Barney Hall Award

National Motorsports Press Association

Barney Hall Award

The Barney Hall Award, named in his honor, is presented by the NMPA to recognize outstanding work in the field of radio broadcasting. Hall began covering the sport in the late 1950s and soon worked his way into a job with a fledgling radio group known as the Motor Racing Network (MRN). He has called some of the sport’s most memorable events through the years – from the infamous post-Daytona 500 fight between Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison to Richard Petty’s 200th-career victory in 1984 and Dale Earnhardt’s 1998 Daytona 500 victory. He was inducted into the NMPA Hall of Fame.

wdt_ID Year Recipient Affiliation
1 2022 n/a
2 2021 n/a*
3 2019 n/a
4 2018 Joe Moore
5 2017 n/a
6 2016 n/a
7 2015 Joe & Ruth Kelly
8 2014 n/a
9 2013 n/a
10 2012 n/a
11 2011 n/a
12 2010 n/a
13 2009 Ned Jarrett
14 2008 Hal Hamrick
15 2007 n/a
16 2006 n/a
17 2005 Barney Hall Motor Racing Network
18 2004 Steve Blevins Motor Racing Network
19 2004 Kent Bernhardt Performance Racing Network
20 2003 Ryan Horn Motor Racing Network
21 2002 Mark Garrow Performance Racing Network

Note: this award may not be given every year.