NASCAR Hall of Fame: My Comments on the Nominees and the Process

When David Yeazell left a message on my bio page about the Creature Vs. Creature: Hall of Fame Edition, I certainly was interested in putting forward my proverbial two-cents. The problem was that I’ve been working on two articles, and what with working retail hours, well, I was tardy in replying to David.

So I finally sat down recently and put down my comments about the Hall of Fame nominees to send to David, and after I was done, I said “Holy Cow, I’ve got a new article for B/R!”

And so, after contacting David, it looks like what was originally intended to be an e-mail, is presented below for your consideration.

The piece that follows, with minor touch-ups (for clarification and continuity purposes), was put down in one-sitting and I’ve decided to leave it, as much as possible, as it went down.

As always, your comments are welcome.

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The Hall of Fame article written by Nate Powers inspired my first writing effort on B/R:

NASCAR Hall of Fame Nominees: Richard Petty, David Pearson, and...?

So you might say I find the HOF “interesting.”

As a foreword, I still believe that the HOF must be in the format of having, at least, two ‘wings.’

In fact, as I think about it, perhaps three “wings” would be the best way:

[1] Drivers,

[2] “Owners and others” (subject to a better name, suggestions welcome)

[3] Journalists.

With the exception of Journalists, ALL candidates MUST be retired.

(I would suggest that perhaps everyone read the short “bios” on the NASCAR site to get a background on my comments to follow.)

Bobby Allison: his record says it all, he should be in.

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