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The Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR is an award in the NASCAR Hall of Fame that is presented to someone who has made significant contributions to NASCAR. The award was created in 2015 and was designed for people who were not drivers to be recognized in the Hall of Fame (drivers can still be nominated and win the award, Janet Guthrie in 2024 was the first driver to win the award). Previously, these people (such as the inaugural Landmark Award winner Anne France) were mixed in with members of race teams (drivers, crew chiefs, team owners, etc.) as nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame, although this is no longer the case.

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Recipients

YearPersonImageRole
2015Anne FranceWife of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr.
First secretary/treasurer of NASCAR
Secretary/treasurer of International Speedway Corporation
2016 Harold Brasington Founder and builder of Darlington Raceway and North Carolina Speedway (now Rockingham Speedway)
2017 H. Clay Earles Founder and builder of Martinsville Speedway [1]
2018 Jim France Jim France (cropped).jpg International Speedway Corporation executive
Founder of Grand-Am Road Racing and was instrumental in its merger with the American Le Mans Series [2]
NASCAR Chairman and CEO (2019–present)
2019Jim HunterWriter for the Columbia Record, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Stock Car Racing Magazine
PR director for Darlington Raceway and Talladega Superspeedway
NASCAR Vice President of Administration
President of Darlington Raceway and Corporate VP of International Speedway Corporation
NASCAR VP of Corporate Communications
2020 Edsel Ford II Edsel Ford II (45277678314) (cropped).jpg Ford Motor Company executive [3]
2021 Ralph Seagraves R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company executive who helped bring Winston as the Cup Series title sponsor and promote their brand in the following years
The award was not given out in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic postponing the induction ceremony of the 2021 recipient.
2023 Mike Helton Mike Helton 2012.png General manager of Atlanta International Raceway (now Atlanta Motor Speedway)
General manager and president of Talladega Superspeedway
NASCAR Vice President of Competition (1994–1999)
NASCAR Vice President and COO (1999–2000)
NASCAR President (2000–2015)
NASCAR Vice Chairman (2015–present)
2024 Janet Guthrie JanetGuthrie1.jpg First woman to compete in a NASCAR Cup Series superspeedway race
First woman to lead a lap in a NASCAR Cup Series race
Best finish in a Cup Series race by a woman (6th, tied with Danica Patrick)
2025 Dean Sicking Inventor of the SAFER barrier

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