Class of 2008 Known as the "King of the Modifieds," Everett "Cotton" Owens won more than 100 Modified races during the 1950s before making the transition to the NASCAR Grand National Series. His first win came on February 17th, 1957, at the series' premiere event -...

Class of 1992 Wally Parks was born in Goltry, OK, but spent most of his youth in California. It was there that he became interested in hot rodding when he went to watch the pioneers of the sport compete on the Muroc Dry Lakes in the desert area of Southern California....

Class of 2009 Parks started his racing career as a car owner with driver Lloyd Seay. The pair won their first race in 1938 at a Lakewood, Ga. Speedway. After being called to duty in World War II, Parks had to shut down racing operations, but resumed again after being...

Class of 1994

Class of 1993 David Pearson was horn on December 22, 1934, in Whitney, South Carolina. In 1952, David started racing in a 1940 Ford, at a hobby race in Woodruff, SC. He won $13, but liked the thrill so much that he knew racing was his life. In 1960, Pearson bought his...

Class of 1998 While Ohio native Roger Penske would go on to become one of the best known and most successful car and track owners in the history of motorsports, his driving record is also worthy of Hall of Fame status. Using his self-imposed rule of setting his goals...

Class of 1990 Out of the Piedmont of North Carolina, in a small community called Randleman, Lee Petty fashioned one of the greatest NASCAR careers and founded a dynasty that lives to this day. One of the pioneers of NASCAR and one of its first superstars, Petty won...

Class of 2011 Part of the famed Petty family, Maurice Petty is best known as the chief engine builder for Petty Enterprises. With Dale Inman turning wrenches and Maurice Petty providing horsepower, Richard Petty drove to 200 NASCAR victories during Maurice’s...

Richard Petty, International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member Class of 1997 Known to many as “The King” in the world of racing, Richard Lee Petty is the most decorated driver in the history of NASCAR, with 200 career victories and seven Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series...

Class of 2000 This talented Brazilian was one of the greatest drivers ever in Formula One racing, and one of a trio of fellow countrymen who claimed eight world championships between them. Piquet won 23 times in Grand Prix racing, and was the fastest qualifier 24...

Class of 1996 Dr Ferdinand Porsche was born in 1875 in Bohemia, and early on he devoted his time to things mechanical and electric.  When he was 15, his family was delighted to learn it had the second electrically lighted structure in town, for he had built a...

Class of 1999 Alain Prost becomes the first Frenchman to be inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, and at the end of his splendid career, he had virtually re-written the Formula One record book. His 51 career wins, accomplished in 199 starts, is the...