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Eligibility: Candidates cannot be nominated until at least twenty years after the first date of active participation in professional-level auto racing. Winners must receive 75 percent of the votes of a rougly 150-member panel of racing officials, living Hall of Fame Members, and media representatives. Voting is held usually in Feburary or March, and members are inducted about a week or two before the race. There is no set number of inductees for each year, and the number varies annually.
Recent:
2007 Inductee(s): Al Unser, Jr. (ceremony held May 19)
2008 Inductee(s): Quinn Epperly, Jim Hall
2009 Inductee(s): Graham Hill, Arie Luyendyk (ceremony held May 16, 2009)
2010 Inductee(s): Donald Davidson, Jim Travers & Frank Coon (ceremony held May 27, 2010)
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Located adjacent to the Talladega Superspeedway, P.O. Box 1018, Talladega, Alabama, 35161
Eligibility: Candidates can be nominated after five years of retirement from active participation, effective April 30th of each year. Deceased candidates can be nominated five years following death, effective April 30. Nominees have fifteen years of voting eligibility, after which he/she must wait five additional years before becoming eligible to be voted in through the Old Timers Committee. Nominees must receive 51% of votes of executive committee to become member. Inductees are typically announced in conjunction with the NASCAR Sprint Cup event at Talladega Superspeedway held in late April or early May.
| Name | Year |
| J.C. Agajanian | 2009 |
| Mario Andretti | 2000 |
| Tony Bettenhausen | 1991 |
| Jimmy Bryan | 2001 |
| Louis Chevrolet | 1992 |
| Jim Clark | 1990 |
| Ralph DePalma | 1991 |
| Mark Donohue | 1990 |
| Emerson Fittipaldi | 2003 |
| A.J. Foyt | 2000 |
| Andy Granatelli | 1992 |
| Janet Guthrie | 2006 |
| Dan Gurney | 1990 |
| Jim Hall | 1997 |
| Graham Hill | 1990 |
| Tony Hulman | 1990 |
| Gordon Johncock | 1999 |
| Parnelli Jones | 1990 |
| Mel Kenyon | 2003 |
| Rex Mays | 1993 |
| Rick Mears | 1997 |
| Louis Meyer | 1992 |
| Fred Offenhauser | 2001 |
| Barney Oldfield | 1990 |
| Roger Penske | 1998 |
| Bobby Rahal | 2004 |
| Eddie Rickenbacker | 1992 |
| Mauri Rose | 1994 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 1996 |
| Wilbur Shaw | 1991 |
| Jackie Stewart | 1990 |
| Al Unser, Sr. | 1998 |
| Bobby Unser | 1990 |
| Bill Vukovich | 1991 |
| Rodger Ward | 1992 |
| A.J. Watson | 2003 |
Located at Novi, Michigan.
Eligibility: Candidates can be nominated after twenty years of active participation, or following three years of retirement. Inductees are characterized by their desire to win, mastery of their field and the courage to innovate. Voting is conducted by a panel of historians, retired competitors, journalists, and living members. Among the nine various categories, inductees can be enshrined in open wheel, historic, or at large. Inductees receive the prestigious "Horsepower" award, an original bronze statuette created by sculptor Michael Curtis.
| Name | Year |
| Mario Andretti | 1990 |
| Michael Andretti | 2008 |
| A.J. Foyt | 1989 |
| Tom Carnegie (Historic) | 2006 |
| Jim Clark | 1990 |
| Al Unser, Sr. | 1991 |
| Wilbur Shaw (At Large) | 1991 |
| Tony Hulman (At Large) | 1991 |
| Bill Vukovich | 1992 |
| Ralph DePalma (Historic) | 1992 |
| J.C. Agajanian (At Large) | 1992 |
| Ted Horn | 1993 |
| Louis Meyer (Historic) | 1993 |
| George Bignotti (At Large) | 1993 |
| Bobby Unser | 1994 |
| Eddie Rickenbacker (Historic) | 1994 |
| Rodger Ward | 1995 |
| Rex Mays (Historic) | 1995 |
| Peter De Paolo (Historic) | 1995 |
| Roger Penske (At Large) | 1995 |
| Johnny Rutherford | 1996 |
| Mauri Rose (Historic) | 1996 |
| A.J. Watson (At Large) | 1996 |
| Tony Bettenhausen | 1997 |
| Colin Chapman (At Large) | 1997 |
| Rick Mears | 1998 |
| Tommy Milton (Historic) | 1998 |
| Jimmy Murphy (Historic) | 1998 |
| Jimmy Bryan | 1999 |
| Harry Miller (Historic) | 1999 |
| Frank Lockhart (Historic) | 1999 |
| Frank Kurtis (At Large) | 1999 |
| Sam Hanks | 2000 |
| Ray Harroun (Historic) | 2000 |
| Emerson Fittipaldi | 2001 |
| Andy Granetelli (At Large) | 2001 |
| Gordon Johncock | 2002 |
| Gaston Chevrolet (Historic) | 2002 |
| Mel Kenyon | 2003 |
| Johnnie Parsons (Historic) | 2004 |
| Bobby Rahal | 2004 |
| Tom Sneva | 2005 |
| Troy Ruttman | 2005 |
Located at Dearborn, Michigan.
Eligibility: Considered the single greatest honor in the motor vehicle industry. Enduction honors a career and/or lifetime achievement, exhibiting a significant impact on the development of the automobile or the motor vehicle industry. Nominees must be retired or deceased.
| Name | Year |
| Carl G. Fisher | 1971 |
| Ralph De Palma | 1973 |
| Edward V. Rickenbacker | 1973 |
| Anton Hulman, Jr. | 1978 |
| Wilbur Shaw | 1987 |
| Harry A. Miller | 2003 |
| Andy Granatelli | 2003 |
| Mario Andretti | 2005 |
| A.J. Foyt | 2007 |
| Dan Gurney | 2007 |