Deserve to be in the HOF, but when?

Hi everyone. I've been giving a little thought to the prospective members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and I have a thought and wonder who else may agree. When looking and the teams that had a huge impact on the sport, bothin to competition as well as technology, it is easy to get distracted and overlook some that are deserving of the honor. Many teams come to mind but for me the choice is rather simple. Hands down my vote goes to Holman Moody. If not for them and their famous shop I don't think that Charlotte would be the Hub of the sport today. So many great drivers and championshipsover the years and the technological genius of this shop help to mold the sport to what it is today. The only problem I see is how do they get elected? Select both with a single vote or will it take a vote for each? Either way, my opinion is they have contributed so much to the sport we all love that they deserve to be in the HOF. Will it be this year, probaly not. What more could they have done?

What are your thoughts?

Darren Grigsby (aka Bumpertag) in S. Carolina

updated by @bumpertag: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM

H/M would have to go in as a company and I agree they contributed so much to Nascar Cup cars and teams. They were a private contractor not a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and deserve to go into Nascar's Hall of Fame as a company. They had so much influence back in the day much like Hendrick has today. They built top notch cars and engines with the best technical support and builders at the time. Also had a good group of owners and drivers using their race cars.I hope they go in but I think it will be a long time before they do. Got to get all the 70's, 80's and 90's drivers in first with 5 going in per year.Pete

Good points. I don't think it will be many years before they are recognized and honored by the HOF. Crew Chiefs are going in this year and my view if H/M is that they were just as important to the teams as CC's. Without them I don't see the growth of NASCAR that we enjoy today. I don't hear much talk about H/M by the fans and this worries me. Their place in NASCAR shouldn't be minimized or overlooked. The growth of the sport from the early 60's through the late 70's in many ways can be tied to H/M. The "Superstar" drivers were the faces that the fans saw, but it was the competition and the teams that made it all possible. H/M was the named tied to most of the winning FoMoCo drivers and a way for Ford to stay involved in the sport. I look forward to the day when Holman Moody will take their place in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Pete Banchoff said:

H/M would have to go in as a company and I agree they contributed so much to Nascar Cup cars and teams. They were a private contractor not a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and deserve to go into Nascar's Hall of Fame as a company. They had so much influence back in the day much like Hendrick has today. They built top notch cars and engines with the best technical support and builders at the time. Also had a good group of owners and drivers using their race cars.

I hope they go in but I think it will be a long time before they do. Got to get all the 70's, 80's and 90's drivers in first with 5 going in per year.

Pete

Just look at the engine builders alone from Holman Moody. Waddell Wilson, Robert Yates, Eddie Lanier, Tommy Turner, Lee Terry and Bob Auman are just some come to mind. Probably be more guys that I forget or were trained as assistants that are involved today. I don't recall any of the engineers, but they were a huge part of their success.

I think they ought to go in together as HM and im sure they will i no i will B alot older but i hope to see it

I don't think anyone would disagree with the contributions Holman & Moody made to the sport of stock car racing (probably drag racing as well, although I didn;t keep up with that as much). However, at the rate of 5 new members a year, I believe it will be a long time before they get around to inducting companies and/or organizations to the HoF............considering how many outstanding drivers they will have to get through first. I would recommend that they consider creating a separate category for companies/organizations/race shops, etc. since there have certainly been some huge contributions to the sport from some of those areas, i.e., R.J. Reynolds, Goodyear, Union 76............some of the successful race shops such as RCR, HMS, JGR, Roush, etc.

Bumpertag, couldn't agree with you more. Holman-Moody played a big role in our career and for that we are so appreciative of them for life. It's just a shame more of the younger generation didn't have the opportunity to know or need them for their particular racing career.This is where Racers Reunion can and will make an impression on car owners of today and tomorrow. With all the "old timers" who are members of RR sharing their experiences and memories, and all the upcoming car owners who are reading these, they will at least recognize their names.We owe them much and so does the Racing World!!!God bless, and we love you.