Ranking the Most Notable Omissions from the NASCAR Hall of Fame

Voting for any professional-sports hall of fame is a difficult exercise. Because no matter who voters choose for induction, there are going to be a number of critics who will rail either against those chosen—or those who fell short. Even though it will induct its sixth class of Hall of Fame members later this month, the NASCAR Hall of Fame is in kind of the same boat. For the five drivers who will be members of the 2015 induction class—Fred Lorenzen, Wendell Scott, Bill Elliott, Rex White and Joe Weatherly—there are well over a dozen others who arguably deserve induction, as well. Granted, some of the names we’re about to discuss will once again come up for a vote of the 50-member voting panel in a few months. And ma...

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