{"id":8125,"date":"2015-04-01T00:03:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T07:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=8125"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:04:24","slug":"motorsports-hof-class-of-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/motorsports-hof-class-of-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorsports HoF\u2008Class of 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_709589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-709589\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-709589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Kendall. \" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p1-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p1-1-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p1-1-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p1-1-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-709589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Kendall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_709591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-709591\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-709591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p2.jpg\" alt=\"Lloyd Ruby.\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p2-71x100.jpg 71w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p2-293x410.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-709591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lloyd Ruby.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced its 27th class of inductees, a list of heroes representing the usual variety of racing disciplines. Included in the Hall\u2019s Class of 2015 are motocross icon Ricky Carmichael, off-road legend Walker Evans, drag racing Professor Warren Johnson, Trans-Am and GT king Tom Kendall (left), NASCAR star Mark Martin, old-time Indy speedster Duke Nalon, and hard-luck Indycar racer Lloyd Ruby (right). They will be inducted at a gala banquet on Thursday, June 18 at Detroit\u2019s historic Fillmore Theater.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tickets for the induction ceremony can be purchased by calling (248) 349-7223 or through the Hall of Fame\u2019s website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mshf.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mshf.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America has announced its 27th class of inductees, a list of heroes representing the usual variety of racing disciplines. Included in the Hall\u2019s Class of 2015 are motocross icon Ricky Carmichael, off-road legend Walker Evans, drag racing Professor Warren Johnson, Trans-Am and GT king Tom Kendall (left), NASCAR star Mark Martin, old-time Indy speedster Duke Nalon, and hard-luck Indycar racer Lloyd Ruby (right). They will be inducted at a gala banquet on Thursday, June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":709588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,255,18114],"tags":[18323,17152,11637,548,18435,11650,13211,13752,18105],"class_list":["post-8125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-news","category-people","tag-2010s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-hof","tag-motorsport","tag-people","tag-duke-nalon","tag-lloyd-ruby","tag-tom-kendall","tag-people-news","post_format-post-format-audio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Motorsports HoF\u2008Class of 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Motorsports HoF\u2008Class of 2015\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/motorsports-hof-class-of-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Motorsports HoF\u2008Class of 2015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Motorsports HoF\u2008Class of 2015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/motorsports-hof-class-of-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/steve.natale1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-01T07:03:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-08T15:04:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/n5-201504-p1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Natale\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/motorsports-hof-class-of-2015\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/motorsports-hof-class-of-2015\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Steve Natale\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/237befa83e8e5937247db55880b8cc49\"},\"headline\":\"Motorsports HoF\u2008Class of 2015\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-01T07:03:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-08T15:04:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/motorsports-hof-class-of-2015\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":130,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/motorsports-hof-class-of-2015\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/n5-201504-p1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2010s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"HoF (Hall of Fame)\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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