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NASCAR Hall of Fame inducts five new members
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service CHARLOTTE—It’s done—the membership in the NASCAR Hall of Fame has officially doubled. Stock car racing’s legends and stakeholders gathered Monday night to induct five new members into the Hall of Fame: drivers David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Ned Jarrett and Lee Petty, along with car owner/crew chief Bud Moore. The emphasis was on extended family, as the Hall of Fame welcomed its second class of five into NASCAR’s most exclusive family. The inductions opened with an introductory video featuring Tom Brokaw, former network news anchor and author of The Greatest Generation, who welcomed Moore into the Hall of Fame. Motor Racing Network anchor Barney Hall, a close friend of Moore, took the stage to handle the induction itself. Hall noted that it … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Hall of Fame profile: Bud Moore
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service A self-described “country mechanic,” Bud Moore was a fixture in NASCAR racing for more than 40 years. Moore won a Cup championship as a crew chief (1957 with driver Buck Baker) and two as an owner (1962 and ’63 with driver Joe Weatherly), but his major contribution to the sport lay in providing powerful equipment to a succession of NASCAR’s biggest stars. In addition to Baker and Weatherly, among the other luminaries who drove for Moore were Buddy Baker, Bobby Allison, Fireball Roberts, David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Isaac, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, Donnie Allison, Geoff Bodine and Ricky Rudd. Moore’s on-track accomplishments weren’t confined to NASCAR. In 1970, he fielded the championship Boss 302 Mustang for … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Hall of Fame profile: Ned Jarrett
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Don’t be fooled by Ned Jarrett’s even-tempered demeanor or his nickname “Gentleman Ned.” Jarrett will admit—albeit somewhat facetiously—that on the backstretch of a short track, where the lights were low, he could be as aggressive as anyone else with the bumper of his racecar. Though self-effacing enough to refer to himself as the least-talented driver elected to the Hall of Fame so far, Jarrett also could be dominant. In fact, on the way to the second of his two Cup titles in 1965, Jarrett set a NASCAR record for margin of victory that still stands, when he won the Southern 500 at Darlington by 14 laps. Jarrett won 50 races, a number that puts him in the informal … Read entire article »
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NASCAR Hall of Fame profile: Lee Petty
By Reid Spencer Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service Perhaps the greatest tribute to Lee Petty was what was born of his flesh and of his handiwork surpassed him. In winning 54 races and three championships in a career that began when NASCAR did, Petty laid the ground work for an organization that would dominate stock car racing like no other. The high-water mark was 1967, when Richard Petty, scion of the family patriarch, won 27 races—including 10 in a row—en route to the second of his seven Cup titles. In his own right, as a driver, Lee Petty made an indelible impression on the sport. In 1959, he won the first Daytona 500 but had to wait three days while NASCAR studied photos of his virtual dead … Read entire article »
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Bobby Allison Epitomized The Self-Made NASCAR Champion
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – If Webster’s dictionary had illustrations, Bobby Allison’s picture would accompany the entry “hard-core racer.” Allison, whose NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career spanned nearly three decades beginning in 1961, could hold his own with any of his peers – a stellar group that included NASCAR Hall of Fame member Richard Petty and fellow NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee David Pearson, among others. But Allison, born Dec. 3, 1937 in Hialeah, Fla., didn’t just superbly turn a steering wheel. He built race cars equally as well as he drove them. And he did just that during much of his competitive career. Allison could, most say, turn parts he found in wrecking yards into the equal of those specially machined in Detroit – and the competitiveness of his equipment reflected just that. Allison, … Read entire article »
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Walter “Bud” Moore A Larger Than Life American
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Through 85 years of life, Walter “Bud” Moore has seen it all – and then some. A decorated member of America’s “Greatest Generation,” self-described country mechanic and NASCAR premier series championship car owner and crew chief, Moore becomes the oldest living member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame upon induction on May 23. Moore could be said to be larger than life, both literally and figuratively. Well over six-feet tall and angular with a craggy countenance, Moore, born in Spartanburg, S.C., in 1925, couldn’t be missed in the garage – or in Victory Lane, where his cars won during parts of four decades beginning in 1961 when Joe Weatherly collected Moore’s first full-race victory, at 0.5-mile Rambi Speedway in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Weatherly had won a couple of qualifying … Read entire article »
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By Any Measure, Pearson Ranks Among NASCAR’s Best
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The question “Who was the best?” can never be answered to everyone’s satisfaction. By raw numbers – 200 victories, seven championships – NASCAR Hall of Fame member Richard Petty stands alone as the sport’s greatest driver. An argument can be made, however, that David Pearson was Petty’s equal, as he joins “The King” in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Pearson will be inducted in the hall’s second class on May 23. Pearson, born in Whitney, S.C., on Dec. 22, 1934, won 105 races in just 574 starts – a winning percentage of 18.29. He’s second only to Petty in total victories. He won three championships, in 1966 and 1968-69, never running a complete schedule in any of the three years or, for that matter, in any of the 27 … Read entire article »
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Lee Petty Turned a Modest Operation Into a Powerhouse Team
This is the first in a series on the five 2011 inductees into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C. The induction ceremony is scheduled for May 23. Bobby Allison, Ned Jarrett, Bud Moore, David Pearson and Lee Petty are the inductees. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Lee Petty was single-minded when it came to stock car racing as both driver and owner. It would be his business – and he would make it a successful one. Petty, born in 1914, grew up dirt poor in rural North Carolina. He sold biscuits and operated a trucking company, but Petty’s overriding passion was automobiles. Gifted as a mechanic – he would tell his wife Elizabeth he was “just improving” cars – perhaps it was pre-ordained that Petty would create a racing dynasty from the … Read entire article »
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Nominees Announced For 2012 NASCAR Hall Of Fame Class
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – NASCAR announced on Tuesday the list of 25 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s third induction class to be enshrined in January 2012. From that list, five inductees will be elected by the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel, which includes a nationwide fan vote on NASCAR.COM. Of the 25 nominees, 20 return from last year’s group. Five are first-timers: H. Clay Earles, Bobby Isaac, Cotton Owens, Les Richter and Leonard Wood. This round of nominees, which again includes many of the sport’s legendary names, were selected by a 21-person nominating committee consisting of representatives from NASCAR, the NASCAR Hall of Fame and track owners from both major facilities and historic short tracks. The committee’s votes were tabulated by accounting firm Ernst & Young. The NHOF’s inductees will … Read entire article »
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