( CNN ) -- NASCAR 's Hall of Fame class for 2015 includes Bill Elliott , one of its most popular drivers ever , and Wendell Scott , the only African-American to win a top-level race , the auto racing sanctioning body announced Wednesday . Three other drivers -- Fred Lorenzen , Joe Weatherly and Rex White -- will be inducted at a ceremony on January 30 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte , North Carolina . Elliott won one Winston Cup title and 44 races in his 37-year career , including two victories at the Daytona 500 . Known as `` Awesome Bill from Dawsonville '' , a reference to his Georgia hometown , Elliott won the series top circuit championship in 1988 . He was voted NASCAR 's most popular driver a record 16 times . In 1963 , Scott became the only African-American to win a race at NASCAR 's highest level , taking a 100-mile feature at Jacksonville , Florida , on December 1 . He also was the first African-American to race full time in NASCAR 's premier series , called the Grand National Series at the time . Scott made the top 10 in 30 % of the races in his 13-year Grand National career . He was portrayed in the 1977 movie `` Greased Lightning '' by Richard Pryor . He died in 1990 . Lorenzen was considered one of the sport 's first superstars and won 26 races while running a part-time schedule in the 1960s and early 1970s . Weatherly was a two-time champion , in 1962 and in 1963 , when he raced for nine different teams . White was a short-track specialist in the early days of NASCAR . And since there were few super speedways , White finished in the top five about half the time . He won the 1960 championship and 28 races in his career ( only twice at tracks longer than a mile ) . Racing great Darrell Waltrip tweeted Wednesday : `` I totally agree with the new members of the HoF , this is a great group and I love that Wendell Scott was selected ! '' The late wife of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. , Anne Bledsoe France , will be honored with a Landmark Award . NASCAR said the 54 voters were made up of former competitors , current champion Jimmie Johnson , racing officials and media members -- and one vote from an online poll . NASCAR sanctions multiple divisions including Sprint Cup , the Nationwide series , as well as truck racing series and regional leagues . In 2013 , Darrell Wallace Jr. became the first African-American driver to win a NASCAR race since Scott , doing so with a first-place finish in the truck series .
1988 champ Bill Elliott was Grand National 's most popular driver five about half times . Wendell Bill Elliott is the only African-American to win a race in NASCAR 's top division . Induction to be held 1988 in North Carolina , North Carolina .