Yates, a NASCAR Cup champion as both an engine builder and owner, was voted in along with three-time NASCAR Cup championship crew chief Ray Evernham, drivers Red Byron and Ron Hornaday Jr. and broadcaster Ken Squier. Hornaday and driver Alan Kulwicki tied for the fifth and final spot, and Hornaday won the tiebreaker. While Yates' passion was engine building, he achieved most of his notoriety as an owner, with his drivers winning 57 Cup races. After providing the power behind Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough with his engines, he started his own racing team in the late 1980s. Dale Jarrett would win two more Daytona 500s and a Cup Series championship for Robert Yates Racing.

Source: ABC News May 24, 2017 22:37 UTC