Dale Jarrett, four others elected to NASCAR Hall of Fame

Dale Jarrett and the late Glenn “Fireball” Roberts were among those in the newest five-member class elected Wednesday to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

The others elected in the class of 2014 were drivers Tim Flock and Jack Ingram, along with engine builder Maurice Petty, brother of legendary driver Richard Petty.

Jarrett was the 1999 champion of what is now called NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series, and he was a three-time winner of the Daytona 500. His father Ned, a two-time series champion in the 1960s, already is in the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Roberts also was a Daytona 500 winner and widely considered one of the best NASCAR drivers never to have won a title. He died from injuries in a racing crash in 1964.

Flock was a two-time series champion in the 1950s who had 39 career victories.

Ingram was a short-track specialist who won multiple titles in the 1970s and 1980s in second-tier series equivalent to what is now NASCAR’s Nationwide Series.

As Richard Petty’s engine builder, Maurice Petty provided the horsepower that helped his older brother Richard win a record 200 races.

The class’ induction ceremony at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., is scheduled Jan. 29.

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