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UNKNOWN:  A.J. Foyt won the season-opener in 1970 at Riverside, CA, in the Jack Bowsher Ford. This was Foyt's first NASCAR Cup Series victory since 1965.  (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)
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NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2023 nominees

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Mid 1980s:  As teammate to Darrell Waltrip on Junior Johnson’s Budweiser-sponsored race team, Neil Bonnett won three NASCAR Cup races between 1984 and 1986 and scored 44 top ten finishes.  He also won the 1984 Busch Clash All-Star race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.  (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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2023 Modern Era Ballot

Neil Bonnett

Years on ballot: 3

Credentials: 18 career victories in the NASCAR Cup Series, including two Coca-Cola 600 triumphs. Bonnett also was an adept broadcaster in his later years.

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Unknown:  While working as a crew chief for Junior Johnson’s NASCAR Cup team, Tim Brewer won the Cup title with drivers Cale Yarborough in1978 and Darrell Waltrip in 1981.  Later, Brewer worked with Morgan-McClure Racing before becoming an analyst for NASCAR on ESPN.  (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Tim Brewer

Years on ballot: 1

Credentials: Over his 30-year career as a crew chief, Brewer racked up 53 victories – including two Southern 500s – and 55 poles. Brewer led Hall of Famers Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip to 32 wins during a magical four-year stretch, bookended by two championships.

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LOUDON, NH - SEPTEMBER 15:  Jeff Burton, driver of the #31 Cingular Wireless Chevrolet, looks on in the garage, during practice for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Sylvania 300 on September 15, 2006 at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire.  (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Jeff Burton

Years on ballot: 2

Credentials: Skilled as both a NASCAR statesman, a driver and broadcaster, Burton scored 21 Cup Series wins, including two Coca-Cola 600 victories and one Southern 500 crown.

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FORT WORTH, TX - OCTOBER 31:  Carl Edwards, driver of the #99 Aflac Ford, stands in the garage area during practice for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on October 31, 2014 in Fort Worth, Texas.  (Photo by Jerry Markland/Getty Images for Texas Motor Speedway) | Getty Images

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Carl Edwards

Years on ballot: 2

Credentials: Edwards boasts 72 NASCAR national series wins, including 28 in the Cup Series before his departure from the sport in 2017. He was crowned champion in the Xfinity Series in 2007.

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HOMESTEAD, FL - NOVEMBER 17:  Matt Kenseth, driver of the #20 DeWalt Hurricane Relief Toyota, stands on the grid during qualifying for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championship Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 17, 2017 in Homestead, Florida.  (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) | Getty Images

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Matt Kenseth (ELECTED)

Years on ballot: 1

Credentials: Over 18 full-time seasons Kenseth conquered every major milestone on the Cup Series schedule including two Daytona 500s, the Southern 500, Coca-Cola 600 and the All-Star Race. His 39 Cup wins tie for 21st on the all-time list. His crowning achievement was his 2003 Cup Series championship.

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UNKNOWN:  Harry GantÕs NASCAR Cup career spanned the years 1973 through 1994. During that time, Gant started 474 Cup races and won 18 times. Gant also had 21 Nationwide Series wins between 1982 and 1994. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Harry Gant

Years on ballot: 4

Credentials: Winner of 18 NASCAR premier series races, including two Southern 500 victories. His run of four consecutive victories at age 51 captivated fans in 1991.

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UNKNOWN:  Harry Hyde won 56 NASCAR Cup races as a crew chief, along with the 1970 NASCAR Cup title with driver Bobby Isaac. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Harry Hyde

Years on ballot: 7

Credentials: Crew chief for Bobby Isaac during the Nord Krauskopf team's run to the 1970 NASCAR premier series championship. Notched 55 Cup Series wins in a 26-year career.

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UNKNOWN Ñ 1996:  Larry Phillips of Springfield, MO won his fifth NASCAR Weekly Racing Seriels national championship to go along with titles earned in 1989, 1991, 1992 and 1995.  During his career, Phillips also scored seven NASCAR Weekly Racing Series regional championships and 13 track championships as well.  (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Larry Phillips

Years on ballot: 9

Credentials: The sport's only five-time NASCAR weekly series national champion, the Missouri native collected wins by the hundreds and claimed 13 track titles across three states.

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1 Jun 1997:  Ricky Rudd celebrates after winning the NASCAR Miller 500 at the Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Mandatory Credit: Craig Jones  /Allsport

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Ricky Rudd

Years on ballot: 6

Credentials: Hard-nosed Virginia native won 23 times on NASCAR's top circuit and ranks second in all-time starts (906). Rudd posted at least one win for 16 straight seasons from 1983-98.

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UNKNOWN:  Kirk Shelmerdine was crew chief for Richard Childress Racing and driver Dale Earnhardt from 1982 through 1992, scoring 46 NASCAR Cup victories, along with winning four Cup championships. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Kirk Shelmerdine (ELECTED)

Years on ballot: 3, nonconsecutive (2019, '21, '23)

Credentials: Called the shots as a master crew chief for Dale Earnhardt, claiming four Cup Series championships and 46 race wins. Made 41 NASCAR national series starts as a driver.

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UNKNOWN:  Sam Ard was champion of the NASCAR Busch Series in both 1982 and 1984. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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2023 Pioneer Ballot

Sam Ard

Years on ballot: 2, nonconsecutive (2020, '23)

Credentials: Ard was a master of short tracks across the Southeast and shined in the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Series in the 1970s. But his true brilliance came with the creation of what is now the NASCAR Xfinity Series, where he won 22 times and was the series champion in 1983 and 1984.

