Meet the Newest Members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame

Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, and Larry Phillips are the three inductees in the Class of 2027.

Larry Phillips, Kevin Harvick, and Jeff Burton are honored as the Class of 2027 Hall of Fame Inductees during the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Day at Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina on May 19, 2026. David Jensen/Getty Images

Compared with other major North American sports leagues, NASCAR’s Hall of Fame is by far the hardest to get into. Entering this year, just 70 individuals had the honor of calling themselves NASCAR Hall of Famers, but Tuesday’s announcement bumps that number to 73. Three of the greatest auto racing drivers in history will add to the list as Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, and Larry Phillips will be enshrined in the Class of 2027.

Each made an indelible impact on the sport, and an honorable mention should also go to Lesa France Kennedy. The granddaughter of NASCAR founder Bill France Jr. is the executive vice chair of the company her grandfather founded, and France Kennedy was announced as the Hall of Fame’s recipient of the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR. As for the three members who are getting the official Hall of Fame badge, here is why each will be memorialized.

Kevin Harvick

Harvick is a first-ballot HOFer thanks, in part, to a career that had a crowning achievement of being the 2014 Cup Series champion. He won on several other series as well, claiming a pair of Busch Series championships and winning the Winston West Series title. Harvick is also one of four Grand Slam members in NASCAR history, which means he won all four of the Crown Jewel races, and he totaled eight Crown Jewel checkered flags during his career, which ended in 2023.