Kurt Busch and Randy LaJoie, already voted two of NASCAR’s 75 Best Drivers, are on the poll for the primary time to enter the racing collection’ corridor of fame, with nominees introduced Monday.
The candidates for the category of 2026 embody 10 on the fashionable period poll: Busch, LaJoie, Greg Biffle, Neil Bonnett, Tim Brewer, Jeff Burton, Randy Dorton, Harry Gant, Harry Hyde and Jack Sprague.
Busch, 46, received the NASCAR Cup Sequence championship in 2004, the primary yr the circuit went to a 10-race playoff format when it was known as the Chase. The Las Vegas native received 34 instances in 776 begins in his 23-year Cup Sequence profession, together with the Daytona 500 in 2017. He additionally captured 28 poles and received a number of races in Xfinity and Truck Sequence competitors.
LaJoie, 63, scored two championships in what’s now known as the Xfinity Sequence in 1996 and 1997 and registered 15 wins and 9 poles over a 350-start profession. LaJoie, the champion of the previous Busch North Sequence in 1985, was additionally an innovator on the planet of motorsports security by his long-running racing-seat firm.
Busch and LaJoie have been voted to the best drivers listing in 2023.
Title-winning crew chief Jake Elder, who was on the Corridor of Fame poll in 2021, makes a return look on the pioneer poll for the 5 nominees whose careers started 60 years in the past or extra. Additionally up for consideration from final yr’s vote are Ray Hendrick, Banjo Matthews, Larry Phillips and Bob Welborn.
Longtime Charlotte Motor Speedway promoter H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler, 86, is nominated for the Landmark Award for excellent contributions to NASCAR. The opposite nominees are Alvin Hawkins, Lesa France Kennedy, Dr. Joseph Mattioli and Les Richter.
A voting panel will convene on Might 20 in Charlotte, N.C., with fan voting open till Might 18 at midday ET. The collective poll from followers voting on-line will depend as one vote together with the panel’s outcomes.
–Subject Degree Media
