Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip, two drivers that helped push NASCAR onto the national stage and keep it there from the latter half of the 1970s through the 1980s, headline the five-member class of 2012 inductees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
The two, along with crew chief Dale Inman, owner/driver Glen Wood and Modified legend Richie Evans were announced as this year’s inductees Tuesday at the Hall of Fame.
Yarborough received 85 percent of the vote from the 55-member voting panel, which chose from 25 nominees. Waltrip received 82 percent, followed by Inman (78 percent), Evans (50) and Wood (44). Also receiving votes were Jerry Cook, Cotton Owens, Raymond Parks and Herb Thomas.
