Harry Gant

This article is about the late 20th century American stock car racer. For the early 20th century American open-wheel auto racer, see Harry Grant (racing driver). For the American cinematographer and film director, see Harry A. Gant.

Harry Gant
Gant in 1996 at North Wilkesboro Speedway
Born	(1940-01-10) January 10, 1940 (age 84) Taylorsville, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements	1985 IROC Champion 1984, 1991 Southern 500 Winner 1991 Winston 500 Winner
Awards	1991 National Motorsports Press Association Driver of the Year Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2003) International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee (2006) Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)
NASCAR Cup Series career
474 races run over 22 years
Best finish	2nd (1984)
First race	1973 National 500 (Charlotte)
Last race	1994 Hooters 500 (Atlanta)
First win	1982 Virginia National Bank 500 (Martinsville)
Last win	1992 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles 18 208 17
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
128 races run over 11 years
Best finish	19th (1988, 1992)
First race	1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
Last race	1994 AC Delco 200 (Rockingham)
First win	1982 Mello Yello 300 (Charlotte)
Last win	1994 Busch Light 300 (Atlanta)
Wins Top tens Poles 21 71 14
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
11 races run over 1 year
Best finish	24th (1996)
First race	1996 Coca-Cola 200 (Bristol)
Last race	1996 Carquest 420K (Las Vegas)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
Statistics current as of December 18, 2012.

Harold Phil Gant ^[1] (born January 10, 1940), known for his many nicknames such as "the Bandit", "High Groove Harry", "Hard Luck Harry", "Mr. September", and perhaps mostly as "Handsome Harry", is a retired American stock car racing driver best known for driving the No. 33 Skoal Bandit car on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series circuit during the 1980s and 1990s and his 4-race win streak in 1991.

Nicknames

Gant gained a lot of nicknames throughout his racing career. Early on, "Sug" Thompson, announcer at New Asheville Speedway, nicknamed Harry "The Taylorsville Flash". He was later known as "Handsome Harry Gant" due to his Hollywood-style good looks, the "Bandit" after his longtime sponsor Skoal Bandit, "Mr. September" ^[1] after winning four consecutive Winston Cup races and two Busch Series races in September 1991, "High Groove Harry" after the high line he often took through the corner, and "Hard Luck Harry" for numerous second place finishes in the beginning of his career and later numerous mechanical failures and crashes not of his own doing while leading or running well with Mach I racing.

Career prior to Winston Cup

Gant's 1983 racecar

The North Carolina native began his racing career at the old dirt track in Hickory. He built a hobby class car with his friends, and took turns behind the wheel. Gant became the full-time driver and won the track championship. ^[2] Hickory Speedway was paved in 1967 after Ned Jarrett became the promoter. ^[2] Gant excelled on the asphalt, and won his first race in the sportsman division.

He won over 300 races with the car builder and crew chief Kenneth H. Sigmon, in the NASCAR Sportsman on his way to winning three national championships, in 1972, 1973, and 1974. He finished second three times in the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Division in 1969, 1976, and 1977. He finished in the top 10 of the final points standing in several other years.

He sold half of his construction business in 1979 upon deciding to race full-time in the Winston Cup Series. ^[2]

Winston Cup career

Gant driving in 1994, his final season

Gant made his first Cup start in 1973 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, finishing eleventh in the No. 90 Ford for Donlavey Racing despite initially not being interested in the opportunity. ^[3] He made six starts over the next four years and had two top-ten finishes. His first full season in Winston Cup was in 1979. He competed for the rookie of the year honors against Dale Earnhardt and Terry Labonte. He finished fourth in the overall rookie battle in the No. 47 Race Hill Farm car for Jack Beebe. He split the next season between the No. 47 and the No. 75 RahMoc Enterprises entry, finishing 21st in points.

After starting out the 1981 season driving for various teams, he moved to the No. 33 Skoal Bandit Pontiac, which was owned by Hal Needham and Burt Reynolds, and Leo Jackson after 1988. Gant debuted with the team by placing second at Darlington Raceway, followed by five more second-place finishes and three poles, ending the season third in points standings. ^[4] He stayed with the team for the rest of his career.

