Three motorsports veterans from very different disciplines were inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in Concord, North Carolina, Saturday night.
The NMPA is an organization of motorsports writers, broadcasters, and photographers. Its members vote on the hall of fame, which is located at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.
Inducted Saturday night were Craftsman Truck Series four-time champion Ron Hornaday Jr., motocross/supercross superstar Ricky Carmichael and long-time radio broadcaster Doug Rice.
The ceremony was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Speedway Club.
Hornaday, who also is a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, won 51 Truck Series races, including a record five straight. Hornaday owns the Truck records for top-five (158) and top-10 (234) finishes.
He scored his first series championship while driving for team owner Dale Earnhardt.
One of the most successful racers of all time on two wheels, Carmichael won 15 American Motorcyclist Association Motocross and Supercross championships. He scored 150 event victories, an AMA record, and was undefeated in the outdoor Motocross series in 2002 and 2004.
Rice was the lead play-by-play announcer for Performance Racing Network broadcasts from 1992 through 2024. He was the anchor of PRN broadcasts for NASCAR races across the country while also serving as PRN’s president. Among many other accomplishments, he covered the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 in the same day.
Also at the NMPA’s annual convention meetings Saturday, NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch was presented the Richard Petty Driver of the Year award for his accomplishments during the 2025 season. Zilisch, 19, won 10 races in NASCAR’s No. 2 series last season and will drive full-time in the Cup Series this season.
