Well! Let’s see what I can do with my ideas on this HoF thing, and thanks to Nate Powers for the inspiration. Please refer to Nate’s article “NASCAR's Hall Of Fame To Open in 2010” for his comments on the nominees named below who I have not commented on.
I know very little about that HoF in Cooperstown, but, having said that, I like some of their ideas, and I’ll apply them to my version of the NASCAR HoF.
One of the few things I do know is that they have two ‘wings’ of the Hall; which I’ll call “Drivers” and “Others.” (Suggestions for wing names are welcome.)
Others:
1. Bill France.
2. Carl Kiekhaefer. This car owner was Rick Hendrick and Jack Roush before anyone thought about entering multiple cars or having big-bucks sponsorship. Kiekhaefer used his Mercury outboard motor company, and the money he made from that company, to attack the NASCAR circuit like no one ever has. Kiekhaefer used car haulers (like those you see delivering cars to your local dealership) and team uniforms before they were common. Kiekhaefer had 190 entries (including 52 wins) in 1955-56. (NASCAR ran 45 races in 1955 and 56 races in 1956.) Tim Flock in 1955 and Buck Baker in 1956 took the championships for Kiekhaefer. As you might expect, Kiekhaefer was not really popular among the other owners, and he decided to leave NASCAR at the end of 1956.
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