Hut Stricklin

Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin
Stricklin in 1998
Born	(1961-06-24) June 24, 1961 Calera, Alabama
Achievements	1987 NASCAR Dash Series champion
NASCAR Cup Series career
328 races run over 15 years
Best finish	16th (1991)
First race	1987 Holly Farms 400 (North Wilkesboro)
Last race	2002 Sharpie 500 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 29 1
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
54 races run over 12 years
Best finish	25th (1992)
First race	1985 Miller 400 (Charlotte)
Last race	2000 NAPAonline.com 250 (Michigan)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 8 2
Statistics current as of July 3, 2012.

Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin (born June 24, 1961) is a former NASCAR race car driver.

Career

Stricklin grew up in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after they were introduced by her cousin Davey. Stricklin was the last member of the Alabama Gang.

In 1987, Stricklin won NASCAR's Dash Series championship and made his debut in the Winston Cup Series.

Two years later, he finished second to Dick Trickle in the NASCAR Rookie of the Year competition with car owner Rod Osterlund. In his sophomore season, he competed in only three events before taking over the driving chores of Bobby Allison's No. 12 Raybestos Brakes-sponsored Buick. Nineteen-eighty one turned out to be one of his best seasons, as he finished 16th in points as well as a career high second-place finish, at Michigan International Speedway. With eight races left in the 1992 season, Stricklin left Allison's team and after a few races driving for Junie Donlavey, he picked up a ride for 1993 with Junior Johnson, driving the No. 27 McDonald's-sponsored Ford. In 1994, Stricklin paired with owner Travis Carter to form a new team, the No. 23 Camel Cigarettes-sponsored Ford. It was a disappointing year for Stricklin, finishing 26th in points.

After Stricklin failed to find a ride for 1995, he served as a consultant for Kenny Bernstein's rookie driver Steve Kinser, a World of Outlaws Sprint Car champion who was struggling to transition from dirt to pavement. During the season, Kinser resigned, and Stricklin took over, posting five top 10 finishes. However the team closed at the end of the year.

1997 racecar with Stavola Brothers Racing

Stricklin joined the Stavola Brothers Racing No. 8 Circuit City-sponsored Ford in 1996. He had a second-place finish at Darlington Raceway, and ended up 22nd in the points standings that year.

In 1998, Stricklin went between jobs, first driving the No. 8 car, which closed because of sponsorship troubles, then driving substitute duty for David Green and Robert Pressley for the rest of the year.

Nineteen-eighty nine presented Stricklin with a new challenge. He was now the crew chief for Gary Bradberry's No. 78 Ford for Triad Motorsports. When that team was sold, Stricklin took over the No. 58 Ford for SBIII Motorsports. He posted some of the best finishes of the year for that team, including a top-ten finish at Michigan. Despite posting three consecutive DNQs, Stricklin appeared to have found solid footing, as Barbour announced that he would be his driver through 2003, and would have Motorsports Safety Technologies as his sponsor. However, sponsorship again plagued Stricklin, as shortly after signing the deal, MST produced a bounced check, causing Barbour's team to close its doors for good.

In 2000, Stricklin drove for Donlavey at the Brickyard 400 and finished 14th. The next year he had a sixth-place finish at Michigan. However, sponsor Hills Brothers wanted to find a new team, and they both moved to Bill Davis' No. 23 Dodge.

In 2002, Stricklin struggled and was soon released. That was the last year in which he competed in a NASCAR race.

