Three NASCAR legends will be inducted into the sport’s Hall of Fame Friday evening at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina. Among the exceptional list of nominees for the 2025 class, drivers Carl Edwards and Ricky Rudd will be enshrined, in addition to driver/owner Ralph Moody.
Joining them is Dr. Dean Sicking, who will be honored with the Landmark Award for outstanding contributions to the sport.
Here is everything you need to know about the drivers and the 2025 ceremony, including broadcast and ticket information.
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TICKETS AND BROADCAST INFORMATION
Tickets are currently on sale for friends and fans to attend Friday evening’s induction ceremony. The NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air live on the NASCAR Channel at 8 p.m. ET and will simultaneously be broadcast on the Motor Racing Network (MRN). Before the show, NASCAR.com and NASCAR’s YouTube platform will host a Red Carpet live stream, starting at 4:30 p.m. ET. For more information on the NASCAR Channel, click here.
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• Carl Edwards: Edwards’ Cup Series career spanned 13 years, with the Columbia, Missouri, native tallying 28 victories in the premier circuit. Edwards’ national series tenure spanned even longer, beginning in 2002. Edwards, the longtime Roush Fenway Racing pilot, finished with 72 national series wins, with many of them featuring a celebratory backflip. Edwards was named to NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers list in 2023. | More on Edwards
• Ricky Rudd: Known as a NASCAR Iron Man, Rudd’s 788 consecutive starts was a Cup Series record before Jeff Gordon beat the streak in 2015; Rudd’s 906 career starts rank second to Richard Petty’s 1,185. Rudd, also nicknamed “the Rooster,” posted 23 Cup Series wins over a 33-year stretch spanning four decades. Rudd is one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers. | More on Rudd
• Ralph Moody: Moody, a World War II veteran, won five Cup Series races from 1956-57. The Taunton, Massachusetts, native additionally showed a knack for the mechanical side of the sport, with Moody pairing with John Holman in 1957 to create Holman-Moody, a team that claimed two championships (1968, 1969) and scored two Daytona 500 wins with Fred Lorenzen (1965) and Mario Andretti (1967). | More on Moody
Note: Best known for his invention of the SAFER barrier, Dr. Dean Sicking will also be honored as the 2025 recipient of the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR. | More on Sicking
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EVENT SCHEDULE (All times are ET)
Thursday, Feb. 6
• 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Class of 2024 Induction: Insider Experience inside the High Octane Theater (buy tickets)
Friday, Feb. 7
• 4:30 p.m., Red Carpet live stream on NASCAR’s digital and social platforms
• 6 p.m., NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction dinner (sold out)
• 8 p.m., NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (buy tickets)
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