| Sherman Utsman | |
| Birth Name: | Sherman Aaron Utsman Sr. |
| Birth Date: | 1932 4, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Piney Flats, Tennessee[1] |
| Death Place: | Elizabethton, Tennessee |
| Years In Cup: | 4 |
| Total Cup Races: | 21 |
| Best Cup Pos: | 32nd (1962) |
| First Cup Race: | 1956 Virginia 500 (Martinsville) |
| Last Cup Race: | 1963 Turkey Day 200 (Tar Heel) |
| Cup Wins: | 0 |
| Cup Top Tens: | 9 |
| Cup Poles: | 0 |
Sherman Aaron Utsman Sr. (April 15, 1932 – June 10, 2019)[2] was a NASCAR Grand National driver.
Between the ages of 24 and 31, Utsman competed in 3558.9miles and 5304 laps of racing. Most of Utsman's rides were with the 1962 Ford Galaxie bearing the #6 number. Utsman was related to fellow drivers Dub Utsman, John Utsman, Larry Utsman, and Layman Utsman, who have all retired from driving in NASCAR competitions. Utsman's only top five finish came at the 1962 Confederate 200, which took place on August 3, 1962 at the Boyd Speedway in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Utsman was also a NASCAR owner/driver with him having legal ownership of a stock car in three different races. Utsman drove the race car twice and Joe Weatherly drove one of his vehicles at an untitled race at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Florida on December 1, 1963.
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| Year | Team Owner | 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 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | Pts | Ref | |||||
| 1956 | N/A | 418 | Chevy | HCY | CLT | WSS | PBS | ASF | DAB | PBS | WIL | ATL | NWS | LAN | RCH | CLB | CON | GPS | HCY | HBO | MAR 7 | LIN | CLT | POR | EUR | NYF | MER | MAS 28 | CLT | MCF | POR | AWS 24 | RSP 32 | PIF | CSF | CHI | CCF | MGY | OKL | ROA | OBS | SAN | NOR | PIF | MYB | POR | 82nd | N/A | [3] | |||||||||||||||||
| Robert McReynolds | 63 | Chevy | DAR 30 | CSH | CLT | LAN | POR | CLB | HBO | NWP | CLT | CCF | MAR | HCY | WIL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Sherman Utsman | 26 | Ford | CLT | JSP | DAY | DAY | DAY | PIF | AWS | HMS | ATL | GPS | HBO | BGS | MAR | NWS | CLB | HCY | RCH | MAR | DAR | CLT | CLT | RSD | ASP | CLT | PIF | BIR | GPS | BGS | NOR | HAS | STR | DAY | ATL | CLB | MBS | BRI 9 | NSV | BGS | AWS | RCH | SBO | DAR | HCY | RCH | CSF | ATL | MAR | NWS | CLT | BRI | GPS | HBO | 100th | 510 | [4] | ||||||||
| 1962 | 61 | CON | AWS | DAY | DAY | DAY | CON | AWS | SVH | HBO | RCH | CLB | NWS | GPS | MBS | MAR | BGS | BRI | RCH | HCY | CON | DAR | PIF | CLT | ATL | BGS | AUG | RCH | SBO | DAY | CLB 8 | ASH 6 | GPS 7 | AUG | SVH | MBS | BRI 14 | CHT 5 | NSV 13 | HUN | AWS 16 | STR | BGS | PIF | VAL | DAR 15 | HCY | RCH | DTS | AUG | NWS 24 | CLT 14 | ATL 26 | 32nd | 4,896 | [5] | ||||||||||
| Chevy | MAR 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Ford | BIR 9 | GGS 8 | THS 7 | RSD | DAY | DAY | DAY | PIF | AWS | HBO | ATL | HCY | BRI | AUG | RCH | GPS | SBO | BGS | MAR | NWS | CLB | THS | DAR | ODS | RCH | CLT | BIR | ATL | DAY | MBS | SVH | DTS | BGS | ASH | OBS | BRR | BRI | GPS | NSV | CLB | AWS | PIF | BGS | ONA | DAR | HCY | RCH | MAR | DTS | NWS | THS | CLT | SBO | HBO | RSD | 78th | 864 | [6] | |||||||