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