Hall of Fame UPDATE: Jackie Ickx, the only six-time Le Mans winner, heads a group of 21 finalists for induction next year to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. A panel of international motorsports media will choose six finalists for induction April 4, 2002. Ickx was the leading vote-getter in the diverse group that includes drivers, owners and mechanics, as well as a pilot. Included from NASCAR: Cannonball Baker, world record holder, NASCAR commissioner; Red Byron, the first NASCAR champion; Ray Fox, stock car builder and crew chief; Ray Hendrick, 500 wins in NASCAR modifieds, LM sportsman cars; Jack Ingram, five-time Busch Grand National champion; Cotton Owens, stock car driver/car builder; Maurice Petty, crew chief/engine builder for brother Richard; Tim Richmond, Indy/Winston Cup racer; Glen Wood, NASCAR driver, car builder and owner; LeeRoy Yarbrough, stock car driver.(Daytona Beach News Journal)(7-28-2001) UPDATE: Former Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki and long-time NASCAR driver and car owner Glen Wood highlighted the six inductees in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame Class of 2002 that was unveiled Wednesday. Also to be honored in an April 18, 2002 induction ceremony are former Grand Prix champion Jacky Ickx, late Winston Cup driver Tim Richmond, long-time Formula I and Indy car driver Denis Hulme and racecar builder Ettore Bugatti.(Anniston Star)(11-8-2001)
