Dale Earnhardt Jr Honored With Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Induction

What’s Happening?

Though he is retired from full-time racing, Dale Earnhardt Jr. continues to accumulate racing honors. The 50-year-old NASCAR veteran, team owner, and part-time late-model racer will be inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America as part of the Class of 2026.

• Dale Earnhardt Jr is the newest NASCAR inductee into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. The organization announced the two-time Daytona 500 Champion’s induction in the seven-person Class of 2026 Friday afternoon.
• Earnhardt will represent stock car racing in the seven-person Class of 2026. Pete Lyons, John Morton, Kenny Roberts Jr., Sammy Swindell, Dave Villwock, Steve Gibbs, and Earnhardt make up this stacked induction class of racing icons.
• The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is based in Daytona Beach, FL, and inducted its first class in 1989. The MHFA chooses inductees based on a vote from 200 independent voters, who include inductees, historians, journalists, and other industry members.
• Earnhardt follows 2025 NASCAR inductee and former teammate Jimmie Johnson in receiving this honor. Earnhardt Jr’s father Dale Earnhardt Sr. was posthumously inducted in the class of 2002. Both Earnhardts are also inductees of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
• The 2026 MSHFA induction ceremony will take place in Daytona Beach on Mar. 9 and 10, 2026.

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