Gant finished second 10 times before winning his first Winston Cup race, at Martinsville April 25, 1982, in the Virginia National Bank 500 and he finished fourth in the final points standings. In 1983, Gant only won once at Darlington in the Transouth 400 and collect 10 top 5s and 16 top ten finishes en route to seventh in the final points standings. In 1984, Harry Gant notched 3 poles, 15 top five finishes, and 23 top ten finishes and won at Pocono and Martinsville in the fall, he ended up finishing second to eventual Winston Cup champion Terry Labonte. In 1985, Gant won at Martinsville in the spring, and at Dover and at North Wilkesboro in the fall, notching a career best for Gant up to that point. He finished third in championship standings, 259 points behind eventual champion Darrell Waltrip. Gant went winless for three years from 1986-1988 and in 1989, he broke a three-year winless streak winning at Darlington in the spring which caused the veteran driver to exclaim "The Bandit is back" in victory lane. ^[5] He did not win again in 1989 but finished seventh in the final points standings.

Gant won the International Race of Champions (IROC) championship in 1985. ^[6] He tied on points with Darrell Waltrip but was awarded the title on tiebreak by finishing higher in the final race: a photo-finish win over Labonte at Michigan International Speedway

Gant drove the No. 33 in the 1985 Talladega NASCAR race with the first telemetry data system ever installed on a race car. The data from the car was sent to the CBS television network and broadcast during the TV coverage of the race.

1990s and Mr. September streak

Harry Gant entered the decade with a win at Pocono in the spring of 1990. He finished 17th in the final points standings, with 6 top 5s and 9 top 10s. In 1991, Gant had a career year. He won the 1991 Winston 500 in the spring, gambling on fuel mileage. Fellow competitor Rick Mast drafted behind Gant to give him a push the last few laps but let off in the final laps to preserve the victory. Gant earned the nickname "Mr. September" in 1991 after winning all four September Cup races (Darlington, Richmond, Dover and Martinsville) and two Busch races (Richmond and Dover) at age 51. His crew chief was Andy Petree. ^[7] The four consecutive cup victories tied the modern era record set in 1972. Dominating at the next race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Gant had his brakes fail, ending his hopes of five consecutive victories. ^[8] Gant scored 5 victories in 1991, also notching 15 top-five finishes and 17 top tens, and finishing fourth in the final point standings. Gant followed up 1991 with a strong 1992 and finished 4th in points again. One of five drivers in contention for the championship, six finishes of 13th or worse in the final races doomed his championship hopes. Gant won at Dover in the spring, and he scored his last Cup victory on August 16, 1992, at the Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway, gambling on fuel. This was also the final victory for Oldsmobile in Cup competition. Harry Gant and the Leo Jackson team switched to Chevrolets in 1993, and at the end of the season, Gant announced that 1994 would be his last season. Gant finished his career with a pole and seven top-ten finishes, finishing 25th in the final point standings.

In 1996, Gant substituted for the injured Bill Elliott in the 1996 Winston Select, driving Elliott's No. 94 McDonald's Ford Thunderbird after Elliott's injuries at Talladega. ^[9] Gant also ran a partial season in the Craftsman Truck Series in 1996, driving his own No. 33 Westview Capital Chevrolet C/K. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame on April 27, 2006.

Currently, Gant continues to work on his 300-acre ranch in North Carolina and enjoys riding his motorcycle. In 2015, he was in attendance at Darlington for the Southern 500 to take part in the retro weekend. He also still works on roofs and carpentry in his spare time. Gant once admitted that he "was a good race-car driver but a great carpenter."

Cup records

He holds the record as the oldest driver ever to win a Cup Series race (52 years, 219 days) and as the oldest driver ever to collect his first career Cup victory (42 years and 105 days). He is the second oldest driver to win in NASCAR's second-level circuit, now known as the Xfinity Series, after Dick Trickle. ^[10] In his career he has collected 18 Cup wins and one runner-up finish in 1984 and third in 1981 and 1985, 21 Busch Series wins, and three runner-up finishes in the Busch Series championship (69, 76, and 77). In 1985 won the IROC title. He won four races in a row in 1991 tying a "new era" (1972–present) record and came in second in the fifth race. His five Winston Cup and five Busch Grand National wins in 1991 made him the only driver, at that time, to post the most wins in both series in the same year, although he tied with Davey Allison with five Cup wins (Allison also scored a victory in the non-points All-Star Race).

