NASCAR reveals four new Hall of Fame nominees for the 2023 class
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NASCAR reveals four new Hall of Fame nominees for the 2023 class
Getting into the Hall of Fame of any sport is a recognition of the amount of hard work and dedication put in by the individual to excel at the event alongside promoting the sport among the masses. NASCAR Hall of Fame is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was commissioned in 2010 to honor drivers who have shown expert skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, broadcasters, and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body.
Every year NASCAR will announce a 15 group nominees list and from that, a group of 3 will be inducted to the hall of fame through the ballot. A total of 58 individuals so far have been inducted into the NASCAR hall of fame out of which 43 inductees were drivers in which 24 of whom were inducted solely as drivers and the rest 19 were inducted for their accomplishments as drivers, owners, and/or broadcasters. Other than drivers 8 owners, 4 promoters, and 4 crew chiefs were also inducted.
Now NASCAR has announced 4 additional nominees to the 2023 class who will join Banjo Matthews, Hershel McGriff, and Ralph Moody. And many others as nominees. A panel of 62 voting members will meet to cast ballots for the 2023 Hall of Fame class next month. Two names will be selected from the Modern Era Ballot and a third selected from the Pioneer Ballot.
Find out who are the new nominees
Matt Kenseth, a former Cup Series Champion, and Tim Brewe, the legendary crew chief are the newcomers to the Modern Era Ballot. Sam Ard, and A.J. Foyt, is nominated for the Pioneer Ballot.
Matt Kenseth
Matt Kenseth is the 2003 NASCAR Cup Series champion, who had a remarkable NASCAR career. He made waves in his rookie year itself winning the Rookie of the Year honor in 2000. He has made 687 cup series starts from which he had won a total of 39 races.
He is a two-time Daytona 500 winner with his wins coming in 2009 and 2012. He has 29 Xfinity races won in his young years and has also earned victories in the Coke 600 and the Southern 500 to add to his amazing resume.
Tim Brown
Tim Brown or Brewer was one of the most successful crew chief and pit crew strategists of his generation. In 30 years, he led his drivers to 53 Cup wins and two championships, the first with Cale Yarborough in 1978 and the second with Darrell Waltrip in 1981 both coming for Junior Johnson’s operation. He later worked as a NASCAR analyst for ESPN.
Sam Ard
If not for the violent Crash Sam Ard would have been a Cup Series Champion for sure but fate cut short his career at the Xfinity tracks. Sam Ard has only raced 3 seasons in the Xfinity series 1983, 1984, and 1985 and was able to win the title in the first two years. He also has 22 NXS races wins in just 92 starts
A.J. Foyt
AJ Foyt is an iconic and one of the most influential names in name in motorsports with most of his achievements coming in open-wheel cars. He has showcased his stock car driver capability with his 1972 Daytona 500 winning run and has also has seven Cup Wins in his name for Wood Brothers No. 21.
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