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Larry "Butch" Hartman (May 11, 1940 – December 21, 1994) was an American stock car racing national champion in the United States Automobile Club (USAC) from Zanesville, Ohio. After winning the USAC Stock Car Rookie of the Year award in 1966, the series' Most Improved Driver in 1967, and its Most Outstanding Driver the following year. [1]
Mar 4, 2022 · Larry “Butch” Hartman was born into racing. Born in 1940 in Zanesville, Ohio, his dad Dick started racing Sprint Cars in 1949 and by 1951 was racing two cars and had posted an amazing 126 wins. By the age of seven, Butch was helping his dad warm up cars in his dad’s auto repair shop.
- Lee Ackerman
Nov 29, 2016 · Jack Bowsher (21) leads Butch Hartman (75) during the 1972 Du Quoin 100-miler. Bowsher piloted his Ford Torino to a 36.41 second clocking for a new USAC dirt track record of 98.874 miles per hour to claim the pole.
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Butch Hartman, of Zanesville, Ohio, won five USAC Stock car championships in the 1970s and, in 1968, became the first rookie driver ever to lead the Daytona 500. The 1966 USAC Stock car Rookie of the Year and 1967 Most Improved Driver, then won the first 500-mile stock car race held at Pocono, Pa Raceway in 1971.
After a four-year stint in the Marines, Butch decided to go stock car racing. In 1966 Butch entered his 1965 Dodge Coronet in USAC Stock Car division. After winning the ?rookie of the year award? in 1966 he followed up the following year with ?Most Improved Driver? and in 1968 ?Most Outstanding Driver.?
Sep 9, 2020 · West Allis, Wis. (September 9, 1973) - Butch Hartman has finally achieved the recognition that eluded him in the past. Hartman became the first driver to win three straight United States Auto Club stock car division championships when he pushed his 1973 Dodge Charger to a lopsided victory in the 250-mile Governor’s Cup race at State Fair Park ...
May 17, 2021 · Champaign, Ill. (May 17, 1975) – Defending United States Auto Club stock car champion Butch Hartman of South Zanesville, Ohio, started his quest for a fifth title on a perfect note Saturday night with a victory in the 100-lap USAC season opener on the Champaign Motor Speedway half-mile dirt oval.