Movie appearances

He appeared in the 1983 Burt Reynolds movie Stroker Ace . He also gave a short interview in the film Days of Thunder and was mentioned for spinning out in the Daytona 500 late in the movie (although it was actually the No. 26 of Brett Bodine). He also appeared as a mob henchman in the 1984 movie Cannonball Run II . His line in the film was "Better not let the boss hear you say that."

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1973	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	CLT	DOV	TWS	RSD	MCH	DAY	BRI	ATL	TAL	NSV	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT 11	CAR				85th	-	[11]
1974				RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	DAR	NWS 9	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV																				64th	10.3	[12]
	Faustina Racing	5	Dodge													CLT 14	RSD	MCH	DAY	BRI	NSV	ATL	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	RCH	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT 35	CAR	ONT
1975	Neil Castles	06	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT 31	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	ONT		104th	70	[13]
1976	Frasson Racing	18	Chevy	RSD	DAY	CAR	RCH	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT 9	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		84th	138	[14]
1977	Sherrill Enterprises	6	Chevy	RSD	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	NWS	DAR	BRI	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT 30	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	ATL	ONT		101st	73	[15]
1978	Ray Emerson	66	Buick	RSD	DAY 41	RCH	CAR	ATL	BRI	DAR	NWS	MAR	TAL	DOV																					53rd	325	[16]
	Kennie Childers Racing	12	Chevy												CLT 36	NSV	RSD	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR 28	NWS	CLT 19	CAR	ATL 7	ONT
1979				RSD 10		CAR 26	RCH	ATL	NWS																										21st	2664	[17]
			Olds		DAY 33
	Race Hill Farm Team	47	Olds							BRI 21	DAR		TAL 39							DAY 7													ATL 11
			Chevy									MAR 6		NSV 28	DOV 25	CLT 23	TWS	RSD	MCH 17		NSV 22	POC 15	TAL 7	MCH 25	BRI 16	DAR 12	RCH 9	DOV 28	MAR 12	CLT 20	NWS 14	CAR 21		ONT 20
1980	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Olds	RSD 12																															11th	3703	[18]
	Race Hill Farm Team	47	Olds		DAY 42								TAL 37							DAY 16			TAL 5
			Chevy			RCH 12	CAR 8	ATL 16	BRI 7	DAR 3	NWS 2	MAR 21		NSV 9	DOV 4	CLT 28			MCH 28		NSV 29	POC 5		MCH 37	BRI 14	DAR 3	RCH 20	DOV 2*	NWS 4	MAR 29	CLT 16	CAR 2	ATL 36	ONT 41
	RahMoc Enterprises	75	Chevy														TWS 8	RSD 7
1981	Hamby Racing	17	Chevy	RSD 15																															3rd	4210	[19]
	Race Hill Farm Team	47	Buick		DAY 23	RCH 6	CAR 18	ATL 2
	Hylton Motorsports	48	Pontiac						BRI 8
	Kennie Childers Racing	12	Olds							NWS 5		MAR 4*		NSV 22
	Mach 1 Racing	33	Pontiac								DAR 2		TAL 34				TWS 10		MCH 2		NSV 8	POC 4		MCH 4	BRI 11	DAR 14	RCH 2	DOV 23	MAR 2*	NWS 24	CLT 41	CAR 3	ATL 20	RSD 8
			Chevy												DOV 16	CLT 2		RSD 31
