Harold Bunting

Harold Bunting
Born	Harold J. Bunting Jr. September 1942 (age 82)
Retired	1986
Debut season	1969
Modified racing career
Car number	17, 19,19D,30, 91
Championships	9
Wins	244+
Previous series
1960-1968	Kart racing
Championship titles
1977, 1980, 1985, 1986 Delaware State Fair Champion [1]
Statistics up to date as of July 20, 2025.

Harold Bunting (1942) is a retired American Dirt Modified racing driver from Milford, Delaware, credited with over 234 career wins at 10 tracks in the Mid-Atlantic states. ^[2]

Racing career

Harold Bunting was already an accomplished go-kart racer in 1969, when he transitioned to a modified stock car at Milford's Little Lincoln Speedway. Over the next 17 years, he claimed four track titles at Delaware's Georgetown Speedway and five at the U.S. 13 Speedway. ^[3]

Bunting also competed successfully at Bridgeport Speedway in Delmar, New Jersey; in Pennsylvania at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville and Nazareth Speedway; and in Virginia at the A&N Speedway in Tasley. ^{[4] [5] [6]} He was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2020. ^{[2] [7]}

References

1. "Cars, Drivers & Events – Harold Bunting". Auto Racing Research Associates. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
2. McNaught, Shanon (May 21, 2020). "Delaware racing legend recognized". The News Journal . Wilmington DE. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
3. Culver, Chad; Culver, Wayne (2012). Delaware Auto Racing. Arcadia Publishing. p. 118 et seq. ISBN   9780738592077.
4. Ireland, Jack (May 12, 1982). "Harold Bunting is king of state stock circuit". The Morning News. Wilmington DE. p. 9. Retrieved July 22, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Bunting, Cagle top Nazareth qualifiers". Reading Eagle . PA. October 8, 1983. p. 9. Retrieved July 22, 2023– via Google Books.
6. "Bunting wins Grandview MODCAR feature". Reading Eagle . PA. July 5, 1984. p. 36. Retrieved July 22, 2023– via Google Books.
7. Swanson, Buffy (May 13, 2020). "Bunting to be Delaware's first inductee". The Citizen . Auburn NY. Retrieved July 24, 2023.