Butch Hartman

Larry Butch Hartman (May 11, 1940 – December 21, 1994) was an American stock car racing national champion in the United States Automobile Club (USAC) from Zanesville, Ohio. After winning the USAC Stock Car Rookie of the Year award in 1966, he won the series' Most Improved Driver in 1967, and its Most Outstanding Driver the following year. Hartman raced in twenty NASCAR stock car races; his highest finish was a fifth-place run at National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway (now Lowe's Motor Speedway). Hartman worked full-time at his father's company, building his own engines and towing his cars to the track each weekend.

Hartman was an independent driver in an era of factory teams. For his ninth birthday, his father gave an old 1939 Ford sedan to him and his brother Terry for them to drive around in a field in an adjacent property, with the condition that the brothers needed to repair the car.

Hartman won his second USAC Stock car title in 1972.

Personal life He was the son of Dick Hartman, owner of Hartman, White, Autocar in Zanesville, Ohio. He was the nephew of Hartman, mentioned in the base article. Hartman's youngest son Bart Hartman became a racer; as of 2007 he raced dirt late models in Ohio.