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UNKNOWN:  A.J. Foyt won the season-opener in 1970 at Riverside, CA, in the Jack Bowsher Ford. This was Foyt's first NASCAR Cup Series victory since 1965.  (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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AJ Foyt

Years on ballot: 1

Credentials: NASCAR might not have been Foyt's primary endeavor, but when he entered a Cup Series race, he elevated the profile of the sport … and the competition on the track. Foyt made 128 NASCAR Cup Series starts over 30 years, including at least three races every season from 1963-77. His crowning NASCAR achievement came in February 1972 when Foyt won the Daytona 500 for the Wood Brothers.

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1972:  By this point in his racing career, Banjo Matthews was primarily building NASCAR Cup machines for other teams. He did enter a car in the last two races of the Cup season for Bobby Isaac to drive. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Banjo Matthews

Years on ballot: 2

Credentials: Edwin Keith "Banjo" Matthews spent his early career as a driver, then a winning owner and crew chief. His later years in racing were spent as a prolific car builder who dominated the 1970s and '80s.

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TALLADEGA, AL - MAY 5:  Hershel McGriff takes a few photos before the Winstonn 500.  McGriff would finish in 12th place and take home $1,975 for the race.  (Photo by Racing Photo Archives/Getty Images)

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Hershel McGriff (ELECTED)

Years on ballot: 7

Credentials: The 1986 champion of the former NASCAR Winston West Series also won four times in NASCAR's top division. His career spanned the first Southern 500 in 1950 to his final ARCA West start in 2018 at age 90.

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UNKNOWN Ñ 1950s:  Ralph Moody began racing in 1935 and he ran Sprint Cars, Jalopies and Modified stock cars before World War II interrupted his career, as he did a stint with the Army Air Corps.  Moody eventually had a brief time on the NASCAR Cup circuit, running 47 races, 45 of which were in 1956 and 1957.  He won five Cup races during the Õ56 and Õ57 seasons, and another four USAC stock car events in 1957.  He then became a noted car builder after forming a partnership with John Holman in 1957.  (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

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Ralph Moody

Years on ballot: 4

Credentials: Mechanical whiz paired with businessman John Holman to create Holman-Moody, a dominant racing team that claimed two championships with David Pearson and also landed Daytona 500 wins with Fred Lorenzen (1965) and Mario Andretti (1967).

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1977:  Janet Guthrie became the first woman to finish the Indianapolis 500, making the top 10.  (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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2023 Landmark Award

Janet Guthrie

Years on ballot: 1

Credentials: Janet Guthrie moved on from a successful career as an aerospace engineer in the early 1960s, trading equations for a wheel to become a full-time racer in 1972. A true pioneer in motorsports, Guthrie became the first woman to compete in a NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway race when she drove to a 15th-place finish in the 1976 World 600. The next year, she piloted cars in the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500, becoming the first female to participate in both events.

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1950:  NASCAR starter/flagman Alvin Hawkins who, along with Bill France Sr., were co-owners of the 1950 Plymouth Johnny Mantz drove to victory in the first Southern 500 at Darlington, South Carolina that year.  (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images)

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Alvin Hawkins

Years on ballot: 5

Credentials: Alvin Hawkins was NASCAR's first flagman, and he attended the momentous 1947 meeting at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, that signaled the start of what would become the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Later, Bill France Sr. and Hawkins established NASCAR racing at Bowman Gray Stadium. The Hawkins family continues to operate the quarter-mile track, one that is an institution in the sport and a crown jewel for short track racers throughout the country.

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DAYTONA BEACH, FL - FEBRUARY 06:  NASCAR president Mike Helton walks on pit road during qualifying for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 6, 2010 in Daytona Beach, Florida.  (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images for NASCAR) | Getty Images

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Mike Helton (ELECTED)

Years on ballot: 3

Credentials: Mike Helton is easily one of the most familiar faces and names in the NASCAR community. The first person outside the France family to be named NASCAR President (in 2000), he started his leadership career with the sport back in 1980 and now serves as Vice Chairman of NASCAR. His nearly five-decade long career in the sport has been spent in a variety of jobs. He was a track operator at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, and even raced a little himself, before joining NASCAR. During his time as President, Helton cemented NASCAR’s presence in major markets both within the United States, as well as Mexico, Canada and Europe.

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Lesa France Kennedy

Years on ballot: 1

Credentials: Lesa France Kennedy is the Executive Vice Chair of NASCAR and one of the most influential women in sports. Kennedy spearheaded the revitalization of Phoenix Raceway, and the state-of-the-art Daytona Rising project at Daytona International Speedway. She also helped cement NASCAR’s presence in the Midwest with the building of Kansas Speedway.

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FILE - In this June 9, 2007 file photo, Pocono Raceway founder Dr. Joseph Mattioli walks along the garage area during a practice session for the Pocono 500 at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa. NASCAR officials say that  Mattioli has died. He was at 86.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Dr. Joseph Mattioli

Years on ballot: 3

Credentials: One of the most universally revered members of the sport of auto racing, Dr. Joseph (Doc) Mattioli founded Pocono Raceway in 1968 in the lush and scenic Pocono Mountains. The 2.5-mile triangular-shaped track has hosted all of America’s top racing series but has been a particularly prime stop on the NASCAR schedule. It was designed by two-time Indy 500 winner Rodger Ward and each of the three turns is completely different – each modeled off another track.
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