			Buick																	DAY 2			TAL 4
1982				DAY 7	RCH 30	BRI 6	ATL 5	CAR 8	DAR 19	NWS 6	MAR 1*	TAL 14	NSV 29		CLT 13	POC 4	RSD 35	MCH 10	DAY 24	NSV 3	POC 22	TAL 38	MCH 3	BRI 3	DAR 11	RCH 7	DOV 12	NWS 2	CLT 1	MAR 8	CAR 32	ATL 2	RSD 26		4th	3877	[20]
			Pontiac											DOV 30
1983			Buick	DAY 37	RCH 5	CAR 5	ATL 11	DAR 1	NWS 3	MAR 2	TAL 4	NSV 3	DOV 9	BRI 27	CLT 25	RSD 3	POC 18	MCH 8	DAY 11	NSV 8	POC 5	TAL 5	MCH 30	BRI 6	DAR 22	RCH 20	DOV 17	MAR 8	NWS 9	CLT 29	CAR 23	ATL 37	RSD 31		7th	3790	[21]
1984			Chevy	DAY 6	RCH 8	CAR 24	ATL 6	BRI 23	NWS 2	DAR 6	MAR 13	TAL 2	NSV 16	DOV 27*	CLT 4	RSD 29	POC 2	MCH 4	DAY 2	NSV 9	POC 1*	TAL 7	MCH 4	BRI 5	DAR 1*	RCH 9	DOV 1*	MAR 4	CLT 4	NWS 2	CAR 2*	ATL 26	RSD 8		2nd	4443	[22]
1985				DAY 26	RCH 5	CAR 2*	ATL 24	BRI 20	DAR 14	NWS 10	MAR 1*	TAL 38	DOV 2	CLT 2	RSD 2	POC 2	MCH 16	DAY 24	POC 5	TAL 7	MCH 3	BRI 6	DAR 21	RCH 6	DOV 1*	MAR 3	NWS 1*	CLT 24*	CAR 3	ATL 8	RSD 4				3rd	4033	[23]
1986				DAY 30	RCH 28	CAR 2	ATL 12	BRI 4	DAR 14	NWS 7	MAR 25	TAL 21	DOV 14*	CLT 4	RSD 9	POC 26	MCH 2*	DAY 31	POC 30	TAL 22	GLN 34	MCH 8	BRI 5	DAR 27	RCH 7	DOV 35	MAR 3	NWS 5	CLT 2	CAR 4	ATL 28	RSD 37			11th	3498	[24]
1987				DAY 31	CAR 29	RCH 25	ATL 34	DAR 7	NWS 11	BRI 6	MAR 27	TAL 29	CLT 24	DOV 30	POC 32	RSD 25	MCH 13	DAY 9	POC 30	TAL 31	GLN 18	MCH 26	BRI 8	DAR 39	RCH 25	DOV 25	MAR 14	NWS 31	CLT 33	CAR 13	RSD 28	ATL 24			22nd	2725	[25]
1988				DAY 29	RCH 28	CAR 28	ATL 21	DAR 38	BRI 18	NWS 12	MAR 26	TAL 36	CLT 30	DOV	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY	POC 10	TAL 16	GLN 31	MCH 21	BRI 6	DAR 40	RCH 32	DOV 11	MAR 30	CLT 24	NWS 30	CAR 7	PHO 12	ATL 30			27th	2266	[26]
1989	Jackson Bros. Motorsports		Olds	DAY 12	CAR 31	ATL 29	RCH 14	DAR 1*	BRI 10	NWS 23	MAR 12	TAL 7	CLT 40	DOV 23	SON 12	POC 2	MCH 32	DAY 32	POC 5	TAL 8	GLN 19	MCH 3	BRI 4	DAR 6	RCH 5	DOV 38	MAR 2	CLT 2	NWS 4	CAR 29	PHO 8	ATL 17			7th	3610	[27]
1990	Leo Jackson Motorsports			DAY 18	RCH 36	CAR 11	ATL 9	DAR 6	BRI	NWS 13	MAR 26	TAL 36	CLT 25	DOV 34	SON 19	POC 1	MCH 5	DAY 7	POC 14	TAL 15	GLN 21	MCH 13	BRI 26	DAR 5	RCH 36	DOV 4	MAR 5	NWS 28	CLT 26	CAR 3	PHO 37	ATL 19			17th	3182	[28]
1991				DAY 25	RCH 3	CAR 3	ATL 19	DAR 27	BRI 11	NWS 23	MAR 5	TAL 1	CLT 4	DOV 3	SON 27	POC 4	MCH 10	DAY 23	POC 26	TAL 39	GLN 28	MCH 6	BRI 19	DAR 1*	RCH 1	DOV 1*	MAR 1*	NWS 2*	CLT 4	CAR 2*	PHO 23	ATL 4			4th	3985	[29]
1992				DAY 12	CAR 3	RCH 3	ATL 2	DAR 2	BRI 29	NWS 5	MAR 5	TAL 24	CLT 5	DOV 1	SON 17	POC 23	MCH 7	DAY 23	POC 2	TAL 17	GLN 18	MCH 1	BRI 26	DAR 16*	RCH 8	DOV 6	MAR 19	NWS 13	CLT 8	CAR 6	PHO 14	ATL 13			4th	3955	[30]
1993			Chevy	DAY 21	CAR 31	RCH 9	ATL 21	DAR 37	BRI 28	NWS 13	MAR 31	TAL 23	SON 19	CLT 18	DOV 7	POC 3	MCH 10	DAY 21	NHA 17	POC 9	TAL 8	GLN 10	MCH 30	BRI 4	DAR 7	RCH 11	DOV 5	MAR 33	NWS 6	CLT 12	CAR 4	PHO 12	ATL 28		11th	3524	[31]
1994				DAY 34	CAR 37	RCH 34	ATL 30	DAR 8	BRI 37	NWS 8	MAR DNQ	TAL 23	SON 10	CLT 7	DOV 42	POC 16	MCH 35	DAY 31	NHA 17	POC 38	TAL 21	IND 37	GLN 10	MCH 25	BRI 9	DAR 41	RCH 22	DOV 13	MAR 8	NWS 32	CLT 22	CAR 31	PHO 23	ATL 33	25th	2720	[32]

