Harold Dunaway | |
Birth Date: | 7 October 1933 |
Birth Place: | Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States |
Death Place: | Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, North Carolina |
Total Cup Races: | 1 |
Years In Cup: | 1 |
Best Cup Pos: | 123rd (1966) |
First Cup Race: | 1966 Peach Blossom 500 (Rockingham) |
Cup Wins: | 0 |
Cup Top Tens: | 0 |
Cup Poles: | 0 |
Harold Glenn Dunaway (October 7, 1933 – September 3, 2012) was an American stock car and sprint car driver. He made one start in the NASCAR Grand National Series.
A native of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina,[1] he was the son of racer Glenn Dunaway.[2] Dunaway fought in the Korean War, serving in the United States Air Force.[1] He was a certified private pilot and scuba diver.[1] He was married, to Frances, and had two children.[1]
Dunaway was known as a North Carolina dirt track racer;[1] he competed in NASCAR's Grand National Series, in a single race in 1966 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, driving a Plymouth and finishing 40th in a field of 44 cars.[3] He later moved to sprint car racing, becoming a Dixie Outlaw Sprint Car Series competitor.[1] He also competed several times in the Permatex 300, a Late Model Sportsman Division race that was run at Daytona International Speedway as a support race to the Daytona 500.[2]
Date | Place | Division | Start | Finish | Car # | Car |
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February 26, 1966 | Daytona International Speedway | N/A | 4 | 62 | 1963 Ford Sportsman | |
March 13, 1966 | North Carolina Motor Speedway | NASCAR Grand National Series | 36 | 40 | 86 | 1965 Plymouth |
July 4, 1968 | Daytona International Speedway | NASCAR Grand American | N/A | 14 | 22 | 1968 Chevrolet Camaro |
July 20, 1968 | NASCAR Grand American | N/A | 4 | N/A | 1968 Chevrolet Camaro | |
July 24, 1968 | Peach State Speedway | NASCAR Grand American | N/A | 4 | N/A | 1968 Chevrolet Camaro |
August 3, 1968 | NASCAR Grand American | 8 | 14 | 22 | 1968 Chevrolet Camaro | |
August 10, 1968 | Smoky Mountain Raceway | NASCAR Grand American | N/A | 4 | N/A | 1968 Chevrolet Camaro |
August 31, 1968 | NASCAR Grand American | 3 | 4 | 22 | 1968 Chevrolet Camaro | |
September 14, 1968 | NASCAR Grand American | N/A | 6 | N/A | 1968 Chevrolet Camaro | |
September 28, 1968 | NASCAR Grand American | N/A | 3 | N/A | 1968 Chevrolet Camaro | |