In a March 2016 "Where Are They Now?" article with KeepIt35.com, Stricklin mentioned that he recently went to work for an old friend at Stock Car Steel in Mooresville, NC. He also mentioned that one of his biggest missed opportunites was when he chose not to take an offer to drive for Joe Gibbs new Winston Cup Series team in 1992.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year	Team	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	NWCC	Pts	Ref
1987	Jaehne Motorsports	76	Olds	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	NWS	BRI	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	RSD	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS 28	CLT	CAR 29	RSD	ATL 16								59th	270
1988			Pontiac	DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	RSD	POC	MCH	DAY DNQ	POC																					NA	-
			Olds																	TAL DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO	ATL
1989	Osterlund Racing	57	Pontiac	DAY DNQ	CAR 41	ATL 8	RCH DNQ	DAR 30	BRI 28	NWS 16	MAR 30	TAL 33	CLT 14	DOV 12	SON 21	POC 17	MCH 33	DAY 10	POC 37	TAL 13	GLN 22	MCH 4	BRI 19	DAR 19	RCH 9	DOV 20	MAR 17	CLT 23	NWS 30	CAR 22	PHO 23	ATL 20								26th	2705
1990	Tri-Star Motorsports	68	Chevy	DAY 33	RCH	CAR																																		28th	2316
		18	Pontiac				ATL 37
	Hendrick Motorsports	51	Chevy					DAR 36	BRI	NWS	MAR
	Bobby Allison Motorsports	12	Buick									TAL 9	CLT 37	DOV 27	SON 12	POC 6	MCH 32	DAY 26	POC 29	TAL 14	GLN 23	MCH 15	BRI 21	DAR 20	RCH 13	DOV 11	MAR 13	NWS 20	CLT 29	CAR 34	PHO 26	ATL 13
1991				DAY 29	RCH 22	CAR 31	ATL 13	DAR 32	BRI 16	NWS 14	MAR 10	TAL 23	CLT 6	DOV 6	SON 35	POC 28	MCH 2	DAY 16	POC 4	TAL 29	GLN 8	MCH 14	BRI 22	DAR 17	RCH 21	DOV 4	MAR 16	NWS 17	CLT 36	CAR 13	PHO 39	ATL 13								16th	3199
1992			Chevy	DAY 24	CAR 9	RCH 9	ATL 29	DAR 29	BRI 8	NWS 18	MAR 11	TAL 22	CLT 34	DOV 7	SON 27	POC 31	MCH 35	DAY 18	POC 21	TAL 16	GLN 36	MCH 24	BRI 27																	27th	2689
			Ford																					DAR 11
	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford																						RCH 30	DOV 15	MAR 24	NWS 30
	Junior Johnson & Associates	97	Ford																										CLT 31	CAR
	Larry Hedrick Motorsports	41	Chevy																												PHO 15	ATL 41
1993	Junior Johnson & Associates	27	Ford	DAY 4	CAR 13	RCH 18	ATL 20	DAR 28	BRI 27	NWS 22	MAR 26	TAL 20	SON 10	CLT 20	DOV 15	POC 13	MCH 21	DAY 40	NHA 25	POC 28	TAL 12	GLN 17	MCH 34	BRI 32	DAR 36	RCH 17	DOV 29	MAR 23	NWS 28	CLT 23	CAR 24	PHO 36	ATL 22							24th	2866
1994	Travis Carter Motorsports	23	Ford	DAY 33	CAR 26	RCH DNQ	ATL 17	DAR 17	BRI 14	NWS 20	MAR 20	TAL 18	SON 20	CLT 12	DOV 9	POC 13	MCH 22	DAY 42	NHA 36	POC 22	TAL 25	IND 36	GLN 30	MCH DNQ	BRI 35	DAR 14	RCH 30	DOV 32	MAR 23	NWS 22	CLT 21	CAR 27	PHO 24	ATL 16						26th	2711
1995	Triad Motorsports	78	Ford	DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI DNQ	NWS																														36th	2082
	King Racing	26	Ford								MAR 33	TAL 24	SON 33	CLT 7	DOV 4	POC 5	MCH 37	DAY 16	NHA 27	POC 41	TAL 36	IND 22	GLN 40	MCH 10	BRI 33	DAR 7	RCH 32	DOV 38	MAR 36	NWS 25	CLT 18	CAR 28	PHO 35	ATL 38
