Chief's NASCAR Tribute Page |
Tim Richmond 6/7/55 - 8/13/89. |
Home Town - Ashland, OH Starts - 185 Poles - 14 Wins - 13 First win - 1982, Riverside, CA Last win - 1987, Riverside, CA 1980 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Died of AIDS |
J. D. McDuffie 12/5/38 - 8/11/91 |
Home Town - Madison, CT Starts - 29 Best finish - 9th 1990 Rookie of the Year 1989 Grand National Champion Killed in highway crash. |
Home Town - Sanford, NC Starts - 653 Poles -1 Best finish - 3rd Killed at Watkins Glen. |
Alan Kulwicki 12/14/54 - 4/1/93 |
Davey Allison 2/25/61 - 7/13/93 |
Home Town - Greenfield, WI Starts - 207 Poles - 24 Wins - 5 First win - 1988, Phoenix, AZ Last win - 1992, Pocono, PA 1992 Winston Cup Champion 1986 Rookie of the Year Killed in private plane crash en route to Bristol. |
Home Town - Hueytown, AL Starts - 191 Poles - 14 Wins - 19 First win - 1987, Talladega, AL Last win - 1993, Richmond, VA 1992 Daytona 500 champion 1987 Rookie of the Year Died from injuries substained in a helicopter crash at Talladega. |
Neil Bonnett 2/11/46 - 2/11/94 |
Home Town - Hueytown, AL Starts - 363 Poles - 20 Wins - 18 First win - 1977, Richmond, VA Last win - 1988, Rockingham, NC Killed in practice at Daytona. |
Home Town - Landover, MD Starts - 536 Poles - 1 Wins - 2 First win - 1966, Spartanburg, SC Last win - 1966, Manasaas, VA Won 1991 Winston Legends race at Charlotte Former Pace Car Driver Died of heart failure while in Japan. |
Elmo Langley 8/22/29 - 11/21/96 |
Adam Petty 7/10/80 - 5/12/00 |
Home Town - Trinity, NC Starts - 1 1st Fourth Generation Athlete Youngest winner ever in ASA - 18 Killed in practice at New Hampshire. |
Kenny Irwin 8/5/69 - 7/7/00 |
Dale Earnhardt 4/29/51 - 2/18/01 |
Home Town - Indiamapolis, IN Starts - 87 Poles - 3 Best Finish - 3rd 1998 Rookie of the Year Killed in practice at New Hampshire |
Home Town - Kanapolis, NC Starts - 676 Poles - 22 Wins - 76 648 Consecutive Starts First win - 1979, Bristol, TN Last win - 2000, Taladega, AL 7 time Winston Cup Champion 1998 Daytona 500 Champion 1995 Brickyard 400 winner 1979 Rookie of the Year 4 time IROC Champion Killed on last lap of Daytona 500 |
Drivers - not pictured Joe Weatherly Glen "Fireball" Roberts Jimmy Pardue Billy Wade LarryThomas Buren Skeen Harold Kite Billy Foster Talmage Prince Curtis Turner Friday Hassler Larry Smith Swede Savage Dewayne "Tiny" Lund Bobby Issac * Ricky Knotts Bruce Jacobi Terry Schnoover Lee Roy Yarbrough * Richie Evans Grant Adcox Butch Lindley Joe Booher Clifford Allison Rodney Orr John Nemecheck Rick Baldwin Chris Trickle Tim Flock * Ralph Eury Lee Petty * Herb Thomas * Tony Roper Blaise Alexander Others Bill France Sr. * Annie France * Harold Kinder * T. Wayne Robertson Ralph Seagraves * Harry Hyde * Harry Melling * Harry Ranier * Mike Rich
* natural cause
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