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1978	Ray Emerson	Buick	20	41
1979	Kennie Childers Racing	Oldsmobile	14	33
1980	Race Hill Farm Team	Oldsmobile	10	42
1981		Buick	31	23
1982	Mach 1 Racing	Buick	2	7
1983			13	37
1984		Chevrolet	6	6
1985			10	26
1986			15	30
1987			12	31
1988			20	29
1989	Jackson Bros. Motorsports	Oldsmobile	12	12
1990	Leo Jackson Motorsports		5	18
1991			11	25
1992			11	12
1993		Chevrolet	37	21
1994			36	34

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NBSC	Pts	Ref
1982	Harry Gant	77	Pontiac	DAY 6	RCH	BRI	MAR	DAR 14	HCY	SBO	CRW	RCH	LGY	DOV 15	HCY	CLT 1	ASH	HCY	SBO	CAR	CRW	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	BRI	HCY	RCH	MAR	CLT DNQ	HCY	MAR							43rd	469	[33]
1983	Johnny Hayes Racing	28	Pontiac	DAY	RCH	CAR	HCY	MAR	NWS	SBO	GPS	LGY	DOV	BRI	CLT 4	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	CRW	ROU	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP	GPS	BRI	HCY	DAR	RCH	NWS	SBO	MAR	ROU	CLT	HCY	MAR	102nd	160	[34]
1986	Ingram Racing	11	Pontiac	DAY	CAR	HCY	MAR	BRI	DAR	SBO	LGY	JFC	DOV	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	RAL	OXF	SBO	HCY	LGY	ROU	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR 8	ROU	CLT	CAR	MAR					109th	-	[35]
1987	Whitaker Racing	7	Buick	DAY 18	HCY	MAR	DAR 5	BRI 23	LGY	SBO	CLT 1	DOV 24*	IRP	ROU	JFC	OXF	SBO	HCY	RAL	LGY	ROU	BRI 31	JFC	DAR 1*	RCH 7	DOV 24*	MAR 31	CLT 1	CAR 30	MAR 31									26th	1509	[36]
1988				DAY 8	HCY 11	CAR 5	MAR	DAR 2*	BRI 8	LNG	NZH	SBO	NSV	CLT 6	DOV	ROU	LAN	LVL	MYB 23	OXF	SBO	HCY	LNG	IRP	ROU	BRI 4	DAR 1*	RCH 1	DOV 7	MAR 1	CLT 38	CAR 1	MAR 1						19th	2238	[37]
1989				DAY 26	CAR 11*	MAR 20	HCY 6	DAR 3	BRI 30	NZH	SBO	LAN	NSV	CLT 29	DOV 28	ROU	LVL	VOL	MYB	SBO	HCY	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI 28	DAR 1	RCH 25	DOV 15	MAR 26	CLT 7	CAR 1*	MAR 2							20th	1907	[38]
1990			Olds	DAY 2																																			23rd	2134	[39]
			Buick		RCH 34	CAR 4	MAR 28	HCY 9	DAR 1*	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	HCY 9	CLT 3	DOV 2	ROU	VOL	MYB	OXF	NHA 2	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI	DAR 2	RCH 10	DOV 1*	MAR	CLT 30	NHA	CAR 7	MAR
1991				DAY 5	RCH 1	CAR 5	MAR 24*	VOL	HCY	DAR 40*	BRI 7	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT 3	DOV 16*	ROU	HCY	MYB	GLN	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU	BRI 30	DAR 7	RCH 1	DOV 1*	CLT 1	NHA 3	CAR 5	MAR 1*					21st	2309	[40]
1992				DAY DNQ	CAR	RCH 1*	ATL 2	MAR	DAR 2	BRI 1*	HCY	LAN	DUB	NZH	CLT	DOV 17	ROU	MYB	GLN	VOL	NHA						BRI 22	DAR 31*	RCH 9	DOV 3		MAR 26	CAR 5	HCY					19th	1887	[41]
			Chevy																			TAL 33	IRP	ROU	MCH 5	NHA					CLT 7
1993				DAY 3			DAR 2	BRI 26	HCY	ROU	MAR	NZH	CLT 38	DOV 31	MYB	GLN	MLW 29	TAL 41	IRP	MCH 13	NHA	BRI 16	DAR 32	RCH	DOV 34	ROU	CLT 35	MAR	CAR 29	HCY	ATL 4								19th	1887	[42]
			Buick		CAR 7	RCH 33
1994			Chevy	DAY 32	CAR 2	RCH 3	ATL 1*	MAR	DAR 5	HCY	BRI 7	ROU	NHA	NZH	CLT 30	DOV 32	MYB	GLN	MLW 12	SBO	TAL 31	HCY	IRP 32	MCH 24	BRI 28	DAR 23	RCH	DOV 2*	CLT 35	MAR	CAR 4*								23rd	1939	[43]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	NCTC	Pts	Ref
