NASCAR announced the latest five names for consideration for the 2012 class of the Hall of Fame Tuesday night. They joined the 20 names not chosen in last year’s class.
Driver Bobby Isaac, driver/owner Cotton Owens, crew chief/co-owner Leonard Wood, NASCAR executive Les Richter and Martinsville Speedway founder H. Clay Earles were announced as the five who will round out the list of 25 nominees. The five were chosen by a 21 member panel of NASCAR and Hall of Fame executives and track promoters. They will be joined by 34 others from across NASCAR on June 14th and this 55 member committee will chose the final five. - Full Story by Greg Engle