The NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2016 will be inducted Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Learn more about the class below, and how to tune in Saturday — and come back to NASCAR.com for full coverage of the event.
The Details
What: Class of 2016 induction
Where: NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte, North Carolina
When: 2:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, televised on NBCSN
The Class
– Jerry Cook: Jerry Cook made his name in modifieds, winning six NASCAR Modified championships, including four consecutively from 1974-77. After retiring from racing in 1982, Cook stayed with the sport and helped shape the series known today as the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. | Read more about Jerry Cook – Bobby Isaac: The 1970 premier series champion, Isaac’s 49 career poles rank 10th all-time. Maybe more impressive: Isaac captured 19 poles in 1969, which still stands as the record for poles in a single season. In his breakthrough season, 1970, Isaac won the championship posting 11 victories, 32 top-fives and 38 top-10s in 47 starts. | Read more about Bobby Isaac – Terry Labonte: Winning two premier series championships, in 1984 and ’96, is impressive; the 12-year gap distinguishes Labonte further. No other driver has won his first two championships that far apart and Labonte is one of only six drivers to have won premier series championships in two decades. Labonte’s stellar career is tucked between perfect bookends — his two Southern 500 wins, in 1980 and 2003. | Read more about Terry Labonte – Bruton Smith: The executive chairman of Speedway Motorsports, Inc., Smith bought his first race car at the age of 17 and a year later promoted his first stock car race in Midland, North Carolina. He would become the founder of Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which currently owns eight NASCAR tracks hosting 12 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events, the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race and additional high-profile motorsports activities. | Read more about Bruton Smith
– Curtis Turner: Called by some the “Babe Ruth of stock car racing,” Curtis Turner was among the fastest and most colorful competitors in the early years of NASCAR premier series racing. He posted his first of 17 career victories in only his fourth start on Sept. 11, 1949. Although many of Turner’s victories came on short tracks and dirt ovals — much of his career pre-dated NASCAR’s superspeedway era — he won the 1956 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway and the first American 500 at Rockingham Speedway in 1965. | Read more on Curtis Turner
The History The NASCAR Hall of Fame opened May 11, 2010, and is an interactive and entertainment attraction honoring the history and heritage of NASCAR. The 150,000-square-foot facility includes artifacts, exhibits and a 278-person theater. Learn more about the NASCAR Hall of Fame here.
– Class of 2010: Dale Earnhardt, Bill France Sr., Bill France Jr., Junior Johnson, Richard Petty – Class of 2011: Bobby Allison, Ned Jarrett, Bud Moore, David Pearson, Lee Petty
– Class of 2012: Richie Evans, Dale Inman, Darrell Waltrip, Glen Wood, Cale Yarborough
– Class of 2013: Buck Baker, Cotton Owens, Herb Thomas, Rusty Wallace, Leonard Wood
– Class of 2014: Jack Ingram, Tim Flock, Dale Jarrett, Maurice Petty, Fireball Roberts
– Class of 2015: Bill Elliott, Fred Lorenzen, Wendell Scott, Joe Weatherly, Rex White
