NASCAR Hall of Fame nominees - Page 2

Blakr · 07-03-2009, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by SmokeFan14

I don't think that anyone involved with Nascar's later era should be put in there in front of the forefathers, not Hendrick, Childress, Earnhardt, Parson, etc, but the people that made it happen in the first place.

Like SF I completely agree.
But even with that criteria it's still difficult to choose only 5.
The first group should be at least 10 IMNSHO?

Scooters · 07-03-2009, 03:20 PM

Originally Posted by Blakr

I agree DW should not be voted in on the first ballot. Too many valid candidates from earlier era's for him to be amongst the first 5.
Personally I think the first group should be at least 10.

I have no problem with a team trying to cheat, but what does IMNSHO mean?

I have no problems with teams "cheating" as in finding loopholes and such. But ol'e DW used Nitrous Oxide at least once, they put buckshot in a compartment in the car so that it would weigh legal on inspection then dumped the buckshot out gradually during the race to lighten the car. That isn't going around the rules; that is tearing them out of the book and using them as TP.

Blakr · 07-03-2009, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Scooters

I have no problems with teams "cheating" as in finding loopholes and such. But ol'e DW used Nitrous Oxide at least once, they put buckshot in a compartment in the car so that it would weigh legal on inspection then dumped the buckshot out gradually during the race to lighten the car. That isn't going around the rules; that is tearing them out of the book and using them as TP.

....but what does IMNSHO mean??? :@

Scooters · 07-03-2009, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Blakr

....but what does IMNSHO mean??? :@

Sorry.. got a phone call and hit post on that before I finished, then I had to go to the drug store and stopped to get something to eat... wait ... this isn't Twitter. Ooops.

IMNSHO = In My No So Humble Opinion.

See, I usually am very humble. Its one of my greatest assets along with my incredible beauty, outstanding intelligence, unstinting generosity and superb personality. But mostly I am very humble.

Blakr · 07-03-2009, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by Scooters

Sorry.. got a phone call and hit post on that before I finished, then I had to go to the drug store and stopped to get something to eat... wait ... this isn't Twitter. Ooops.

IMNSHO = In My No So Humble Opinion.

See, I usually am very humble. Its one of my greatest assets along with my incredible beauty, outstanding intelligence, unstinting generosity and superb personality. But mostly I am very humble.

Oh... I thought it was something dirty.

I noticed your humility in your post. It was drenched in it.

Scooters · 07-03-2009, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by Blakr

Oh... I thought it was something dirty.

I noticed your humility in your post. It was drenched in it.

You were hoping it was something dirty ... did I mention my sultry sexiness?

revvinjim · 07-04-2009, 03:49 AM

So now everybody knows why I feel so terrible that I missed out on being wed to Scooters. Heck, she wouldn't even have to take my name, I would take hers, if that would do it.

Too late, she's already taken.

I agree with almost everyone else on this thread that the inaugural class should be ten. I know not everyone likes NASCAR, but there would be no NASCAR without Big Bill France, and if he hadn't done it, somebody else would have come along and done something similar. But Big Bill deserves to be there.

My other 4

Herb Thomas
Bud Moore
Buck Baker
Curtis Turner

Scooters · 07-04-2009, 09:41 AM

Big Bill not only deserves to be there, but he deserves to be at the top of the list... or in a prominent place and larger than the others. Like Revvn said, it was his concept and his work that gave us NASCAR.

My nominees are:
Alan Kulwicki - for showing that it COULD be done
Chris Econimacki (I know I butchered that spelling) - for bringing NASCAR to the masses
Smokey Yunick - a brilliant innovator

Eventually any other driver besides Alan will be nominated but those are the three that might otherwise be overlooked.

Schwartz Fan · 07-04-2009, 12:14 PM

First off I don't think Big Bill France belongs on the nominee list at all..........why should anyone need to vote him in? Without him there would be no voting at all! Big Bill is a given and should be the first inductee automatically.....

My other four would be....

Raymond Parks
Red Byron
Herb Thomas
Lee Petty

The rest of the people on the list of nominees no doubt will make it in, but shouldn't they start with the guys that got the thing rolling in the first place?

07-04-2009, 03:49 AM	#17 (permalink)
revvinjim Resident Old Fart Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 2,850	So now everybody knows why I feel so terrible that I missed out on being wed to Scooters. Heck, she wouldn't even have to take my name, I would take hers, if that would do it. Too late, she's already taken. I agree with almost everyone else on this thread that the inaugural class should be ten. I know not everyone likes NASCAR, but there would be no NASCAR without Big Bill France, and if he hadn't done it, somebody else would have come along and done something similar. But Big Bill deserves to be there. My other 4 Herb Thomas Bud Moore Buck Baker Curtis Turner __________________ Never argue with an idiot--people watching might not be able to tell the difference.

07-04-2009, 09:41 AM	#18 (permalink)
Scooters VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,149	Big Bill not only deserves to be there, but he deserves to be at the top of the list... or in a prominent place and larger than the others. Like Revvn said, it was his concept and his work that gave us NASCAR. My nominees are: Alan Kulwicki - for showing that it COULD be done Chris Econimacki (I know I butchered that spelling) - for bringing NASCAR to the masses Smokey Yunick - a brilliant innovator Eventually any other driver besides Alan will be nominated but those are the three that might otherwise be overlooked. __________________ Have you ever felt like doing this to someone?

07-04-2009, 12:14 PM	#19 (permalink)
Schwartz Fan Co-Administrator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The flatlands...Where dirt is for farming, clay is for racin' and asphalt is for gettin there!!! Posts: 9,538	First off I don't think Big Bill France belongs on the nominee list at all..........why should anyone need to vote him in? Without him there would be no voting at all! Big Bill is a given and should be the first inductee automatically..... My other four would be.... Raymond Parks Red Byron Herb Thomas Lee Petty The rest of the people on the list of nominees no doubt will make it in, but shouldn't they start with the guys that got the thing rolling in the first place? __________________

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