International Motorsports Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2013
The International
Motorsports Hall of Fame is proud to announce its inductees for 2013:
Dale Inman, Rusty Wallace, Rick Hendrick and Don Schumacher.
“I am very excited to
announce Dale, Rusty, Rick and Don as the 2013 Motorsports Hall of Fame
inductees. All four of these men have accomplished a great deal in
motorsports and truly deserve
recognition for all that they have done,” said IMHOF Executive Director
Grant Lynch.
Dale Inman
Dale Inman retired in
1998 as a NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup crew chief. He is best known
for being the crew chief of Richard Petty for three decades. Together
they won 193 races, 129
poles and seven championships in 1964, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975,
and 1979. Inman was also crew chief for Terry Labonte when they won the
1984 championship. His contributions to racing led him to receiving the
North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame’s first
Golden Wrench award in 2000. In 2008, he helped unveil the first
artifact at the NASCAR Hall of Fame – the Plymouth Belvedere that Petty
drove to 27 wins in 1967.
Rusty Wallace
Rusty Wallace retired
from NASCAR at the end of 2005 with a stellar resume. Wallace won the
1979 United States Auto Club Stock Car Rookie of the Year award, the
American Speed Association championship
in 1983 and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship in 1989. Wallace
was also named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers for his 55 career
wins. In 2005 NASCAR Illustrated named him Person of the Year. Wallace
is currently a broadcaster on ESPN and a co-host
of NASCAR Angels.
Rick Hendrick
Rick Hendrick is current
owner of the NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports, founder of the Hendrick
Automotive Group and Hendrick Marrow Program. In the late 1970s, he
founded a drag-boat racing
team that won three consecutive national championships. Throughout his
career as a team owner, Hendrick has won 14 NASCAR Championships
including ten Sprint Cup Series, one Nationwide Series and three Camping
World Truck Series. He recently gained his 203rd
victory at Michigan International Speedway with Dale Earnhardt Jr. On
December 4, 2009, Hendrick was presented with the Bill France Award of
Excellence by Betty Jane France. Given only on rare occasions, NASCAR’s
highest honor recognizes significant contributions
to the sport.
Don Schumacher
Don Schumacher owns nine
NHRA drag racing championships and 179 event titles. As a pioneering
Plymouth Funny Car driver from 1968 to 1974, he won five NHRA titles,
nine IHRA titles and the
prestigious 1970 U.S. Nationals. In 1972, Schumacher won the Coca-Cola
Cavalcade of Stars Championship for Funny Cars. He also won the 1973
American Hot Rod Association World Championship. Don’s son, Tony, began
racing NHRA sportsman cars in the early 1990s.
In 1998, Don Schumacher Racing was assembled with Tony as one of seven
drivers. The team currently competes in the NHRA Top Fuel class and has
won seven championships. In 2007, Don was inducted into the Drag Racing
Hall of Fame.
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