| The NASCAR Hall of Fame was designated | | | | He is the son of Lee Petty who was also |
| to be built in Charlotte, North Carolina | | | | a championship NASCAR driver. |
| on March 6, 2006 and groundbreaking | | | | Bobby Allison is another well-known name |
| began in 2007. It is projected to be | | | | is racing. He has 84 victories with 3 |
| opened for visitors in 2010. The Hall of | | | | Daytona 500 championships. |
| Fame will be a welcome asset for tourism | | | | Cale Yarborough has 83 victories plus he |
| in Charlotte plus create jobs for the | | | | is famous as being the only driver to |
| locals. It will have an office building | | | | win 3 straight championships. He is |
| that will house the business operations | | | | ranked 5th in the All-time NASCAR |
| of marketing the NASCAR image and | | | | winners list. He has also been the |
| licensing. The NASCAR Hall of Fame has | | | | winner of the Daytona 500 four times. |
| also adopted the words Racing was built | | | | Bobby Isaac had to leave a race in 1977 |
| here Racing belongs here as its slogan. | | | | because of heat exhaustion. During the |
| Besides being a very modern building | | | | time they were treating him he had a |
| that captures the spirit of racing, the | | | | heart attack and died. In his short life |
| NASCAR Hall of Fame has as its first | | | | of 45 years, he would achieve 37 |
| mission to pick the first inductees. | | | | victories. He would also set 28 world |
| There are some unofficial Hall of Fame | | | | land speed records at the Bonneville |
| sites where people are taking polls and | | | | Salt Flats in Utah (outside of the |
| we will take a look at some of the | | | | NASCAR competition). He would eventually |
| popular drivers getting voted for. | | | | be named as one of 50 of the all-time |
| Lee Petty had 54 victories and is the | | | | great NASCAR drivers. He is also a 1979 |
| father of Richard Petty. He raced during | | | | inductee of the National Motorsports |
| the 1950s an 1960s when NASCAR really | | | | Press Association Hall of Fame. |
| began to take off. His home state is | | | | There are other NASCAR driver greats |
| also that of the NASCAR Hall of Fame: | | | | being considered including Buck Backer, |
| North Carolina. He was inducted into the | | | | Clay Earls, Tim Flock, and Junior |
| International Motorsports Hall of Fame, | | | | Johnson. |
| The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, | | | | Charlotte, North Carolina is a perfect |
| and elected to the North Carolina Sports | | | | location for the NASCAR Hall of Fame |
| Hall of Fame. | | | | because there are over 50 teams of the |
| Richard Petty is getting a lot of votes | | | | Busch, Craftsman Truck, and Nextel Cup |
| at unofficial NASCAR Hall of Fame sites | | | | Series Championship competition all in |
| and it is to no surprise. Richard Petty | | | | close proximity to Charlotte. And |
| has 200 wins and 7 championship titles. | | | | Charlotte was the home of the first |
| He and Dale Earnhardt are the only two | | | | premier NASCAR race in 1949. Thats why |
| drivers in NASCAR history to have 7 | | | | they say racing started in Charlotte and |
| championship titles. Richard Petty was | | | | should remain in Charlotte. |
| dubbed the title of the King of Racing. | | | | |