Another member of the Alabama Gang is going into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Donnie Allison has been selected from five Pioneer nominees to join his brother Bobby Allison, his nephew Davey Allison and his friend Red Farmer in the NASCAR Hall of Fame, NASCAR announced on Wednesday.

Davey Allison, Bobby Allison and Farmer were the original members of the Alabama Gang, as they came to be called as their exploits put Hueytown on the map in stock-car racing circles.

A second-generation Alabama Gang member also was on the NASCAR Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024 ballot in the Modern-Era Division. But Neil Bonnett did not make it through to enshrinement.

Instead, Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus will enter the NASCAR Hall of Fame together, just as they were for so many seasons as driver and crew chief in the Cup Series, as the Modern Era representatives.

In addition to the Allisons and Farmer, NASCAR Hall of Fame members with Alabama roots are Anniston’s Red Byron and Fort Payne’s Tim Flock.

Donnie Allison earned election in his first appearance on the NASCAR Hall of Fame ballot by receiving 53 percent of the votes in the Pioneer category. The other Pioneer nominees were driver Sam Ard, driver A.J. Foyt, mechanic Banjo Matthews and driver/owner Ralph Moody. Pioneer nominees started their careers more than 60 years ago.

Allison made his debut on NASCAR’s Cup Series in 1966 and raced for the last time on that circuit in 1988, although a wreck during the 1981 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway left him with multiple injuries that curtailed his racing career.

He competed in 242 races during that span and won 10, including two victories at Alabama International Motor Speedway, the track that’s now called Talladega Superspeedway.

Allison was the Rookie of the Year for NASCAR’s top series in 1967.

But NASCAR’s top series wasn’t Allison’s sole racing focus. He raced in other NASCAR divisions, in stock-car races sanctioned by other organizations and beyond the stock-car discipline. In 1970, Allison finished fourth in the Indianapolis 500 a week after winning the World 600. Allison won the Rookie of the Year Award for the Indianapolis 500 that year.

Allison already was a member of three Alabama-based halls of fame – the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, the Alabama Auto Racing Pioneers Hall of Fame and the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

In addition to Bonnett, other Modern Era nominees who were not elected included drivers Jeff Burton, Carl Edwards, Harry Gant, Larry Phillips and Ricky Rudd and crew chiefs Tim Brewer and Harry Hyde.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.