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The voting panel had to decide on two names from the Fashionable Period Poll and one from the Pioneer Poll on Tuesday, in the end deciding on the next people: (Fashionable), Harry Gant (Fashionable), and Ray Hendrick (Pioneer).
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Busch and Gant each obtained 61% of the Fashionable Period poll votes. Jeff Burton completed third, adopted by Harry Hyde and Randy Dorton. Hendrick obtained 31% of the Pioneer poll votes with Bob Welborn ending second.
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It is no shock that Busch, a first-ballot nominee, has been voted into the Corridor of Fame in his first yr of eligibility. He’s the one NASCAR Cup Sequence champion among the many Fashionable Period Poll nominees this yr, and nobody can argue in opposition to his talent behind the wheel of a inventory automobile.
Busch gained 34 Cup races, doing so with 5 completely different organizations and 4 completely different producers (the one driver to take action). Busch nonetheless had extra races to win as properly, if not for a career-ending crash at Pocono in 2022. A multi-time race winner within the Xfinity and Truck Sequence, his Cup triumphs additionally embody the 2017 Daytona 500, the 2010 Coke 600, and the 2010 All-Star Race.
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Gant holds the glory of being the oldest winner in NASCAR Cup Sequence historical past, successful 52 years and eight months in 1992. His profession included 18 Cup wins, all achieved whereas driving the enduring No. 33 Skoal Bandit automobile. He was the 1984 NASCAR Cup Sequence championship runner-up and earned the nickname ‘Mr. September’ for successful so many races throughout that point of yr. In reality, Gant is among the few drivers within the fashionable period to have efficiently gained 4 consecutive Cup races. Gant’s outstanding profession additionally consists of two victories within the prestigious Southern 500, successful the enduring Darlington occasion in each 1984 and 1991.
Ray HendrickRay Hendrick
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The unique “Mr Modified,” Hendrick and his winged No. 11 dominated the quick observe scene for a few years, successful over 700 Modified and Late Mannequin races all through his profession. This included 20 Modified races on the historic Martinsville Speedway. His achievements have already gotten him acknowledged as one in all NASCAR’s 50 Finest Drivers in 1998 and once more as one in all NASCAR’s 75 Finest Drivers in 2023.
The Class of 2026 Induction Ceremony is ready to happen on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026 on the NASCAR Corridor of Fame and Charlotte Conference Heart in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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