Harold Phil Gant (born January 10, 1940), known for his many nicknames such as “the Bandit”, “High Groove Harry”, “Hard Luck Harry”, “Mr. September”, and perhaps mostly as “Handsome Harry”, is a retired American stock car racing driver best known for driving the No. 33 Skoal Bandit car on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series circuit during the 1980s and 1990s and his 4-race win streak in 1991.
| Achievements | 1985 IROC Champion 1984, 1991 Southern 500 Winner 1991 Winston 500 Winner |
|---|---|
| Awards | 1991 National Motorsports Press Association Driver of the Year Named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) National Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame (2003) International Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductee (2006) Named one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers (2023) |
| NASCAR Cup Series career | |
| 474 races run over 22 years | |
| Best finish | 2nd (1984) |
| First race | 1973 National 500 (Charlotte) |
| Last race | 1994 Hooters 500 (Atlanta) |
| First win | 1982 Virginia National Bank 500 (Martinsville) |
| Last win | 1992 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan) |
| Wins: 18 Top tens: 208 Poles: 17 | |
| NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |
| 128 races run over 11 years | |
| Best finish | 19th (1988, 1992) |
| First race | 1982 Goody’s 300 (Daytona) |
| Last race | 1994 AC Delco 200 (Rockingham) |
| First win | 1982 Mello Yello 300 (Charlotte) |
| Last win | 1994 Busch Light 300 (Atlanta) |
| Wins: 21 Top tens: 71 Poles: 14 | |
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |
| 11 races run over 1 year | |
| Best finish | 24th (1996) |
| First race | 1996 Coca-Cola 200 (Bristol) |
| Last race | 1996 Carquest 420K (Las Vegas) |
| Wins: 0 Top tens: 4 Poles: 0 | |
Career Statistics
| Races | 474 | Average Finish | 15.87 |
| Wins | 18 | Average Start | 12.5 |
| Top 5 Finishes | 123 | Total Laps Led | 8354 |
| Top 10 Finishes | 208 | Total Laps | 133629 |
| Top 20 Finishes | 297 | % of Laps | 83.9% |
| Poles | 17 | DNF’s | 146 |
| Car Number | Races | Wins | Top 5’s | Top 10’s | Top 15’s | Top 20’s | Avg Finish | Avg Start | Poles | Laps Led | DNF |
| 33 | 397 | 18 | 111 | 181 | 220 | 249 | 15.6 | 12.6 | 16 | 7791 | 115 |
| 47 | 54 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 34 | 17.1 | 11.3 | 1 | 403 | 21 |
| 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 10.8 | 0 | 158 | 6 |
| 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 66 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
