Watch the BetMGM 300 Qualifiers Live Stream

The NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series will stop at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the last weekend of May, with qualifying for the BetMGM 300 taking place on Friday, May 24.

The qualifier broadcast begins at 3:30 p.m. EST and will air on FS1. Fans who want to watch can do so using FuboTV or DirecTV Stream, both of which offer free trials. Sling TV does not offer free trials, but does have other special offers available.

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What: NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series BetMGM 300 Qualifying

When: Friday, May 24th at 3:30 p.m.

Where: Charlotte Motor Speedway

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Ricky Rudd, Carl Edwards and Ralph Moody inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame 2025

By STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ricky Rudd was clearing leaves next to his pool when he received an anonymous text message saying he might want to make a quick 20-minute drive south to Charlotte.

Rudd knew immediately that in the eighth year of his candidacy he would finally be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

The tough Virginia driver was elected to the Class of 2025 on Tuesday along with driver Carl Edwards and mechanic and racing strategist Ralph Moody, who made it onto the Pioneers ballot.

They will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Charlotte on February 7.

“When you're racing, you don't think about the Hall of Fame,” Rudd said. “But when you retire and step away from the sport, everything is a little more important. … I always tried to be in town that day in case I got a call.”

Dr. Dean Sicking, credited with developing the SAFER barrier after being hired by NASCAR to make racing safer following the death of Dale Earnhardt at Daytona in 2001, was honored with the Landmark Award for his contributions to the sport.

Rudd was one of the few successful driver owners of modern times. During his 32-year racing career, he won 23 races and achieved 29 pole positions.

Rudd, 67, held the Cup Series record with 788 consecutive starts before Jeff Gordon broke the record in 2015.

Rudd was a fixture on race weekends, starting 906 Cup races, second only to Richard Petty's 1,185. He finished in the top five 194 times and in the top ten 374 times, and won a Cup race in 16 consecutive seasons from 1983 to 1998.

Rudd said he always looked up to drivers like AJ Foyt, Richard Petty and Bobby and Donnie Allison because of their toughness.

“I did a few things that maybe some guys wouldn't do if I got back in the car, while others might sit out a race or two,” Rudd said. “But I didn't feel like I did it any differently than the group in front of me. Those guys were tough.”

Rudd, the 1977 Cup Series Rookie of the Year, won six races for the Rudd Performance Motorsports team he led from 1994 to 1999, including the Brickyard 400 in 1997.

Edwards, 44, has won 72 races in NASCAR's three series, including 28 in the Cup Series, most of which were capped off with a triumphant backflip.

His success in the Truck Series secured him full-time spots in the Cup and Xfinity Series in 2005.

His breakthrough onto the big scene came by winning his first races in any series during an early-season weekend sweep at Atlanta Motor Speedway, becoming a popular up-and-coming star in the sport. He won the 2007 Xfinity Series championship and collected 38 wins in seven full seasons at that level.

Edwards won the 2015 Coca Cola 600 and the Southern 500 and was twice runner-up in the Cup Series, including the closest finish in NASCAR history when he lost on tiebreaker in 2011.

Edwards was not present at the announcement at the Hall of Fame in Charlotte and could not be reached for interviews.

Moody drove a tank under the command of General George S. Patton in World War II, then moved to Florida in 1949 so he could race year-round, which he did in 1982.

Moody teamed up with the enterprising John Holman in 1957 to form Holman-Moody Racing, the beginning of a powerful NASCAR team.

They competed from 1957 to 1973, winning the championship in 1968 and 1969 with David Pearson and winning the 1976 Daytona 500 with Mario Andretti. Drivers of cars owned by Holman-Moody Racing include NASCAR Hall of Famer Joe Weatherly, Fred Lorenzen, Fireball Roberts, Bobby Allison and Pearson.

Sicking is responsible for saving many lives through the SAFER barrier.

He then studied the accident history of each racetrack and helped implement a plan to immediately secure the most dangerous areas. All racetracks in the NASCAR national series are currently equipped with SAFER barriers.

Sicking, 66, was named the winner of the Bill France Award of Excellence in 2003 and received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President George W. Bush in 2005.

The Associated Press contributed to this article