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NASCAR Hall Of Fame Class Of 2016 To Be Announced: The NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2016 and winner of the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR will be announced following a vote by the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Panel on Wednesday, May 20 at 6:00pm/et at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte. The five NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees will be selected from the list of 20 nominees: Buddy Baker, Red Byron, Richard Childress, Jerry Cook, Ray Evernham, Ray Fox, Rick Hendrick, Harry Hyde, Bobby Isaac, Alan Kulwicki, Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, Hershel McGriff, Raymond Parks, Benny Parsons, Larry Phillips, O. Bruton Smith, Mike Stefanik, Curtis Turner and Robert Yates.
The second Landmark Award recipient will be chosen from the list of five nominees: Harold Brasington, H. Clay Earles, Raymond Parks, Ralph Seagraves and Ken Squier. The announcement will air live on NBCSN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio and NASCAR.com.(NASCAR)(5-18-2015)

My Picks:

Benny Parsons
Alan Kulwicki
Buddy Baker
Curtis Turner
Mike Stefanik

And

H. Clay Earles

Henry Clay Earles was the founder and chairman of the board of Martinsville Speedway, a NASCAR stock car racing track that Earles built in 1947 in Ridgeway, Virginia that was one of the circuit's first paved oval tracks and stands as one of its shortest.

Wikipedia

• Born: 1913
• Died: Nov 16, 1999

Timeline

1913: Born in Axton, Virginia on August 11, 1913, Earles started making money as a five-year-old, selling unwanted leaves from his father's tobacco farm.

1946: Having seen the crowds attracted by car racing at temporary tracks at fairgrounds, he built a track on 30 acres (120,000 m2) of land he had purchased in 1946.

1947: The first scheduled race, predating the establishment of NASCAR, took place on September 7, 1947, drawing more than 6,000 spectators at a facility that only had 750 seats; Seating capacity had grown to 86,000 by the time of Earles' death.

1964: Earles began a tradition in 1964 of distributing grandfather clocks to race winners, with Richard Petty receiving a track-record of 12, and would have received three more for wins that predated the inception of the practice.

1999: Earles died at age 86 on November 16, 1999 at his Martinsville home.

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Poole parked by NASCAR at Iowa: Iowa Speedway's showcase event of its first race weekend was not without road rage. #42-Brennan Poole, a 24-year-old making his seventh career Xfinity Series start, was parked by NASCAR after intentionally wrecking #28-J.J. Yeley during the 3M 250. Poole forced his #42 Chevy into Yeley's bumper after a restart on lap 152, sending the #28 Toyota's front end into the wall. And, as you might guess, both upset drivers had their own interpretation of events. Poole thought he had been dumped by Yeley, 38, a driver Poole called a "hero" just 10 laps into the scheduled 250 laps. Yeley called the first incident "unintentional," saying he accidentally clipped Poole trying to tuck into line. The second incident, NASCAR and Yeley clearly viewed as deliberate. Yeley, who has made 446 career starts in NASCAR's three national series, said he would follow up with Poole.(USA Today)(5-17-2015)

• Chris Buescher wins XFINITY race at Iowa: #60-Chris Buescher won the 3M 250 at Iowa Speedway. The race ended after one green-white-checkered attempt. It is Buescher's second career win. #9-Chase Elliott finished second, followed by #20-Erik Jones, #2-Brian Scott, #22-Ryan Blaney, #6-Darrell Wallace, Jr., #88-Ben Rhodes, #33-Brandon Jones, #1-Elliott Sadler, and #62-Brendan Gaughan.
  There were 9 cautions for 54 laps and 9 lead changes among 5 leaders. Complete results are on the Iowa race results page (pdf).
  (5-17-2015)

• Iowa XFINITY Race Fast Facts:
  Chris Buescher won the 5th Annual 3M 250, his second victory in 51 NASCAR XFINITY Series races.
  This is his first victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2015.
  This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in three races at Iowa Speedway.
  Chase Elliott (second) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Iowa Speedway. It is his eighth top-10 finish in 2015.
  Erik Jones(i) (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Iowa Speedway.
  Daniel Suarez (18th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  Chris Buescher leads the point standings by 8 points over Ty Dillon.
  (NASCAR Integrated Marketing)(5-17-2015)

• XFINITY Driver standings following Iowa:
  1) #60-Chris Buescher 368
  2) #3-Ty Dillon 360, -8
  3) #9-Chase Elliott 337, -31
  4) #6-Darrell Wallace Jr 331, -37
  5) #2-Brian Scott 326, -42
  6) #7-Regan Smith 320, -48
  7) #1-Elliott Sadler 317, -51
  8) #16-Ryan Reed 288, -80
  9) #62-Brendan Gaughan 283, -85
  10) #18-Daniel Suarez #281, -87
  See complete owner and driver standings on the driver standings(pdf) and owner standings page (pdf).(5-17-2015)