CHARLOTTE — NASCAR Vice Chairman Mike Helton, a fixture in the sport for nearly five decades, was honored with the Landmark Award for Outstanding Contributions to NASCAR during Friday night’s NASCAR Hall of Fame ceremony at the Charlotte Convention Center. Helton has earned universal respect as a larger-than-life figure in the NASCAR garage. Helton, who now serves as Vice Chairman of NASCAR, has long been an advocate for enhanced safety measures on the competition side of the sport. “I’ve always been better at celebrating all the other people’s accomplishments and contributions to NASCAR,” Helton said. As part of the ceremonies, the late T. Taylor Warren became the first photojournalist honored with the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence.

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