CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR announced the 15 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame's class of 2025, led by former champion Greg Biffle and modified legend Ray Hendrick.
Other new nominees include longtime Hendrick Motorsports engine builder Randy Dorton, three-time Truck Series champion Jack Sprague and three-time convertible division champion Bob Welborn.
Biffle was the first driver in NASCAR history to win championships in both the Truck Series and Xfinity Series. Biffle went on to win 19 races in the Cup Series with Hall of Fame team owner Jack Roush. He has 66 total victories in NASCAR's top three series, with his most recent win coming in 2019 in the Truck Series.
Hendrick, the driver known as "Mr. Modified," earned hundreds of race wins during his decades-long career. He was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers in 1998 and is one of the most decorated names in modified racing. Hendrick's famous winged No. 11 was a mainstay in his home state of Virginia, where he won five track championships at South Boston Speedway.
Sprague was among the drivers who helped establish the Truck Series in its early years. Racing alongside series greats like Ron Hornady Jr. and Mike Skinner, Sprague won three Truck Series titles driving for Hall of Fame team owner Rick Hendrick. He later competed in the Xfinity Series and Cup Series before returning to the Trucks full-time in 2004.
Randy Dorton partnered with Rick Hendrick in the 1980s to serve as the team's lead engine builder, a role he held until he died in 2004. Dorton's engines won 136 national series races with Hendrick Motorsports, including multiple championships, three Daytona 500s, six Coca-Cola 600s and four Brickyard 400s. Dorton was among 10 people killed when a Hendrick Motorsports plane traveling to Martinsville Speedway crashed in October 2004.
Bob Welborn was known as the "King of the Convertibles" when NASCAR introduced the division. He competed in 45 of the 47 races during the inaugural season, scoring three victories and the championship. Over the next two seasons, Welborn won 15 poles, 14 races and two more championships. Welborn also won the first points-paying event at Daytona International Speedway in 1959. He was named one of NASCAR's 75 greatest drivers in 2023.
The remaining names on the Modern Era ballot are Neil Bonnett, Tim Brewer, Jeff Burton, Carl Edwards, Harry Gant, Harry Hyde and Ricky Rudd.
The Pioneer Ballot includes Banjo Matthews, Ralph Moody and Larry Phillips.
Two nominees from the Modern Era ballot and one Pioneer Ballot nominee will be inducted as part of next year's class.