Dale Earnhardt Jr. Names Five Racing Legends Who Should Get into NASCAR Hall of Fame

NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. has shared his thoughts on five superstar racers that should make it into HOF.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Names Five Racing Legends Who Should Get into NASCAR Hall of Fame

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (via Imago)

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The NASCAR community recently celebrated three racing legends, Kurt Busch, Harry Grant, and Ray Hendrick, inducting them to the Hall of Fame. HOF Dale Jarrett made some bold comments after the event, sparking debate on who should make it into the list next.  The racing legend wanted Jeff Burton and his brother-in-law Jimmy Makar make it into the list at least next year.

Now two times Busch Series champion and HOF, Dale Earnhardt Jr. has entered the discussion. He was responding to ex-racer Kenny Wallace’s video on social media that discussed the commented from Dale Jarrett. On his post on X, he shared names of five racing legends that deserves a place in Hall of racing stars.

The first of Dale Jr.’s list is Larry Phillips, a five-time NASCAR Weekly Series national champion. With Estimated 2,500+ feature race victories to name, he was one of the very best short track racing drivers in the history of the sport. The second name was Ray Elder, a west coast arcing legend with six NASCAR Winston West championships to his name. He is the second all-time winner in the series history.

The third name on Junior’s list is Sam Ard, who dominated the Busch series in the 1980s. he won back-to-back championship in the series in 83 and 84. He was even names in the list of 75 greatest racers in NASCAR history. Junior names Jack Ingram, who was already a HOF.  Butch Lindley Jr. was another on the list. He was a two-time NASCAR Sportsman Division champion and a late-model racing champion.

Larry Phillips, Ray Elder, Sam Ard, Jack Ingram, Butch Lindley. Ray was a 6-time Winston West champion. Beat the Cup boys twice when they came out west to Riverside. He was racing NASCAR and building the western foundation of the sport’s long before it was popular to do so. So many dudes who won hundreds of NASCAR sanctioned races in their careers.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. wrote on X.

Kenny Wallace name two legends that should make into Hall of Fame like Dale Earnhardt Jr.

In the conversation that made Dale Eranhardt Jr. to share his opinion, Kenny Wallace pointed out that he totally agrees with the comments made by Dale Jarrett and asserted that pointed out that the sport should induct more legends that superstars to the HOF.

Kenny Wallace
Kenny Wallace (Via IMAGO)

Dale Jarrett just said something I totally agree with. He said that we are going to have to start putting people in the Hall of Fame who have done more than winning and are not superstars.

Kenny Wallace said via his YouTube channel.

Further talking about the point, he asserted that just like Jarrett, he wanted Jimmy Makar in the HOF for his contribution to Rusty Wallace’s success as well as the success of Joe Gibbs Racing. He also wants Jeff Burton to also make it into the HOF next year.

I wanna see Jimmy Makar.’ Makar was on brother Rusty’s team … Makar was a great crew chief. But he started Joe Gibbs Racing…The other one that I agree with is my friend, Jeff Burton. Burton won about 22 Cup races. I think he is a superstar inside the garage area. Here’s why. Because he is ‘The Mayor.’

Kenny Wallace added.

Both racing legends have solid choice on who should make it into the Hall of Fame and it shows the sport still have a lot of racing legends left to honor. It would be interesting to see who will be next group of racers that will be part of NASCAR immortality.

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