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Earnhardt Inducted into Greater Charlotte Sports Hall of Fame:

February 17, 2004 at 12:00 AM
  • The late stock car racing legend Dale Earnhardt has been named as one of four inaugural inductees of the Greater Charlotte Sports Hall of Fame. Earnhardt dominated NASCAR tracks around the country for more than two decades, winning seven NASCAR Winston Cup championships and more than $40 million during his career. Joining Earnhardt as the first laureates of the new Greater Charlotte Sports Hall of Fame are three of the Charlotte region’s greatest athletes, all of whom competed in the Olympic games and distinguished themselves in their respective sports:
    Jim Beatty – 1960 U.S. Olympic team and first man to run the indoor mile in less than 4 minutes (3:58:9).
    Jeff Mullins – University of North Carolina at Charlotte head basketball coach.
    Floyd “Chunk” Simmons – tailback on the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill football team, but distinguished himself internationally in track and field. Won bronze medals at the 1948 London Olympic Games and the 1952 Helsinki, Finland Olympic games.
    The inductees will be honored and officially inducted into the Hall at an induction dinner on April 17, 2004, at the Panthers’ Den at Bank of America Stadium in uptown Charlotte. O. Bruton Smith, chairman and CEO of Lowe’s Motor Speedway and Speedway Motorsports, Inc., and Jerry Richardson, founder/owner of the Carolina Panthers are the honorary co-chairmen of the event. The event will benefit the Charlotte/Mecklenburg Senior Centers, Inc. (CMSC). For more information: www.charlotteseniorcenters.org.(LMS PR – for the full PR, see my Hall of Fame/Museum page)(2-17-2004)