Cotton Owens - Awards

Awards

• Announced as a member of the 2013 Inductee Class at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 23, 2012.
• Inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.
• Owens was announced as a 2008 inductee in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

(2008)Historic Speedway Group - Occoneechee-Orange Speedway (Hillsborough, NC) Hall of Fame Inductee.

• In 1970, Owens was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association's Hall of Fame at Darlington Speedway.
• Cotton Owens was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers during NASCAR's 50th Anniversary celebration in 1998.
• Recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the Governor of South Carolina, created in 1971 to recognize lifetime achievement and service to the State of South Carolina. September 16, 2006
• Member Darlington Records Club
• Member NASCAR Mechanics Hall of Fame
• Member NASCAR Legends
• Pioneer of Racing Award, Living Legends of Auto Racing, February 15, 2006
• Presented with the Smokey Yunick Award for “Lifetime Achievement in Auto Racing” on May 28, 2000
• Honored by the Vance County Tourism Dept., Henderson, NC with the “East Coast Drag Times Hall of Fame Motorsports Pioneer Award” on October 16, 005
• Recipient of the “Car Owner’s of the 1960s” award by the Old Timer’s Racing Club, 1996