NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2025 nominees

The NASCAR Hall of Fame voting panel selected Carl Edwards and Ricky Rudd from the Modern Era Ballot and Ralph Moody from the Pioneer Ballot for the Class of 2025. Dr. Dean Sicking was named the recipient of the Landmark Award. Scroll through the list to learn more about the winners and all of this year's nominees.

2025 Modern Era Ballot
Greg Biffle
Years on ballot: 1
Credentials:2000 Craftsman Truck Series and 2002 Xfinity Series champion. Biffle additionally won 19 NASCAR  Cup races.

Neil Bonnett
Years on ballot: 5
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.

Tim Brewer
Years on ballot: 3
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.

Jeff Burton
Years on ballot: 4
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.

Randy Dorton
Years on ballot: 1
Credentials: Built engines that won nine NASCAR championships across all three national series. Dorton was also part of winning some of NASCAR's marquee races including three Daytona 500s, six Coca-Cola 600s, four Brickyard 400s, seven Southern 500s and five NASCAR All-Star Races.

Carl Edwards (ELECTED)
Years on ballot: 4
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.

Harry Gant
Years on ballot: 6
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.

Harry Hyde
Years on ballot: 9
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.

Ricky Rudd (ELECTED)
Years on ballot: 8
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.

Jack Sprague
Years on ballot: 1
Credentials: Winner of three Craftsman Truck Series championships for Hendrick Motorsports, becoming the first three time champion in series history. Sprague captured 28 victories throughout his career.

2025 Pioneer Ballot
Ray Hendrick
Years on ballot: 1
Credentials: Nicknamed 'Mr. Modified' Ray Hendrick ammased more than 700 victories in modified and late model sportsman series between 1950-88. Despite never capturing a modified championship, he finished top 10 in the standings nine times from 1960-69. Hendrick was named to NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers list and also a part of NASCAR Modified's All-Time Top 10 Drivers.

Banjo Matthews
Years on ballot: 4
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.

Ralph Moody (ELECTED)
Years on ballot: 6
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).

Larry Phillips
Years on ballot: 1
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.

Bob Welborn
Years on ballot: 1
Credentials: Named to NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers list, Welborn was the 'King of Convertables' winning the NASCAR Convertable Division championship three times. Welborn was also the winner of the first NASCAR points-paying race at Daytona International Speedway held in 1959.

2025 Landmark Award
Alvin Hawkins
Years on ballot: 7
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.

Lesa France Kennedy
Years on ballot: 3
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.

Les Richter
Years on ballot: 2
Credentials: Les Richter, a 2011 inductee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a nine-year playing career with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams, served as president of Riverside International Raceway before later serving as NASCAR's head of operations.

Dr. Joseph Mattioli
Years on ballot: 5
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.

Dr. Dean Sicking (WINNER)
Years on ballot: 1
Credentials: Sicking has been instrumental in advancing motorsports safety through the development of SAFER (Steel And Foam Energy Reduction) barrier technology.