Harold Bunting
| Harold Bunting | |
|---|---|
| Born | Harold J. Bunting Jr. September 1942 (age 82) |
| Retired | 1986 |
| Debut season | 1969 |
| Modified racing career | |
| Car number | 17, 19,19D,30, 91 |
| Championships | 9 |
| Wins | 244+ |
| Previous series | |
| 1960-1968 | Kart racing |
| Championship titles | |
| 1977, 1980, 1985, 1986 Delaware State Fair Champion[1] | |
| Statistics up to date as of July 20, 2025. | |
Harold Bunting (1942) is a retired American Dirt Modified racing driver from Milford, Delaware, credited with over 234 career wins at 10 tracks in the Mid-Atlantic states.[2]
Racing career
[edit]Harold Bunting was already an accomplished go-kart racer in 1969, when he transitioned to a modified stock car at Milford's Little Lincoln Speedway. Over the next 17 years, he claimed four track titles at Delaware's Georgetown Speedway and five at the U.S. 13 Speedway.[3]
Bunting also competed successfully at Bridgeport Speedway in Delmar, New Jersey; in Pennsylvania at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville and Nazareth Speedway; and in Virginia at the A&N Speedway in Tasley.[4][5][6] He was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2020.[2][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cars, Drivers & Events – Harold Bunting". Auto Racing Research Associates. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
- ^ a b McNaught, Shanon (May 21, 2020). "Delaware racing legend recognized". The News Journal. Wilmington DE. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ Culver, Chad; Culver, Wayne (2012). Delaware Auto Racing. Arcadia Publishing. p. 118 et seq. ISBN 9780738592077.
- ^ Ireland, Jack (May 12, 1982). "Harold Bunting is king of state stock circuit". The Morning News. Wilmington DE. p. 9. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bunting, Cagle top Nazareth qualifiers". Reading Eagle. PA. October 8, 1983. p. 9. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Bunting wins Grandview MODCAR feature". Reading Eagle. PA. July 5, 1984. p. 36. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ Swanson, Buffy (May 13, 2020). "Bunting to be Delaware's first inductee". The Citizen. Auburn NY. Retrieved July 24, 2023.