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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 · In 1976, Butch regained the top spot in USAC racing in all 12 events he posted three wins and nine Top 5s, while leading 526 laps. He started the season with a win at Tri-City Speedway in Ohio in an ARCA race.
- 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.
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.
Butch Hartman passed away from a heart attack in December of 1994. Unfortunately, so did a part of stock car history. Hartman was a straight talking, hard driving racecar driver from Zanesville, Ohio who began warming up cars at the age of seven at his father?s garage.
Sep 9, 2020 · 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 Sunday.
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Jun 5, 2019 · Butch Hartman Salem, Ind. (June 5, 1966) – Butch Hartman, Zanesville, Ohio set a one-lap record in qualifying at the Greater Salem Speedway Sunday, then went on to win the 100-lap stock car feature of an American Racing Car Association (ARCA) program.
