Class of 2000 Don "The Snake" Prudhomme is recognized as one of the greatest drag racers of all time. In 1962, Prudhomme first made his mark in motorsports when he won the Top Fuel class at "Smokers March Meet" in Bakersfield, California. During the next 30 years,...

Class of 2004 Bobby Rahal retired as a driver in 1998 after a highly successful career which began as a teenager in a novice race in Canada. By the time he was 22, he was America’s top amateur racer, winning two national championships and earning his college...

Class of 2007 Born into a racing family in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, Calif., Wayne Rainey began racing early.  His transition from minibikes to junior dirt tracks to the professional ranks was swift, and in 1979, at the age of 18, he joined the American...

Class of 2011 Driving both Formula One and CAN-AM during his career, Brian Redman has driven for several championship teams as well as multiple types of cars ranging from open-wheel F1 cars to CAN-AM sports cars. Redman drove 15 points races in F1 as well as numerous...

Class of 2002 Tim Richmond, a native of Ashland, Ohio, began his career in open wheel cars, racing USAC sprints and the Silver Crown Series. He moved up to Indy Cars in 1980, and won Rookie of the Year honors at the Indianapolis 500 that year However, his greatest...

Class of 1992 The name Rickenbacker conjures up many pictures-daredevil American flying ace of World War I, president of Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the '50s, head of Eastern Airlines, World War II aviation advisor and spokesman for conservative causes. Often...

Class of 1990   From an inauspicious start on the hard-packed sands of Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1948, Edward Glenn Roberts Jr. fashioned one of the most successful and glamorous careers in NASCAR. "Fireball" was a name everyone recognized. He was the epitome of...

Class of 1992 Kenny Roberts is recognized as one of the all time greats of motorcycle road racing. His mystique is not only of a winning record, which includes three back-to-back 500cc World Championships and two American Motorcycle Association Grand National...

Class of 1994 Born during 1906, in Columbus, Ohio, Rose became an engineer and race car driver who won Indy three times, 1941, 1947 and 1945. In the post-World War II era Rose was an engineer who happened to be a race driver too. His proudest accomplishment was not...

Class of 2006 The success that Jack Roush has enjoyed in motorsports may well cover more different forms of racing than anyone else. Roush began his career at Ford, working in engine development, where he gained a fascination for Ford’s racing program, and also...

Class of 1996 Johnny Rutherford is a man of wide interests. He once flew his own P-51 Mustang, and has said that he would like to be a fighter pilot if he wasn't in racing. In fact, his hero is General Chuck Yeager. Rutherford enjoys painting, rides in celebrity...

Class of 1999 Wendell Scott, the only black driver in NASCAR for virtually all of his career, probably earned more respect than he did money. His career was a constant struggle with low budgets. The Danville, VA native started racing in 1947. In his first race, he...