NASCAR Class inducted into Hall of Fame

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    Family was the prevailing theme as NASCAR inducted its third, and most diverse, class into the Hall of Fame.

    Cale Yarborough, notoriously tight with his money, recalled the days he fed his family with 10-cent cans of black eyed peas -- a lifetime ago compared to the special outfit his wife bought for Friday night's ceremony.

    Darrell Waltrip, in a humorous speech that stretched almost 24 minutes, grew emotional only once, when thanking his daughter for flying 25 hours from a mission trip in the Philippines to surprise him at the inauguration.

    Dale Inman was inducted by his cousin, seven-time champion Richard Petty, and the late Richie Evans' widow thanked the fans for keeping her husband's memory alive.

    And Leonard Wood inducted Glen Wood into the Hall by calling "my big brother, Glen Wood," to the stage.

    Glen Wood, a pioneer NASCAR team owner, stressed his induction into the Hall of Fame was an accomplishment of the Wood Brothers race team and his decades-long partnership with manufacturer Ford.

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