Harry Phil Gant honed his driving can in the 1950s, road race on rural roads in Alexander County, NC. He began his career on a unpaved in Hickory, where began will put these skills to the test. He and his friends took round driving an old ' 57-Chevy, the Harry a Corvette engine in had laid. When he became the full-time driver, he won the hobby class Championship without so much as a blink. He raced in the sportsman series and won over 300 races and three Championships in 1972, 1973 and 1974.
In 1973, Harry found his way to the Winston Cup series and he ran a complete list of ' 79. He won against such as Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte for Rookie of the year. It was a fierce battlefield and the very contested award was not until the last race of the season in favor of Earnhardt. Harry Gant racing career lasted more than 2 decades, and he was especially known for # 33 Labonte bandits driving. He was a handsome man and throughout the region, he is soon nicknamed handsome acquired garage Harry Gant-- but he was humble and was never away as conceited about his driving talent.
The 1991 season was his most successful. That's when he was known, as Mr September all won four Cup in a row and two Busch races in the month of September of the same year race. He finished fourth in the standings, that his career was high. He won five races this year, together with a pole position, fifteen top-5 and 17 top-10. He was also the most laps led in 1991 with 1,684. Harry holds two age-related records: the oldest abzurufenden his first career win (he was 42, won the first Cup race in Martinsville be) and the oldest driver of ever to win a Cup race (age 52).
At the end of 1994 handsome Harry Gant finished his career as a racing driver and now lives in his native North Carolina. He returned however replacement for an injured Bill Elliot truck series for a partial season in the craftsman in 1996, and Winston select in 96.
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