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[George Andrews]

It's that time again, The nominees for The NASCAR Hall of Fame. In the " Modern Era " category, I'm going with Neil Bonnett, Harry Gant, Ricky Rudd, Larry Phillips, & Sam Ard.
In the Old Timers category, It HAS TO BE BANJO MATTHEWS & RALPH MOODY !!! And Dr. Joe Mattioli for promoters.
No offense to Jimmy Johnson, as I know he will be enshrined in the HofF soon enough, AFTER he retires. Neil, Ricky, and " Handsome Harry " were not big winners ( though Rudd's 23 Cup wins did include at least one win for Sixteen consecutive years ), but they were all SOOO Likeable, while Larry & Sam were stand - out winners in their chosen Series.
And let's FINALLY give Banjo & Ralph the credit they so richly deserve for bringing NASCAR Stock Cars into the Modern Era. Not only Faster Cars, but SAFER CARS TOO !!!
Dr. Mattioli did the Next-to-Impossible for many years : Run a successful Superspeedway Outside the grasp of France or Smith. AND... my dad & I were delighted to find Kielbasa & Cheesesteaks at the concession stand, when we visited Pocono Speedway in 1992 !!!

[bangor boy]

Based on results, stats and any other metric, Moody, Johnson and Knaus utterly dwarf their competitors in their respective categories.

I could definitely support Mattioli. Pocono's far from the best track to watch a race but it is a good time overall.

Boom. Done.

Banjo, Rudd and Gant should be in the hall someday soon enough. Don't think Donnie Allison has done enough beyond being a 'good ol' boy.' And a well connected brother of an Alabama legend. Yeah, harsh. But fair.