All the talk these days is about how amazing it is that half-century-old Mark Martin is winning races. To which I say, pshaw! There’s a driver out there who was winning races years before Martin was even born, and he’s getting back on the track. Hide the women and children, Hershel McGriff is back!
McGriff, a NASCAR on-and-offer for most of his life, won 4 races in 85 Sprint Cup-level starts, and ran all over the country in every series you could imagine, and some you probably don’t even want to know about. He raced in 27 seasons over more than 40 years, occasionally pausing his career for family or other reasons. When he stepped away from NASCAR He now manages a copper mine near Tucson, Arizona, but since sitting behind a desk doesn’t give you the same juice as sitting behind a wheel, he’s still got a competitive urge flowing.
And this weekend, he’s heading back to the track. He’ll be running Saturday in the Bennett Lane Winery 200 at Infineon, running against kids who are younger than his socks. His goals are to qualify in the top 15 and finish in the top 10, and for a guy who still gets his car up to 160 on the rural roads near his home, why not?
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