the location. Ground was broken for the $160 million facility on January 26, 2007, and it officially opened on May 11, 2010, [1] with the inaugural class inducted the day following the 2010 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.
Person Image Role Notes Dale Earnhardt: Driver and owner: 7-time Cup drivers champion, 76 race wins, 281 top 5s, 428 top 10s, 22 poles, 1998 Daytona 500 winner, 3-time Coca-Cola 600 winner, 1995 Brickyard 400 winner, 3-time Southern 500 winner, 3-time All-Star Race winner, leads drivers in wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway (9) and Talladega Superspeedway (10), 1979 Rookie of the Year, founder of ...
The museum showcases NASCAR, IndyCar and modified race cars, as well as LeAnn Rimes’ very first car, a 1995 black Dodge Viper. The museum features the #2 car that Dale Earnhardt drove in his first Winston Cup Championship and the #43 car Richard Petty drove in his 199th Winston Cup win – sister-car to the one Petty drove in his 200th ...
Chips off the ol' blocks: From the Pettys to the Wallaces, NASCAR's list is loaded.
See photos. Gannett. Jeff Smith, Corning Leader. August 8, 2024 at 8:12 AM. ... #19 Martin Truex Jr NASCAR Show Car. 1995 NASCAR Xfinity Series Car, once driven by Kenny Irwin Jr.
In 1989, he was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame; Inducted into the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame in 1993 [6] As part of NASCAR's 50th Anniversary celebration in 1998, he was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. [3] NASCAR named him #3 on its NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 list. [2]
Allison's career highlights include his 1983 Winston Cup Series Champion victory, three Daytona 500 wins and becoming a member of NASCAR’s second Hall of Fame class in 2011.
He is best known, however, for having constructed many cars in the 1970s and 1980s, including 72% of the winning cars in the top NASCAR division from 1974 to 1985 (262 wins in 362 Cup races). [ 3 ] [ 2 ] He first worked for Holman Moody 's Ford Motor Company factory team before starting his shop called Banjo's Performance Center in Arden, North ...