Picture Gallery

This is a collection of pictures that have been gathered over the many years that I spent on the Winston Cup Circuit. I hope they bring back as many memories for you as it has for me.

View Larger Image	#14 Car In the winter of '63, Harry and some friends built a hobby class car to race at Hickory Speedway.
View Larger Image	#77 Car In the early 70's, Harry began to run everywhere he could. Columbia, SC on Thursday nights, Kingsport, TN or Asheville, NC on Friday nights, and Hickory, NC on Saturday night. At the end of the season, he had run 92 races, won 14 and finished second in NASCAR National Sportsman Championship to Red Farmer,...all while maintaining his full-time job building houses.
View Larger Image	#77 Car Harry finished 4th in the National Championship in 1971 and winning the NASCAR title three straight years, 1972-1973-1974. The Orange & Yellow #77 became legendary at tracks throughout the southeast. At that time Harry was building houses during the day and working on his race car in the garage behind his house at night.
View Larger Image	Young Harry Gant
View Larger Image	May 1977 - 6 Races in 5 Days This is the Chevrolet Nova Harry campaigned in 1976 in the Sportsman Series. The car was re-bodied as a buick for 1977, and Harry won more than 30 races with it before it was stolen in Nashville, TN. Harry ran: 35 laps at Columbia, SC on Thursday night. (Won) 200 laps at Kingsport, TN on Friday night. (Won) 300 miles at Charlotte, NC Sportsman Race on Saturday/Day. (Won) 200 lap feature at Hickory, NC on Saturday night. (Finished 3rd) 399 miles at Charlotte, NC Grand National Race on Sunday. (Finished 30th) 300 laps at Bristol, TN on Monday. (Won) WHAT A WEEKEND!!
View Larger Image	#12 Kenny Childers Coal Miner Car In 1978 Harry ran 4 Winston Cup (formerly Grand National) races for Kenny Childers, The Kentucky Coal Miner. Harry qualified 7th for the NAPA National 500 at Charlotte, NC that year.
View Larger Image	#47 Race Hill Farms Car In 1979, at the age of 39, Harry ran his first full Winston Cup (former Grand National) season with Jack Beebe in the #47 Race Hill Farms car. That year Harry ran for Rookie of the Year against Dale Earnhardt, Terry Labonte and Joe Millikan. Harry still built some houses that year and ran an occasional Sportsman Race.
View Larger Image	#33 Skoal Bandit Car In 1981 Harry joined the Mach I/Skoal Bandit Racing Team in the #33 car owned by Hollywood movie producer, Hal Needham and actor, Burt Reynolds. The car was sponsored by U.S. Tobacco Company. This venture would be one that would change Harry's racing career forever!
View Larger Image	First Winston Cup Victory Harry won his first Winston Cup race at Martinsville, VA in 1982. It was a wild day at the races for Harry and the Bandit. The Bandit was so damaged , no one would have believed that they would role into victory lane that day. He went on to finish fourth in the Winston Cup points championship that year.
View Larger Image	Harry & Car Owner Hal Needham celebrate after winning the 1984 Southern 500. Harry went on to finish second in the Winston Cup points championship in 1984, only 65 points behind champion Terry Labonte. He finished the season with 3 wins and 6 second place finishes.
View Larger Image	IROC Champion Harry won the 1985 International Race of Champions (IROC) Championship.
View Larger Image	Mr. September In September 1991 Harry won 4 consecutive Winston Cup races, Darlington, Richmond, Dover and Martinsville, which earned him the nickname "Mr. September" and tied him with the modern era record. (1972-present) He also won two Busch Grand National Series races during this string. The 1991 season was Harry's most successful, finishing fourth in the Winston Cup points championship, winning 5 races, one pole position, 15 top 5 and 17 top 10 finishes. He was inducted into Charlotte Motor Speedway's Court of Legends. Harry also became the oldest driver to win a Winston Cup Race at age 52 by winning the Winston Cup event in Michigan, August 16, 1992.
View Larger Image	#7 Manheim Car Harry and Ed Whitaker were joined by Manheim Auctions during the 1994 Farewell Tour as sponsor on the #7 Busch Grand National Car. Manheim is the largest operator of automobile auctions in North America.
View Larger Image	Harry Gant with Drag Racer, Don Prudhome Harry Gant ( with Drag Racer, Don Prudhome) wins the Busch Light 300 at Atlanta, GA in March 1994 driving Ed Whitaker's Manheim Chevrolet Lumina.
View Larger Image	Harry Gant's Farewell Tour In 1994 and after 30 years and an average of 225 days a year on the road, Harry decided to retire from his racing career. He'd always planned on quitting around age 50, so it was not a spur-of-the-moment decision. 1994 became Harry Gant's Farewell Tour.
View Larger Image	Westview Capital Truck Retirement from the Winston Cup Series didn't necessarily mean retirement from racing altogether. Harry ran a limited truck schedule in 1995 on the Craftsman Truck Series.
View Larger Image	Retirement Nowadays, Harry spends time working his 350 acre ranch & cattle farm just a few miles from the home he built at 24 years old for he and his wife Peggy. When Harry's not building fences or rounding up cattle, he's either gone to do appearances for his previous racing sponsors, US Tobacco Company or Manheim Auto Auctions or riding one of his Harley Davidson motorcycles. Of course Sundays are spent going to church, visiting his family and watching the races on TV.
View Larger Image	Harry's Ford Tractor
View Larger Image	Harry's Trophy Room Harry and his hog among some of his many trophies won over his past 30 years in racing.

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