The NASCAR Hall of Fame has announced that Tom Higgins will become the fourth recipient of the Squier-Hall Media Award, which similar to the Ford C. Frick Award in Baseball earns him automatic induction into the Hall of Fame.
Higgins began his writing career in 1957 and would join the Charlotte Observer in 1964 where some of his duties included covering Motor Sports. It would soon become evident that this would be his calling and in 1980 he would become the first beat reporter for the NASCAR circuit (still working for the Charlotte Observer), and he would hold that title until his semi-retirement in 1997. Higgins has already been the recipient of numerous writing awards in the field of NASCAR and motorsports journalism, and this is the final, and highest accolade for him to receive.
The Award was named after legendary NASCAR broadcasters Ken Squier and Barney Hall, who were also the recipients of the award in 2013. The ceremony for the NASCAR Hall of Fame will take place January of next year.
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