Williams, who was voted into the Hall on his first time on the ballot, began racing in 1976 and is now in his 41st year behind the wheel of a dirt-track car.

He has racked up 11 track championships and more than 350 feature victories at tracks across Georgia and Alabama, but was at his best at the old West Atlanta/Seven Flags Speedway in Douglasville. He also won two track championships and numerous feature wins at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock and Rome Speedway in Rome as well as at Senoia Raceway and other tracks across the Southeast.

Throughout his racing career, he’s worked full-time in a body shop, and now is helping his grandson Bailey Williams launch his racing career.