1996	Harry Gant	33	Chevy	HOM	PHO	POR	EVG	TUS	CNS	HPT	BRI 13	NZH 21	MLW	LVL	I70	IRP 12	FLM 8	GLN	NSV 20	RCH 8	NHA 24	MAR 10	NWS 31	SON	MMR	PHO 10	LVS 21	24th	1267	[44]

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
Year	Make	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Pts	Ref
1985	Chevy	DAY 5	MOH 6	TAL C	MCH 1*	1st	45	[45]
1986		DAY 8*	MOH 6	TAL 2	GLN 11	6th	41	[46]
1992	Dodge	DAY 2	TAL 5	MCH 4	MCH 6	5th	46.5	[47]
1993		DAY 8	DAR 3	TAL 7	MCH 4	7th	44	[48]

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19. "Harry Gant – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
20. "Harry Gant – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
21. "Harry Gant – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
22. "Harry Gant – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
23. "Harry Gant – 1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
24. "Harry Gant – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
25. "Harry Gant – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
26. "Harry Gant – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
27. "Harry Gant – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
28. "Harry Gant – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
29. "Harry Gant – 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
30. "Harry Gant – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
31. "Harry Gant – 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
32. "Harry Gant – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
33. "Harry Gant – 1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
34. "Harry Gant – 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
35. "Harry Gant – 1986 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
36. "Harry Gant – 1987 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
37. "Harry Gant – 1988 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
38. "Harry Gant – 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
39. "Harry Gant – 1990 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
40. "Harry Gant – 1991 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
41. "Harry Gant – 1992 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
42. "Harry Gant – 1993 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
43. "Harry Gant – 1994 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
44. "Harry Gant – 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
45. "Harry Gant – 1985 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
46. "Harry Gant – 1986 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
47. "Harry Gant – 1992 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
48. "Harry Gant – 1993 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 14, 2017.

External links

• Harry Gant driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Harry Gant owner statistics at Racing-Reference
• Harry Gant at IMDb
• Harry Gant at Nascar.com
• Harry Gant at decadesofracing.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by Cale Yarborough	IROC Champion IROC IX (1985)	Succeeded by Al Unser Jr.