In March, NASCAR announced the 20 nominees up for the 2018 NASCAR Hall of Fame induction. The five inductees will be announced on May 24 at 6 p.m. ET.
Check out all 20 of the nominees:
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Davey Allison
Allison won 19 times in less than 200 career Cup Series races. He nearly won the championship in 1991 and 1992, finishing third both times. His life was tragically taken in a helicopter crash. This is his first year as a nominee.
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Buddy Baker
Baker went to Victory Lane 19 times in the Cup series with wins in the Daytona 500 and Southern 500. He also had a long career as a commentator after retiring from racing.
Red Byron
Byron won the first championship in NASCAR Cup Series history in 1949.
Ray Evernham
Evernham won three Cup Series championships with Jeff Gordon and went on to found Evernham Motorsports, where he won several races as an owner.
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Red Farmer
Farmer dominated in Late Models, winning the 1956 Modified championship and posting more than 700 wins to his name in his racing career.
Ray Fox
Fox was a legendary jack of all trades building engines and serving as a crew chief and car owner. He won a total of 14 races as an owner. He teamed with some of NASCAR’s greats like Carl Kiekhaefer, Fireball Roberts, Buck Baker and Tim Flock.
Joe Gibbs
After becoming a legendary football coach in the NFL, Gibbs made the move to NASCAR and has been dominant in the sport. He’s won four Cup Series championships and has one of the most dominant teams in all of NASCAR. He’s a new nominee for 2018.
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Ron Hornaday
Hornaday won four NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championships and is the most dominant driver in Truck Series history.
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Harry Hyde
Hyde was one of the top crew chiefs in NASCAR in the 1960s and 70s, winning the 1970 championship with Bobby Isaac and inspiring the character Harry Hogge in the movie, Days of Thunder.
Alan Kulwicki
The 1992 Cup Series championship was another one of NASCAR’s stars taken too soon. He invented the Polish Victory Lane when he won at Phoenix in 1988.
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Bobby Labonte
The 2000 Cup Series champion won 21 career races in his career and looks to join his brother in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. He’s a new nominee for 2018.
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Hershel McGriff
McGriff won the 1986 NASCAR West Series championship. McGriff competed in NASCAR races in over five decades and his last race was June 23, 2012 when he competed at Sonoma at age 84.
Roger Penske
The Captain won his first Cup Series championship with Brad Keselowski in 2012 and has been involved in motorsports for more than 50 years.
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Larry Phillips
Phillips won the NASCAR Weekly Series championship five times.
Jack Roush
The ‘Cat in the Hat’ has won five championships across NASCAR’s top three series and had one of the most dominant teams in the late-90s and early-2000s.
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Ken Squier
One of the most legendary voices in NASCAR history, Squier has called the sport on radio and television and has his name on the Squier-Hall Award for Media Excellence. He’s also a nominee for the Landmark Award.
Mike Stefanik
Stefanik has won a NASCAR-record nine championships in the sport’s lower series.
Ricky Rudd
Rudd won 23 NASCAR Cup Series races in his career, including the 1997 Brickyard 400.
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Waddell Wilson
The crew chief and engine builder was a part of three Cup Series championship teams and three Daytona 500 wins. He worked with some of the sport’s greatest drivers from Bobby Allison, Mario Andretti, Buddy Baker, A.J. Foyt, Junior Johnson, Fred Lorenzen, and Cale Yarborough.
Robert Yates
The great engine builder and car owner has won championships in both roles. He bought his team in 1988 from Harry Ranier with Davey Allison as his driver.
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