Darrell Gwynn Motorsports Hall of Fame Induction
Former star NHRA Top Fuel driver Darrell Gwynn was among the nine heroes of motorsports inducted at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America’s 2023 induction class March 6–7, 2023, at the Hall's home in Daytona Beach, Fla. The Class of 2023 also included the Father of the Corvette and Corvette Racing Zora Arkus-Duntov (Sports Cars); longtime USAC official and safety pioneer Henry Banks (Historic); America's most successful enduro racer, Dick Burleson (Motorcycles); air racing superstar Art Chester (Aviation); one of NASCAR's most innovative crew chiefs, Ray Evernham (Stock Cars); early NASCAR fan-favorite Fonty Flock (Historic); prolific land speed record-setter Ab Jenkins (Historic); and two men who revolutionized racetrack emergency services, saving countless lives and careers, Drs. Stephen Olvey and Terry Trammell (Open Wheel). Each of the MSHFA's inductees is elected by a straight vote of 200 motorsports experts — half of them inductees themselves. Through last month's Class of 2022 induction, 279 Heroes of Horsepower are currently in the MSHFA, a number that will grow to 288 with the 35th Induction Class. Gwynn is just the 35th person from the drag racing world to be inducted. Other drag racing notables already in the Hall, along with their year of induction: Don Garlits (1989) Shirley Muldowney (1990) Don Prudhomme (1991) Connie Kalitta (1992) Wally Parks (1993) Bob Glidden (1994) Keith Black (1995) Bill Jenkins (1996) Art Chrisman (1997) Don Nicholson (1998) C. J. Hart (1999) Danny Ongais (2000) Tom McEwen (2001) Eddie Hill (2002) Ed Donovan (2003) Joe Amato (2004) Tommy Ivo (2005) Chris Karamesines (2006) Sox & Martin (2007)) John Force (2008) Kenny Bernstein (2009) Dale Armstrong (2010) Ed McCulloch (2011) Ed Pink (2012) Jack Chrisman (2013) Raymond Beadle (2014) Warren Johnson (2015) Dave McClelland (2016) Paula Murphy (2017) John Buttera (2018) Don Schumacher (2019) "Ohio George" Montgomery (2020) Larry Dixon (2021) Dick LaHaie (2022) 🎟 https://www.nhra.com/schedule/2023 🔔 Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Nhra1951 🌐 Visit NHRA.TV to access more content: https://www.nhra.tv/ 📲 And Follow us on all our social networks: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NHRA Twitter: @NHRA: https://twitter.com/NHRA Instagram: @NHRA: http://instagram.com/nhra TikTok: @NHRA: https://www.tiktok.com/@nhra