NASCAR Hall of Fame Ideas
Just a thought:
Should NASCAR adopt LPGA-style Hall of Fame standards AND a voting panel, or should it be just voting panel?
At the World Golf Hall of Fame, women have a different standard than men, and they can be voted in by the WGHoF or accumulate wins.
Here is how I think NASCAR should consider:
1. Be on a ballot with 75% vote of the voters OR
2. If nobody earns 75%, the highest vote-getter is in the Hall, provided he has more than 50%.
Provisions 1 and 2 apply to drivers who are retired five or more years only.
These apply to active drivers also and are automatic (no ballot required; induction automatic after a driver has raced ten years in NASCAR-sanctioned competition or five years after driver's last race):
3. Winning five or more NASCAR-sanctioned championships (all series).
4. 75 NASCAR-sanctioned touring series race wins. (National and Regional)
5. Nextel Cup Series: A total of 50 points:
a. 1 point - for a regular Nextel Cup race win.
b. 2 points - for a Nextel Cup Championship
c. 2 points - for a win in a Major.
d. 5 points - for any driver who has all four majors (not possible with today's format).
This list would put many great drivers in the Hall, among them would be Richie Evans, the only driver whose number is retired.
The fifth would be tough, and Jimmie Johnson would have the easiest road to hoe to get to the Hall under this provision. With 26 wins (11 majors) and a Nextel Cup title, he would have 44 points and needs just 6 wins (11 wins, majors count double, another Cup counts as 2 wins) to be in the Hall.
Richard Petty would easily have 230 points to be in the Hall automatically with this provision.
