Voting for any professional-sports hall of fame is a difficult exercise.
Because no matter who voters choose for induction, there are going to be a number of critics who will rail either against those chosen—or those who fell short.
Even though it will induct its sixth class of Hall of Fame members later this month, the NASCAR Hall of Fame is in kind of the same boat.
For the five drivers who will be members of the 2015 induction class—Fred Lorenzen, Wendell Scott, Bill Elliott, Rex White and Joe Weatherly—there are well over a dozen others who arguably deserve induction, as well.
Granted, some of the names we’re about to discuss will once again come up for a vote of the 50-member voting panel in a few months. And maybe this time, some of those same names will finally make it into the Hall.
And for clarity's sake, there are several names we’ve chosen not to include as those that should be inducted next. Among those are Rick Hendrick and Richard Childress.
The only reason we’ve chosen not to include them is because they’re still quite active in the sport and still oversee large racing organizations.
It’s our feeling that potential inductees should be retired from the sport for at least three years before they’re considered for nomination.
That being said, we also believe that those who are 75 years old or older should be given consideration for nomination and induction, even if they’re still active in the sport.
That includes one of the individuals we’ve chosen, namely Speedway Motorsports Inc. chairman Bruton Smith, who at 84 years old, deserves immediate recognition for all of the contributions he’s made to the racing world in his life—while he can still enjoy such an honor.
Here’s the 10 individuals we feel should be in the Hall. Hopefully, induction for many of them will come soon.
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