NASCAR voted on the next class for the Hall of Fame Thursday. Buck Baker, Cotton Owens, Herb Thomas, Rusty Wallace and Leonard Wood will be inducted into the Hall next year.
Members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel, 54 in all, met in a closed session in Charlotte, N.C., to vote on the induction class of 2013. The Voting Panel included representatives from NASCAR, the NASCAR Hall of Fame, track owners from major facilities and historic short tracks, media members, manufacturer representatives, retired competitors (drivers, owners, crew chiefs), recognized industry leaders and a nationwide fan vote conducted through NASCAR.COM. The accounting firm of Ernst & Young presided over the tabulation of the votes.
The votes for next year’s class was led by Thomas and Wood each of whom got 57 percent of the vote, followed by Wallace (52%), Owens (50%) and Baker (39%). For the first time in Voting Day history, there was a tie for the fifth and final induction spot. Voting Panel members chose Baker over Fireball Roberts after a re-vote between the two nominees. MORE>>>
Greg is the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of NASCAR: The Definitive Viewers' Guide to Big-Time Stock Car Auto Racing" and has been published in major publications across the country including the Los Angeles Times, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a contributor to Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, published in 2010, and the Christmas edition in 2016. He wrote as the NASCAR, Formula 1, Auto Reviews and National Veterans Affairs Examiner for Examiner.com and has appeared on Fox News. He holds a BS degree in communications, a Masters degree in psychology and is currently a PhD candidate majoring in psychology. He is currently the weekend Motorsports Editor for Autoweek.
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