{"id":41133,"date":"2025-05-21T17:47:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=41133"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T17:47:39","slug":"newest-members-of-nascar-hall-of-fame-announced-for-class-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsportsrock.com\/?p=41133","title":{"rendered":"Newest members of NASCAR Hall of Fame announced for Class of 2026&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d79db4796efc26332eabfc3f5dafbc76\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"hb-ad-inarticle\">\r\n    <div class=\"hb-ad-inner\"> \r\n    <div class=\"hbagency_cls\"  id=\"hbagency_space_111930\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The NASCAR Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2026 inductees: Kurt Busch, Harry Gant, and Ray Hendrick. Busch and Gant were selected from the Modern Era Ballot, each receiving 61% of the vote, while Hendrick was chosen from the Pioneer Ballot with 31% .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kurt Busch, 46, is celebrated for his 2004 Cup Series championship and 34 race wins, including the 2010 Coca-Cola 600 and the 2017 Daytona 500. This marks his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harry Gant, 85, known as &#8220;Handsome Harry,&#8221; secured 18 Cup Series victories, including two Southern 500 wins. He holds the record for the oldest driver to win a Cup Series race at 52 years and eight months .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ray Hendrick, who passed away in 1990, earned over 700 wins in modified racing and was nicknamed &#8220;Mr. Modified&#8221; for his dominance in the sport .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, H.A. &#8220;Humpy&#8221; Wheeler, former executive at Charlotte Motor Speedway, received the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR. 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