1996	Stavola Brothers Racing	8	Ford	DAY 22	CAR 30	RCH 39	ATL 25	DAR 20	BRI 11	NWS 16	MAR 31	TAL 22	SON 13	CLT 28	DOV 34	POC 29	MCH 27	DAY 19	NHA 23	POC 32	TAL 34	IND 18	GLN 37	MCH 26	BRI 20	DAR 2*	RCH 24	DOV 38	MAR 25	NWS 16	CLT 25	CAR 11	PHO 30	ATL 17						22nd	2854
1997				DAY 19	CAR 36	RCH 32	ATL 41	DAR 26	TEX 33	BRI 26	MAR 14	SON 29	TAL 36	CLT 25	DOV 19	POC 24	MCH 22	CAL 42	DAY 36	NHA 15	POC 23	IND DNQ	GLN 36	MCH 36	BRI 23	DAR 17	RCH 27	NHA 10	DOV 17	MAR 16	CLT 35	TAL DNQ	CAR 25	PHO 30	ATL DNQ					34th	2423
1998			Chevy	DAY DNQ	CAR 29	LVS 43	ATL 37	DAR DNQ	BRI 41	TEX 40	MAR 31	TAL DNQ	CAL DNQ	CLT DNQ	DOV	RCH																								50th	700
	Am. Equipment Racing	96	Chevy														MCH 42	POC 28	SON	NHA 42	POC 27	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH DNQ	BRI 41	NHA	DAR DNQ	RCH
	Jasper Motorsports	77	Ford																										DOV 30	MAR	CLT	TAL
	Andy Petree Racing	55	Chevy																														DAY 42	PHO	CAR	ATL
1999	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL	CAL DNQ	RCH DNQ	CLT 33	DOV DNQ	MCH DNQ	POC DNQ	SON																					43rd	918
	LJ Racing	91	Chevy																	DAY DNQ
	SBIII Motorsports	58	Ford																		NHA 39	POC 15	IND 33	GLN DNQ	MCH 9	BRI 27	DAR 27	RCH DNQ	NHA 16	DOV 25	MAR 14	CLT DNQ	TAL DNQ	CAR DNQ	PHO	HOM
	Butch Mock Motorsports	75	Ford																																		ATL DNQ
2000	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	BRI	TEX	MAR	TAL	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV	MCH	POC	SON	DAY	NHA	POC	IND 14	GLN	MCH 39	BRI DNQ	DAR 34	RCH 36	NHA 28	DOV DNQ	MAR 42	CLT 42	TAL DNQ	CAR DNQ	PHO DNQ	HOM DNQ	ATL DNQ			50th	436
2001				DAY DNQ	CAR 31	LVS 40	ATL 28	DAR 28	BRI DNQ	TEX 26	MAR DNQ	TAL DNQ	CAL 12	RCH DNQ	CLT 16	DOV 30	MCH 6	POC 28	SON	DAY DNQ	CHI 31	NHA 35	POC 40	IND 29	GLN	MCH 32	BRI DNQ	DAR 32	RCH DNQ	DOV 25	KAN 35	CLT 30	MAR 26	TAL 36	PHO	CAR	HOM			42nd	1770
	Bill Davis Racing	23	Dodge																																			ATL 11	NHA
2002				DAY DNQ	CAR 27	LVS 24	ATL 43	DAR 32	BRI 35	TEX 27	MAR 15	TAL 11	CAL 40	RCH 16	CLT 22	DOV 26	POC 22	MCH 17	SON 33	DAY 26	CHI 36	NHA 31	POC 31	IND 17	GLN	MCH 36	BRI 38	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	TAL	CLT	MAR	ATL	CAR	PHO	HOM	40th	1781

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1989	Osterlund Racing	Pontiac	DNQ
1990	Tri-Star Motorsports	Chevrolet	34	33
1991	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Buick	5	29
1992		Chevrolet	42	24
1993	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	18	4
1994	Travis Carter Motorsports	Ford	38	33
1996	Stavola Brothers Racing	Ford	42	22
1997			28	19
1998		Chevrolet	DNQ
2001	Donlavey Racing	Ford	DNQ
2002	Bill Davis Racing	Dodge	DNQ

External links

• Official website
• Hut Stricklin driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Stricklin out of Winston Cup Ride

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mike Swaim	NASCAR Charlotte/Daytona Dash Series Champion 1987	Succeeded by Larry Caudill