NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2021 Vote to Take Place on June 9th

The NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2021 and winner of the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR will be announced exclusively on NBCSN’s NASCAR America on Tuesday, June 16. 

The NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel will meet virtually on Tuesday, June 9. 

Three NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees will be selected from the list of nominees – two from the Modern Era ballot and one from the Pioneer ballot. The Landmark Award recipient will be chosen from the list of five nominees, all listed below.

Modern Era Ballot:

Neil Bonnett, won 18 times in the NASCAR Cup Series including consecutive Coca-Cola 600 victories 

Jeff Burton, won 21 times in the NASCAR Cup Series including the Southern 500 and two Coca-Cola 600s 

Dale Earnhardt Jr., 15-time NASCAR Cup Series Most Popular Driver and two-time Xfinity Series champion 

Carl Edwards, winner of 28 NASCAR Cup Series races and 2007 Xfinity Series champion 

Harry Gant, winner of 18 NASCAR Cup Series races, including two Southern 500 victories 

Harry Hyde, 1970 NASCAR Cup Series championship crew chief 

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

Ricky Rudd, won 23 times in NASCAR Cup Series, including the 1997 Brickyard 400 Kirk Shelmerdine, four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion crew chief 

Mike Stefanik, winner of record-tying nine NASCAR championships  

Pioneer Ballot:

Jake Elder, three-time NASCAR Cup Series champion crew chief 

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

Banjo Matthews, built cars that won more than 250 NASCAR Cup Series races and three championships 

Hershel McGriff, 1986 NASCAR West Series champion 

Ralph Moody, two-time NASCAR Cup Series owner champion as mechanical genius of Holman-Moody  

Landmark Award:

Janet Guthrie, the first female to compete in a NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway race 

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

Mike Helton, named third president of NASCAR in 2000; career included track operator roles at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway 

Dr. Joseph Mattioli, founder of Pocono Raceway 

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

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