With brick program at HoF, you can be a part of history

Halls of Fame, like the new NASCAR one being built in downtown Charlotte, are places where artifacts and interesting objects are housed for viewing by people interested in a certain activity.

Rarely are there artifacts from fans themselves.

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The NASCAR Hall of Fame is about to change that, starting with its Commemorative Brick Paver program to be launched Friday morning on the site of the Hall of Fame in downtown Charlotte.

Imagine going to the NASCAR Hall of Fame and taking your group to your very own "exhibit" in the Ceremonial Plaza just outside the entry doors. By purchasing one of the bricks that make up the plaza, you can do just that.

"It's a way that NASCAR fans and the community can literally help lay the foundation for the Hall of Fame," said Hall of Fame director Winston Kelley. "I don't know of any other fan base anywhere in the world that is any more devoted, any more loyal or any more literally fanatical about the sport, their favorite driver or their favorite racetrack than NASCAR fans are.

"As a part of the Commemorative Brick Paver program, they can have their name with their favorite driver likeness, track or team embodied in front of the Hall of Fame. It's a tremendous gift opportunity for them to honor someone in their family or someone that's been important to them in their life."

The brick pavers come in two sizes, 4x8 and 8x8. The former allows three lines of customized inscription, and the 8x8 can have up to six lines of inscription or four lines plus a driver likeness, team or track logo.

More than 40 drivers are participating in the Commemorative Brick Paver program, along with International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports Inc. facilities and most of the current teams involved in the three NASCAR national series.

"At our media event last week, Jimmy Spencer pointed out the importance of his wife in his life and his career as well as the many team owners he drove for," Kelley said. "Literally, the thousands and hundreds of thousands of people that will come into the NASCAR Hall of Fame will get to see a brick with their name on it that is a part of helping to build this tremendous facility." (Continued)